Wormfarmer

I guess I have not worded this bonus well, which is not a new bonus but has perhaps been longer misunderstood. There is no bonus for submitting (and hitting) a name with 5 different vowels in it. To score the bonus(es), you have to hit all your names at the vowels, A-E-I-O and U. OR any 4 of those names, and your name at the Y spot as well, for the lessor bonus. Sorry for any confusion. Polar Duck also had this confusion, but I assumed he was the only one.

OK, entries are closed. I have to sort through my message folder but I think we got a similar number of entries as last year, maybe more. Please give me a couple of weeks to organize and post the teams, and sort out any subs and other issues to get the teams in order. My team was sent to Bibliogryphon before the deadline, and I shall post it here as well prior to getting all the teams posted on page one of the thread. No hits for me yet. I am working on the rosters . . . . bud anderson (WW2ace) barbara barrie jimmy carter derek draper carl erskine frank field lloyd geering roy haynes paul ignatius abe jacobs (wrestler) ramzan kadyrov phyllis latour morton mintz linda nolan maria oggay (tattoos) priscilla pointer marita camacho quiros rachel robinson june spencer eric tweedale ian underwood dick van dyke woody woodbury xaviera hollander arnold yarrow khaleda zia

My go to drinks are usually the Amaretto Sour, or the Bombay and Tonic, depending on my mood for sweet or bitter. But I recently tried a drink called a Baby Shark and it was mmmmmm tasty. Bright blue in a tall with ice. Now I can't seem to find the recipe, so I assume maybe it was just a special creation of that particular bar.

Last day to enter! Entries can come in until midnight my time which is pacific standard time (PST). Even a little late is ok since I had a full message box until just now. Scoring will start on the 1st!

Hello, and welcome to the thread for the 6th running of the ABC Deadpool! 26 entries received, all in the table a couple of posts below this. Scoring will be more abbreviated this year. Instead of a mass of text, I will just list the hits, followed by each player who gains points from that hit, followed by a master standings table. SCORING SUMMARY: Olivia Newton-John - GUB (7) N, WS, solo Bill Pitman - Death Impends (5) P, solo Robyn Griggs (Wiley) - Banana (5) G, WS, duo/HDS (5) W duo Lenny Johnrose - perhaps (6) L, WS, solo Tom Weiskopf - Baby Blue (5) W, solo Carl Kabat - gcreptile (5) K, solo Tim Page - gcreptile/Baby Blue (3) P, duo Josephine Tewson - Grimgrass (5) T, solo Bill Turnbull - gcreptile (7) T, solo + WS Mikhail Gorbachev - Grimgrass/Book/Joey Russ/GUB/theoldlady/wannamaker/Funeralopolis (2) G Marsha Hunt - Wormfarmer (5) H solo Queen Elizabeth II - Yvonne (5) Q solo Irene Papas - Perhaps and Wannamaker, duos at I, (3) Loretta Lynn - Stuart Beck solo! (6) Judy Tenuta - HDS solo + WS, T (7) Peter Tobin - Wannamaker solo, T (5) Angela Lansbury - Capn Cho/theoldlady/Yvonne/Book, L (2) Antonio Inoki - msc/baby blue, duos at I, (4) Charley Trippi - wormfarmer solo, T (5) Leslie Philips - Hell/Grimgrass at L (1), GUB/msc at P (2) Harry K Yee - wormfarmer solo at Y (6 if obit?) Doddie Weir - wannamaker/wormfarmer duo at W (5), WS bonus! David Butler - bibliogryphon solo, B (5) Ned Rorem - bibliogryphon solo, N (5) Mickey Kuhn - MariNisia solo, K (5) Vicky Phelan - msc/gcrep/Hell at V (3), Perhaps/banana/capn cho/Book at P (4) WS bonus! Hans Magnus Enzenberger - gcreptile solo, E (6) Jiang Zemin - Funeralopolis J (1), banana/Hell/wannamaker/tolady Z (4) Assem Allam - Perhaps allit solo, (8) Julia Reichart - HDS/Banana/Joey Russ/gcrep R, (2) Georgia Holt - MariNisia solo, H (5) Louise Tobin - Yvonne solo, T (5) . . . Now she gets full credit! Pierre Soulages - Death Impends solo, S (5) Philip Pearlstein - WEP solo allit, (6) Xi Xi - DI/msc/GUB/Hell/Joey Russ/Yvonne/Grimgrass/book/Baby Blue/Toast/Joe Money/HDS, allits X, (8) Don West - DI/gcrep/msc/Book/Perhaps/banana/capn cho/Joey Russ at W (4), HDS/Joe Money at D (3) WS bonus! Barbara Walters - GUB/Yvonne duo at W, (2) Helen Grayco - solo at G for Death Impends (5) Pele (Edson Nascimento) - treating as a first name P for HDS/Joey Russ/Funeralopolis (1), and as a first name E for wannamaker (2) Lise Norgaard - wormfarmer solo at N, (5) Mark Souder - banana solo at S + WS, (7) Gianluca Vialli - gcreptile at G (3), book/perhaps/marinisia/wannamaker/joey russ/banana/wormfarmer/capn cho/theoldlady at V (4), WS bonus Clare Marx - cap'n cho solo at M +WS, (7) Mike Davis - cap'n cho/joey russ/banana/msc at D, (2) Carole Cook - book/WEP/wormfarmer/Perhaps allit, (3) Gina Lollabrigida - Baby Blue solo at L, (5) Lucille Randon - msc at L (1), Baby Blue/wormfarmer at R (2) Betty Boothroyd - solo allit for theoldlady (6) Stella Stevens - duo allit for Toast/Perhaps (4) Traute Lafrenz - duo at L for wormfarmer/death impends (3) Virginia Zeani - solo at Z for MariNisia (7) Ryuichi Sakamoto - duo at S and WS bonus for wannamaker/HDS (5) Hugh Hudson - solo allit for WEP (6) Bill Butler - duo allit for Death Impends/wormfarmer (4) Bobby Caldwell - solo at C plus WS bonus for Joey Russ (7) Al Jaffee - solo at J for wormfarmer (5) Ben Ferencz - solo at F for wormfarmer (5) Mary Quant - at Q for biblio/funeralopolis/yorkbank/msc/toast/theoldlady/joey russ/banana (4) Richard Riordan - solo allit for Perhaps (6) Harry Belafonte - missed low hanging fruit! Slava Zaitsev - solo at Z for JoeMoneypenny (7) Rolf Harris - solo at H for theoldlady (5) Robert Zimmer - very nice solo at Z plus WS bonus for gcreptile (9) Ed Ames - solo at E for GUB (5) Ted Kaczynski - 2 pts each at the K spot for Joey Russ/HDS/banana/theoldlady/msc/Stuart Beck/wannamaker, 1 pt at the T spot for Hell Tony Brown (NBA Ref) - solo at B plus WS for Joey Russ (7) Sheldon Harnick - solo at H for Biblio (5) Lawrence Turman - solo at T for MariNisia (5) . . . . and a bunch of scoring updates reported by MariNisia, who is doing the work of most of y'all (including me): Winnie Ewing - solo E for Cap'n Cho (6) Tim Keller - solo K and WS bonus for Cap'n Cho (7) Otis Taylor - solo T for Cap'n Cho (5) Yoon Jeong-Lee - solo Y for Cap'n Cho (5) Sinisa Mihajlovic - solo at S and WS bonus for Book (6) Mutulu Shakur - at the S plus WS for Funeropolis/gcreptile/joey russ (4) David Oreck - at O solo for Death Impends (6) John Aniston - at A solo for Yorkshire Banker (6) Nora Forster - at F solo for Yorkshire Banker (5) Dick Groat - at G solo for Yorkshire Banker (5) Francoise Gilot - at G solo for wormfarmer (5) Pervez Musharraf - at M for Perhaps (2)/at P for Grimgrass/wannamaker/Hell (1) Lando Buzzanca - solo at B for Cap'n Cho (5) George Alagiah - a whippersnapper listed at A by Banana/Hell/msc/wormfarmer/HDS/gcreptile/Funeropolis/Book/Death Impends (5) Justin Yerbury - a WS at Y for Joey Russ/msc/gcreptile (5) 81 scoring names this year. WEP's list of all alliteratives was only good enough for 24th out of 26. I did like the strategy though. gcreptile got another hit Aug 10 with Hery Dickerson that would have given him the win, but alas, 10 days late. Ahh, but we have to cut off the scoring at some point, don't we? And reverse congrats to Guy From Future for scoring zero over the course of a year! Next year I am adding a bonus for futility. So after ample time for players to check their lists for missed hits, none have been reported, so the game is closed, and yours truly notches his first ever win on the Deathlist site. I don't expect to do as well next year as so many of my best names are gone, but I will give it a go. Check for a new thread up very soon on the 2023-24 pool, which will commence on Sep 1. Thanks for playing! FINAL STANDINGS: 1. Wormfarmer - 56 (+5?) 2. gcreptile - 56 3. Joey Russ - 52 4. Captain Chorizo - 51 5. Death Impends - 50 6. Perhaps - 44 7. Banana - 43 8. msc - 40 9. HDS - 38 10. Book - 38 11. wannamaker - 33 12. theoldlady - 29 13. Baby Blue - 27 14. Great Uncle Bulgaria - 26 15. MariNisia - 26 16. Hell - 23 17. Yvonne - 22 18. Yorkshire Banker - 20 19. bibliogryphon - 19 20. Joe Moneypenny - 18 21. Grimgrass - 17 22. Funeralopolis - 17 23. Toast - 16 24. WEP - 15 25. Stuart Beck - 8 26. GuyFromFuture - 0 A late 10 points puts gcreptile in a high score tie with wormfarmer, but tie breaking procedures specify the team reaching the highest score first secures the win. If a number occurs in parenthesis after your score, that reflects a hit without a QO yet. So far that only applies to wormfarmer . . . .

