Bibliogryphon

Doesn't even bring up any new ways of winning but congrats to @Toast & @DeathByArsenic who both score. It is da's second hit which means everyone has at least two hits apart from @YorkshireBanker who is yet to score

Three remaining members of Genesis sell their group and solo back catalogue. This might be a way for PC to simplify the division of his estate. Cold hard cash is easier to split between the large number of potential claimants rather than intellectual property

Yuri Zaitisev Russian Gold medal weightlifter (Montreal 1976) dead at 71 (Not a Scavenger Hunt Pick)

Which is about 80 in non-rapper years

Looking at these figures and not seeing a rise in the votes for the smaller parties suggest to me that this really is a case of people realising that to get rid of the Tories a Labour government is the only practical alternative. However local polling particularly in places where the LDs are in second place could reveal different results

Five Oldest Game finishers - Top Four are all Olympians Vasily Borisov (b.1922) Gordy Giovenelli (b.1925) Irene Camber (b. 12.02.26) Bob Richards (b.20.02.26) James Mackay (b.1927) Distribution of winning hits between Categories Star Trek 12 Baseball 10 Pulitzers 10 Olympians 15 UK Cabinet 27

He will obit for certain but he is one for those game players not the main DL

I had to Google Rosey Grier and I am none the wiser May be too US centric for the DL

@msc moved into a winning position on 11th October last year after Bob Herron died. Will this game end less than a year after that milestone?

New out list after Louise Fletcher 1. John Aniston (ro) 2. Lou Antonio (cc) 3. Oded Balilty (da) 4. Jacqui Banaszynski (da) 5. Sal Bando (ch) 6. Tony Blair (ar) 7. Walt Bogdanich (ch) 8. Vasily Borisov (to) 9. Peter Brooke (ph) 10. Gordon Brown (cw) 11. Irene Camber (to) 12. Kenneth Clarke (ro) 13. Nick Clegg (ch) 14. Donald L. Coburn (ar) 15. Dave Concepcion (ch) 16. Bud Daley (to) 17. James Darren (ar) 18. Maureen Dowd (ch) 19. Charlie Falconer (cw) 20. Norman Fowler (ro) 21. Tom Gayford (ro) 22. Gordy Giovenelli (to) 23. Halina Gorecka (da) 24. Judy Grinham (ti) 25. John Gummer (ti) 26. Harriet Harmen (da) 27. Roy Hattersley (ro) 28. Spencer Haywood (ch) 29. Marianna Hill (ch) 30. Douglas Hurd (ro) 31. Margaret Jay (cc) 32. Micheal Jopling (ba) 33. Jackie Joyse-Kerse (ch) 34. Olga Korbut (ch) 35. Nancy Kovack (da) 36. Tony Kubek (ar) 37. Vern Law (cc) 38. Nigel Lawson (sp) 39. James Mackay (bp) 40. Jean Claude Magnan (da) 41. John Major (ar) 42. Ken McMullen (ar) 43. John McPhee (cc) 44. Joanna Miles (ti) 45. John Morris (bp) 46. Siddhartha Mukerjee (ch) 47. Koji Murofushi (to) 48. Julie Newmar (ph) 49. Marsh Norman (ar) 50. John Nott (ph) 51. Ethan Phillips (ch) 52. Franco de Piccoli (ti) 53. Horacio Pina (da) 54. Michael Portillo (ch) 55. Boog Powell (ch) 56. John Prescott (cw/sp) 57. Jeff Reardon (da) 58. Daniel Revenu (da) 59. Bob Richards (to) 60. Bob Robertson (ar) 61. Andrew Robinson (ar) 62. Marilynne Robinson (da) 63. Bill Rodgers (bp) 64. Janet Royall (da) 65. Gillian Shepard (cw) 66. James Sikking (to) 67. Chris Smith (da) 68. Jack Straw (da) 69. Carel Struycken (ar) 70. Norman Tebbit (ro) 71. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (ti) 72. Osamu Watanabe (ch) 73. George Young (ar) 74. Anthony Zerbe (ro)

Twitter is full of unsubstantiated rumours about flights and trains being suddenly cancelled across China and that Xi Jinping has been placed under house arrest following a military coup. All seems to be coming from Indian sources with no journalistic confirmation.

