ABC Deadpool VII: 2023-24 Season

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RULES:

The competition will start 1 SEPTEMBER 2023 (all lists must be in by 11:59pm (GMT) Aug 31) and scoring will end Aug 31, 2024.

Submit a list of 26 people.  The first name OR last name of the first person must begin with an A.  Second person with a B.  You get the idea.  No joker.  Please use this format  

A - Alvin Chipmunk  

B - Harry Belafonte

C - Carol Channing

etc . . . . .

 

Obit sources include those used by the great Windy City Deadpool, which uses the sources of the Derby Dead Pool, plus The NY Times, LA Times, CBS News, Fox News and MSN.  Also acceptable: CNN, ABC, NBC, the Associate Press (AP), Rolling Stone and Time.

Due to the large number of names possible, and because the more tenacious of you can find the folk on the very fringes of celebrity, please police your own obits and notify via post on this thread.  Of course if it's the likes of the Queen or the Pope, just give me time to post it, no need to bring it to my attention.  

 

SCORING:

A hit using the first name (all letters except as below)  - 1 point

A hit using the last name (all letters except as below)  - 2 points

A hit with the first name . . .  (A, E, I, O, U, Y)  - 2 points

A hit with the last name . . . (A, E, I, O, U, Y)  - 3 points

A hit with the first OR last name . . .  (Q, X, Z)  -  4 points

A hit with an alliterative name scores the points for both first and last names as specified above  (so an alliterative at the A spot would be worth 5 points, the B spot would be worth 3 points, the Q spot would be worth 8 points)

 

NAMES:  General titles such as Queen/Pope/Prince, etc. are NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE for scoring at that letter.  Single names submitted (Cher, Madonna, Pele) will be treated as first names.  I prefer to see real names used (e.g. Richard Penniman instead of Little Richard).  No animals, due to the ease of earning the WS bonus.

 

BONUSES:

Whippersnapper Bonus (WS): dies at age 75 or younger = 2 points (if there is substantial ambiguity or birth year is unknown, no bonus will be awarded)

Solos = 3 points
Duos = 1 point 

Vowel Movement Bonus (VMB): hit all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) = 5 points /hit any four vowels + the letter Y = 3 points

   NOTE:  Due to confusion with this bonus, a few players added names with all 5 vowels in them, in the hopes of scoring the bonus with that one hit, and then also scoring it again with a second hit, etc.  If I had meant that, I would have said something like, "hit a name with all 5 vowels in it and score an extra 5 points".  But the damage is done, so I will award a 5 point bonus to a team which scores such a hit ONE TIME per team.  This has already been done by two teams, so they will get their 5 points now and be done, regardless of how many additional such hits they may get this year.  Sorry to those who understood the bonus correctly, I sincerely hope the game does not come down to this being a deciding factor for first place.  

Late Bloomer Bonus (LBB):  If a single player is left without a hit, that player will automatically earn 20 points!  This is a backdoor way for someone to potentially go from the cellar right into the thick of things.  20 points is not likely to win the game, but it is certainly a nice place to work for the come from behind win while also having a full list of 26 names left to score.  

 

Scoring Example: if someone gets a solo hit with 71 year old Zadora Zephyr, the score would be 8 + 2 (WS) + 3 (solo) = 13 

 

TIES:  Will be broken by the date the final score is reached.  That is, if three folks end up with 48 points, the person that got to 48 on the earliest date will be the winner.  This was a pivotal rule last year!

 

SUBS:  Please check your list at the start of the game to make sure all names are still alive.  I will allow a sub for that letter, but it can't be someone who is new to the DP radar since the game started.  That means no one who is diagnosed with cancer/has an accident after your original submission.

 

Enjoy!

Edited September 16, 2023 by Wormfarmer
elaboration on vowel movement bonus

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Bibliogryphon	ladyfiona	Commtech Sio Bibble	theoldlady	Octopus of Odstock	Grimgrass	Perhaps	Yvonne	Great Uncle Bulgaria	Torva Messor
A. Iris Apfel	A – David Attenborough	A - Martti Ahtisaari	A - Julian Assange	A Alpha Conde	A - Martti Ahtisaari	A - Loren Acton	Joss Ackland	David Attenborough	Alice Munro
B. Biddy Baxter	B – Bruce Willis	B - Rob Burrow	B - Rob Burrow	B Basil van Rooyen - Died	B - Brigitte Bardot	B - Brian Barczyk	Jack Burke	Stanley Baxter	Rob Burrow
C. C J Cherryh	C – Jimmy Carter	C - Chevy Chase	C - Jimmy Carter	C Chywit Kamolvisit	C - Jimmy Carter	C - Graham Caveney	Iris Cummings	Jimmy Carter	Jimmy Carter
D.Timothy Dudley-Smith	D – Shannen Doherty	D - Shannen Doherty	D - Shannen Doherty	D Daniel Bairenboim	D - Derek Draper	D - Derek Draper	Carmen Marsh Doll	Dion DiMucci	Jacques Delors
E. Carl Erskine	E - Eunice Anderson	E - Esther Rantzen	E - Chris Evert	E Eddie Annand	E - George Eastham	E - Eric Edwards	Anthony Epstein	Eric Faulkner	Carl Erskine
F. Athol Fugard	F – Franklin B. Zimmerman	F - Frank Field	F - Frank Field	F Frank Borman	F - Frank Field	F - Frank Field	Sylvia Fein	Frank Field	Francoise Hardy
G. Gaston Glock	G - Lloyd Geering (theologian)	G - David Graham	G - Paul Gascoigne	G George Eastham	G - Gaston Glock	G - Gaston Glock	Lee Grant	Gary Glitter	Glynis Johns
H. Hans Herrmann	H - Henry Kissinger	H - Marilyn Hagerty	H - Jurgen Habermas	H Helen Stewart	H - Steve Halliwell	H - John Hemingway	Stuart Hall	Douglas Hurd	Henry Kissinger
I. James Ivory	I – Jonnie Irwin	I - Jonnie Irwin	I - Jonnie Irwin	I Ian Wilmut - Died	I - Jonnie Irwin	I - Ion Iliescu	James Ivory	Ion Iliescu	Jonnie Irwin
J. Jasper Johns	J - José Sahagún de la Parra	J - Jesse Jackson	J - Ron Jeremy	J Jake Abraham	J - James Earl Jones	J - Jasper Johns	Glynis Johns	Jill St John	James Whale
K. Agnes Keleti	K - Khamtai Siphandon (politician)	K - Baroness Glenys Kinnock	K - Kate Keltie	K Kirsty Smitten	K - Kris Kristofferson	K - Kris Kristofferson	Henry Kissinger	Kiri te Kanawa (opera)	Ethel Kennedy
L. Ray Lawler	L – Linda Nolan	L - Andrey Lugovoy	L - Lisa Lu	L Linda Nolan	L - Jean-Marie Le Pen	L - Jean-Pierre Léaud	Beatrice Lumpkin	Tom Lehrer	Lee Adams
M. Josip Manolic	M - Shane MacGowan	M - Rupert Murdoch	M - Steve McMichael	M Marianne Faithfull	M - Patrick Murray	M - Shane MacGowan	Imelda Marcos	Shane MacGowan	Mangosuthu Buthelezi - (AEIOU)
N. Larry Niven	N - Ngethe Njoroge	N - Linda Nolan	N - Linda Nolan	N Nick Anderton	N - Linda Nolan	N - Linda Nolan	Bob Newhart	Linda Nolan	Giorgio Napolitano
O. Edna O’ Brien	O – Oscar Quitak (actor)	O - Ozzy Osbourne	O - Yoko Ono	O Nick Owen	O - Ozzy Osbourne	O - Seiji Ozawa	Yoko Ono	Ove Fundin (speedway champ)	Oscar Wyatt
P. Leontyne Price	P – Priscilla Pointer (actress)	P - Priscilla Pointer	P - Mark Patton (actor)	P Paul Auster	P - Angela Piper	P - Priscilla Pointer	Wanda Poltawska	Pete Murray	Patricia Routledge
Q. Dan Quayle	Q - Marita Camacho Quirós	Q - Marita Camacho Quirós	Q - Marita Camacho Quiros	Q Quentin Davies	Q - Oscar Quitak	Q - Oscar Quitak	Marita Camacho Quiros	Eve Queler (US conductor)	Quentin Kopp
R. Robert Rankin	R – Rob Burrow	R - Sonny Rolins	R - Ray Reardon	R Roberta Flack	R - Robert Rankin	R - Roger Rogerson	Patricia Routledge	Ruggero Raimondi (opera)	Roberta Flack
S. Max Stafford-Clark	S – June Spencer	S - Nigel Starmer Smith	S - Nigel Starmer-Smith	S Sally Shipard	S - Mikhail Saakasvili	S - Henry Sandon	Dennis Skinner	Nigel Starmer-Smith	Simon Cowell
T. Ted Turner	T – John Tinniswood (oldest in UK)	T - Colin Thackery	T - Andy Taylor	T Theo Burrow	T - Ted Turner	T - Michael Tilson Thomas	Olav Thon	Tony Thorpe (ex Rubettes)	Tomiichi Murayama
U. Gudrun Ure	U - Yosh Uchida (judo coach)	U - Gudrun Ure	U - Juan Carlos Unzue	U Juan Carlos Unzue	U - Gudrun Ure	U - Torben Ulrich	Gudrun Ure	Uri Geller	Gudrun Ure
V. Erich Von Daniken	V – Vic Seixas (Tennis player)	V - Vanessa Regrave	V - Frankie Valli	V Juha Vaatainen	V - Violet Chamorro	V - Dick Vitale	Dick Van Dyke	Valerie Masterson (opera)	Virginia Halas McCaskey
W.Joy Whitby	W – Dorice C. B. Walford	W - James Whale	W - James Whale	W Wilfred Benitez	W - James Whale	W - William H. Webster	Jacqueline White	Richard Wilson	William Webster
X. Xi Jinping	X – Wang Xiji (engineer)	X - Xi Jinping	X - Gao Xingjian	X Xue Feng	X - Xu Wenli	X - Gao Xingjian	Wang Xiji	Bao Xishun	X.J. Kennedy
Y. Arnold Yarrow	Y – Arnold Yarrow (actor)	Y - Arnold Yarrow	Y - Michael York	Y Cale Yarborough	Y - Michael York	Y - Cale Yarborough	Arnold Yarrow	Yoko Ono	Yoko Ono
Z. Zandra Rhodes	Z - Zvi Zamir (IDF general)	Z - Milos Zeman	Z - Milos Zeman	Z Zoleka Mandela	Z - Mario Zagallo	Z - Mario Zagallo	Aleksandr Zatsepin	Mario Zagallo	Zhu Rongji
gcreptile	Toast	WEP	Joe Moneypenny	Liz Lemon	YorkshireBanker	CaptainChorizo	msc	Funeralopolis	Book
A - Andrea Gibson	A - Anouk Aimée	A Anouk Aimée	aAlberto Fujimori	A- Rachel Ames	A Sergio Aragones	A Alexandre Do Nascimento	A –  Adrian Sutton	A - Francesco Amadori	A – Tore Aleksandersen
B - Rob Burrow	B - Brigitte Bardot	B Barbara Bain	b Barrie,Amanda	B- Ruth Buzzi	BBenjamin B. Blackburn	B Rob Burrow	B –  Rob Burrow	B - Franz Beckenbauer	B – Franz Beckenbauer
C - Graham Caveney	C - Clem Cattini	C Claude Cohen-Tannoudji	cChow Chung	C- Jimmy Carter	C Dick Clark	C Simon Cowell(Wildlife)	C – Charlie Bird	C - Jimmy Carter	C – Jimmy Carter
D - Joe Doering	D - David Attenborough	D Douglas Durst	d Dohnerty,Shannon	D- Dianne Feinstein	D Phyllis Dalton	D Shannon Doherty	D – Dikembe Mutombo	D - Shannen Doherty	D – Shannen Doherty
E - Amy Ettinger	E - Eugenia Cooney	E Elliott Erwitt	e Ekland,Britt	E- Edith Eger	E Edna O'Brien	E Esther Rantzen	E – Esther Rantzen	E - Emilio Fede	E – Esther Rantzen
F - Frank Field	F - Frank Field	F Frank Field	f Flack,Roberta	F- Frank Field	F Ninette Finch	F Frank Field	F – Frank Field	F - Roberta Flack	F – Frank Field
G - Roland Griffiths	G - Julie Goodyear	G Gustavo Gutiérrez	g Genichiro Tenryu	G- Glynis Johns	G Mitzi Gaynor	G Graham Caveney	G –  Graham Caveney	G - Glynis Johns	G – David Graham
H - Rick "Black Bart" Harris	H - Alwen Hughes	H Henry Hu	h Hussein,Warris	H- Jack Hanna	H Dick Hyman	H Pat Heywood	H – Heath Streak	H - Heath Streak	H – Heath Streak - died
I - Jonnie Irwin	I - Jonnie Irwin	I Ion Iliescu	i Irwin,Jonnie	I- Jonnie Irwin	IDafydd Iwan	I Ion Illesecu	I –  Jonnie Irwin	I - Ion Iliescu	I – Ion Iliescu
J - Johnny Ruffo	J - Jasper Johns	J Jennifer Johnston	j Justa Minx (Twitch Streamer)	J- James Carter Cathcart	JGwyneth Jones	J Jonnie Irwin	J – Jimmy Carter	J - Jonnie Irwin	J – Jonnie Irwin
K - Kirsty Smitten	K - Kris Kristofferson	K Kenneth Kitchen	kKamini Kaushal	K- Henry Kissinger	KKatharine, Duch. of Kent	K Bobby Knight	K –  Kat Bjelland	K - Bob Knight	K - Henry Kissinger
L - Jeanette Lee	L - Lucy Letby	L Lisa Lu	l Lisa Lu	L- Leontyne Price	LPhyllida Law	L Larisa Latynina	L – Linda Nolan	L - Jeanette Lee	L – Linda Nolan
M - Dikembe Mutombo	M - Michael Morpurgo	M Mildred Miller	m Marcos,Imelda	M- Steve McMichael	MDick McTaggart	M Shane MacGowan	M – Steve McMichael	M - Steve McMichael	M – Steve McMichael
N - Linda Nolan	N - Linda Nolan	N Nancy Norman	n Norton,Jim (Irish actor)	N- Linda Nolan	NLinda Nolan	N Linda Nolan	N –  Nick Anderton	N - Linda Nolan	N – Nigel Starmer-Smith
O - Seiji Ozawa	O - Yoko Ono	O Owen Oyston	o Ono,Jiro	O- Sandra Day O’Connor	O Nancy Olson	O Oscar Wyatt	O – Nick Owen	O - Seiji Ozawa	O – Yoko Ono
P - John Pender	P - Priscilla Pointer	P Pierre Perret	p Pan,Rebecca	P- Larry Pressler	PVivian Pickles	P Larry Pressler	P – Patrick Murray	P - Isabel Peron	P – Joan Plowright
Q - Qapik Attagutsiak	Q - Quincy Jones (b1933)	Q Qian Qihu	q Queen Ratna of Nepal	Q- Quincy Jones	Q Queen Margarethe II of Den.	Q Abraham Quintinilla	Q – Oscar Quitak	Q - Qi Xin	Q – Marita Camacho Quirós
R - Ruschell Boone - died	R - Rachel Robinson	R Rachel Robinson	r Ray Reardon	R- Esther Rantzen	RRichard Wilson (b1936)	R Johnny Ruffo	R – Roberta Flack	R - Ray Reardon	R – Rob Burrow
S - Steve McMichael	S - Shane MacGowan	S Stephen Smale	s Shane MacGowan	S- Eva Marie Saint	S Sandy Gall	S Steve McMichael	S-  Simon Cowell (wildlife)	S - Simon Cowell (Wildlife)	S – Simon Cowell (SOS)
T - Michael Tilson Thomas	T - Ted Turner	T Tommy Thompson (politician)	t Tsang,Eric	T- Michael Tilson Thomas	T Valerie Taylor	T Michael Tilson Thomas	T- Ted Turner	T - Sajida Talfah	T – Michael Tilson Thomas
U - Yosh Uchida	U - Gudrun Ure	U Ursula Ungaro-Benages	u Um Aing-ran	U- Bob Uecker	U Gudrun Ure	U Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	U – Juan Carlos Unzue	U - Gudrun Ure	U – Gudrun Ure
V - Paul Vachon	V - Viviane Ventura	V Vija Vētra	v Vernon,Anne	V- Dick Van Dyke	VMamie Van Doren	V Basil Van Rooyen	V – Paul Vachon	V - Violeta Chamorro	V – Louis Van Gaal
W - James Whale	W - Joanne Woodward	W Woody Woodbury	w Wu,Bowie	W- Joanne Woodward	W Willie Wallace	W James Whale	W – James Whale	W - James Whale	W – James Whale
X - Xaviera Hollander	X - Xaviera Hollander	X Xī Xiǎomíng	xXingjian, Gao	X- Qi Xin	X Xabi Alonso	X Gao Xingjian	X –  Xi Jinping	X - Xi Murong	X – Bao Xishun
Y - Cale Yarborough	Y - Arnold Yarrow	Y Yoji Yamada	yYong-nam, Kim	Y- Yoko Ono	Y Yoko Ono	Y Yoko Ono	Y – Cale Yarborough	Y - Cale Yarborough	Y – Arnold Yarrow
Z - Zoleka Mandela	Z - Mario Zagallo	Z Zvi Zamir	z Zubin Mehta	Z- Zvi Zamir	Z Zandra Rhode	Z Mario Zagallo	Z – Zoleka Mandela	Z - Mario Zagallo	Z – Zvi Zamir
wannamaker	time	Captain Hemlock	diego	banana	CalebH	Guy From Future	BabyBlue	MariNisia	Wormfarmer
A- John Ashton (Psy. Furs)	Martti Ahtisaari	A-Aaron Neville	A Iris Apfel	Paul Auster	A Antonia Fraser	A - Alice Munro	A –Anouk Aimée	A – Nick Anderton	bud anderson (WW2 ace)
B- Brigitte Bardot	Biddy Baxter	B-Mangosuthu Buthelezi (AEIOU)	B Alan Bennett	Burrell, Theo	B Carlos Bilardo	B - Brigitte Bardot	B – Ruschell Boone	B – Harold Becker	barbara barrie
C- James Carter Cathcart	Duncan Campbell	C-Chevy Chase	C Bobby Charlton	Cowell, Simon (wildlife)	C Bobby Charlton	C - Graham Caveney	C-Claudia Cardinale	C – Arthur Cohn	jimmy carter
D- Shannen Doherty	Robert Duvall	D-Shannen Doherty	D Caren Marsh Doll	Doherty, Shannen	DBas de Gaay Fortman	D -Alex Delvecchio	D – Michel Drucker	D – Phyllis Dalton	derek draper
E- James Earl Jones	Farokh Engineer	E-Paul R. Ehrlich	E Ethel Kennedy	Esther Rantzen	E Lily Ebert	E - Amy Ettinger	E -  Felipe A. Esquivel	E – Daniel J. Evans	carl erskine
F- Fatos Nano	Jamie Farr	F-Fatos Nano	F Franz Beckenbauer	Field, Frank	F Vigdis Finnbogadóttir	F - Francoise Fabian	F –Emilio Fede 	F – Chris Farlowe	frank field
G- Janey Godley	Gilbert Proesch/Prousch	G-Arlo Guthrie	G Sandy Gall	Graham Caveney	G Glynis Johns	G - Gaston Glock	G - - Roland Griffiths	G – Marla Gibbs	lloyd geering
H- Jack Hanna	Waris Hussain	H-Whitey Herzog	H Henry Kissinger	Heath Streak	H Henry Kissinger	H - Myke "Gemini" Horton	H - Francoise Hardy	H – Earl Holliman	roy haynes
I- Jonnie Irwin	Ion Iliescu	I-Eric Idle	I Jonnie Irwin	Irwin, Jonnie	I Ion Iliescu	I - Isabel Peron	I – Iris Apfel	I – Jonnie Irwin	paul ignatius
J- Jimmy Carter	Joe Johnson (snooker)	J-Jesse Jackson	J Jimmy Carter	Joe Shannon (chef)	JJacques Dutronc	J - Johnny Bucyk	J - Jonnie Irwin	J – Ned Jarrett	abe jacobs (wrestler)
K- Henry Kissinger	Barbara Knox	K-Toby Keith	K Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Koutcher, Nadine	K Gillian Knight	K - Sid Krofft	K - Elizabeth Kelly	K – Henry Kissinger	ramzan kadyrov
L- Andrey Lugovoy	Norman Lear	L-Jeanette Lee	L Linda Nolan	Lee, Jeanette	L Karin Lesch	L - Phyllida Law	L –Luis Pascual Dri	L – William Leuchtenburg	phyllis latour
M- Shane MacGowan	Mireille Mathieu	M-Malachy McCourt	M Steve Mcmichael	McMichael, Steve	M Malachy McCourt	M -Mina Anna Maria Mazzini	M - Ian McMillan	M – Steve McMichael	morton mintz
N- Linda Nolan	Nanette Newman	N-Noam Chomsky	N Norman Lear	Nolan, Linda	NGiorgio Napolitano	N - Nancy Olson	N - Nino Benvenuti	N – Mike Nussbaum	linda nolan
O- Ozzy Osbourne	John O'Sullivan	O-Yoko Ono	O Brian O'Donovan	O'Donovan, Brian	OOlga Ostroumova	O - Seiji Ozawa	O – Bulle Ogier	O – Joyce Carol Oates	maria oggay (tattoos)
P- Larry Pressler	George Passmore	P-Norman Podhoretz	P Janis Paige	Pete Wilk (baseball)	P Silvia Pinal	P -Princess Bajrakitiyabha	P – Penelope Lively	P – Silvia Pinal	priscilla pointer
Q- Quincy Jones	Gerry Queen	Q-Mumilaaq Qaqqaq	Q Óscar Quitak (actor)	Quitak, Oscar	Q Patricia Quinn	Q - Queen Ratna	Q - Robin Quivers	Q – Eve Queler	marita camacho quiros
R- Rob Burrow	Roger Penrose	R-Robert McNeil	R Rosalyn Carter	Ruffo, Johnny	R Rosalyn Carter	R - Richard Rohmer	R –  Rick "Black Bart" Harris	R – Esther Rantzen	rachel robinson
S- Simon Cowell (Wildlife)	Stephen Stills	S-Sam Donaldson	S Nigel Satarmer Smith	Spencer, Paul (Dario G)	S Jose Sarney	S - Steve McMichael	S – Prunella Scales	S – Thomas P. Stafford	june spencer
T- Theo Burrell	Dick Taverne	T-Tom Smothers	T Claude Cohen Tannouji	Tylee Craft	T Ion Tiriac	T - Eric Tsang	T – Tinto Brass	T – Calvin Tomkins	eric tweedale
U- Torben Ulrich	Ursula Andress	U-Bob Uecker	U Juan Carlos Unzue	Unzue, Juan Carlos	U Ursula Andress	U - Yosh Uchida	U - Torben Ulrich	U – Gudrun Ure	ian underwood
V- Virgil (Wrestler)	Ronald Venetiaan	V-Violeta Chamorro	V Vic Seixas	Valentine-Morton, Marc	V Paul Vachon	V - Paul Vachon	V – Bobby Vinton	V – Paul Vachon	dick van dyke
W- James Whale	William Waldegrave	W-William Daniels	W James Whale	Whale, James	W Joanne Woodward	W - Richard Williams	W – Rose West	W – James Whale	woody woodbury
X- Xi Jinping	Xi Jinping	X-Xavier McDaniel	X X J Kennedy (poet)	X. J. Kennedy	XXavier Di Petta	X - Xuxa	X – Wang Xiji (engineer)	X – Gao Xingjian	xaviera hollander
Y- Yoko Ono	Angus Young	Y-Yorvit Torrealba	Y Chen-Ning  Yang	Yarborough, Cale	Y Ysanne Churchman	Y - Arnold Yarrow	Y –Tu You You	Y – Cale Yarborough	arnold yarrow
Z- Mario Zagallo	Dino Zoff	Z-Zubin Mehta	Z Zagallo	Zoleka Mandela	Z Zoya Boguslavskaya	Z - Zoleka Mandela	Z - Zvi Zamir	Z – Mário Zagallo	khaleda zia

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Final Standings Table:  (WS = Whippersnapper bonus)(VMB = vowel movement bonus)

 

Champion:      banana                      13 hits (1 no QO at Q), 9 WS, 52 pts

2nd  place :     gcreptile                    13 hits, (1 no QO at E), 6 WS, 50 pts (1 solo, 3 duos) (only missing the A for a legitimate VMB!)

3rd place:        cap'n cho                  11 hits (1 no QO at V), 6 WS, 38 pts  

babyblue                    9 hits, 2 WS, 37 pts        

perhaps                     11 hits (1 no QO at Q), 2 WS, 36 pts

torva messor            12 hits, 3 WS, psuedo VMB, 36 pts (missing the O or Y for the legitimate VMB!)

book                           11 hits, 4 WS, 35 pts

wannamaker             9 hits, 6 WS, 35 pts

wep                             6 hits, pseudo VMB, 35 pts

funeralopolis            12 hits, 3 WS, 32 pts

ladyfiona                    9 hits, 4 WS, 32 pts

msc                             9 hits, 4 WS, 30 pts

lizlemon                      7 hits, 2 WS, 29 pts

toast                            6 hits, 2 WS, psuedo VMB, 28 pts

diego                           10 hits (1 no QO at Q), 1 WS, 27 pts

grimgrass                   8 hits (1 no QO at Q), 2 WS, 26 pts

MariNisia                    7 hits, 1 WS, 26 pts

commtech                  7 hits,  3 WS, 24 pts

captain hem               7 hits, 2 WS, psuedo VMB, 24 pts

yvonne                         9 hits, 21 pts

theoldlady                   5 hits, 3 WS, 19 pts

guy from future          6 hits, 1 WS, 19 pts

caleb H                        8 hits, 19 pts

wormfarmer               6 hits, I WS, 18 pts

octopus of od            7 hits, 1 WS, 15 pts

joe moneypenny        4 hits, 3 WS, 15 pts

bibliogryphon             5 hits, 14 pts

great uncle b              3 hits, 11 pts

yorkshire banker        3 hits, 11 pts

time                             2 hits, 5 pts

   

I will continue to tweak this table until the 10th of Sept, at which time we will declare a winner.  BANANA is our 2023-34 Champion!

previous post here:

So far, as I compile lists, I have come across two names which I find too far from celebrity to qualify.  Jenny Appleford (I am not really on board with the idea that anyone with a website or twitter account is considered an "influencer" these days) and Chickadee Cardwell (who seems to be a relative of someone barely famous, which is a reach).  I am not going to check every name on every list, but these were particular to follow up on since a team owner was dubious enough to include a sub in the event the first name didn't pass muster.  Smart move, if you did that, I put in your sub!  Other dubious names that DID qualify included Kirsty Smitten, who had already made significant headlines in the medical world for a new breed of antibiotics, and Tylee Craft, a wideout for the North Carolina State Tar Heels.  Absolutely!  Another issue is that we have a few players who will run afoul of the new rule this year that eliminates scoring with titles such as Queen at the Q, and Princess at the P, etc.  Ah well, minor handicaps to overcome with no chances to score at those spots.  

Edited September 14 by Wormfarmer
Game closed and Trophy awarded!

[ladyfiona 2,558]

My list: (10/26)

 

A – David Attenborough

B – Bruce Willis

C – Jimmy Carter

D – Shannen Doherty

E - Eunice Anderson

F – Franklin B. Zimmerman (conductor)

G - Lloyd Geering (theologian)

H - Henry Kissinger

I – Jonnie Irwin

J - José Sahagún de la Parra (Catholic bishop)

K - Khamtai Siphandon (politician)

L – Linda Nolan

M - Shane MacGowan

N - Ngethe Njoroge

O – Oscar Quitak (actor) (can't find an obit)

P – Priscilla Pointer (actress)

Q - Marita del Carmen Camacho Quirós (first lady) – also known as Marita Camacho Quirós

R – Rob Burrow

S – June Spencer

T – John Tinniswood (oldest man in UK)

U - Yosh Uchida (judo coach)

V – Vic Seixas (Tennis player)

W – Dorice Constance Brown Walford (architect)

X – Wang Xiji (engineer)

Y – Arnold Yarrow (actor)

Z - Zvi Zamir (IDF general)

[Toast 16,063]

Good idea. I struggle to read teams when they're posted in table form, so I'll stick mine here later.

And here it is.

 

A - Anouk Aimée 

B - Brigitte Bardot

C - Clem Cattini

D - David Attenborough

E - Eugenia Cooney

F - Frank Field 

G - Julie Goodyear

H - Alwen Hughes

I - Jonnie Irwin 

J - Jasper Johns

K - Kris Kristofferson

L - Lucy Letby

M - Michael Morpurgo

N - Linda Nolan

O - Yoko Ono

P - Priscilla Pointer

Q - Quincy Jones (b1933)

R - Rachel Robinson

S - Shane MacGowan 

T - Ted Turner

U - Gudrun Ure 

V - Viviane Ventura

W - Joanne Woodward

X - Xaviera Hollander

Y - Arnold Yarrow

Z - Mario Zagallo 

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,008]

Team Commtech Sio Bibble.

 

A - Martti Ahtisaari 

B - Rob Burrow 

C - Chevy Chase

D - Shannen Doherty

E - Esther Rantzen

F - Frank Field 

G - David Graham

H - Marilyn Hagerty

I - Jonnie Irwin

J - Jesse Jackson

K - Baroness Glenys Kinnock

L - Andrey Lugovoy 

M - Rupert Murdoch

N - Linda Nolan

O - Ozzy Osbourne

P - Priscilla Pointer

Q - Marita Camacho Quirós 

R - Sonny Rolins

S - Nigel Starmer Smith

T - Colin Thackery

U - Gudrun Ure

V - Vanessa Regrave

W - James Whale

X - Xi Jinping

Y - Arnold Yarrow

Z - Milos Zeman

[polar duck 775]

(Delete this comment. I don't think I'm participating this year.)

Edited August 27, 2023 by polar duck
changed my mind

[theoldlady 2,280]

My entry:

5/26 for19 pts

 

A - Julian Assange

B - Rob Burrow  2 PTS for last name + 2 PTS for WS = 4pts

C - Jimmy Carter

D - Shannen Doherty  2 PTS for last name + 2 PTS for WS = 4 pts

E - Chris Evert

F - Frank Field  1 PT for first name + 2 pts for last name = 3 pts

G - Paul Gascoigne

H - Jurgen Habermas 

I - Jonnie Irwin  3 pts for last name I + 2WS pts =5 pts

J - Ron Jeremy

K - Kate Keltie

L - Lisa Lu

M - Steve McMichael

N - Linda Nolan

O - Yoko Ono

P - Mark Patton (actor)

Q - Marita del Carmen Camacho Quiros (Former Costa Rican First Lady)

R - Ray Reardon  1 PT for first name + 2 pts for last name = 3 pts 

S - Nigel Starmer-Smith

T - Andy Taylor

U - Juan Carlos Unzue 

V - Frankie Valli

W - James Whale

X - Gao Xingjian

Y - Michael York

Z - Milos Zeman

Edited July 20 by theoldlady
Deaths of Reardon, Doherty, Burrow, Field & Irwin.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,180]

If my team is accepted:

 

A Alpha Conde

B Basil van Rooyen Died 14 Sep 2023

C Chuwit Kamolvisit

D Daniel Bairenboim

E Eddie Annand

F Frank Borman Died 7th Nov 23

G George Eastham

H Helen Stewart

I Ian Wilmut Died 10 SEP 2023

J Jake Abraham Died 30 Sep 2023

K Kirsty Smitten Died 4 Oct 2023

L Linda Nolan

M Marianne Faithfull

N Nick Anderton

O Nick Owen

P Paul Auster

Q Quentin Davies

R Roberta Flack

S Sally Shipard

T Theo Burrow

U Juan Carlos Unzue

V Juha Vaatainen

W Wilfred Benitez

Z Zoleka Mandela Died 26 Sep 2023

X Xue Feng

Y Cale Yarborough

[ladyfiona 2,558]

I wish Michael Parkinson had waited a few weeks. He was going to be on my list.

[Grimgrass 510]

A - Martti Ahtisaari
B - Brigitte Bardot
C - Jimmy Carter
D - Derek Draper
E - George Eastham
F - Frank Field
G - Gaston Glock
H - Steve Halliwell
I - Jonnie Irwin
J - James Earl Jones
K - Kris Kristofferson
L - Jean-Marie Le Pen
M - Patrick Murray
N - Linda Nolan
O - Ozzy Osbourne
P - Angela Piper
Q - Oscar Quitak
R - Robert Rankin
S - Mikhail Saakasvili
T - Ted Turner
U - Gudrun Ure
V - Violet Chamorro
W - James Whale
X - Xu Wenli
Y - Michael York
Z - Mario Zagallo

[JoeMoneypenny 55]

team sent

[ladyfiona 2,558]

Sent my team in.

