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Congrats drol, a well deserved victory! Bringing down an immortal seemed like a Herculean task but for you it was super easy, barely an inconvenience!

I'll take Jayapataki Swami

News flash in the Netherlands: Dick Schoof (67) is the intended candidate of the incoming coalition to become prime minister. He has been secretary-general of the Ministry of Justice and Security since 2020. Schoof hasn't been active in politics up until this point and is not a member of a political party, but has been a longtime civil servant. In the last decade, he was National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism, 2013-2018 and Director-General of the General Intelligence and Security Service, 2018-2020. In the coming weeks, he'll select people for his cabinet (of course working together with the coalition leaders), the new cabinet is expected to be sworn in in the first week of July. A case of "I've heard the name, know the face, he usually doesn't come across as an idiot but I don't know what I can expect from him as a prime minister".

28/05/2024 88 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 86 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 80 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 62 Owl City — Fireflies 61 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 55 Cee Lo Green — Forget You -6 24 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) +4 22 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes

27/05/24 92 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 83 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 76 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 64 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 58 Cee Lo Green — Forget You -6 57 Owl City — Fireflies 42 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) +4 33 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 09 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 06 Taio Cruz — Dynamite

26/05/2024 84 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 81 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 76 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 65 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 56 Cee Lo Green — Forget You -3 47 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) +4 47 Owl City — Fireflies 46 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 27 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 19 Taio Cruz — Dynamite -3 08 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag

Thanks for hosting this game @diego! Zhu Rongji please. The (eventual) end of this game will mean there are no living former state leaders born in the 1920's.

Still doing better than at the start of 2024 when he was dead.

24/05/2024 85 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 73 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 72 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 57 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 53 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 48 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) +4 46 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes -1 46 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag -4 39 Owl City — Fireflies 30 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 26 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight -1 25 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 24 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 07 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You

Fanny Blankers-Koen was indeed a very notable Dutch olympian. The recently deceased Sjoukje Dijkstra (gold and silver medals in 1960 and 1964 figure skating) was also quite notable. Due to recency bias, I know loads of olympians from the last couple of decades, not that much from before. I've made a short list below of notable Dutch olympians for the summer and winter olympics before 2000, sorted by their year of debut and which games they took part in. Most of them won at least one gold medal in their respective sports, and took part in individual sports. Summer Olympics - Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918-2004) 1936, 1948, 1952 Track and field athlete who won four gold medals in the 1948 games; her being a mother and 30 years old earned her the nickname "The Flying Housewife". - Erica Terpstra (1943) 1960, 1964 Swimmer who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1964 games in Japan. Later became a politician: a member of the house of representatives from 1977 onwards, and state secretary between 1994-1998. She later presented a travel programme, Erica op Reis. - Anton Geesink (1934-2010) 1964 Judoka who won the final in the open weight competition in 1964, the first year in which judo was an Olympic sport. - Ada Kok (1947) 1964, 1968 Swimmer who won two silver medals in 1964, and a gold medal in 1968. She was internationally known as one of the best in the butterfly stroke. - Joop Zoetemelk (1946) 1968 Racing cyclist who won gold in 1968, later in his career would win the 1980 Tour de France. - Anky van Grunsven (1968) 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Equestrian who competed in the dressage in all six games between 1992 and 2012, winning three gold medals, five silver ones and one bronze medal. Anky is the most famous equestrian in our country, and her two winning horses (Bonfire and Salinero) even got statues in her village after they passed away. Winter Olympics - Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942-2024) 1960, 1964 Figure skater who won a silver medal in 1960 and a gold medal in 1964. She was the first Dutch athlete to win a Winter Olympics gold medal. - Yvonne van Gennip (1964) 1984, 1988, 1992 Speed skater who won three gold medals in 1988, after injuring her foot and needing surgery less than two months before the games. - Marianne Timmer (1974) 1998, 2002, 2006 Speed skater who won three gold medals, the first two in 1998 and the last one in 2006.

He even misspelled it as the link clearly shows his name as "Bastiaan Poortenaar". On a completely unrelated note, as a Dutchman I never heard of him either before I opened this thread.

23/05/24  83 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 71 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 70 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 54 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 53 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) +2 51 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 44 Jessie J ft. B. O .B — Price Tag 39 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 38 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 37 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 35 Owl City — Fireflies 25 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 23 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 18 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +2 15 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 14 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out -6

5/22/2024 87 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 70 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 67 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 52 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 52 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 46 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 44 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 40 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 38 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 38 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 33 Owl City — Fireflies 28 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out -3 26 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 24 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 23 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +4 21 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me -3 13 Iyaz — Replay

It looks like it will be a political experiment: PVV (Wilders), VVD, NSC and BBB have finished their talks for a coalition; their factions in parliament are reading the agreement as we speak and can suggest amendments, after that we'll probably get a government again... But who exactly that will be, is still the question. All four party leaders have said they will stay in parliament, while former coalition talks moderator Ronald Plasterk (66) has been rumoured to become Prime Minister. He is a member of the Labour party (PvdA) but has steered to the right of his party in columns during the last couple of years. If he becomes PM, he'll probably have to leave the PvdA. Other people who might join the cabinet at the moment are Fleur Agema (PVV), Mona Keijzer (BBB) and Sophie Hermans (VVD). Doesn't look like the cabinet will be filled with the brightest bunch of political talent in the Netherlands, but we're gonna have to wait and see.

