Bibliogryphon

I got Foxglove Summer for Christmas

Another last throw of the dice for my team

Scoreboard with 5 Days on the clock. Book: 26 Bibliogryphon: 22 Death Impends: 16 Sean: 9 FixedBusiness: 6 Young Willz: 4 Torva Messor: 3 Squonk: 2 chilean way: 1 Joey Russ: 1 Lafaucheuse: 1 Yvonne: 1

George Blake: Soviet Cold War spy and former MI6 officer dies in Russia - BBC News Congratulations to Death Impends it looks like this game has not finished yet

Someone did have George Blake

He's making a list, he's checking it twice...... .......everyone on this forum in December

She wasn't born in 1920.

4th January

You had me searching just in case I had missed something.

To make this easier on you I have done a trawal and I think there are 20 names. 1. Norma Barzman. 2. Eileen Bennett. 3. Gottfried Bohm. 4. Clarissa Eden 5. Ben Ferencz. 6. Edmond H. Fischer 7. Ann Fortune Fitzroy 8. Loretta Ford. 9. Anna Halprin. 10. Gail Halvorsen. 11. Mollie Lentaigne. 12. Dominique Marcas 13. Captain Tom Moore 14. Laurent Noel 15. Bill Pitman 16. Michael Shaw 17. George Shultz 18. Neal Edward Smith 19. Paula Stafford 20. Arnold Yarrow To avoid people hanging about at midnight on NYE I will say that as a prize for their sterling playing of the 20/20 game (assuming they are still winning in 8 days time) then @Book will get the first pick. Once Book has made their selection then it will be a free for all. If anyone thinks I have missed someone let me know. Merry Christmas

Joanne Harris has been tweeting about her breast cancer diagnosis but it seems it has been caught early and she is getting treatment

You may have seen I have launched 20/20 +1 in another thread but there will be one last game to play on here before the thread fades into obscurity. After Book is declared a winner players can pick any person who has been previously picked for the year 1920 that they think will survive the longest and the last one standing wins the game. Picks not made till Jan 1st and it is first come first served. There are only a few names.

The Scoreboard Annami - 9 MariNisa - 6 Chilean Way - 6 Captain Chorizo - 5 Death Impends - 3 Bibliogryphon - 3 Yvonne - 3 Daniel-san - 2 WEP - 2 Book - 1 The Old Crem -1 Hits 1. Tommy Lasorda (08.01) cc 2. Peter Mark Richman (15.01) bk 3. Cloris Leachman (27.01) an 4. Cicely Tyson (29.01) an 5. Carlos Menem (14.02) cc 6. Martha Stewart (17.02) oc 7. Bobby Brown (25.03) cc 8. Hans Kung (06.04) di 9. Prince Phillip (09.04) an 10. Tempest Storm (20.04) an 11. Humberto Maturana (06.05) cw 12. Eric Carle (25.05) bg 13. Kenneth Kaunda (17.06) yv 14. Dilip Kumar (07.07) an 15. P.K. Warrier (10.07) an 16. Edwin Edwards (12.07) cc 17. Jane Withers (08.08) an 18. Eduardo Martínez Somalo (10.08) cw 19. Patricia Hitchcock (10.08) mn 20. Ed Asner (29.08) mn 21. Mikis Theodorakis (02.09) ds 22. Michael Constantine (09.09) ds 23. Anthony Hewish (13.09) cw 24. Jane Powell (16.09) cw 25. Sue Thompson (23.09) di 26. Jorge Medina (03.10) cw 27. Budge Patty (08.10) yv 28. Kenneth Casanega (15.10) mn 29. Betty Lynn (17.10) di 30. Denise Bryer (18.10) bg 31. Alf Patrick (2.11) mn 32. Clifford Rose (6.11) bg 33. Kirsi Kunnas (8.11) mn 34. Amalia Aguilar (8.11) cc 35. Etel Adnan (14.11) wp 36. Bob Dole (05.12) an 37. Lina Wertmüller (09.12) wp 38. Cara Williams (12.12) yv 39. Lucia Hiriart (16.12) mn 40. Sally Ann Howes (19.12) cw 41. Betty White (30.12) an

Just saw he was trending on Twitter and followed the link. Not wading through the whole article but don't want another CMJ situation

I think he referring to Wee Jimmie Krankie

Does the winner get a vaccine?

Vic Marks has given up his Guardian column and I presume TMS.

Hope you all enjoyed Christmas at Warwick Castle on Channel 4

Nice. This one only cost me 50p

Just finished Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch. This is the fourth book in the Rivers of London series. These are very light reads and breeze along really well but this is not a stand alone novel. You need to understand the cast of characters from the previous books and he is more interested in the bigger picture plot than the story he tells i this book. I got the impression that the ending was rushed to fit within a page count and so he could get to his big reveal. However I do need the next one now

1. James Lovelock 2. Brian Urquart 3. Ronald Atkins 4. George Shultz 5. Clarissa Eden 6. June Spencer 7. Marsha Hunt 8. Beverly Cleary 9. Ray Lawler 10. Norman Lloyd 11. Boris Pahor 12. Daisy Loongkoonan 13. Josip Manolic 14. Arnold Yarrow 15. Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I had picked her for my Hares team next year.

Margaret Tebbit is my 10th hit

Toughie. He did not get a BBC Obit (See rules on page 1) but did get an NYT one. As no obit was published and claimed a new round did not technically start. Both Book and Myself have skin in the game on this ruling so I think we should appeal to @Sean for a game runner opinion. I will loosen the obit rules for the 20/20 + 1 game.

Scoreboard with 11 Days on the clock. Book: 26 Bibliogryphon: 22 Death Impends: 15 Sean: 9 FixedBusiness: 6 Young Willz: 4 Torva Messor: 3 Squonk: 2 chilean way: 1 Joey Russ: 1 Lafaucheuse: 1 Yvonne: 1