Episode 9 was broadcast on a Thursday due to Christmas schedules.On Saturdays at selected times. As of August 2019.During an elimination round, teams aim to score as few points as possible, with the team having the highest score at the end of the round being eliminated from the game. There’s the glare of the lights, the presence of the cameras and – most importantly – not wanting to disappoint presenters Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman with a daft answer. This format was used between the first and fifth series. But suffice to say, he got an encouraging round of applause from the audience, and managed to score an impressive 7 with his answer. In its early days the programme featured five teams at the start of each edition, but this was later reduced to four.

The team that reaches the final round is awarded a pair of trophies to keep. They must then supply three responses to a question with many correct answers (e.g. Except in the final round, every pointless answer given adds £250 to the cash jackpot, this is because the £250 given to pointless answers had originally been computed to the day's jackpot for the final round. If the jackpot is not won at the end of a game, the amount (including any increases from pointless answers) is rolled over to the next game and increased by £1,000, offering returning and new contestants a chance of winning a bigger cash prize. These are the Pointless answers (those none of the 100 people gave). If the jackpot is not won at the end of a game, the amount (including any increases from pointless answers) is rolled over to the next game and increased by £1,000, offering returning and new contestants a chance of winning a bigger cash prize. Yes, the pressure can get to even the cleverest contestants. Pointless Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else can think of On iPlayer It was truly priceless.In a round all about historical assassinations, one contestant decided to answer the clue: ‘Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas’ with two letters: 'JR'.Alexander Armstrong struggled to hold back the laughter, while Richard Osman held his head in his hands.He of course was referring to JR Ewing from TV show Dallas, rather than the correct answer, US President John F Kennedy.As the audience tittered, Osman said: “But that’s good, because people often ask ‘What’s the funniest answer you’ve ever had on Pointless?’, and now I shall remember this.”.If you really don’t have a clue with the board you’re presented with on Pointless, there’s little you can do about it.When former Strictly Come Dancing professional Erin Boag had to say which comedian was famous for playing the character of Randy Mandy, she was stumped.Backed into a corner and told to say the name of any comedian, she took a leaf out of Roy Walker’s book and decided to say what she saw. The series took a break midway through. In addition, they must state which subcategory each of their answer belongs to; if it is for the wrong one, their answer is considered incorrect.Teams compete for a jackpot of £2,500 for their charity, plus £250 for every pointless answer given before the final round. A celebrity version entitled Pointless Celebrities was first shown in 2011, and as of December Episode 50 was a celebrity special.Series 4 took a break from 18 April to 8 July 2011,Series 5 took a break from 17 October 2011 to 2 January 2012,Series 6 took breaks on 23 March, from 2 to 27 April, on 3 May and from 4 June to 10 August 2012.Series 8 had no breaks, neither had Series 1, 2 and 7.Series 9 took breaks from 29 April to 24 May and 24 June to 30 August 2013.Series 10 took breaks from 7 to 25 October, 2 December 2013 to 3 January 2014, and 3 to 21 February 2014,Series 11 took breaks from 21 April to 23 May, and 19 June to 5 September 2014,Series 12 took a break from 20 November 2014 to 2 January 2015,Series 13 took breaks from 13 April to 3 May, 25 May to 11 June, and 25 June to 10 July 2015,Series 14 took breaks from 3 August to 4 September, 30 September to 23 October, 17 November 2015 to 1 January 2016, and 27 January to 26 February 2016,Series 15 took breaks from 21 March to 19 April and 24 May to 26 August 2016.Series 16 took breaks from 21 November to 9 December, 15 to 28 December 2016 and 24 January to 23 February 2017.Series 17 took a break from 7 June to 1 September 2017,Series 18 took a break from 6 November 2017 to 1 January 2018.Series 19 had no breaks neither had Series 1, 2, 7 and 8.Series 20 took breaks from 20 June to 31 August and 19 October to 27 December 2018.