[Shaun]

Right then... I promised it'd be here by the end of the week and here we are.

Top Answers has been a game on TiBB for a very long time and has been hosted by Z, ukturtle, Niamh and now myself. Its premise is simple: everyone answers the same questions, via a PM to me, with the first thing that comes to their heads. This isn't a trivia game, and it doesn't require correct or "the most qualified" answers at all. If I ask everyone "name something blue" and, by some odd turn of events, 20 of you respond with "egg", then egg is the most popular answer, damnit! At the end of the round, I reveal the full list of answers given by members to each question, along with a points total of who was able to guess the most popular answers.

There will be ten rounds and there are now fifteen questions per round again, so it may take a little time to fill in but none of them require much research... I've tried to make them as lateral as possible without repeating questions from previous editions of the game. Each round will last for three days (an increase on the usual two in the past, for a number of reasons such as to help the Pointless spinoff run smoother, to give everyone more time to submit answers, and because it's only really a casual game rather than something that requires constant, daily attention).

That said... this time, we'll (hopefully, once I contact an admin) be seeing a new award for the overall winner of the game. In the theory that this game is essentially "Family Fortunes" or "Family Feud" (but we're now nine editions in, and it's too late to rename it now ) , the award has been taken from its iconic "X" symbol:

The ten rounds will be themed around music, TV, film, sports, science & nature, history, geography, food & drink, celebrity culture, and "miscellaneous". By that, I mean it's not quite general knowledge, but isn't covered by any of the other categories... sort of an "everyday life" category, if you will.

Round one will be questions about television... and here they are.

1) Name an iconic, male, 'Coronation Street' character
2) Name an X Factor judge that isn't Simon Cowell
3) Name a 'Strictly Come Dancing' judge
4) Name a character from 'The Simpsons' that isn't one of the Simpsons
5) Name someone who has presented 'The Great British Bake-Off'
6) Name a UK Freeview channel that isn't BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, C4 or Channel 5.
7) Name one of the major US television channels (not cable)
8) Name a male musician/popstar whose career was launched by a TV talent show/competition
9) Name one of the child actors from the Netflix series 'Stranger Things'
10) Name a competitor on the UK edition of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
11) Name a British sitcom from the 1980s
12) Name someone who became famous through the Australian soap 'Neighbours'
13) Name a time of the day when the news broadcast is on TV
14) Name one of the colours of the 'Power Rangers'
15) Name someone who has presented the Channel 4 quiz show 'Countdown'.

1) Name a region or city of the UK with a Duke
2) Name a country invaded by Nazi Germany in the build-up to, or during, World War II
3) Name an American president who was assassinated
4) Name someone who invented or discovered a medicine / cure to disease
5) Name one of the languages regarded as a "classical" language
6) Name someone who died in a famous plane crash
7) Name a country in Africa that was a part of the French colonial empire
8) Name a UK prime minister that served office before Margaret Thatcher
9) Name a format that music was sold on before downloading and streaming were invented
10) Name one of the main UK political parties
11) Name an ancient Greek philosopher
12) Name an infamous serial killer
13) Name a country that was a part of the Ottoman Empire
14) Name an Egyptian god or goddess
15) Name a country of the world that currently has a female president or prime minister

1) Name a vegetable beginning with the letter C
2) Name something you might put on top of your ice cream
3) Name an occasion where the whole family comes around for dinner
4) Name a brand of frozen pizzas
5) Name a way you might cook an egg
6) Name one of the colours of a packet of M&Ms
7) Name a type of tea that isn't "regular" or "English breakfast"
8) Name a popular order type of coffee that might be sold at Starbucks/Costa etc.
9) Name a celebrity chef
10) Name a popular alcoholic cocktail that contains vodka
11) Name a popular flavour of gin sold in the UK (other than "original/basic gin" lol)
12) Name one of the big tubs of chocolate sweets that is often passed around at Christmas
13) Name something you'd keep in your refrigerator
14) Name a popular type of soup
15) Name a brand of bread (this'll be UK-centric, just a heads-up)

