Death Impends 7,789 Posted January 1, 2021 INVERSE DEAD POOL 2021 No doubts 2020 was a bonkers year. Somehow we have survived it, but the same could not be said for 19 of the selectables for last year's Inverse Dead Pool. There were a number of hits that were selected by at least half the participants - Jill Gascoine, Michael Robinson, Little Richard, Olivia de Havilland, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Barbara Windsor (34 out of 36 teams!) - and the end result was the Quim Reaper winning with the highest score yet. But even as the farewells to Kirk Douglas and friends leave us wondering who could be left, fear not, there's still plenty of popular DDP pickings to root for the survival of... Rules From the list of the 50 most popular DDP picks of 2021, pick a team of 25 names who you think will survive the year. Rank your list in order of least likely to die to most likely to die. Post your team in this thread. If someone dies and they are listed on your team, then you will receive points according to their position. If your #1 pick dies you'll receive 25 points, whilst if your #25 pick dies you'll receive 1 point. If someone dies and they are not on your list, then you receive no points. In case one of the names available for entry dies before the submission deadline, you are allowed to have one sub. The sub can be anyone from the top 50 or the 51st most popular name, who will be revealed alongside the top 50. The 51st name can not be part of the original 25 if no one dies. In the case of one of your original team dying pre-deadline, the sub goes into 25th place by default, but if the sub was previously the 51st, you are allowed to change the position of the new pick. If the above scenario happens, you are also allowed to name a new sub and I will reveal the 52nd most popular name. Whoever has the lowest score at the end of the year is the winner. If two or more teams are tied at the end of the year, the tie will first be decided by who has fewer hits. If they have an equal amount of hits, then whoever among the teams died latest in the year, and thus came closest to being a correct prediction, will decide the winner. If said name was on multiple teams in the tie, whoever had said name lowest will win. If multiple teams had said name in the same position, the second most recently-deceased name will be referred to, and so on, until a winner is found. If, by some alignment of the stars, the tie is of either no hits or of all of the exact same hits in the exact same positions, all teams in the tie share victory. Credit to Toast for inadvertently coming up with a peach of a topic description, and of course, credit to Spade for creating this wonderful game. Credit to Dead Cow for his job as previous host, laying the framework for the Inverse Dead Pool's OP, and the idea for a "dies during entry period" rule. Credit to machotrouts for the suggestion of the latest hits factoring into tiebreakers. Previous Winners 2020 - The Quim Reaper - 34 points 2019 - drol - 10 points 2018 - machotrouts - 17 points 2017 - drol - 25 points 2016 - Pedro67 - 21 points 2015 - Death Impends - 15 points 2014 - Bibliogryphon - 10 points 2013 - N/A 2012 - Esturian Float - 4 points 2011 - Garn2 - 15 points Top 50 George Alagiah David Attenborough Bob Barker Susan Bayh Pope Benedict XVI Tim Bilton June Brown Rob Burrow Jimmy Carter Bobby Charlton Billy Connolly Dai Davies Shannen Doherty Bob Dole Queen Elizabeth II Paul Gascoigne Greg Gilbert Mikhail Gorbachev Jimmy Greaves David Gulpilil Sarah Harding Rolf Harris Larry King Henry Kissinger Angela Lansbury Jerry Lee Lewis Rush Limbaugh Norman Lloyd Carlos Menem Gerd Muller Willie Nelson Olivia Newton-John Linda Nolan Yoko Ono Tom Parker Prince Philip Leslie Phillips Yoo Sang-chul Prunella Scales Tom Smith Leon Spinks Jean-Louis Trintignant Donald Trump Bill Turnbull Desmond Tutu Dick Van Dyke Murray Walker Doddie Weir James Whale Betty White #51 Sidney Poitier 12 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,789 Posted January 10, 2021 Reptile has provided me the top 50 or so living names and we are duly opened. Team entry will close 23:59 GMT on January 17th. Your host's team... Donald Trump Paul Gascoigne Queen Elizabeth II Angela Lansbury Dick Van Dyke Bobby Charlton Betty White Bill Turnbull Doddie Weir Olivia Newton-John Billy Connolly Greg Gilbert David Attenborough Henry Kissinger Murray Walker Gerd Muller Prince Philip Rob Burrow Rolf Harris Willie Nelson Jerry Lee Lewis June Brown Pope Benedict XVI Desmond Tutu Shannen Doherty SUB: Bob Dole Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,945 Posted January 10, 2021 Angela Lansbury David Attenborough Queen Elizabeth II Doddie Weir Rob Burrow Bill Turnbull Donald Trump Murray Walker Olivia Newton-John Prunella Scales Paul Gascoigne Rolf Harris Billy Connolly Bobby Charlton Greg Gilbert Dick Van Dyke Desmond Tutu Betty White Yoo Sang-Chul June Brown George Alagiah Willie Nelson Yoko Ono Jimmy Greaves Tom Smith sub Tim Bilton 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,162 Posted January 10, 2021 1. Donald Trump 2. Paul Gascoigne 3. Billy Connolly 4. Bobby Charlton 5. Rolf Harris 6. Olivia Newton-John 7. Dick Van Dyke 8. Prunella Scales 9. Greg Gilbert 10. Bill Turnbull 11. Doddie Weir 12. Angela Lansbury 13. Queen Elizabeth 14. Desmond Tutu 15. Shannen Doherty 16. Sarah Harding 17. Rob Burrow 18. Murray Walker 19. Yoo Sang-chul 20. Jerry Lee Lewis 21. Susan Bayh 22. Henry Kissinger 23. Betty White 24. June Brown 25. Gerd Muller sub: Willie Nelson 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles De Gaulle 480 Posted January 10, 2021 1. Donald Trump 2. Bill Connelly 3. Paul Gascoigne 4. Angela Lansbury 5. James Whale 6. Bobby Charlton 7. Queen Elizabeth 8. Linda Nolan 9. Rolf Harris 10. Jimmy Greaves 11. Jerry Lee Lewis 12. Dick Van Dyke 13. Rob Burrow 14. Desmond Tutu 15. Tom Parker 16. Doddie Weir 17. Willie Nelson 18. George Alagiah 19. Jimmy Carter 20. Murray Walker 21. David Attenbough 22. Henry Kissenger 23. Leslie Phelps 24. Dai Davies 25. Betty White 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 569 Posted January 10, 2021 1. Donald Trump 2. Paul Gascoigne 3. Dai Davies 4. Billy Connolly 5. Rolf Harris 6. Sarah Harding 7. Carlos Menem 8. Betty White 9. David Attenborough 10. George Alagiah 11. Desmond Tutu 12. Willie Nelson 13. Angela Lansbury 14. Prunella Scales 15. Dick Van Dyke 16. Tim Bilton 17. Bob Barker 18. Mikhail Gorbachev 19. Greg Gilbert 20. Gerd Muller 21. Queen Elizabeth II 22. Jean-Louis Trintignant 23. Jimmy Greaves 24. Jerry Lee Lewis 25. Yoko Ono 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,230 Posted January 10, 2021 Donald Trump Paul Gascoigne Olivia Newton John Murray Walker Queen Elizabeth II Henry Kissinger Billy Connolly Angela Lansbury Bobby Charlton Prunella Scales Dick van Dyke Betty White Gerd Muller David Attenborough Bob Barker June Brown Willie Nelson Carlos Menem Leslie Philips Pope Benedict XVI Linda Nolan Shannen Doherty Jimmy Greaves Prince Philip Sarah Harding subs Greg Gilbert 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,435 Posted January 11, 2021 My entry DI, thanks for running this again. 01. Paul Gascoigne 02. George Alagiah 03. David Attenborough 04. Gerd Muller 05. Doddie Weir 06. Queen Elizabeth II 07. Prunella Scales 08. Bobby Charlton 09. Murray Walker 10. Yoko Ono 11. Donald Trump 12. Rob Burrow 13. Willie Nelson 14. Greg Gilbert 15. Dick Van Dyke 16. Desmond Tutu 17. June Brown 18. Angela Lansbury 19. Mikhail Gorbachev 20. Henry Kissinger 21. Leslie Phillips 22. Bob Barker 23. Olivia Newton-John 24. Pope Benedict XVI 25. Jean-Louis Trintignant Sub: Bill Turnbull 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,413 Posted January 11, 2021 Billy Connolly Queen Elizabeth II Paul Gascoigne Donald Trump June Brown Angela Lansbury Olivia Newton-John Bill Turnbull Mikhail Gorbachev Rolf Harris David Attenborough Dick Van Dyke Desmond Tutu Doddie Weir Willie Nelson Sarah Harding Prunella Scales Yoko Ono Shannen Doherty Greg Gilbert Jimmy Greaves Rob Burrow Susan Bayh Jerry Lee Lewis Henry Kissinger 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GuyFromFuture 68 Posted January 11, 2021 1Olivia Newton-John 2Doddie Weir 3Tom Parker 4Prince Philip 5Gerd Muller 6Queen Elizabeth II 7Paul Gascoigne 8 Mikhail Gorbachev 9June Brown 10David Attenborough 11Susan Bayh 12Pope Benedict XVI 13Betty White 14Greg Gilbert 15Sarah Harding 16Henry Kissinger 17Billy Connolly 18 Prunella Scales 19Jean-Louis Trintignant 20Jerry Lee Lewis 21Bill Turnbull 22Dick Van Dyke 23Donald Trump 24Carlos Menem 25Bobby Charlton sub Willie Nelson 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted January 11, 2021 1. Paul Gascoigne 2. Dick Van Dyke 3. Queen Elizabeth II 4. David Attenborough 5. Angela Lansbury 6. Donald Trump 7. Billy Connolly 8. George Alagiah 9. Willie Nelson 10. Rolf Harris 11. June Brown 12. Prunella Scales 13. Betty White 14. Bill Turnbull 15. Desmond Tutu 16. Jean-Louis Trintignant 17. Sarah Harding 18. Murray Walker 19. Greg Gilbert 20. Tom Smith 21. Jerry Lee Lewis 22. Rob Burrow 23. Shannen Doherty 24. Olivia Newton-John 25. Doddie Weir Sub: Yoko Ono 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted January 11, 2021 This was hard. The first half dozen were not too difficult but then everyone else was a potential land mine. Am hoping that other people score big rather than I score small. Tough year. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,232 Posted January 11, 2021 1 Paul Gascoigne 2 Donald Trump 3 Queen Elizabeth 4 Billy Connolly 5 Prunella Scales 6 Angela Lansbury 7 Desmond Tutu 8 Dick van Dyke 9 Bill Turnbull 10 Gerd Muller 11 Jerry Lee Lewis 12 George Alagiah 13 Rolf Harris 14 David Attenborough 15 Mikhail Gorbachev 16 Betty White 17 Willie Nelson 18 Bobby Charlton 19 Shannen Doherty 20 Pope Benedict 21 Jimmy Carter 22 Leon Spinks 23 Olivia Newton-John 24 Sarah Harding 25 June Brown sub Larry King 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sideik 236 Posted January 11, 2021 1. Donald Trump 2. Dick Van Dyke 3. Billy Connolly 4. David Attenborough 5. Paul Gascoigne 6. Angela Lansbury 7. Queen Elizabeth II 8. Bobby Charlton 9. June Brown 10. Jimmy Greaves 11. Rolf Harris 12. Doddie Weir 13. Betty White 14. Willie Nelson 15. Yoko Ono 16. Henry Kissinger 17. Prunella Scales 18. Bob Barker 19. Susan Bayh 20. Linda Nolan 21. Bob Dole 22. Bill Turnbull 23. George Alagiah 24. Mikhail Gorbachev 25. Tom Smith Sub: Sidney Poitier 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 681 Posted January 11, 2021 inverse 2021 - TWBD 1. Donald Trump 2. David Attenborough 3. Dick Van Dyke 4. Queen Elizabeth II 5. Angela Lansbury 6. Paul Gascoigne 7. Betty White 8. George Alagiah 9. Billy Connolly 10. Sarah Harding 11. Willie Nelson 12. Rolf Harris 13. Bill Turnbull 14. Desmond Tutu 15. June Brown 16. Henry Kissinger 17. Murray Walker 18. Shannen Doherty 19. Tom Parker 20. Yoo Sang-chul 21. Prunella Scales 22. Susan Bayh 23. Rob Burrow 24. Tom Smith 25. Olivia Newton-John sub: Bob Barker 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Funeralopolis 220 Posted January 11, 2021 Paul Gascoigne Donald Trump Queen Elizabeth II David Attenborough Dick van Dyke Angela Lansbury Willie Nelson June Brown Murray Walker Betty White Rolf Harris Bill Turnbull Billy Connolly Greg Gilbert Desmond Tutu Bobby Charlton Yoko Ono Jerry Lee Lewis Henry Kissinger Doddie Weir Sarah Harding Olivia Newton-John Rob Burrow Yoo Sang-chul Shannen Doherty Sub: Bob Barker 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annami 85 Posted January 11, 2021 My team: 1. Donald Trump 2. Paul Gascoigne 3. David Attenborough 4. Dick van Dyke 5. Queen Elizabeth II 6. Angela Lansbury 7. Betty White 8. Billy Connolly 9. Sarah Harding 10. June Brown 11. Bobby Charlton 12. Prunella Scales 13. Desmond Tutu 14. Rob Burrow 15. Shannen Doherty 16. Willie Nelson 17. Olivia Newton-John 18. Mikhail Gorbachev 19. Doddie Weir 20. Pope Benedict XVI 21. Tom Parker 22. Murray Walker 23. Jimmy Greaves 24. Jean-Louis Trintignant 25. Linda Nolan sub. 1. Yoo Sang-chul 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,350 Posted January 11, 2021 Dick Van Dyke Paul Gascoigne Donald Trump Angela Lansbury Queen Elizabeth II David Attenborough June Brown Sarah Harding George Alagiah Rob Burrow Pope Benedict XVI Willie Nelson Billy Connolly Doddie Weir Jerry Lee Lewis Prunella Scales Desmond Tutu Henry Kissinger Bob Barker Jimmy Carter Jimmy Greaves Olivia Newton-John Rolf Harris Susan Bayh Bill Turnbull Sub: Tim Bilton 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted January 11, 2021 1. Donald Trump 2. Rob Burrow 3. Dick Van Dyke 4. Queen Elizabeth II 5. Paul Gascoigne 6. Billy Connolly 7. Betty White 8. Greg Gilbert 9. Prunella Scales 10. Rolf Harris 11. Jimmy Greaves 12. David Attenborough 13. Doddie Weir 14. Norman Lloyd 15. June Brown 16. Willie Nelson 17. Bobby Charlton 18. Murray Walker 19. Mikhail Gorbachev 20. Susan Bayh 21. Jimmy Carter 22. Henry Kissinger 23. Jean-Louis Trintignant 24. Angela Lansbury 25. Bob Barker sub: Shannen Doherty 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,478 Posted January 11, 2021 01. Paul Gascoigne 02. Donald Trump 03. Angela Lansbury 04. Dick van Dyke 05. Queen Elizabeth II 06. Greg Gilbert 07. Billy Connolly 08. Doddie Weir 09. June Brown 10. David Attenborough 11. Rob Burrow 12. George Alagiah 13. Rolf Harris 14. Jimmy Greaves 15. Willie Nelson 16. Jerry Lee Lewis 17. Prunella Scales 18. Olivia Newton-John 19. Bobby Charlton 20. Tim Bilton 21. Shannen Doherty 22. Desmond Tutu 23. Bill Turnbull 24. Betty White 25. Sarah Harding Sub: Susan Bayh 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeMoneypenny 55 Posted January 11, 2021 1.Rob Burrow 2.Doddie Weir 3.Queen Elizabeth II 4.Pope Benedict XVI 5.Bob Barker 6.Donald Trump 7.Olivia Newton-John 8.David Attenborough 9.Greg Gilbert 10.Billy Connolly 11.Bill Turnbull 12.Paul Gascoigne 13.Henry Kissinger 14.Jimmy Greaves 15. George Alagiah 16.Leslie Phillips 17.Tim Bilton 18.Jimmy Carter 19.Jerry Lee Lewis 20.Norman Lloyd 21.Bobby Charlton 22.Angela Lansbury 23.Dick Van Dyke 24.Murray Walker 25.Prunella Scales sub Jean-Louis Trintignant 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,073 Posted January 11, 2021 1. Donald Trump 2 Paul Gascoigne 3 Queen Elizabeth II 4 Angela Lansbury 5 Dick Van Dyke 6 June Brown 7 Prunella Scales 8 Rob Burrow 9 David Attenborough 10 Billy Connolly 11 Henry Kissinger 12 Betty White 13 Doddie Weir 14 Rolf Harris 15 Olivia Newton-John 16 Bobby Charlton 17 Bill Turnbull 18 Sarah Harding 19 Shannen Doherty 20 Prince Philip 21 Murray Walker 22 Mikhail Gorbachev 23 Jerry Lee Lewis 24 Linda Nolan 25 Yoo Sang-chul 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,836 Posted January 11, 2021 1. Paul Gascoigne 2. Donald Trump 3. Queen Elizabeth II 4. Betty White 5. Dick Van Dyke 6. Susan Bayh 7. Tim Bilton 8. Rob Burrow 9. Shannen Doherty 10. Greg Gilbert 11. Gerd Müller 12. Jean-Louis Trintignant 13. Desmond Tutu 14. Doddie Weir 15. Tom Smith 16. Yoo Sang-chul 17. Bill Turnbull 18. Prunella Scales 19. Norman Lloyd 20. Rolf Harris 21. June Brown 22. Billy Connolly 23. Dai Davies 24. David Gulpilil 25. Angela Lansbury Sub: Willie Nelson 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,253 Posted January 11, 2021 Thanks for running again DI. Here goes nothing for an attempt to retain my crown... Donald Trump Queen Elizabeth II Paul Gascoigne David Attenborough Dick Van Dyke Angela Lansbury June Brown Olivia Newton-John Rolf Harris Billy Connolly Desmond Tutu Doddle Weir Rob Burrow Betty White Bobby Charlton Henry Kissinger Jerry Lee Lewis Willie Nelson George Alagiah Murray Walker Greg Gilbert Jimmy Greaves Prunella Scales Bob Barker Mikhail Gorbachev SUB: Sidney Poitier 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,253 Posted January 11, 2021 18 hours ago, GuyFromFuture said: 23Donald Trump If Trump dies, you’re just about the only one who’s not fucked Share this post Link to post Share on other sites