Bibliogryphon

Fay Weldon gets me off to a quick start DL 0 Bibliogryphon 1

MariNisia can claim victory in 20/20 + 2

Congratulations to @MariNisia for a splendid victory. Those early hit set you up nicely. Now we are all back to level pegging for 2023 Scoreboard MariNisa - 8 Bibliogryphon-6 Yvonne - 5 Arghton -5 Grimgrass - 4 Summer in Transylvania - 4 Hell - 3 Chilean Way - 3 WEP - 2 Doorslammer - 2 Death Impends - 1 Lady Fiona - 1 Thanks to everyone that played and hope you enjoy 20/20+3

1. Henry Kissinger 2. Bob Barker 3. Nigel Starmer-Smith 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Tony Bennett 6. Jacques Delors 7. Norman Tebbit 8. Joanne Woodward 9. Joss Ackland (Joker) 10. Bob Newhart 11. Rolf Harris 12. Ryuichi Sakamoto 13. Nigel Lawson 14. Sonny Rollins 15. Pervez Musharraf

She was on my theme team and my shadowlist

Kayne West is also a unique in the TIME category

And now we wait....

The teams are up. This is not the free for all of Round IV where there were vast numbers of uniques I think quantity is going to be important and I think to win this on unique picks will be very very lucky (but not impossible) The number of picks in each category is Corrie - 49 Brits - 47 Oscars - 47 F1 - 48 TIME - 50 Poor old Phil Collins has been picked in 22 out of 28 teams so I hope it doesn't come down to him being a winning pick You have until 18th January to submit any challenges with evidence. I am hoping that I have not made any mistakes but it has been quite a stressful start to the new year especially as someone had both Pope Benedict and Barbara Walters in their TIME teams. Will this game wrap up in 2023 or will the next round be in 2024? Do keep an eye out for your own picks because not all of these will be front page news especially some of the smaller players in The Street and the F1 drivers from the early years

Verification is taking a little longer than expected I have completed 19 out of the 27 entries so hopefully today or tomorrow. Should speed up as the same names keep coming up Everyone who have Pope Benedict has at least got a sub to replace him with but if they have not updated me then they will be starting the game without a sub This is an educational experience

46 ABBA – The Winner Takes It All 44 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 44 Blondie – Atomic 42 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 40 The Specials – Ghost Town +1 39 The Jam – Going Underground / Dreams of Children 38 The Police – Don't Stand So Close to Me 31 The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket 30 Blondie – Call Me 29 The Specials – Too Much Too Young 28 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure 28 Adam & the Ants – Stand and Deliver 28 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming 23 The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 22 The Jam – Start! 22 Roxy Music – Jealous Guy -2 14 Olivia Newton-John & ELO – Xanadu +3 14 Dexy's Midnight Runners – Geno 13 The Human League – Don't You Want Me 13 Odyssey – Use It Up and Wear It Out 13 Detroit Spinners – Working My Way Back to You -2 12 John Lennon – Woman -2 10 M.A.S.H. – Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) 7 Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up

Peter Boross

Both culturally and politically it defines that early eighties period Would always be one to put on an anti-Tory playlisyt

Just for transparency my new sub to replace Vladimir Putin who stepped into my main team in place of Pope Benedict is Arundhati Roy

In the final analysis despite the long drought in the summer 2022 ended up being the best non-record breaking year since 2015

There is a scoreboard up on the first page. I have counted 27 teams who got their entries in before the deadline which is four more than entered last time so thank you to all returnees and welcome to all the new players @GuyFromFuture seems to have gone back there and the other three I can see who entered last time are @chilean way, @theoldlady and @YorkshireBanker Please check the list and if you have sent me a team before the deadline and not included it please let me know Just sorting out the subs for Pope Benedict and I will begin to compile the teams

51 Blondie – Atomic 48 The Specials – Ghost Town 39 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 39 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 38 ABBA – The Winner Takes It All 35 The Jam – Going Underground / Dreams of Children 31 The Police – Don't Stand So Close to Me 30 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure 29 The Specials – Too Much Too Young 27 The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket 26 Adam & the Ants – Stand and Deliver 25 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming 23 Roxy Music – Jealous Guy 22 The Jam – Start! 22 Barbra Streisand – Woman in Love 21 The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 21 Odyssey – Use It Up and Wear It Out 20 John Lennon – Woman 20 Blondie – Call Me 20 Dexy's Midnight Runners – Geno 19 Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up 15 M.A.S.H. – Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) 15 Detroit Spinners – Working My Way Back to You 11 ABBA – Super Trouper 11 The Human League – Don't You Want Me 10 Olivia Newton-John & ELO – Xanadu +4 10 John Lennon – (Just Like) Starting Over -3 4 Smokey Robinson – Being with You -3 Xanadu is ELO's only No.1. The film is a cultural touchstone just for the sheer batshit combination of over ambition and camp daftness.

Something from a long time ago that nobody is sure about

I only have myself to blame. I could have made the deadline Christmas or the middle of January

A record so bad my Dad bought it. He also bought Lena Martell.

Six of the current top 7 are on my ipod

42 The Specials – Ghost Town 42 Blondie – Atomic 37 ABBA – The winner takes it all 33 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 32 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 30 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure +1 29 The Specials – Too much, too young 27 Police – Don´t stand so close to me 27 The Jam – Going underground / Dreams of children 27 Adam & the Ants – Stand and deliver 26 Barbra Streisand – Woman in love 25 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming 24 Olivia Newton-John & ELO - Xanadu +2 23 Roxy Music – Jealous Guy 23 The Pretenders – Brass in pocket 23 The Jam – Start 22 Police – Every little thing she does is magic 22 Blondie – Call me 21 Detroit Spinners – Working my way back to you 21 Odyssey – Use it up and wear it out 20 John Lennon – Woman 20 Bucks Fizz – Making your mind up 16 Human League - Don't you want me 15 Kenny Rogers – Coward of the county 15 Dexy´s Midnight Runners – Geno 15 Fern Kinney – Together we are beautiful  15 M.A.S.H. – Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide is painless) 14 Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – It´s my party 13 John Lennon – (Just like) Starting over 13 Smokey Robinson – Being with you -3 10 ABBA – Super Trouper +1 6 Aneka – Japanese Boy 5 Julio Iglesias - Begin the Begine (Volvera empezar) - 3

I have got Joss Ackland

Yeah I think he will not go till number 3 or 4 when everyone has got bored voting for him

I have gone with my theory that if I have to look them up their illness trumps their limited fame so I have picked Sakamoto