Toast 15,752 Posted July 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: Thank you both. I had forgotten she was on my team. So I now just need two more Uniques but more importantly uniques count in ties if the same last hit is needed by two players Close! She was a name I had considered, but for some reason didn't make the final selection. I just don't know enough about any of these people. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,650 Posted July 15, 2021 4 hours ago, time said: Dick Tidrow, twice World Series Winner with the Yankees, has died aged 74. He's also credited with being part of the organisation that helped build a dynasty that won three World Series for the Giants. I'm aware this has been reported elsewhere, but his claim to fame is his game, not his name. 5 Dicks chosen in this game, but not this one! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted August 13, 2021 Leon Litwack is a Pulitzer hit for quite a few https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/leon-litwack-dead.html 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted August 13, 2021 Leon Litwack died on 5th August but it has been reported today and he has got an obituary in the New York Times. Selected by Five players in the Pulitzer team @Toast gets a first hit @BuffaloPhil & @RoverAndOut get a second hit in a second category @Banana gets his third hit but his second in the Pulitzer category @Perhaps gets a fourth hit also getting a second in the Pulitzer category So noone is yet in a single hit required for a win but this is always the long game 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 856 Posted August 13, 2021 Nobody going for the "Leon Lit-whacked" pun then? Disappointing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted August 13, 2021 5 hours ago, BuffaloPhil said: Nobody going for the "Leon Lit-whacked" pun then? Disappointing. Puns are for the front page or the DDP. This is where the serious competition is..... 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,414 Posted August 16, 2021 Volodymyr Holubnychy who won the 20km walk gold medal twice in the 1960 and 1968 summer olympics has died. Not picked, I think? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted August 19, 2021 Bill Freehan is a hit in the Baseball category for four players @gcreptile & @An Fear Beag get their first hits @Death Impends gets a second hit in a second category and defending champion @Banana gets his fourth hit in three categories drawing him joint level with @Perhaps 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,435 Posted August 24, 2021 Eddie Paskey, Lt Leslie on Star Trek TOS, being reported dead: https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/star-treks-lt-leslie-eddie-paskey-has-passed-away-at-81 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted August 24, 2021 18 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Eddie Paskey, Lt Leslie on Star Trek TOS, being reported dead: https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/star-treks-lt-leslie-eddie-paskey-has-passed-away-at-81 This is a hit for two players @theoldlady and @chilean way It is the first hit for The Old Lady but the second (in a second category) for CW 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,650 Posted September 21, 2021 With virtually a month of silence in this round's hunt, just a heads up on something I think is a unique achievement in a previous game: the death of Jimmy Greaves was a hit for 7 players in the World Cup Footballers category in Round 3, however since the game ended in May, there have been a total of just 4 scoring hits in that category - Yoo Sang-chul, Giampiero Boniperti, Gerd Muller and now Jimmy Greaves. Incredibly, one player had all 4 of those and combined with the death of Nobby Stiles last year, has completed a full house of their Footballers category and that person is...@Banana! That now means that in less than 13 months, he has struck off all 5 Bond picks (to win the last round) and all 5 Footballers, the only person in any round of the Scavenger Hunt (I think!) to have had all 5 picks die in two categories of the same game to date. This technically means he would have won again, and only 2 other people have finished R3 since he completed anyway! As for R4, we've had 7 hits in 4 months, which is still more than R1 (3 hits) and R2 (6 hits) but still well behind R3 (12 hits!) - we were spoiled! Course, as @YoungWillz keeps pointing out, if we'd picked the right Summer Olympic Medallists, things would be moving a bit faster... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,230 Posted September 21, 2021 In the forums defence there ARE about 2 million medallists to choose from. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,435 Posted September 23, 2021 Gunnar Utterberg, Swedish Gold in the K2 Canoe 1000m sprint at the 1964 Olympics, died 12 September. https://www-jnytt-se.translate.goog/logga-in/jkk-vannerna-minns-bortgangne-os-guldmedaljoren-gunnar-utterberg-fanns-inga-hinder-for-honom-nar-han-kom-ut-pa-sjon?_x_tr_sl=sv&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc,elem (Paywall) About time, a hit for time. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 15,752 Posted September 24, 2021 Lord Gowrie is a hit for me. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-gowrie-obituary-8v2qmw8cz 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted September 25, 2021 A first hit for @time and a second hit for @Toastbut both are uniques and we now have a hit in each category 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 15,752 Posted October 5, 2021 Eddie Robinson scores for several players. Thanks to TomTomTelekom for spotting this. https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-texas-rangers-statement-on-the-passing-of-eddie-robinson https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2021/10/05/former-rangers-gm-mlbs-oldest-living-ex-player-eddie-robinson-dies-at-100/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted October 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Toast said: Eddie Robinson scores for several players. Thanks to TomTomTelekom for spotting this. https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-texas-rangers-statement-on-the-passing-of-eddie-robinson https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2021/10/05/former-rangers-gm-mlbs-oldest-living-ex-player-eddie-robinson-dies-at-100/ The most popular pick in the Baseball category. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted October 7, 2021 Eddie Robinson was selected by nine players in the Baseball category He was the first hit for @Great Uncle Bulgaria He was the second hit for @An Fear Beag but both hits are in the same category whereas @Spade_Cooleygets a second hit in a second category For @Death Impends this was the second hit in the baseball category but the third hit overall The following have now has three hits all in different categories @Toast @BuffaloPhil @msc @RoverAndOut However, @Banana has now got five hits but still only in three categories So there are still no single winning hits but there are plenty of people who are potential two hits away from a win and Toast has both a unique and three categories crossed off No player has more than two hits in any category 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted October 8, 2021 This competition is nicely poised for a potentially exciting (despite it geological timescale progress) finish 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 708 Posted October 8, 2021 Jerry Shipp is a miss for us all in the Gold medal Olympian’s category. https://www.kxii.com/2021/10/08/longtime-texoma-basketball-great-jerry-shipp-passes/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,413 Posted October 11, 2021 Bob Herron a hit for 3 players 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 15,752 Posted October 11, 2021 Ooooh! Looks like msc just needs a cabinet minister now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,230 Posted October 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Toast said: Ooooh! Looks like msc just needs a cabinet minister now. Suffered enough this year thank you ver.... oh, in this game? Cool! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,307 Posted October 12, 2021 6 hours ago, time said: Bob Herron a hit for 3 players @CaptainChorizo gets off the mark @BuffaloPhil gets a fourth hit, his second in the Star Trek category but @msc moves into a winning position with a fourth hit in a fourth category. Needing only a cabinet minister to complete the game but so far this has been the slowest category and none of the games so far have ended with just one player in a winning position 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites