January 24, 20214 yr Author Also meant to say, sadly nobody went for 21st Century Girls on the last question, a lost classic right there. Anyhoo... Q5. Top 40 single whose title is one word repeated (appearing at least twice) Bonus -0.3 points for each time the word appears in the title Correct answers given 20 | Pointless 16 | Incorrect answers 2 eTeg1txDv8w 2.8 points (4 – 1.2) Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm [Crash Test Dummies, #2, 1994] | rio309, xajnipi, paulgilb, chrissmith276, RabbitFurCoat 0.4 points (1 – 0.6) Na Na [Trey Songz, #20, 2014] | Dobbo, Dan17F1 -0.2 points (1 – 1.2) Boom Boom Boom Boom!! [Vengaboys, #1, 1999] | dj_tim_e, oof -1.6 points (2 – 3.6) Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) [My Chemical Romance, #31, 2010] | TS0301, Jade, Bré Pointless: -0.6 points Boom Boom [N-Tyce, #18, 1998] | vibe Killa Killa [KSI (feat. Aiyana-Lee), #27, 2020] | JulianT Love Love [Take That, #15, 2011] | danG Yeah Yeah [bodyrox (feat. Luciana), #2, 2006] | Bjork Pointless: -0.9 points Dance Dance Dance [Chic, #6, 1978] | awardinary Gimme Gimme Gimme [Abba, #3, 1979] | Maestro Girls Girls Girls [sailor, #7, 1976] | King Rollo Go Go Go [Chuck Berry, #38, 1963] | PeteFromLeeds Hot Hot Hot [Arrow, #38, 1994] | StoneDragon La La La [Naughty Boy & Sam Smith, #1, 2013] | MiichaelKing21 Looks Looks Looks [sparks, #26, 1975] | Suedehead My My My [Armand van Helden, #15, 2004] | Simon. My, My, My! [Troye Sivan, #38, 2018] | Scene Naughty Naughty Naughty [Joy Sarney, #26, 1977] Mango No No No [Destiny's Child, #5, 1998] Riser Rain Rain Rain [Frankie Laine and the Four Lads, #8, 1954] jimwatts 29 points Animals | Sid_ Love In This Club | Mack Now for the first question with bonus negative points! :cheeseblock: The incentive of getting more of the same word into your answers took people onto different tactics, and sure enough anyone who got to a fourth word wasn’t alone in their choice. Again there’s a runaway top answer (and again from 1994, strangely enough) and again it’s only from a handful which weren’t Pointless before the bonuses were deducted. Without deductions there would have been 16 Pointless answers, the most for any question in the quiz. I allowed titles where the only words outside brackets were the same (case in point, the OCC doesn’t include ‘(Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah)’ in the title of Chic’s hit). Conversely I hadn’t realised three quarters of the “Na”s in the MCR hit were commonly bracketed, but in the spirit of goodwill I allowed them as I originally intended, so that produced a deduction of 3.6 from the 2 points for the 3 people who chose it, giving them the lowest scores of the round. In the circumstances, the only answer I can think of which could have beaten that would be ‘Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um’ by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders which would have scored -1.8 points if one person had chosen it.
January 24, 20214 yr I decided to take the chance on MCR there hoping the sheer number of repetitions would outweigh the number of people who remembered it existed and copied my logic - it worked, yay :lol:
January 24, 20214 yr Yup that My Chemical Romance song is the ultimate repetitive one for me. Glad not too many others went for it *.*
January 24, 20214 yr Author Q6. Top 40 single in 2020 which is a cover of a Top 40 single with the same title from an earlier year Correct answers given 9 | Pointless 1 | Incorrect answers 4 NbdRLyixJpc 3 points Dancing In The Moonlight [Jübel (feat. Neimy), #11 / Toploader, #7, 2001] | Mack, Scene, Jade, danG Heart Of Glass [Miley Cyrus, #38 / Blondie, #1, 1979] | vibe, JulianT, Mango, Riser Put Your Records On [Ritt Momney, #25 / Corinne Bailey Rae, #2, 2006] | chrissmith276, Dobbo, Sid_, Dan17F1 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree [Justin Bieber, #4 / Brenda Lee, #6, 1962] | awardinary, xajnipi, Maestro, Suedehead 2 points Times Like These [Live Lounge Allstars, #1 / Foo Fighters, #12, 2003] | oof, RabbitFurCoat, TS0301 1 point Pump It Up [Endor, #8 / Danzel, #11, 2004] | jimwatts, Bré Stop Crying Your Heart Out [bBC Children In Need, #7 / Oasis, #2, 2002] | Bjork, PeteFromLeeds You'll Never Walk Alone [Michael Ball, Captain Tom Moore & NHS Voices of Care Choir, #1 / Gerry and the Pacemakers, #1, 1963] | rio309, StoneDragon Pointless Flowers [Nathan Dawe (feat. Jaykae), #12 / Sweet Female Attitude, #2, 2000] | King Rollo 29 points Be Alone No More | dj_tim_e Holiday | Simon. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas [Michael Bublé / Perry Como, #47, 2008] | paulgilb Lasting Lover | MiichaelKing21 This yielded the fewest different correct answers in the quiz, and the fewest Pointless answers with just one, for the aptly pointless Nathan Dawe cover of Flowers. In fact I don’t have much positive to say about any of these covers, with the Endor one I chose possibly being my unlikely favourite. Anyway, a four-way tie for the top answers with 3 points means little damage was done here, aside from the four incorrect answers – I’m not sure what some of these were going for, but if Lasting Lover can be considered a ‘cover’ of the MGMT song, that has a different title, while unfortunately for paulgilb, no previous versions of the Michael Bublé perennial had previously made the Top 40, although Perry Como’s came close.
