Bibliogryphon 9,687 Posted December 28, 2024 Ready to do battle and steal those picks from your fellow players Its fast and fun but you need to be on the ball but if you miss a round or two you can join in at any time Basically the aim of the game is to pick 20 candidates from the years 1925-1934.You need 2 from each year and you must have one male and one female from each year. Candidates only qualify if they have a national news article about their death in English and or an obituary. The game does not start until 1 January 2025 (UK Time Zone) and no teams can be posted before this time and will continue until the end of the year. As soon as one candidate from anyone`s list dies the pool will be immediately restarted and it is first come first serve. You can even be a bitch and steal someone`s entire list if you wish. Its a competitive game. The overall winner will be the person with most hits in the year. The pool restarts as soon as a link from the the qualifying article is posted verifying age of the deceased (by their own standard). No two players can have duplicate picks and the age given in the article will be accepted as soon as the article is published and pasted to this site. It has to be decisive at the time the news breaks. If the age they give is different to the year of birth you don`t get a hit unless it is amended before another death that meets the criteria of a hit. There have been a number of cases where two or more deaths break at about the same time. If a later breaking death occurs but it actually happened before the start of the new round you will be awarded the point if you had the earlier death in your team at the point that they died. I will do my best to be fair and even handed. There is no limit to the number of players and you can enter the round at any point. You may even miss some rounds if they are quick. You do not need an admin to confirm your pick if you have a QO to post your next round team but you may be challenged if it in any way suspect. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Bobytomi 152 Posted December 31, 2024 Before the game starts in a few hours, I can include the actor Douglas Fisher for 1934? He was the victim of a death hoax in 2022, but apparently he is still alive, in fact his obituary in find a grave was updated. https://es.findagrave.com/memorial/261085638/douglas-fisher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 521 Posted December 31, 2024 Good Luck this year everyone! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,716 Posted December 31, 2024 Edit - Date says 31st, but i posted it on exact time my computer changed to midnight. 1925: Dick Van Dyke / June Lockhart 1926: David Attenborough / Noreen Riols 1927: Divaldo Franco / Cleo Laine 1928: Je an Marie Le Pen / Hazel Ascot 1929: Sam Nujoma / Violeta Chamorro 1930: Sonny Rollins / Joanne Woodward 1931: Norman Tebbit / Isabel Martinez de Peron 1932: Chavalit Yongchaiyduh / Antonia Fraser 1933: Alexander Mitta / Yoko Ono 1934: Woody Allen / Lee Meriwether 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,333 Posted Wednesday at 00:00 Good luck, all, thanks go to Bibliogryphon for hosting, and Happy New Year. 1925: Tony Christopher / Lee Grant 1926: Abdoulaye Wade / TBA 1927: L. K. Advani / Leontyne Price 1928: Noam Chomsky / Ratna of Nepal 1929: Alasdair MacIntyre/ Betty Brosmer 1930: Theodore McCarrick / Gladys West 1931: Alan K. Simpson / Leslie Caron 1932: Indarjit Singh / Prunella Scales 1933: George J. Mitchell / Bernadette Chirac 1934: Frankie Valli / Michiko 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 102 Posted Wednesday at 00:00 1925 - Anthony Mason / Phyllis Dalton 1926 - David Frankham / Berta Loran 1927 - Yuri Grigorovich / Rosemary Harris 1928 - James Watson / Nancy Olson 1929 - Mark Rydell / Patricia Routledge 1930 - Gene Hackman / Lois Smith 1931 - Robert Duvall / Claire Bloom 1932 - John Williams / Petula Clark 1933 - Michael Caine / Sian Phillips 1934 - Pat Boone / Shirley MacLaine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 521 Posted Wednesday at 00:01 HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!! 