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08-09-2020, 06:11 PM | #976 | |||
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Once again, there are 20 participants so any incorrect answers are worth 20pts.
Pointless 1) Name a bloody NOVEL released by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Shaun - The Poison Belt Niamh - The Land of Mist Cal - Rodney Stone Rob! - The Parasite Mitchell - A Case of Identity Strictly Jake - A Duet, With an Occasional Chorus Jake - A Duet, With an Occasional Chorus Smithy - Rodney Stone Calderyon - The Land of Mist AnnieK - The Sign of the Four Denver - The Tragedy of the Korosko Cherie - The Firm of Girdlestone Jessica - The Firm of Girdlestone Matthew. - The Doings of Raffles Haw Liam- - The Land of Mist Tony Montana - The Poison Belt Babayaro - The White Company MB - The Refugees MTVN - The Tragedy of the Korosko Black Dagger - The Final Problem I'm going strict here, because I did clarify they had to be novels and short stories published in periodicals (Victorian magazines). Every duplicate answer scores 1 except 'The Land of Mist' with 2pts. 2) Name an American sitcom that was released after 2010 Shaun - Living Biblically (2018) Niamh - Cristela (2014-15) Cal - Mike & Molly (2010-16) Rob! - Bless the Harts (2019-) Mitchell - Marlon (2017-) Strictly Jake - Melissa and Joey (2010-15) Jake - **** My Dad Says (2010-11) Smithy - Duncanville (2020-) Calderyon - Silicon Valley AnnieK - The Good Place Denver - Superior Donuts (2017-18) Cherie - Mery Happy Whatever (2019) Jessica - The Jellies! (2017-) Matthew. - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015-19) Liam- - Crowded (2016) Tony Montana - Life in Pieces (2015-19) Babayaro - Broad City (2014-19) MB - Saint George (2014) MTVN - Santa Clarita Diet (2017-19) Black Dagger - Vice Principals (2016-17) An entirely pointless round, which seemed unlikely since Jessica thought Breaking Bad was a sitcom 3) Name an Eastenders character that had a dramatic death Shaun - Ethel Skinner Niamh - Andy O'Brien Cal - Tony King Rob! - Paul Coker Mitchell - Andy Hunter Strictly Jake - Ethel Skinner Jake - Roy Evans Smithy - Arthur Fowler Calderyon - Jane Williams AnnieK - Ethel Skinner Denver - Billy Jackson Cherie - Ethel Skinner Jessica - Audrey Trueman Matthew. - Nick Cotton Liam- - Jack Dalton Tony Montana - Ashley Cotton Babayaro - Billy Jackson MB - Margaret Midhurst MTVN - Shakil Kazemi Black Dagger - Andy Hunter 3pts for Ethel, 1pt for Andy and Billy. 4) Name a poet laureate of the United Kingdom Shaun - John Masefield Niamh - Ted Hughes Cal - Alfred Austin Rob! - Nahum Tate Mitchell - Carol Ann Duffy Strictly Jake - John Masefield Jake - Henry James Pye Smithy - Carol Ann Duffy Calderyon - Laurence Eusden AnnieK - Carol Ann Duffy Denver - William Wordsworth Cherie - Alfred, Lord Tennyson Jessica - Colley Cibber Matthew. - Thomas Warton Liam- - Ted Hughes Tony Montana - Alfred, Lord Tennyson Babayaro - Ted Hughes MB - Andrew Motion MTVN - Alfred Austin Black Dagger - Colley Cibber Plenty of unused Pointless answers here: Nicholas Rowe, Robert Bridges, Cecil Day-Lewis, John Betjeman, John Dryden and Thomas Shadwell. 1pt for every shared answer except Carol and Ted with 2pts each. 5) Name a prominent Science Fiction author Shaun - Scott Westerfeld Niamh - Wayne Barlowe Cal - Stephenie Meyer Rob! - Anne McCaffrey Mitchell - Jules Verne Strictly Jake - Aldous Huxley Jake - George Orwell Smithy - George R.R. Martin Calderyon - Louis Henri Boussenard AnnieK - William Gibson Denver - Orson Scott Card Cherie - C J Cherryh Jessica - Pittacus Lore Matthew. - Michael Moorcock Liam- - Molly Gloss Tony Montana - Larry Niven Babayaro - Andreas Eschbach MB - Lyuben Dilov MTVN - Yoshiki Tanaka Black Dagger - Neal Stephenson An extremely broad question warrants another pointless round of answers. 6) Name an historical moment that played out live on TV Shaun - Live 8 Niamh - Conor McGregor becoming the first double champ in UFC history live in New York Cal - San Francisco Earthquake 1989 Rob! - Princess Diana's funeral Mitchell - Blue Peter's 60th anniversary Strictly Jake - Live 8 Jake - 89th Academy Awards Smithy - Lady Gaga's 2009 VMA Performance Calderyon - Fall of the Berlin Wall AnnieK - The Pope's visit to England, 1982 Denver - Tanya Branning calling Ian Beale "Adam" during the Eastenders Live episode Cherie - Harry and Meghan's wedding Jessica - Barack Obama's Inauguration Matthew. - An orange is chucked at Vanessa Layton-Macintosh as she is evicted from the Big Brother 6 house on live television Liam- - Sinead O'Connor ripping up a picture of the Pope on SNL Tony Montana - Charles and Diana's wedding Babayaro - Leon Jackson winning the x factor MB - Katheryn Bigelow becoming the first female director to win at the Oscars MTVN - 2012 Olympics opening ceremony