[Mitchell]

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

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Mitchell

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

I vote to permanently ban you #MakeTIBBGreatAgain

[Cal.]

Oh, it’s Jake with the wrong answer?

We want blood

[Black Dagger]

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

[MTVN]

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

[MTVN]

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

[Rob!]

Imagine accidentally dying on your way to being executed


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

[Shaun]

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

Geography

Top Answers

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

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

2. Name a colour on the flag of South Africa

Green - 21
Red - 2

3. Name a country that shares a border with Brazil

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

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

Amsterdam - 15
Athens - 6
Abu Dhabi - 2

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

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

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

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

7. Name a landlocked country

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

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

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

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

Spanish - 13
French - 8
Mandarin - 2

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

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

Scores

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

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Shaun

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

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

Love playing pointless xx

[Shaun]

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

[Shaun]

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

[Ammi]

......

[Cherie]

some of us are working

will get it to you by 5pm

[Smithy]

Will do this sometime this aft!

[James]

I'll do this later.

[Babayaro.]

Will do this round around 10/11PM

[Tony Montana]

I'll do mine later.

[Shaun]

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

[Rob!]

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

[Jessica.]

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

[Shaun]

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

[Shaun]

Celebrity

Top Answers

1. Name an ex-husband of Cheryl Tweedy

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

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

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

3. Name a winner of Strictly Come Dancing

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

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

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

5. Name a famous cat

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

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

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

7. Name a celebrity who died in 2016

David Bowie - 24
Carrie Fisher - 1

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

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

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

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

10. Name a celebrity whose first name is John

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

Scores

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

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

[Shaun]

Pointless

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

1) Name an ex-husband of Cheryl Tweedy

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

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

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

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

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

3) Name a winner of Strictly Come Dancing

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

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

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

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

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

5) Name a famous cat

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

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

6) Name someone who has presented 'This Morning'

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

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

7) Name a 2016 celebrity death

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10) Name a celebrity whose first name is John

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

Miraculously, everybody gets a pointless answer here!

Scores

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

Congratulations to Cherie for getting the lowest possible score

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Jake. - 136

amended!

[Shaun]

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

Geography

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

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