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My main team "bench": Christy Dignam Dawn Wilson Ian Stewart (Rugby) Con De Lange Kerri Parker Bobby Joe Maxwell Roman Reigns Darren Easton Kate Bowler Thuy Thanh Truong Bruce Anstey Helen Legh Pat Smullen - SECRET - Olivia Newton-John Clive James Bernard Tapie Nobby Stiles Sogyal Rinpoche Norm Coleman Charles Howeson Noel Conway Jordan Dawes Pete Frates Sumner Redstone Marieke Vervoort The B-Team bench: Emma Robinson Peter Lorimer Abby Lee Miller Matt Millen Sufe Bradshaw Lord Henry Mountcharles Angus Sinclair Thuingaleng Muivah Benjamin LaGuer Ruth Morrisey Philomena Lynott Anna Pavord Andrew McDonald Stacy Title Mark Thornberry Michael Murphy (killer) Benedict XVI David Koch Luis Palau Eric Caldow Thomas Keneally Mark Howard Sir Owen Glenn Beth Chapman Audrey Rich (mom of Shirley Ballas) Stan Bowles Leah Bracknell David Hagen Harry Reid Michael Robinson Fred Rister Samantha McConnell Pedro Guerrero, Bo Xilai Franco Zeffirelli Prince Philip Dilip Kumar Carolyn Smith Tim Conway Richard Hadlee Howard Finkel Wattie Buchan Barry DuBois

I am not going to do this anymore - but to check my own progress in doing this - here's what, with my knowledge on Dec 30th, the best possible team would have been: Fernando Ricksen (joker) Lloyd Klein Pauline Hunt Samantha McConnell Jean-Louis Trintignant Andrew Fairlie (12 pts) Dewayne Johnson Darren Easton (12 pts) Johnny Clegg Emma Robinson Sir Peter Jonas Fatima Ali (12 pts) George Alagiah Deborah James Leah Bracknell Leanne Barrett Andrew McGahan (9 pts) Bobby Joe Maxwell Chris Doleman Lee Kerslake Expected score 157,47

Come on, Billy Kenoi! Celebrate with some cyanide!

Congratulations Vaagheid! Very convincing. And Book, wow, so fast

13,5

groooaaannnn You'll get quite a few points out of that.

Didn't know it before, but it's not bad. A good feeling for the song.

Congratulations! And with a bit of a gap to 2nd place, too!

5 years would take her to 2020. So let's see how that goes. It seems she's still quite out and about. But that heavy heart attack, probably because of her chain-smoking, was a warning sign.

Sidney Poitier

Tina Turner - hope she still has the volume. Edit: Also, River Deep, Mountain High is my absolute favourite song.

Ok, first of all, the ones who replaced those who didn't get through: Bly, Robert (US author) Buchan, Watty (Scottish punk rock musician) Crumb, George (US avantgarde composer) Hawke, Bob (former Australian prime minister) Kumar, Dilip (Bollywood legend) Lorimer, Peter (Scottish football player in the premier league) Reid, Harry (former Democratic Senate leader) Stiles, Nobby (UK soccer player, at the '66 World Cup) Watson, Bob (18 years in the MLB, Yankee's executive) Williams, John (film composer of the Star Wars movies) Zagallo, Mario (brazilian soccer player and coach) The "original" ones: Fernando Ricksen Lee Kerslake Andrew McGahan Lil Xan 6ix9ine Sacheen Littlefeather Kathleen Blanco Genesis P-Orridge Jean-Louis Trintignant Chris Wilson Paul Volcker Samula Anoa'i Chris Doleman Rodion Ladislau Rosca (Rodion GA) Bill Freehan Mark Howard Johnny Harris Jeff Blackshear Steve Smith Michiro Endo Artie Lange Barbara Hammer Lars Hogh Joe Kadenge Greg Gilbert Johnny Clegg Tommy Donbavand Roger Mayweather Edgar Bear Runner Who didn't get through: Stacy Title Sutopo Purwo Nugroho "Little Queenie" Harris Dave Agosti Susan Bayh Sir Peter Jonas Rick Elias Jimmy Spicer Bobby Joe Maxwell (Skid Row Stabber suspect) Julie Brougham (Boo...)

My team: 1 Fernando Romero (Mexican journalist/musician) 2 Billy Kenoi 3 Josephine Mandamin 4 Francis Byrne (veteran) 5 Michiro Endo 6 Glenn Holstrom (Portland musician) 7 Fernando Ricksen 8 Rex Bacchus (wrestler) 9 Darren Easton (terminally ill husband) 10 Edmund Capon (arts curator) 11 Shirley Boone (wife of Pat Boone) 12 Nick Philippoussis (tennis coach) 13 Bobby Joe Maxwell (Skid Row murder suspect) 14 Leigh "Li'l Queenie" Harris (New Orleans singer) 15 Jill Emberson (Australian journalist) 16 Thuy Thanh Truong (Vietnamese entrepreneur) 17 Andrew McGahan (Australian author) 18 Larry Langford (former major of Birmingham, Alabama) 19 Sri Sri Sri Shivakamura Swaiji - joker 20 Richard Merk (Philippino Jazz singer) Subs: Derek Maitland William Joplin (MMA)

My folks: Lee Kerslake (joker) Ronni Bennett Joe Vento Manuel "El Loco" Valdez Tanya Gendle (non-obit - died on the 25th) Lars Hogh Sumner Redstone Robert Mugabe Dave Agosti 96pts (?) Manohar Parrikar 76 pts Denis Goldberg Pau Dones Caroline Robinson 142 pts Dilip Kumar Dennis Richardson 57 pts Andy Anderson Susan Bayh Edgar Bear Runner David Powlison 158 pts Bob Dole Steve Davis (US Bombs) Barbara Hammer 75 pts Fatima Ali 25 pts Max Van Weezel 100 pts Paul Dewar 37 pts

The Love Boat: 1 Fernando Ricksen - Joker 2 Paul Volcker 3 Sutopo Purwo Nugroho 4 Chris Doleman 5 Rodion GA 6 Andrew Fairlie 7 Gerard Basset 8 Johnny Clegg 9 Andrew McGahan 10 David Smith (paralympian) 11 Kathleen Blanco 12 Fatima Ali 13 Lloyd Klein 14 Jean-Louis Trintignant 15 Jacci Woodcock 16 Samula Anoa'i 17 Genesis P-Orridge 18 Billy Clayton 19 Lars Hogh 20 Greg Gilbert The B-Team: 1 Deborah James (joker) 2 Edmund Capon 3 Pauline Maroney 4 Bob Dole 5 Joe Kadenge 6 Denis Goldberg 7 Barbara Hammer 8 George Alagiah 9 Bill Heine 10 Nick Philippoussis 11 John McCricick 12 Sacheen Littlefeather 13 Lee Kerslake 14 Chris Wilson 15 Dewayne Johnson 16 Johnny Harris 17 Keith Cass 18 Bill Freehan 19 Bob Hawke 20 Tommy Donbavand Theme Team: Coda 1 Sir Peter Jonas - joker 2 George Crumb 3 Franco Zeffirelli 4 Seiji Ozawa 5 Christoph Von Dohnanyi 6 Michael Gielen 7 Kato Havas 8 Colin Tilney 9 John Williams 10 James Levine 11 Sofia Gubaidulina 12 André Previn 13 La Monte Young 14 Mikis Theodorakis 15 Alfred Brendel 16 Anne Parsons 17 Theo Adam 18 Murray Perahia 19 Dame Janet Baker 20 Toshi Ichiyanagi

Alright 30 entrants, thank you for participating! I also have revealed my names. Two points: My SubSub1 for Hector Timerman was Andrew McGahan, only, I already had him on my team. Anyone against using SubSub2 Edmund Capon? Also, I must have forgotten an X with Bill Freehan, sorry! Hope it's ok. I hope you accept that I couldn't "steal" the name anyway as it was me who showed him on the forum first. I think I've gotten all the answers I needed from you. If you didn't get a question, your team is ok!

With the hard cut off - let me say, congratulations DI! Stellar performance, the 5/5 of the replacements might have done it, as I only had 3/5.

His first wife died last year - but that didn't kill Kirk Douglas either.

Yeah, I thought the committee gets bored and picks Herman Wouk instead... A solid list - a few crowdpleasers in there. I think it will be better than last year's one, somewhere around 14-15 hits.

A pick I like. But his predecessor is fighting cancer.

True - most likely DL material in 2-3 years.

Well done, for picking up the very recent news. Not quite sure he's one for 2019, but yeah, 80% sure is still a good rate.

Yeah good pick. Last "original" Rock'n'Roller I think?

Well, I was intrigued by picking her and then wait for another whole year, like with Shalom Ouanounou - but no, I didn't go there. Painful, if Ouanounou receives an indirect QO through her next year...

Last call for entries! Also: I will be away from home from the 3rd to the 6th of January. So I will move pretty quickly with the master list - beginning with those who have posted their teams in this thread.