Louise Fletcher is @Toast second unique hit but she only has one other unique so James Sikking will be added to all her Olympians as possible winning hits. I think to win with your only three uniques would be a remarkable achievement.

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Mrs Biblio thinks they are fantastic

Fair enough I will reluctantly go for Billie Elish instead

Princess Aiko of Japan

Really would need a unique to churn the pot

Edward is the oldest surviving descendant of George V. The first 62 of the current line of succession are all descendants of George V The next person in line 63rd is David, Duke of Fife (b.1961) who is descended from George V's sister Louise. Harald V (b.1937) is descended from his only other sister to have issue Maud, who married Prince Carl of Denmark who eventually became King Haakon VII of Norway in 1905. The only people who are older than Charles in that first group of 62 are Edward, Duke of Kent (b.1935) 40th in line Princess Alexandria (b. 1936) 56th in line Prince Michael of Kent (b.1942) 51st in line Richard, Duke of Gloucester (b.1944) 30th in line

Twelve players now have one hit. No-one has two yet

Updating the list of ending picks to include all of @Captain Hemlock unique picks - There are 14 This list is now longer than any individual category It can't go on much longer 1. John Aniston (ro) 2. Lou Antonio (cc) 3. Oded Balilty (da) 4. Jacqui Banaszynski (da) 5. Sal Bando (ch) 6. Tony Blair (ar) 7. Walt Bogdanich (ch) 8. Vasily Borisov (to) 9. Peter Brooke (ph) 10. Gordon Brown (cw) 11. Irene Camber (to) 12. Kenneth Clarke (ro) 13. Nick Clegg (ch) 14. Donald L. Coburn (ar) 15. Dave Concepcion (ch) 16. James Darren (ar) 17. Maureen Dowd (ch) 18. Charlie Falconer (cw) 19. Norman Fowler (ro) 20. Tom Gayford (ro) 21. Gordy Giovenelli (to) 22. Halina Gorecka (da) 23. Judy Grinham (ti) 24. John Gummer (ti) 25. Harriet Harmen (da) 26. Roy Hattersley (ro) 27. Spencer Haywood (ch) 28. Marianna Hill (ch) 29. Douglas Hurd (ro) 30. Margaret Jay (cc) 31. Micheal Jopling (ba) 32. Jackie Joyse-Kerse (ch) 33. Olga Korbut (ch) 34. Nancy Kovack (da) 35. Tony Kubek (ar) 36. Vern Law (cc) 37. Nigel Lawson (sp) 38. James Mackay (bp) 39. Jean Claude Magnan (da) 40. John Major (ar) 41. Ken McMullen (ar) 42. John McPhee (cc) 43. Joanna Miles (ti) 44. John Morris (bp) 45. Siddhartha Mukerjee (ch) 46. Koji Murofushi (to) 47. Julie Newmar (ph) 48. Marsh Norman (ar) 49. John Nott (ph) 50. Ethan Phillips (ch) 51. Franco de Piccoli (ti) 52. Horacio Pina (da) 53. Michael Portillo (ch) 54. Boog Powell (ch) 55. John Prescott (cw/sp) 56. Jeff Reardon (da) 57. Daniel Revenu (da) 58. Bob Richards (to) 59. Bob Robertson (ar) 60. Andrew Robinson (ar) 61. Marilynne Robinson (da) 62. Bill Rodgers (bp) 63. Janet Royall (da) 64. Gillian Shepard (cw) 65. Chris Smith (da) 66. Jack Straw (da) 67. Carel Struycken (ar) 68. Norman Tebbit (ro) 69. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (ti) 70. Osamu Watanabe (ch) 71. George Young (ar) 72. Anthony Zerbe (ro)

They did the same on Radio 4 with I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Just A Minute and eventually they settled on good hosts so I'll give each one a go but Sally has not done well so far.

Could be a shock end to the game if Nick Clegg is the winning hit!!!

Are they experimenting with different co-hosts ala Dictionary Corner? But she is awful

Congratulations that will increase the out pool by about 14 or 15 names. @gcreptile less than half the players are in a winning position but only just.

I am not so sure. She has been reclusive but that does not mean she is as ill as all that it may have been a decision not to attend whereas the Duke we all clearly saw how frail he was. Either would be good but The Duke I think just has the edge