[Shaun]

Hello all. In my long and arduous TiBB career there aren't many games that have escaped my control and so it seems only fair that I give this one a bash. I have a lot to live up to in Niamh, Benjamin and Z, but... I think I can handle it. I mean... I am me

-places ego in the cupboard-

Top Answers

For returning players: welcome back! For anyone wondering what the hell I'm on about, here's how Top Answers works:

- There will be 10 separate rounds for members to participate in and accumulate points towards the grand final. All of these rounds have a theme, and I might as well tell you what they are in advance. In order: Big Brother, Music, History, Celebrities, Geography, Nature & Science, Film, General Knowledge, Video Games, and Television & Literature.
- In each round, I will prompt you to give an example of what the question demands. For example: "Name a country beginning with the letter L". All you have to do is PM me with your 10 answers for that round, that you think will be the most popular answer on TiBB. If you really think Lithuania is the most obvious answer, say that. In this edition your answer doesn't even have to be correct, whatever the TiBB masses say the most gets the most points.
- So, for example, if I get 20 sets of answers and 18 of you say "Latvia", then those 18 members would receive 18 points. The other two, who said "Lithuania", would receive 2 points.

TLDR: It's Family Fortunes. Or Family Feud. Whatever your country calls it.

- At the end of the round I'll announce the scores and put everyone's curiosity to bed... what WAS the most popular country beginning with L was it Luxembourg? Surely it wasn't Lesotho? and we'll all move on to the next round. Each round will remain open for two days. I'm not gonna say 48 hours because I do not plan things that meticulously.

BUT WAIT... there's more...

Pointless

- Here's where my previous expertise comes in. In the past I have sometimes run a corresponding game with Niamh where - as per the quiz show 'Pointless' - I ask members to submit a correct answer to every question but also happens to be one that you think no other member will submit. So to borrow our old L Countries example, you might be more tempted to answer 'Liechtenstein' or 'Laos' for this one because it's not as well-known to us simple Europeans as 'Latvia'.
- At the end of the round I will take all unique scores and give them "0" points. Everyone else who submits the same answer will incur a point... depending on the number of sharing persons. For example: if, by some atrocity, 9 of you all said "Laos", then you would score 8 points (because 2 people sharing would be 1 point) for that question.
- There's an element of peril, however, because if you give me an answer that is not correct, I have to give you maximum points (the number of people who participated in that question). So before you go saying 'Lapland', think twice and do some bloody research otherwise you'll score 20pts for one question.
- At the end of the game the person with the lowest combined total score will win.

TLDR AGAIN: If you want to play both, you can, just think of them as putting your Family Fortunes answer and Pointless answer in the same PM. If you want to differentiate between your answers with fancy colours then feel free, otherwise just write "Top - Latvia, Pointless - Laos" or something similar. If this really gets a little too complicated for you, you can send me two separate PMs for your different answers, but that would be a slight strain on my inbox Or indeed you can bin the whole thing off and just submit your Top Answers, or just your Pointless answers; whatever floats your boat

In order to keep things fair, I will answer every question for the round before I post them, otherwise I'll start receiving PMs and seeing other answers that affect my decisions. I am 99% sure this was all too much explanation but I just wanted to cover every base before we start.

Oh... yeah... let's start then!

Big Brother

1. Name a housemate that was evicted before the final in Big Brother 1 (UK)
2. Name a celebrity that "hijacked" the house in 2008's E4 show "Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack"
3. Name a female winner of the series
4. Name a housemate that walked from their series
5. Name a housemate whose first name begins with the letter B (full name please!)
6. Name a country where Big Brother also has its own original series, other than the UK and USA
7. Name a Celebrity Big Brother (UK) winner
8. Name a celebrity that was rumoured with appearing on CBB (UK) but never appeared on the show
9. Name a housemate that was evicted first from the House
10. Name a TV channel that has aired Big Brother UK (or its spinoff shows)

Music

1. Name a studio album released by The Beatles (no Greatest Hits or compilations)
2. Name a member of the UK girl group 'The Saturdays'
3. Name a winner of Best Original Song at the Academy Awards (just a song title will suffice)
4. Pick a section of an orchestra (brass, woodwind, percussion or strings?)
5. Name a single that has reached #1 in the UK Top 40 at some point in 2020
6. Name a song with a colour in its song title
7. Name an annual awards ceremony that celebrates music in some capacity
8. Name a popular UK music festival
9. Name a member of the 27 Club
10. Name a single released by Stevie Wonder

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)

Celebrities

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 )
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

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

Science & Nature

1. Name a documentary or series presented by Sir David Attenborough
2. Name an element on the periodic table whose symbol is a single letter
3. Name a type of renewable energy
4. Name a moon that is in our solar system (other than Earth's moon)
5. Name a winner/laureate of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
6. Name a species of animal that has suffered at the hands of poachers
7. Name a species of bird that is native to the UK
8. Name a country severely impacted by the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004
9. Name a poisonous type of mushroom
10. Name one of the body's five senses

Film

1. Name a film starring Amy Adams
2. Name someone who has directed a Batman film
3. Name a popular genre of film
4. Name a film with a type of animal in its (English) title
5. Name a Disney prince (not princess!)
6. Name a horror film franchise
7. Name a character that has been portrayed by Robert De Niro
8. Name a film that won Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, other than Parasite
9. Name a film that won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in the 1980s
10. Name a film starring Sean Penn

General Knowledge

1. Name an ingredient you might need to make a birthday cake
2. Name a clothing retail chain that operates in the UK
3. Name a footballer who has scored more than 100 Premier League goals
4. Name a popular chocolate bar manufactured by 'Mars' other than the 'Mars Bar'
5. Name a subject you would study at school
6. Name an app primarily aimed at teenagers and young adults
7. Name a popular alcoholic cocktail
8. Name something you might find in a garden
9. Name something you might keep plugged in at all times
10. Name a brand of make-up/cosmetics.

Video Games

1. Name a type of animal breed that can be a neighbour in the Animal Crossing series
2. Name a console released by Sega
3. Name a character that appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, 2018's Nintendo Switch game
4. Name a film that has been adapted from a video game
5. Name one of the "types" in the Pokemon series, other than "Fire", "Water" or "Grass"
6. Name a video game where zombies are featured prominently
7. Name a button that features on any PlayStation controller
8. Name a game that people play on their mobile phones, other than "Candy Crush Saga"
9. Name one of the "Killers" on the 2016 video game "Dead By Daylight"
10. Name an original game developed and released by the company 'Valve Corporation'

TV & Literature

1. Name a book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Name an American sitcom that started after 2010
3. Name an Eastenders character who had a dramatic death
4. Name a Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
5. Name a famous science fiction author
6. Name a historical moment that was broadcast live on television
7. Name a Netflix original TV show that ran, or is running, for more than one season
8. Name someone who has lost to Ant and Dec for "Best Entertainment Presenter" at the National Television Awards
9. Name a book written by Roald Dahl
10. Name a Shakespeare play where a character's name doesn't appear in the title (ie. not Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, etc)

[Kate!]

Shaun

[Niamh.]

Oh excellent

[Cherie]

Super thanks Shaun

[MTVN]

Here to retain my crown

[MTVN]

This round is blooming tricky though especially as we're now two years on from BB being axed

[Niamh.]

This is my first time doing the Pointless bit, it's a lot tougher than the Top Answers part

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Here to retain my crown

Did you win Top Answers last time? I think I won Pointless


Will give this a go, cheers Shaun!

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Did you win Top Answers last time? I think I won Pointless


Will give this a go, cheers Shaun!

I did although there was no pesky BB round last time I don't think which I bombed at before

I haven't played the Pointless one before but might give that a go this time as well and try to win the double

[Calderyon]

I won't win, but I will play.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

I won't win, but I will play.

That's a very defeatist attitude Cald, you always did will in the TA bit

[Denver]

A question for #1 can that be like week 1 or whatever or does it have to be the week of the final

[Rob!]

Right - so I send you an answer for top and pointless? Have I got that confused?

[Shaun]

Yeah, as long as it's clear which is which I don't mind how you format it in the message (although I can probably guess which is which from their obscurity)

[Shaun]

11 sets of answers so far (including my own), I'll list them in case anyone thinks they've submitted theirs but they haven't: Mitchell, Matthew, MTVN, James, Rob!, parmnion, MB, Strictly Jake, Calderyon and Niamh.

I'll probably edit this post with more names as I receive them rather than do a new post every time

[Rob!]

I just thought of a much better Pointless answer for one of the questions

[Amy Jade]

Just posting so I remember later

[Shaun]

Reminder that you have until the early hours of tomorrow to submit votes for either game! I'll post the results at a very silly time indeed.

Originally Posted by Denver

A question for #1 can that be like week 1 or whatever or does it have to be the week of the final

It can mean anyone that was evicted, and therefore did not make the final. But for the Pointless game, they have to have been evicted (and not walked, or ejected)

[Smithy]

Sent

[Dogeatdog]

Oh is this game back!? I’ll pm my answers in a little while.

[Denver]

Sent both and ive gone very risky for Pointless and hope it doesnt bite me in the face

[AnnieK]

I found this hard really hard

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Denver

Sent both and ive gone very risky for Pointless and hope it doesnt bite me in the face

Do you mean the ass

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Do you mean the ass

Meh it means the same thing

[Rob!]

Originally Posted by Denver

Meh it means the same thing

Your sex life must be interesting.