Bibliogryphon

20/6/24 72 John Newman — Love Me Again 59 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 57 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 55 Rihanna — Diamonds 48 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 40 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum -2 38 Lorde — Royals -2 33 Avicii — Wake Me Up +2 32 Jessie J — Domino 27 OneRepublic — Counting Stars +2 26 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 15 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 14 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child -2 09 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 05 Coldplay — Paradise

I do not think that the result for the Tories will be below 100 seats I still think there are a lot of shy Tories out there and there is still room for a Sheffield rally size gaff from Labour but overall it feels more 1997 than 1992

This numbers seem slightly more optimistic for Reform than the Survation ones. The Independent vote in Ashfield came second to Lee Anderson when he was the Conservative candidate but there have been allegations of fraud associated with the grouping he represents so this voting block is significant.

The actual results of that are more subtle which makes this a real three way contest. Margin of error means there is no certainty either way If Farage gets in I think he will struggle as a lone backbench MP but it will be interesting to see how he approaches the Rump of the Conservative party once the dust has settled and they have picked a new leader

This will be credited in the original format so no dubbing actors

@Commtech Sio Bibble I think En Passant has got this down to a tee

Batman Movie Actors 1. Kim Basinger yb, gf 2. Jack Betts dg, mn, sc, cc, gr, af 3. Niki Botelho dg 4. Michael Caine bg, cb, ch, ol, lf, ep, bp, dg, mn, di, oc, cc, ti, ro, to, af, wa 5. Mariah Carey yb 6. Jim Carrey yb, ol 7. Ho Chow yb 8. Tom Conti kt, da 9. Robert Costanzo gr 10. Ron Dean gf 11. William Devane mn 12. Danny Devito kt 13. Hector Elizondo bp, mc, wa 14. Morgan Freeman gf, oc 15. Gal Gadot kt 16. Teri Garr ph 17. Joe Grifasi ar, gr 18. Garrick Hagon ar, ms, ti, ph 19. Ciaran Hinds da 20. Tommy Lee Jones ch, ar 21. Stacey Keach mc, ms 22. Val Kilmer bg, ol, kt, di, ro, to 23. Denis Lill gr 24. Patrick Leahy cb, sc, cc, ro 25. Elle Macpherson da 26. Colin McFarlane cb 27. Lee Merriweather bg, cb, ch, lf, ep, ph, bp, ar, mc, mn, sc, di, cc, dg, to, gr, wa 28. Michael Murphy ep, mn, da 29. Julie Newmar lf, ep, ph, ms, af, wa 30. Jack Nicholson ch, ol, bp, ar, mc, ms, oc 31. John R. Nolan ro 32. Alan Oppenheimer lf, sc 33. Rob Paulsen sc 34. Peter Renaday di, dg 35. Liza Ross ti 36. Elizabeth Sanders Kane gf, ti 37. William Shatner ms, ro 38. Ingvar Sigurrdson yb, kt 39. John Strong af 40. Peter “Navy” Tuiasosopo gf, da 41. Christopher Walken ol, oc 42. Tracey Walter mc, af 43. Burt Ward ch, oc, to 44. Jim Ward ph 45. Ken Watanabe bg 46. Billy Dee Williams bg, cb, lf, ep, bp, di, ti, to, wa 47. Biff Yeager cc

Home Nation Capped Footballers 1. Mike Bailey ph 2. Hugh Barr gf, kt, ti 3. Frank Blunstone ol, ti, wa 4. Ken Brown ch, af 5. Sue Buckett ti 6. Ollie Burton kt 7. Ian Callaghan cb 8. Gordon Cowans ro 9. Ray Crawford ol 10. Mick Cullen bp, dg, da, ro, af 11. Wyn Davies bg 12. Des Dickson kt 13. Bryan Douglas ol, lf, ar, mc, dg, wa 14. George Eastham ol, lf, ep, ar, mn, ms, oc, cc, wa 15. Mike England yb 16. Frank Haffey gf 17. Colin Harvey ch 18. Terry Hennessey yb 19. Glenn Hoddle mc 20. David Holt cc 21. Geoff Hurst bg, cb, gf 22. Pat Jennings ar 23. Barrie Jones da 24. Cliff Jones ep, bp, mn, di, ti, ro, gr 25. Tony Kay ch 26. Denis Law cb, ph, kt, mc, dg, mn, sc, di, to, gr, af, wa 27. Cyril Lea cc 28. Sue Lopez sc, oc 29. Johnny MacLeod di 30. Eddie McCreadie ep, gr 31. Billy McCullough gf, da 32. Terry McDermott to, gr 33. Colin McDonald ol, bp, dg, mn, oc, ro, af, wa 34. Roy McFarland bg 35. Peter McParland yb, lf, gf, dg, sc, af 36. Jimmy Melia ms 37. Gordon Milne di 38. Alan Mullery mc 39. Mel Nurse ms 40. Terry Paine ep, ar 41. Des Palmer lf, bp, cc 42. Sharla Passariello da 43. Alan Peacock cb 44. Jackie Plenderleith ms, cc 45. Peter Rodrigues to 46. David Sadler ph, to 47. Kenny Sansom bg, di 48. David Seaman yb 49. Peter Shilton ch, ar 50. Alex Stepney cb 51. Bobby Tambling ph 52. Derek Temple ch 53. Ian Ure mn, ti, gr 54. James Walker (NI) lf, bp, kt 55. Willie Wallace yb, ph, da 56. David Watson mc, oc, to 57. Trevor Whymark sc 58. Frank Wignall ro 59. Ron Yeats ep, sc, ms 60. Terry Yorath bg, oc

Ivor Novello Award Winners 1. Adam Ant ar 2. Joan Armatrading da 3. Shirley Bassey cb 4. Mike Batt ar 5. Brian Bennett dg 6. Biddu ar, wa 7. Don Black bg, ep, ph, bp, mc, dg, mn, cc, ro, to, af 8. Clem Cattini cb, ph 9. Eric Clapton lf 10. Petula Clark bg, mc, dg 11. Phil Collins bg, cb, ch, ol, lf, bp, sc, di, oc, gr, wa 12. Roger Cook ti 13. Phil Coulter ep, kt, mn, oc, to 14. Julie Covington gr 15. Graham Coxon yb 16. Rick Davies ch, sc 17. John Deacon bg 18. Celine Dion cb, ch, da 19. Donovan mc, to 20. Duffy yb, gf 21. George Fenton gf 22. Roberta Flack di, gr 23. Herbie Flowers ti, af 24. Barry Gibb ch, ol, ar, oc 25. Gary Glitter ol 26. Roger Greenaway lf, ph, bp, mn, di, ro, gr, af, wa 27. Ronnie Harwood wa 28. Tony Hatch bg, ep, ph, mc, dg, ms, oc, ti, ro, to 29. Josh Homme sc, ms 30. Peter Hope af 31. Engelbert Humperdinck ph 32. Elton John lf, kt 33. Holly Johnson ti 34. Tom Jones mc 35. Denis King cc, ro 36. Mica Levi yb 37. Michael J Lewis mn, cc, ro 38. Graham Lyle ms 39. Tony Macaulay lf, da 40. Paul McCartney cb, kt 41. Kylie Minogue gf 42. Van Morrison ol 43. Randy Newman cc 44. Trevor Nunn bp, ms, wa 45. Hannah Peel yb 46. B A Robertson ms 47. Tim Rice ch, ar 48. Cliff Richard gf, di 49. Leo Sayer gr 50. Francis Shaw sc 51. Labi Siffre gf, da 52. Peter Sinfield mn, sc 53. Britney Spears yb, kt 54. Tommy Steele ep, bp, di, oc, cc, to, af 55. Eric Stewart ep 56. Andy Summers ti 57. Bernie Taupin ol, da 58. Kae Tempest kt 59. Bruce Welch dg

Head of State Spouses 1. Eeva Ahtisaari gf, kt 2. Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali lf, ep, dg, gr, af 3. Lao An gr 4. Asma al-Assad cb, sc 5. Marie-Josephe Balladur to 6. Karen Olsen Beck ch 7. Queen Paola of Belgium mn, oc 8. Jill Biden ol 9. Clio Maria Bittoni cb, ar 10. Queen Camilla (UK) bg, ol 11. Ingrid Carlsson ar 12. Margaret Chant-Papandreou sc 13. Bernadette Chirac bg, ch, ep, ph, mn, di, ms, to 14. Kesang Choden af 15. Richard Davies ol 16. Tamie Fraser cb, ti 17. Imants Freibergs ar 18. Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing yb, ep, ph, bp, kt, to 19. Loi Ejercito cc 20. Nina illescu dg, da 21. Empress Michiko of Japan ep, ms 22. Lin Jiamei mc, sc, ro 23. Princess Muna of Jordan oc 24. Livia Klausova yb 25. Tellervo Koivisto gf, da 26. Aida Judith Leon gr, af, mn 27. Norma Major bg, lf, gf, ms 28. Imelda Marcos cb, lf, ep, bp, oc, ro, to 29. Dorrit Moussaieff ti 30. Yoshie Murayama yb, kt 31. Sehba Musharref ti 32. Sara Nazarbayeva kt 33. Queen Ratna of Nepal ms, af 34. Queen Sonja of Norway bg, ol, oc 35. Kovambo Nujoma yb, gf, gr 36. Isaura Nyusi da 37. Margaret Palmer yb 38. Isabel Peron ro, wa 39. Franca Pilla ph, sc, di, cc, da, ro, wa 40. Amelita Ramos bp, mc, wa 41. Lalao Ravalomanana kt, da 42. Marley Sarney cc 43. Anne Marie Vessel Schluter ti 44. Margaret Shonekan gf 45. Wu Shu-chen di 46. Irene Sorsa ar 47. Queen Sofia of Spain bg, oc, ti 48. Queen Silvia of Sweden ol 49. Queen Sikrit of Thailand ph, to 50. Geills Turner ch 51. Marita Camacho Quiros ch, lf, bp, ar, mc, dg, mn, sc, di, cc, ro, gr, af, wa 52. Viviane Wade dg, mn 53. Reuma Weizman mc 54. Marianne von Weizsacker lf 55. Naina Yeltsina cb, ch, ph, bp, di, ms, cc 56. Wang Yeping mc, wa 57. Khaleda Zia dg

Simpsons Voice Actors 1. Shohreh Aghdashloo da 2. Buzz Aldrin bg, ol, ep, bp, kt, ar, dg, sc, di, ms, ro, gr 3. Paul Anka ch 4. Judy Blume lf 5. Gary Busey kt, sc 6. Mel Brooks ch, ep, bp, mc, dg, ms, ro, af, wa 7. Dick Cavett yb, ch, gf 8. Tommy Chong cb 9. William Daniels ep, ph, dg, ms, cc, ro, gr, af, wa 10. Placido Domingo ar 11. Lena Dunham kt 12. Stephen Fry ol 13. Frank Gehry sc, ti, wa 14. Rudy Giuliani gr 15. Rosey Grier cb, ph, gr 16. Tom Hanks ol 17. Dudley R. Herschbach ph, wa 18. Werner Herzog gf, kt 19. Jasper Johns mn, sc, di, ms, af 20. James Earl Jones cb, lf, ep, ph, bp, mc, dg, mn, oc, cc, ro, to, gr 21. Julie Kavner gf 22. Stacy Keach cb 23. Tom Kite yb 24. Joe Mantegna ar 25. Andrea Martin kt 26. Johnny Mathis cc 27. Paul McCartney bg, oc 28. Rupert Murdoch ol, lf, gf, ti, to 29. Joe Namath ti 30. Sam Neill bg, oc, af 31. Willie Nelson lf, mc, to , af 32. Joyce Carol Oates mn 33. Edward James Olmos mn 34. Jessica Pare da 35. Thomas Pynchon ch, bp, cb 36. Dan Rather mc, ti 37. Sonny Rollins lf, ph, mn, di, cc, to, wa 38. Linda Ronstadt bg, bp, di, ms, oc 39. Harry Shearer yb, ep, ar 40. Sab Shimono ar, da 41. Dick Smothers to 42. Martha Stewart gf, da 43. Darryl Strawberry ch 44. George Takei oc 45. Dick Van Dyke mc, dg, ro 46. Robert Wagner sc, da 47. Rachel Weisz yb 48. Frank Welker bg 49. George Wendt di, cc 50. Michael York yb, ol, ti

