RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said: Still waiting for an English language or possibly a National German obituary. I do not doubt he is dead but am waiting for confirmation before awarding the points That would be a first for the SHBDP surely?! Failing to qualify on obit grounds? (Unlikely anyway since he's a Nobel Prize winner!) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, RoverAndOut said: That would be a first for the SHBDP surely?! Failing to qualify on obit grounds? (Unlikely anyway since he's a Nobel Prize winner!) His daughter has put something up on Twitter I suspect that one of the serious papers will pick something up in the next couple of days 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted December 17, 2020 The New York Times has provided a suitable obituary for the neutrino supremo physicist Jack Steinberger. This gives three players their second hit in the Nobel Prize category @msc @chilean wayway @Death ImpendsImpends This was the fifth hit for DI and a third hit for the other two @Grim Up North Gets a fifth hit but brings his categories up to three. Thanks to all the eagle eyes death spotters. Scoreboard and Masterlist updated 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,727 Posted December 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: The New York Times has provided a suitable obituary for the neutrino supremo physicist Jack Steinberger. This gives three players their second hit in the Nobel Prize category @msc @chilean wayway @Death ImpendsImpends This was the fifth hit for DI and a third hit for the other two @Grim Up North Gets a fifth hit but brings his categories up to three. Hopefully someone will buy you a 'How to Use the @ Button' book for Christmas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted December 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Grim Up North said: Hopefully someone will buy you a 'How to Use the @ Button' book for Christmas It is my phone. It keeps trying to add text after the box and if you try and delete it it just gets worse. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted December 17, 2020 Jeremy Bulloch a unique hit for @Toast in here! And yet another person moves one away, this time in the James Bond category - will the game last to Christmas..? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted December 17, 2020 Congratulations to @Toast who gets her fifth hit with Jeremy Bulloch it is a unique but more importantly it is a fourth hit in a single category placing Robbie Coltrane's substantial frame between her and victory. The game has not yet been running four months. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted December 18, 2020 In the James Bond category we have had the two big hits already. There are three picks remaining with four selections (as Geoffrey Palmer had). They are David de Keyser Yaphet Kotto Andre Maranne In FIFA Nobby was the big pick but Too Song Chul has 8 picks and Jimmy Greaves 7 Another Jimmy is the big pick in Nobel prize category Jimmy Carter with 9 Frank Borman leads the space fliers also with 9 but there are no hits in this category yet. For Eurovision ONJ unsurprisingly leads with 9 but Niels Olsen has 8. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: For Eurovision ONJ unsurprisingly leads with 9 but Niels Olsen has 8. But 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted December 18, 2020 16 minutes ago, Toast said: But But can he beat the sometimes lingering Scavenger Hunt Bingo Game 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,071 Posted December 31, 2020 @Bibliogryphon Tommy Docherty is a hit for me here I believe. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-tommy-docherty-dead-united-23245340 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted December 31, 2020 4 hours ago, YoungWillz said: @Bibliogryphon Tommy Docherty is a hit for me here I believe. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-tommy-docherty-dead-united-23245340 Yes YW this is your second hit both in separate categories. Tommy Docherty was also a hit for @Grim Up North and @toast where he was the Sixth hit for both players and their second in the footballers category. These are good numbers and may be important in the end game at the moment there are no new ways to win. Leaderboard and Masterlist updated 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted December 31, 2020 I thought I remembered picking him somewhere, but assumed it must have been last year. Forgot to look here! Pleased that it's in a continuing game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted December 31, 2020 19 minutes ago, Toast said: I thought I remembered picking him somewhere, but assumed it must have been last year. Forgot to look here! Pleased that it's in a continuing game. I'm just pleased the game has made it to the end of the year to continue. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted January 4, 2021 One for the "List of the missed" here. Liam Reilly dead: Bagatelle frontman and Eurovision star dies aged 65 | Metro News Sang "Somewhere in Europe" to finish second in 1990. Decent enough song (by Eurovision standards). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted January 4, 2021 Tanya Roberts also a missed one - but who could have known... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,292 Posted January 5, 2021 18 hours ago, gcreptile said: Tanya Roberts also a missed one - but who could have known... Tanya Roberts not dead after all (see BBC, computer not letting me drag it across for some reason). Which rather begs the question - given she had a QO on BBC yesterday, would she have counted? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted January 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said: Tanya Roberts not dead after all (see BBC, computer not letting me drag it across for some reason). Which rather begs the question - given she had a QO on BBC yesterday, would she have counted? No I would have retracted the points. It would have been a real pain if that was a 'winning' hit. Fortunately situations such as these are rare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,626 Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said: No I would have retracted the points. It would have been a real pain if that was a 'winning' hit. Fortunately situations such as these are rare. Point of Order Mr. Chairman... At no point in the rules does it state that the selections have to be dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted January 5, 2021 Colin Bell another miss in here. Have we lost our touch? (Waiting for a winning hit tomorrow now...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted January 15, 2021 William Thornton Credit to The Spinosaurus for spotting this http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002371.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,727 Posted January 15, 2021 On 30/11/2020 at 12:09, Bibliogryphon said: Full winning list is now 1. Frank Borman (ba) 2. Anatomy Filipchenko (ba)* 3. Ken Mattingly (ba) 4. James McDivitt (ba) 5. Marcos Pontes (gr) 6. Leonid Popov (gr) 7. Vladimir Shatalov (gr) 8. Tom Stafford (ba) 9. Aleksei Yeliseyev (gr) * gr loses out on number of hits however that could change. He isn't on 'the list' so the game goes on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted January 15, 2021 Doesn't end the game but puts both @Death Impends and @An Fear Beag 1 Eurovision performer away from victory. It's not going to last as long as the first two games, but the same twists and turns and race for the finish line is still on! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted January 15, 2021 31 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said: Doesn't end the game but puts both @Death Impends and @An Fear Beag 1 Eurovision performer away from victory. It's not going to last as long as the first two games, but the same twists and turns and race for the finish line is still on! The finish list goes from 9 to 19 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted January 15, 2021 William Thornton is the first Space Fliers hit for both An Fear Beag & Death Impends. It is a sixth hit for DI and a very efficient fourth hit for AF. Both players have now ticked off four categories and so only need a Eurovision contestant to win. They have no duplicate picks in that category. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites