Scavenger Hunt Bingo Deadpool IV

[YoungWillz 21,047]

This may be the first Scavvy Hunt I finish with not one hit.

 

Go me! 

[msc 18,474]

21 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

This may be the first Scavvy Hunt I finish with not one hit.

 

Go me! 

 

Don't worry its me with a pole position in a deadpool. I think we've all learnt by now this is when my team shit the bed and everyone else scores instead! 

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

11 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:

@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 

 

5 hours ago, msc said:

Don't worry its me with a pole position in a deadpool. I think we've all learnt by now this is when my team shit the bed and everyone else scores instead! 

 

I was going to point out that the person who gets to 1 away first never wins, thus proving your point @msc, but it turns out that is not the case! 

 

In R1, Rotten Ali was first to 1 away and went on to win (5 others moved within a hit of victory before the end though) and in R3, Banana was joint-first to 1 away with gcreptile and won (5 others, as well as gcr were within 1 hit that time, despite the speedy timeframe). The exception is R2, when Death Impends was first to 1 away. 6 more moved into contention over the next 9 months and it was one of the last to get close (me!) who ended up first across the line. So I'm the anomaly (nothing new there!).

 

Thinking positively, your picks for the Cabinet Ministers were all in the 5 top picks overall - so you've got company thinking they're not long for the world!.

Thinking negatively, you've also been 1 hit away before the finish in both R1 and R3 and didn't win. 

 

The fastest we've got from 1 hit away to a final result is 6 months, so strap in, we could have a way to go yet! At least, I hope so! 2 to go... 

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

Here is the first list of potential winning picks:

 

1.       Roy Hattersley (mc)

2.       Douglas Hurd (mc)

3.       Nigel Lawson (mc)

4.       John Morris (mc)

5.       Bill Rodgers (mc)

 

All of these would be acceptable candidates for the main Deathlist.

 

I have long advocated Douglas Hurd as a potential pick and there has been recent speculation about how ill Roy Hattersley looked in the last round of photos, John Morris is very old. With the demise of Shirley Williams Bill Rodgers is clearly going to be the next of the Gang of Four to go and despite his weight loss Nigel Lawson still does not look the picture of health.

 

How long has this game got left and does @msc have some good topics for Game V?

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

 

Roy Hattersley

[gcreptile 10,972]

I've been pretty successful in this with a couple of top placements (though not THE top placement), but no chance this time. I'm pretty sure Nigel Lawson will be the winning pick for msc. And pretty soon, like, early next year.

[msc 18,474]

37 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

I've been pretty successful in this with a couple of top placements (though not THE top placement), but no chance this time. I'm pretty sure Nigel Lawson will be the winning pick for msc. And pretty soon, like, early next year.

 

Is that a hint for the DL Cmme? 

 

Don't worry, Biblio, if needed I can come up with 5 categories. 

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

20 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Is that a hint for the DL Cmme? 

 

Don't worry, Biblio, if needed I can come up with 5 categories. 

Why does that not surprise me?

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

Just out of curiosity I checked the birthdates of the five winning picks they are separated by 50 months

 

Bill Rodgers - 28.10.28

Douglas Hurd - 8.3.30

John Morris - 5.11.31

Nigel Lawson - 11.3.32

Roy Hattersley - 28.12.32

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

In light of other news today I would like to remind our younger and non-British members that Bill Rodgers is a British Politician and not a summary of the Clinton Presidency

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

Dean Stockwell is a hit in the Star Trek category for 

 

@Perhaps bringing up a second hit in this category and a fifth overall

 

and

 

@Toast who gets her first hit in the Star Trek category and her fourth overall but those four hits are all in different categories so we are now in a winning position

 

British Cabinet Ministers vs Summer Gold Medal Olympians

 

The following ten hits will see the game end

 

1.       Vasily Borisov (to)

2.       Irene Camber (to)

3.       Gordy Giovenelli (to)

4.       Roy Hattersley (mc)

5.       Douglas Hurd (mc)

6.       Nigel Lawson (mc)

7.       John Morris (mc)

8.       Koji Murofushi (to)

9.       Bob Richards (to)

10.   Bill Rodgers (mc)

 

Game (as they say) On!