Scoreboard Simpsons HoS Spouses Ivor Novello Football Batman Uniques Total Bibligryphon bg Commtech Sio Bibble cb 1 1 2 YorkshireBanker yb Captain Hemlock ch The Old Lady ol LadyFiona lf 1 1 GuyFromFuture gf En Passant ep 1 1 2 perhaps* ph 1 1 1 2 Buffalo Phil bp 1 1 2 The Killing Time kt Arghton ar 1 1 Mortal Caso mc 1 1 diego dg 1 1 1 3 MariNisia mn 1 1 2 Spade Cooley* sc 1 2 1 3 Death Impends di 1 1 msc ms 1 1 The Old Crem oc 1 1 Captain Chorizo cc 1 1 time ti 1 1 DeathbyArsenic da 1 1 Rover & Out ro 1 1 2 Toast to 1 1 Gcreptile gr 1 1 An Fear Beag af 1 1 2 wannamaker wa

SCAVENGER HUNT BINGO DEADPOOL RULES Each player picks five selections (and one sub) in each of five categories (for categories see below). There are three ways to win 1. You get at least one hit in each of the five categories 2. You get all five hits in one category 3. You get three unique hits across the whole game.  There is no fixed duration you play until there is a winner. In the event of a tie the total number of hits across all categories and after that the number of unique hits. Obits will not be stringent but must be in English and from a News source (not social media). The Game Controller will be checking that picks meet the category criteria at the start of the game but challenges will be accepted during the first two weeks after the full list of entries are published on the forum. In order to ensure that there are no issues with selected names that have died prior to the game beginning each team will need a substitute in each categories. This will come into play if the death of a pick was found to be before the start of the game. Once the game has began a substitute will not invalidate a unique pick but will not count as a unique pick for the player whose substitute it was. A unique pick is considered unique in category. For example if two categories were Conservative MPs and Contestants on Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars and three players picked Edwina Curry in the first category and the fourth player picked her in the second category. If she eggspired then Player 4 would get a unique bonus. When a winner is declared the selection of the next categories passes to the victor and they get to select the new categories. The Categories for the fifth game are: 1. Anyone who has appeared (credited) in an episode of Coronation Street (1960-present) 2. Anyone who has win a competitive Brit Award (1977-present) (Popular music only classical Brit awards do not count in this game) 3. Anyone nominated for an acting Oscar (Best actor/actress or Best Supporting actor/actress) 4. Anyone who has started a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix (1950-present) 5. Anybody who has appeared on Time's annual 100 Most Influential People in the World list (2004-present) Teams must be PM’d to avoid revealing those unique picks. There will be a two week period after the lists are published for disputes to be settled people whose picks are removed at this point will be allowed replacements but will not be allowed to select another person's unique pick. Entries close a midnight on 31st December 2022

Ladies and Gentlemen Following discussion with our champion @BuffaloPhil the five categories for Round VI have been confirmed I will be shortly creating a new thread. The game will not begin until 1st August but I have decided to give you plenty of Research time All entries will need to be PM'd to me (and I have just cleared my backlog of messages so it won't fill up) I would prefer it if people could wait until after 8th of July to start sending entries in as I will not be able to do anything with them until after that but do use the time wisely for research This will probably last us into 2026

Sitting down for Reform not sure he would manage to stand for long...

Just has a leaflet pushed through the door from reform. The candidate looks like he is one conversation from his head exploding If I had seen just his picture and asked which party do you think he is standing for it would definitely be Reform

I'm surprised the tactical voting mob didn't call themselves the Campaign to Unseat Nasty Tories

19/6/24 71 John Newman — Love Me Again 59 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 58 Rihanna — Diamonds 53 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 46 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 41 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum -2 40 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 37 Avicii — Wake Me Up 31 Lorde — Royals -2 31 Jessie J — Domino 29 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 17 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child -2 15 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 08 Coldplay — Paradise 06 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball +4 05 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One

19/6/24 58 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 53 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 28 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 26 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 23 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 22 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 22 The Jam - The Eton Rifles -3 18 The Rolling Stones - Miss You -3 14 The Cars - My Best Friend ’s Girl +4 05 Frankie Valli - Grease

10th November

In the 2023 game the 25th hit came one week later (25th June) and we finished with 51 hits

Considering that the Tories are already turning their attention to the 2029 election threatening people with a Generation of Socialism if Labour grant the vote to 16 year olds. Are any of the people advocating tactical voting considering the possibility of gerrymandering the Tory Rump so that it is skewed towards the centre of the political reception rather than the far right. It also might stop Reform from getting their hands on any seats

I did a bit of a peak when we were still doing 2010/11 and I felt that it really was a much weaker group than these two have been. That is a first glance there might be some stuff in there that I know to listen to but don't recognise the title

There was another one as well but I have swapped them both out