Ofcourse, we don't know what has occured and the investigation is still ongoing, but the way in which this had been handled by the EBU could at the least be called very poor. A cancelled performance on friday, not a single clear statement by the organisation for half a day, resulting in endless speculation about Joost Klein and what might have happened. As a dutchman, I could ofcourse be seen as partial; I like Europapa as it is a happy, nostalgic and emotional song, as well as totally different than all of our post-Duncan Laurence entries. I am however trying to look impartially at the whole affair. If the alleged threatening of a member of the organisation has indeed occured, it would be quite bad and measures should be taken. But until the police has investigated the allegations and concluded there's at least any truth to it all, any action and / or punishment against the Dutch entry would be quite bluntly, a disgrace.

The Hobbit trilogy (2012-2014) Since we've got a list with actors from the Lord of the Rings trilogy who passed away, below is a similar list for Peter Jackson's the Hobbit trilogy: Sir Christopher Lee CBE CStJ (1922-2015) Saruman the White Richard Whiteside (1968-2015) Butterbur Sr.; additional roles Merv Smith (1933-2018) Tosser Grubb (extended edition) Ray Henwood (1937-2019) Old Fisherman Sir Ian Holm CBE (1931-2020) Old Bilbo Peter Vere-Jones (1939-2021) Mirkwood Spiders (voice) Sir Anthony Sher KBE (1949-2021) Thráin II (extended edition) Barry Humphries AC CBE (1934-2023) The Great Goblin Compared to the LotR movies which ended eleven years before, there are quite a lot of deaths in the cast of the Hobbit; these were however mostly the older actors. The ten oldest members of cast for the Hobbit trilogy (whose age I could find): Sir Ian McKellen CH CBE (b. 1939) Gandalf the Grey Sir Billy Connolly CBE (b. 1942) Dáin II Ironfoot Sylvester McCoy (b. 1943) Radagast the Brown Joan Dawe (b. 1944) Hobbit; Laketown Refugee Jeffrey Thomas (b. 1945) Thrór John Callen (b. 1946) Óin Ken Stott (b. 1954) Balin Kiran Shah (b. 1956) Goblin Scribe Stephen Fry (b. 1957) Master of Lake-town Mark Hadlow ONZM (b. 1957) Dori / Bert the Troll

9/5/24 56 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 46 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 45 Adele — Someone Like You 31 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 26 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 26 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 24 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 24 Iyaz — Replay 24 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 24 Bruno Mars — Grenade 24 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 24 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 24 Owl City — Fireflies +2 24 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +2 23 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 Kesha — We R Who We R 22 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 22 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 22 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 22 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) 22 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 21 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 21 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 21 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 21 The Wanted — Glad You Came 21 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 21 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Diana Vickers — Once 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Little Mix — Cannonball 20 The Wanted — All Time Low 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 20 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 Nero — Promises 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 16 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 16 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem 15 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go -2 15 Jason Derulo — In My Head -2 15 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna -2 14 Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song 11 Ne-Yo — Beautiful Monster 08 Cheryl Cole — Promise This 06 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - On The Floor

I've found some additional actors who portrayed minor characters in the trilogy: Michael Elsworth (b. 1932, IMDb) Gondorian Archivist / Cirdan the Shipwright Peter Corrigan (b. 1950, IMDb) Otho Sackville Peter McKenzie (1943–2023?, IMDb) Elendil - He married Deirdre Tarrant CNZM (b. 1946, wiki) in 1971 (McKenzie is named as Peter Leo McKenzie). Their son is Bret McKenzie (b. 1976, wiki), who portrayed an elf in Rivendell / Figwit in the original trilogy. - I've found a possible match: an obituary from the New Zealand Herald for Peter Leo McKenzie, who passed away on September 9, 2023 in Melbourne "in his eightieth year". One commenter below references his role as Elendil and states "We enjoyed time together on Lord Of The Rings". Edit: there's a Find A Grave page for him, is birthdate is given as August 10, 1943. Bruce Allpress (1930–2020, IMDb) Aldor; an elderly man from Rohan. He accidentaly fires his bow at the start of the Battle of Helm's Deep before the command is given, resulting in the first fatality of the battle.

Barry Humphries performed motion capture for and voiced the Goblin King in An Unexpected Journey (2012).

Noooo he was a great actor. I first saw him as King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy where he had a great on screen presence. RIP Bernard Hill. Theoden's speech at 0:55.

5/3/2024 52 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 37 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 31 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight -6 28 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. +4 14 Coldplay — In My Place

On what used to be Queen's Day (30 April), Princess Beatrix released four hedgehogs on her home grounds, Drakensteyn Castle. She looks her age (86) but seems to have no trouble walking through the forest. Mentally seems to be all there as well. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6YWB6eNPrz/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

1. Jimmy Carter 2. Sven-Gorän Eriksson 3. José Mujica 4. Steve McMichael 5. Frank Caprio 6. Ethel Kennedy 7. Noam Chomsky 8. Jim Lovell 9. Rob Burrow 10. Alberto Fujimori 11. Esther Rantzen 12. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent 13. Pope Francis 14. Gene Hackman 15. Kitty Dukakis 16. King Charles III 17. Mike Peters 18. Sophie Kinsella 19. Joanne Woodward 20. James Whale 21. Tippi Hedren Sub: Roberta Flack, Linda Nolan, Mitch McConnell

Same here, José Mujica as my third sub please.

I also love his move to Sauber, hopefully they'll be able to challenge the top teams from 2026 on. Hülkenberg getting on the podium after all those years could become a reality! - Sainz would be the most likely candidate for the second seat, I'd say both Bottas and Zhou are gone after next year. Until this news I was sure Bearman would come in at Haas at the cost of Magnussen, after Nico's departure I'd say Kevin is safe for next year. The Schumacher/Mazepin combo has surely shown the team management that they need one experienced driver to develop the car instead of wrecking it every second race. Re: Newey, I got the feeling he'll be joining Aston Martin; but anything could happen right now.