1925-Bobby Shantz/Johanna Quaas 1926-Gene Shalit/ Jacqueline Park 1927-H.M Wynant/Jean Lodge 1928-Sidney Kibrick/Betty Linde 1929-Jack Betts/Rebecca Schull 1930-John Cullum/Marilyn Alex 1931-Robert Colbert/Marla Gibbs 1932-Ray Stewart/Bunny Hoest 1933-Robert Fuller/Debra Paget 1934-Peter Behn/Ketty Lester Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yvonne 372 Posted Wednesday at 00:02 1925 Micheline Lannoy / Leo Esaki 1926 Marilyn Erskine/ Stanley Baxter 1927 Genevieve Page / Frank Sedgman 1928 Yvonne Van Bets / Paul Dooley 1929 Lady Pamela Hicks / Stuart Hall 1930 Sara Jane Moore / Clint Eastwood 1931 Virginia McKenna / Rupert Murdoch 1932 Phyllida Law / William Roache 1933 Sheila Hancock / Michael Aspel 1934 Wendy Craig / Tom Baker 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 2,034 Posted Wednesday at 00:28 1925 - Hal Gurnee / Anita Lasker-Wallfisch 1926 Michael Blumenthal / Betsy Jolas 1927 Vernom L Smith / Nayantara Sahgal 1928 Desmond Morris / Peggy Dow 1929 Peter Dale Scott/Queen Ida 1930 - Adônis (poeta sírio libanês)/Jennifer Johnston 1931 Alfred Brendel/Judith Viorst 1932 - Clint Hill / Elaine May 1933 Richard Riley / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1934 Rudolf Schuster/Carla A. Hills Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobytomi 152 Posted Wednesday at 00:36 1925: Jiro Ono / Ruth Slencznska 1926: Alan Greenspan / Marilyn Knowlden 1927: Sidney Cooke / Lisa Lu 1928: Sergio Corona / Marilyn Maye 1929: Alejandro Jodorowsky / Vera Miles 1930: Jordi Pujol / Mary Costa 1931: Raul Castro / Marianne Koch 1932: Gerard Kennedy / Abbe Lane 1933: Willie Nelson / Joan Collins 1934: Douglas Fisher / Eileen Atkins Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoorSlammer 596 Posted Wednesday at 00:39 Happy New Year, everyone! And thanks for hosting another year, Biblio! 1925: Alan Bergman / Jacqueline Ceballos 1926: Ed Williams / Betye Saar 1927: Marcel Ophuls / Mirtha Legrand 1928: Franzo Grande Stevens / Bella Davidovich 1929: Dick Button / Claire Maurier 1930: Buzz Aldrin / Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 1931: Kenny Burrell / Corinne Marchand 1932: Valentino / Harriet Andersson 1933: Frits Bolkestein / Eileen Fulton 1934: Don Hastings/ Brigitte Bardot 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 946 Posted Wednesday at 00:40 And we're off! 1925: Mahathir Mohamad / Adele Addison 1926: Moshe Sternbuch / Qi Xin 1927: Carl "Doc" Severinsen / Mindy Carson 1928: Harrison Ruffin Tyler / Elizabeth Shields 1929: Jürgen Habermas / Imelda Marcos 1930: Jose Sarney / Tippi Hedren 1931: Irwin Winkler / Barbara Barrie 1932: Bedros Kirkorov / Naina Yeltsina 1933: Félicien Kabuga / Julie Newmar 1934: Marcel Niat Njifenji / Jean Marsh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,515 Posted Wednesday at 03:05 Let's do this thing... 1925: Lester Crown / Martha Firestone Ford 1926: Robert McGinnis / Stella Hackel Sims 1927: Fred Risser / Estelle Parsons 1928: Sidney Kimmel / Pilar Pallete 1929: Jerry Adler / Vikki Dougan 1930: Ion Iliescu / Taina Elg 1931: Mack Mattingly / Ann Roth 1932: Bob Pettit / Jenny Craig 1933: Michael Parenti / Joycelyn Elders 1934: Russ Tamblyn / Shirley Jones Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Insomnio 15 Posted Wednesday at 05:04 1925: Maurice R. Greenberg / TBA 1926: Valdas Adamkus / Darleane C. Hoffman 1927: William Smithers / Cora Sue Collins 1928: Hans Blix / Sheila Jordan 1929: Berry Gordy / Bonnie Bartlett 1930: John Astin / Luce Irigaray 1931: Vance D. Brand / Carmen De Lavallade 1932: Vytautas Landsbergis / Christiane Kubrick 1933: Pete Wilson / Madhur Jaffrey 1934: Alan Bennett / Judi Dench Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,687 Posted Wednesday at 06:08 1925 Pete Murray/Brigitte Auber 1926 Walt Brown/Judith Magre 1927 Sandy Gall/Hazel Chinnery 1928 James Ivory/Jane Gardam 1929 John Woodvine/Thelma Barlow 1930 Roy Clarke/Katherine Jackson 1931 Ken Bates/Eileen Derbyshire 1932 Roy Hattersley/Carmen Munroe 1933 Tinto Brass/Kim Novak 