Black Dagger - Super Saturday, London 2012 Olympics Sorry for going for the same event of actual significance as you Jake, perhaps we should have gone for an orange being thrown 7) Name a Netflix original show that's lasted for more than one season Shaun - One Day at a Time Niamh - High Seas Cal - She's Gotta Have It Rob! - Flaked Mitchell - Haters Back Off Strictly Jake - Final Space Jake - Big Mouth Smithy - Santa Clarita Diet Calderyon - The Hook Up Plan AnnieK - Master of None Denver - Elite Cherie - Dirty John Jessica - 3% Matthew. - Dear White People Liam- - The Kominsky Method Tony Montana - Luke Cage Babayaro - Kingdom MB - Harvey Girls Forever! MTVN - Neo Yokio Black Dagger - Hemlock Grove According to my research, 'Dirty John' first aired on Bravo and the USA Network before heading to Netflix, sorry Cherie. Similarly, 'Final Space' first aired on TBS and then Adult Swim, sorry Jake. I was so ready to point out to Marc that both the American and British 'Kingdom's were not Netflix originals, but it turns out there's a bloody South Korean one. 8) Name someone that Ant and Dec beat to win 'Best Entertainment Presenter' at the NTAs (at least once) Shaun - Michael McIntyre Niamh - Fern Britton Cal - Fern Britton Rob! - Graham Norton Mitchell - Fern Britton Strictly Jake - Paul O'Grady Jake - Michael McIntyre Smithy - Justin Lee Collins Calderyon - Alan Carr AnnieK - Bradley Walsh Denver - Fern Britton Cherie - Philip Schofield Jessica - Holly Willoughby Matthew. - Noel Edmonds Liam- - Gary Lineker Tony Montana - Jonathan Ross Babayaro - Paul O'Grady MB - Fern Britton MTVN - Justin Lee Collins Black Dagger - Alan Carr Paul, Justin, Alan and Michael score 1pt. Fern Britton scores a surprising 4pts. 9) Name a book written by Roald Dahl Shaun - Danny, Champion of the World Niamh - My Uncle Oswald Cal - The Enormous Crocodile Rob! - Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Mitchell - The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me Strictly Jake - Revolting Rhymes Jake - The Gremlins Smithy - Fantastic Mr Fox Calderyon - The Enormous Crocodile AnnieK - The Twits Denver - Esio Trot Cherie - Boy: Tales of Childhood Jessica - Kiss Kiss Matthew. - Lamb to the Slaughter Liam- - The Enormous Crocodile Tony Montana - Danny, Champion of the World Babayaro - The Magic Finger MB - My Year MTVN - Switch Bitch Black Dagger - Esio Trot If you aren't pointless, you only score a point 10) Name one of Shakespeare's plays where a character's name is not in the title Shaun - The Comedy of Errors Niamh - The Comedy of Errors Cal - The Merry Wives of Windsor Rob! - The Winter's Tale Mitchell - The Tempest Strictly Jake - The Merry Wives of Windsor Jake - The Comedy of Errors Smithy - The Taming of the Shrew Calderyon - The Two Noble Kinsmen AnnieK - The Tempest Denver - The Two Noble Kinsmen Cherie - As You Like It Jessica - Double Falsehood Matthew. - The Comedy of Errors Liam- - The Taming of the Shrew Tony Montana - A Midsummer Night's Dream Babayaro - The Comedy of Errors MB - The Merry Wives of Windsor MTVN - The Comedy of Errors Black Dagger - Twelfth Night Whilst I appreciate the risk of going for something with dubious authorship, there's no proof that Shakespeare wrote 'Double Falsehood' and therefore I cannot accept it, sorry. Tempest, Taming and Noble Kinsmen score 1, the Windsor slags score 2, and The Comedy of Errors a whopping 6. Scores Rob! - 0 Tony Montana - 3 Calderyon - 5 Smithy - 5 AnnieK - 6 Liam- - 6 Matthew. - 6 MB - 6 Denver - 8 Jake - 8 Cal - 9 MTVN - 9 Babayaro - 10 Niamh - 14 Shaun - 14 Jessica - 22 Black Dagger - 24 Cherie - 25 Mitchell - 28 Strictly Jake - 29
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08-09-2020, 06:12 PM | #977 | |||
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well thank you for robbing us both of a point, you ****ing lanky dog
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08-09-2020, 06:14 PM | #978 | |||
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like the boys
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Fern Britton can stick her 4 points up her arse tbqh!
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08-09-2020, 06:17 PM | #979 | |||
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****ing crap
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08-09-2020, 06:18 PM | #980 | |||
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I'll get working on some bonus questions for the last round later, I'm tired
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08-09-2020, 06:18 PM | #981 | |||
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it’s a mad, mad world
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I was completely pointless until that last one
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08-09-2020, 06:19 PM | #982 | |||