1) Name a celebrity whose first name is Chris(topher)
2) Name one of Madonna's children
3) Name a celebrity who has been arrested on drugs charges
4) Name a famous American talk-show host
5) Name someone who has won the ITV series "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!"
6) Name someone who has become famous because of YouTube
7) Name a celebrity whose first name is Michelle
8) Name a famous author
9) Name a celebrity who has tried (or succeeded) to be elected to a political office
10) Name a celebrity guest who appeared in the music video for Charli XCX's "Boys"
11) Name a winner of Love Island (UK)
12) Name a famous child actor who had/has a troubled later life
13) Name a celebrity whose LAST name is Jones
14) Name a 1990s supermodel
15) Name a celebrity that you wouldn't let supervise your children

1) Name a country that is in the Southern hemisphere
2) Name an explorer who is credited (falsely or not) with 'discovering' a country or continent
3) Name a country that has successfully declared independence within the past thirty years
4) Name a country whose flag contains a star (or multiple stars), other than the USA
5) Name a language that is spoken widely in South America
6) Name a capital city that begins with the letter T
7) Name a city in Asia that is not a capital city
8) Name a UK town/city located in Dorset
9) Name a tribe of Native Americans
10) Name a popular ending of a street or road name, other than "Street" or "Road" (ie. Abbey Road, Wall Street, etc)
11) Name a popular airline other than British Airways
12) Name a popular airport in the USA
13) Name a city of the world that is also popular as a name for babies
14) Name an Australian tourist attraction
15) Name a location of significant religious value

1) Name a Disney protagonist that is an animal
2) Name a Disney antagonist who has received their own origins-story movie
3) Name a Batman villain that isn't the Joker or Harley Quinn
4) Name a film starring Sandra Bullock
5) Name a film starring Marlon Brando
6) Name a film with a number in its official title
7) Name a film directed by the Coen Brothers
8) Name a film musical from the 1960s
9) Name a flavour of popcorn
10) Name a movie character who children (or indeed adults) often dress up as for Halloween
11) Name a film directed by Wes Anderson
12) Name someone who has been rumoured for the role of the next James Bond
13) Name something that Kevin uses to booby-trap a house in the Home Alone movies (1 and 2)
14) Name a song from the movie Grease, other than "Grease (is the Word)"
15) Name a movie that is frequently shown on ITV

1) Name a football team that has ever played in the Premier League, that starts with the letter S
2) Name a famous basketball player
3) Name a sport that does not use a ball
4) Name a female tennis player, other than the Williams sisters
5) Name someone who has won the Formula 1 Drivers Championship, other than Lewis Hamilton
6) Name a type of golf club
7) Name a musician to have headlined the Super Bowl half-time performance
8) Name an English football stadium, other than Wembley
9) Name one of the events that comprises the Women's Heptathlon at the Olympic Games
10) Name one of the countries that takes part in the Six Nations rugby tournament, other than England
11) Name a famous racehorse
12) Name a professional football (soccer) commentator
13) Name a football manager who has managed the men's England national team, other than Gareth Southgate
14) Name a famous figure in cycling
15) Name a Dutch football legend (ie. a footballer who is Dutch, not... "dutch football" if that happens to be a thing)

1) Name a famous song released by The Bee Gees
2) Name a band or artist who has released a song called "The Power of Love"
3) Name a famous song released by Miley Cyrus
4) Name a band or artist who has released a song called "Poison"
5) Name a band or group with only two members
6) Name a Christmas song
7) Name a member of the band Fleetwood Mac
8) Name a genre of music that you might associate with the music of Rihanna
9) Name a country that has won the Eurovision Song Contest in the 21st century
10) Name an album released by Lady Gaga
11) Name someone whose music was still released post-humously
12) Name an instrument you might find in the percussion section of an orchestra
13) Name a classical composer that isn't Mozart or Beethoven
14) Name a famous musician who - you think - has no talent (I want to start fights with this one <3)
15) Name someone who has sung an official Bond theme, other than Shirley Bassey

