 Except in the final round, every pointless answer given adds £250 to the cash jackpot.If the jackpot is not won at the end of a game, the amount (including any increases from pointless answers) is rolled over to the next game and increased by £1,000, offering returning and new contestants a chance of winning a bigger cash prize.the highest recorded jackpot won on the show was £24,750 on 8 March 2013.