Windy City Deadpool 2020-2021

[CaptainChorizo 1,990]

Ah, April. As the weather gets warmer, the DDP hits get fewer.

But - not to fret - as the Windy City Deadpool is here to save us all from a summer of deadpooling boredom!

 

Basics:

Pick a team of 21 people.

The higher their rank, the more points they get when they die and obit.

Submit it to me via PM or on this thread, by the end of April.

 

Scoring System:

1st pick: 500 points

2nd pick: 450 points

3rd pick: 400 points

4th pick: 350 points

5th pick: 300 points

6th pick: 275 points

7th pick: 250 points

8th pick: 225 points

9th pick: 200 points

10th pick: 180 points

11th pick: 160 points

12th pick: 140 points

13th pick: 120 points

14th pick: 100 points

15th pick: 85 points

16th pick: 70 points

17th pick: 55 points

18th pick: 50 points

19th pick: 45 points

20th pick: 40 points

21st pick: 21 points

As you can see the margin slowly decreases from 50 to 25 to 20 to 15 to 5 until the 21st pick.

In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by whoever has the most unique hits.

 

Bonus Points

The Good Die Young Bonus-The Youngest Celeb Picked who dies is a 100 Point Bonus

Lucky 7 Bonus- 77 Points Bonus for anyone who dies in the last 7 days of the game April 24-30

Luck Of The Irish Bonus-Anyone who dies March 17 is worth a bonus 50 points

Día de Muertos aka Day Of The Dead Bonus-Anyone who dies btwn Oct 31 and Nov 2 is worth 31 points

Belsnickel Bonus-Anyone who dies on Dec 25th/Christmas Day get's a 25 point bonus

Festivus Miracle-Anyone who dies on Dec 23 get's a 23 point bonus

You're Tearing Me Apart Bonus-Anyone who dies on Dec 8 the birthday of "Juliette Danielle" aka Lisa from The Room,get's an 8 point bonus

Auld Lang Syne -Anyone who dies on New Year's day get's a whopping 1 point bonus

 

 

 

Acceptable Obits:

Anything accepted by the Derby Dead Pool, plus The Independent.

Plus the following national American news sources:

- New York Times

- LA Times

- CBS News

- Fox News

-Wall Street Journal

 

Plus the following International news sources:

http://www.cbc.ca/
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/
http://www.heraldscotland.com/

https://www.univision.com/

 

* Cancer Mum's/Athlete's Wives(IE Tiffany Youngs) and other Famous For Being Ill Types will not be accepted even if they get a qualifying Obit

 

*Some name's may appear like  a gray area(ie Roz Patterson).Notable in her Native Country as a reporter and would easily get a QO with a plane crash or auto accident type death.However if none of her QO obits mention her journalistic career and is just an angle about her being a Cancer Mum then no points will be awarded.

 

 

Duration:

The competition lasts from May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021.

Get your team in before Big Ben welcomes the month of May.

[CaptainChorizo 1,990]

Posting my team early so I can't be accused of nabbing picks

 

1 Alex Trebek
2 Susan Bayh
3 Tom Smith
4 David Hagen
5 Tim Bilton
6 David Gulpilil
7 Sam Lloyd
8 "Bullet" Bob Armstrong
9 Bob Weighton
10 Jana Bennett
11 Prince Phillip
12 Frankie Banali
13 Vic Sexias
14 Ronald J Shurer
15 Lee Teng-hui
16 Nehemiah Persoff
17 Yoo Sang-Chul
18 Lucile Randon
19 Stanley Ho
20 Ruthie Tompson
21 Rosita Quintana

subs
Takeshi 69
Luis Echeverria Alvarez
Denis Goldberg
Beverly Cleary
Tinto Brass

 

[SusanStoHelit 21]

and here's my team (each member's profession or similar in brackets) :

 

1. Tom Lehrer (satirist, singer, pianist)

2. Angela Davis (activist)

3. John B. Goodenough (scientist)

4. Raúl Castro (politician)

5. Michail Gorbachev (politician)

6. Beverly Cleary (writer)

7. Placido Domingo (singer)

8. Donna Leon (writer)

9. Peter Ware Higgs (physicist)

10. Olivia de Heavilland (actress)

11. Queen Elizabeth II(royal)

12. Harvey Weinstein (pervert)

13. Francisco Morales Bermudez (politician)

14. Juste Fontaine (footballer)

15. Hassan Rohani (politician)

16. Goodluck Jonathan (politician)

17. Bertie Auld (footballer)

18. John Irving (writer)

19. Oliver E. Williamson (economist)

20. Robert Emerson Lucas (economist)

21. Arthur Ashkin (physicist)

 

 

subs:

Martin Cooper (inventor mobile phone)

