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''Pointless'' is a British quiz show produced by Endemol UK for the BBC, hosted by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman. Contestants on the programme, who play in teams of two, are tasked with finding the most obscure answers to general knowledge questions based on pre-conducted public surveys of 100 people from the UK. A correct answer which none of the 100 people in the survey gave is deemed a "pointless" answer. In the main game, a pointless answer adds £250 to the jackpot; in the final a pointless answer is needed to win the jackpot. The series premiered on BBC Two on 24 August 2009 before it transferred to BBC One in 2011. To date, there have been 14 series, plus eight celebrity series. Filming for Series 15 ended in July 2015. The show has a peak audience of over 7 million viewers and the format has been exported to other European countries. == Overview == The object of the game is for contestants not only to provide correct answers, but also provide the most obscure possible correct answers. The game features four teams (previously five), each consisting of two contestants. In each round, the team with the ''highest'' score is eliminated; the other teams proceed to the next round. In the final round there is the chance to win the jackpot prize. Teams can appear on the show twice (only once if they have made it to the final round on their first attempt). The show's assistant is Richard Osman, styled as Armstrong's "pointless friend". During the course of the game, he gives information about the answers that are given, as well as statistics at the end of each round on the most common and most obscure answers.〔(BBC Daytime re-commissions Pointless ) BBC Press Office.〕 Prior to the show, 100 people are each given 100 seconds to give as many answers as they can to the questions that will be asked to the teams during the show. Correct answers are assigned a point value equal to the number of panellists who gave them, so that less commonly given answers have lower values than those given by many panellists. Contestants on the show attempt to give answers worth as few points as possible, aiming to have the lowest score amongst the contestants in each round. "Pointless" answers are those correct answers that none of the 100 panellists gave, making them worth zero points. If a contestant manages to obtain a pointless answer prior to the final round, £250 is added to the jackpot. An incorrect answer adds 100 points to the contestant's score. The format consists of two elimination rounds, a head-to-head round and the final round. If two teams are tied for the highest point value at the end of the first or second round, a sudden-death round occurs, with the highest-scoring team losing. The couple that wins the head-to-head round are awarded a ''Pointless'' trophy and the chance to win the jackpot by guessing a pointless answer. If the contestants fail to find a pointless answer in the final round, the jackpot rolls over to the next show and is increased by £1,000. In the celebrity shows, the jackpot always starts at £2,500 but it will not be rolled over to the following show, and the jackpot will be reset to £2,500. For specials, the jackpot starts at £5,000 and goes up by £500 for each pointless answer but like with the regular celebrity shows, the jackpot does not roll over to the following show. Four episodes are recorded in one day. Pointless was extended for another 204 episodes, giving three more series taking the total commissioned to 13 in February 2014. A further 24 celebrity episodes were also ordered. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pointless (game show)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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