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Marc
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NERD! @rob
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08-09-2020, 06:21 PM | #983 | |||
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The peoples princesses
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Well that was a **** show
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08-09-2020, 06:23 PM | #984 | |||
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The peoples princesses
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Only went for Fern as I quite like her, not anymore! #teamphilvickery and Arthur Conan Boyle can go **** himself too
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08-09-2020, 06:23 PM | #985 | |||
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Marc
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08-09-2020, 06:29 PM | #986 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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Oh well, should have checked Dirty John
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'put a bit of lippy on and run a brush through your hair, we are alcoholics, not savages' Last edited by Cherie; 08-09-2020 at 06:32 PM. |
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08-09-2020, 06:33 PM | #987 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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Would have been 5 if not for the penalty
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'put a bit of lippy on and run a brush through your hair, we are alcoholics, not savages' |
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08-09-2020, 06:35 PM | #988 | |||
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like the boys
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me when I hire a filthy pervert called John without doing a DBS check first
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08-09-2020, 06:36 PM | #989 | |||
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I Love my brick
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What a flop
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08-09-2020, 06:36 PM | #990 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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'put a bit of lippy on and run a brush through your hair, we are alcoholics, not savages' |
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08-09-2020, 06:38 PM | #991 | |||
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Mode: Broken
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I did well.
Sweet. Last edited by Calderyon; 08-09-2020 at 06:38 PM. |
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08-09-2020, 06:38 PM | #992 | |||
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Marc
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08-09-2020, 06:40 PM | #993 | |||
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God it all really fell apart for me
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08-09-2020, 06:43 PM | #994 | |||
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Marc
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08-09-2020, 06:48 PM | #995 | |||
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All hail the Moyesiah
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Ah shiiitttt that Top Answers was a bit of a disaster
I thought Terry Pratchett is so loved and wrote so many books he'd be right up there And I thought the Tempest is studied in schools and has a nice short title so that'll be popular |
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08-09-2020, 06:53 PM | #996 | |||
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All hail the Moyesiah
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And also Simon Armitage is only the poet laureate right ****ing now so why did only one other person say it
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08-09-2020, 06:56 PM | #997 | |||
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Marc
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His chocolate oranges are class tbf
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08-09-2020, 07:06 PM | #998 | ||
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Oh lovely
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08-09-2020, 07:16 PM | #999 | |||
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Skinny Legend
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08-09-2020, 07:24 PM | #1000 | |||
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Oh no I finished last on the pointless round. But I teached 4th in top answers which is my highest position yet. Im trying to improve my own personal scores and im way behind in points
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