Pointless questions that left finalists stumped - test your knowledge

23 January 2024 , 17:00

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These are the questions that stumoed the finalists - do you know them? (Image: BBC/Remarkable Television, an Endemol UK company/Matt Frost)

The popular BBC TV quiz show Pointless sees numerous contestants try and achieve the lowest score possible in order to win cash prizes - but there are a few questions that have stumped contestants, do you think you could get them right?

As the contestants battle to try and think of answers that no one else has come up with or can think of in order to receive a low score or a 'pointless' answer, it's a popular teatime show fronted by Alexander Armstrong. So, if you think you've got a good hand at niche knowledge, this quiz is for you; these are the questions the finalists all tripped up on.

To get in the full Pointless groove, set yourself a 60-second timer for each question and see if you're brainier than these Pointless pros. The questions are below.

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 contains 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 letter 'PP' in their name?

Think you got them all? We're about to reveal the answers so no cheating! If you need a little more time, keep going and see if you can get them all.

Here are the answers:

1. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Satisfaction, America's Sweethearts, Ocean's Twelve.
2. Brooks Koepka, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Collin Morikawa, Sergio Garcia, Shane Lowry, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele.
3. Frown, Guilty, Night, Spirit
4. Guardian's of the Galaxy: Vol 2, He's Just Not That Into You, Licorice Pizza, The Place Beyond The Pines
5. David Gilbert, Barry Hawkins, Ding Junhui, Kyren Wilson, Neil Robertson, Noppon Saengkham
6. Orlando Bloom, Ewen Bremner, Jason Isaacs, Sam Shepard
7. Beaver, Edible, Hazel, Orkney, Yellow-necked, Bank, Skomer
8. Best, Fairies, Kissing, Songs, Head, Made, Rock, Start
9. Barbican, Regent's Park, Wembley Park, West Hampstead, Finchley Road, Green Park, Kilburn, Marylebone, Swiss Cottage
10. Feels by Calvin Harris, Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift, New Rules by Dua Lipa, and Sign of The Times by Harry Styles
11. Caleb McLaughlin, Matthew Modine, Maya Hawke, Natalia Dyer
12. Geoffrey Palmer, Maria Aitkin, Stephen Fry, Tom Georgeson
13. Manchester, Port Antonio, Saint James, Trelawny
14. Angela Bassett, Henry Cavill, Lolly Adefope, Vanessa Kirby
15. Dhi'l Hajj, Nisan, Shawwal, Tishrei
16. Antigua and Barbuda, Colombia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uraguay
17. Genius Cru, John Lee Hooker, Nicole Scherzinger, N-Tyce
18. Appledore, Copplestone, Poppleton, Upper Holloway

Niamh Kirk