Prince Philip (royal)

Salman Rushdie (writer)

John Prine (singer/songwriter, dead before it started)

David H. DePatie (one of the creators of the "Pink Panther")

[chilean way 1,908]

I want try this, my team:

 

1. Benedict XVI

2. Henry Kissinger

3. Arthur H. Smith

4. Olivia de Havilland  

5. Vera Lynn  

6. Pierre Cardin  

7. Prince Philip  

8. Eileen Ash

9. Jimmy Carter 

10. Nehemiah Persoff

11. Valery Giscard d'Estaing 

12. Willie Nelson

13. Jerry Lee Lewis

14. Alex Trebek 

15. Ronald Atkins  

16. Anne Buydens  

17. Little Richard 

18. Noam Chomsky

19. Alejandro Jodorowski

20. Hyun Soong-jong  

21. Earvin "Magic" Johnson

Subs:

Francisco Morales Bermúdez

Josip Manolic

Sean Connery  

Isabel Perón

Bob Dole

Edited September 18, 2021 by chilean way

[chilean way 1,908]

6 hours ago, SusanStoHelit said:

and here's my team (each member's profession or similar in brackets) :

 

1. Tom Lehrer (satirist, singer, pianist)

2. Angela Davis (activist)

3. John B. Goodenough (scientist)

4. Raúl Castro (politician)

5. Michail Gorbachev (politician)

6. Beverly Cleary (writer)

7. Placido Domingo (singer)

8. Donna Leon (writer)

9. Peter Ware Higgs (physicist)

10. Olivia de Heavilland (actress)

11. Queen Elizabeth II(royal)

12. Harvey Weinstein (pervert)

13. Francisco Morales Bermudez (politician)

14. Juste Fontaine (footballer)

15. Hassan Rohani (politician)

16. Goodluck Jonathan (politician)

17. Bertie Auld (footballer)

18. John Irving (writer)

19. Oliver E. Williamson (economist)

20. Robert Emerson Lucas (economist)

21. Arthur Ashkin (physicist)

 

 

subs:

Martin Cooper (inventor mobile phone)

Prince Philip (royal)

Salman Rushdie (writer)

John Prine (singer/songwriter)

David H. DePatie (one of the creators of the "Pink Panther")

John Prine is dead https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/arts/music/john-prine-dead.html

 

[Bibliogryphon 9,614]

1.       Abdelaziz Bouteflika

2.       Earl Cameron

3.       Ennio Morricone

4.       Willie Nelson

5.       Vera Lynn

6.       Bob Dole

7.       James Ivory

8.       Glynis Johns

9.       Boris Pahor

10.   Peter Ackroyd

11.   Gudrun Ure

12.   Stanley Baxter

13.   Margaret Tebbit

14.   William Rogers

15.   June Lockhart

16.   Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

17.   June Brown

18.   Jimmy Greaves

19.   K M Peyton

20.   Leon Spinks

21.   Beverly Cleary

 

Subs

1.       Zizi Jeanmaire

2.       Mark Eden

3.       Katherine, Duchess of Kent

[bmugnoz 13]

1 Prince Philip

2 Tom Smith

3 Rush Limbaugh

4 Benedict XVI

5 Vera Lynn

6 Alex Trebek

7  Michail Gorbachov

8  Olivia de Havilland

9  Juan Carlos I of Spain

10 James Lovelock

11 Salman bin Adulaziz

12 Glynis Johns

13 Shannen Doherty

14 Norman Lloyd

 15 Rhonda Flemming

 16 Yoko Ono

 17 Pierre Cardin

  18 Bob Dole

  19 Clint Eastwood

  20  James Deway Watson

  21 Albert II of Belgium

Subs

Kane Tanaka

Queen Elizabeth II

Placido Domingo

Morgan Freeman

Pope Francis

  

 

 

 

[The Unknown Man 592]

1. Alex Trebek

2. Marianne Faithfull

3. David Gulpilil

4. Giorgio Napolitano

5. Tom Smith

6. Prince Philip

7. Shannen Doherty

8. Lee Kerslake

9. Bernard Tapie

10. Jean-Louis Trintignant

11. Willie Nelson

12. Olivia de Havilland

13. Susan Bayh

14. Frankie Banali

15. Isabel Peron

16. Jimmy Carter

17. Norman Lloyd

18. Bob Dole

19. Glynis Johns

20. Vera Lynn

21. Mikhail Gorbachev

 

Subs:

1. Olivia Newton-John

2. Clint Eastwood

3. Rhonda Fleming

4. John Hume

5. Shecky Greene

[markb4 907]

Here's my entry:

 

CURRENT SCORE: 1016 pts

 

1) Ruthie Tompson
2) Bob Dole 
3) Bob Barker
4) Henry Kissinger
5) Roberta McCain (10/12/20)
6) Alex Trebek (11/8/20)
7) Jimmy Carter
8) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (4/9/21)
9) Ed Asner
10) Barbara Walters
11) George Alagiah
12) Lata Mangeshkar
13) James L. Buckley
14) Larry King (1/23/21)
15) Rosalynn Carter
16) Katherine Jackson
17) Betty White
18) Ruth Bader Ginsburg (9/18/20)
19) Vera Lynn (6/18/20)
20) Larry Storch
21) Chuck Yeager (12/7/20)

 

SUBS:
A- Norman Lloyd
B- John Lewis (7/17/20)
C- Glynis Johns

[Etushispushingupdaisies 136]

I've made my team public.

1. Bob Varsha (Commentator)

2. Lars Hogh (Danish footballer)

3. Prince Philip  (Casual racist)

4. Alex Trebek (Joker)

5. Rush Limbaugh (pundit)

6. Jim Hagedorn (congressman)

7. Shannen Doherty (actress)

8. Dale Hawerchuk (hockey player)

9. Tom Smith (scottish rugby player)

10.  Yoo Sang-Chul (footballer)

11. Bob Gibson (baseball player)

12. John Lewis (congressman)

13. Alcee Hastings (congressman)

14. Bernard Tapie (French crook)

15. David Gulpilil (aussie actor)

16.  George Alagiah (BBC)

17. Lee Kerslake (Drummer)

18. Frankie Banali (Drummer)

19. Oskar Lindblom (hockey player)

20. Gianluca Vialli (Italian footballer)

21. Doddie Weir (rugby player)

Subs:

Boris Johnson (BoJo)

Anastasia Zavorotnyuk (Russian actress)

Pat Smullen (jockey)

Tabate Vazquez  (Uruguyan president)

Vasily Kulkov. (Russian footballer)

 

[YoungWillz 21,142]

I'll join in probably in a week or so.

 

Given coughs and sneezes spread deadly COVID-19, my team could be decimated before the start at this rate.

[DeathByArsenic 46]

1Michael Lonsdale
2Michel Piccoli
3Zizi Jeanmaire
4Lucile Randon
5Tom Smith
6Juliette Greco
7Danniella Westbrook
8Vassos Lyssarides
9Hélène Langevin-Joliot
10Sam Lloyd
11Jimmy Greaves
12Annie Cordy
13Alex Trebek
14Judith Magre
15Nadine Trintignant
16Jean-Louis Trintignant
17Shannon Doherty
18Jacques Delors
19Bam Margera
20Boris Vallejo  
21ATM Shamsuzzaman
backup
Kane Tanaka,Placido Domingo,Bob Dole,Dale Haverchuck,Claude Leloch

 

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,356]

I intend to enter this pool again. Just currently working on my list.

Thanks for running it @CaptainChorizo

[YoungWillz 21,142]

@CaptainChorizo Here is my team for this. Thanks for running it again!

 

YoungWillz "Tattling Town" Team

 

01. Jimmy Greaves

02. Rush Limbaugh

03. Alex Trebek

04. Lee Kerslake

05. Linda Nolan

06. Leslie Phillips

07. Harry Reid

08. Sidney Poitier

09. Ennio Morricone

10. John Hume (Politician)

11. Jerry Lee Lewis

12. Pete Murray (DJ)

13. Roberta Flack

14. Michael Lonsdale

15. Sumner Redstone

16. Nobby Stiles

17. Colin Bostock-Smith (Comedy Writer)

18. Willie Nelson

19. Ozzy Osbourne

20. Vera Lynn

21. Ric Flair

Reserves:

A: Eric Chappell (Comedy Writer)

B: Bernard Cribbins

C: Bill Cosby

D: Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead

[Joey Russ 7,255]

PM’d a very uninspired Windy City team to Chorizo. Good luck everyone.  

[Banana 859]

Are the super oldies allowed in this?

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,310]

1. Tom Smith

2. Anne Buydens Douglas

3. Rosalyn Carter

4. Roberta McCain

5. George McGavin

6. Jackie Stallone

7. Bernard Cribbins

8. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

9. Murray Walker

10. Renata Scotto

11. Leslie Phillips

12. Pete Murray

13. Vera Lynn

14. Beverly Cleary

15. Frank Williams (TV vicar)

16. Richard Bonynge

17. Teresa Berganza

18. Des O'Connor

19. Tommy Banner

20. Barry Briggs

21. Colin Thackery

 

subs

Leontyne Price

Anders Michanek

 

Thanks for running

GUB

 

[CaptainChorizo 1,990]

13 hours ago, Banana said:

Are the super oldies allowed in this?

yes

though they still need the proper q/o to count if they die

[theoldlady 2,336]

My list for 2020-2021. Thanks for doing this again!

 

Hits 12/21 currently at: 2, 021 points

 

1. Peter Tobin 

2. Alex Trebek  450pts

3. John Lewis  400pts

4. Frankie Banali  350pts

5. Bob Dole

6. Nobby Stiles  275pts

7. Jimmy Greaves

8. David Gulpilil

9. Jimmy Carter

10. Susan Bayh  180pts

11. Willie Nelson

12. Gianluca Vialli

13. Kane Tanake

14. Tom Smith

15. Peter Sutcliffe  85pts

16. Larry King  70pts

17. Lee Kerslake  55pts

18. Prince Philip  50pts

19. Rush Limbaugh  45pts

20. Olivia de Havilland  40 pts

21. Roberta McCain  21pts

 

subs: 

1. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

2. Hal Holbrook 

3. Lee Noble 

4. Chuck Yeager 

5. Ozzy Osbourne

Edited April 23, 2021 by theoldlady
Deaths of Prince Philip, Noble, Limbaugh, Bayh, Holbrook, King, Yeager, Ginsburg, Sutcliffe, Trebek, Stiles, McCain, Kerslake, Banali, Havilland, Lewis

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 753]

My list for 2020 - 2021:

 

1. Lee Teng-hui
2. Alex Trebek
3. Leslie Phillips
4. John Lewis
5. Bob Dole
6. Jimmy Greaves
7. Vera Lynn
8. John B. Goodenough
9. David Gulpilil
10. Roberta McCain
11. George P. Shultz
12. Frankie Banali
13. Prince Philip
14. Dries van Agt (Dutch former PM)
15. Bob Barker
16. Kim Jong-un
17. Larry King
18. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
19. Rush Limbaugh
20. Willie Nelson
21. Lia Marie Johnson

 

subs:
Tom Smith
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jerry Lee Lewis
Pope Benedict XVI

 

- TWBD

[Perhaps 1,425]

Popping my windy city cherry:

 

1) Frankie Banali +500

2) Alex Trebek +450

3) Tom Smith

4) Jimmy Greaves

5) Yoo Sang-chul

6) John Lewis +275

7) Greg Gilbert

8) Leon Spinks +225

9) Dilip Kumar

10) Michael Cullen (politician)

11) David Gulpilil

12) Harry Reid

13) Murray Walker +120

14) Robert Fyfe

15) Everton Weekes +85

16) James Lovelock

17) Rhonda Fleming +55

18) Harry Belafonte

19) Doddie Weir

20) James Caan

21) Shannen Doherty

 

Subs:

1) Pat Smullen

2) Vera Lynn

[Annami 85]

Here's my team. Thanks for hosting this!

 

1. Vera Lynn 500 points

2. Prinssi Philip 450 points

3. Anne Buydens

4. Frankie Banali 350 points

5. Alex Trebek 300 points

6. Jimmy Carter

7. Pope Benedict XVI

8. Tom Smith

9. Peter Tobin

10. George Alagiah

11. Jean-Louis Trintignant

12. Bob Dole

13. David Gulpilil

14. Mikhail Gorbachev

15. Pierre Cardin 85 points

16. Eddie Van Halen 70 points

17. Noam Chomsky

18. 6ix9ine

19. Shannen Doherty

20. Alexi Laiho 40 points

21. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

[Torva Messor 281]

9 Apr 2021 total points:  2490

11/21

 

1. Alex Trebek 500 points
2. John Lewis 450 points 
3. David Gulpilil
4. Frankie Banali 350 points
5. Tom Smith
6. Jimmy Greaves
7. Vera Lynn 250 points 
8. Beverly Cleary  225 points 
9. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 200 points
10. Clarissa Eden
11. Olivia de Havilland 160 points
12. Hugh Downs 140 points
13. Jimmy Carter
14. Rush Limbaugh 100 points
15. Norman Lloyd
16. George Shultz 70 points
17. James Lovelock
18. Norman Lear
19. Murray Walker  45 points
20. Harry Reid
21. Charles T. Munger

Edited April 12, 2021 by Torva Messor
2021 april 9 Update

[Wormfarmer 429]

My team just PM'd to the Big Cho'reeze.  I enjoy this pool.  It's time to show it with a Top 5 finish.  

[Joey Russ 7,255]

9 minutes ago, Wormfarmer said:

My team just PM'd to the Big Cho'reeze.  I enjoy this pool.  It's time to show it with a Top 5 finish.  

I hope you do really well too, although I note that you were in 3rd at the inaugural Windy City while Rad was host, so I’m guessing you’re actually looking for your 2nd top 5 appearance?