After his passing I had posted that due to confusion with the commonly chosen politician of the same name, anyone who had intended to select the weatherman should come forward prior to the end of the grace period (Aug 11) and I would award them the points. Although you are a week late, you are the only one to claim the weatherman which would give you 3 solo points along with the alliterative for a total of 6 points. A nice score that in your position would move you 6 places up the leaderboard. Imagine yourself at 21 points! Well done.

So far, as I compile lists, I have come across two names which I find too far from celebrity to qualify. Jenny Appleford (I am not really on board with the idea that anyone with a website or twitter account is considered an "influencer" these days) and Chickadee Cardwell (who seems to be a relative of someone barely famous, which is a reach). I am not going to check every name on every list, but these were particular to follow up on since a team owner was dubious enough to include a sub in the event the first name didn't pass muster. Smart move, if you did that, I put in your sub! Other dubious names that DID qualify included Kirsty Smitten, who had already made significant headlines in the medical world for a new breed of antibiotics, and Tylee Craft, a wideout for the North Carolina State Tar Heels. Absolutely! Another issue is that we have a few players who will run afoul of the new rule this year that eliminates scoring with titles such as Queen at the Q, and Princess at the P, etc. Ah well, minor handicaps to overcome with no chances to score at those spots.

Bibliogryphon ladyfiona Commtech Sio Bibble theoldlady Octopus of Odstock Grimgrass Perhaps Yvonne Great Uncle Bulgaria Torva Messor A. Iris Apfel A – David Attenborough A - Martti Ahtisaari A - Julian Assange A Alpha Conde A - Martti Ahtisaari A - Loren Acton Joss Ackland David Attenborough Alice Munro B. Biddy Baxter B – Bruce Willis B - Rob Burrow B - Rob Burrow B Basil van Rooyen - Died B - Brigitte Bardot B - Brian Barczyk Jack Burke Stanley Baxter Rob Burrow C. C J Cherryh C – Jimmy Carter C - Chevy Chase C - Jimmy Carter C Chywit Kamolvisit C - Jimmy Carter C - Graham Caveney Iris Cummings Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter D.Timothy Dudley-Smith D – Shannen Doherty D - Shannen Doherty D - Shannen Doherty D Daniel Bairenboim D - Derek Draper D - Derek Draper Carmen Marsh Doll Dion DiMucci Jacques Delors E. Carl Erskine E - Eunice Anderson E - Esther Rantzen E - Chris Evert E Eddie Annand E - George Eastham E - Eric Edwards Anthony Epstein Eric Faulkner Carl Erskine F. Athol Fugard F – Franklin B. Zimmerman F - Frank Field F - Frank Field F Frank Borman F - Frank Field F - Frank Field Sylvia Fein Frank Field Francoise Hardy G. Gaston Glock G - Lloyd Geering (theologian) G - David Graham G - Paul Gascoigne G George Eastham G - Gaston Glock G - Gaston Glock Lee Grant Gary Glitter Glynis Johns H. Hans Herrmann H - Henry Kissinger H - Marilyn Hagerty H - Jurgen Habermas H Helen Stewart H - Steve Halliwell H - John Hemingway Stuart Hall Douglas Hurd Henry Kissinger I. James Ivory I – Jonnie Irwin I - Jonnie Irwin I - Jonnie Irwin I Ian Wilmut - Died I - Jonnie Irwin I - Ion Iliescu James Ivory Ion Iliescu Jonnie Irwin J. Jasper Johns J - José Sahagún de la Parra J - Jesse Jackson J - Ron Jeremy J Jake Abraham J - James Earl Jones J - Jasper Johns Glynis Johns Jill St John James Whale K. Agnes Keleti K - Khamtai Siphandon (politician) K - Baroness Glenys Kinnock K - Kate Keltie K Kirsty Smitten K - Kris Kristofferson K - Kris Kristofferson Henry Kissinger Kiri te Kanawa (opera) Ethel Kennedy L. Ray Lawler L – Linda Nolan L - Andrey Lugovoy L - Lisa Lu L Linda Nolan L - Jean-Marie Le Pen L - Jean-Pierre Léaud Beatrice Lumpkin Tom Lehrer Lee Adams M. Josip Manolic M - Shane MacGowan M - Rupert Murdoch M - Steve McMichael M Marianne Faithfull M - Patrick Murray M - Shane MacGowan Imelda Marcos Shane MacGowan Mangosuthu Buthelezi - (AEIOU) N. Larry Niven N - Ngethe Njoroge N - Linda Nolan N - Linda Nolan N Nick Anderton N - Linda Nolan N - Linda Nolan Bob Newhart Linda Nolan Giorgio Napolitano O. Edna O’ Brien O – Oscar Quitak (actor) O - Ozzy Osbourne O - Yoko Ono O Nick Owen O - Ozzy Osbourne O - Seiji Ozawa Yoko Ono Ove Fundin (speedway champ) Oscar Wyatt P. Leontyne Price P – Priscilla Pointer (actress) P - Priscilla Pointer P - Mark Patton (actor) P Paul Auster P - Angela Piper P - Priscilla Pointer Wanda Poltawska Pete Murray Patricia Routledge Q. Dan Quayle Q - Marita Camacho Quirós Q - Marita Camacho Quirós Q - Marita Camacho Quiros Q Quentin Davies Q - Oscar Quitak Q - Oscar Quitak Marita Camacho Quiros Eve Queler (US conductor) Quentin Kopp R. Robert Rankin R – Rob Burrow R - Sonny Rolins R - Ray Reardon R Roberta Flack R - Robert Rankin R - Roger Rogerson Patricia Routledge Ruggero Raimondi (opera) Roberta Flack S. Max Stafford-Clark S – June Spencer S - Nigel Starmer Smith S - Nigel Starmer-Smith S Sally Shipard S - Mikhail Saakasvili S - Henry Sandon Dennis Skinner Nigel Starmer-Smith Simon Cowell T. Ted Turner T – John Tinniswood (oldest in UK) T - Colin Thackery T - Andy Taylor T Theo Burrow T - Ted Turner T - Michael Tilson Thomas Olav Thon Tony Thorpe (ex Rubettes) Tomiichi Murayama U. Gudrun Ure U - Yosh Uchida (judo coach) U - Gudrun Ure U - Juan Carlos Unzue U Juan Carlos Unzue U - Gudrun Ure U - Torben Ulrich Gudrun Ure Uri Geller Gudrun Ure V. Erich Von Daniken V – Vic Seixas (Tennis player) V - Vanessa Regrave V - Frankie Valli V Juha Vaatainen V - Violet Chamorro V - Dick Vitale Dick Van Dyke Valerie Masterson (opera) Virginia Halas McCaskey W.Joy Whitby W – Dorice C. B. Walford W - James Whale W - James Whale W Wilfred Benitez W - James Whale W - William H. Webster Jacqueline White Richard Wilson William Webster X. Xi Jinping X – Wang Xiji (engineer) X - Xi Jinping X - Gao Xingjian X Xue Feng X - Xu Wenli X - Gao Xingjian Wang Xiji Bao Xishun X.J. Kennedy Y. Arnold Yarrow Y – Arnold Yarrow (actor) Y - Arnold Yarrow Y - Michael York Y Cale Yarborough Y - Michael York Y - Cale Yarborough Arnold Yarrow Yoko Ono Yoko Ono Z. Zandra Rhodes Z - Zvi Zamir (IDF general) Z - Milos Zeman Z - Milos Zeman Z Zoleka Mandela Z - Mario Zagallo Z - Mario Zagallo Aleksandr Zatsepin Mario Zagallo Zhu Rongji gcreptile Toast WEP Joe Moneypenny Liz Lemon YorkshireBanker CaptainChorizo msc Funeralopolis Book A - Andrea Gibson A - Anouk Aimée A Anouk Aimée aAlberto Fujimori A- Rachel Ames A Sergio Aragones A Alexandre Do Nascimento A – Adrian Sutton A - Francesco Amadori A – Tore Aleksandersen B - Rob Burrow B - Brigitte Bardot B Barbara Bain b Barrie,Amanda B- Ruth Buzzi BBenjamin B. Blackburn B Rob Burrow B – Rob Burrow B - Franz Beckenbauer B – Franz Beckenbauer C - Graham Caveney C - Clem Cattini C Claude Cohen-Tannoudji cChow Chung C- Jimmy Carter C Dick Clark C Simon Cowell(Wildlife) C – Charlie Bird C - Jimmy Carter C – Jimmy Carter D - Joe Doering D - David Attenborough D Douglas Durst d Dohnerty,Shannon D- Dianne Feinstein D Phyllis Dalton D Shannon Doherty D – Dikembe Mutombo D - Shannen Doherty D – Shannen Doherty E - Amy Ettinger E - Eugenia Cooney E Elliott Erwitt e Ekland,Britt E- Edith Eger E Edna O'Brien E Esther Rantzen E – Esther Rantzen E - Emilio Fede E – Esther Rantzen F - Frank Field F - Frank Field F Frank Field f Flack,Roberta F- Frank Field F Ninette Finch F Frank Field F – Frank Field F - Roberta Flack F – Frank Field G - Roland Griffiths G - Julie Goodyear G Gustavo Gutiérrez g Genichiro Tenryu G- Glynis Johns G Mitzi Gaynor G Graham Caveney G – Graham Caveney G - Glynis Johns G – David Graham H - Rick "Black Bart" Harris H - Alwen Hughes H Henry Hu h Hussein,Warris H- Jack Hanna H Dick Hyman H Pat Heywood H – Heath Streak H - Heath Streak H – Heath Streak - died I - Jonnie Irwin I - Jonnie Irwin I Ion Iliescu i Irwin,Jonnie I- Jonnie Irwin IDafydd Iwan I Ion Illesecu I – Jonnie Irwin I - Ion Iliescu I – Ion Iliescu J - Johnny Ruffo J - Jasper Johns J Jennifer Johnston j Justa Minx (Twitch Streamer) J- James Carter Cathcart JGwyneth Jones J Jonnie Irwin J – Jimmy Carter J - Jonnie Irwin J – Jonnie Irwin K - Kirsty Smitten K - Kris Kristofferson K Kenneth Kitchen kKamini Kaushal K- Henry Kissinger KKatharine, Duch. of Kent K Bobby Knight K – Kat Bjelland K - Bob Knight K - Henry Kissinger L - Jeanette Lee L - Lucy Letby L Lisa Lu l Lisa Lu L- Leontyne Price LPhyllida Law L Larisa Latynina L – Linda Nolan L - Jeanette Lee L – Linda Nolan M - Dikembe Mutombo M - Michael Morpurgo M Mildred Miller m Marcos,Imelda M- Steve McMichael MDick McTaggart M Shane MacGowan M – Steve McMichael M - Steve McMichael M – Steve McMichael N - Linda Nolan N - Linda Nolan N Nancy Norman n Norton,Jim (Irish actor) N- Linda Nolan NLinda Nolan N Linda Nolan N – Nick Anderton N - Linda Nolan N – Nigel Starmer-Smith O - Seiji Ozawa O - Yoko Ono O Owen Oyston o Ono,Jiro O- Sandra Day O’Connor O Nancy Olson O Oscar Wyatt O – Nick Owen O - Seiji Ozawa O – Yoko Ono P - John Pender P - Priscilla Pointer P Pierre Perret p Pan,Rebecca P- Larry Pressler PVivian Pickles P Larry Pressler P – Patrick Murray P - Isabel Peron P – Joan Plowright Q - Qapik Attagutsiak Q - Quincy Jones (b1933) Q Qian Qihu q Queen Ratna of Nepal Q- Quincy Jones Q Queen Margarethe II of Den. 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Furs) Martti Ahtisaari A-Aaron Neville A Iris Apfel Paul Auster A Antonia Fraser A - Alice Munro A –Anouk Aimée A – Nick Anderton bud anderson (WW2 ace) B- Brigitte Bardot Biddy Baxter B-Mangosuthu Buthelezi (AEIOU) B Alan Bennett Burrell, Theo B Carlos Bilardo B - Brigitte Bardot B – Ruschell Boone B – Harold Becker barbara barrie C- James Carter Cathcart Duncan Campbell C-Chevy Chase C Bobby Charlton Cowell, Simon (wildlife) C Bobby Charlton C - Graham Caveney C-Claudia Cardinale C – Arthur Cohn jimmy carter D- Shannen Doherty Robert Duvall D-Shannen Doherty D Caren Marsh Doll Doherty, Shannen DBas de Gaay Fortman D -Alex Delvecchio D – Michel Drucker D – Phyllis Dalton derek draper E- James Earl Jones Farokh Engineer E-Paul R. Ehrlich E Ethel Kennedy Esther Rantzen E Lily Ebert E - Amy Ettinger E - Felipe A. Esquivel E – Daniel J. 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Kennedy XXavier Di Petta X - Xuxa X – Wang Xiji (engineer) X – Gao Xingjian xaviera hollander Y- Yoko Ono Angus Young Y-Yorvit Torrealba Y Chen-Ning Yang Yarborough, Cale Y Ysanne Churchman Y - Arnold Yarrow Y –Tu You You Y – Cale Yarborough arnold yarrow Z- Mario Zagallo Dino Zoff Z-Zubin Mehta Z Zagallo Zoleka Mandela Z Zoya Boguslavskaya Z - Zoleka Mandela Z - Zvi Zamir Z – Mário Zagallo khaleda zia

Extremely timely, but maybe only one point short????

tol - thank you for your interest. Yes, I plan on having a 23-24 edition. I will be starting a new thread in the next week or so, and plan to start accepting entries once I put this one to bed Aug 11. Look for a deadline to submit of Aug 31. Pool will run for the 12 months following, with only a few minor tweaks which I hope will improve the game. This one is quite exciting!

I see he did die the same day you submitted your team. But I doubt you would have included him if you'd known he was dead, at the risk of a controversy. So, your word that it was just a lucky coincidence is good in my book. I will start posting teams and scores after the game closes for entries, early August at the latest.

I did provide an example, but the example followed the rules set forth. So there were rules AND an example. Not quite sure what you did, Sir C . . . Herb Alpert might be a restaurant owner, but I know him as a trumpeter and leader of the Tijuana Brass (er, musician). Looks like you spent some time on this, which is great, but everyone else is on the right track and you took a hard left at Zorbat station . . . .I have tried to clarify my opening rules to keep others from leaving the tracks. I like your effort here, but I know that if we went with wide open categories we would end up with many names outside the realm of what I consider legitimate celebrities/known figures. Maybe a future game!

Here is another issue. Due to the linking of all names submitted in a tic tac toe grid, replacing a name that dies before the game starts in not a simple feat. It will likely require a re-structuring of part or all of an entry. So I am proposing a start date for this game of July 7, on which day scoring will commence. Entries are not due at this time, but teams will be active once posted, so that early entrants do not have to restructure their whole entries as we accumulate hits throughout July. I suppose this is a bit of incentive not to wait until the last minute to submit.

Now that we have an entry, I will post mine as well. This is an acceptable format: jacques delors/bobby shantz/dick van dyke/1925 (sub in mahathir mohamad) henry kissinger/harrison schmitt/hal linden/H jimmy carter/robert solow/eva marie saint/1924 politicians/ s /actors I didn't think this was likely, but only a few entries in and already there is a redundancy conflict. After posting my team, I went to my PM and found that another player had submitted the same trio I used for politicians! Eff me! So I am swapping out jacques delors for mahathir mohamad. I was lucky to find another name to fit both categories on short notice, and not have to restructure my whole grid. Carry on . . . . .

I have made it 8 categories because I fully intended for writers/authors/journalists to be there. Also, royalty and politicians fall under the world leaders category, which I have amended above to label "politicians" instead of political leaders. I am going to keep the categories at 8 because part of the design of this pool is to be creative within the restrictions of the categories. I don't want so much leeway that we include the very marginally famous (or totally nonfamous), because they have a cancer blog or are a relative of someone who . . . . . blah blah etc. Maybe we can expand things if there are future editions. Let's see how this goes for now.

Done. Sorry I missed them. Includes journalists and authors and newspeople. Meant for it to be there when I was thinking up categories.

