Bibliogryphon

"Blood will flow, dear Padre"

82 The Sweet - Blockbuster 77 Alice Cooper - School`s Out -3 57 Nilsson – Without You 53 Suzi Quatro - Can the Can -3 41 Don McLean - Vincent 40 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 18 10CC - Rubber Bullets +4 I am not giving up without a fight. The 10cc track is clever and subversive. If I do lose out I hope their next appearance will be better appreciated

Qatar 1- 4 Ecuador England 3-1 Iran Senegal 1-2 Netherlands USA 2-3 Wales

I thought top 5 went through...

74 The Sweet – Blockbuster 72 Alice Cooper - School`s Out 57 Nilsson – Without You 45 10CC Rubber Bullets 44 Suzi Quatro – Can The Can 43 Don McLean - Vincent 38 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 10 T. Rex - Metal Guru +4 08 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize -6 07 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 

68 The Sweet – Blockbuster 66 Alice Cooper - School`s Out 55 Nilsson – Without you 47 10CC Rubber Bullets 45 Don McLean - Vincent 42 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 38. Suzi Quatro – Can the can 28 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize -6 25 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well  12 T. Rex - Metal Guru +4

There is a motorsport thread

I would prefer it if you could name a specific sport that you do not think is covered because if there is a "sport" thread then it will lead to ambiguity whether the sports that have their own threads should be double posted The one that might justify its own thread and as far as I can see is not already covered would be Track and Field athletics but this would overlap somewhat with the Summer Olympics thread

Which sports do you think would need to be included? You may find some hostility towards creating what some may consider to be unnecessary threads

There are quite a few for specific sports such as Football, Baseball, cricket, Rugby and even sailing. There is also a thread for Olympic medal winners. If you are in doubt where to put something then the Dead of 2022 for people who are actually dead or Ideas and Possibilities for people where new health information has come to light. In each case someone will soon come along and helpfully identify which thread might be most appropriate

64 The Sweet – Blockbuster  54 Alice Cooper - School’s Out -6 53 Don McLean - Vincent 53 Nilsson – Without you 49 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 46 Suzi Quatro – Can the can 46 10CC - Rubber Bullets +4 33 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 28 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well  17 T. Rex - Metal Guru  11 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough

I Wish It Could Be Christmas everyday is Wizzard but they are like the first two tracks on every single Christmas compilation album every created

Slade are very much of their time and were very popular but their songs do not have the staying power or classic status that some of the other songs that reached No.1 have. Westlife had a lot of No.1's in the 90s but I hardly ever hear them played now The exception is possible Merry X-Mas Everybody but that is not as good as I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

I was living in Cheltenham in 1992 and voted for him at my first general election. Briefly met him during the campaign and shook his hand when Paddy Ashdown came to Cheltenham for a rally. That was the election where there was a huge argument surrounding the Conservative candidate but they tried to indicate that this diminished the LD victory but it ignored the fact that they had only held the seat previously because of loyalty to the sitting MP. Most of the council seats in the town were LD

Welcome aboard diego you will need to be going some to catch @MariNisia but getting into the habit before the 2023 game starts is good practice

I believe it is on the syllabus at the University of Maryport

Oh OK my bad I am going to blame Elon Musk

DEAD!

57. The Sweet – Blockbuster 53. Don McLean - Vincent 53. Nilsson – Without you 46 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough 44 Alice Cooper – School's Out -6 44 Suzi Quatro – Can the can 42 Wizzard – See My Baby Jive 42 10CC – Rubber Bullets +4 35 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 29 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 17 T Rex - Metal Guru  9 Chicory Tip - Son of my father -3 7 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody -3

So in 2022 we have lost three original cast members of Eastenders in Leonard Fenton, June Brown and Bill Treacher - who should be worried?

David Butler is an actual hit for me here

Me too including a wildcard

So an update of the graphs to take account of the two quick hits on the list In 2020 there were still five hits to be had even though we were two hits further on at this point Most years there is at least one

Leslie Phillips is a big one here selected by three players @ThereWillBeDeaths7 @Grim Up North get a first hit but more significantly @En Passant moves into a winning position. So Lee Montague joins Lesley Parrish as a potential game ender

Previously I had said two more then no more but the two close together has given me pause for thought Went for Bob Baker narrowly above no more