wannamaker 1,407 Posted July 24, 2023 George Alagiah winning the Easter Eye ACTA for "outstanding contribution to the arts". Acceptance speech as proof that he won it. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted August 8, 2023 Federico Bahamontes receiving a Spanish national sports award in 2014: My wildcards are now all dead ... maybe a secret bonus :)? Edit: Article to confirm that he received it, and that it is what I claim it is: https://www.esciclismo.com/actualidad/carretera/32371.html Edit 2: Oh well, I post that picture as well, just to be safe. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted August 8, 2023 Here he is receiving the Columela award from the Mediterranean Diet Foundation (?) in 2019. https://www.latribunadetoledo.es/Noticia/z290e5b46-fb62-a54d-58814e2d3f96d9f6/201910/Bahamontes-Estoy-con-la-misma-ropa-que-cuando-corria 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted August 12, 2023 Henry Dickerson is a hit for two, as posted elsewhere. I wonder if I can now compensate for Henry Kissinger surviving the year, which is a -11 penalty (which only dawned on me last week). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 12, 2023 2 hours ago, gcreptile said: Henry Dickerson is a hit for two, as posted elsewhere. I wonder if I can now compensate for Henry Kissinger surviving the year, which is a -11 penalty (which only dawned on me last week). Thanks for keeping me up to date with the hits. I am a little behind on scoring this pool, but intend to bring it up to date in the next couple of days 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 12, 2023 An update was promised, and an update you shall get, one death at a time. First up, we have the passing of literary genius Milan Kundera. I did actually read The Unbearable Lightness of Being when I was younger, and it made about as much sense as the scoring system of this pool!. Probably took me about as long to read it as it does to update the pool and all. I have not managed to discover who attempted to cheat the scoring system by adding a "Personal Life" section to Kundera's Wikipedia page after his death, but it goes without saying that no bonus points will be given for that one. I have now gone through the Wikipedia pages of all remaining picks and noted who has a "Personal Life" section or not (there's 2 hours of my life I won't be getting back!), so whoever was trying it on the last time, I am watching out for you MILAN KUNDERA +2 Base Point +2 Deathlist Alumnus +2 (Hidden Bonus No. 5: +2 if pick is the only DDP pick to die on that day +3 (Hidden Bonus no 8: " +3 if they were born in a country that does not now exist" -1 (Hidden Bonus No. 11: "-1for each time a pick has remarried") +8 TOTAL POINTS Hits for: Bibliogryphon (Wildcard) Book Captain Chorizo (Bonus +1 Position 21 on list) Funeralopolis (Bonus +1 Position 15 on list) Gcreptile (Bonus +2 Picture posted) MSC The Old Lady (Bonus +1 Position 16 on list) The Unknown Man (Bonus +1 Position 26 on list) (Breaks run of hits in order) Toast Tracey (Wildcard) ThereWillBeDeaths7 (Bonus +1 Position 26 on list) Wannamaker Despite Kundera receiving many awards, only 1 photo seems to exist of him actually accepting one, preferring to send his translators in his place. That translates into 2 bonus points for @gcreptilewho increases their lead again at the top of the table. @Bookfittingly uses Kundera to rise into second place, while @Bibliogryphon had Kundera as a wildcard to make a leap up the table. The other person to have Kundera as a wildcard was @tracy for only their third hit of the game. The first two were Ben Ferencz and Al Jaffee, and do you know what those three have in common? Yep, they were all born in the 1920's, meaning a 3 point deduction, doubled for the wildcard! @ThereWillBeDeaths7last had a hit with Frank Field (born 1923), giving a 2 point deduction. GCREPTILE +77 7 Hits BOOK +64 6 Hits CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +61 5 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +55 7 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +54 5 Hits WANNAMAKER +52 6 Hits THE OLD LADY +52 4 Hits BIBLIOGRYPHON +50 5 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +49 6 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +37 6 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +37 5 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +34 5 Hits TORVA MESSOR +34 4 Hits PERHAPS +33 5 Hits TOAST +31 4 Hits THE UNKNOWN MAN +30 4 Hits MSC +26 5 Hits MARINISIA +24 2 Hits LIZ LEMON +22 2 Hits TQR +21 3 hits THE OLD CREM +17 3 Hits TRACY +16 3 Hits PEDRO67 +16 2 Hits MRS PEDRO +6 1 Hit GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit 3 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 12, 2023 12 hours ago, gcreptile said: Henry Dickerson is a hit for two, as posted elsewhere. I wonder if I can now compensate for Henry Kissinger surviving the year, which is a -11 penalty (which only dawned on me last week). That's just for the DL! It's also -2 if he is a Drop 40 pick (and he is ) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted August 12, 2023 1 hour ago, An Fear Beag said: That's just for the DL! It's also -2 if he is a Drop 40 pick (and he is ) Yes, and I might be heading for the "most hits" deduction.... So, I think the pool is not decided yet, though I'm not the only one with Kissinger! You don't have him, but you do have Bob Barker, who would however only a -7. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 12, 2023 And so we move on to the man with one suit, Tony Bennett. Only picked by 8 players in this pool, he was more popular in the DDP, giving him a bonus for being Drop 40, and also popular with The Committee, giving him the DL Alumnus bonus. Sadly for his backers in this pool, he was also quite fond both of himself, giving us a -3 point "bonus" for multiple autobiographies, and of wives for which he gets -2 for his 2 remarriages. The upshot is a measly 3 points on offer. TONY BENNETT +2 Base Point +2 Drop 40 +2 Deathlist Alumnus +2 (Hidden Bonus No. 6: "+2 if the picks Wikipedia page has a “Personal Life” section") -3 (Hidden Bonus No. 10: " -2 if the pick has written an autobiography. -3 if they have written more than 1") -2 (Hidden Bonus No. 11: "-1for each time a pick has remarried") +3 TOTAL POINTS Hits for: Book (Bonus +1 Picture posted) Liz Lemon (Bonus +1 Picture posted) Mrs Pedro (Bonus +1 Hits in order) The Unknown Man Toast (Bonus +1 Picture posted) TQR (Bonus +2 Picture posted) Tracey (Wildcard) ThereWillBeDeaths7 The only person to have Bennett as a wildcard was @tracy for only their fourth hit of the game. The first three were Ben Ferencz, Al Jaffee and Milan Kundera and do you know what those four have in common? Yep, they were all born in the 1920's, meaning a 4 point deduction, doubled for the wildcard! Its like deja-vu, all over again. The result is a score of -2 for their Tony Bennett hit @ThereWillBeDeaths7follows up their Kundera deduction with a Bennett hit, giving them a -3 "bonus" and a score of 0 for the hit @Book, @The Unknown Manand @Toastalso followed up their Kundera hit with a Bennett one, giving all three a -2 "bonus" for hits born in the same decade. Mrs @Pedro67 gets her second hit of the game, but remains in second from last position, gazing upwards at @Pedro67, but with @Gooseberry Crumbleperched beneath her. The net result of all of this work is that there is bugger-all change in the leaderboard, with Book edging closer to our long-time leader @gcreptile GCREPTILE +77 7 Hits BOOK +66 7 Hits CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +61 5 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +55 8 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +54 5 Hits WANNAMAKER +52 6 Hits THE OLD LADY +52 4 Hits BIBLIOGRYPHON +50 5 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +49 6 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +37 6 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +37 5 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +34 5 Hits TORVA MESSOR +34 4 Hits PERHAPS +33 5 Hits TOAST +33 5 Hits TQR +33 4 Hits THE UNKNOWN MAN +31 5 Hits MSC +26 5 Hits LIZ LEMON +26 3 Hits MARINISIA +24 2 Hits THE OLD CREM +17 3 Hits TRACY +14 4 Hits PEDRO67 +16 2 Hits MRS PEDRO +10 2 Hits GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 12, 2023 I should also mention, in case any eagle-eyed player notices it (some fucking chance!), that @TQRhad a larger than expected points boost in the last update, as it was discovered that they had not been awarded Wildcard points for their Rolf Harris hit. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 13, 2023 Rise and shine, happy dead-poolers - it's your Sunday morning update! Just what you need to start off The Lords Day - a update on people he didn't care enough about to save. And it's another popular one, George Alagiah, selected by all but 4 teams. Only @Gooseberry Crumble (naturally), @Great Uncle Bulgaria, Mrs @Pedro67 (has she really never heard of Alagiah and @tracy (fair enough - he wasn't born in the 1920s ) failed to pick the ex-newsreader. For someone who was a very public figure and who received numerous awards, pictures of this were surprisingly hard to come by, with only 3 players scoring a picture bonus. GEORGE ALAGIAH +2 Base Point +2 Drop 40 +2 (Hidden Bonus No. 6: "+2 if picks Wikipedia page has a "Personal Life" Section") +3 (Hidden Bonus No. 8: "+3 if they were born in a country that does not now exist") -3 (Hidden Bonus No. 10: "-2 if the pick has written an autobiography. -3 if they have written more than 1") +6 TOTAL POINTS Hits for: An Fear Beag (Bonus +1 Position 23 on list) Bibliogryphon Book (Bonus +2 Picture posted) BuffaloPhil (Wildcard) Captain Chorizo Captain Hemlock (Wildcard) Funeralopolis (Bonus +1 Position 24 on list) Gcreptile (Bonus +1 Position 24 on list) (Bonus +1 Picture posted) (Wildcard) LizLemon (Bonus +1 Position 21 on list) Marinisia (Breaks run of hits in order) MSC Pedro Perhaps (Wildcard) The Old Crem The Old Lady (Bonus +1 Position 14 on list) The Unknown Man Toast Torva Messor (Bonus +1 Position 22 on list) TQR ThereWillBeDeaths7 (Bonus +1 Position 12 on list) Wannamaker (Bonus +1 Picture posted) A few players fell foul of the "Consecutive hits born in the same decade" penalty. Yours truly and @BuffaloPhil followed up their Mutulu Shakur (born 1950) hit with Alagiah (born 1955) @Perhapsand @The Old Cremlast had a hit with Gordon McQueen (born 1952) @gcreptile stretches out the lead again to 19 points, with @Bookand @Captain Hemlock battling it out for second place. Can the long time leader possibly be caught? GCREPTILE +93 8 Hits BOOK +74 8 hits CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +73 6 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +62 9 Hits WANNAMAKER +59 7 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +59 6 Hits THE OLD LADY +59 5 Hits BIBLIOGRYPHON +56 6 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +49 6 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +48 6 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +45 6 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +43 7 Hits PERHAPS +41 6 Hits TORVA MESSOR +41 5 Hits TOAST +39 6 Hits TQR +39 5 Hits THE UNKNOWN MAN +37 6 Hits LIZ LEMON +33 4 Hits MSC +32 6 Hits MARINISIA +30 3 Hits PEDRO67 +22 3 Hits THE OLD CREM +20 4 Hits TRACY +14 4 Hits MRS PEDRO +10 2 Hits GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit 5 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 13, 2023 On 08/08/2023 at 09:15, gcreptile said: Federico Bahamontes receiving a Spanish national sports award in 2014: My wildcards are now all dead ... maybe a secret bonus :)? Edit: Article to confirm that he received it, and that it is what I claim it is: https://www.esciclismo.com/actualidad/carretera/32371.html Edit 2: Oh well, I post that picture as well, just to be safe. Nice work - 2 bonus points winging your way 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 13, 2023 On 08/08/2023 at 18:39, Perhaps said: Here he is receiving the Columela award from the Mediterranean Diet Foundation (?) in 2019. https://www.latribunadetoledo.es/Noticia/z290e5b46-fb62-a54d-58814e2d3f96d9f6/201910/Bahamontes-Estoy-con-la-misma-ropa-que-cuando-corria That's fine. 1 bonus point for you. As only 3 players picked Bahamontes, that means the odd one out is receiving a 2 point penalty. Now who is that ...... oh.....shit! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted August 17, 2023 Michael Parkinson gets a lifetime achievement award at the Yorkshire Awards: https://theyorkshiresociety.org/press-release-sir-michael-parkinson-steals-the-show-at-the-33rd-yorkshire-awards/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,298 Posted August 18, 2023 Sir Michael Parkinson with with his wife Mary after receiving his Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in June 2008. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,407 Posted August 26, 2023 Bob Barker with the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,132 Posted August 26, 2023 Bob Barker accepts Outstanding Game Show Host award for "The Price is Right". This is one of his 14 Emmys in that category, but the date is not given. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,192 Posted August 27, 2023 Bob Barker receiving The ICG's President's Award during The 44th ICG Publicists' Awards: 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizLemon 65 Posted August 27, 2023 Bob Barker receiving MTV Movie Award alongside Adam Sandler for Happy Gilmore 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 27, 2023 On 17/08/2023 at 10:15, gcreptile said: Michael Parkinson gets a lifetime achievement award at the Yorkshire Awards: https://theyorkshiresociety.org/press-release-sir-michael-parkinson-steals-the-show-at-the-33rd-yorkshire-awards/ You are really smashing this game - 2 more bonus points for you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 27, 2023 14 hours ago, wannamaker said: Bob Barker with the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award And 2 nice bonus points for you 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 27, 2023 12 hours ago, Toast said: Bob Barker accepts Outstanding Game Show Host award for "The Price is Right". This is one of his 14 Emmys in that category, but the date is not given. My extensive research suggests that this is from the 34th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2007. These Emmy photos are going to be difficult to assess, because similar to Tony Bennett, Bob Barker appears to be wearing the same suit with the same red handkerchief in the pocket at all of the Emmy ceremonies! And you can't tell by the look of his face, as the older he got, the younger he looked! For example, this is Bob receiving a 1996 Daytime Emmy award. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,386 Posted August 27, 2023 Daytime Emmy award 1982 1995, his first one of bloody loads. Same suit AGAIN. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted August 27, 2023 43 minutes ago, TQR said: Daytime Emmy award 1982, his first of bloody loads. Same suit AGAIN. I will definitely accept that, as I am fairly certain it is a different year to those posted previously. However, I am also almost certain it is from 1995, not 1982. I am guessing you got it from USmagazine.com where they have that picture beside the section on him winning an Emmy in 1982. However they have just inserted random pictures into that article, regardless of the timeline. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
