Pointless Answers - Round 1 TV
1) 1) Name an iconic, male, Coronation Street character
Shaun - Jim McDonald
Calderyon - Gary Windass
Kazanne - Jack Duckworth
Niamh - Graeme Proctor
Mitchell - Billy Walker
Kate - Tony Gordon
GiRTh - Len Fairclough
Denver - Matt Carter
Alf - Don Brennan
Strictly Jake - Curly Watts
Cherie - Brian Tilsley
Black Dagger - Tyrone Dobbs
LukeB - Charlie Stubbs
No answers duplicated in that round at all so well done...0 points to all...
2) Name an X Factor judge that isn't Simon Cowell
Shaun - Gary Barlow - 1 point
Calderyon - Mel B
Kazanne - Dannii Minogue
Niamh - Rita Ora - 1 point
Mitchell - Brian Friedman
Kate - Rita Ora - 1 point
GiRTh - Nick Grimshaw
Denver - Skin
Alf - Louis Walsh
Strictly Jake - Gary Barlow - 1 point
Cherie - Mette Lindbergh
Black Dagger - Alexandra Alden
LukeB - Kelly Rowland
Obviously they aren’t all U.K. judges because that wasn’t specified to be that...
3) Name a Strictly Come Dancing judge
Shaun - Darcey Bussell
Calderyon - Jennifer Grey - 1 point
Kazanne - Shirley Ballass
Niamh - Craig Revel Horwood
Mitchell - Alesha Dixon - 1 point
Kate - Arlene Philips - 1 point
GiRTh - Arlene Philips - 1 point
Denver - Motsi Mabuse
Alf - Len Goodman - 1 point
Strictly Jake - Len Goodman - 1 point
Cherie - Donny Osmond
Black Dagger - Jennifer Grey - 1 point
LukeB - Alesha Dixon - 1 point
4) Name a character from the Simpsons that isn't one of the Simpsons
Shaun - Manjula Nahasapeemmapethlon
Calderyon - Hank Scorpio
Kazanne - Ned Flanders
Niamh - Laura Powers
Mitchell - Ralph Wiggum
Kate - Troy McClure
GiRTh - Patty Bouvier
Denver - Just Stamp the Ticket Man
Alf - Marilyn Muntz
Strictly Jake - Bumblebee Man
Cherie - Jessica Lovejoy
Black Dagger - Comic Book Guy
LukeB - Fat Tony
...no duplications you Simpsonites so a point free round...
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5) Name someone who has presented the Great British Bake-Off
Shaun - Sue Perkins - 3 points
Calderyon - Sandi Toksvig - 1 point
Kazanne - Sue Perkins - 3 points
Niamh - Sue Perkins - 3 points
Mitchell - Jennifer Saunders
Kate - Noel Fielding - 2 points
GiRTh - Noel Fielding - 2 points
Denver - Matt Lucas - 1 point
Alf - Sue Perkins - 3 points
Strictly Jake - Noel Fielding - 2 points
Cherie - Sandi Toksvig - 1 point
Black Dagger - Mel Giedroyc
LukeB - Matt Lucas - 1 point
6) Name a UK freeview channel that isn't 1-5
Shaun - Channel 4 plus 1
Calderyon - London Live
Kazanne - Talking Pictures
Niamh - More 4
Mitchell - Shopping Quarter
Kate - Challenge
GiRTh - ITVbe
Denver - Babestation
Alf - Paramount Network
Strictly Jake - 5 Star
Cherie - Quest Red plus 1
Black Dagger - Clubland TV
LukeB - Pick TV
A beautiful point free perfect round...as Remy would say, we love to see it......I have to say that asking Shaun at 6am if he knew if Babestation was a free view channel (asking for a friend, obviously...) wasn’t a chat that I ever expected to have.
7) Name one of the major US television networks (not cable)
Shaun - Fox
Calderyon - ABC - 2 points
Kazanne - True Crime Network
Niamh - NBC
Mitchell - CBS - 2 points
Kate - Ion Television
GiRTh - CBS 2 points
Denver - Retro TV
Alf - CBS - 2 points
Strictly Jake - ABC - 2 points
Cherie - Classic Art Showcase
Black Dagger - ABC - 2 points
LukeB - CW
8) Name a male musician/popstar whose career was launched by a TV talent show competition
Shaun - Callum Scott
Calderyon - Zayn Malik
Kazanne - Matt Cardle
Niamh - Louis Tomlinson
Mitchell - Lloyd Daniels
Kate - Rylan Clark
GiRTh - Clay Aitkin
Denver - Edward Grimes
Alf - Justin Timberlake
Strictly Jake - Andy Abraham
Cherie - Brian McFadden
Black Dagger - David Cook
LukeB - Olly Murs
Another perfect round - I have to say that I thought Alf’s answer was genius because Justin wasn’t a Timberlake at the time so not something that I knew anyway.
9) Name one of the child actors from the Netflix series 'Stranger Things'
Shaun - Tinsley Price - 2 points
Calderyon - Tinsley Price - 2 points
Kazanne - Natalia Dyer
Niamh - Millie Bobby Brown
Mitchell - Noah Schnapp - 1 point
Kate - Elle Graham
GiRTh - Sadie Sink - 2 points
Denver - Sadie Sink - 2 points
Alf - Tinsley Price - 2 points
Strictly Jake - Priah Ferguson
Cherie - Sadie Sink 2 points
Black Dagger - Noah Schnapp - 1 point
LukeB - Caleb McLaughlin
10) Name a competitor on the UK edition of RuPaul's Drag Race
Shaun - Blu Hydranga
Calderyon - Vinegar Stokes - 1 point
Kazanne - Divina de Campo - 1 point
Niamh - Sum Ting Wong
Mitchell - Sister Sister
Kate - Tia Kofi
GiRTh - Veronica Green
Denver - The Vivienne
Alf - Divina de Campo - 1 point
Strictly Jake - Baga Chipz
Cherie - Joe Black
Black Dagger - Vinegar Strokes - 1 point
LukeB - Crystal
That was an excellent round because I know many of you don’t watch so some excellent answers...
11) Name a British sitcom from the 1980s
Shaun - Ever Decreasing Circles
Calderyon - A Gentleman’s Club
Kazanne - Open All Hours
Niamh - Mog
Mitchell - Hi De Hi
Kate - Mind Your Language
GiRTh - Goodbye, Mr Kent
Denver - Tandoori Nights
Alf - The Lady is a Tramp
Strictly Jake - Last of the Summer Wine
Cherie - Home James
Black Dagger - After Henry
LukeB - Terry and June
Obviously Cherie drank the last of the summer wine, which is why James had to take her home and through these last few days, Mr A’s most used phrase to me has been Mind your language...an excellent point free round...
12) Name someone who became famous thanks to the Australian soap opera 'Neighbours'
Shaun - Natalie Bassingthwaighte 1 point
Calderyon - Russell Crowe- 1 point
Kazanne - Russell Crowe - - 1 point
Niamh - Craig McLachlan
Mitchell - Alan Fletcher
Kate - Charlene Fenn
GiRTh - Stefan Dennis
Denver - Takaya Honda
Alf - Guy Pearce
Strictly Jake - Stephanie McKintosh
Cherie - Alan Dale
Black Dagger - Natalie Bassingthwaighte - 1 point
LukeB - Margot Robbie
13) Name a time of the day when the news is broadcast on TV
Shaun - 2.34 BBC News24
Calderyon - 10.50pm
Kazanne - 6.30pm
Niamh - 6pm
Mitchell - 7.45am Newsround in CBBC
Kate - 1pm
GiRTh - 7pm on Channel 4
Denver - 3.37am
Alf - 7pm
Strictly Jake - 9am
Cherie - 9.25 rolling Sky News
Black Dagger - 10pm
LukeB - 10pm
Because LukeB and Lucas were the only two who put down the exact same answer of 10pm, those were the only two that I counted as duplicates.
14) Name one of the colours of the Power Rangers
Shaun - blue - 1 point
Calderyon - white - 5 points
Kazanne - white - 5 points
Niamh - red
Mitchell - pink
Kate - white - 5 points
GiRTh - white - 5 points
Denver - white - 5 points
Alf - yellow - 1 point
Strictly Jake - blue - 1 point
Cherie - white - 5 points
Black Dagger - yellow - 1 point
LukeB - green
So only Niamh, Mitchell and LukeB having 0 points there
15) Name someone who has presented the Channel 4 quiz show 'Countdown'
Shaun - Colin Murray - 3 points
Calderyon - Des Lynam - 3 points
Kazanne - Richard Whiteley - 1 point
Niamh - Richard Whitely 1 point
Mitchell - Colin Murray - 3 points
Kate - Colin Murray - 3 points
GiRTh - Jeff Stelling
Denver - Des Lynam - 3 points
Alf - Colin Murray - 3 points
Strictly Jake - Des O’Connor - 1 point
Cherie - Des O’Connor - 1 point
Black Dagger - Des Lynam - 3 points
LukeB - Des Lynam - 3 points
...and I think that GiRTh was the only non duplicated answer there, well done sir......
FIN
So if I have this correct, the leaderboard and scores would be...
Niamh - 5
LukeB - 6
Strictly Jake - 8
Mitchell - 9
Shaun - 11
Cherie - 10
Black Dagger - 11
Kazanne - 12
Kate - 12
Denver - 12
GiRTh - 15
Calderyon - 16
Alf - 16