Pointless Ep4 [HtH 1]

[Cephrir]

I thought that was right D:

[Save The Dragons]

i was pretty sure it wasn't

[Cephrir]

Upon further thought I realize I should have known the answer D:

[ForWhomTheJellyRolls]

I know, I screwed that up. I wasn't thinking there.

[Cybele]

Wait, I thought order for this round was done by our scores in the previous round?

[xofelf]

It's okay! You tried <3

[Save The Dragons]

Don't worry, we got this Jelly B)

[diginova]

Wait, I thought order for this round was done by our scores in the previous round?

Only in the GSM version. I'm going based off the official show rules, in which it's just down the line.

[ZZZX]

Ill go with H2CO3 aka carbonic acid

[diginova]

Will

carbonic acid

fare better? Let's see what the survey says.

Spoiler: Results

Yes! A

5

is a very good score as well.

xofelf

, talk us through the board.

[xofelf]

Alright, well I know a lot of these acids are really really common, but I'm going to go with the one that I'm pretty confident most people wouldn't know off the top of their heads in the time limit given.

Rhubarby poison thing: Oxalic acid

[diginova]

Is

oxalic acid

a good reason not to eat your vegetables? Probably not, but let's see if it's correct anyway.

Spoiler: Results

And a

4

is best on this pass and on the board.

Sadly, Jelly,

ascorbic acid

is Vitamin C, scoring

15

.

Folic acid

is actually elsewhere on the board and is a vitamin, Vitamin B9, scoring

36

.

Here's the rest of the board.

[diginova]

Will the second players please step up to the podium as we have six new acids for you on this pass.

Cybele

, you go first with a nice high red line... a 95 or lower will see you through.

[Faraday]

Keep in mind two things: these are people off the street approached randomly, and they're put on the spot and given about a minute and a half to name all they can think of. It's pretty reasonable to have some of the less obvious ones be missed or the obvious ones overlooked.

It's done online, apparently: link

[Cybele]

Hmm. Is it just me, or was the last board a lot easier? I knew 4 of those, but this one... well, I'll take a guess. I'm

pretty

sure that LSD is lysergic acid diethalymide, so I'll try for

Lysergic Acid

.

[ZZZX]

it IS alot easier

[diginova]

Will

lysergic acid

make a green unicorn race across the lab? There's your red line nice and high.

Spoiler: Results

12

acid trips put you through to the next round.

Cephrir

, thanks to your partner a 94 or less will put you through.

[ZZZX]

it IS alot easier

Harder.. I am an idiot

[Cephrir]

There's only one answer up there I even have a guess at, so let's do lemons: citric acid

[diginova]

Will

citric acid

be enough to put you through?

Spoiler: Results

62

is a high score, but it's enough to guarantee your position.

Save the Dragons

, you have the board... talk us through it and hopefully leave your legacy with a Pointless answer.

[Save The Dragons]

vinegar is Acetic Acid (or something like that) and probably what i would have gone with originally, but...
caustic ant nettle one i don't know
LSD i didn't know but i think i did at one point
lemons was citric mmmmm
milk is lactic acid i believe sour milk is blech
the last one i think has the best chance of being low and i'm going off of Full Metal Alchemist here, where he turns the solid byproduct of coal into gold. i know nothing about coal mining, but the author calls it:

culm

no reason not to risk it!

[diginova]

Is

culm

a diamond or just useless coal?

Spoiler: Results

I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer, but it was a good shot at glory. It does give you a reason to celebrate though as the first members of the Pointless

200 club

.

You did have the correct idea, Save the Dragons, as the coal tar solid is a

Pointless

answer, but it's

carbolic acid

.

Culm

is another term for coal dust.
You were correct on one and five as well.

Here's the rest of the board.

[diginova]

Spoiler: Elimination

Only two can move on, though, and that means we have to say goodbye to

Save the Dragons

and

ForWhomTheJellyRolls

, but you are leaving us with £250 for the one Pointless answer you found in Round I.
I hope we see you again!

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
Well, congratulations,

Cybele and Xofelf

,

Cephrir and ZZZX

. You're now only one round away from the final and the chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £1,000.
You're going to go head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot, but the important news is you're now allowed to confer. So, from here on in, you play as teams.

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Our first category for the head-to-head is

The FIFA World Cup

.
We're going to show you five facts about the World Cup, and your goal is to tell us the most obscure.

Cybele and Xofelf

, you played best so far this game, so you get to go first.

Cephrir and ZZZX

, the results will not be revealed until after both of you have selected your answers, so feel free to choose immediately afterwards. You can choose the same fact if you think their answer is incorrect.

[Cybele]

Okay, we're going to try for the last one, the Italian city that hosted the World Cup final... which we're hoping was

Rome

.

[xofelf]

Woo, go icesportsball!