Derek Martin Biddy Baxter Dianne Feinstein 1933 Joss Ackland James L Buckley Jacques Delors J Perhaps Doreen Mantle Stanley Baxter Valdas Adamkus 1926 actors B politicians Joan Plowright Milan Kundera Leroy Van Dyke 1929 Joyce Randolph Joe Kinnear John Farnham J MariNisia M Emmet Walsh Sandy Koufax Steve Lawrence 1935 actors K musicians Amanda Barrie Try Sutrisno Jose Mujica 1935 Phyllida Law Prunela Scales Paul Biya P Commtech Sio Bibble Joanne Woodward George Soros Douglas Hurd 1930 actors S politicians Quincy Jones Yoko Ono Michael Heseltine 1933 Torben Ulrich Tom Oliver Terence Higgins T time Richard Bonynge Edna O'Brien James Baker 1930 musicians O politicians Jimmy Carter Dub Jones Edward Field 1924 Dianne Feinstein Derek Jacob David Ferry D diego Jean Marie Le Pen Tom Jones William Kennedy 1928 politicians J authors Margaret Kerry Frank Gehry Violetta Chamorro 1929 Rob Burrow Roger Guillemin Robert Nixon R ladyfiona Carl Erskine Helen Gallagher Valda Adamkus 1926 athletes G politicians Newt Gingrich Jane Rossington Fred Schmidt 1943 Evo Morales Esther Rantzen Eugen Ekman E Gooseberry Crumble Roy Beggs Robert Redford Roy Emerson 1936 politicians R athletes Henri Pescarolo John Blaha Brian Wilson 1942 Jack Nicklaus Jerry Bruckheimer Johnny Mathis J TheSpinosaurus George Eastham Brian Blessed Kris Kristofferson 1936 athletes B musicians Mahathir Mohamad Bobby Shantz Dick Van Dyke 1925 Henry Kissinger Harrison Schmitt Hal Linden H Wormfarmer Jimmy Carter Robert Solow Eva Marie Saint 1924 politicians S actors Henry Kissinger Bob Barker Glynis Johns 1923 Song Ping Stanley Baxter Shannen Doherty S polar duck Jacques Delors b.'25 Alan Bergman b. '25 June Lockhart b. '25 1924 politicians B actors Barbara Knox Mike Stoller Yuri Oganessian 1933 John Woodvine June Spencer James Watson J Bibliogryphon Virginia Mckenna William Shatner Roger Penrose 1931 actors S scientists Glynis Johns Bob Barker Henry Kissinger 1923 Joanne Woodward James Bolam Jimmy Carter J Buffalo Phil David Graham Andras Biro Jacques Delors 1925 actors B politicians Dianne Feinstein Barrie Chase Yoko Ono 1933 Sir Patrick Duffy Bruce Dern Bruce Dickinson D Dying Probably James L Buckley Bob Barker Silvia Infantas 1923 politicians B musicians David Attenborough Roger Corman Doreen Mantle 1926 Roger Penrose Rosalynn Carter Ryan O'Neal R Toast Torsten Wiesel Jimmy Carter William Russell 1924 scientists C actors

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Tic-Tac-Toe Tag. We have 14 players, as it looks like I scared off Sir Creep with my overly restrictive categories and he never resubmitted a team. Find the active rosters below. Scoring commenced in mid July. It looks like Politicians were the most popular category, with 10 teams selecting them as a trio, followed by actors, with 8. Six of the 7 categories were chosen at least once, leaving only religious figures out in the wind. The letter J was the most chosen first name (5 times), and B was the most popular surname, with 4 takers. I just discovered that Dying Probably swapped the row/columns for first/last names, but I don't see any harm nor advantage, and since I missed it when posting the teams, it will stand. For year of birth trios, 1924 and 1933 led the way with 4 picks each. The youngest trio chosen was born in 1943, and the oldest in 1923, making them centenarians this year. I think it's a very interesting set of entries and we'll see how the scoring plays out. First to hit 30 wins! Good luck and I'll be back to update scoring at least once a month or as needed. Perhaps 22 - 5 hits + diagonal trio (toe) + horizontal trio (tac) Buffalo Phil 11 Polar Duck 11 MariNisia 5 Dying Probably 3 Toast 3 Diego 3 Wormfarmer 2 ladyfiona 2 Time 1 MariNisia hits again with Joe Kinnear, giving her only 5 total points but putting her in the interesting position of scoring at least one, or possibly two, trios with any of the 4 names remaining in her grid. I'd say she's in a good spot! But . . . still a hit with Adamkus or Martin will give Perhaps the win!

IA bit slow on the uptake. I was called out on this in the past, so I spoke without proper cogitation.....

Here it is again.....why does anyone give a hoot what someone elses like content is? Is this a competitive thing? Are there prizes getting handed out for this? I like that "likes" can be used to express support for an idea without adding pages of entries to a thread, that the rest of us have to scroll through. What is the problem here, people?

Doddie Weir died in November, which would give me 140 points and a total of 1260. I would move up 2 places on the board, but still a miserable performance by all weights and measures. I love this format, but still suck at it. New strategy in mind for next year. Mark my words: I will improve!!!

Is there any limit to the number of hits you can get in a span of 5 days? Then I'll add Al Jaffee to my growing list.

I will piggyback along with BP's hit named above and add a shout for Ben Ferencs' death (April 7) to be added to both our scores. Hey, nice choices, BP! -WF

Anyone else share the hit for Augie Nieto with me?