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

[Shaun]

Hello all. In my long and arduous TiBB career there aren't many games that have escaped my control and so it seems only fair that I give this one a bash. I have a lot to live up to in Niamh, Benjamin and Z, but... I think I can handle it. I mean... I am me :idc:

-places ego in the cupboard-

Top Answers

For returning players: welcome back! For anyone wondering what the hell I'm on about, here's how Top Answers works:

- There will be 10 separate rounds for members to participate in and accumulate points towards the grand final. All of these rounds have a theme, and I might as well tell you what they are in advance. In order: Big Brother, Music, History, Celebrities, Geography, Nature & Science, Film, General Knowledge, Video Games, and Television & Literature.
- In each round, I will prompt you to give an example of what the question demands. For example: "Name a country beginning with the letter L". All you have to do is PM me with your 10 answers for that round, that you think will be the most popular answer on TiBB. If you really think Lithuania is the most obvious answer, say that. In this edition your answer doesn't even have to be correct, whatever the TiBB masses say the most gets the most points.
- So, for example, if I get 20 sets of answers and 18 of you say "Latvia", then those 18 members would receive 18 points. The other two, who said "Lithuania", would receive 2 points.

TLDR: It's Family Fortunes. Or Family Feud. Whatever your country calls it.

- At the end of the round I'll announce the scores and put everyone's curiosity to bed... what WAS the most popular country beginning with L :think: was it Luxembourg? Surely it wasn't Lesotho? :think: and we'll all move on to the next round. Each round will remain open for two days. I'm not gonna say 48 hours because I do not plan things that meticulously.

BUT WAIT... there's more...

Pointless

- Here's where my previous expertise comes in. In the past I have sometimes run a corresponding game with Niamh where - as per the quiz show 'Pointless' - I ask members to submit a correct answer to every question but also happens to be one that you think no other member will submit. So to borrow our old L Countries example, you might be more tempted to answer 'Liechtenstein' or 'Laos' for this one because it's not as well-known to us simple Europeans as 'Latvia'.
- At the end of the round I will take all unique scores and give them "0" points. Everyone else who submits the same answer will incur a point... depending on the number of sharing persons. For example: if, by some atrocity, 9 of you all said "Laos", then you would score 8 points (because 2 people sharing would be 1 point) for that question.
- There's an element of peril, however, because if you give me an answer that is not correct, I have to give you maximum points (the number of people who participated in that question). So before you go saying 'Lapland', think twice and do some bloody research :oh: otherwise you'll score 20pts for one question.
- At the end of the game the person with the lowest combined total score will win.

TLDR AGAIN: If you want to play both, you can, just think of them as putting your Family Fortunes answer and Pointless answer in the same PM. If you want to differentiate between your answers with fancy colours then feel free, otherwise just write "Top - Latvia, Pointless - Laos" or something similar. If this really gets a little too complicated for you, you can send me two separate PMs for your different answers, but that would be a slight strain on my inbox :worry: Or indeed you can bin the whole thing off and just submit your Top Answers, or just your Pointless answers; whatever floats your boat :spin2:

In order to keep things fair, I will answer every question for the round before I post them, otherwise I'll start receiving PMs and seeing other answers that affect my decisions. I am 99% sure this was all too much explanation but I just wanted to cover every base before we start.

Oh... yeah... let's start then!

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Big Brother

1. Name a housemate that was evicted before the final in Big Brother 1 (UK)
2. Name a celebrity that "hijacked" the house in 2008's E4 show "Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack"
3. Name a female winner of the series
4. Name a housemate that walked from their series
5. Name a housemate whose first name begins with the letter B (full name please!)
6. Name a country where Big Brother also has its own original series, other than the UK and USA
7. Name a Celebrity Big Brother (UK) winner
8. Name a celebrity that was rumoured with appearing on CBB (UK) but never appeared on the show
9. Name a housemate that was evicted first from the House
10. Name a TV channel that has aired Big Brother UK (or its spinoff shows)

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Music

1. Name a studio album released by The Beatles (no Greatest Hits or compilations)
2. Name a member of the UK girl group 'The Saturdays'
3. Name a winner of Best Original Song at the Academy Awards (just a song title will suffice)
4. Pick a section of an orchestra (brass, woodwind, percussion or strings?)
5. Name a single that has reached #1 in the UK Top 40 at some point in 2020
6. Name a song with a colour in its song title
7. Name an annual awards ceremony that celebrates music in some capacity
8. Name a popular UK music festival
9. Name a member of the 27 Club
10. Name a single released by Stevie Wonder

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History

1. Name a famous inventor
2. Name someone whose likeness has featured on UK currency since 1900, other than the Queen
3. Name a country that no longer exists under that title (eg. Zaire - I will not accept Zaire as an answer :p)
4. Name a war that has taken place after the end of WW2
5. Name a Russian president other than Vladimir Putin
6. Name a Roman emperor
7. Name a Chinese dynasty
8. Name a famous person who was executed in the United Kingdom
9. Name a dinosaur other than a Tyrannosaurus Rex
10. Name a president of the USA who served for two terms of office (ie. won his election twice)

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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

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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

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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

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Film

1. Name a film starring Amy Adams
2. Name someone who has directed a Batman film
3. Name a popular genre of film
4. Name a film with a type of animal in its (English) title
5. Name a Disney prince (not princess!)
6. Name a horror film franchise
7. Name a character that has been portrayed by Robert De Niro
8. Name a film that won Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, other than Parasite
9. Name a film that won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in the 1980s
10. Name a film starring Sean Penn

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General Knowledge

1. Name an ingredient you might need to make a birthday cake
2. Name a clothing retail chain that operates in the UK
3. Name a footballer who has scored more than 100 Premier League goals
4. Name a popular chocolate bar manufactured by 'Mars' other than the 'Mars Bar'
5. Name a subject you would study at school
6. Name an app primarily aimed at teenagers and young adults
7. Name a popular alcoholic cocktail
8. Name something you might find in a garden
9. Name something you might keep plugged in at all times
10. Name a brand of make-up/cosmetics.

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Video Games

1. Name a type of animal breed that can be a neighbour in the Animal Crossing series
2. Name a console released by Sega
3. Name a character that appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, 2018's Nintendo Switch game
4. Name a film that has been adapted from a video game
5. Name one of the "types" in the Pokemon series, other than "Fire", "Water" or "Grass"
6. Name a video game where zombies are featured prominently
7. Name a button that features on any PlayStation controller
8. Name a game that people play on their mobile phones, other than "Candy Crush Saga"
9. Name one of the "Killers" on the 2016 video game "Dead By Daylight"
10. Name an original game developed and released by the company 'Valve Corporation'

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TV & Literature

1. Name a book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Name an American sitcom that started after 2010
3. Name an Eastenders character who had a dramatic death
4. Name a Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
5. Name a famous science fiction author
6. Name a historical moment that was broadcast live on television
7. Name a Netflix original TV show that ran, or is running, for more than one season
8. Name someone who has lost to Ant and Dec for "Best Entertainment Presenter" at the National Television Awards
9. Name a book written by Roald Dahl
10. Name a Shakespeare play where a character's name doesn't appear in the title (ie. not Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, etc)

[Kate!]

Shaun:love:

[Niamh.]

Oh excellent [emoji122]

[Cherie]

Super thanks Shaun

[MTVN]

Here to retain my crown :smug:

[MTVN]

This round is blooming tricky though especially as we're now two years on from BB being axed :omgno:

[Niamh.]

This is my first time doing the Pointless bit, it's a lot tougher than the Top Answers part

[Babayaro.]

Here to retain my crown :smug:

Did you win Top Answers last time? I think I won Pointless :laugh:


Will give this a go, cheers Shaun!

[MTVN]

Did you win Top Answers last time? I think I won Pointless :laugh:


Will give this a go, cheers Shaun!

I did although there was no pesky BB round last time I don't think which I bombed at before

I haven't played the Pointless one before but might give that a go this time as well and try to win the double :pipe2:

[Calderyon]

I won't win, but I will play.

[Niamh.]

I won't win, but I will play.

That's a very defeatist attitude Cald, you always did will in the TA bit :love:

[Denver]

A question for #1 can that be like week 1 or whatever or does it have to be the week of the final

[Rob!]

Right - so I send you an answer for top and pointless? Have I got that confused? :worry:

[Shaun]

Yeah, as long as it's clear which is which I don't mind how you format it in the message :laugh: (although I can probably guess which is which from their obscurity)

[Shaun]

11 sets of answers so far (including my own), I'll list them in case anyone thinks they've submitted theirs but they haven't: Mitchell, Matthew, MTVN, James, Rob!, parmnion, MB, Strictly Jake, Calderyon and Niamh.

I'll probably edit this post with more names as I receive them rather than do a new post every time :laugh:

[Rob!]

I just thought of a much better Pointless answer for one of the questions :fist:

[Amy Jade]

Just posting so I remember later

[Shaun]

Reminder that you have until the early hours of tomorrow to submit votes for either game! I'll post the results at a very silly time indeed.

A question for #1 can that be like week 1 or whatever or does it have to be the week of the final

It can mean anyone that was evicted, and therefore did not make the final. But for the Pointless game, they have to have been evicted (and not walked, or ejected)

[Smithy]

Sent :hee:

[Dogeatdog]

Oh is this game back!? :amazed: I’ll pm my answers in a little while.

[Denver]

Sent both and ive gone very risky for Pointless and hope it doesnt bite me in the face

[AnnieK]

I found this hard really hard :laugh:

[Smithy]

Sent both and ive gone very risky for Pointless and hope it doesnt bite me in the face

Do you mean the ass

[Denver]

Do you mean the ass

Meh it means the same thing

[Rob!]

Meh it means the same thing

Your sex life must be interesting.

[Denver]

Your sex life must be interesting.

Both the face and ass have holes

[Crimson Dynamo]

I found this hard really hard :laugh:

Do you mean the ass

Meh it means the same thing

Your sex life must be interesting.

Both the face and ass have holes

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[Niamh.]

:laugh2:

[Cherie]

:joker:

I think I have more pointless answers as top answers :laugh:

[Kate!]

Both the face and ass have holes

Every hole's a goal

[Beso]

Every hole's a goal

That's not what my ex said when I blasted a football between her legs

[Calderyon]

Meh it means the same thing

Ass face?

[Ammi]

I found this hard really hard :laugh:

...please let the next rounds be easier...please let the next rounds be easier...please let the next rounds be easier...please let...

[Ammi]

...don’t ever call us a BB forum again...

[Babayaro.]

Sent!

[Ammi]

Sent!

....show off...

[Shaun]

11 sets of answers so far (including my own), I'll list them in case anyone thinks they've submitted theirs but they haven't: Mitchell, Matthew, MTVN, James, Rob!, parmnion, MB, Strictly Jake, Calderyon and Niamh.

I'll probably edit this post with more names as I receive them rather than do a new post every time :laugh:

AnnieK, Cherie, Smithy, Denver, Black Dagger, Dogeatdog, Daniel, Ammi, Withano, Liam-, Kate!, LukeB, Babayaro, Amy Jade and Cal have answered today, bring the current total of players to 26 :love:

I think in hindsight I could've gone for a gentler introduction to the game, yeah, I just immediately thought "okay, Big Brother is the reason we're all here, let's kick off with that" without thinking about how much recollection it'd require for non-super-fans :laugh: The questions for other rounds should be easier, at least when it comes to Top Answers. Music is round 2, and I'm not really asking anyone to name a Joanna Newsom album.

[Black Dagger]

I've flopped this already. I can tell.

[Shaun]

Jessica and Tony Montana take us to 28. You can still submit answers until about 1am :spin2:

[Beso]

....show off...

:hehe:

[Shaun]

Ok in the end, Jake submitted answers and brought us to an impressive participant count of 29 (with a handful opting just to do Top Answers, which is fair enough :love:) I'll dive into the results now...

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Big Brother

Top Answers

Before we announce the scores, let's look at the list of answers given to our ten questions! Remember: if you answered with the most popular answer, you get the most points available.

1) Name a housemate that was evicted before the final in Big Brother 1 (UK)

Melanie Hill - 12
Caroline O'Shea - 6
Sada Wilkington - 4
Nichola Holt - 2
Nick Bateman - 2
Andrew Davidson - 1
Darren Ramsey - 1
Nicky Grahame - 1 :unsure:

2) Name a celebrity that "hijacked" the house in Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack (E4, 2008)

Matt Lucas - 22
John McCririck - 4
Russell Brand - 2
Kelly Osbourne - 1

3) Name a female winner of the series

Nadia Almada - 14
Kate Lawler - 11
Isabelle Warburton - 3
Helen Wood - 1

4) Name a housemate that walked from their series

Chanelle Hayes - 10
Orlaith McAllister - 7
Sukhvinder Javeed - 4
Lesley Brain - 3
Sandy Cumming - 2
Shabby Katchadourian - 1
Shahbaz Chauhdry - 1
Sunita Sharma - 1

5) Name a housemate whose first name begins with the letter B (full name please!)
This one really screwed over a couple of you who went for the wrong Brian :worry:

Brian Dowling - 24
Brian Belo - 2
Bea Hamill - 1
Bonnie Holt - 1
Brooke Berry - 1

6) Name a country where Big Brother also has its own original series, other than the UK and USA

Canada - 13
Australia - 11
Netherlands - 3
Brazil - 1
India - 1

7) Name a Celebrity Big Brother (UK) winner

Chantelle Houghton - 12
Rylan Clark-Neal - 4
Shilpa Shetty - 4
Courtney Act - 2
Jack Dee - 2
Bez - 1
Denise Welsh - 1
Gary Busey - 1
Ryan Thomas - 1
Sarah Harding - 1

8) Name a celebrity that was rumoured with appearing on CBB (UK) but never appeared on the show

Lindsay Lohan - 11
Stormy Daniels - 8
Boy George - 2
Whitney Houston - 2
Beyonce - 1
Charlie Sheen - 1
Drita D'Avanzo - 1
Did not answer - 1

9) Name a housemate that was evicted first from the House

Bonnie Holt - 13
Mary O'Leary - 4
Anamelia Silva - 3
Sada Wilkington - 3
Anouska Golebiewski - 2
Sallie Axl - 2
Marco Pierre White Jr. - 1
Penny Ellis - 1

10) Name a TV Channel that aired Big Brother UK
So, so, so close to a unanimous verdict :worry: but one person really messed up, sadly

Channel 4 - 28
Channel 5 - 1

Scores
Daniel. - 151
Rob! - 150
Babayaro - 146
Shaun - 146
Cal - 143
MTVN - 143
MB - 142
Jake - 136
Black Dagger - 135
Mitchell - 134
Liam- - 133
James - 131
LukeB - 127
AnnieK - 126
Niamh - 122
Tony Montana - 118
Amy Jade - 117
Ammi - 116
Cherie - 114
Matthew. - 114
Withano - 114
Dogeatdog - 112
Smithy - 108
Calderyon - 106
Denver - 105
Kate! - 93
parmnion - 83
StrictlyJake - 82
Jessica - 72

I'll do the Pointless scores in a separate post now, but congratulations to Daniel and Rob :clap1:

[Ammi]

...well done Daniel and Rob...:love:...those are wonderfully excellent scores...

[Denver]

So yea I didn't read question 1 properly

[Ammi]

So yea I didn't read question 1 properly

...:love:..I didn’t read any of them properly because my eyes were too blurry with tears...

[Shaun]

Pointless

24 of you elected to take part in Pointless as well, and here's how the scores break down... unique correct answers (i.e "pointless" answers) will be in blue. Incorrect answers will be in red and are each worth 24 points. I'm sorry if I couldn't reply to you in time, but I was quite clear with what the requirements were and it's fine; mistakes are easy to overcome in this game.

Oh, and, small reminder: I did say you could choose housemates from other international seasons for some of these, unless the question specifically asked for BBUK :hee: so unfortunately, a fair few shared BBUK answers were submitted.

1. Name a housemate that was evicted before the final in Big Brother 1 (UK)

Shaun - Caroline O'Shea
Niamh - Tom McDermott
Matthew. - Caroline O'Shea
MTVN - Nichola Holt
Rob! - Claire Strutton
Calderyon - Tom McDermott
parmnion - Nichola Holt
Strictly Jake - Andrew Davidson
MB. - Nichola Holt
Black Dagger - Andrew Davidson
Mitchell - Nichola Holt
AnnieK - Claire Strutton
Cherie - Andrew Davidson
Smithy - Sada Wilkington
Denver - "Cairon"
Dogeatdog - Andrew Davidson
Daniel - Andrew Davidson
Ammi - Andrew Davidson
Liam- - Claire Strutton
LukeB - Andrew Davidson
Babayaro - Claire Strutton
Cal - Claire Strutton
Tony Montana - Claire Strutton
Jake - Andrew Davidson

Tom & Caroline score 1pt
Nichola Holt scores 3pts
Claire Strutton scores 5pts
Andrew Davidson scores 7pts

Nobody answered with "Melanie Hill" which would've been the only pointless answer

2. Name a celebrity that "Hijacked" the house in 2007's E4 show "Big Brother: Celebrity HiJack"

Shaun - Gemma Merna
Niamh - Janet Street-Porter
Matthew. - Kate Lawler
MTVN - Peaches Geldof
Rob! - Gemma Merna
Calderyon - Andy McNab
parmnion - Scott Mills
Strictly Jake - Andy McNab
MB. - Gemma Merna
Black Dagger - Fifi Brown
Mitchell - Heidi Range
AnnieK - Brian Sewell
Cherie - Jonathan Jacob
Smithy - Amelle Berrabah
Denver - Roseanne Barr
Dogeatdog - Andy McNab
Daniel - Claire Cooper
Ammi - Brian Sewell
Liam- - Fifi Brown
LukeB - Jennifer Metcalfe
Babayaro - Andy McNab
Cal - Fifi Brown
Tony Montana - Jimmy Carr
Jake - Nicole Appleton

Brian Sewell scores 1pt
Fifi Brown & Gemma Merna score 2pts
Andy McNab scores 3pts

Everyone else manages a correct pointless answer, which is impressive! I could be mean and dismiss "Jonathan Jacob" as incorrect answer because he was a competition-winner and not a "celebrity" but I'm feeling nice here, since he did hijack the house for a day. Other potential pointless answers include James Corden, Dermot O'Leary, Craig David, Denise Van Outen and Ian Wright!

3. Name a female winner of the series

Shaun - Nevila Omeri
Niamh - Isabelle Warburton
Matthew. - Nadia Almada
MTVN - Chloe Wilburn
Rob! - Sophie Reade
Calderyon - Coleen Nolan
parmnion - Katie Price
Strictly Jake - Chloe Wilburn
MB. - Shay Mika Ifrah (BB Israel 7)
Black Dagger - Chloe Wilburn
Mitchell - Isabelle Warburton
AnnieK - Sophie Reade
Cherie - Chloe Wilburn
Smithy - Nadia Almada
Denver - Angelica Freij
Dogeatdog - Josie Gibson
Daniel - Chloe Wilburn
Ammi - Chloe Wilburn
Liam- - Chloe Wilburn
LukeB - Rachel Rice
Babayaro - Pia Filipcic
Cal - Sophie Reade
Tony Montana - Sophie Reade
Jake - Chloe Wilburn

Isabelle & Nadia score 1pt
Sophie Reade scores 3pts
Chloe Wilburn scores 7pts

A big congratulations to Dogeatdog and LukeB here for not only sticking with the BBUK theme, but pulling off a pointless answer. Only a handful drifted abroad, so we're left with a lot of points.

4. Name a housemate that walked from their series

Shaun - Donny Tourette
Niamh - Jonathan Durden
Matthew. - Megan Lowder
MTVN - Laura McAdam
Rob! - Laura McAdam
Calderyon - Leo Sayer
parmnion - Conor McIntyre
Strictly Jake - Mark Henderson
MB. - Liesel Pauwels (BB Belgium 4)
Black Dagger - Jonathan Durden
Mitchell - Shabby Khatchadourian
AnnieK - Sandy Cumming
Cherie - Isaac Stout
Smithy - George Askew
Denver - Donny Tourette
Dogeatdog - George Askew
Daniel - Saffia Corden
Ammi - George Askew
Liam- - Sunita Sharma
LukeB - Maysoon Shaladi
Babayaro - Rima Hadchiti
Cal - Jonathan Durden
Tony Montana - Mark Henderson
Jake - George Askew

Mark, Donny & Laura score 1pt
Jonathan Durden scores 2pts
George Askew scores 3pts

A strong showing for pointless scores here, considering the world was your oyster... but a big number of pointless BBUK names here too!

5. Name a housemate whose first name begins with the letter B (full name please!)

Shaun - Bastien Grimal
Niamh - Billi Bhatti
Matthew. - Bill 'Bunky' Miller
MTVN - Biannca Lake
Rob! - Belinda Harris-Reid
Calderyon - Ben Duncan
parmnion - Bez
Strictly Jake - Benedict Garrett
MB. - Boris Erwin Putra Simbolon (BB Indonesia 1)
Black Dagger - Billi Bhatti
Mitchell - Ben Duncan
AnnieK - Becki Seddiki
Cherie - Biannca Lake
Smithy - Brian Dowling
Denver - Benjamin Ringler
Dogeatdog - Ben Duncan
Daniel - Brooke Berry
Ammi - Becki Seddiki
Liam- - Biannca Lake
LukeB - Becki Seddiki
Babayaro - Bobby Hlad
Cal - Belinda Harris-Reid
Tony Montana - Ben Duncan
Jake - Becki Seddiki

I'm afraid I have to discount "Bez" because his full name is Mark Berry :worry:
Billi & Belinda score 1pt
Biannca scores 2pts
Becki & Ben score 3pts

Other pointless BBUK names could've been Brian Belo, Brigitte Nielsen, Ben Adams and Becky Hannon.

6. Name a country where Big Brother also has its own original series, other than the UK and USA

Shaun - Slovakia
Niamh - Italy
Matthew. - Italy
MTVN - Romania
Rob! - Philippines
Calderyon - Sweden
parmnion - Brazil
Strictly Jake - Germany
MB. - Bahrain
Black Dagger - North Macedonia
Mitchell - Croatia
AnnieK - Saudi Arabia
Cherie - Norway
Smithy - Nigeria
Denver - Cyprus
Dogeatdog - Greece
Daniel - Germany
Ammi - Croatia
Liam- - Argentina
LukeB - Croatia
Babayaro - Russia
Cal - South Africa
Tony Montana - Somalia
Jake - Thailand

A lot of pointless answers here! Italy and Germany score 1pt, whilst Croatia scores 2.

7. Name a Celebrity Big Brother (UK) winner

Shaun - Bez
Niamh - Ryan Thomas
Matthew. - Paddy Doherty
MTVN - James Hill
Rob! - Paddy Doherty
Calderyon - Bez
parmnion - Rylan Clark
Strictly Jake - Paddy Doherty
MB. - Courtney Act
Black Dagger - Mark Owen
Mitchell - Scotty T
AnnieK - Chantelle Houghton
Cherie - James Hill
Smithy - Chantelle Houghton
Denver - Mark Owen
Dogeatdog - Mark Owen
Daniel - Paddy Doherty
Ammi - Scotty T
Liam- - Paddy Doherty
LukeB - Bez
Babayaro - Jim Davidson
Cal - Julian Clary
Tony Montana - Jim Davidson
Jake - James Hill

Chantelle, Jim & Scotty T score 1pt
Mark, Bez & James score 2pts
Paddy scores 4pts

A very difficult category to pull off a pointless answer in considering there's only 22 possible answers, so well done to those that did. But a lot of other names unused were Sarah Harding, Charlotte Crosby, Stephen Bear, Jack Dee, Shilpa Shetty, Alex Reid, Ulrika Jonsson and Denise Welsh.

