The greatest final in Pointless history! 27/04/2018

Spoiler in description:
"You always say that someone's going to make up an answer at some point and win the jackpot... One of the great finals in pointless history."
- Richard Osman 27/04/2018
Pointless final, complete guess, first answer Yamamoto, wins you the £3,000 jackpot! Unbelievable. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this episode!

[@mariadawson4126]

This is my mum and dad!! ❤ was so proud of them, they still have the trophies on the mantelpiece!

[@ET-fk8ty]

So you should be, they were amazing!

[@DoctorMeatDic]

Lies

[@JonJacques]

congratulations on having such cool parents!

[@catherinearnold9423]

What u spend on £3000?

[@harryb1804]

@@catherinearnold9423that’s a lot of money

[@rockinmuse]

This is a good final but the best I think was those two girls who answered a footballer’s name for a sports option. They knew nothing about football but one of their boyfriends had said if you get any football question guess this player because he’s played for lots of teams. Absolutely brilliant!

[@samcrabtree32]

When in doubt, guess Henrik Larsson

[@mrgreatbritain]

This is what it’s all about. Just taking a stab! So happy they won. Well deserved. I would have taken a stab at the World Cup squad without making it up and I knew Endo, can’t believe that was Pointless!

[@masterodg5406]

Endo, Hasebe and Kawashima

[@ibbymiah6402]

Honda

[@Altocleftenorclef]

Here I am naming all studio ghibli films

[@pixelvapour1960]

That lady contestant needs Ghibli in her life

[@ericforsyth]

Grave of the Fireflies, one of the greatest films of all time, was pointless. 🙁

[@earthluma]

@@pixelvapour1960Who doesn't need Ghibli in their life?

[@vananderson2895]

@@ericforsythIt was absolutely my best guess for a pointless answer and I was both happy to be vindicated, but disappointed that it isn't better known.

[@smokeshivgaming9150]

I drew a blank but eventually figured out Porco Russo and Kiki's Delivery Service. Grave of the Fireflies didn't cross my mind and that is a heck of a film!

[@philipwhiuk]

This is one of those cases where they're lucky Pointless accepted just the first name and not need the last name or both.

[@Liam2ushrod]

Yamamoto was the last name! You say the family name first in Japan, Richard explains that

[@icturner23]

@@Liam2ushrodNo, Yamamoto is the first name BECAUSE it’s the surname. It isn’t the given name.

[@JacksonBockus]

If they’d accept Churchill as the name of an English PM they rightly should accept Yamamoto as well

[@slake9727]

​@icturner23 That's literally what he said. Read the statement properly.

[@thefemalethunderbirdsnerd3214]

I remember one episode of Pointless, there was a question about ABBA songs that had 1-2 words in their title. (This information is important in a moment) I said “Super Trooper” as it had 2 words, remember that the question had mentioned that the song title had to have 1-2 words in it? Here lies the issue, my dad told me that I was wrong because he thought that “Super Trooper” was all one word! I told him “no I’m right as it has to be 1-2 words. Not 1.” The argument goes back and forth for a few moments with me getting angrier every minute. I then yell “IT’S TWO WORDS NOT ONE!” After that round was over and the presenters were reviewing the answers it turned out that I was right and my dad was wrong! I still rub it in his face to this day.

[@baby_joe]

...sorry, what? I nodded off half way through that

[@imfpredicts]

Trouper

[@Th3D3ltaforc3]

You sound terrible

[@user-bs4jn6444]

I bet Dads right more often than you are...😊

[@cre8ivoutlet]

They seem like such a sweet couple. So happy for them when they won without knowing them nor having seen the rest of the episode. Shame the jackpot wasn’t more sizeable.

[@hopsail]

Immense!!! I am so impressed.

[@JW-th4nn]

Absolutely brilliant 😂😂

[@fredrik38949]

When I think of Yamamoto I think of the ship but apparently there were two admirals as well one that served during the war and the one that was chosen to be pm, I'm assuming that the ship is named after the latter one.

[@Unknown-mz3ww]

Yamato is the battleship

[@pauldoyle4250]

Well done ye 2 that just made me laugh on a full bus 😂

[@rosemaryjones5550]

What I have three of the pointless ghibli’s and whisper of the heart is my favorite

[@artistsanomalous7369]

He must have only known about Yamamoto because he was in the film "Pearl Harbor". How else would he have heard of him but not Hideki Tojo, a much more prominent army general from the same era who was actually also Prime Minister?

[@Buggaton]

I've never seen the film Pearl Harbour and I've never heard of Tojo. I have heard of Yamamoto.

[@NYKevin100]

@@Buggaton Americans have heard of Yamamoto because he both directed the attack on Pearl Harbor, and led the Japanese side during the Battle of Midway. I'm not sure how much emphasis a British education places on the Pacific theater in WW2, but if they teach anything at all about it, they would simply have to cover both of those events, so Yamamoto's name would inevitably come up.

[@Buggaton]

@@NYKevin100 In answer to the question of how much the UK education system teaches the Pacific theatre, I'd have to say absolutely none. I never learned about it. It was all Battle of Britain and D-Day and all the flashy stuff that made us look good, not any of the horrible shit in the Pacific or the Eastern Front. My grandfather flew a Spitfire in the Pacific too and yet... I learned nothing of it. To me when I think of Yamamoto I think of the West Wing episode and clip "We killed Yamamoto" where they hilariously get the Battle of Agincourt incredibly wrong! But that isn't very helpful either :D

[@paulhollis8879]

⁠@@BuggatonJust about the most stupid comment I’ve seen on KZbin.

[@dustinmartin6524]

How on earth did no one guess Endo for the Japanese football team question. Hes one of the only players I actually know

[@Manivilization]

Chiefly because at this time he was playing for a mid table belgian club?

[@dustinmartin6524]

@@Manivilization He was still playing for Japan and performing extremely well. Been a lot of buzz around Endo all his career, this comment was made while he was still at Stuggart who at the time were an irrelevant mid table Bundasliga club

[@jackdisbury1047]

Chiefly because he wasn't in the squad for the world cup

[@LarvicarioZ]

Maybe because this is Yasuhito Endo, and the player you're talking about here is Wataru Endo, who was playing in the Japanese second division at the time of the 2014 world cup.

[@marcushinton772]

Happened again with three guesses to words in Tracy Chapman song- 2/3 correct and pointless! W/e 5/4/24

[@davidbenbow2288]

they are my teachers parents ray jackson and debra jackson

[@BusBoysBusChannel]

The coincidence is that 27/04 is my birthday

[@joe_z]

I'm surprised nobody got Ito Hirobumi, although I guess it's not _that_ unexpected since no one surveyed was actually Japanese. Ito Hirobumi's famous in Japan for being the first prime minister.

[@ericforsyth]

They may also (or at least should, in order to keep it fair for contestants) get all three categories at the same time, and either try to name one in every category, or zoning in on a specific one

[@bobburroughs6241]

Yes, jackpot ridiculously low. Embarrassing on celebrity Pointless too.

[@mohammedyakub3760]

Yup. It can be as low as £1000. It's hard to win aswell. I mean, with the same amount of difficulty you wouldve won like 20k on other game shows

[@joebleasdale5557]

It’s a BBC gameshow, what do you expect? It resets at 1000 every time a team wins so can get high if there hasn’t been a winner for a while, but the general rule is the harder the gameshow, the shittier the prize. Winners of Countdown get a teapot, and that’s probably the hardest of the lot!

[@shymike]

It's a BBC show so any prize fund has to be paid by license payer.

[@JalandharShere]

Its a show thats on daily hence the low prize money

[@thesalandarian3314]

@@JalandharShere so is the chase

[@garyrichardson8934]

The BBC have always given shitty prizes. Remember the Blankety Blank Cheque Book and Pen. The Beeb always put the emphasis on entertainment value rather than the value of prizes in all their gameshows. There was one slight exception though and that was the Generation Game. As well as the regulation Fondue set and CUDDLY TOY! that did have some reasonable prizes, especially when you consider the years that it was on. As I recall, even if the contestant was pretty hopeless at remembering the items on the conveyor belt, then Bruce would give them help, to make sure that they at least had several items.