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

In terms of age Toast has an advantage as four of her picks are older than the cabinet ministers but some of them will need a following wind for an obituary. 

 

In addition being professional athletes they may maintain a more healthy life style than the trough feeders

 

Looking like a tense competition 

 

Vasily Borisov (b.1922)

Irene Camber (b1926)

Gordy Giovenelli (b.1925)

Koji Murofushi (b.1974)

Bob Richards  (b.1926)

[msc 18,474]

Toast's topplers seem more dangerous than mine, and tbh if any of mine were to go most folk would prefer it to be in 2022 after a well publicised decline to get them on the DL.

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

@Toast is the perennial bridesmaid of the Scavenger Hunt. Always within 1 of victory before a winner has been declared. Will it be 4th time lucky? I suspect there may be a few more closing in before we're done, though...

[Captain Hemlock 742]

Julio Lugo, World Series champ with 2007 Red Sox is a miss for us.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32639911/julio-lugo-shortstop-2007-champion-boston-red-sox-dies-45

[Banana 859]

Bill Virdon is a unique for @RoverAndOut

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

9 hours ago, Banana said:

Bill Virdon is a unique for @RoverAndOut

 

Indeed @RoverAndOut gets his fourth hit but his second in the Baseball category

 

More importantly it is a unique hit the fourth of the game to add a little more jeopardy to those two players who are currently in a winning position

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

4 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:

 

Indeed @RoverAndOut gets his fourth hit but his second in the Baseball category

 

More importantly it is a unique hit the fourth of the game to add a little more jeopardy to those two players who are currently in a winning position

 

Didn't have time to check the standings last night - you mean I've already got one glorified rounders player dead?! Sigh...there was me thinking the finish line was closer. (I know I'm two uniques away but I'm not holding my breath...)

[gcreptile 10,972]

Stephen Sondheim a hit, but not a winning one.

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

47.   Stephen Sondheim                       ol, di, to, gr, ro

 

@gcreptile & @theoldlady get a second hit in a second category

 

@Death Impends gets a fourth hit but only in two categories 

 

@RoverAndOut gets a fifth hit across three categories 

 

& @Toast strengthens her potentially winning position with a fifth hit her second in the Pulitzer category 

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

8 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:

47.   Stephen Sondheim                       ol, di, to, gr, ro

@gcreptile & @theoldlady get a second hit in a second category

@Death Impends gets a fourth hit but only in two categories 

@RoverAndOut gets a fifth hit across three categories 

& @Toast strengthens her potentially winning position with a fifth hit her second in the Pulitzer category 

 

Thanks for the reminder! When I saw he'd died, I knew I'd picked him in the Scavenger Hunt at some point, but I was sure it was probably the Grammy Winners ages ago. 

[Toast 16,140]

9 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:

& @Toast strengthens her potentially winning position with a fifth hit her second in the Pulitzer category 

 

Well, it would have done if nobody else had picked him. 

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

 

Well, it would have done if nobody else had picked him. 

 

The longer the game goes on the more significant hits like this are. When others share the same winning picks, uniques and total number of hits give you the edge

[YoungWillz 21,047]

Rumours that my Baseball pick Don Demeter has died today or last night.

 

If so, blast it, I was hoping to get through this without a hit.

 

Let's see.

[YoungWillz 21,047]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Rumours that my Baseball pick Don Demeter has died today or last night.

 

If so, blast it, I was hoping to get through this without a hit.

 

Let's see.

Goddammit: https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/sports/2021/11/30/former-brooklyn-dodger-don-demeter-dies-age-86/8812818002/

 

Dodger Don Demeter Dead, guv. I mean @Bibliogryphon.