8. Name a celebrity that was rumoured with appearing on CBB (UK) but never appeared on the show

Shaun - Alan Fletcher
Niamh - Jody Latham
Matthew. - Dina Lohan
MTVN - OJ Simpson
Rob! - Noel Edmonds
Calderyon - Charlie Sheen
parmnion - Jimmy Savile
Strictly Jake - Steph and Dom (Gogglebox)
MB. - Michael Le Vell
Black Dagger - Ruby Wax
Mitchell - Noel Sullivan
AnnieK - Sam Markle
Cherie - Jaymi Hensley
Smithy - Sam Markle
Denver - Jay Camilleri
Dogeatdog - Stormy Daniels
Daniel - Janet Street Porter
Ammi - Jody Latham
Liam- - Sam Markle
LukeB - Sam Markle
Babayaro - Josie Cunningham
Cal - Big Ang
Tony Montana - Lil Wayne
Jake - Lil Kim

A strong showing of pointless answers again, but I guess the Sam Markle story stuck with a few of you too long, scoring 3pts. Jody Latham is the only other shared answer on 1pt.

9. Name a housemate that was evicted first from the House
Shaun - Murielle Dragon
Niamh - Anouska Golebiewski
Matthew. - Victoria Eisermann
MTVN - Anouska Golebiewski
Rob! - Tamara Stewart-Wood
Calderyon - Jade Eden
parmnion - Mary O'Leary
Strictly Jake - Kitten
MB. - Zsofia Varga (BB Hungary 8)
Black Dagger - Tamara Stewart-Wood
Mitchell - Marco Pierre White Jr.
AnnieK - Penny Ellis
Cherie - Stephanie McMichael
Smithy - John McCririck
Denver - Miriam Madova
Dogeatdog - Penny Ellis
Daniel - Vanessa Nimmo
Ammi - Anouska Golebiewski
Liam- - Lynne Moncrieff
LukeB - Sophia Brown (technically Beinazir was first but technically she wasn't a Housemate, so... well played :suspect: )
Babayaro - Mike Lubinski
Cal - Victoria Eisermann
Tony Montana - Shabnam Paryani
Jake - Vanessa Nimmo

Penny, Tamara, Vanessa & Victoria score 1pt
Anouska scores 2pts

Whilst Kitten was technically ejected, I've allowed it as an answer because she did have a live eviction show with Davina.

10. Name a TV channel that has aired Big Brother UK (or its spinoff shows)
Shaun - E4
Niamh - Channel 5+1
Matthew. - Channel 4+1
MTVN - 5*
Rob! - 5*+1
Calderyon - E4
parmnion - E4+1
Strictly Jake - MTV
MB. - TVN Lingua
Black Dagger - MTV
Mitchell - MTV
AnnieK - E4
Cherie - Channel 4
Smithy - 5*+1
Denver - MTV
Dogeatdog - 5*
Daniel - 5*
Ammi - Channel 5
Liam- - 5*
LukeB - 5*
Babayaro - Channel 5
Cal - 5*
Tony Montana - MTV
Jake - MTV

Channel 5 and 5*+1 score 1pt
E4 scores 2pts
MTV and 5* score 5pts

One of those rare instances where choosing the obvious answers really paid off :omgno: Some very smart plus-one answers, too.

Right then... all of that explained, here's how you all performed!

Scores
MB. - 5
Shaun - 8
Matthew. - 8
Niamh - 9
Smithy - 9
Babayaro - 10
Calderyon - 11
Mitchell - 15
Cherie - 18
Rob! - 18
Tony Montana - 18
AnnieK - 19
Cal. - 19
LukeB - 22
MTVN - 22
Dogeatdog - 24
Daniel. - 25
parmnion - 27 (without the wrong answer it would've been 3 :omgno:)
Black Dagger - 27
Ammi - 28
Jake - 28
Liam- - 28
Strictly Jake - 28
Denver - 32

[MTVN]

God damn you Brian Dowling still pissing me off in 2020

[Ammi]

...well then...a good start from me to keep you all on your toes...well done Sir MB...:love:..

[Shaun]

Before I accidentally delete all of this and lose everything...

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Music

1. Name a studio album released by The Beatles (no Greatest Hits or compilations)
2. Name a member of the UK girl group 'The Saturdays'
3. Name a winner of Best Original Song at the Academy Awards (just a song title will suffice)
4. Pick a section of an orchestra (brass, woodwind, percussion or strings?)
5. Name a single that has reached #1 in the UK Top 40 at some point in 2020
6. Name a song with a colour in its song title
7. Name an annual awards ceremony that celebrates music in some capacity
8. Name a popular UK music festival
9. Name a member of the 27 Club
10. Name a single released by Stevie Wonder


For the Pointless edition: Wikipedia will very much be your friend here. The Beatles had 12 studio albums, so double check which one you submit because some of them were limited country-specific releases. Make sure you don't submit a song that was NOMINATED for Best Original Song instead of actually winning it. For question 10, any single released featuring Stevie Wonder will count, but I won't allow songs he's been sampled in, or songs he's performing an instrument on

[Shaun]

I'm mostly intrigued by Bonnie being the most popular answer for first evictee tbh... I chose her because she sprung to my mind for some reason, but in hindsight I'd have thought everyone would go for the first one, or the most recent :think: very odd

[Beso]

Pointless

24 of you elected to take part in Pointless as well, and here's how the scores break down... unique correct answers (i.e "pointless" answers) will be in blue. Incorrect answers will be in red and are each worth 24 points. I'm sorry if I couldn't reply to you in time, but I was quite clear with what the requirements were and it's fine; mistakes are easy to overcome in this game.

Oh, and, small reminder: I did say you could choose housemates from other international seasons for some of these, unless the question specifically asked for BBUK :hee: so unfortunately, a fair few shared BBUK answers were submitted.

1. Name a housemate that was evicted before the final in Big Brother 1 (UK)

Shaun - Caroline O'Shea
Niamh - Tom McDermott
Matthew. - Caroline O'Shea
MTVN - Nichola Holt
Rob! - Claire Strutton
Calderyon - Tom McDermott
parmnion - Nichola Holt
Strictly Jake - Andrew Davidson
MB. - Nichola Holt
Black Dagger - Andrew Davidson
Mitchell - Nichola Holt
AnnieK - Claire Strutton
Cherie - Andrew Davidson
Smithy - Sada Wilkington
Denver - "Cairon"
Dogeatdog - Andrew Davidson
Daniel - Andrew Davidson
Ammi - Andrew Davidson
Liam- - Claire Strutton
LukeB - Andrew Davidson
Babayaro - Claire Strutton
Cal - Claire Strutton
Tony Montana - Claire Strutton
Jake - Andrew Davidson

Tom & Caroline score 1pt
Nichola Holt scores 3pts
Claire Strutton scores 5pts
Andrew Davidson scores 7pts

Nobody answered with "Melanie Hill" which would've been the only pointless answer

2. Name a celebrity that "Hijacked" the house in 2007's E4 show "Big Brother: Celebrity HiJack"

Shaun - Gemma Merna
Niamh - Janet Street-Porter
Matthew. - Kate Lawler
MTVN - Peaches Geldof
Rob! - Gemma Merna
Calderyon - Andy McNab
parmnion - Scott Mills
Strictly Jake - Andy McNab
MB. - Gemma Merna
Black Dagger - Fifi Brown
Mitchell - Heidi Range
AnnieK - Brian Sewell
Cherie - Jonathan Jacob
Smithy - Amelle Berrabah
Denver - Roseanne Barr
Dogeatdog - Andy McNab
Daniel - Claire Cooper
Ammi - Brian Sewell
Liam- - Fifi Brown
LukeB - Jennifer Metcalfe
Babayaro - Andy McNab
Cal - Fifi Brown
Tony Montana - Jimmy Carr
Jake - Nicole Appleton

Brian Sewell scores 1pt
Fifi Brown & Gemma Merna score 2pts
Andy McNab scores 3pts

Everyone else manages a correct pointless answer, which is impressive! I could be mean and dismiss "Jonathan Jacob" as incorrect answer because he was a competition-winner and not a "celebrity" but I'm feeling nice here, since he did hijack the house for a day. Other potential pointless answers include James Corden, Dermot O'Leary, Craig David, Denise Van Outen and Ian Wright!

3. Name a female winner of the series

Shaun - Nevila Omeri
Niamh - Isabelle Warburton
Matthew. - Nadia Almada
MTVN - Chloe Wilburn
Rob! - Sophie Reade
Calderyon - Coleen Nolan
parmnion - Katie Price
Strictly Jake - Chloe Wilburn
MB. - Shay Mika Ifrah (BB Israel 7)
Black Dagger - Chloe Wilburn
Mitchell - Isabelle Warburton
AnnieK - Sophie Reade
Cherie - Chloe Wilburn
Smithy - Nadia Almada
Denver - Angelica Freij
Dogeatdog - Josie Gibson
Daniel - Chloe Wilburn
Ammi - Chloe Wilburn
Liam- - Chloe Wilburn
LukeB - Rachel Rice
Babayaro - Pia Filipcic
Cal - Sophie Reade
Tony Montana - Sophie Reade
Jake - Chloe Wilburn

Isabelle & Nadia score 1pt
Sophie Reade scores 3pts
Chloe Wilburn scores 7pts

A big congratulations to Dogeatdog and LukeB here for not only sticking with the BBUK theme, but pulling off a pointless answer. Only a handful drifted abroad, so we're left with a lot of points.

4. Name a housemate that walked from their series

Shaun - Donny Tourette
Niamh - Jonathan Durden
Matthew. - Megan Lowder
MTVN - Laura McAdam
Rob! - Laura McAdam
Calderyon - Leo Sayer
parmnion - Conor McIntyre
Strictly Jake - Mark Henderson
MB. - Liesel Pauwels (BB Belgium 4)
Black Dagger - Jonathan Durden
Mitchell - Shabby Khatchadourian
AnnieK - Sandy Cumming
Cherie - Isaac Stout
Smithy - George Askew
Denver - Donny Tourette
Dogeatdog - George Askew
Daniel - Saffia Corden
Ammi - George Askew
Liam- - Sunita Sharma
LukeB - Maysoon Shaladi
Babayaro - Rima Hadchiti
Cal - Jonathan Durden
Tony Montana - Mark Henderson
Jake - George Askew

Mark, Donny & Laura score 1pt
Jonathan Durden scores 2pts
George Askew scores 3pts

A strong showing for pointless scores here, considering the world was your oyster... but a big number of pointless BBUK names here too!

5. Name a housemate whose first name begins with the letter B (full name please!)

Shaun - Bastien Grimal
Niamh - Billi Bhatti
Matthew. - Bill 'Bunky' Miller
MTVN - Biannca Lake
Rob! - Belinda Harris-Reid
Calderyon - Ben Duncan
parmnion - Bez
Strictly Jake - Benedict Garrett
MB. - Boris Erwin Putra Simbolon (BB Indonesia 1)
Black Dagger - Billi Bhatti
Mitchell - Ben Duncan
AnnieK - Becki Seddiki
Cherie - Biannca Lake
Smithy - Brian Dowling
Denver - Benjamin Ringler
Dogeatdog - Ben Duncan
Daniel - Brooke Berry
Ammi - Becki Seddiki
Liam- - Biannca Lake
LukeB - Becki Seddiki
Babayaro - Bobby Hlad
Cal - Belinda Harris-Reid
Tony Montana - Ben Duncan
Jake - Becki Seddiki

I'm afraid I have to discount "Bez" because his full name is Mark Berry :worry:
Billi & Belinda score 1pt
Biannca scores 2pts
Becki & Ben score 3pts

Other pointless BBUK names could've been Brian Belo, Brigitte Nielsen, Ben Adams and Becky Hannon.

6. Name a country where Big Brother also has its own original series, other than the UK and USA

Shaun - Slovakia
Niamh - Italy
Matthew. - Italy
MTVN - Romania
Rob! - Philippines
Calderyon - Sweden
parmnion - Brazil
Strictly Jake - Germany
MB. - Bahrain
Black Dagger - North Macedonia
Mitchell - Croatia
AnnieK - Saudi Arabia
Cherie - Norway
Smithy - Nigeria
Denver - Cyprus
Dogeatdog - Greece
Daniel - Germany
Ammi - Croatia
Liam- - Argentina
LukeB - Croatia
Babayaro - Russia
Cal - South Africa
Tony Montana - Somalia
Jake - Thailand

A lot of pointless answers here! Italy and Germany score 1pt, whilst Croatia scores 2.

7. Name a Celebrity Big Brother (UK) winner

Shaun - Bez
Niamh - Ryan Thomas
Matthew. - Paddy Doherty
MTVN - James Hill
Rob! - Paddy Doherty
Calderyon - Bez
parmnion - Rylan Clark
Strictly Jake - Paddy Doherty
MB. - Courtney Act
Black Dagger - Mark Owen
Mitchell - Scotty T
AnnieK - Chantelle Houghton
Cherie - James Hill
Smithy - Chantelle Houghton
Denver - Mark Owen
Dogeatdog - Mark Owen
Daniel - Paddy Doherty
Ammi - Scotty T
Liam- - Paddy Doherty
LukeB - Bez
Babayaro - Jim Davidson
Cal - Julian Clary
Tony Montana - Jim Davidson
Jake - James Hill

Chantelle, Jim & Scotty T score 1pt
Mark, Bez & James score 2pts
Paddy scores 4pts

A very difficult category to pull off a pointless answer in considering there's only 22 possible answers, so well done to those that did. But a lot of other names unused were Sarah Harding, Charlotte Crosby, Stephen Bear, Jack Dee, Shilpa Shetty, Alex Reid, Ulrika Jonsson and Denise Welsh.

8. Name a celebrity that was rumoured with appearing on CBB (UK) but never appeared on the show

Shaun - Alan Fletcher
Niamh - Jody Latham
Matthew. - Dina Lohan
MTVN - OJ Simpson
Rob! - Noel Edmonds
Calderyon - Charlie Sheen
parmnion - Jimmy Savile
Strictly Jake - Steph and Dom (Gogglebox)
MB. - Michael Le Vell
Black Dagger - Ruby Wax
Mitchell - Noel Sullivan
AnnieK - Sam Markle
Cherie - Jaymi Hensley
Smithy - Sam Markle
Denver - Jay Camilleri
Dogeatdog - Stormy Daniels
Daniel - Janet Street Porter
Ammi - Jody Latham
Liam- - Sam Markle
LukeB - Sam Markle
Babayaro - Josie Cunningham
Cal - Big Ang
Tony Montana - Lil Wayne
Jake - Lil Kim

A strong showing of pointless answers again, but I guess the Sam Markle story stuck with a few of you too long, scoring 3pts. Jody Latham is the only other shared answer on 1pt.

9. Name a housemate that was evicted first from the House
Shaun - Murielle Dragon
Niamh - Anouska Golebiewski
Matthew. - Victoria Eisermann
MTVN - Anouska Golebiewski
Rob! - Tamara Stewart-Wood
Calderyon - Jade Eden
parmnion - Mary O'Leary
Strictly Jake - Kitten
MB. - Zsofia Varga (BB Hungary 8)
Black Dagger - Tamara Stewart-Wood
Mitchell - Marco Pierre White Jr.
AnnieK - Penny Ellis
Cherie - Stephanie McMichael
Smithy - John McCririck
Denver - Miriam Madova
Dogeatdog - Penny Ellis
Daniel - Vanessa Nimmo
Ammi - Anouska Golebiewski
Liam- - Lynne Moncrieff
LukeB - Sophia Brown (technically Beinazir was first but technically she wasn't a Housemate, so... well played :suspect: )
Babayaro - Mike Lubinski
Cal - Victoria Eisermann
Tony Montana - Shabnam Paryani
Jake - Vanessa Nimmo

Penny, Tamara, Vanessa & Victoria score 1pt
Anouska scores 2pts

Whilst Kitten was technically ejected, I've allowed it as an answer because she did have a live eviction show with Davina.

10. Name a TV channel that has aired Big Brother UK (or its spinoff shows)
Shaun - E4
Niamh - Channel 5+1
Matthew. - Channel 4+1
MTVN - 5*
Rob! - 5*+1
Calderyon - E4
parmnion - E4+1
Strictly Jake - MTV
MB. - TVN Lingua
Black Dagger - MTV
Mitchell - MTV
AnnieK - E4
Cherie - Channel 4
Smithy - 5*+1
Denver - MTV
Dogeatdog - 5*
Daniel - 5*
Ammi - Channel 5
Liam- - 5*
LukeB - 5*
Babayaro - Channel 5
Cal - 5*
Tony Montana - MTV
Jake - MTV

Channel 5 and 5*+1 score 1pt
E4 scores 2pts
MTV and 5* score 5pts

One of those rare instances where choosing the obvious answers really paid off :omgno: Some very smart plus-one answers, too.

Right then... all of that explained, here's how you all performed!

Scores
MB. - 5
Shaun - 8
Matthew. - 8
Niamh - 9
Smithy - 9
Babayaro - 10
Calderyon - 11
Mitchell - 15
Cherie - 18
Rob! - 18
Tony Montana - 18
AnnieK - 19
Cal. - 19
LukeB - 22
MTVN - 22
Dogeatdog - 24
Daniel. - 25
parmnion - 27 (without the wrong answer it would've been 3 :omgno:)
Black Dagger - 27
Ammi - 28
Jake - 28
Liam- - 28
Strictly Jake - 28
Denver - 32


That's a bit unfair seeing as mark berry's name tag on cbb said bez

[Ammi]

I'm mostly intrigued by Bonnie being the most popular answer for first evictee tbh... I chose her because she sprung to my mind for some reason, but in hindsight I'd have thought everyone would go for the first one, or the most recent :think: very odd

..I almost went for Bonnie because I seemed to recall lots of Bonnehhhh threads over time..?...


...for lots of answers for both quizzes, I had multiple possible answers written down on my notepad...and the final choice was only decided when I was in your PM box and typing...

[Shaun]

I was open to accepting "Bez" to be honest but I had another member say they wanted to submit Bubble from BB2 despite his first name being Paul... but the question does specifically ask for a full name so it'd be unfair to allow it.

[Ammi]

I was open to accepting "Bez" to be honest but I had another member say they wanted to submit Bubble from BB2 despite his first name being Paul... but the question does specifically ask for a full name so it'd be unfair to allow it.

...hush ya face, you...he was only ever known as Bubble so it was a fair question...I actually didn’t know his name was Paul until I googled some BB stuff for the quiz...

[Mitchell]

Thought I was onto a winner with the pointless round :p glad me and Ammi are twins at least

[Cherie]

Cant believe I got away with C4 as a pointless answer, the plus 1’s were inspired as well :love:

[Ammi]

Thought I was onto a winner with the pointless round :p glad me and Ammi are twins at least

...:lovedup:...separated at birth...

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[Black Dagger]

Good god at my Pointless showing lmao

[Beso]

I was open to accepting "Bez" to be honest but I had another member say they wanted to submit Bubble from BB2 despite his first name being Paul... but the question does specifically ask for a full name so it'd be unfair to allow it.


Fair enough...good game btw.

[Smithy]

Rob stealing my 5*+1 from me :fist:

[Niamh.]

Can't believe I did so well in the Pointless round, that was really tough, delighted with that :amazed:

[Jessica.]

Okay, I didn't understand the pointless thing at all

[Denver]

I would have done well if I had read the first question properly

[Cherie]

Okay, I didn't understand the pointless thing at all

you need to give a correct answer that you believe no one else will think of..

the top answer does not need to be correct, but it needs to be the most popular one

[Dogeatdog]

Oh wtf I thought Kelly Osbourne would’ve been a popular choice on that one? :laugh: and how the hell did I not think of Bonnie instead of Mary? I love BB6 too much I think :laugh:

[Babayaro.]

When would you like the answers in for Shaun?

[Mitchell]

...:lovedup:...separated at birth...

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Me and you in the BB Croatia audience? :lovedup:

[LukeB]

Me and you in the BB Croatia audience? :lovedup:

you two had to put croatia :fist:

[Shaun]

When would you like the answers in for Shaun?

Same duration every round, so any time before tomorrow night (the silly hours) will be fine :spin2:

[MTVN]

Is it easier to exclude the questions in our PMs and just send answers or are you not bothered

[Babayaro.]

Same duration every round, so any time before tomorrow night (the silly hours) will be fine :spin2:

:kiss:

[Shaun]

Uhhhh there's no difference really, if anything I'm probably more likely to get an answer confused for a different question if the questions are absent from the PM

[Calderyon]

I'll PM my answers tonight or tomorrow. But very likely tonight.

[Beso]

Uhhhh there's no difference really, if anything I'm probably more likely to get an answer confused for a different question if the questions are absent from the PM

Hi Shaun.. I know there's a lot of players but can you send me the questions in a pm so I can do what I did last time please.

[Shaun]

Will do!

[Mitchell]

you two had to put croatia :fist:

We are just huge fans!

[Beso]

Thank you .number 5...wtf. lol.

[Beso]

Same duration every round, so any time before tomorrow night (the silly hours) will be fine :spin2:

:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

[Rob!]

Rob stealing my 5*+1 from me :fist:

I can’t believe Niamh got it with Channel 5 :skull:

[Mitchell]

I can’t believe Niamh got it with Channel 5 :skull:

Ben Frow’s impact?

[Strictly Jake]

2nd from last in both games and 28 points in both. Very consistent. I shall answer round 2 now shaun

[Dogeatdog]

Same duration every round, so any time before tomorrow night (the silly hours) will be fine :spin2:

I’m gonna get my answers in tomorrow if that’s ok?

[Rob!]

I am ****ing absymal at music :unsure:

[Tony Montana]

I didn't do too bad. So glad I changed from Bonnie to Brian Dowling for question 5 of TA.

I'll do round 2 now.

[Shaun]

In addition to my own, I've so far received Round 2 answers from Mitchell, James, Niamh, Matthew, Smithy, MTVN, Amy Jade, Strictly Jake, Rob!, Daniel., Calderyon, Tony Montana, Cal, Jake, Black Dagger, Cherie & Liam-.

Meaning I need answers from Kate!, AnnieK, Babayaro, MB, Dogeatdog, Ammi, Denver and parmnion by tonight... and indeed anyone else who wants to join the game (you'll have your work cut out for you if you want to win, but it could still be fun :spin2:)

[Shaun]

A few teasers to keep you guessing...

- So far, one question in Top Answers has a unanimous answer
- And one question in Top Answers already has seven different answers :D
- There are only two questions in Pointless that have had 100% correct, unique answers so far... all of the other eight have some shared answers already (but with the Orchestra question it's very much a question of damage limitation :laugh:)

[Jessica.]

:hmph:

[Nicky91]

submitted it :douf:

[Shaun]

Sorry Jessica, it's a nightmare trying to remember all 29 names :laugh: received yours, Adam's, Ammi's, parmnion's and Nicky91's today.

Still missing answers from AnnieK, Kate, Babayaro and Dogeatdog :worry:

[Beso]

Sorry Jessica, it's a nightmare trying to remember all 29 names :laugh: received yours, Adam's, Ammi's, parmnion's and Nicky91's today.

Still missing answers from AnnieK, MB, Kate, Babayaro and Dogeatdog :worry:

Did you remember the order i always put my 2 answers in.

[Shaun]

Yeah, your Top answer first and then the Pointless?

[Beso]

Splendid

[Black Dagger]

I'm hoping I've done a lot better on this pointless round. What a first round shocker

[Beso]

I'm hoping I've done a lot better on this pointless round. What a first round shocker


Pointless can be brutal..gl

[MB.]

Sent! I think!

[AnnieK]

Oh Shaun....I've literally just got in the house....if I miss the deadline as I still need to cook etc and can't don't know if I will have the time to do it,can I still play next round.....I know I will drop massively in the table?

[Beso]

Oh Shaun....I've literally just got in the house....if I miss the deadline as I still need to cook etc and can't don't know if I will have the time to do it,can I still play next round.....I know I will drop massively in the table?

Just do a couple annie..me and rob are f u c kd

[Shaun]

If you can do it at all tonight that'll be fine, I'll keep the round open until a silly hour like 3 or 4am anyway :D if not, then yeah you can skip a round and SUFFER THE POINTS LOSS :oh:

[Ammi]

..:laugh:...I hope that you had a lovely day, Annie...enjoy your supper...:love:..

[Shaun]

I've replied to all PMs I've had so far with any wrong answers, but I'll now be off until I close the round. Good luck all!

[Babayaro.]

if someone gives a wrong answer then surely you just let them suffer, no?

[AnnieK]

Right.....have had no time but have submitted....will be rubbish but hey ho x

[Cherie]

Right.....have had no time but have submitted....will be rubbish but hey ho x

You will probably do better than most :joker:

[Shaun]

Right then, let's get this underway. Unfortunately, Kate, LukeB, Withano and Dogeatdog have missed the deadline and therefore won't get any points (or, for Pointless, will score 1 more total point than the worst scorer of the round). As before, we'll start with the results for Top Answers! There were 26 participants this time.

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Music

Top Answers

1) Name a studio album released by The Beatles

Abbey Road - 18
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 5
Help! - 1
Revolver - 1
Yellow Submarine - 1

2) Name a member of the Saturdays

Rochelle - 11
Frankie - 8
Mollie - 5
Vanessa - 2
and none for Una :(

3) Name a winner of Best Original Song at the Academy Awards

Shallow (A Star is Born) - 10
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) - 7
Let It Go (Frozen) - 4
Skyfall (Skyfall) - 2
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) - 1
(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again (Rocketman) - 1
Dust (incorrect) - 1

4) Pick a section of an orchestra; brass, woodwind, percussion or strings

Brass - 17
Strings - 7
Woodwind - 1
Percussion - 1

5) Name a single that has reached #1 at some point in the UK in 2020's Official Charts

"Rain On Me" by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - 11
"Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd - 8
"Head & Heart" by Joel Corry & MNEK - 4
"Rockstar" by DaBaby & Roddy Ricch - 2
"Own It" it by Stormzy, Burna Boy & Ed Sheeran - 1

6) Name a song with a colour in its title
this one was absolute carnage and I loved it

"Yellow Submarine" by the Beatles - 7
"Purple Rain" by Prince - 5
"Red, Red Wine" by UB40 - 3
"Lady in Red" by Chris de Burgh - 2
"Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse - 1
"Black or White" by Michael Jackson - 1
"Blue Monday" by New Order - 1
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 - 1
"Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison - 1
"Deeper Shade of Blue" by Steps - 1
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John - 1
"White Flag" by Dido - 1
"Yellow" by Coldplay - 1

7) Name an annual awards ceremony that celebrates music in some capacity

The Grammys - 18
The BRIT Awards - 7
MTV EMAs - 1

8) Name a popular UK music festival

Glastonbury - 24
Reading - 1
PlanetLove - 1

9) Name a member of the 27 Club

Amy Winehouse - 17
Kurt Cobain - 4
Jimi Hendrix - 3
Jade Goody - 1
Jim Morrison - 1

10) Name a single released by Stevie Wonder

Superstition - 11
Isn't She Lovely - 8
I Just Called to Say I Love You - 3
Happy Birthday - 2
Signed, Sealed, Delivered... I'm Yours - 1
Sir Duke - 1

Scores

Daniel. - 139
Liam- - 139
Black Dagger - 129
MB. - 129
Amy Jade - 127
Smithy - 127
Cal. - 125
Mitchell - 125
MTVN - 125
Matthew. - 117
Strictly Jake - 116
Niamh - 115
Denver - 114
Jake - 113
Ammi - 112
Babayaro - 111
Tony Montana - 106
Rob! - 103
Shaun - 101
Calderyon - 100
Cherie - 97
James - 94
Jessica - 94
AnnieK - 92
Nicky91 - 63
parmnion - 33

I won't be doing a total score after every round, just to keep things interesting, but I will do one at the halfway stage (after Round 5!) Congratulations here go to Daniel (again) and Liam, ten points ahead of the pack :clap2:

[Ammi]

....Daniel and Liam...:love:...well done you musical marvels...

[Ammi]

...oh I’m just properly looking at the scores now, I was in my sleep time before...those top ones are really so close and quite stunning...Lucas and MB and Smith and Amy and Cal and Mitchell and MTVN and etc...all wonderful scores...well done...:love:..

[AnnieK]

As expected, I did rubbish :sad: That will teach me to leave it till the last minute then do it after a bottle of wine :laugh:

[Shaun]

Pointless

23 sets of answers this time, so each incorrect answer is worth 23pts! Let's dive in.

1) Name a studio album released by The Beatles

Shaun - Magical Mystery Tour
Mitchell - Something New
Niamh - With The Beatles
Matthew. - A Hard Day's Night
Smithy - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
MTVN - Rubber Soul
Strictly Jake - Rubber Soul
Rob! - Beatles '65
Calderyon - A Hard Day's Night
Daniel. - Rubber Soul
Tony Montana - Rubber Soul
Cal - A Hard Day's Night
Jake. - Beatles VI
Black Dagger - Revolver
Cherie - Beatles VI
Liam- - Introducing the Beatles
Denver - Abbey Road
Jessica - The White Album
Ammi - Rubber Soul
parmnion - Please Please Me
MB - Beatles for Sale
AnnieK - Rubber Soul
Babayaro - Help!

Rubber Soul is the most popular answer here, scoring 5pts. A Hard Day's Night scores 2pts, whilst Beatles VI scores 1pt. I was initially going to be very mean and say "NO, NOT A STUDIO ALBUM", but honestly? The 60s were hella confusing with what the hell constituted a studio album and what didn't, so whilst 'Beatles VI' and 'Beatles 65' wouldn't technically count, it's also super hard to make a case for why they shouldn't, and at the end of the day, I just don't care x

2) Name a member of the Saturdays

Shaun - Una
Mitchell - Rochelle
Niamh - Una
Matthew. - Mollie
Smithy - Rochelle
MTVN - Frankie
Strictly Jake - Frankie
Rob! - Una
Calderyon - Una
Daniel. - Frankie
Tony Montana - Mollie
Cal - Mollie
Jake. - Rochelle
Black Dagger - Una
Cherie - Frankie
Liam- - Frankie
Denver - Una
Jessica - Mollie
Ammi - Una
parmnion - Mollie
MB - Una
AnnieK - Vanessa
Babayaro - Rochelle

Perhaps leaving it until the last minute is a pro strategy, because AnnieK sauntered in here with a pointless answer from a pool of only five possible answers! Well done :clap1: Una was the answer of death here, scoring an eye-watering 7pts. Mollie and Frankie score you 4pts, Rochelle scores 3pts.

3) Name a winner of Best Original Song at the Academy Awards

Shaun - Let The River Run
Mitchell - Talk To The Animals
Niamh - Sweet Leilani
Matthew. - Jai Ho!
Smithy - Born Free
MTVN - It Goes Like It Goes
Strictly Jake - Chim Chim Chiree
Rob! - Man Or Muppet
Calderyon - In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
Daniel. - Song of the South
Tony Montana - Sooner or Later
Cal - The Last Time I Saw Paris
Jake. - Theme from Shaft
Black Dagger - You'll Never Know
Cherie - Que Sera Sera
Liam- - Gigi
Denver - Streets of Philadelphia
Jessica - The Ballad of High Noon
Ammi - You Light Up My Life
parmnion - My Own
MB - The Shadow of Your Smile
AnnieK - Lose Yourself
Babayaro - Let the River Run

There's nothing I love more than thinking I have a pointless answer, like almost everyone else, until Marc submits the last set of answers and copies yours. Prick. Sorry parmnion, but you chose two Oscar-nominated songs that lost in 1938 for both of your answers.

4) Pick a section of an orchestra - brass, woodwind, percussion or strings?

Shaun - Woodwind
Mitchell - Woodwind
Niamh - Strings
Matthew. - Woodwind
Smithy - Brass
MTVN - Percussion
Strictly Jake - Strings
Rob! - Brass
Calderyon - Percussion
Daniel. - Percussion
Tony Montana - Woodwind
Cal - Percussion
Jake. - Strings
Black Dagger - Woodwind
Cherie - Woodwind
Liam- - Woodwind
Denver - Brass
Jessica - Brass
Ammi - Percussion
parmnion - Woodwind
MB - Strings
AnnieK - Percussion
Babayaro - Strings

A lot of you tried to be clever and dodge the question and distract me with a funny-sounding instrument :nono: but I think after some coercing and some censorship we all got there in the end. The most troublesome answer was "Woodwind" with 7pts. Percussion was second with 5pts. Strings scored you 4pts, whilst Brass only scores 3pts.

Name a single that has reached #1 in the UK this year.

Shaun - Blinding Lights
Mitchell - Blinding Lights
Niamh - Before You Go
Matthew. - You'll Never Walk Alone
Smithy - Rockstar
MTVN - No Time To Die
Strictly Jake - Godzilla
Rob! - Toosie Slide
Calderyon - Toosie Slide
Daniel. - Godzilla
Tony Montana - Own It
Cal - Before You Go
Jake. - Roses
Black Dagger - Roses
Cherie - Times Like These
Liam- - Roses
Denver - You'll Never Walk Alone
Jessica - Own It
Ammi - Toosie Slide
parmnion - Roses
MB - Toosie Slide
AnnieK - River
Babayaro - Rockstar

Savage Love, Head & Heart and Rain On Me were available pointless answers. Two songs picked up 3pts here - Roses and Toosie Slide. Own It, Rockstar, Before You Go, Godzilla, You'll Never Walk Alone and Blinding Lights each get just the 1 point.

6) Name a song with a colour in the title

Shaun - "Yellow Halo" by Goldfrapp
Mitchell - "Turning Red" by New Hope Club
Niamh - "Black" by Pearl Jam
Matthew. - "Black and Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa
Smithy - "Black Jesus + Amen Fashion" by Lady Gaga
MTVN - "The Black Hills of Dakota" from Calamity Jane
Strictly Jake - "Blue Moon" by Rogers & Hart
Rob! - "Black and Gold" by Sam Sparro
Calderyon - "Red, Red Wine" by UB40
Daniel. - "Red Flag" by Slipknot
Tony Montana - "Blue Jeans" by Lana Del Rey
Cal - "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra
Jake. - "Black Skinhead" by Kanye West
Black Dagger - "Ol' Red" by George Jones
Cherie - "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Liam- - "Men in Black" by Will Smith
Denver - "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Jessica - "Green Onions" by Booker T & the MGs
Ammi - "Pink Fields" by Neon Hitch
parmnion - "Back in Black" by AC/DC
MB - "Pink Lemonade" by James Bay
AnnieK - "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles
Babayaro - "Baby Blue" by King Krule

By god... you all managed it, and with some pretty well known songs in the mix too :clap1:

7) Name an annual awards ceremony that celebrates music in some capacity

Shaun - Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards
Mitchell - MOBO Awards
Niamh - The IRMA Awards
Matthew. - MTV Music Video Awards
Smithy - JOOX Thailand Music Awards
MTVN - Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards
Strictly Jake - MOBO Awards
Rob! - MOBO Awards
Calderyon - Emma Gala (Finnish music awards)
Daniel. - Kerrang! Awards
Tony Montana - The BRIT Awards
Cal - iHeart Radio Awards
Jake. - Academy of Country Music Awards
Black Dagger - Juno Awards
Cherie - BBC Music Awards
Liam- - NAACP Image Awards
Denver - Mnet Asian Music Awards
Jessica - Independent Music Awards
Ammi - Silver Clef Award
parmnion - Scots Trad Music Awards
MB - Zee Cine Awards
AnnieK - Independent Music Awards
Babayaro - Heat Latin Music Awards

Most of us escape unscathed here, but AnnieK and Jessica share a point whilst Mitchell, Rob and Strictly Jake have embarrassed themselves at the MOBOs again.

8) Name a popular music festival in the UK

Shaun - Junction 2
Mitchell - Mighty Hoopla
Niamh - Belsonic
Matthew. - T in the Park
Smithy - East Neuk Festival
MTVN - Beautiful Days
Strictly Jake - Evo Festival
Rob! - Worcester Music Festival
Calderyon - Junction 2
Daniel. - Slamdunk
Tony Montana - Glastonbury
Cal - Y Not
Jake. - Cheltenham
Black Dagger - TRNSMT
Cherie - Belfast Harp Festival
Liam- - Cymanfa Ganu
Denver - Lost Village
Jessica - Celtic Connections
Ammi - Creamfields
parmnion - Edinburgh Jazz Festival
MB - Infest UK
AnnieK - Parklife
Babayaro - Play Fest

The wording of most of these questions meant it was really open to interpretation, so bless some of you for naming major festivals whilst others opened our eyes to some charming little Welsh affairs. Am I annoyed with being the only shared answer? Not at all...

9) Name a member of the 27 Club

Shaun - Mia Zapata
Mitchell - Tomas Lowe
Niamh - Brian Jones
Matthew. - Jade Goody
Smithy - Helmet Kollen
MTVN - Alan Wilson
Strictly Jake - D. Boon
Rob! - Brian Jones
Calderyon - Janis Joplin
Daniel. - Leslie Harvey
Tony Montana - Anton Yelchin
Cal - Jesse Belvin
Jake. - Jimi Hendrix
Black Dagger - Sahara Davenport
Cherie - Dickie Pride
Liam- - Jacob Miller
Denver - Robert Johnson
Jessica - Tyler Skaggs
Ammi - Fredo Santana
parmnion - Kurt Cobain
MB - Gary Thain
AnnieK - Alan Wilson
Babayaro - D. Boon

Sadly a lot of names on the list meant that there were few hiccups here. If you weren't pointless, you only got a point.

10) Name a single released by Stevie Wonder

Shaun - Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)
Mitchell - Keep Our Love Alive
Niamh - I Don't Know Why
Matthew. - My Cherie Amour
Smithy - Stranger on the Shore of Love
MTVN - Signed, Sealed, Delivered... I'm Yours
Strictly Jake - If It's Magic
Rob! - As
Calderyon - I Just Called to Say I Love You
Daniel. - I Don't Know Why
Tony Montana - Faith
Cal - Happy Street
Jake. - Used to Be
Black Dagger - Send One Your Love
Cherie - Lois
Liam- - Boogie On, Reggae Woman
Denver - Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
Jessica - What Christmas Means to Me
Ammi - Hey Love
parmnion - Living for the City
MB - Outside My Window
AnnieK - As
Babayaro - Sir Duke

Once again, a super open category means just the 4 members scoring a point :omgno:

Scores
Smithy - 7
Jessica - 9
Babayaro - 10
Denver - 11
Jake. - 11
Cal - 12
Cherie - 12
AnnieK - 13
Mitchell - 13
Liam- - 14
Matthew. - 14
MB - 14
Niamh - 14
MTVN - 15
Daniel. - 16
Black Dagger - 17
Rob! - 17
Shaun - 17
Strictly Jake - 17
Tony Montana - 17
Calderyon - 18
Ammi - 20
parmnion - 37

Congrats to Smithy and Jessica for sneaking in with a single figure :clap1:

[Ammi]

...well done Smithy and Jess, you pointless wonders...:love:...Annie, you did marvellously and I’m glad that you had your day out and wine as well and came in late...:love:...sorry, Shaun, but that’s how it is....ooops at me, pointless person...

[Ammi]

...I’m not sure if I’ve done Pointless before, when I think...so I’m doing the most excellently for a first timer/..flips it over...:laugh:...yay, me...

[Rob!]

Mess I did awfully.

Can someone deal with Daniel please :fist:

[Shaun]

Sorry for the delay, I keep tinkering with the questions because I think they're either too easy, too hard, or too "overdone" in this game :laugh:

https://i.imgur.com/8bWUWLU.png
History

1. Name a famous inventor
2. Name someone whose likeness has featured on UK currency since 1900, other than the Queen
3. Name a country that no longer exists under that title (eg. Zaire - I will not accept Zaire as an answer :p)
4. Name a war that has taken place after the end of WW2
5. Name a Russian president other than Vladimir Putin
6. Name a Roman emperor
7. Name a Chinese dynasty
8. Name a famous person who was executed in the United Kingdom
9. Name a dinosaur other than a Tyrannosaurus Rex
10. Name a president of the USA who served for two terms of office (ie. won his election twice)

For the Pointless edition: you can choose Scottish currency for #2 but they must have appeared in general circulation, rather than as a "one-off" promotional thing For #3 the country must have changed name, and does not appear in any present sporting event. For #10, they must have been elected twice but I will allow anyone who did not survive the full second term. For #5 I will allow anyone who was president since 1922.

[Cherie]

You got the hang of pointless Jessica :love:

[Ammi]

Mess I did awfully.

Can someone deal with Daniel please :fist:

...I put him in the back of a van and I’ll send you the key, Rob...you decide the length of his confinement...

[Ammi]

Sorry for the delay, I keep tinkering with the questions because I think they're either too easy, too hard, or too "overdone" in this game :laugh:

https://i.imgur.com/8bWUWLU.png
History

1. Name a famous inventor
2. Name someone whose likeness has featured on UK currency since 1900, other than the Queen
3. Name a country that no longer exists under that title (eg. Zaire - I will not accept Zaire as an answer :p)
4. Name a war that has taken place after the end of WW2
5. Name a Russian president other than Vladimir Putin
6. Name a Roman emperor
7. Name a Chinese dynasty
8. Name a famous person who was executed in the United Kingdom
9. Name a dinosaur other than a Tyrannosaurus Rex
10. Name a president of the USA who served for two terms of office (ie. won his election twice)

For the Pointless edition: you can choose Scottish currency for #2 but they must have appeared in general circulation, rather than as a "one-off" promotional thing For #3 the country must have changed name, and does not appear in any present sporting event. For #10, they must have been elected twice but I will allow anyone who did not survive the full second term. For #5 I will allow anyone who was president since 1922.


...’too easy’ Shaun...I’ll send some help for you before it’s too late...

[Rob!]

Me: Watched an episode of Pointless today with a question asking who was on the UK banknotes throughout history.

Also me: Didn't know any decent answers so barely paid attention to it.

[Rob!]

...I put him in the back of a van and I’ll send you the key, Rob...you decide the length of his confinement...

:love:

[Ammi]

Me: Watched an episode of Pointless today with a question asking who was on the UK banknotes throughout history.

Also me: Didn't know any decent answers so barely paid attention to it.

..Daniel:...’...oooooo, lets get the popcorn snacks and watch classic Pointless for the whole day...’...

[MTVN]

8 top answers then a big fat 1 pointer for Over the Rainbow :oh:

It's only the most beautiful Oscar winning song of all time :oh:

[Ammi]

8 top answers then a big fat 1 pointer for Over the Rainbow :oh:

It's only the most beautiful Oscar winning song of all time :oh:

...I was always wavering the most between Shallow and My Heart Will go on...but then there was always Smithy to consider as well...we knew that he would burn TiBB to the ground if it wasn’t Shallow...the same with Rain on Me with GaGa and Ariana...the fear factor if any other was the top answer was just too, too overwhelming...

[Smithy]

:amazed:

[Ammi]

...:laugh:...awww, see...just look at his little face, that’s worth a thousand trips over the rainbow, right there...

[MTVN]

...I was always wavering the most between Shallow and My Heart Will go on...but then there was always Smithy to consider as well...we knew that he would burn TiBB to the ground if it wasn’t Shallow...the same with Rain on Me with GaGa and Ariana...the fear factor if any other was the top answer was just too, too overwhelming...

Yeah I should have gone for Shallow really with how popular Gaga is on here, same with Rain on Me although I decided against because it only had one week at number 1 whereas Head and Heart has had 5

[MTVN]

Fact I have literally never heard of any of the songs that have reached number 1 this year and had to Wikipedia it made me feel pretty old too :worry:

[Ammi]

...:laugh:...I think that google can mislead and throw off sync as well when it comes to forum favourites and most popular...

[Shaun]

Daniel could've won this round outright again if he hadn't changed his mind for the colour song from Yellow Submarine to Purple Rain :worry:

[Nicky91]

i always liked History at school honestly :flutter:

[Beso]

if someone gives a wrong answer then surely you just let them suffer, no?

You mean like he did the last round.:smug:

[Strictly Jake]

Cant believe me and babayaro both chose D.Boon for the 27 club. I thought that was such a random answer!

[Beso]

Cheltenham music festival.....really????

[Shaun]

You mean like he did the last round.:smug:

I actually tried to help you with this round and you still got a wrong answer. Maybe the problem wasn't me

[Nicky91]

i chose Kurt Cobain for 27 club

one of the very few from that, whose story i am very invested in

still do not believe it was a suicide

[Mitchell]

Smithy picking Gaga is so on brand Smithy

[Ammi]

...I have to say...as rubbish as I’m doing in both quizzes and as challenging as I’m finding it...it’s a great lead up to combine with the pub quiz coming soon...it’s made me realise how ‘starved’ of quizzes we’ve been and getting into that quiz mindset in thoughts...I haven’t even had ‘proper lessons’ at school for so long, either...so it’s all excellent to be doing this ...it’s like ‘coming home’...:laugh:...well, you know what I mean...

[Ammi]

...we could have ICB as well, Shaun...just saying...then you could really drive me crazy...again...

[Smithy]

Smithy picking Gaga is so on brand Smithy

I actually didn’t for the #1 single though :skull:

[Babayaro.]

Mess @ me and Shaun choosing the same academy award song

[Nicky91]

i picked Rain On Me for the #1 song

[Nicky91]

but anyway i am sorry i didn't submit pointless answers that round

i just thought based upon past top answers games, i only needed to submit that one


but i have done 2 sets of answers this next round

[MTVN]

Well I now know a lot more about Chinese dynasties and obscure dinosaurs

[Cal.]

Am not avin this!!!!!!!

[Liam-]

Did better than I expected in both :amazed:

[Shaun]

Well I now know a lot more about Chinese dynasties and obscure dinosaurs

This is merely an educational tool, any fun derived from the experience is unintentional

[Ammi]

...:laugh:..you should go into teaching, Shaun...that’s said every day in every classroom, in every city, in every country...etc, etc..

[Babayaro.]

Sorry for the delay, I keep tinkering with the questions because I think they're either too easy, too hard, or too "overdone" in this game :laugh:

https://i.imgur.com/8bWUWLU.png
History

1. Name a famous inventor
2. Name someone whose likeness has featured on UK currency since 1900, other than the Queen
3. Name a country that no longer exists under that title (eg. Zaire - I will not accept Zaire as an answer :p)
4. Name a war that has taken place after the end of WW2
5. Name a Russian president other than Vladimir Putin
6. Name a Roman emperor
7. Name a Chinese dynasty
8. Name a famous person who was executed in the United Kingdom
9. Name a dinosaur other than a Tyrannosaurus Rex
10. Name a president of the USA who served for two terms of office (ie. won his election twice)

For the Pointless edition: you can choose Scottish currency for #2 but they must have appeared in general circulation, rather than as a "one-off" promotional thing For #3 the country must have changed name, and does not appear in any present sporting event. For #10, they must have been elected twice but I will allow anyone who did not survive the full second term. For #5 I will allow anyone who was president since 1922.

This round is going to be the death of me

[Jake.]

Cheltenham music festival.....really????

Yes! It’s a music festival held in the UK

[Black Dagger]

****ing evil round this one.

[Nicky91]

i admit i struggled with questions 2, 3 and 7

[James]

I had a bad music round.

I thought Sgt. Pepper would be the most famous Beatles album, for instance.

[Jessica.]

:amazed: I did horribly in top answers but I slayed Pointless!

[Cherie]

I had a bad music round.

I thought Sgt. Pepper would be the most famous Beatles album, for instance.

Same..

[Nicky91]

my beatles knowledge isn't that good LOL

i only had heard of Yellow Submarine, or at least i kinda thought that was also a studio album

[Babayaro.]

My reasoning for choosing Abbey Road was purely because of how famous the cover is

[Black Dagger]

My reasoning for choosing Abbey Road was purely because of how famous the cover is

This

[Calderyon]

I am doing reasonably bad on both.

[Niamh.]

When does this round need to be on for Shaun? Is it OK to send it tomorrow?

[Cherie]

When does this round need to be on for Shaun? Is it OK to send it tomorrow?

