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32 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said:

Give it an hour or two. Looking forward to my sweary PM.

 

Yep. We are firmly in Rule 16 territory now. You've been warned. 

However, entries are still welcome, the more the merrier and all that bollocks. :P

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Sent in my list, hoepfully it wasn't too late. 3AM here, wasn't planning on entering anything but got a notification so went for it :) Good luck all

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Right I'm off to enjoy NYE (everyone bar Sean has been masterlisted, @Sean your team is fine free of FFBIs and queries just needs adding. Any further entries will get their deserved abuse and be masterlisted when I get back online in the earlier hours of tomorrow morning.

 

'X hours ago' will be used to determine if your PM/post was on time.... so there's a tiny bit of leeway but not much....

 

Full team sheets will be up some time tomorrow......

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Just sent, sorry about how late. Enjoy your NYE.

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Sorry its late and prepared for abuse.

 

HARES POOL 2019

1 Angela Lansbury

2 Sir John Nott

3 Billy Connoly

4 Boris Pahor

5 Doyle Brunson (poker)

6 Christopher Plummer

7 Jackie Stallone

8 Prunella Scales

9 Joyce Randolph

10 Kirk Douglas

11 Linda Nolan

12 Linda Rondstadt

13 Jean-Louis Trintignant

14 Murray Walker

15 Olivia Newton John

16 Pele

17 Prince Philip

18 Ian st John

19 Ronald Atkins MP

20 Rupert Murdoch

21 Sandy Gall

22 George Alagiar

23 Nanci Ryder

24 Terry Jones

25 Doddie Wier

 

Reserve

1 June Brown 2 Eileen Derbyshire 3 Roy Hattersley

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1 hour ago, Pedro67 said:

Sorry its late and prepared for abuse.

 

HARES POOL 2019

1 Angela Lansbury

2 Sir John Nott

3 Billy Connoly

4 Boris Pahor

5 Doyle Brunson (poker)

6 Christopher Plummer

7 Jackie Stallone

8 Prunella Scales

9 Joyce Randolph

10 Kirk Douglas

11 Linda Nolan

12 Linda Rondstadt

13 Jean-Louis Trintignant

14 Murray Walker

15 Olivia Newton John

16 Pele

17 Prince Philip

18 Ian st John

19 Ronald Atkins MP

20 Rupert Murdoch

21 Sandy Gall

22 George Alagiar

23 Nanci Ryder

24 Terry Jones

25 Doddie Wier

 

Reserve

1 June Brown 2 Eileen Derbyshire 3 Roy Hattersley

 

Jesus fucking christ..... so I step away from the new years revellery for a couple of minutes to check just to make sure nobody has been mind-boggling stupid enough to enter after 10pm on New Years Eve, I mean what kind of utter moron would risk entering this pool at this point....... you know a few years we had a 4pm deadline for this thing right now I'm tempted to bring that back next fucking year or at very least rememberant of why I had that bloody rule......

 

You forgot a fucking wildcard by the way and have roughly 55 minutes to give me one otherwise it goes to Angela Lansbury by default, to be honest I'd be tempted just to not give you one out of your petulance at this point. By the way tax deadline is 31st January by the way in case you've forgotten that as well, and your heads screwed to your neck and glasses are resting on your nose if your looking for those things as well, I bet your house keys have got your address written on them not in case you lose them just in case you forget where you fucking live. Thank god your picks are actually bloody famous.......

 

 

Thank you for your entry and good luck :) 

 

Anyone else still got teams to submit???

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Right then - personal New Year festivies weren't all they're cracked up to be.... which is great news for Hares Competitors.

 

An impressive 43 teams - same as last year - lost a few gained a few. Welcome or welcome back, 

 

And as new years eve fireworks litter the UK landscape and auld lang syne is belted out we are ready to provide another year 

 

I've added everyone but the lazy bastards to the masterlist spreadsheet, experimenting with holding all picks as a spreadsheet with competitors  next to them rather than a post due to excessive length or the old spreadsheet I used for personally purposes that required each pick to be entered points tallies in each team, this one is pick - team. Once I've added the latecomers in tomorrow that'll be available to check and you'll see what I mean. When it's publishe head over here to check it’s accurate at this is where we’ll be awarding points from from now on (it’s easier).  once I've taken care of that I'll finish compiling the Hares scoreboard for last year - there's still a week for late obits though, so i'm not hurrying it as I can't be arsed re-doing it when we discover someone died yesterday (you can follow progress on this front in last years thread - I'm doing it inthe most.).....

 

Given the above is all an incredibly boring, technical  thing few people are going to care about on to the good stuff....

 

Firstly it’s time to dish out the new  You’ve Got to Be Fucking Kidding Award -

 

The wanker who shall remain nameless who submitted an 18-year old car crash victim as a road safety campaigner. I've seen it all now. The full list of annual rejections is below, I’ve decided not to name the culprits - they can bring themselves forward below for ridicule (I’ll fess up to Marianne Nolad, I mean one of them did sing for her… but still FFBI). The dead one died after submission, for the first time I can remember no-one who died in the 1980s or 1990s was submitted, improvements.

 

Rejected Picks (Full List)

 

 

Pick

     

Rejected:

Mariane Nolad

dying westlife fan

Creative description justifying them:

Westlife superfan

FFBI

Gemma Sissons

cancer ridden 'gym addict;

Creative description justifying them:

bodybuilder and gym addict

FFBI

Vishwesha Teertha

Indian Guru

Actually famous

(In players defense died after they submitted their team)

Dead

Ky73 W3@r

car crash victim

Creative description justifying them:

road safety campaigner

FFBI

 

 

And the Who the Fuck Are They? Award

 

Impressively Sir Creep hasn’t won this….. 

 

Bob Joers - a gcreptile pick who somehow squeezed through the FFBI filter. Bob is a high school sports director whose ‘claim to fame’ is as the high school sports director of Middleton High School is claim to fame is an article about a softball coach who worked at his school and was essentially sacled - that referenced him for a comment about how the softball coach was a great guy and he was sad to lose him. Gcreptile will be hoping the Middleton Times that provided the above qualifying article will also provide an obit…..

 

Sir Creep however does get second place for minor poker player Aaron ‘Ace’ Corson’s, a relatively unsuccessful poker player  whose public results sheets from prelimary tournaments in the Heartland Poker Tour prior to his cancer diagnosis serve as his ‘claim to fame’ - the Poker News website will probably cover his death - so he’s fine for our purposes……

 

There’s also a littanny of famous peoples mothers in hospital, session musicians who’ve contracted cancer, Eastern Counties League football teams (that;s level 9 for those not familiar with non league), the minority of players who treat the non-English obit requirement as an invitation to submit a team full of people famous in their own country they can't play anywhere else - (honestly these are the greatest teams to receive, so thanks to gcreptile and Book for the annual education) who’ve got cancer and all the other usual absolute fucking nobodies who pull over the FFBI line by the skin of their teeth.…...

 

Thankfully, despite an obvious increase of borderlines (or maybe I’m just being more thorough this year), the torrent of Who the Fuck Are They Picks that I was worried about in including this award hasn’t materialised - so the tradition may continue (see below, it’s not up to me). 