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

And this isn't even that bad. Contestants get 2 (or 3 since 2020) shots at a jackpot that has been know beyond £10,000 or as high at £24,750 on the old endgame.

[@pallekanin91]

In the Danish show (That’s on it’s 3rd season right now) the prizes are bigger. The first winner from 2019 won 60,000 kroner (the same as 6,850 pounds). It’s 50,000 in each finals and for a pointless answer during the rounds it’s 10,000 (1141 pounds). So if there are 4 pointless answer + 1 in the final, you can win 90,000 kroner (10,275 pounds) potentially.

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

@@pallekanin91 That's a weekly show rather than a daily one, and the Danish one doesn't roll over.

[@jaydent1320]

Thought it was Anne hegerty from the chase

[@_WooWho]

They spelled "Akihito" wrong.

[@artistsanomalous7369]

Because Ray mispronounced it. He clearly said "Akahito".

[@joe_z]

It wouldn't have been right anyway because Akihito is an emperor.

[@MultiVince95]

Friday 27th April 2018

[@zingzangspillip1]

Why are people suggesting they deserve more money? They fluked the right answer! Plus £3000 is a lot of money!

[@pallekanin91]

In the Danish show (That’s on it’s 3rd season right now) the prizes are bigger. The first winner from 2019 won 60,000 kroner (the same as 6,850 pounds). It’s 50,000 in each finals and for a pointless answer during the rounds it’s 10,000 (1141 pounds). So if there are 4 pointless answer + 1 in the final, you can win 90,000 kroner (10,275 pounds) potentially. And we are 10 times smaller and are only showed in Denmark. The English version is shown worldwide

[@pallekanin91]

50,000 kroner is the standard prize for every show + 10,000 kroner for each pointless answer (excluding the final).

[@zingzangspillip1]

@@pallekanin91 In the UK it is on the public broadcaster, hence why the prize money is a bit lower. The show is so popular; obviously, people don't mind about the low amount. Also, it makes the show more exciting when the jackpot gets a bit higher.

[@freedvonee512]

An inspirational guess is better than a non retard....

[@Ben6164]

How is £3000 by any defintion a "lot of money"?

[@redd605]

I love when they have the guests American women , working with Alexander Armstrong on pointless. The one who did it for a few weeks in march 2024 ,was great and today , Monday 25th Maria is back from USA doing pointless with Alexander Armstrong.

[@ArabellaTransylvania]

Terrible sound quality.

[@thesalandarian3314]

….

[@shehanazpanthpathanthempop7201]

Ok. Think to. See. Good. Tv. Shows. Ok. Otthers. Say

[@prufrok]

THAT was the best!? Meh

[@icturner23]

But the Yamamoto who was prime minister WAS an admiral. This wasn’t a random guess - he knew (just didn’t feel sure). I don’t get why they insisted that he’d made it up.

[@nicoleduffin1489]

For God sakes you can have better winning prize money. Better to be on family feud or just listen to Nova. Someone just won $50,000 just with a phone call and it disgusting the money you win on pointless after such effort , stress and thinking. I spend $2000 on kitty litter. It’s a shame

[@Liam2ushrod]

Agreed, they deserved a lot more for this!

[@jpbdude4223]

Wiffo92 Yeah, but I was watching Tenable and someone and a team only was playing for a thousand pounds, but only because the people was dumb. Hey, remember the weakest link, where you could get as high as £50,000? I think these people deserve like £10,000.

[@deplorabled1695]

They should fleece Gary Lineker's salary to make it up. BBC left wing news columnist disguised as a football commentator.

[@pipbeale]

Why does it always have to be about money.

[@MiserableImmortality]

@@pipbeale Right, why can't it be about the fun of it?

[@alanholt269]

Good name for the show pointless, you stand on your feet for 1 hour answer stupid questions and even if you do win your prize money is peanuts, yes pointless even bothering wanting to play the game. 👎

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

Well you chose to watch this, why would you complain?

[@alanholt269]

Just making a point about something that’s pointless that’s all idiot.

[@iansiswick6566]

Someone should tell Richard Osman he is not funny

[@adamtzsch]

Why don’t you?

[@peterallen2904]

He is a naturally funny person

[@FarmerJAB]

I think he is funny and witty