[Perhaps 1,422]

A - Loren Acton
B - Brian Barczyk
C - Graham Caveney
D - Derek Draper
E - Eric Edwards
F - Frank Field
G - Gaston Glock
H - John Hemingway
I - Ion Iliescu
J - Jasper Johns
K - Kris Kristofferson
L - Jean-Pierre Léaud
M - Shane MacGowan
N - Linda Nolan
O - Seiji Ozawa
P - Priscilla Pointer
Q - Oscar Quitak
R - Roger Rogerson
S - Henry Sandon
T - Michael Tilson Thomas
U - Torben Ulrich
V - Dick Vitale
W - William H. Webster
X - Gao Xingjian
Y - Cale Yarborough
Z - Mario Zagallo

[Yvonne 355]

Team sent

Hi, my list:-)

 

Joss Ackland

Jack Burke

Iris Cummings

Carmen Marsh Doll

Anthony Epstein

Sylvia Fein

Lee Grant

Stuart Hall

James Ivory 

Glynis Johns

Henry Kissinger

Beatrice Lumpkin

Imelda Marcos

Bob Newhart

Yoko Ono

Wanda Poltawska 

Marita Camacho Quiros

Patricia Routledge

Dennis Skinner

Olav Thon 

Gudrun Ure

Dick Van Dyke

Jacqueline White

Wang Xiji

Arnold Yarrow

Aleksandr Zatsepin

 

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,275]

 

David Attenborough

Stanley Baxter

Jimmy Carter

Dion DiMucci (sang 'the wanderer')

Eric Faulkner

Frank Field

Gary Glitter

Douglas Hurd

Ion Iliescu

Jill St John

Kiri te Kanawa ( opera singer)

Tom Lehrer

Shane MacGowan

Linda Nolan

Ove Fundin (5 x world speedway champion)

Pete Murray

Eve Queler (US conductor)

Ruggero Raimondi (opera singer)

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Tony Thorpe (ex Rubettes)

Uri Geller

Valerie Masterson (opera singer)

Richard Wilson

Bao Xishun

Yoko Ono

Mario Zagallo

[Toast 16,063]

Team sent.

They probably won't die, but five of them have all 5 vowels, and two of those have a Y as well! Although I don't think there's an extra bonus for the latter.

[time 8,575]

Entry submitted:

 

Martti Ahtisaari
Biddy Baxter
Duncan Campbell
Robert Duvall
Farokh Engineer
Jamie Farr
Gilbert Proesch/Prousch
Waris Hussain
Ion Iliescu
Joe Johnson
Barbara Knox
Norman Lear
Mireille Mathieu
Nanette Newman
John O'Sullivan
George Passmore
Gerry Queen
Roger Penrose
Stephen Stills
Dick Taverne
Ursula Andress
Ronald Venetiaan
William Waldegrave
Xi Jinping
Angus Young
Dino Zoff
 

[Torva Messor 273]

  2024-05-14 Alice Munro 
  2024-06-02 Rob Burrow
 Jimmy Carter
  2023-12-27 Jacques Delors
  2024-04-16 Carl Erskine
2024-06-11  Francoise Hardy 
  2024-01-04 Glynis Johns
2023-11-30 Henry Kissinger
  2024-02-04 Jonnie Irwin
 James Whale
 Ethel Kennedy
 Lee Adams
2023-09-09 Mangosuthu Buthelezi  AEIOU
  2023-09-22  Giorgio Napolitano
 Oscar Wyatt
 Patricia Routledge    

Quentin Kopp
 Roberta Flack
  Simon Cowell
 Tomiichi Murayama
  2024-05-14 Gudrun Ure
 Virginia Halas McCaskey
 William Webster
 X.J. Kennedy
 Yoko Ono
 Zhu Rongji

 

[Captain Hemlock 729]

Entered this one for the first time. I don't expect to do well here.

[CalebH 42]

sent a team

[Book 3,531]

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[Book 3,531]

After fail No. 3 I will post my team right now.

 

 

A – Tore Aleksandersen  27.02.1968 - 06.12.2023

B – Franz Beckenbauer   11.09.1945 - 07.01.2024

C – Jimmy Carter

D – Shannen Doherty   12.04.1971 - 13.07.2024

E – Esther Rantzen

F – Frank Field   16.07.1942 - 23.04.2024

G – David Graham

H – Heath Streak  16.03.1974 - 03.09.2023
I – Ion Iliescu
J – Jonnie Irwin  18.11.1973 - 02.02.2024
K - Henry Kissinger  23.05.1923 - 29.11.2023
L – Linda Nolan
M – Steve McMichael
N – Nigel Starmer-Smith
O – Yoko Ono
P – Joan Plowright
Q – Marita Camacho Quirós
R – Rob Burrow   26.09.1982 - 02.06.2024
S – Simon Cowell (SOS)   19.04.1952 - 09.06.2024
T – Michael Tilson Thomas
U – Gudrun Ure   12.03.1926 - 14.05.2024
V – Louis Van Gaal
W – James Whale
X – Bao Xishun
Y – Arnold Yarrow
Z – Zvi Zamir   03.03.1925 - 02.01.2024

[Wormfarmer 426]

16 hours ago, Book said:

16 hours ago, Book said:

I should have anticipated the late rush of entries.  I just freed up 20% of my space for messages and should be good to accept more now.  Thank you!

@Wormfarmer

 

 

[Wormfarmer 426]

Last day to enter!  Entries can come in until midnight my time which is pacific standard time (PST).  Even a little late is ok since I had a full message box until just now.  

Scoring will start on the 1st!