 

And finally - you may have noticed a certain casual and almost demob happy vibe in the nature in which team checks and general Hares work has been conducted over the past few days - even more so than the usual casual approach. There’s a reason for that - 6  years after the first edition of the Hares Death Pool kicked off into life in January 2014 - many things have changed away from the forums and many things have changed on them. I’m no longer a spotty teenager with stupid amounts of free time (that lets be honest was never really put into this whole business anyway, so you can imagine how useless I’d be as a host without that free time), and I find far less to be enjoyed in the whole deadpool hosting process (that’s not to say I haven’t enjoyed hosting it I have. But things they change….). 

 

It’s time for one more thing to change - I will be retiring from hosting duties of this pool once YoungWillz is ready to take over the reins on a permanent basis - after his excellent job as stand-in host when I fucked off a few years ago and in appreciation that you’ll all press gang him into it as soon as you read this anyway. I’ll still be around on the forums.  I feel more comfortable ditching the hosting duties knowing they’ll be in good - dare I say better - hands. The exact switchover date is in YW's hands up to the limit that I will not be google local league footballers with cancer for their teams results next NYE.....

 

News that will no doubt be greeted with loud sighs of relief by competitors. Enjoy the more frequent scoreboard updates when they come. To be clear this isn’t a ‘i’m taking a bit of time off hosting it.’ - It’s a permanent handover. I've enjoyed learning about so many obscure celebrities when I've been running, but it's time to move on. An exact handover date hasn’t been set, but the transition will be a smooth, managed process rather than the usual ‘oh fuck, he’s disappeared, YW you’re up’ affair.

 

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On 11/12/2019 at 13:20, Kinnock said:

Reserved for the masterlist. 

 

In the meantime team progress reports through the tradition Masterlist/FFBI filter - if you've two YES's in these boxes your team is sorted unless you want to make changes under Rule 7. 

 

Processed and Properly Formatted Team Sheets……

 

 

  • markb4

 

  1. Alex Trebek

  2. Barbara Walters

  3. Betty White

  4. Bob Barker

  5. Bob Dole

  6. Christopher Tolkien

  7. Chuck Yeager (WILDCARD)

  8. Ed Asner

  9. George Alagiah

  10. Henry Kissinger

  11. James L. Buckley

  12. Javier Perez de Cuellar

  13. Jimmy Carter

  14. Katherine Jackson

  15. Kirk Douglas

  16. Larry King

  17. Larry Storch

  18. Lata Mangeshkar

  19. Nicholas Parsons

  20. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

  21. Roberta McCain

  22. Rosalynn Carter

  23. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  24. Ruthie Tompson 

  25. Vera Lynn

 

Subs: Norman Lloyd, Katherine Johnson, Glynis Johns, Beverley Cleary, Olivia de Haviland

 

  • Joey Russ

 

  1. Alan Greenspan 

  2. Alex Trebek 

  3. Bob Barker 

  4. Bob Fass

  5. Chitetsu Watanabe 

  6. Daniel Arap Moi

  7. Genesis P-orridge

  8. Jean Louis Trintignant 

  9. Jill Gascoine 

  10. Jimmy Carter 

  11. Kane Tanaka

  12. Kirk Douglas 

  13. Lee Kerslake 

  14. Little Richard 

  15. Mikhail Gorbachev 

  16. Nobby Stiles 

  17. Norman Lloyd

  18. Pope Benedict 

  19. Robert McCain 

  20. Roger Scruton

  21. Stirling Moss

  22. Terry Jones (WILDCARD) 

  23. Tommy Devito

  24. Vera Lynn 

  25. Willie Nelson 

 

Subs: John Andretti, Larry King, John Hume, Everton Weekes Javier Perez de Cuellar

 

  • The Quim Reaper

,

  1. Anne Buydens

  2. Bill Turnbull

  3. George Alagiah

  4. Henry Kissinger

  5. Javier Perez de Cuéllar (WILDCARD)

  6. Jean-Louis Trintignant

  7. Jimmy Carter

  8. Katherine Jackson

  9. Kirk Douglas

  10. Lee Kerslake

  11. Leslie Phillips

  12. Little Richard

  13. Mikhail Gorbachev

  14. Murray Walker

  15. Nicholas Parsons

  16. Nobby Stiles

  17. Olivia de Havilland

  18. Pope Benedict XVI

  19. Prince Philip

  20. Prunella Scales

  21. Stirling Moss

  22. Terry Jones

  23. Trevor Peacock

  24. Valery Giscard d’Estaing

  25. Vera Lynn

 

Subs: Alex Trebek, Daniel Arap Moi, Bob Dole

 

  •  

  • Msc

 

  1.  Arnold Yarrow

  2.  Beverly Cleary

  3.  Bob Barker

  4.  Bob Dole

  5.  Chuck Yeager

  6.  Clarissa Eden

  7.  Earl Cameron

  8.  Elizabeth Sellars

  9.  James Lovelock

  10.  Leslie Philips

  11.  Murray Walker

  12.  Nehemiah Persoff

  13.  Olivia de Havilland

  14.  Peregrine Worsthorne

  15.  Peter Tobin

  16.  Prince Philip

  17.  Vera Lynn

  18. Aaron Beck

  19. Freeman Dyson

  20. Henry Kissinger

  21. Kirk Douglas

  22. Nicholas Parsons

  23. Ronald Atkins

  24. Sumner Redstone

  25. William Frankland (WILDCARD)

 

Subs: Eva Marie Saint, Jimmy Carter, William Russell, Christopher Tolkein, Kenneth Kuanda

 

  • The Unknown Man

 

  1. Alex Trebek (WILDCARD)

  2. Anastasia Zavorotnyuk

  3. Bernard Tapie

  4. Chris Doleman

  5. Daniel Arap Moi

  6. David Gulpilil

  7. Eva Marie Saint

  8. Everton Weekes

  9. Frankie Banali

  10. Genesis P-Orridge

  11. George Alagiah

  12. Giorgio Napolitano

  13. Isabel Peron

  14. Javier Perez de Cuellar

  15. Jean-Louis Trintignant

  16. Jimmy Carter

  17. John Andretti

  18. Kirk Douglas

  19. Lee Kerslake

  20. Nobby Stiles

  21. Olivia de Havilland

  22. Prince Philip

  23. Sam Lloyd

  24. Tabaré Vázquez

  25. Terry Jones

 

Subs: Dick Van Dyke, Valerie Giscard D’Estaing, Olivia Newtown John, Hosni Mubarak, Bill Turnbull

 

Prophet

 

  1. Alex Trebek

  2. Barry Du Bois

  3. Bob Dole

  4. Bob Gibson

  5. Daniel arap Moi

  6. Frankie Banali

  7. George Alagiah

  8. Harry Reid

  9. Jean-Louis Trintignant

  10. Jimmy Carter

  11. John Andretti

  12. June Spencer

  13. Kirk Douglas

  14. Lee Kerslake

  15. Mark Gastineau

  16. Nobby Stiles

  17. Norman Lear

  18. Olivia de Havilland

  19. Prince Phillip

  20. Roger Scruton

  21. Ruthie Thompson

  22. Vera Lynn

  23. William Frankland

  24. Willie Nelson

  25. Yoo Sang-chul

 

Subs: Norman Lloyd, Rosallyn Carter, Ian Holm, Peter Tobin, David Gulpill.

 

  • JoeMoneyPenny

 

  1. Demi Lovato

  2. Dilip Kumar

  3. Everton Weekes 

  4. Genesis P-Orridge 

  5. Grace Chang 

  6. Grace Slick 

  7. Hau Pei-Tsen 

  8. Imelda Marcos 

  9. James Hong

  10. Jordan Peterson 

  11. Kane Tanaka 

  12. Kim Yong-nam 

  13. Lata Mangeshkar 

  14. Manolis Glezos 

  15. Miiko Taka 

  16. Mikhail Gorbachev 

  17. Prince Phillip 

  18. Robert Kuok 

  19. Stanley Ho(joker) 

  20. Susan Bayh 

  21. Tim Pool(Bald youtube political commentator) 

  22. Vera Lynn

  23. Vishwesha Teertha 

  24. Yang Hyong-sop

  25. Yoo Sang-chul

 

Subs: Pope Benedict, Pope Francis, Donald Trump

 

  • Torva Messor

 

  1. Alex Trebek (WILDCARD)

  2. Barbara Walters

  3. Beverly Cleary

  4. Bob Dole

  5. David Gulpilil

  6. Diana Serra Cary

  7. Frankie Banali

  8. Genesis P-Orridge

  9. George Alagiah

  10. Harry Reid

  11. Hugh Downs

  12. Jean-Louis Trintignant

  13. Jimmy Carter

  14. Kirk Douglas

  15. Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  16. Marsha Hunt, actor b. 1917

  17. Nobby Stiles

  18. Norman Lloyd

  19. Olivia de Havilland

  20. Olivia Newton-John

  21. Roger Angell

  22. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  23. Susan Bayh

  24. Vera Lynn

  25. Willie Nelson

Subs: Bob Gibson (baseball), Aaron Carter, Howie Meeker, Ray Anthony, Charlie Munger, 

 

  • JoePesci (aka The Mad Hatter - formerly known as MorbidKid)

 

  1. Bob Dole

  2. Daniel Arap Moi 

  3. David Dinkins

  4. Don Murray (actor b. 1929)

  5. Genesis P orridge 

  6. Ian Holm (actor)

  7. Isabel Peron 

  8. James Earl Jones

  9. Jean louis trintigant 

  10. Jimmy Heath 

  11. Joanne Woodward

  12. John Andretti (wildcard)

  13. John Hume (Irish politician)

  14. Kirk Douglas

  15. Larry King 

  16. Lee Grant

  17. Little Richard

  18. Luis Echeverría

  19. Olvia De Haviland

  20. Prince Philp 

  21. Prunella Scales

  22. Roger Scruton

  23. Sidney poitier

  24. Terry Jones 

  25. Walter Bernenstein

 

Sub: Roberta McCain

 

  • Death Impends

 

  1. Alex Trebek (WILDCARD)

  2. Art Rupe

  3. Beverly Cleary

  4. Clarissa Eden

  5. Diana Serra Cary

  6. Earl Cameron

  7. Harrison Ruffin Tyler (surviving grandchild of John Tyler)

  8. Ian St. John

  9. Javier Perez de Cuellar

  10. Joe Vento (Sinatra's pianist)

  11. John Hume

  12. Kane Tanaka

  13. Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  14. Leslie Phillips

  15. Lyon Gardiner Tyler,  Jr. (surviving grandchild of John Tyler)

  16. Mad Mike Hoare

  17. Nehemiah Persoff

  18. Norman Lloyd

  19. Pearl Carr

  20. Robert Clary

  21. Roberta McCain

  22. Ruthie Tompson

  23. Stirling Moss

  24. Sumner Redstone

  25. William Frankland

 

Subs: Daniel Arap Moi, Bob Barker.

 

  • Skinny Kiltrunner

 

  1. Alcee Hastings

  2. Bernard Ebbers

  3. Bernard Tapie

  4. Bob Watson (baseball player)

  5. Brian O'Conner (EODM member)

  6. Chris Doleman

  7. Christy Dignam

  8. Doug Supernaw

  9. Frankie Banali

  10. George Alagiah

  11. Gianluca Vialli

  12. Gray O'Brien

  13. Harry Reid

  14. John Andretti

  15. Karen Lewis

  16. Mary Fairhurst

  17. Michael Diamond, trapshooter

  18. Michael McKevitt

  19. Nick Berry, engineer/ data scientist

  20. Nobuhiko Obayashi

  21. Olivia Newton-John

  22. Sumner Redstone

  23. Susan Bayh- (WILDCARD)

  24. Tom Smith - rugby player/coach

  25. Yoo Sang-Chul

 

 

Subs: Jean Louis Trintagent, Henry Gray, Ed Battle (jazz singer)

 

  • YorkshireBanker

 

  1. Aaron Carter

  2. Alex Trebek

  3. Anne Baker

  4. Bella Thorne

  5. Bobby Brown-NY Yankee(1924 born)

  6. Bobby Brown-Rangers(1923 born)

  7. Daniel arap Moi

  8. David Gulpilil

  9. Eileen Ash- (WILDCARD)

  10. Freeman Dyson

  11. Gudrun Ure

  12. Henry Gray

  13. Johnny Beattie

  14. Kane Tanaka

  15. Katherine Johnson

  16. Lynne Reid Banks 

  17. Margaret Stuart Barry

  18. Olivia Newton-John

  19. Paul Hogan

  20. Sandy Gall

  21. Sinead O'Connor

  22. Vasily Kulkov

  23. Vera Lynn

  24. Vivian Pickles

  25. Winning Ewing

 

 

Subs: Terry Jones, Monica Vitti

 

  • Theoldlady

 

  1. Alex Trebek

  2. Bob Dole

  3. Catherine Deneuve

  4. Celine Dion

  5. Daniel Arap-Moi

  6. David Gulipilil

  7. David Prowse

  8. Dilip Kumar

  9. Ennio Morricone

  10. George Alagiah (WILDCARD)

  11. Henry Gray

  12. Javier Pérez de Cuellar

  13. Jean Louis Trintignant

  14. Jimmy Carter

  15. Katherine Jackson

  16. Kirk Douglas

  17. Larry King

  18. Loretta Lynn

  19. Nobby Stiles

  20. Olivia Newton-John 

  21. Prince Philip

  22. Rosalynn Carter

  23. Ruth Bader-Ginsburg

  24. Stirling Moss

  25. Willie Nelson

 

Subs: Samantha Last, Yoko Ono, Sidney Poiter, Bob Barker, Chris Rea

 

  • Book

 

  1. Ágnes Keleti

  2. Alfred Biolek

  3. Bibi Johns

  4. Christiane F.

  5. Cleo Laine

  6. Gina Lollobrigida

  7. Gotthilf Fischer

  8. Hannelore Minkus

  9. Iris Apfel

  10. Isabel Perón

  11. Jimmy Carter

  12. Margot Leonard

  13. Maria Riva  (Wildcard)

  14. Maria Sebaldt

  15. Mario Adorf

  16. Michel Piccoli

  17. Mikis Theodorakis

  18. Monica Vitti

  19. Peter Mark Richman

  20. Ralf Wolter

  21. Rolf Eden

  22. Rolf Schimpf

  23. Rosalynn Carter

  24. Sonja Ziemann

  25. Val Kilmer

Subs: Barbara Wetting, Peter Beck, Gunther von Hagens

 

  • Etib80

  1. Alain Delon

  2. Alex Trebek

  3. Barbara Walters

  4. Bernard Tapie

  5. Betty White

  6. Bob Barker (wild card)

  7. Dame Angela Lansbury (actor)

  8. George Alagiah

  9. Glynis Johns

  10. Harry Belafonte

  11. Jean Marie Le Pen (French Politician)

  12. Jimmy Carter

  13. Keith Richards (of the Rolling Stones)

  14. Kirk Douglas

  15. Norman Lloyd (American actor)

  16. Olivia de Haviland

  17. Pelé (football player)

  18. Pierre Cardin

  19. Pope Benedict XVI 

  20. Prince Philip of England

  21. Rosalynn Carter

  22. Tenzin Gyatso (current Dalai Lama)

  23. Valery Giscard d'Estaing

  24. Vera Lynn

  25. Yoko Ono

 

Subs: Eva Marie Saint, Dick Van Dyke, Queen Elizabeth II, Jean Paul Belmondo, Mikhail Gorbachev

 

  • Nantonian2013

 

  1. Abdullah The Butcher (Wrestler)

  2. Alex Trebek

  3. Andrew Romanov

  4. Bill Turnbull

  5. Bob Barker

  6. Bob Dole

  7. Brian Cowen

  8. Brigance

  9. Clarissa Eden

  10. David Butler

  11. David Gulpilil 

  12. Everton Weekes

  13. John Hume

  14. Kamala (Wrestler)

  15. Katherine Jackson

  16. Leon Spinks

  17. Little Richard

  18. Michael Jopling

  19. Nobby Stiles (WILDCARD)

  20. Pope Benedict

  21. Roberta McCain

  22. Roger Scruton

  23. Sumner Redstone

  24. Tabaré Vázquez

  25. Tom Smith (rugby player)

 

Subs: Margaret Tebbit, Jack Charlton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronnie Wood, Lee Kerslake

 

  • Bibliogryphon

 

  1. C W McCall

  2. Clifford Rose

  3. Clive Barker

  4. Gina Lollabrigida

  5. Erich von Daniken

  6. Henry Blofeld

  7. Herbert Kretzmer

  8. Joanne Woodward

  9. John Astin

  10. John Wakeham

  11. Judith Durham

  12. Leslie Caron

  13. Murray Walker

  14. Pat Carroll

  15. Patricia Routledge

  16. Pete Murray

  17. Peter J Hammond

  18. Shirley Williams

  19. Sonia Gandhi

  20. Sylvia Simms

  21. Teddie Chinnery

  22. Tom Lehrer

  23. William F Nolan

  24. William Russell

  25. Yuri Oganessian (WILDCARD) (nuclier scientist - in case you were wondering ?)

 

Sub - Annette Badlands

 

  • CaptainChorizo

 

  1. Alex Trebek

  2. Bernard Ebbers

  3. Bernardino Piñera

  4. Bob Weighton

  5. Boris Pahor

  6. Chitetsu Watanabe

  7. Denis Goldberg

  8. Frankie Banali

  9. Genesis P-orridge

  10. Hugh Downs

  11. Jessie Lichauco

  12. John Lewis(US Congressman)

  13. Johnny Harris (scottish born musician)

  14. Kane Tanaka(joker)

  15. Lee Kerslake

  16. Lucia Hiriart

  17. Luis Echeverria

  18. Mary Fairhurst

  19. Raymond Allen(Sanford and son actor)

  20. Roger Scruton

  21. Sugar Pie DeSanto

  22. Terry Jones

  23. Toby Dawson

  24. Tom Belso

  25. Tom Smith, Scotland rugby captain

 

Subs: Vera Lynn, Lee Noble, Prince Philip, Rosina Quintana, Javier Perez de Cuellar

 

  • An Fear Beag

 

  1. Alex Trebek

  2. Belinda Sykes

  3. Bill Turnbull

  4. Bob Dole

  5. Bob Gibson

  6. Bob Weighton

  7. Chris Doleman

  8. Daniel Arap Moi

  9. David Gulpill

  10. David Hagen (WILDCARD)

  11. Frankie Benali

  12. Genesis P-orridge

  13. George Alagiah

  14. Harry Reid

  15. Jean Louis Trintagent

  16. John Lewis (American politician)

  17. Kane Tanaka

  18. Kirk Douglas

  19. Litsa Menounos

  20. Olivia Newton John

  21. Pat Smullen

  22. Peter Tobin

  23. Roberta McCain

  24. Terry Jones

  25. Tom Smith (rugby)

 

Subs: Denis Goldberg, Prince Philip, Jimmy Carter

 

  • Pedro67

 

  1. Angela Lansbury (WILDCARD)

  2. Billy Connoly

  3. Boris Pahor

  4. Christopher Plummer

  5. Doddie Wier

  6. Doyle Brunson (poker)

  7. George Alagiar

  8. Ian st John

  9. Jackie Stallone

  10. Jean-Louis Trintignant

  11. Joyce Randolph

  12. Kirk Douglas

  13. Linda Nolan

  14. Linda Rondstadt

  15. Murray Walker

  16. Nanci Ryder

  17. Olivia Newton John

  18. Pele

  19. Prince Philip

  20. Prunella Scales

  21. Ronald Atkins MP

  22. Rupert Murdoch

  23. Sandy Gall

  24. Sir John Nott

  25. Terry Jones

 

Subs: June Brown, Eileen Derbyshire, Roy Hattersley

 

  • Clorox Bleachman

 

  1. Bill Freehan

  2. Chitetsu Watanabe

  3. David Hagen

  4. Deborah James

  5. Dermot "Bugsy" O'Neill

  6. Dilip Kumar

  7. George Alagiah

  8. Hester Ford

  9. Irene Sinclair

  10. Jana Bennett (ex-BBC boss)

  11. Jean-Louis Trintignant

  12. Jim Carr (American politician)

  13. Jimmy Carter

  14. John Andretti

  15. Julie Strain

  16. Kane Tanaka

  17. Lee Kerslake (WILDCARD)

  18. Lucile Randon

  19. Micah Bowie (baseball player)

  20. Penn Pennington (session musician, no me neither)

  21. Prince Philip

  22. Thuy Thanh Truong

  23. TJ Ducklo (Joe Biden's press secretary, no me neither....)

  24. Tom Smith (rugby)

  25. Yoo Sang-chul

 

Subs: Bob Weighton, Stirling Moss, Greg Gilbert

 

  • Sir Creep

 

  1. Aaron 'Ace' Corson  (very minor poker player).

  2. Alcee Hastings

  3. Balbir Singh, Sr.

  4. Bill Freehan

  5. Daniel Arap-Moi

  6. David Gulpilil

  7. Deane Sutherland (NZ singer - sattelite spies)

  8. Dilip Kumar

  9. Frankie Banali

  10. Henry Gray

  11. Ignatio Trelles

  12. Jay Allen

  13. Jimmy Carter

  14. John Andretti

  15. Joni Tada

  16. Ken Wilkinson

  17. Kirk Douglas

  18. Lee Allen Zeno (WILDCARD) (session musician)

  19. Paul Rutter

  20. Renee Simonot 

  21. Ruth Bader Ginsberg

  22. Ruthie Thompson

  23. Sen. Harry Reid

  24. Tim Bilton

  25. Tom Smith (rugby)

 

Subs - Henri Richard, Roberta McCain

 

  • The Old Crem

 

  1. Alex Trebeck

  2. Barbara Walters

  3. Bob Dole

  4. George Alagiah

  5. Glynis Johns

  6. Jill Gascoigne

  7. Jimmy Carter

  8. Jimmy Greaves

  9. Joanne Woodward

  10. John Hume

  11. John Lewis

  12. Kirk Douglas.

  13. Leslie Phillips

  14. Lorretta Lynn

  15. Mikhail Gorbachev

  16. Nicholas Parsons

  17. Nobby Stiles

  18. Olivia de Havilland

  19. Pope Benedict

  20. Prince Philip.

  21. Rosalynn Carter

  22. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  23. Stirling Moss

  24. Tom Smith

  25. Vera Lynn.(WILDCARD)

 

Subs: Desmond Tutu, Olivia Newtown John, Barbara Windsor, Harry Belafonte, Harry Reid

 

  • YoungWillz

  1. Arnold Yarrow

  2. Bernard Cribbins (WILDCARD)

  3. Christopher Benjamin

  4. Damaris Hayman

  5. David Prowse

  6. Earl Cameron

  7. Frank Windsor

  8. Geoffrey Palmer

  9. Georgine Anderson

  10. Henry Woolf

  11. Hugh Futcher

  12. Julian Glover

  13. Kenneth Cope

  14. Mark Eden

  15. Michael Kilgarriff

  16. Morris Perry

  17. Nicholas Parsons

  18. Philip Latham

  19. Roy Evans

  20. Sonny Caldinez

  21. Tom Baker

  22. Tony Caunter

  23. Vera Fusek

  24. William Russell

  25. Ysanne Churchman

 

Subs: John Rolfe, John Gorrie, Thelma Barlow, Gabriel Woolf, June Brown

 

  • Kinnock (formerly known as Deathray)

 

  1. Alan Alda (screenwriter and actor)

  2. Arthur Scargill

  3. The Amazing Johnathan (comedian/magician)

  4. Barbara Knox

  5. Bill Stevenson (Descendents drummer)

  6. Billy Connolly

  7. Clarrissa Eden (is she even still alive?)

  8. Dennis Skinner

  9. Dr Peter B Scott Morgan (worlds first 'full cyborg')

  10. Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)

  11. James Church (Charlotte Church's step-dad)

  12. Jim Boheim (US College Basketball Coach) [WILDCARD]

  13. Jimmy Carter (US President)

  14. June Brown

  15. Kieth Richards

  16. Michael Heseltine

  17. Ozzy Osbourne (walking corpse)

  18. Peter McCleave (terminally ill former ironman competitor)

  19. Prince Philip

  20. Prunella Scales

  21. Ray Kennedy (footballer - arsenal)

  22. Richie Kavanaugh (Irish entertainer)

  23. Ron Hogg (terminally ill Police Commissioner and right to life campaigner)

  24. T Boz (singer)

  25. William Roache

 

Subs: Illr Meta (Albanian president), Ray Reardon, David Blunkett, Carrie Simmonds.

 

  • LizLemon

 

  1. Alex Trebek

  2. Barbara Walters

  3. Buzz Aldrin

  4. Cloris Leachman

  5. Ed Asner

  6. Harry Belafonte

  7. Imelda Marcos

  8. Jerry Stiller

  9. Jimmy Carter

  10. Johnny Isakson

  11. Kirk Douglas

  12. Loretta Lynn

  13. Olivia de Havilland

  14. Olivia Newton-John

  15. Pope Benedict XVI

  16. Prince Philip

  17. Roberta McCain

  18. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  19. Sidney Poitier

  20. Sumner Redstone

  21. Susan Bayh (WILDCARD)

  22. US Rep. John Lewis

  23. Vanessa Redgrave

  24. Walter Mondale

  25. Willie Nelson

 

 

Subs: Betty White, Burt Bachaach, Joanne Woodward, Gena Rowlands, Lois Capps

 

  • Toast

 

  1. Anne Buydens Douglas

  2. Betty White

  3. Bill Treacher

  4. Bob Dole

  5. Chris Rea

  6. Clive Barker (WILDCARD)

  7. Gerald Harper

  8. Glynis Johns

  9. Ian Holm

  10. James Dewey Watson

  11. Jason Becker

  12. Jean-Louis Trintignant

  13. Jimmy Carter

  14. Joanne Woodward

  15. Judy Dyble

  16. Leslie Phillips

  17. Michael Lonsdale

  18. Michael Medwin

  19. Pearl Carr

  20. Raymond Briggs

  21. Sidney Poitier

  22. Stirling Moss

  23. Trevor Peacock

  24. Vera Lynn

  25. Willie Nelson

 

Subs: Kirk Douglas, Jill Gascoigne, Lee Kerslake, Doreen Mantle, Michael Schumacher

 

  • GraveDanger

 

  1. Alberto Fujimori 

  2. Barry Du Bois (Australian Designer)

  3. Bill Turnbull

  4. Chris Doleman (Former NFL star)

  5. Chris Rea

  6. Deborah James (cancer blogger, born c.1982)

  7. Dennis Skinner (former British MP)

  8. Dewayne "Lee" Johnson (Former Groundskeeper, won lawsuit against Monsanto)

  9. Emperor Akhito

  10. Genesis P-Orridge

  11. George Alagiah

  12. Greg Gilbert (Delays frontman)

  13. Jean-Louis Trintignant

  14. Jill Gascoine

  15. Jimmy Carter (US President)

  16. John Andretti (WILDCARD)

  17. Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep Drummer)

  18. Linda Nolan

  19. Nobby Stiles

  20. Noel Conway (Assisted Dying Campaigner)

  21. Olivia Newton-John

  22. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

  23. Sonny Rollins

  24. Susan Bayh (Former First Lady of Indiana)

  25. Terry Jones (Monty Python)

 

Subs Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Vera Lynn, Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Haviland, Bob Dole.

 

  • Banana 

 

  1. Alcee Hastings

  2. Alex Trebek (WILDCARD)

  3. Bob Gibson (baseball)

  4. Bradley Murdoch

  5. Chris Doleman

  6. Derek Aucoin (baseball)

  7. Frankie Banali

  8. Greg Lewis (State Rep. of KS)

  9. Henri Richard

  10. Howard Sattler

  11. Jean-Louis Trintignant

  12. John Lewis

  13. Joseph Hannesschlager

  14. Lee Kerslake

  15. Matt Loede

  16. Mike Miller (Maryland senate)

  17. Prince Philip

  18. Ruth Morrissey (activist)

  19. Stan Bowles

  20. Steve Blackmore

  21. Susan Bayh

  22. Terry Jones

  23. Tom Belso

  24. Tony Pena (football)

  25. Yoo Sang-Chul

 

Subs Karen Lewis, Prunella Scales, Anastosia Zaravutnoik.

 

  • JiromeonKimura

 

  1. Alcee Hastings

  2. Alex Trebek (WILDCARD)

  3. Bernard Tapie

  4. Bob Gibson

  5. Boris Klyuyev

  6. Brett Sinclair (brother of Sherrie Hewson)

  7. Chitetsu Watanabe

  8. David Gulpilil

  9. Derek Aucoin

  10. Frankie Banali

  11. Gavin Robertson

  12. Genesis P-Orridge

  13. Joseph Hannesschlager

  14. Judy Dyble

  15. Lars Hogh

  16. Lee Noble

  17. Lone Dybkjaer

  18. Michel Gauthier

  19. Rep John Lewis

  20. Rod Nordland

  21. Scott Dureau

  22. Steve Blackmore

  23. Tabare Vazquez

  24. Tom Smith

  25. Yoo Sang-chul

 

Subs: Lee Kerslake,. Ed Genson

 

Wormfarmer

 

  1. Bill Freehan 

  2. Bob Dole

  3. Boris Pahor

  4. Daniel Arap Moi

  5. David Gulpilil

  6. David Stern

  7. Dilip Kumar

  8. Frankie Banali

  9. Genesis P-orridge

  10. George Alagiah 

  11. James Randi

  12. Jean Louis Trintignant

  13. Jimmy Carter

  14. Jjohn Cruickshank

  15. Karen Lewis 

  16. Kirk Douglas 

  17. Lee Kerslake

  18. Leslie Phillips

  19. Majek Fashek 

  20. Norman Lloyd

  21. Olivia Newton-John (WILDCARD)

  22. Renee Simonot

  23. Ruthie Thompson

  24. Susan Bayh

  25. William Frankland

 

Subs: Bob Barker, Kane Tanaka, Matt Millen

 

  • RadGuy (formerly known as Phantom of the Midway)

 

  1. Alcee Hastings

  2. Alex Trebek

  3. Bernadette Chirac

  4. Bernard Tapie

  5. Bob Barker

  6. Bob Dole

  7. Chris Latchem (Radio 5 presenter)

  8. Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot drummer)

  9. Greg Gilbert

  10. Jimmy Carter

  11. John Andretti (WILDCARD)

  12. Karen Lewis (Chicago labor leader)

  13. Lars Hogh (Danish footballer)

  14. Lee Kerslake

  15. Michael Robinson (footballer and presenter)

  16. Mikhail Gorbachev

  17. Nanci Ryder (Hollywood publicist)

  18. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  19. Sam Lloyd

  20. Samu Anoa'i

  21. Susan Bayh (former Indiana first lady)

  22. Terry Jones

  23. Tom Long (Aussie actor)

  24. Tom Smith (rugby)

  25. Willie Nelson

 

Subs: Dominic Matteo, Stirling Moss, Jill Gascoigne

 

  • Gcreptile

 

  1. Alcee Hastings

  2. Alex Trebek

  3. Alexander Peskov (Russian comedian)

  4. Andrew McDonald (former chair of SCOPE)

  5. Bob Gibson (baseball)

  6. Bob Joers (Middleton Athletic director)

  7. Chris Baggoley (former Australian chief medical officer)

  8. Danny Oosthuizen (South Africa journalist)

  9. Don Asmussen (comics)

  10. Frankie Banali

  11. Gianluca Vialli

  12. Jhon Jairo Velasquez (killer)

  13. Karen Simpson (former Royal Bury theatre director)

  14. Lars Hogh (danish football player)

  15. Lee Kerslake

  16. Mama Bruschetta (Italian comedian)

  17. Mary Fairhurst (US judge)

  18. Mikhail Gorbachev

  19. Miroslava Duma (Russian influencer)

  20. Pat Smullen

  21. Peter Bonetti

  22. Peter Schjeldahl (joker)

  23. Ricardo Valero (former Mexico ambassador)

  24. Todd Portune (US politician)

  25. Yoo Sang-Chul

 

Subs: Pawel Krolowski (Polish actor)

 

  • the engineer

 

  1. Alex Trebek(WILDCARD)

  2. Arnold Spielberg

  3. Barry Du Bois

  4. Bob Dole

  5. Chris Doleman 

  6. Clive Barker (author)

  7. Deborah James

  8. Dennis Goldberg

  9. George Alagiah

  10. Jean Louis Trintignant

  11. Jill Gascoigne

  12. John Andretti

  13. Kane tanaka

  14. Kirk Douglas

  15. Larry King 

  16. Lee Kerslake

  17. Nobby Stiles

  18. Olivia de Havilland

  19. Prince Philip

  20. Roberta Mccain

  21. Roger Scruton

  22. Ruthie Thompson

  23. Shane Macgowan

  24. Steve Gleason

  25. Tim Bilton

 

Subs Norma Lloyd, Betty White, Vera Lynn, Eva Marie Saint,

 

  • Whoaml

 

  1. Betty White

  2. Bob Dole

  3. David Attenborough

  4. Desmond Morris

  5. Emperor Akihito

  6. Ethel Skakel Kennedy

  7. George Shultz

  8. Glynis Johns

  9. Jean Kennedy Smith

  10. John Andretti

  11. John Lysak

  12. Joyce Randolph

  13. Katherine Johnson

  14. Kirk Douglas

  15. Marge Champion

  16. Mel Brooks

  17. Norman Lloyd

  18. Olivia De Havilland

  19. Olivia Newton-John

  20. Olympia Dukakis

  21. Prince Phillip

  22. Ray Lawler

  23. Rosalynn Carter

  24. Terry Jones

  25. Tinto Brass

 

Subs: Chuck Yeager, Pele, Nichele Nichols, Illie Nastase, Alexei Navalny

 

 

  • Great Uncle Bulgaria

 

  1. Alex Trebek

  2. Anne Buydens Douglas (WILDCARD)

  3. Barry Briggs (4 x world speedway champion)

  4. Benard Cribbins

  5. Colin Thackery (BGT winner)

  6. Cynthia Morey (author, former principal with D'Oyly Carte Opera)

  7. Daniel Arap-Moi

  8. David Attenborough

  9. George McGavin (BBC)

  10. J-L Trintignant

  11. Jim Dale (Carry On actor)

  12. Kirk Douglas

  13. Larry King

  14. Murray Walker

  15. Olivia Newton-John

  16. Pete Murray (DJ)

  17. Petula Clark

  18. Richard Bonynge (opera conductor, widower of Joan Sutherland)

  19. Roberta McCain

  20. Rosalynn Carter

  21. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  22. Stirling Moss

  23. Teresa Berganza (Spanish Opera singer)

  24. Tom Smith (rugby)

  25. Vera Lynn

Subs: Barbara Walters, Beverley Cleary, Olivia de Haviland, Jimmy Carter, Stanley Baxter

 

  • Drol

 

  1. Ady Barkan

  2. Alex Trebek (WILDCARD)

  3. Bob Gibson (Baseball HoFer)

  4. Daniel arap Moi

  5. David Gulpilil

  6. David Hagen

  7. Denis Goldberg

  8. Dilip Kumar

  9. Doddie Weir

  10. Genesis P-Orridge

  11. Gianluca Vialli

  12. John Andretti

  13. Kerri Parker

  14. Lee Kerslake

  15. Luton Shelton

  16. Majek Fashek

  17. O.J. Brigance

  18. Pat Smullen

  19. Qaboos of Oman

  20. Roger Scruton

  21. Samu

  22. Shin Kyuk-ho

  23. Sinisa Mihajlovic

  24. Sumner Redstone

  25. Tom Smith (rugby player)

 

Subs: Bill Freehan, Nobby Stiles

 

  • Predictor

 

  1. Arif Sag (Turkish musician & politician)

  2. Barry Lategan (South African photographer)

  3. Ben Cooper (American actor)

  4. Cadaveria (Italian musician)

  5. Carlos Venna (Argentine politician)

  6. Charlie Manuel (American baseball coach)

  7. Donnie Sutherland (Australian media personality)

  8. Francisco Jose Cox (Chilean bishop)

  9. Gareth O'Callaghan (Irish media personality)

  10. George Keiser (American politician)

  11. Hideki Hosaka (Japanese wrestler)

  12. Hobie Billingsley (American diver)

  13. Jan Tinetti (New Zealandic politician)

  14. Jim Carr (Canadian politician)

  15. Joey Image (American drummer)

  16. Kelly Davis (American journalist)

  17. Kevin Thompson (American karate champ)

  18. Martin Drennan (Irish bishop)

  19. Paulo Maluf (Brazilian politician)

  20. Peter Schedjal (American art critic)

  21. Pio Tikuaduoduo (Fijian politician)

  22. Shirley Abrahamson (American judge)

  23. Slim Andrews (American country singer)

  24. Sornphet Sornsuphan (Thai musician)

  25. Takako Okamura (Japanese singer) (wildcard)

 

Sub: Dave Gettleman , Francois Rebsamen, Daisy Loongkoonan

 

  • Grim Up North

 

  1. Alex Trebek 

  2. Bernard Tapie 

  3. Chris Doleman 

  4. David Gulpilil 

  5. David Hagen

  6. Denis Goldberg 

  7. Ernie Moss 

  8. Frankie Banali 

  9. Genesis P-Orridge 

  10. George Alagiah 

  11. Greg Gilbert 

  12. Howard Finkel 

  13. Jimmy Carter

  14. John Andretti 

  15. Judy Dyble 

  16. Kirk Douglas

  17. Lee Kerslake 

  18. Liz Clarke-Saul 

  19. Nobby Stiles 

  20. Pat Smullen 

  21. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  22. Sinisa Mihailovic 

  23. Stirling Moss

  24. Tom Smith   (rugby) (WILDCARD)

  25. Vera Lynn

 

Subs: Jean Louis Trintigant, Sacheen Littlefeather, Barry Du Bois

 

  • Etushispushingupdaises

 

  1. Alex Trebek (WILDCARD)

  2. Anastasia Zavorotniuk (Russian soap actress who may have brain cancer)

  3. Armen Dzhigarkhanian (Frail 84-year-old Russian actor)

  4. Bill Turnbull

  5. Bob Gibson

  6. Brandon Sorensen (An Iowan wrestler with leukemia)

  7. Cullan Brown (A Kentucky golfer with bone cancer)

  8. Daniel Arap-Moi

  9. Doddie Weir

  10. Frankie Banali

  11. Genesis P-Orridge

  12. George Alagiah

  13. Gianluca Vialli

  14. Jay Allen. (Detroit Tigers announcer with bile duct cancer)

  15. Jimmy Carter

  16. John Andretti

  17. Kirk Douglas 

  18. Lee Kerslake

  19. Michael York.

  20. Pat Smullen

  21. Roger Scruton

  22. Tabare Vazquez

  23. Terry Jones

  24. Tom Smith (the rugby player)

  25. Vasily Kulkov (Russian footballer with esophageal cancer)

 

Subs: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Alcee Hastings, Margarita Terekhova, , Vera Lynn, Olivia Newton John

 

  • Sean

 

  1. Alex Trebek

  2. Dave Serella

  3. Douglas Hurd

  4. Eva Marie Saint

  5. Everton Weekes

  6. Gerd Muller

  7. Javier Perez de Cuellar

  8. Jimmy Carter (WILDCARD)

  9. John Hume 

  10. John Lewis

  11. June Brown

  12. June Spencer

  13. Kirk Douglas

  14. Leon Spinks

  15. Leslie Phillips

  16. Nicholas Parsons

  17. Olivia de Havilland

  18. Olivia de Havilland

  19. Prince Philip

  20. Prunella Scales

  21. Rosalyn Carter

  22. Roy Hattersley

  23. Terry Jones

  24. Trevor Peacock

  25. Vera Lynn

 

Subs: Shirley Williams, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fyfe

 

  • FixedBusiness

 

  1. Alec Baldwin

  2. Alex Trebek

  3. Bill Turnbull

  4. Daniel arap Moi

  5. Dick Cheney

  6. Donald Trump

  7. Genesis P Orridge

  8. George Alagiah

  9. Gerd Muller

  10. Henry Kissinger

  11. Jason Becker

  12. Kirk Douglas

  13. Lee Kerslake

  14. Leslie Phillips

  15. Mel Gibson

  16. Nobby Stiles

  17. Norm MacDonald

  18. Prince Philip DoE

  19. Ray Kennedy (WILDCARD)

  20. Rosalynn Carter

  21. Sean Connery

  22. Shane MacGowan

  23. Sinead O Connor

  24. Tom Smith (rugby player with cancer)

  25. Tomasz Schafernaker

 

Subs: Warren Buffet, Alan Greenspan, Billy Idol, Betty White, Ozzy Osbourne

 

  • John Key

 

  1. Alex Trebek (WILDCARD)

  2. Anastasia Zavorotnyuk

  3. Bill Turnbull

  4. Bob Gibson

  5. Chris Doleman

  6. David Gulpilil

  7. Desmond Tutu

  8. Frankie Banali

  9. Ged Stokes

  10. Genesis B. P-Orridge

  11. George Alagiah

  12. Henry Gray

  13. John Andretti

  14. Joni Mitchell

  15. Kirk Douglas

  16. Lee Kerslake

  17. Leon Spinks

  18. Morrissey

  19. Prince Philip

  20. Qaboos bin Said Al Said

  21. Roberta McCain

  22. Ruth Gader Ginsburg

  23. Sam Lloyd

  24. Tom Smith

  25. Yoo Sang-chul

 

Subs: Bob Dole, Chris Kirubi, Vera Lynn, Michael Gorbachev, Olivia de Haviland

Teams for those who can't click back 4 pages (how the fuck did you cope with the old thread :lol:)

 

 

Inb4 the - damn I wish I'd known about glorified Cancer Mum 7 posts....

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Just a little more justification for my joker. Yuri Organnason is the only living scientist to have a chemical element named after him. 

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2 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Just a little more justification for my joker. Yuri Organnason is the only living scientist to have a chemical element named after him. 

 

I mean he didn't even feature in the obscure cunt shortlist. He has a wikipedia page after all.....

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So the died very late in Decembers are starting to crop up.

 

The aforementioned poker player Aaron Corson died 30 Dec 2019 - I missed that one in the mad rush for entries. Brings Henri Richard - a Canadian hockey player off Sir Creeps sub bench. Probably a lucky escape for SC as so far not even a local obit has shown up for our minor poker player. :) 

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And re that spreadsheet - it's seems people have thankfully (from a host perspective) combined around a relatively smaller number of dead cetrs. Including subs there was a potential 1290 names that could be entered if everyone had a unique pick (and if this had happened I think I'd have concurrently had some form of mental breakdown, so this justifies not award bonuses for unique picks in my head....). I currently have 499 names on my spreadsheet. 

 

Re Spreadsheet - feel free to start the annual process of telling me that Actually Famous is Random Nobody of the Same Name or I've fucked up the data entry on your team (there will be errors).....

 

Edit also has a sheet for you to leave pithy notes for the host like 'you fucked this up, you fucked that up,  here's my Butffuck Nowhere Times obit for my WTFAT award winning pick....'

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zZ5lmZKfanzhKq8HTW7XItDiUaHmiehOqDfT5NNn-0k/edit?usp=sharing

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My team, winner of the annual "Who the fuck are they" contest:

 

Hare's Deadpool

1Peter Schjeldahl (joker)

2Bob Joers (Middleton Athletic director)

3Don Asmussen (comics)

4Frankie Banali

5Lars Hogh (danish football player)

6Todd Portune (US politician)

7Bob Gibson (baseball)

8Alex Trebek

9Pat Smullen

10Gianluca Vialli

11Danny Oosthuizen (South Africa journalist)

12Karen Simpson (former Royal Bury theatre director)

13Ricardo Valero (former Mexico ambassador)

14Alcee Hastings

15Yoo Sang-Chul

16Alexander Peskov (Russian comedian)

17Chris Baggoley (former Australian chief medical officer)

18Peter Bonetti

19Andrew McDonald (former chair of SCOPE)

20Mikhail Gorbachev

21Lee Kerslake

22Jhon Jairo Velasquez (killer)

23Miroslava Duma (Russian influencer)

24Mary Fairhurst (US judge)

25Mama Bruschetta (Italian comedian)

Subs:Pawel Krolikowski

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My 2020-Team:

 

Ágnes Keleti

Alfred Biolek

Bibi Johns

Christiane F.

Cleo Laine

Gina Lollobrigida

Gotthilf Fischer

Hannelore Minkus

Iris Apfel

Isabel Perón

Jimmy Carter

Margot Leonard

Maria Riva  (Wildcard)

Maria Sebaldt

Mario Adorf

Michel Piccoli

Mikis Theodorakis

Monica Vitti

Peter Mark Richman

Ralf Wolter

Rolf Eden

Rolf Schimpf

Rosalynn Carter

Sonja Ziemann   17.02.2020

Val Kilmer

 

 

Subs:

Barbara Rütting   28.03.2020

Peter Weck

Gunther von Hagens

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Annual polite reminder your teams are available in Post 2 and a few post above here there's absolutely no need to post them again yourself.... with 43 players that is likely to get messy incredibly quickly.....

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On 01/01/2020 at 16:23, Kinnock said:

Annual polite reminder your teams are available in Post 2 and a few post above here there's absolutely no need to post them again yourself.... with 43 players that is likely to get messy incredibly quickly.....

 

Ah - I was just going to post mine, purely because it enables me to edit it and cross out any fallers later on. 

But I see your point!

 

(later) Posting it anyway, can't hurt now.

 

Clive Barker (joker)

Jason Becker

Raymond Briggs

Anne Buydens Douglas

Pearl Carr  :rip:  16 Feb

Jimmy Carter

Bob Dole

Judy Dyble  :rip:  12 July

Gerald Harper

Ian Holm  :rip:  19 June

Glynis Johns

Michael Lonsdale  :rip:  21 Sep

Vera Lynn  :rip:  18 June

Michael Medwin  :rip:  26 Feb

Stirling Moss  :rip:  12 April

Willie Nelson

Trevor Peacock

Leslie Phillips

Sidney Poitier

Chris Rea

Bill Treacher

Jean-Louis Trintignant

James Dewey Watson

Betty White

Joanne Woodward

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30 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Ah - I was just going to post mine, purely because it enables me to edit it and cross out any fallers later on. 

But I see your point!

 

Yeah I get that makes sense, but I tend to just use a word document :P

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Apologies for not entering this year. Maybe next.

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First day of 2019 is also the day of the first hit.... 

 

 

David Stern was a former NBA commissioner born in New York on September 22, 1942. He suffered a brain haemmorhage on December 12th last year which ultimately led to his passing earlier today. He spent thirty years as an NBA Commissioner. He ended up as commissioner having been drawn into the world of basketball through working for the company representing the league in the late 60s and early 70s. He's also been credit with turning the league into a much more renowned international league, among much more. A member of the FIBA Hall of Fame despite not being a basketball. That's not to say his career was without it's lows, a few dodgy takeovers and attitude of financial rigging and an infamous radio interview. where Stern asked the host (who'd question him on rigging) if he'd stopped beating his wife. (Obituary: The Guardian (US) ) 

 

Scoreboard

Wormfarmer 0 points (1 hit)

Everybody else 0 points. 

 

Elsewhere jazz singer Ed Battle will no long be warming Death Impends substitute bench as its revealed he died on December 26 2019, he wasn't picked for any 2019 teams though so no changes on the provisional leaderboard. That's the second of Death Impends original team to die following Vishwesha Teertha Swami....who passed away on the 29th December. At this rate Death Impend should be collecting the 500 point bonus by around the end of March

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Posted early.

 

As we enter the second lear year of the competition is worth reminding you that 100% pointage and a surefire record is up for grabs your team will need to accomplish the following to achieve the coveted immortal glory of such an achievement and exercise every bonus

 

 

  1. 31 December (WC) 732 basic + 250 bonus = 980 total
  2. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  3. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  4. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  5. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  6. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  7. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  8. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  9. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  10. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  11. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  12. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  13. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  14. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  15. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  16. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  17. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  18. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  19. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  20. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  21. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  22. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  23. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  24. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615
  25. 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615

 

Entire Team Bonus = 500 points

 

For a 16,240 tally as the team sheet is compiled on Jan 1st 2021 :) 

 

 

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Hello Deathray.

 

Unfortunately TV actress Elizabeth Sellars died on 30th December 2019, with the Telegraph putting up a Death notice (not even an obit) late on 1st January.

 

As this is now the 2nd, I don't know if Eva Marie moves into the team as a sub or not, I leave that to your host judgement.

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8 hours ago, msc said:

Hello Deathray.

 

Unfortunately TV actress Elizabeth Sellars died on 30th December 2019, with the Telegraph putting up a Death notice (not even an obit) late on 1st January.

 

As this is now the 2nd, I don't know if Eva Marie moves into the team as a sub or not, I leave that to your host judgement.

 

Yep - automatic promotion for Eva Marie Saint. - The 1st January/first hit cut off is for people who couldn't be bothered providing enough

substitutes.....

 

Team sheets updated.

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Thanks!

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The rules have been given a face-lift :) 

 

No major changes in implementation and no changes to scoring rules (bolded the ones that are), many changes in wording.....

 

Essentially all in the name of making things easier for my successor (currently lined up as YW but as we're talking months away not fully confirmed until it's confirmed) and codified some of the changes gradually introduced anyway. Also in the name of making it easier to read and reference. 

 

The old leniency clauses are abolished

  • Sectioning the rules out for ease of reference.
  • The 24 hour pick replacement leeway is restricted to those who actually provided 5 subs.....
  • With the now longstanding 2359 deadline replacing the old 1600 we have moved to zero tolerance on late entries (this has been done in practice since 2017/2018 so nothing new)
  • The dedicated obit sites like legacy, obits.tjz.net or wherever Wallinga got an obit don't count, similarly for death notice pages (unless the celebrity sections of these sites) (again no change in implementation, just wording)
  • Teams submitted after midday on NYEs are subjected to a much less detailed clarification procedure......
  • Many calls to arms to clarify your own picks claims to fames.
  • Codifying the 7 day obit leniency.....
  • Abolishing Rule 7........ (the changes permission) get it right first time you morons.... :P

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