[AnnieK]

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

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

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

You will probably do better than most

[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.

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

[Ammi]

....Daniel and Liam......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.....

[AnnieK]

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

[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 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 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

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

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

[Ammi]

...well done Smithy and Jess, you pointless wonders......Annie, you did marvellously and I’m glad that you had your day out and wine as well and came in late......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......yay, me...

[Rob!]

Mess I did awfully.

Can someone deal with Daniel please

[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

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 )
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

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Rob!

Mess I did awfully.

Can someone deal with Daniel please

...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]

Originally Posted by 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

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 )
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!]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...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]

Originally Posted by 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.

..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

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

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by MTVN

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

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

...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]

[Ammi]

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

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...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

[Ammi]

......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