1) Name an element of the periodic table that is only four letters long (ie. their actual name, not their chemical symbol!)
2) Name a metal that is commonly mined around the world
3) Name a type of cloud
4) Name a star in the universe, that isn't our Sun
5) Name someone famously associated with astronomy
6) Name one of the coronavirus vaccines currently being distributed in the UK
7) Name an organ of the human body, that there are usually two of
8) Name one of the five taste receptors on your tongue
9) Name a flower that is often given as a gift, other than roses
10) Name an animal that you might find in Antarctica
11) Name a breed of dog that begins with the letter S
12) Name a type of material that is often separated for recycling collection
13) Name something that people might be allergic to, that isn't a food or drink
14) Name a branch of mathematics
15) Name a gas that is in our atmosphere, other than Oxygen

1) Name one of the UK's main supermarket chains
2) Name one of the three meals you (supposedly) have throughout the day
3) Name something you might use to keep cool during the summer
4) Name something you might use to keep warm during the winter
5) Name something you might find on a bathroom floor
6) Name a day that your husband or wife wouldn't appreciate you forgetting
7) Name a popular brand of shampoo
8) Name something that you might get done in a salon, other than your hair
9) Name somewhere you might find a queue
10) Name someone you wouldn't want knowing about your sex life
11) Name someone from the last year who is regarded as a hero
12) Name something that you would keep locked
13) Name a website with an annoying TV advert
14) Name a hospital wing that receives a lot of visitors every day
15) Name something that people commonly have a phobia of

REMEMBER: If you wish to take part in this game, you must PM your answers to me. Discussion of the answers in any form in this thread (or indeed elsewhere) is not permitted, and I'll have to penalise you for cheating or attempting to influence others' answers.

Round 1 will be open until Tuesday, 13 April (at roughly the same time as this, probably, but I'll see what my sleeping pattern is like )

[Ammi]

......gorgeous....


...let me go copy/imitate/fan girl one of your previous Op’s into a new thread and I’m right there with you and following your style...(...I might be PMing you a lot through this...)....Shaun, what would you do../asking for a friend etc...

[Ammi]

...I’m thinking that I might ask James/Josy for more PM space so that I can hold answers and not delete them ...if I need to look back...I don’t know how much space you generally have taken up, Shaun...but I’m usually running on almost full anyway...

[Ammi]

...I just don’t want to add having to go through PMs atm to delete in bulk and I generally only delete around 10 or so at a time when that 90% warning thing comes up....

[Calderyon]

I'll do them before the deadline.

[Niamh.]

Oh excellent

[Ammi]

...and bumping Top Answers as well while the Pointless bumping is happening...

[Kate!]

Bump. Doing this tonight. X

[Alf]

Let me know if I have this right.

I send my Top Answers to Shaun's PM

I send my Pointless answers to Ammi's PM

Is that correct?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Alf

Let me know if I have this right.

I send my Top Answers to Shaun's PM

I send my Pointless answers to Ammi's PM

Is that correct?

yes i think so Alf ,that is what Ive done.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

yes i think so Alf ,that is what Ive done.

Thanks, Kaz. That's good enough for me.

[Shaun]

So far I've received answers from Strictly Jake, Daniel-X, Calderyon, Jessica, Kazanne, Niamh and Ashley Still over 24hrs to send them in, so no rush (yet).

Edit: plus Kate! and Mitchell

[Kate!]

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Shaun

So far I've received answers from Strictly Jake, Daniel-X, Calderyon, Jessica, Kazanne, Niamh and Ashley Still over 24hrs to send them in, so no rush (yet).

I'll do mine later. I have to do some googling, I don't know the first thing about some of these TV shows. I wouldn't even know where to start on Drag race, Strictly, Great British bake off and Stranger things.

[Alf]

I'm not confident in this round, I'll be happy with being mid-table after this first round.

[Shaun]

Further answers from Alf, James and Denver now.

You have around 24 hours left to participate!

[Ammi]

...my head hurts so much...

[Alf]

Shaun, I think I want to change one of my answers, but I'm not sure yet. I'm 50/50 on one question and if it's OK, and I decide to change it, I'll pm you before the deadline.

[Amy Jade]

Omg I almost missed this! I'll send answers today but in work rn x

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Alf

Shaun, I think I want to change one of my answers, but I'm not sure yet. I'm 50/50 on one question and if it's OK, and I decide to change it, I'll pm you before the deadline.

That's fine - everyone can change their answers (although more than once would get annoying, and I can't change my own even though I want to now I've seen everyone else's I thought I was so clever with one of the answers, and it's so far got no back-up )

[Ammi]

...here’s bumping at you, kid....

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Shaun

That's fine - everyone can change their answers (although more than once would get annoying, and I can't change my own even though I want to now I've seen everyone else's I thought I was so clever with one of the answers, and it's so far got no back-up )

Did you get mine Shaun ?

[Shaun]

Yes yours, Black Dagger's and Nick's

Not long left to submit answers folks! You've had 3 days

[MTVN]

Just sent mine

I think I'm just gonna do Top Answers this time as I'm not sure how much time I'm gonna have over the next couple of weeks, sorry Ammi I know you'll do a great job of Pointless though!

[Shaun]

Right then, three days have passed so I have to close this up and announce the results now turn-out is a little down on last year's edition but oh well! 19 players took part this time, and the results are as follows...

1) Name an iconic, male, Coronation Street character

Ken Barlow - 14
David Platt - 2
Norris Cole - 1
Roy Cropper - 1
Steve McDonald - 1

2) Name an X Factor judge that isn't Simon Cowell

Louis Walsh - 13
Cheryl - 4
Sharon Osbourne - 2

3) Name a Strictly Come Dancing judge

Craig Revel Horwood - 15
Alesha Dixon - 1
Arlene Phillips - 1
Jason Garner - 1
Len Goodman - 1

4) Name a character from the Simpsons that isn't one of the Simpsons

Ned Flanders - 9
Mr. Burns - 4
Apu - 2
Krusty the Clown - 2
Moe - 2

5) Name someone who has presented the Great British Bake-Off

Sue Perkins - 10
Mary Berry - 3
Mel Giedroyc - 2
Paul Hollywood - 2
Noel Fielding - 1
"Mel and Sue" - 1 (literally me that said this, thought someone else might just answer with the double act )

6) Name a UK freeview channel that isn't 1-5

ITV2 - 12
Dave - 4
E4 - 1
ITV+1 - 1
QVC - 1

7) Name one of the major US television networks (not cable)

NBC - 7
CBS - 6
Fox - 5
ABC - 1

8) Name a male musician/popstar whose career was launched by a TV talent show competition

Harry Styles - 6
Will Young - 5
Olly Murs - 4
James Arthur - 3
Justin Timberlake - 1

9) Name one of the child actors from the Netflix series 'Stranger Things'

Millie Bobby Brown ('Eleven') - 16
Noah Schnapp ('Will') - 2
Finn Wolfhard ('Mike') - 1

10) Name a competitor on the UK edition of RuPaul's Drag Race

Bimini Bon Boulash - 6
Baga Chipz - 5
Divina de Campo - 3
The Vivienne - 3
Lawrence Chaney - 1
Tayce - 1

11) Name a British sitcom from the 1980s

Only Fools and Horses - 16
Blackadder - 2
The Young Ones - 1

12) Name someone who became famous thanks to the Australian soap opera 'Neighbours'

Kylie Minogue - 18
Margot Robbie - 1

13) Name a time of the day when the news is broadcast on TV

10pm - 10
6pm - 8
9pm - 1

14) Name one of the colours of the Power Rangers

Red - 14
Pink - 4
White - 1

15) Name someone who has presented the Channel 4 quiz show 'Countdown'

Richard Whiteley - 9
Nick Hewer - 8
Carol Vorderman - 2

SCORES

Daniel-X - 172
Denver - 168
Niamh - 168
LukeB - 163
MTVN - 155
James - 151
Alf - 148
Black Dagger - 146
Shaun - 145
Mitchell - 143
Nick - 140
Strictly Jake - 138
Jessica - 132
Cherie - 131
Kazanne - 124
Ashley. - 120
hijaxers - 110
Calderyon - 106
Kate! - 99