Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 10901884)

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

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 10901884)

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

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10901888)

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

Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 10901873)

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



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

Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 10901747)

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


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:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10901843)

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

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10901850)

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

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10901851)

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

Originally Posted by Jessica. (Post 10901854)

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

Originally Posted by James (Post 10901907)

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

Originally Posted by Calderyon (Post 10901917)

No blood.

Originally Posted by Mitchell (Post 10901922)

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

Originally Posted by Smithy (Post 10901920)

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

Circuits destruction!

Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 10901753)

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



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