Top Answers Game #8 (+Pointless Companion) - Final Results!

[MB.]

can we have ONE THREAD without turning into a heated discussion about a Boris please! :oh:

well that's the round on German tennis players out the window

[Babayaro.]

He's lost me the bloody game :oh:

[Babayaro.]

well that's the round on German tennis players out the window

And 'Names Alf From TiBB Calls His Penis'


:bawling:

[MB.]

And 'Names Alf From TiBB Calls His Penis'


:bawling:

at least Strictly Jake can stick with his answer from the U.S. presidents round for that one and correctly pick Grover Cleveland :love:

[Cal.]

Can I just say I was gonna say Joseph Stalin in the Russia question but google was telling me he weren’t a president

[Mitchell]

The Cheryl question is harsh :p

[Babayaro.]

at least Strictly Jake can stick with his answer from the U.S. presidents round for that one and correctly pick Grover Cleveland :love:

Sir Francis Throckmorton :flutter:

[Cal.]

Oh I’m SEETHING

[MB.]

Sir Francis Throckmorton :flutter:

Just gonna whip out ole Operation Ocean Shield

[Shaun]

Can I just say I was gonna say Joseph Stalin in the Russia question but google was telling me he weren’t a president

the more I hear about this Google the less I like :( (i also said stalin)

[MB.]

We all know the only Russian president that matters is Angel McKenzie anyway

[Shaun]

Just gonna whip out ole Operation Ocean Shield

y'all ain't ready for this Mau Mau Uprising

[MB.]

I'm sorry, how did we collectively look past the fact that Matthew's answer for a famous inventor was Sukhvinder Javeed

[Mitchell]

Matthew wins tbh

[Cherie]

aw shoot was going to go for Vietnam but thought Iraq was more relevant to the UK? I will never understand TiBBS thinking...thats a good thing yes?

[Black Dagger]

-notes to self don't send Shaun my answers on WhatsApp bc they weren't included for history-

[Cherie]

aw shoot shouldnt have gone for Boris

[Jessica.]

Not me going from top to bottom :bawling: a reverse real life experience

:joker:

[Jessica.]

Thank you VERY MUCH, I am so proud. Did better in top answers too!

[Cherie]

I didn't think the Soviet Union would count, as you specifically said Russian President :hmph:

[Niamh.]

aw shoot was going to go for Vietnam but thought Iraq was more relevant to the UK? I will never understand TiBBS thinking...thats a good thing yes?

With that one Vietnam was just the one that popped in to my head first plus on TV shows or Films, they're always Vietnam Vets :laugh:

[Cherie]

With that one Vietnam was just the one that popped in to my head first plus on TV shows or Films, they're always Vietnam Vets :laugh:

same but with everyone constantly going on about the Iraq war who knew they would go American :laugh:

[Jessica.]

I was actually thinking Vietnam but I thought the Iraq war would be fresher in peoples minds :(

[Babayaro.]

I'm sorry, how did we collectively look past the fact that Matthew's answer for a famous inventor was Sukhvinder Javeed

Bye

[Matthew.]

I'm sorry, how did we collectively look past the fact that Matthew's answer for a famous inventor was Sukhvinder Javeed

She invented a baby product :)

[Strictly Jake]

Take the points off for guy fawkes! He wasnt executed! He commited suicide beforehand!

[Niamh.]

Take the points off for guy fawkes! He wasnt executed! He commited suicide beforehand!

Doesn't have to be a correct answer for Top Answers Jake, only for Pointless :hee:

[Shaun]

-notes to self don't send Shaun my answers on WhatsApp bc they weren't included for history-

I am a mess, one moment

[Cherie]

I am a mess, one moment

:joker:

[Ammi]

Take the points off for guy fawkes! He wasnt executed! He commited suicide beforehand!

...did he fall or did he jump...:laugh:..

[Jessica.]

The Celebrities round is so UK centric :(

[Ammi]

...okay, I’ve just read the OP through and I’m armed and dangerous...

[Shaun]

Okay, edited in Lucas' scores (5 for Pointless :clap1: we won't mention the other one) and added a couple of points to those who shared answers with him.

[Cherie]

Take the points off for guy fawkes! He wasnt executed! He commited suicide beforehand!

:tongue:

[Cherie]

The Celebrities round is so UK centric :(

don't let that worry you, TiBB will go for the USA

[Ammi]

...well done Lucas...:love:...

[Niamh.]

Ah ****s sake you gave me a point in Pointless Lucas :oh:

[AnnieK]

Oh, I forgot just how many celebs died in 2016 :sad:

[Ammi]

...shame on you, Lucas...:laugh:..

[Shaun]

Hmm... what do we think? Do TiBB want blood? Jake and Calderyon both scored a point for Fawkes (the only shared answer), so... do they have another 21 points added to their scores? :think:

Fawkes was the last to stand on the scaffold. He asked for forgiveness of the King and state, while keeping up his "crosses and idle ceremonies" (Catholic practices). Weakened by torture and aided by the hangman, Fawkes began to climb the ladder to the noose, but either through jumping to his death or climbing too high so the rope was incorrectly set, he managed to avoid the agony of the latter part of his execution by breaking his neck.

It's a tricky grey area... not known if he actually intended to commit suicide or it was an accident caused through the execution process. I'm on the fence on this.

[Niamh.]

I think leave them off, he was on his way to the execution so it caused it indirectly anyway

[Denver]

So I flopped

[Ammi]

...I don’t understand why they would have 21 points added...?...is the TA or Pointless..

[Shaun]

Pointless, Ammi, it doesn't matter if he was executed or not for Top Answers :tongue: it's just a question - with Pointless - of if it's a correct answer or not. I think since he died whilst being prepared for execution (literally in the seconds building up to it), it's a fair answer, but I can see why some would argue it isn't.

[Niamh.]

...I don’t understand why they would have 21 points added...?...is the TA or Pointless..

For Pointless, it has to be correct so you'd get the maximum score for a wrong answer

[Ammi]

...let the answer go I think...but would they not just have had 2 points added..?...I don’t get the 21 point bit when they were the only two who said him...

[Shaun]

Just to clear things up Ammi, if, for example, I posed a question:

Name a colour

and, in Top Answers, 20 members huffed something questionable and all gave the answer "Mutya Buena", they would still all score 20 points for Top Answers in that question. If they did the same in Pointless, it would be incorrect and they'd score the number of points per participants in that round.

[Ammi]

...but anyways...no, no arguments I don’t think...it was a really fair answer...either way, it wasn’t Mr Fawkes day that day, it was the death of him...

[Shaun]

...let the answer go I think...but would they not just have had 2 points added..?...I don’t get the 21 point bit when they were the only two who said him...

There were 21 players in the last round, so if anyone got a wrong answer they get 21pts.

Like with the TV show, Pointless, the "wrong" score is 100 because they ask 100 people their questions.

[Ammi]

Just to clear things up Ammi, if, for example, I posed a question:

Name a colour

and, in Top Answers, 20 members huffed something questionable and all gave the answer "Mutya Buena", they would still all score 20 points for Top Answers in that question. If they did the same in Pointless, it would be incorrect and they'd score the number of points per participants in that round.

...oh so it’s not how many people have that specific answer...as in 2 points for that answer because bot Jake and Cald gave it..?...

[Shaun]

I'm now having an anxiety attack at the idea of 100 TiBB members submitting their answers in this game :worry: I'd have to take sick leave

[Ammi]

..I think that I better go before anyone thinks that I’m really, really, really dumb and not just really, really dumb...

[Shaun]

...oh so it’s not how many people have that specific answer...as in 2 points for that answer because bot Jake and Cald gave it..?...

Yeah, just 1 point though because it'd be framed from the point of view of "I scored 1 point because 1 other player said the same answer as me". Or, "I scored 7 points with Boris Yeltsin because 7 other members said Boris Yeltsin", etc.

[Niamh.]

...oh so it’s not how many people have that specific answer...as in 2 points for that answer because bot Jake and Cald gave it..?...

They would get 2 points if it was a correct answer, you're penalised for giving a wrong answer (21 in this case as there were 21 players)

[Ammi]

...I’m still confused..:laugh:..I’ll just plod on...