Send by the early hours of Tuesday am Neem

[Shaun]

yeah tomorrow night (or Tuesday morning) :laugh:

[Niamh.]

Thanks guys [emoji106]

[MB.]

I will be submitting a performance of the following as my answer to each question

ozx-VvqO_ys

[Babayaro.]

Gonna tackle this terrible, terrible round now. :hmph:

[Babayaro.]

**** that was hard

[MB.]

**** that was hard

I can't believe you're trying to cheat by sleeping with the host

[Babayaro.]

I can't believe you're trying to cheat by sleeping with the host

:joker:

[Shaun]

I can't believe you're trying to cheat by sleeping with the host

He'd score low either way

[Babayaro.]

He'd score low either way

something something about being a top and it being pointless

[MB.]

It's as though you've read Shaun's PM inbox and discovered that all my answers so far have been sent in a message titled some variation of "pointless tops"

[Shaun]

I've received answers so far from Rob!, Nicky91, Mitchell, MTVN, AnnieK, Calderyon, Denver, Strictly Jake, Black Dagger, Matthew, James, MB and Babayaro.

Just requiring answers now from Niamh, Cherie, Cal, Jessica, Liam-, Amy Jade, Jake, Daniel., Smithy, Ammi, parmnion and Tony Montana (and indeed any returnees from Round 1, or new participants :spin2:)

[Niamh.]

My reasoning for choosing Abbey Road was purely because of how famous the cover is

mine too

[Calderyon]

8 rounds to go.

[Niamh.]

That round was tough

[Ammi]

...scented and sent...:love:..

[Babayaro.]

That round was tough

I hope you don't mind but for #9, I named you?

[Niamh.]

I hope you don't mind but for #9, I named you?

As long as it was for the Top Answers section and not the Pointless one :nono:

[Liam-]

That round was horrible :oh:

[Ammi]

That round was horrible :oh:

...the Horrible Histories...?..

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

[Cherie]

sent, any teasers Shaun :dance:

[Babayaro.]

any teasers Shaun :dance:

me when shaun's hogging the celebrations tin at christmas

[Mitchell]

me when shaun's hogging the celebrations tin at christmas

To be fair, he did leave you 2 milky ways and a bounty

[Shaun]

I've only gathered 12 of the scores into a list so far but there's already a bit of a mess in some of the Top Answers categories. 9 different answers for a former country :D

AnnieK has submitted my favourite answer so far, with her take on the currency question for Pointless :love: (it's valid btw, but I won't spoil it)

[Shaun]

And ew, I'm a Roses girl x

[Shaun]

I've received answers so far from Rob!, Nicky91, Mitchell, MTVN, AnnieK, Calderyon, Denver, Strictly Jake, Black Dagger, Matthew, James, MB and Babayaro.

Just requiring answers now from Niamh, Cherie, Cal, Jessica, Liam-, Amy Jade, Jake, Daniel., Smithy, Ammi, parmnion and Tony Montana (and indeed any returnees from Round 1, or new participants :spin2:)

Smithy, Ammi, Cal, Niamh, Liam and Cherie have now sent in some answers, so we've just got 7 left to come in. I assume no one will remind Daniel since they want him to lose :worry:

[Ammi]

Smithy, Ammi, Cal, Niamh, Liam and Cherie have now sent in some answers, so we've just got 7 left to come in. I assume no one will remind Daniel since they want him to lose :worry:

...:laugh:...I’ll post on Daniel’s wall and someone can hit him if he wins again...

[Babayaro.]

I've only gathered 12 of the scores into a list so far but there's already a bit of a mess in some of the Top Answers categories. 9 different answers for a former country :D

AnnieK has submitted my favourite answer so far, with her take on the currency question for Pointless :love: (it's valid btw, but I won't spoil it)

it's monopoly isn't it?

[Cherie]

Thanks Shaun :dance:

[Niamh.]

I've only gathered 12 of the scores into a list so far but there's already a bit of a mess in some of the Top Answers categories. 9 different answers for a former country :D

AnnieK has submitted my favourite answer so far, with her take on the currency question for Pointless :love: (it's valid btw, but I won't spoil it)

There was a couple of questions in there that had a lot of answers that could be really popular I agonised over the TA Currency one for so long, must have changed my mind 4 or 5 times :laugh:

[Daniel.]

Sending later, this is so hard </3

[MB.]

For Top Answers I was torn between two different answers for most questions, so if a single one of the answers I didn't pick beats mine I will be quitting this game in a huff

[AnnieK]

I've only gathered 12 of the scores into a list so far but there's already a bit of a mess in some of the Top Answers categories. 9 different answers for a former country :D

AnnieK has submitted my favourite answer so far, with her take on the currency question for Pointless :love: (it's valid btw, but I won't spoil it)

:laugh: I wasn't sure if you'd accept it or not :love:

[Cherie]

:laugh: I wasn't sure if you'd accept it or not :love:

:oh:

[Beso]

There was a couple of questions in there that had a lot of answers that could be really popular I agonised over the TA Currency one for so long, must have changed my mind 4 or 5 times :laugh:

Right...I'm already scared to.look at the questions and now I'm reading this..

I'm winning pointless though right?

[Niamh.]

Right...I'm already scared to.look at the questions and now I'm reading this..



I'm winning pointless though right?I actually found the pointless bit easier this time (hopefully not famous last words :skull: )

[Shaun]

Jessica, Amy Jade, Tony Montana and parmnion are now the last four answers I haven't received yet!

[Tony Montana]

That round was so bloody hard!

[Jessica.]

That was a tough one, just sent it.

[Shaun]

ffs I just accidentally deleted Cherie's answers after only counting the Pointless ones and not the Top Answers too... could you re-send the same PM Cherie? :worry: I trust you wouldn't just look at the answers I'm about to reveal and copy the best scores :joker:

Edit: uuuuugh I'm having a crisis, I can't find Daniel's Pointless answers either now :worry: could you send those in, too

[MB.]

I'll send in my answers again if it means I can submit a different answer than "Ann Widdecombe" for the famous dinosaurs question

[Cherie]

Sent again

[Ammi]

...I need to resend my answers for the last two rounds as well, I’ve no idea where you got those answers from, Shaun...resending now...

[Ammi]

...I think Shaun fell asleep...night night, Shaun...:love:...

[AnnieK]

...I think Shaun fell asleep...night night, Shaun...:love:...

Ssssh.....don't wake him. I think I've done rubbish on this round so living in blissful ignorance for a bit longer is just fine :laugh:

[Ammi]

Ssssh.....don't wake him. I think I've done rubbish on this round so living in blissful ignorance for a bit longer is just fine :laugh:

...I just crept in quietly and left him breakfast...the note said they were from you, so I think you’ll be fine, Annie...you’ll be the top scorer, I reckon...

https://media.giphy.com/media/q1kWwWBTkcMRG/giphy.gif

[Cal.]

ffs I just accidentally deleted Cherie's answers after only counting the Pointless ones and not the Top Answers too... could you re-send the same PM Cherie? :worry: I trust you wouldn't just look at the answers I'm about to reveal and copy the best scores :joker:

Edit: uuuuugh I'm having a crisis, I can't find Daniel's Pointless answers either now :worry: could you send those in, too

Daniel told me he wasn’t playing Pointless this round I think.

[Shaun]

...I think Shaun fell asleep...night night, Shaun...:love:...

:ninja2:

I'll post the results for Top Answers now and wait for Daniel's answers to do the Pointless results, but I'll post the questions for Round 4 to give people something to do rather than wait :laugh:

[Shaun]

Daniel told me he wasn’t playing Pointless this round I think.

Ohhhh okay that might make more sense, I just thought I had accidentally deleted the PM when I deleted all the ones I'd read and checked. I'll wait for confirmation though in case I'm wrong.

[Daniel.]

Yeah, I was so busy yesterday I only barely had time to do Top Answers so I left Pointless :laugh:

[Shaun]

https://i.imgur.com/8bWUWLU.png
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:

[Niamh.]

ahhhh **** that currency one, I had Winston Churchill then I changed it to Darwin then went for bloody Shakespeare BAH That's a biased to the UK members question :hmph:

[Ammi]

...well done Matt, MB and Jake...:love:...

[AnnieK]

Blimey....did far better than I expected too :amazed:

[Shaun]

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

https://i.imgur.com/jJ60UtM.png
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!

[Ammi]

...nope, I won’t bother with the googling, I have a winning formula already, I’ll stick with that ...

[MB.]

For Top Answers I was torn between two different answers for most questions, so if a single one of the answers I didn't pick beats mine I will be quitting this game in a huff

Turns out I went with the correct option in all of these scenarios (and worried about my dilemmas for nothing), only to rub out Boris Yeltsin's name for the Russian president question and confidently replace it with Joseph Stalin's :worry:

[Babayaro.]

Shaun, I said Tang dynasty, did I get a point for that?

[Babayaro.]

or is that even how it works? im confused

[Babayaro.]

ignore me, im being stupid. Obviously I get no points.

[Smithy]

Some people using answers that would be better suited for pointless than top answers in that’s round skskksks

[Niamh.]

You should get one point if you were the only one that said it

[Babayaro.]

You should get one point if you were the only one that said it

:amazed:

#CancelShaun

[MB.]

#CancelBorisYeltsin

[Ammi]

...I thought that Guy Fawkes wasn’t executed as such...didn’t he fall as he climbed to be hanged...?...

[Ammi]

...anyways, he was my first thought but that’s why I didn’t say him...

[Ammi]

...I mean, it would have made so much difference if I had...:laugh:..

[Niamh.]

...I thought that Guy Fawkes wasn’t executed as such...didn’t he fall as he climbed to be hanged...?...

I put that as a disclaimer in my answer but I was hoping people would still say it and they did :hehe:

[Ammi]

#CancelBorisYeltsin

...Russia generally do that cancelling with the poison...

[Ammi]

I put that as a disclaimer in my answer but I was hoping people would still say it and they did :hehe:

...I thought it had to actually be a correct answer, though...but I see it doesn’t...it just has to be what most people say but not necessarily correct..?..

[Ammi]

...I’m getting the hang of this now, Shaun...:laugh:..

[Ammi]

...yeah I just read the OP actually...I maybe should pay more attention to that...

[Jake.]

...I thought it had to actually be a correct answer, though...but I see it doesn’t...it just has to be what most people say but not necessarily correct..?..

Yeah, I think this has stumped me on a couple too

[Ammi]

Yeah, I think this has stumped me on a couple too

...I think that’s had me stumped on every single one, Jake...if I’d read the OP, I’d be top leader..*avoids eye contact with Jake and fiddles with iPad keypad...*

[Niamh.]

...I thought it had to actually be a correct answer, though...but I see it doesn’t...it just has to be what most people say but not necessarily correct..?..

It only has to be correct for Pointless otherwise people could just put down anything they wanted and benefit from it. You're taking a gamble if you say a wrong answer in the Top Answer bit so if it pays off, well and good

[Ammi]

....the way I’m going to think of this is that I have no sheep mindset at all, I’m 100% individuality...

[Ammi]

It only has to be correct for Pointless otherwise people could just put down anything they wanted and benefit from it. You're taking a gamble if you say a wrong answer in the Top Answer bit so if it pays off, well and good

...yeah I just read that, that it doesn’t have to be correct...I always thought it did, strangely...I would still have done atrociously, had I gone with Guy Fawkes, though...

[Shaun]

Pointless

21 sets of answers this time, so each incorrect answer is worth 21pts! Let's dive in.

1) Name a famous inventor

Shaun - David Brewster
Rob! - Rudolf Diesel
Nicky91 - Nikola Tesla
Mitchell - Tim Berners-Lee
MTVN - Alessandro Volta
AnnieK - Clement Ader
Calderyon - Nikola Tesla
Denver - Joseph Mortimer Granville
Strictly Jake - Abraham Darby
Matthew. - Sukhvinder Javeed
Babayaro. - Lance Hill
MB. - Anyos Jedlik
Smithy - Elisha Otis
Cal. - Douglas Engelbart
Niamh - Friedrich Soenneken
Ammi - Thomas Edison
Liam- - Tabitha Babbit
Cherie - Samuel Cleland Davidson
Jake - Leonardo da Vinci
Tony Montana - George Stephenson
Jessica. - Hiram Maxim
Black Dagger - Charles Goodyear

Just the one shared answer here in Mr. Tesla.

2) Name someone who has appeared on UK currency since 1900 who isn't the bloody queen

Shaun - Lord Kelvin
Rob! - Nan Shepard
Nicky91 - Winston Churchill
Mitchell - Edward Elgar
MTVN - Jemima Puddleduck
AnnieK - Peter Rabbit
Calderyon - Edward Elgar
Denver - Florence Nightingale
Strictly Jake - Elizabeth Fry
Matthew. - Sir William Arrol
Babayaro. - Matthew Boulton
MB. - Alan Turing
Smithy - Winston Churchill
Cal. - Florence Nightingale
Niamh - Michael Faraday
Ammi - Elizabeth Fry
Liam- - Christopher Wren
Cherie - Samuel Clelan Davidson
Jake - Adam Smith
Tony Montana - Winston Churchill
Jessica. - Elsie Inglis
Black Dagger - Michael Faraday

Churchill was the most popular answer in both games, scoring you an unwanted 2pts. Elgar, Faraday, Fry and Nightingale score 1pt.

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

Shaun - The Khmer Republic
Rob! - Upper Volta
Nicky91 - Burma
Mitchell - Kampuchea
MTVN - Swaziland
AnnieK - Sikkim
Calderyon - USSR
Denver - Upper Volta
Strictly Jake - Dahomey
Matthew. - Prussia
Babayaro. - Ceylon
MB. - Savage Island
Smithy - Dahomey
Cal. - Burma
Niamh - Dahomey
Ammi - Siam
Liam- - Nyasaland
Cherie - Transjordan
Jake - Siam
Tony Montana - Newfoundland
Jessica. - Swaziland
Black Dagger - Mesopotamia

An educational game indeed, since I had no idea Swaziland changed their name in 2018 and I was ready to issue some big fat WRONGs :hehe: It does score a point for being shared, though, as do Siam, Burma and Upper Volta. Dahomey scores 2pts.

4) Name a war that has taken place since the end of WW2

Shaun - Guatemalan Civil War
Rob! - Rhodesian Bush War
Nicky91 - Gulf War
Mitchell - Bosnian Civil War
MTVN - South Sudan Civil War
AnnieK - Yom Kippur War
Calderyon - United States invasion of Grenada
Denver - First Iraqi–Kurdish War (Aylul Revolts)
Strictly Jake - United States invasion of Grenada
Matthew. - Guatemalan Civil War
Babayaro. - Algerian War
MB. - Sand War
Smithy - Cold War
Cal. - Mau Mau Uprising
Niamh - Eritrean War of Independence
Ammi - Vietnam war
Liam- - Cambodian Civil War
Cherie - Falkland War
Jake - Syrian War
Tony Montana - Afghanistan War
Jessica. - Operation Ocean Shield
Black Dagger - Bale revolt

A lot of hand-wringing here on what classes as a war and what doesn't. Technically "Ocean Shield" is an anti-terrorism initiative but it does involve a military organisation (NATO) so it technically might count? Was the Cold War even a war? I don't bloody know any more, so sorry to whoever it was that I got to change their answer for being a peaceful revolution :laugh: Just the two shared scores here.

5) Name a Russian president other than Putin

Shaun - Konstantin Chernenko
Rob! - Boris Yeltsin
Nicky91 - Vladimir Lenin
Mitchell - Dmitry Medvedev
MTVN - Viktor Chernomyrdin
AnnieK - Dmitry Medvedev
Calderyon - Leonid Brezhnev
Denver - Boris Yeltsin
Strictly Jake - Dmitry Medvedev
Matthew. - Dmitry Medvedev
Babayaro. - Boris Yeltsin
MB. - Nikolai Shvernik
Smithy - Boris Yeltsin
Cal. - Boris Yeltsin
Niamh - Nikita Khrushchev
Ammi - Mikhail Gorbachev
Liam- - Dmitry Medvedev
Cherie - Boris Yeltsin
Jake - Boris Yeltsin
Tony Montana - Boris Yeltsin
Jessica. - Mikhail Kalinin
Black Dagger - Yuri Andropov

I did point out they didn't have to be a president of modern-day Russia, they could've led the USSR, so I think a lot of you played ultra-safe and gave the round's first big score: Yeltsin costs you 7pts, whilst Medvedev scores you 4pts.

6) Name a Roman emperor

Shaun - Hostilian
Rob! - Otho
Nicky91 - Augustus
Mitchell - Nero
MTVN - Balbinus
AnnieK - Hadrian
Calderyon - Aemilian
Denver - Gordian III
Strictly Jake - Otho
Matthew. - Constantine III
Babayaro. - Constantius II
MB. - Theodosius I
Smithy - Valerian
Cal. - Otho
Niamh - Aemilian
Ammi - Claudius
Liam- - Gordian III
Cherie - Majorian
Jake - Licinius
Tony Montana - Macrinus
Jessica. - Elagabalus
Black Dagger - Justinian

A LOT of options to choose from here so there weren't too many casualties, but I had to make sure some chose the correct empire :laugh: Only Otho scores 2pts here, the rest are just 1.

Name a chinese dynasty

Shaun - Western Liao
Rob! - Qin
Nicky91 - Zhou
Mitchell - Tang
MTVN - Sui
AnnieK - Qing
Calderyon - Liao
Denver - Tang
Strictly Jake - Sui
Matthew. - Qing
Babayaro. - Han
MB. - Later Tang
Smithy - Tang
Cal. - Han
Niamh - Sui
Ammi - Xia
Liam- - Xia
Cherie - Tang
Jake - Later Liang
Tony Montana - Qin
Jessica. - Xin
Black Dagger - Song

I have amended some answers because you may have tried to be cheeky and name a period where 2 or more dynasties had "equal rule" so just changed your answer to the prominent dynasty of the time. Tang scores 3, Sui scores 2, whilst Qin, Han, Xia and Qing score 1.

8) Name a famous person executed in the United Kingdom

Shaun - Thomas Highgate
Rob! - Perkin Warbeck
Nicky91 - Lady Jane Grey
Mitchell - Derek Bentley
MTVN - Richard Harding
AnnieK - Ruth Ellis
Calderyon - Guy Fawkes
Denver - Edmund Dudley
Strictly Jake - Robert Hubert
Matthew. - William Joyce
Babayaro. - Mahmood Hussain Mattan
MB. - Bosavern Penlez
Smithy - Charles I
Cal. - Robert Kett
Niamh - Richard Grey
Ammi - William Wallace
Liam- - Sir Francis Throckmorton
Cherie - Gwynne Evans
Jake - Guy Fawkes
Tony Montana - Walter Raleigh
Jessica. - Josef Jakobs
Black Dagger - Mary Ansell

What a lovely and bloody past we have :love: Just one shared answer, so well done all.

9) Name a dinosaur other than a T-Rex

Shaun - Losillasaurus
Rob! - Ankylosaurus
Nicky91 - Compsognathus
Mitchell - Allosaurus
MTVN - Psittacosaurus
AnnieK - Troodon
Calderyon - Spinosaurus
Denver - Degrootorum
Strictly Jake - Carnotaurus
Matthew. - Megalosaurus
Babayaro. - Pterosaur
MB. - Khaan
Smithy - Stygimoloch
Cal. - Monoclinus
Niamh - Lambeosaurus
Ammi - Velociraptor
Liam- - Embasaurus
Cherie - Suzhousaurus
Jake - Troodon
Tony Montana - Europasaurus
Jessica. - Oryctodromeus
Black Dagger - Allosaurus

Sadly, no one said "Barney" - which would've been amusing for both the cartoonishness of the suggestion, and also because it would've been wrong :(

10) Name a president who served for 2 terms of office

Shaun - William McKinley
Rob! - William McKinley
Nicky91 - Barack Obama
Mitchell - Woodrow Wilson
MTVN - Grover Cleveland
AnnieK - Ulysses S Grant
Calderyon - Andrew Jackson
Denver - Grover Cleveland
Strictly Jake - Grover Cleveland
Matthew. - James Monroe
Babayaro. - George W. Bush
MB. - William McKinley
Smithy - James Monroe
Cal. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Niamh - Thomas Jefferson
Ammi - George Washington
Liam- - Calvin Coolidge
Cherie - James Madison
Jake - Andrew Jackson
Tony Montana - Barack Obama
Jessica. - Ulysses S. Grant
Black Dagger - Grover Cleveland

I really need to get better at this "confidently name a well-known answer" malarkey. Cleveland scores 3pts, McKinley scores 2pts, whilst Jackson, Monroe and Grant score 1pt.

Scores

Jessica. - 2
MB. - 2
Ammi - 3
Shaun - 3
Nicky91 - 4
Black Dagger - 5
MTVN - 6
Niamh - 6
Calderyon - 6
Liam- - 6
AnnieK - 7
Matthew. - 7
Babayaro. - 8
Mitchell - 9
Cherie - 10
Tony Montana - 10
Jake - 11
Cal. - 12
Rob! - 13
Strictly Jake - 15
Smithy - 15
Denver - 16

Congratulations to MB and Jessica on a very impressive 2 :clap2: but in a round where the highest score is 15, I think it's fair to say everyone did well!

[Ammi]

...and congratulations Ammi and Shaun..?..

[Shaun]

...yeah I just read that, that it doesn’t have to be correct...I always thought it did, strangely...I would still have done atrociously, had I gone with Guy Fawkes, though...

Yeah I mean some people are going to answer questions like "name a roman emperor" with Caesar because he's the most famous for being stabbed in the back, et tu Brute?, etc etc, even though some would argue he technically wasn't a correct answer. Most people will name a correct answer because it's the first thing that springs to your head, but often there's a commonly-held wrong answer, the sort of thing QI is good at debunking.

[Shaun]

...and congratulations Ammi and Shaun..?..

I would not like to congratulate myself, or someone of your ilk either :whistle:

well done ma'am

[Ammi]

...well done Jess and MB...:love:...MB, that really was your round completely, you’re a history genius...:love:..

[Ammi]

I would not like to congratulate myself, or someone of your ilk either :whistle:

well done ma'am

I used to have a friend called Shaun
those days are long gone....


...(..well done sir...:love:..)...

[AnnieK]

Well done everyone :clap1:

[Shaun]

Shaun, I said Tang dynasty, did I get a point for that?

:ninja2: I knew I missed off a 1pter for the dynasties question, have added it to your total

[Shaun]

I put that as a disclaimer in my answer but I was hoping people would still say it and they did :hehe:

I was mildly surprised I was the only one to say Charles I tbh... I would've thought a king being beheaded was more "well known" than being one of Henry VIII's wives or that silly gunpowder man

[MB.]

#CancelWilliamMcKinley (and also Jemima Puddleduck, I just don't trust her)

...well done Jess and MB...:love:...MB, that really was your round completely, you’re a history genius...:love:..

Thank you Ammi, you're not so bad yourself :love: I'd be lying if I said Google and Wikipedia weren't my best friends this round, unless I could somehow convince everyone that I have a PhD in the Sand War

[Shaun]

I forgot to say with Pointless for the celebs round, I will allow any show that abbreviates the word "celebrity" in their title (I can't give any examples without giving people ideas for answers).

[Liam-]

Well that was a fall from Grace wasn’t it

[Niamh.]

I was mildly surprised I was the only one to say Charles I tbh... I would've thought a king being beheaded was more "well known" than being one of Henry VIII's wives or that silly gunpowder man

Well, speaking as someone outside of Britain, I never knew a King was beheaded but Guy Fawkes I knew because you hear of the bonfire day you have over there still today and also Henry the 8th and his many wives/wife executing is something I had heard about

[Babayaro.]

****ing boris yeltsin making my score go from 1 to 8 :mad:

[Smithy]

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

[MB.]

****ing boris yeltsin making my score go from 1 to 8 :mad:

He's having quite the round isn't he

[Babayaro.]

He's having quite the round isn't he

He's a real jerk

[Shaun]

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