You could be the brainiest in Britain if you get ANY of these Pointless questions correct – they left finalists stumped

THE aim of most quiz shows is simple – answer all the questions correctly to bag enough points to win the grand prize.

But when it comes to BBC One’s Pointless, the ‘point’ is to achieve as LOW a score as possible, with contestants wracking their brains to come up with answers no-one else can think of.

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The hit teatime show, fronted by Alexander Armstrong and a whole host of guest celebrities following Richard Osman‘s departure last year, is a fan favourite.

In each episode four teams of two attempt to come up with the correct – but little-known – answers to four rounds of general knowledge questions.

A panel of 100 people have also answered the questions, and the competing teams score points for the number of times their answers was cited in the survey.

‘Pointless’ answers are correct responses that were not given by anyone surveyed at all, scoring zero points.

So, in the battle of who has the most niche knowledge, how would you get on?

Here we’ve brought you a selection of final round questions from the show to test your skills.

For each question below, set a 60 second time on your phone and come up with three answers to each that you think no-one else will have come up with.

All you need to be a pro at Pointless is for just one of those answers to each question to be completely ‘pointless’…

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The series is co-presented this season with a series of guest hosts[/caption]

Can you name:

1. Words of six or more letters in the title of Julia Roberts films?
2. Any male golfer (European or US) who played in the Ryder Cup in September 2021?
3. Words of five letters or more in the song Goodbye My Lover, by James Blunt?
4. A film that’s been released in the cinema or on a streaming platform featuring actor Bradley Cooper?
5. Any of the top 50 snooker players in the men’s world ranking list in 2022?
6. The name of anyone in the cast of 2001 film ‘Black Hawk Down’?
7. Any single word in the name of UK rodent species and sub-species?
8. Words of four letters or more in ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’ by Slade?
9. Any London Underground stations up to five stops away from Baker Street?
10. The title of any song that was at number one in the UK singles chart at any point in 2017?
11. Anyone credited in three episodes or more in Netflix show, Stranger Things?
12. The name of anyone credited in 1988 John Cleese film, A Fish Called Wanda?
13. Any of the 14 parishes of Jamaica, or any town or city that is a parish capital?
14. Any of the cast of 2018 Tom Cruise film Mission: Impossible – Fallout?
15. Any of the months of the Jewish or Muslim calendars?
16. Any country in North, South or Central America or the Caribbean which contain the letters G, E or O?
17. The name of any act who have had a UK top 40 single with the word ‘boom’ in the title?
18. Name any British railway stations that contain the double letters ‘PP’ in their name?

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Four teams of two battle it out in each episode[/caption]