[Ammi]

They would get 2 points if it was a correct answer, you're penalised for giving a wrong answer (21 in this case as there were 21 players)

...okay, yeah...I totally get that now ...it was because he wasn’t actually executed as such...so that’s the only time that the 21 would apply...dohhhh, I get it now....

[Ammi]

...yeah, just let it go I think...it was a fair answer...

[Ammi]

...apologies...my only excuse is that this is the first time I’ve played Pointless, I think...and it’s not something I’ve watched much, I doubt that I’ve watched a whole episode...

[Shaun]

Yeah don't worry about it lol, I can imagine it's confusing to the uninitiated.

I've edited all Qs into the OP since we're already four pages in today :D bloody Boris...

[Smithy]

Hmm... what do we think? Do TiBB want blood? Jake and Calderyon both scored a point for Fawkes (the only shared answer), so... do they have another 21 points added to their scores? :think:



It's a tricky grey area... not known if he actually intended to commit suicide or it was an accident caused through the execution process. I'm on the fence on this.

We demand blood! It’s wrong!

[Jessica.]

BLOOD :evilgrin:

[James]

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History

Top Answers

1) Name a famous inventor

Thomas Edison - 16
Alexander Graham Bell - 4
Albert Einstein - 2
Leonardo da Vinci - 1
Steve Jobs - 1

2) Name someone who has appeared on UK currency since 1900, other than QEII

Winston Churchill - 16
Charles Darwin - 2
Florence Nightingale - 2
Elizabeth Fry - 1
Jane Austen - 1
Margaret Thatcher - 1
William Shakespeare - 1

3) Name a country that no longer exists under that name, other than Zaire

Holland - 4
The USSR / Soviet Union - 4
Czechoslovakia - 3
Rhodesia - 3
Persia - 2
Burma - 1
Ceylon - 1
Catalonia - 1
Macedonia - 1
Siam - 1
Swaziland - 1
West Germany - 1
Yugoslavia - 1

4) Name a war that began after WW2

Vietnam War - 11
Iraq War - 5
Gulf War - 3
Cold War - 2
Korean War - 2
War in Afghanistan - 1

5) Name a Russian president other than Putin
I'm guessing people googled this rather than naming the first thing that came to their heads :( because mine was an obvious name that wasn't a "president"

Boris Yeltsin - 12
Dmitry Medvedev - 7
Joseph Stalin - 3
Mikhail Gorbachev - 2

6) Name a Roman emperor
Again, I just picked the first name that came to my head and then some of you had the cheek to point out he wasn't "technically an emperor" whilst submitting the same answer. :oh: honestly

Augustus - 15
Julius Caesar - 7
Nero - 2

7) Name a Chinese dynasty
thankfully my "first thought" here was the top answer <3

Ming - 12
Qing - 4
Zhou - 4
Shang - 1
Song - 1
Tang - 1

8) Name a famous person executed in the UK

Anne Boleyn - 10
Guy Fawkes - 9
Lady Jane Grey - 2
Charles I - 1
Jane Seymour - 1
Ruth Ellis - 1

9) Name a dinosaur other than a T-Rex

Velociraptor - 15
Stegosaurus - 4
Triceratops - 4
Pterodactyl - 1

10) Name a president of the USA who served for two terms

Barack Obama - 21
Andrew Jackson - 1
Franklin D Roosevelt - 1
George W Bush - 1

Scores

MTVN - 129
Jake. - 121
MB. - 121
AnnieK - 117
Daniel. - 114
Cherie - 111
Niamh - 108
James - 106
Matthew. - 103
Jessica - 98
Smithy - 98
Mitchell - 97
Amy Jade - 96
Liam- - 94
Calderyon - 93
Shaun - 92
Tony Montana - 90
Babayaro. - 90
Rob! - 89
Strictly Jake - 81
Cal. - 80
Black Dagger - 76
Denver - 75
Ammi - 69
Nicky91 - 57

A bit of a disaster of a round for most, but well done to MTVN and our runners-up, MB and Jake :clap1:

I did think of people like Ann Boleyn for the famous person executed in the UK Top Answers question, but I put Ruth Ellis because the I don't think the name United Kingdom was used back in the times of the other names given.

[James]

aw shoot was going to go for Vietnam but thought Iraq was more relevant to the UK? I will never understand TiBBS thinking...thats a good thing yes?

With that one Vietnam was just the one that popped in to my head first plus on TV shows or Films, they're always Vietnam Vets :laugh:

same but with everyone constantly going on about the Iraq war who knew they would go American :laugh:

I was actually thinking Vietnam but I thought the Iraq war would be fresher in peoples minds :(

I put Iraq War because it was more recent, but I was also thinking that 'after Word War 2' might lead people to think Vietnam War.

[Ammi]

I did think of people like Ann Boleyn for the famous person executed in the UK Top Answers question, but I put Ruth Ellis because the I don't think the name United Kingdom was used back in the times of the other names given.

...what I’m learning this morning, James...is that doesn’t have to be a precise answer...

[James]

Yeah, there are no wrong answers in the Top Answers game.

[Calderyon]

No blood.

[Smithy]

No blood.

Excuse me a robot should be able to follow the rules and you didn’t, we demand blood!

Circuits destruction!

[Mitchell]

I vote to give Adam 21 points for the ****s and giggles

[Denver]

I vote to give Adam 21 points for the ****s and giggles

I vote to permanently ban you #MakeTIBBGreatAgain

[Calderyon]

Excuse me a robot should be able to follow the rules and you didn’t, we demand blood!

Circuits destruction!

Nope.

[Cal.]

Oh, it’s Jake with the wrong answer?

We want bloodhttps://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/cache.php?img=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FcStFoYC.g if

[Black Dagger]

Thanks for adding my points. Yass at Pointless. What a disaster in top answers. It said Tang was the most powerful and I thought Bell would be more known.

[MTVN]

Turns out my degree in History wasn't a waste of time after all :smug:

[MTVN]

I'm surprised at people putting Holland considering the Netherlands is often still referred to as that. I was tossing up between Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia for that one and chose the wrong one

[Cherie]

Whilst I work out the totals for Pointless, here's Round 4 if you want to jump ahead and get googling :laugh:

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Celebrities

1. Name an ex-husband of Cheryl Tweedy
2. Name a TV show with "Celebrity" in the title other than "Celebrity Big Brother" (or its spinoffs :oh: )
3. Name a winner of Strictly Come Dancing
4. Name someone who is famous for being a "WAG" ('Wife and Girlfriend' of a footballer)
5. Name a famous cat
6. Name someone who has presented the UK daytime TV show 'This Morning'
7. Name a celebrity who died in 2016
8. Name a (present or former) cast member of 'Made in Chelsea'
9. Name a gossip magazine that is, or has been, in circulation in the UK
10. Name a celebrity whose first name is John

For the Pointless edition: most of these questions are pretty open and there shouldn't really be a problem; for Made in Chelsea they must have appeared in at least 2 episodes. For question 2 it must be an english title. Otherwise, this is a lot easier than the other rounds, I think!

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[Rob!]

Imagine accidentally dying on your way to being executed :skull:


Also re the John the celeb question Shaun, alive and dead or just alive?

[Shaun]

Either are fine! As are celebrities who use another alias but their real name is John

[Shaun]

17 sets of answers so far :worry: still need some from Amy Jade, Jessica, Babayaro and Tony Montana!

[Ammi]

...:hmph:...

[Cherie]

some of us are working :idc:

will get it to you by 5pm

[Smithy]

Will do this sometime this aft!

[James]

I'll do this later.

[Babayaro.]

Will do this round around 10/11PM

[Tony Montana]

I'll do mine later.

[Shaun]

Just the four sets left to come in now :spin2: (sorry Ammi... x)

[Rob!]

I should be given extra points for not keeping the quizmaster waiting :hmph:

[Jessica.]

Sorry, I had such a long day, gonna try get some answers in before I fall asleep

[Shaun]

Have received everyone's answers! Just need to check 10 sets of them and then I can reveal the results and pass out x

[Shaun]

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Celebrity

Top Answers

1. Name an ex-husband of Cheryl Tweedy

Ashley Cole - 24
Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini - 1

2. Name a TV show with "Celebrity" in the title other than "Celebrity Big Brother" (or its spinoffs)

Celebrity Juice - 1
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - 24

3. Name a winner of Strictly Come Dancing

Caroline Flack - 21
Abbey Clancy - 1
Alesha Dixon - 1
Kelvin Fletcher - 1
Stacey Dooley - 1

4. Name someone who is famous for being a "WAG" ('Wife and Girlfriend' of a footballer)

Victoria Beckham - 11
Coleen Rooney - 9
Abbey Clancy - 2
Rebekah Vardy - 2
Cheryl Cole - 1

5. Name a famous cat

Garfield - 18
Tom (and Jerry) - 3
Bagpuss - 2
Grumpy Cat - 2

6. Name someone who has presented the UK daytime TV show 'This Morning'

Philip Schofield - 16
Holly Willoughby - 8
Alison Hammond - 1

7. Name a celebrity who died in 2016

David Bowie - 24
Carrie Fisher - 1

8. Name a (present or former) cast member of 'Made in Chelsea'

Spencer Matthews - 9
Jamie Laing - 8
Georgia Toffolo - 5
Binky Felstead - 1
Louise Thompson - 1
Ollie Locke - 1

9. Name a gossip magazine that is, or has been, in circulation in the UK

OK! - 12
Heat - 8
Hello - 3
Closer - 1
The Sun - 1

10. Name a celebrity whose first name is John

John Lennon - 10
John Travolta - 6
John Barrowman - 4
John McCririck - 3
John Cena - 1
John Cleese - 1


Scores

MTVN - 168
Babayaro - 167
AnnieK - 165
Cal. - 161
James - 158
MB. - 157
Ammi - 156
Matthew. - 155
Daniel. - 154
Amy Jade - 153
Calderyon - 153
Cherie - 151
Strictly Jake - 150
Jessica - 148
Mitchell - 145
Tony Montana - 144
Niamh - 143
Denver - 139
Smithy - 137
Jake. - 136
Rob! - 136
Black Dagger - 132
Shaun - 122
Liam- - 116
Nicky91 - 69

Congratulations to MTVN, Marc and Annie :clap1: some great scores here with many almost-unanimous answers.

[Shaun]

Pointless

21 sets of answers this time, so each incorrect answer is worth 21pts!

1) Name an ex-husband of Cheryl Tweedy

Shaun - Ashley Cole
Mitchell - Ashley Cole
Cal - Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini
Niamh - Ashley Cole
Ammi - Ashley Cole
Strictly Jake - Ashley Cole
Nicky91 - Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini
Calderyon - Ashley Cole
Rob! - Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini
MB - Ashley Cole
AnnieK - Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini
Cherie - Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini
Matthew. - Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini
MTVN - Ashley Cole
Liam- - Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini
Black Dagger - Ashley Cole
Denver - Ashley Cole
Smithy - Ashley Cole
Jake. - Ashley Cole
Tony Montana - John Barrowman
Babayaro. - Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini
Jessica - Ashley Cole

Okay, so when I conceptualised this question, I was under the wrong impression that she had briefly married Liam Payne as well, so I didn't realise there were only two answers :( but at least this gave me the wonderful mental image of a Cheryl Barrowman power couple (I assume something went wrong with thinking of famous Johns, TM, but sorry, I couldn't reply in time before the round ended). Ashley Cole, the more obvious answer, gets more points; presumably because most of us couldn't be arsed typing the other guy's name :laugh: Ashley scores 11pts, other guy scores 7pts.

2) Name a TV show with "celebrity" (or an abbreviation of the word) in the title, other than CBB

Shaun - Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice
Mitchell - Celebrity Showmance
Cal - Celebrity Scissorhands
Niamh - Celebrity Playhouse
Ammi - I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here
Strictly Jake - Celebrity 5 Go Barging
Nicky91 - Celebrity Masterchef
Calderyon - Celebrity Duets Arab World
Rob! - Celebrity Come Dine With Me
MB - Celebrity Lanes
AnnieK - Celebrity Wipeout
Cherie - Wide Awake: Celebrity Insomnia Exposed
Matthew. - The Celebrity Apprentice
MTVN - The Apartment - Celebrity Edition
Liam- - Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver
Black Dagger - Celebrity Super Spa
Denver - Celebrity Masterchef Australia
Smithy - RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
Jake. - Celebrity Family Feud
Tony Montana - RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
Babayaro. - Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver
Jessica - Celebrity Fit Club

Decades of poor programming means there are very, very few points to go around here. If you weren't pointless, you only escape with a point.

3) Name a winner of Strictly Come Dancing

Shaun - Louis Smith
Mitchell - Abbey Clancy
Cal - Darren Bennett
Niamh - Kelvin Fletcher
Ammi - Joe McFadden
Strictly Jake - Stacey Dooley
Nicky91 - Darren Gough
Calderyon - Darren Gough
Rob! - Aljaž Škorjanec
MB - Matthew Cutler
AnnieK - Natasha Kaplinsky
Cherie - Laura Main
Matthew. - Jill Halfpenny
MTVN - Kara Tointon
Liam- - Abbey Clancy
Black Dagger - Mark Ramprakash
Denver - Tess Daly
Smithy - Kelvin Fletcher
Jake. - Kara Tointon
Tony Montana - Harry Judd
Babayaro. - Joanne Clifton
Jessica - Chris Hollins

Plenty of celebrity winners here, but the sensible options were to either name a professional dancer they were paired with, or name someone who won a charity or Christmas special. Once again, only the 1pt of damage can be done here.

4) Name someone who is famous for being a "WAG".

Shaun - Abbey Clancy
Mitchell - Tanya Bardsley
Cal - Federica Ridolfi
Niamh - Tatjana Batinic
Ammi - Coleen Rooney
Strictly Jake - Christine Lampard
Nicky91 - Mikky Kiemeney
Calderyon - Antonella Roccuzzo
Rob! - Ana Ivanovic
MB - Izabel Kovacic
AnnieK - Shakira
Cherie - Ria Hughes
Matthew. - Carly Zucker
MTVN - Annie Kilner
Liam- - Paige Milian
Black Dagger - Michele Lacroix
Denver - Rike Nooitgedagt
Smithy - Georgina Rodriguez
Jake. - Victoria Beckham
Tony Montana - Abbey Clancy
Babayaro. - Toni Terry
Jessica - Fern Hawkins

I naively believed naming one that won SCD would throw others off the scent but I guess it ended up being the only shared answer :inamood:

5) Name a famous cat

Shaun - Salem (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Mitchell - Frisky (Coronation Street titles)
Cal - Sergeant Tibbs
Niamh - Sassy (Homeward Bound)
Ammi - Garfield
Strictly Jake - Nala
Nicky91 - Heathcliff
Calderyon - Scratchy
Rob! - Tony the Tiger
MB - Zarathustra, the Fat Art Cat
AnnieK - Bagpuss
Cherie - Snowball
Matthew. - Cat Deeley
MTVN - Claude Cat
Liam- - Tony the Tiger
Black Dagger - Berlioze Aristocat
Denver - Craig (Eastenders)
Smithy - Cat Deeley
Jake. - Top Cat
Tony Montana - Sylvester (Looney Toons)
Babayaro. - Isis (Star Trek)
Jessica - Fukumaru

Some of you were REALLY testing my generosity with the interpretation of the word "cat" here. I do not like accepting Tony the bloody TIGER but I guess it's a kind of cat :oh: so it counts. But I DON'T LIKE IT. Hats off to the two slags who named an actual person, though, and well done to Mitchell for not falling into that trap as he originally intended. Again, just 1pt scored here at worst.

6) Name someone who has presented 'This Morning'

Shaun - Emily Atack
Mitchell - Nigel Havers
Cal - Jenni Falconer
Niamh - Ross Kelly
Ammi - Ruth Langford
Strictly Jake - Marvin Humes
Nicky91 - Mollie King
Calderyon - Judy Finnigan
Rob! - Coleen Nolan
MB - Samanthi Jayawardena
AnnieK - Jenni Falconer
Cherie - Liz Earle
Matthew. - Coleen Nolan
MTVN - Ross Kelly
Liam- - Twiggy
Black Dagger - Ross Kelly
Denver - Bryony Blake
Smithy - Ben Shepherd
Jake. - Sharon Marshall
Tony Montana - Stephen Mulhern
Babayaro. - Christine Lampard
Jessica - Caton Keating

I guess I didn't specify by "presenting" that it meant hosting the whole thing so a lot of you went with the specialist guests for things like makeup, finance, celebrity gossip, etc. Ross Kelly scores 2, the devil hellbitch scores 1pt.

7) Name a 2016 celebrity death

Shaun - Chyna
Mitchell - Michael Cimino
Cal - Dale Griffin
Niamh - Alan Thicke
Ammi - Pete Burns
Strictly Jake - Ron Glass
Nicky91 - David Bowie
Calderyon - Garry Marshall
Rob! - Jean Alexander
MB - Farouk Shousha
AnnieK - Harper Lee
Cherie - Michael Nicholson
Matthew. - Fidel Castro
MTVN - Sylvia Anderson
Liam- - Robin Hardy
Black Dagger - Leon Russell
Denver - Phife Dawg
Smithy - Anton Yelchin
Jake. - Caroline Aherne
Tony Montana - Fidel Castro
Babayaro. - Edward Albee
Jessica - Shimon Peres

Sorry to resurface some old wounds here, everyone! What a **** of a year. Just the one shared answer.

8) Name someone who's appeared on 2+ episodes of Made in Chelsea

Shaun - Francis Boulle
Mitchell - Miles Nazaire
Cal - Emma Walsh
Niamh - George Amor
Ammi - Sam Thompson
Strictly Jake - Amber Atherton
Nicky91 - Jamie Laing
Calderyon - Melissa Tattam
Rob! - Alik Alfus
MB - Will Colebrook
AnnieK - Louise Thompson
Cherie - Josh Coombs
Matthew. - Emily Blackwell
MTVN - Oscar Ligenza
Liam- - Will Colebrook
Black Dagger - Ed Ford
Denver - Binky Felstead
Smithy - Harry Baron
Jake. - Joel Dommett
Tony Montana - Sam Cussins
Babayaro. - Julius Cowdrey
Jessica - Hugo Leefe

I cannot find any evidence that Joel Dommett was in Made in Chelsea at any point :suspect: Everyone names someone unique bar Will Colebrook, that troublemaking little prick.

9) Name a gossip magazine that is, or was, in circulation in the UK

Shaun - My Weekly
Mitchell - Into Soap
Cal - Mad About Boys
Niamh - Mizz
Ammi - Hello
Strictly Jake - Lifestyle
Nicky91 - Daily Mirror
Calderyon - Reveal
Rob! - Let's Talk
MB - Reveal
AnnieK - Reveal
Cherie - IN
Matthew. - Best
MTVN - ¡Hola!
Liam- - New!
Black Dagger - Xplode
Denver - Take a Break
Smithy - Closer
Jake. - Bella
Tony Montana - Heat
Babayaro. - Woman's Own
Jessica - Smash Hits

I was pretty open to the interpretation of "gossip magazine" here because Smash Hits was obviously primarily a music one, but definitely thrived off of boybands and that sort of gossip. But I had to discount Nicky's answer here since it's quite obviously a newspaper and not a magazine. Reveal scores 2pts.

10) Name a celebrity whose first name is John

Shaun - John Cooper Clarke
Mitchell - John O'Hurley
Cal - John Barea
Niamh - John Dodson
Ammi - John Travolta
Strictly Jake - John Thompson
Nicky91 - John Barnes
Calderyon - John Goodman
Rob! - John Virgo
MB - J. Eddie Peck
AnnieK - Jack Nicholson
Cherie - John Mellencamp
Matthew. - John Rocker
MTVN - Fabolous
Liam- - John Brotherton
Black Dagger - John Grimes
Denver - John Morrison
Smithy - John Epperson
Jake. - John Edwards
Tony Montana - John Cleese
Babayaro. - John Altman
Jessica - John Bernard Riley

Miraculously, everybody gets a pointless answer here!

Scores

Cherie - 7
Cal - 8
Babayaro. - 8
Rob! - 9
AnnieK - 10
Matthew. - 10
Ammi - 11
Denver - 11
Jessica - 11
Liam- - 11
Strictly Jake - 11
Mitchell - 12
Shaun - 12
Black Dagger - 13
Calderyon - 14
MB - 14
MTVN - 14
Niamh - 14
Smithy - 14
Tony Montana - 24
Nicky91 - 29
Jake. - 33

Congratulations to Cherie for getting the lowest possible score :clap1:

[Shaun]

Reminder: after round 5 I will give a mid-way scores update :spin2:

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Geography

1. Name a US state whose name begins with a vowel
2. Name a colour on the flag of South Africa
3. Name a country that shares a land border with Brazil
4. Name a capital city of the world that begins with the letter A
5. Name a river other than the Amazon, Nile or Thames
6. Name a volcano other than Vesuvius, Krakatoa or Etna
7. Name a country that is landlocked (has no sea coastline)
8. Name a city in Europe that isn't a capital city
9. Name a language that is widely spoken in more than one country, other than English
10. Name a city that has hosted either the Summer or Winter Olympic Games since 1896

For the Pointless edition: All questions that ask for a "country" as an answer must be an independent country as recognised by the UN. For #4, it must be a capital city of a CURRENT country, not a historical one. In fact, all questions are dealing with their current state; so South Africa's CURRENT flag, any European city that is not CURRENTLY a capital (but may have been in the past) for #8. For #10 I will allow all answers that have hosted either a Summer or Winter Olympics, even if they are not technically classed as a "city" (I would assume all hosts have been cities though).

[Ammi]

...well done Matt, Babs, Annie and Cal...:love:...and well done Cal, Cherie and Babs for Pointless...:love:..

[Ammi]

...I’ll try to make sense of that little red bit after the questions when I wake up...

[Babayaro.]

Strong round for me!

[Cherie]

:amazed: sorry to be mean but I think you added the pointless scores up wrong on the This morning question and Cal and Annie share Jenni?

I need all the no points I can get :fist:

[Cherie]

I thought maybe the Cheryl question was a trick one and she had married someone before she was really famous

[MB.]

I strongly refute the notion that Victoria Beckham is famous for being a WAG :nono:

(also #CancelWillColebrook)

[MB.]

Also also, I love that John Rocker is canonically a Pointless answer. Truly nobody says racist and homosexual things like he does!

[AnnieK]

:amazed: sorry to be mean but I think you added the pointless scores up wrong on the This morning question and Cal and Annie share Jenni?

I need all the no points I can get :fist:

:fist:

[Shaun]

we stan a competitive grass :clap1: :laugh: all amended

[AnnieK]

:hmph:

[Cherie]

we stan a competitive grass :clap1: :laugh: all amended

:laugh: Thank you Shaun :love:

[AnnieK]

:laugh: Thank you Shaun :love:

I thought we were friends.....:bawling:

[Niamh.]

Ugh bad rounds for me

[Smithy]

**** sake -flips table and storms out in a huff-

[Cherie]

I thought we were friends.....:bawling:

kicks Annie in the shins, and runs off shouting I'm pointless :cheer2:

[Niamh.]

I strongly refute the notion that Victoria Beckham is famous for being a WAG :nono:

(also #CancelWillColebrook)Yeah i know, she was more famous than David Beckham or as famous back when the got together

[Ammi]

...are you not paying attention, MB...it doesn’t have to be a correct answer, only a most given answer...:laugh:..

[MB.]

...are you not paying attention, MB...it doesn’t have to be a correct answer, only a most given answer...:laugh:..

I didn't say it was incorrect, I said it was insult to the woman who gave the iconic line reading "and I'm Victoria, Malcolm!"

[Ammi]

I didn't say it was incorrect, I said it was insult to the woman who gave the iconic line reading "and I'm Victoria, Malcolm!"

...I just had to look that up...:laugh:...I probably shouldn’t be allowed to take part in anything ever until I’ve watched that movie, eh...?...please forgive me, MB...

[UserSince2005]

Can I play?

[Smithy]

I strongly refute the notion that Victoria Beckham is famous for being a WAG :nono:

(also #CancelWillColebrook)

Agree!

[Ammi]

Can I play?

....yeah, just jump into any round you would like to, User...

[UserSince2005]

....yeah, just jump into any round you would like to, User...

And for the geography one I guess the most common answer or the most pointless one.