1934 Don Cherry/Jane Goodall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,274 Posted Wednesday at 07:25 1925 Marv Levy / Millicent Dillon 1926 Philip Springer / Barbara Clegg 1927 Hy Eisman / Maybelle Blair 1928 Dick Taverne / Cynthia Ozick 1929 Len Deighton / Joan Plowright 1930 Clive Revill / Lynn Hamilton 1931 Edwin Meese III / Carroll Baker 1932 Frank Layden / Anne Claire Poirier 1933 Michael Frayn / Penelope Lively 1934 Peter Arnett / Joyce Van Patten 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,274 Posted Wednesday at 08:00 @Summer in Transylvania... Noreen Riols is a duplicate pick: 10 hours ago, ladyfiona said: 1926: David Attenborough / Noreen Riols 10 hours ago, Summer in Transylvania said: 1926: Abdoulaye Wade / Noreen Riols @polar duck... Sam Nujoma, Theodore McCarrick and Prunella Scales are three duplicate picks: 10 hours ago, ladyfiona said: 1929: Sam Nujoma / Violeta Chamorro 10 hours ago, Summer in Transylvania said: 1930: Theodore McCarrick / Gladys West 1932: Indarjit Singh / Prunella Scales 9 hours ago, polar duck said: 1929 Sam Nujoma Imelda Marcos 1930 Theodore McCarrick Tippi Hedren 1932 Bedros Kirkorov Prunella Scales @Bibliogryphon... Alan Greenspan is a duplicate pick, too: 9 hours ago, Bobytomi said: 1926: Alan Greenspan / Marilyn Knowlden 4 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: 1926 Alan Greenspan/Judith Magre 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yvonne 372 Posted Wednesday at 09:35 9 hours ago, Summer in Transylvania said: Good luck, all, thanks go to Bibliogryphon for hosting, and Happy New Year. 1925: Tony Christopher / Lee Grant 1926: Abdoulaye Wade / Noreen Riols 1927: L. K. Advani / Leontyne Price 1928: Noam Chomsky / Ratna of Nepal 1929: TBA / Betty Brosmer 1930: Theodore McCarrick / Gladys West 1931: Alan K. Simpson / Leslie Caron 1932: Indarjit Singh / Prunella Scales 1933: George J. Mitchell / Bernadette Chirac 1934: Frankie Valli / Michiko For 1929 Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish philosopher is available if you are interested 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,687 Posted Wednesday at 12:45 4 hours ago, MariNisia said: @Bibliogryphon... Alan Greenspan is a duplicate pick, too: I am surprised he was the only one considering how late I was with my initial entry. Replaced with Walt Brown 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 700 Posted 19 hours ago Congrats @ladyfiona for your first hit of the year in this pool with Noreen Riols 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 521 Posted 19 hours ago CONGRATS @ladyfiona on your hit of Noreen Riols New Round.... 1925-Bobby Shantz/Johanna Quaas 1926-Gene Shalit/ Jacqueline Park 1927-H.M Wynant/Jean Lodge 1928-Sidney Kibrick/Betty Linde 1929-Jack Betts/Rebecca Schull 1930-John Cullum/Marilyn Alex 1931-Robert Colbert/Marla Gibbs 1932-Ray Stewart/Bunny Hoest 1933-Robert Fuller/Debra Paget 1934-Peter Behn/Ketty Lester 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 102 Posted 18 hours ago Congrats @ladyfiona 1925 - Tony Christopher/ Phyllis Dalton 1926 - David Frankham / Berta Loran 1927 - Yuri Grigorovich / Rosemary Harris 1928 - James Watson / Nancy Olson 1929 - Mark Rydell / Patricia Routledge 1930 - Gene Hackman / Lois Smith 1931 - Robert Duvall / Claire Bloom 1932 - John Williams / Petula Clark 1933 - Michael Caine / Sian Phillips 1934 - Pat Boone / Shirley MacLaine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 946 Posted 18 hours ago On 28/12/2024 at 04:06, Bibliogryphon said: Candidates only qualify if they have a national news article about their death in English and or an obituary. You do not need an admin to confirm your pick if you have a QO to post your next round team but you may be challenged if it in any way suspect. 1 minute ago, livingbygrace said: CONGRATS @ladyfiona on your hit of Noreen Riols New Round.... Still waiting for a QO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,333 Posted 18 hours ago Is there an obit? Edit: Ninja'd by Polar Duck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites