AIBU to think the chemistry rounds on Pointless should actually involve some knowledge of chemistry?

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Rather than just memorising the names of the chemical elements?

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I was on a couple of years ago (strokes Pointless trophy)

I can usually do any lit questions and can make a stab at chemistry, history, geography etc but popular culture of any kind is alien to me. I didn't much like 60s music in the 60s when I was a teenager but it is vaguely nostalgic now. I discovered 'folk' in 1962 and that was that.
I can do animal breeds though and most modern languages questions. I love the Words rounds :)
Burkina Faso and Tuvalu score low in many Geography questions.

Ikiboo you have a 'coveted Pointless trophy'!
What is it made of and how tall is it please?
My guess is perspex and 12"

Oh, please tell me the trophy is as huuuge as it appears to be on the screen.

I always hope for a proper Chemistry question, just to see if I can do it. I like the shows when the questions are mostly about school subjects, interspersed with a little bit of 80s pop or telly. I can pretend to myself I am Very Knowledgeable on those days. If it's a film plus golfing heroes day, I am officially dim.

Do you get a tropgy each?

YAB a teensy bit U. The whole point is that everyone has a chance of getting an answer, and I would imagine the vast majority of people's knowledge of Chemistry ended at GCSE. Although they had a maths round yesterday with various clues, I guess they could do that one day.

As an aside, I bloody love that show - I have thought about applying a few times but have various confidence issues. I did once audition for Only Connect though - what does that tell you?!

I usually get one or two lowest answers per show, and the odd pointless. Our crowning glory in this house was when my then 4-year-old (a big Richard fan!) got a Pointless answer IN THE FINAL!! She named a Little Miss or Mr Man beginning with S - Little Miss Scary, incidentally. If she'd been on there, she would have won about £12 grand, dammit!

I once managed to get 3 pointless answers in the final round, with Famous 5 titles.

Naturally this was from the comfort of my own sofa.

Well done EduCated! My problem is, on the telly it seems easy. If I was on there, and picked Children's books, I wouldn't Mr Men or Famous Five. I'd get something like Beast Quest or some other series I only know of because I work with 10 year old boys.
It wouldn't be anything I actually read as a child.

I went to a recording once. They asked us to do that thing with the rising "Oooooo" as the lights move downwards on the tower; also not to applaud the "coveted Pointless trophy" because it tended to sound sarcastic.

How have I only noticed this thread 3 pages in?? I'm always trying to persuade DH to apply to go on with me. We are both good at geography and sports, he knows history and politics and I love the word rounds when you have to think of words containing particular endings. My mum tells me there is now a pointless app but I can't get it on my stupid windows phone.

My Pointless Geography answer is always St Vincent and the Grenadines. Has anyone noticed that Vanuatu is almost never pointless now?

I've just downloaded the Pointless app!

Is the app good? It's probably a good thing I can't get it on my phone, I'd never get anything else done!

I thought it was a bit rubbish, but then played ten games in a row...

Have you won yet?!

Unfortunately, trophy is about 6 inches high. But bloody heavy. And, yes, you get one each. In a lovely presentation box.