[Black Dagger]

Screaming at me saying Alison Hammond and Rebeckah Vardy for top answers. Mess.

[Ammi]

And for the geography one I guess the most common answer or the most pointless one.

...yeah, you can either do both quizzes, the Top Answer and Pointless one...or you can just choose to do one of them...this will be a good round for you to jump in because you’re well travelled and a geographical genius...

[UserSince2005]

...yeah, you can either do both quizzes, the Top Answer and Pointless one...or you can just choose to do one of them...this will be a good round for you to jump in because you’re well travelled and a geographical genius...

Awwww thanks ive submitted :hug:

How fun.

[Ammi]

Awwww thanks ive submitted :hug:

How fun.

...:love:..

[Cal.]

:amazed: sorry to be mean but I think you added the pointless scores up wrong on the This morning question and Cal and Annie share Jenni?

I need all the no points I can get :fist:

You wanna get lost love!

[Cherie]

You wanna get lost love!

steps on Cal on way up!

[Rob!]

How the **** did I forget about Victoria Beckham :unsure:

[Jake.]

Shaun, I could be completely wrong but I think my points for round 4 add up to 136?

(I’m kicking myself as well because I meant to have Ashley Cole / Jean-Bernard the other way around but obviously that’s my own doing :laugh:)

[Babayaro.]

(you are completely wrong)

[MB.]

no one:

Shaun when Tony Montana said that Cheryl Cole was married to John Barrowman:

(you are completely wrong)

[Jake.]

Also is there like a massive penalty for giving an incorrect answer in Pointless? :laugh:

[Smithy]

Also is there like a massive penalty for giving an incorrect answer in Pointless? :laugh:

You get the the same number of points as there are players for the round

[Liam-]

How the **** did I forget about Victoria Beckham :unsure:

Because she’s not actually famous for being a wag :fist:

[Jake.]

You get the the same number of points as there are players for the round

:skull:

[Denver]

Because she’s not actually famous for being a wag :fist:

She is legit more famous then her husband which is why I never considered her

[Niamh.]

That round was tough as well, I'm really bad at this game waa

[Calderyon]

I'll provide my answers to you today.

[Calderyon]

That round was tough as well, I'm really bad at this game waa

There, there.

[Niamh.]

There, there.

n'awww that was almost a bit of emotion Calderyon :laugh:

[Calderyon]

I have an emotion chip.

[Niamh.]

I have an emotion chip.

:joker:

[Rob!]

One of my answers on the next round :fan:

[Ammi]

...I haven’t even read through the questions properly but I’m avoiding doing it because I know it’s not going to be easy to even get a low score../...to get any score at all...

[Nicky91]

i give up on this

[Calderyon]

Done and send.

[Cherie]

Reminder: after round 5 I will give a mid-way scores update :spin2:

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Geography

1. Name a US state whose name begins with a vowel
2. Name a colour on the flag of South Africa
3. Name a country that shares a land border with Brazil
4. Name a capital city of the world that begins with the letter A
5. Name a river other than the Amazon, Nile or Thames
6. Name a volcano other than Vesuvius, Krakatoa or Etna
7. Name a country that is landlocked (has no sea coastline)
8. Name a city in Europe that isn't a capital city
9. Name a language that is widely spoken in more than one country, other than English
10. Name a city that has hosted either the Summer or Winter Olympic Games since 1896

For the Pointless edition: All questions that ask for a "country" as an answer must be an independent country as recognised by the UN. For #4, it must be a capital city of a CURRENT country, not a historical one. In fact, all questions are dealing with their current state; so South Africa's CURRENT flag, any European city that is not CURRENTLY a capital (but may have been in the past) for #8. For #10 I will allow all answers that have hosted either a Summer or Winter Olympics, even if they are not technically classed as a "city" (I would assume all hosts have been cities though).

.

[Mitchell]

Ashley ****ing Cole :oh:

[Mitchell]

How the **** did I forget about Victoria Beckham :unsure:

It’s fine, I forgot Garfield existed so put ****ing grumpy cat

[Strictly Jake]

Shaun how long do we get for this can I do my answers tonight?

[James]

I was almost perfect on Celebrities in Top Answers. I said Closer for the magazine.

[Liam-]

It’s fine, I forgot Garfield existed so put ****ing grumpy cat

Dw, I forgot about Flack :whistle:

[Tony Montana]

Welp I flopped hard.

[Babayaro.]

I was almost perfect on Celebrities in Top Answers. I said Closer for the magazine.

Same, but I said Coleen instead of Victoria :fist:

[Niamh.]

It’s fine, I forgot Garfield existed so put ****ing grumpy cat

Garfield was my first thought but then I thought surely Tom from Tom and jerry is the most well known cat ugh

[Tony Montana]

Garfield was my first thought but then I thought surely Tom from Tom and jerry is the most well known cat ugh

Same. :fist:

[Rob!]

I knew I should have gone for BB14’s Dan for the This Morning question

[Cherie]

I knew I should have gone for BB14’s Dan for the This Morning question

I was going to put him, but thought someone else would have him glad I steered away from Ross as well :laugh:

[Shaun]

Received answers so far from Niamh, Rob!, Calderyon, Mitchell, James, Denver, Strictly Jake, Cal, MB, MTVN, Cherie, Matthew., Ammi & Liam-.

I'm not going to list those who haven't sent them in yet because I always seem to leave someone out :oh: but if you aren't named in this post, I am WAITING :inamood:

[Rob!]

Received answers so far from Niamh, Rob!, Calderyon, Mitchell, James, Denver, Strictly Jake and Cal.

I'm not going to list those who haven't sent them in yet because I always seem to leave someone out :oh: but if you aren't named in this post, I am WAITING :inamood:

Hand out those point penalties :clap1:

[MB.]

bitch make me!

[Ammi]

...I just have to spend a day crying over them before I can send them in...

[Cherie]

sent :worry:

[AnnieK]

Will.send within the hour.....I thought we had till tonight to do it

[Shaun]

You do, I just like to be bossy :love:

[Cherie]

Will.send within the hour.....I thought we had till tonight to do it

charp charp Annie we are all waiting, no pressure :pipe:

[Shaun]

Just a general warning since there've already been a couple of slips (for Pointless):

- For #4 I do need a capital city of a country, I won't allow capitals of states, municipalities or counties.
- For the rivers/volcanoes, I do need a real one that exists; there are thousands of both without delving into fiction :D One member (Rob) has given a very cheeky answer that is definitely allowed and I'll be impressed if anyone has the same thought.
- For #3 it must be a land border, no sea territories or islands nearby thank you x

Will update the post above with any new votes received.

[Rob!]

Just a general warning since there've already been a couple of slips (for Pointless):

- For #4 I do need a capital city of a country, I won't allow capitals of states, municipalities or counties.
- For the rivers/volcanoes, I do need a real one that exists; there are thousands of both without delving into fiction :D One member (Rob) has given a very cheeky answer that is definitely allowed and I'll be impressed if anyone has the same thought.
- For #3 it must be a land border, no sea territories or islands nearby thank you x

Will update the post above with any new votes received.

I won’t be, I’ll be livid. :hmph:

[Denver]

I have a feeling i know what it is

[Mitchell]

- For the rivers/volcanoes, I do need a real one that exists; there are thousands of both without delving into fiction :D

Well that’s me told

[MB.]

If nothing else I hope to win the newly-created "best Lisa Stansfield reference in the PM heading" award

[Shaun]

12 sets of answers so far (so halfway? ish?) so here are some teasers...

- 6 different rivers have been named in Top Answers
- But only 2 different volcanoes
- One other question is, so far, unanimous
- Whilst two other questions are cases of "everyone says the same answer except one poor sod"
- In Pointless, there are already shared answers in every question except #5, #6 and #8
- And there is, at the moment, just the one pointless answer for the South African flag colours.

[Calderyon]

I won’t be, I’ll be livid. :hmph:

I might know this too, but cannot be sure.

[Cherie]

Just a general warning since there've already been a couple of slips (for Pointless):

- For #4 I do need a capital city of a country, I won't allow capitals of states, municipalities or counties.
- For the rivers/volcanoes, I do need a real one that exists; there are thousands of both without delving into fiction :D One member (Rob) has given a very cheeky answer that is definitely allowed and I'll be impressed if anyone has the same thought.
- For #3 it must be a land border, no sea territories or islands nearby thank you x

Will update the post above with any new votes received.


You didn’t specify country :idc:

4. Name a capital city of the world that begins with the letter

[Niamh.]

I bet I'm the poor sod who didn't pick the same answer as everyone else :bawling:

[Shaun]

For the Pointless edition: All questions that ask for a "country" as an answer must be an independent country as recognised by the UN. For #4, it must be a capital city of a CURRENT country, not a historical one.

literally did fam

[Cherie]

literally did fam

:oh:

[Shaun]

:D it's okay, I would've glossed over the small print too

[Liam-]

Tough round, I’m gonna do ****

[Cherie]

I think this round will be carnage :sad:

[MB.]

yeah I can fully see myself getting a score in double figures for Top Answers

[Nicky91]

oh give me a 100 point penalty for all i care, i'm out anyway

[Niamh.]

oh give me a 100 point penalty for all i care, i'm out anyway

https://i.gifer.com/8mx.gif

[AnnieK]

Sent....think this has been a bad round for me :sad:

[Shaun]

Received answers so far from Niamh, Rob!, Calderyon, Mitchell, James, Denver, Strictly Jake, Cal, MB, MTVN, Cherie, Matthew., Ammi, Liam-, Jake, Jessica & AnnieK.

Updating for the new page. Think this just leaves Amy Jade, Daniel, Black Dagger, Nicky91, Tony Montana, Smithy and Babayaro.

[Jessica.]

send

[Babayaro.]

Sent!


Changed my mind on a few Top Answers a couple of times :worry:

[Cal.]

Sent!

[Babayaro.]

oh give me a 100 point penalty for all i care, i'm out anyway

https://i.gifer.com/8mx.gif

:joker:

[Smithy]

Oop sorry, been ill, doing it now!’

[Shaun]

Right then, I'm on the verge of falling asleep and already starting to hallucinate so here're the results. 23 took part in Top Answers this time, whilst 20 did Pointless.

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Geography

Top Answers

1. Name a US state whose name begins with a vowel

Alabama - 12
Alaska - 8
Arizona - 2
Ohio - 1

2. Name a colour on the flag of South Africa

Green - 21
Red - 2

3. Name a country that shares a border with Brazil

Argentina - 17
Colombia - 2
Peru - 2
Bolivia - 1
France - 1

4. Name a world capital city that begins with the letter A

Amsterdam - 15
Athens - 6
Abu Dhabi - 2

5. Name a river, other than the Amazon, Nile or Thames

Mississippi - 12
Danube - 4
Ganges - 2
Seine - 2
Yangtze - 2
Severn - 1

6. Name a volcano, other than Vesuvius, Etna or Krakatoa

Mount St. Helens - 13
Mt. Fuji - 9
Tambora - 1

7. Name a landlocked country

Switzerland - 7
Afghanistan - 6
Austria - 4
Kazakhstan - 4
Chad - 1
Luxembourg - 1

8. Name a European city that isn't a capital

Manchester - 11
Barcelona - 6
Venice - 2
Hamburg - 1
Krakow - 1
Munich - 1
Valencia - 1

9. Name a language widely spoken in multiple countries, other than English

Spanish - 13
French - 8
Mandarin - 2

10. Name a city that has hosted the Summer or Winter Olympic Games at some point

London - 21
Rio de Janeiro - 1
United Kingdom - 1


Scores

Calderyon - 138
Daniel. - 128
Denver - 124
Matthew. - 123
Liam- - 122
Rob! - 121
Jake. - 120
Strictly Jake - 120
Black Dagger - 118
MTVN - 117
Shaun - 117
Mitchell - 114
Babayaro - 113
MB. - 113
Niamh - 113
Cal. - 112
Cherie - 111
Ammi - 110
AnnieK - 110
James - 109
Jessica - 93
Smithy - 87
Amy Jade - 78

[Shaun]

I'll post the Pointless scores, and the mid-way league tables, tomorrow, or "today" lol, I am literally nodding off

To tide you over, here's Round 6 to get thinking on.

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Science & Nature

1. Name a documentary or series presented by Sir David Attenborough
2. Name an element on the periodic table whose symbol is a single letter
3. Name a type of renewable energy
4. Name a moon that is in our solar system (other than Earth's moon)
5. Name a winner/laureate of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
6. Name a species of animal that has suffered at the hands of poachers
7. Name a species of bird that is native to the UK
8. Name a country severely impacted by the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004
9. Name a poisonous type of mushroom
10. Name one of the body's five senses

For the Pointless edition: For #2, there are fourteen correct answers and they have one letter for their chemical symbol. Please name both the element AND the symbol. For #7, they must appear in the wild. For #8, I am considering countries that took physical damage only. Plenty of countries lost tourists to the disaster, but I am only accepting answers that were in the Pacific/Indian Ocean. For #10, the five senses are pretty obvious and there's no sneaky "ESP" or whatever to try and suggest :p

All of the other questions are pretty open to interpretation unless you go completely off the rails and start naming moons from solar systems other than our own :spin2:

[Babayaro.]

ffs I originally had Spanish but opted for Mandarin bc its literally the most common language :s

[Tony Montana]

Ah **** I forgot to do this round. :bawling:

Good luck y'all.

[Ammi]

...well done Cald...:love:...and Daniel and Denver as well coming right up behind you...:love:..

[Shaun]

**** it, I'm having a second wind and I'll just storm through now. As mentioned above, 20 sets of answers means that an incorrect one would be worth 20... if there are any!

Pointless

1) Name a US state that begins with a vowel

Shaun - Indiana
Niamh - Oregon
Rob! - Idaho
Calderyon - Utah
Denver - Ohio
Strictly Jake - Illinois
Cal - Illinois
Mitchell - Idaho
Cherie - Arkansas
MB - Oregon
MTVN - Indiana
Matthew. - Iowa
Ammi - Arizona
Liam- - Illinois
Jake - Utah
Jessica - Oregon
AnnieK - Oregon
Babayaro - Indiana
Smithy - Utah
Black Dagger - Arkansas

There were 12 potential answers here, and nobody said Oklahoma or Alabama. As a result, many points lingering. Oregon scores 3, Utah, Illinois and Indiana score 2. Arkansas and Idaho score just 1.

2) Name a colour on the flag of South Africa

Shaun - Black
Niamh - Black
Rob! - White
Calderyon - White
Denver - Green
Strictly Jake - White
Cal - Red
Mitchell - Green
Cherie - Red
MB - Gold
MTVN - White
Matthew. - Gold
Ammi - Green
Liam- - Blue
Jake - White
Jessica - Gold
AnnieK - White
Babayaro - Blue
Smithy - Gold
Black Dagger - Red

With only six options it seemed inevitable there'd be no pointless answer, although Liam- did look like he'd sneak it with blue before Marc came along. Blue, Red and Black just share 1pt, Gold and Green share 2, whilst White picks up a hefty 5.

3) Name a country that borders Brazil

Shaun - Colombia
Niamh - Peru
Rob! - Guyana
Calderyon - Suriname
Denver - France
Strictly Jake - Suriname
Cal - Paraguay
Mitchell - Uruguay
Cherie - Colombia
MB - Bolivia
MTVN - Suriname
Matthew. - Bolivia
Ammi - Argentina
Liam- - Uruguay
Jake - Peru
Jessica - Uruguay
AnnieK - France
Babayaro - Paraguay
Smithy - Guyana
Black Dagger - Suriname

Ten potential answers and it seems the revelation that Brazil shares a border with France was too curious an observation to resist here, scoring 1pt along with Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. Not as bad as Uruguay, with 2pts, or Suriname, with 3pts, though! Venezuela passes by as an unused pointless answer.

4) Name a capital city of the world that begins with the letter A

Shaun - Accra
Niamh - Alofi
Rob! - Ashgabat
Calderyon - Ashgabat
Denver - Ashgabat
Strictly Jake - Andorra la Vella
Cal - Apia
Mitchell - Athens
Cherie - Andorra la Vella
MB - Ashgabat
MTVN - Antananarivo
Matthew. - Antananarivo
Ammi - Amsterdam
Liam- - Apia
Jake - Athens
Jessica - Algiers
AnnieK - Asuncion
Babayaro - Asuncion
Smithy - Athens
Black Dagger - Athens

I agonised over which letter to use for this question because the letters L, P, R, B etc. gave off too obvious answers for Top Answers and I felt this one would split the room quite interestingly in both games. It did! Sorry Niamh, but I've only just checked that Alofi is the capital of Niue which isn't an independent country and is classed as a part of New Zealand :( Some other big scores here: Athens gets 3pts, as does Ashgabat. Apia, Andorra la Vella and Asuncion only get 1pt. Unused pointless answers here were Amman, Addis Ababa, Abuja, Asmara and Ankara.

I'm up for putting the incorrect answer to TiBB here since it's a tricky area; Niue is a "self governing nation in free association with New Zealand" but... technically isn't an independent country recognised by the UN :think:

5) Name a river other than the Thames, Amazon or Nile

Shaun - Dart (UK)
Niamh - Lee (Ireland)
Rob! - Witham (UK)
Calderyon - Tornionjoki (Scandinavia)
Denver - Žeimena (Lithuania)
Strictly Jake - Yarlong Tsangpo (China)
Cal - Minho (Iberia)
Mitchell - Ishim (Russia/Kazakhstan)
Cherie - Guadalmedina (Spain)
MB - Hunza (Pakistan)
MTVN - Kuakanjoki (Finland)
Matthew. - Don (UK)
Ammi - Mississippi (USA)
Liam- - Onyx (Antarctica)
Jake - Cray (UK)
Jessica - Nenagh (Ireland)
AnnieK - Orinoco (Venezuela/Colombia)
Babayaro - Oise (Belgium/France)
Smithy - Vid Flumina (Saturn's moon)
Black Dagger - Sutlej (India/Pakistan)

Unsurprisingly, this was a completely pointless question!

6) Name a volcano other than Etna, Vesuvius or Krakatoa

Shaun - Kaena (Hawaii, USA)
Niamh - Rinjani (Indonesia)
Rob! - Mount Olympus (Mars)
Calderyon - Suwanosejima (Japan)
Denver - Mousa Ali (Ethiopia/Eritrea/Djibouti)
Strictly Jake - Pico de Fogo (Cabo Verde)
Cal - Piip (Russia)
Mitchell - Shishaldin (Alaska, USA)
Cherie - The Nut (Australia)
MB - Nabukelevu (Fiji)
MTVN - Villarrica (Chile)
Matthew. - Arenal (Costa Rica)
Ammi - Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
Liam- - Rajabasa (Indonesia)
Jake - Taal (Philippines)
Jessica - El Chicon (Mexico)
AnnieK - Pacaya (Guatemala)
Babayaro - Shinmoedake (Japan)
Smithy - Sapas Mons (Venus)
Black Dagger - Paricutin (Mexico)

Once again, unless I'm missing something, a completely successful question for everyone.

7) Name a landlocked country

Shaun - Botswana
Niamh - Niger
Rob! - Rwanda
Calderyon - Luxembourg
Denver - Turkmenistan
Strictly Jake - Burundi
Cal - Laos
Mitchell - Mali
Cherie - Laos
MB - Moldova
MTVN - Liechtenstein
Matthew. - Laos
Ammi - Austria
Liam- - Botswana
Jake - Tajikistan
Jessica - Laos
AnnieK - Chad
Babayaro - Nepal
Smithy - Niger
Black Dagger - Switzerland

With 49 potential valid answers here, I was expecting fewer casualties. As it turned out, there was something enticing about Laos, as it scored 3pts. Niger and Botswana both score 1pt.

8) Name a city in Europe that isn't a capital city

Shaun - Kharkiv (Ukraine)
Niamh - Cork (Ireland)
Rob! - Lincoln (UK)
Calderyon - Lappeenranta (Finland)
Denver - Dubăsari (Moldova)
Strictly Jake - Lancaster (UK)
Cal - Obeliai (Lithuania)
Mitchell - Chelmsford (UK)
Cherie - Galway (Ireland)
MB - Radviliškis (Lithuania)
MTVN - Bangor (UK)
Matthew. - Inverness (UK)
Ammi - Manchester (UK)
Liam- - Velika Gorica (Croatia)
Jake - Chelmsford (UK)
Jessica - Aveiro (Portugal)
AnnieK - Manchester (UK)
Babayaro - Sochi (Russia)
Smithy - Poznań (Poland)
Black Dagger - Kharkiv (Ukraine)

Manchester I can understand being a popular answer. Chelmsford, maybe, if a couple of you live near there. But ****ing Kharkiv!? THANKS A LOT, LUCAS.

9) Name a language, other than English, that is commonly spoken in more than one country

Shaun - Maithili
Niamh - Persian
Rob! - Bengali
Calderyon - Portuguese
Denver - Bantu
Strictly Jake - Hausa
Cal - Malay
Mitchell - Portuguese
Cherie - Persian
MB - Kirundi
MTVN - Tswana
Matthew. - Gaelic
Ammi - French
Liam- - Albanian
Jake - Russian
Jessica - Arabic
AnnieK - Mandarin
Babayaro - Bhojpuri
Smithy - Klingon
Black Dagger - Greek

Not a great round for the P languages, aapparently.

10) Name a city that has hosted an Olympic Games (Winter or Summer) since 1896.

Shaun - Calgary (1988)
Niamh - Salt Lake City (2002)
Rob! - Salt Lake City (2002)
Calderyon - Helsinki (1952)
Denver - Sarajevo (1984)
Strictly Jake - Garmisch Partenkirchen (1936)
Cal - Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956)
Mitchell - Tokyo (1964, 2021)
Cherie - Squaw Valley (1960)
MB - Albertville (1992)
MTVN - Sapporo (1972)
Matthew. - Moscow (1980)
Ammi - Rio de Janeiro (2016)
Liam- - St. Moritz (1928, 1948)
Jake - Sarajevo (1984)
Jessica - Albertville (1992)
AnnieK - Munich (1972)
Babayaro - Sydney (2000)
Smithy - Chamonix (1924)
Black Dagger - Antwerp (1920)

Not too much damage here; only a point at worst

Scores

Ammi - 3
Babayaro - 5
Shaun - 6
Denver - 7
Matthew. - 7
Cal - 8
Cherie - 8
Jessica - 8
Niamh - 8/28
Black Dagger - 9
Smithy - 9
MB - 10
Mitchell - 10
AnnieK - 11
Liam- - 11
MTVN - 11
Rob! - 11
Strictly Jake - 11
Jake - 13
Calderyon - 14

Congratulations indeed to Ammi and Marc this round :clap1:

[Ammi]

...and congratulations Shaun, because I know that you’re too Shaunified to say it...:love:..also Denver and Matthew, but the scores were so close for everyone, there was really nothing in it...a great round everyone...:love:..

[Ammi]

...well done Babs...:love:..

[Ammi]

..Shaun, why did you put 8/28 for Niamh’s score..?...

[AnnieK]

Well done Ammi, Babs and Shaun :love:

[Cherie]

Flaming Laos :fist:

[MTVN]

Baffled at Spanish getting more than French :oh: also no one else choosing Chad for the landlocked country when it's the largest :oh:

I was also sure that the Hague was the Dutch capital not Amsterdam :oh:

[Amy Jade]

I need to do these on my breaks in the day and not after work at midnight when I am frazzled :laugh:

[Cherie]

And Niamh with her Persian ...I was going to put Urdu and changed :fist:

Cork and the Lee though I knew Niamh would put those :love:

[Smithy]

**** sake :bored:

[Niamh.]

Shaun it says Niue is an Island country here though

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niue

[Babayaro.]

Well done, Miss Ammi :clap1:

[Cherie]

Justice for Niamh

[MB.]

Technically I think Niamh's answer should probably count, as I had Niue for one of my answers in the history round (the countries known by former names question) and it was deemed correct

[Jessica.]

Ya, let Niamh have it

[Denver]

I think I did pretty well in both games

[MTVN]

Niamh - Alofi


https://i.imgflip.com/y5wkq.jpg

[Babayaro.]

:joker:

[Cherie]

https://i.imgflip.com/y5wkq.jpg

:joker:

[Mitchell]

1. Name a US state whose name begins with a vowel

Alabama - 12
Alaska - 8
Arizona - 2
Ohio - 1


Love playing pointless xx

[Mitchell]

Also Jake picking Chelmsford? Ffs :p

[Strictly Jake]

Ah yes I did a lot better this time!!!

[Calderyon]

10. Name a city that has hosted the Summer or Winter Olympic Games at some point

United Kingdom - 1

Hmm...

[Niamh.]

https://i.imgflip.com/y5wkq.jpg[emoji24]

[Black Dagger]

Lol at me not picking Manchester in top answers when I nearly get myself infracted when people diss the place.

[Denver]

Lol at me not picking Manchester in top answers when I nearly get myself infracted when people diss the place.

The only reason I picked it was because like half the forum are from there

[Shaun]

Hmm I'll allow it then even though my gut says it isn't an independent country... :suspect: I'm gonna start getting tough in future rounds though, because it's not as if there weren't plenty of valid answers.

[Shaun]

I was also sure that the Hague was the Dutch capital not Amsterdam :oh:

Think it's a South Africa sort of situation where there's technically multiple capital cities, but the thought did cross my mind :laugh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_of_the_Netherlands

[Shaun]

As promised, the midseries scores...

Top Answers

Daniel. - 686
MTVN - 682
MB - 662
Babayaro - 627
Cal - 621
Mitchell - 615
Matthew. - 612
AnnieK - 610
Jake - 610
Liam- - 604
Niamh - 601
Rob! - 599
James - 598
Black Dagger - 590
Calderyon - 590
Cherie - 584
Shaun - 578
Amy Jade - 571
Ammi - 563
Denver - 557
Smithy - 557
StrictlyJake - 549
Jessica - 505
Tony Montana - 458
Nicky91 - 189
LukeB - 127
parmnion - 116
Withano - 114
Dogeatdog - 112
Kate! - 93

Pointless

Babayaro - 41
MB. - 45
Matthew. - 46
Shaun - 46
Niamh - 51
Smithy - 54
Cherie - 55
Cal. - 59
Mitchell - 59
AnnieK - 60
Calderyon - 63
Ammi - 65
MTVN - 68
Rob! - 68
Liam- - 70
Black Dagger - 71
Denver - 77
Strictly Jake - 82
Tony Montana - 84
Jessica - 92
Jake - 96
Daniel. - 107
Nicky91 - 119
LukeB - 126
Dogeatdog - 128
parmnion - 130

[Babayaro.]

:worry:

[MB.]

I always knew Marc was the only one more pointless than me on this site

[Rob!]

:cloud:

[Jessica.]

Marc and Cal are doing brilliant in both games!!

[Rob!]

How does Brazil share a border with France? :unsure:

[Denver]

How does Brazil share a border with France? :unsure:

Through French Guiana

[MB.]

How does Brazil share a border with France? :unsure:

because of French Guiana

[Rob!]

Ohhhh of course. Clever.

Or not. :fan:

[Babayaro.]

Marc and Cal are doing brilliant in both games!!

**** MB, huh?



(thank you :tongue:)

[Rob!]

Yeah tbf Shaun if you're allowing United Kingdom as a ****ing city then Niamh's answer shouldn't be causing too many issues.

[Babayaro.]

How does Brazil share a border with France? :unsure:

They take weekends about

[Shaun]

I don't know if I already clarified for the moons question for Pointless, so here goes since it'll need more explanation than most. The idea of what does and doesn't constitute a "moon" is confusing as hell; anyone who watches QI will know that astronomers love to pretty much make it up on the spot and change their mind all the damn time. SO... to avoid confusion, but without spoiling potential answers for either game, I will say that the following planets have the following numbers of moons (ignoring Earth because our moon doesn't count for the question)

Mercury - 0
Venus - 0
Mars - 2
Jupiter - 79
Saturn - 82 :omgno:
Uranus - 27
Neptune - 14

and Pluto isn't a planet any more so its five moons do not count :(

I will only accept answers from the above numbers

[Babayaro.]

Yeah tbf Shaun if you're allowing United Kingdom as a ****ing city then Niamh's answer shouldn't be causing too many issues.

That was on Top Answers where you don't need to choose a correct answer, so don't ****ing swear at HIM ALRIGHT??

[Shaun]

THANK you marc

[MB.]

**** MB, huh?

At least buy me dinner first :oh:

[Babayaro.]

nnnn

[MB.]

for the moons question does Kat Moon count

[Shaun]

not now that you've posted it in the thread, no :oh: and for Pointless, no, no people with the surname Moon :oh:

[Rob!]

That was on Top Answers where you don't need to choose a correct answer, so don't ****ing swear at HIM ALRIGHT??

THANK you marc

https://media.giphy.com/media/wI8GDxlGJkVdciBUzs/giphy.gif

[Shaun]

Oh and for "renewable energy types"... there are six of them, and that is that :ninja2: again, can't say what they are because influencing answers etc, but if you google "renewable energy" then 6 types come up at the top.

[Mitchell]

Actually not doing as bad as I thought considering I’m always mid table

[Rob!]

I don't know if I already clarified for the moons question for Pointless, so here goes since it'll need more explanation than most. The idea of what does and doesn't constitute a "moon" is confusing as hell; anyone who watches QI will know that astronomers love to pretty much make it up on the spot and change their mind all the damn time. SO... to avoid confusion, but without spoiling potential answers for either game, I will say that the following planets have the following numbers of moons (ignoring Earth because our moon doesn't count for the question)

Mercury - 0
Venus - 0
Mars - 2
Jupiter - 79
Saturn - 82 :omgno:
Uranus - 27
Neptune - 14

and Pluto isn't a planet any more so its five moons do not count :(

I will only accept answers from the above numbers

There goes my hopes of knowing a pointless moon in Charon OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD out the window :fist: I'm glad you clarifed that though. :hee:

[Cal.]

Omg I mgonna win both!

[Rob!]

Omg I mgonna win both!

I don't ****ing think so darlin, I don't think so!

[MB.]

Omg I mgonna win both!

Niue you're not! :hmph:

[Cherie]

I'll post the Pointless scores, and the mid-way league tables, tomorrow, or "today" lol, I am literally nodding off

To tide you over, here's Round 6 to get thinking on.

https://i.imgur.com/8EpRKVL.png
Science & Nature

1. Name a documentary or series presented by Sir David Attenborough
2. Name an element on the periodic table whose symbol is a single letter
3. Name a type of renewable energy
4. Name a moon that is in our solar system (other than Earth's moon)
5. Name a winner/laureate of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
6. Name a species of animal that has suffered at the hands of poachers
7. Name a species of bird that is native to the UK
8. Name a country severely impacted by the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004
9. Name a poisonous type of mushroom
10. Name one of the body's five senses

For the Pointless edition: For #2, there are fourteen correct answers and they have one letter for their chemical symbol. Please name both the element AND the symbol. For #7, they must appear in the wild. For #8, I am considering countries that took physical damage only. Plenty of countries lost tourists to the disaster, but I am only accepting answers that were in the Pacific/Indian Ocean. For #10, the five senses are pretty obvious and there's no sneaky "ESP" or whatever to try and suggest :p

All of the other questions are pretty open to interpretation unless you go completely off the rails and start naming moons from solar systems other than our own :spin2:

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[Rob!]

God looking for countries affected by that tsunami and you forget just how devastating it was.

[Calderyon]

15th and 11th place are okay accomplishments so far.

[AnnieK]

Lol at me not picking Manchester in top answers when I nearly get myself infracted when people diss the place.

I picked it as Pointless as most people diss it :laugh:

[Niamh.]

I will send mine tomorrow Shaun, been really busy today

[Shaun]

There's nothing more soul-destroying than thinking you've chosen a really well-known city in Barcelona and then watching the entire forum send in a vote for THAT bloody place one by one :sad: I thought "in Europe" would make people automatically stray outside of the UK

[MTVN]

There's nothing more soul-destroying than thinking you've chosen a really well-known city in Barcelona and then watching the entire forum send in a vote for THAT bloody place one by one :sad: I thought "in Europe" would make people automatically stray outside of the UK

I thought that too, even if I was going UK I'd have probs gone Birmingham before Manchester

[James]

The reason I didn't put Barcelona was that capital city can have different meanings - Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, and Munich is the capital of Bavaria.