January 24, 20214 yr Damn I should have stuck with Ride It for my cover song! Also I thought you said words in brackets don't count for the repetition - that's why I didn't go with MCR as thought it would only count as 3...
January 24, 20214 yr Damn I should have stuck with Ride It for my cover song! Also I thought you said words in brackets don't count for the repetition - that's why I didn't go with MCR as thought it would only count as 3... Yeah that’s the same as me, I’d have gone for MCR otherwise. Don’t worry, I’m doing shockingly anyway 😂
January 24, 20214 yr Aw I considered 'Flowers' but went for the wrong one :( both terrible anyway :kink: didn't think to explore the Christmas avenue!
January 24, 20214 yr I was relying on Dan's commentary on the favourite non top 10 hit results for that one. He mentioned Flowers was a cover.
January 24, 20214 yr Damn I should have stuck with Ride It for my cover song! Also I thought you said words in brackets don't count for the repetition - that's why I didn't go with MCR as thought it would only count as 3... same here
January 24, 20214 yr Author Q7. Top 10 single where the word "coffee" appears in the lyrics Correct answers given 15 | Pointless 10 | Incorrect answers 2 jJPMnTXl63E 4 points Powfu (feat. Beabadoobee) - Death Bed [#4, 2020] | MiichaelKing21, Maestro, Dobbo, Sid_, Dan17F1 3 points All Saints - Black Coffee [#1, 2000] | rio309, paulgilb, oof, Bré Carly Simon - You're So Vain [#3, 1973] | Simon., JulianT, Mango, chrissmith276 2 points Beastie Boys - Intergalactic [#5, 1998] | xajnipi, StoneDragon, danG 1 point Hazel O'Connor - Will You [#8, 1981] | vibe, Suedehead Pointless Blue Mink - Melting Pot [#3, 1970] | dj_tim_e David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie [#1, 2003] | King Rollo DJ Snake (feat. Bipolar Sunshine) - Middle [#10, 2016] | PeteFromLeeds DNA (feat. Suzanne Vega) - Tom's Diner [#2, 1990] | Bjork Girls Aloud - Sexy! No No No… [#5, 2007] | Jade Rachel Stevens - Negotiate With Love [#10, 2005] | Scene Stereophonics - Dakota [#1, 2005] | TS0301 Stormzy - Vossi Bop [#1, 2019] | awardinary Take That - Back For Good [#1, 1995] | Riser U2 - Electrical Storm [#5, 2002] | jimwatts 29 points Basshunter - Every Morning [#17, 2009] | Mack. Blur - Coffee & TV [#11, 1999] | RabbitFurCoat Now on to my favourite questions in the quiz, with the hot beverages being something of a lyrical touchstone through the ages. The prominent Beabadoobee sample from Powfu and the title-referencing from All Saints make those expectedly high scorers, but Carly Simon being such a popular answer is a little more surprising, to me at least. The ten Pointless answers are an interesting array, while Ed Sheeran’s latest hit and Ariana Grande’s ode to… coffee go ignored here, despite being in the current Top 10. Unfortunately for Mack and RFC, their choices for this round didn’t chart high enough. Edited January 24, 20214 yr by jimwatts
January 24, 20214 yr Yay :wub: I did think of All Saints and Powfu but then wanted to try something where coffee wasn't explicitly mentioned in the title. "Cappuccino" from Girls Aloud's 'Biology' was the first relevant word to come into my head and then remembered that 'Sexy! No No No...' literally says "take him out for coffee" in it, perfect! David Sneddon being remembered for that question makes me feel like my next answer may not be a pointless but we'll see :lol:
January 24, 20214 yr If any of you had listened to the youtube clip of Under Your Thumb by Godley & Creme I posted on the results of the favourite no.3 single poll, you would have found a pointless answer there as coffee stains are mentioned in the lyrics. I thought of switching from David Sneddon to that one but then I thought what if someone who takes part in this quiz actually plays the clip so I stuck with the answer I had.
January 24, 20214 yr I went with my first instinct, which was Suzanne Vega's Toms Diner but I thought a lot of people would go for the recent ones, both Ed's Afterglow and Ariana's 34+35 mention coffee
January 24, 20214 yr Author Q8. Top 10 single where the word "tea" appears in the lyrics Correct answers given 14 | Pointless 8 | Incorrect answers 5 gOMhN-hfMtY 3 points Eminem (feat. Dido) - Stan [#1, 2000] | paulgilb, Maestro, Dobbo, Dan17F1 One Direction - Little Things [#1, 2012] | MiichaelKing21, Riser, Bré, danG 2 points Dido - Thank You [#3, 2001] | awardinary, Simon., JulianT 1 point Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred [#10, 1962] | StoneDragon, King Rollo Commodores - Sail On [#8, 1979] | xajnipi, Mango Hazel O'Connor - Will You [#8, 1981] | vibe, Suedehead Pointless Allstars - The Land Of Make Believe [#9, 2002] | jimwatts Blondie - Dreaming [#2, 1979] | dj_tim_e Blur - Parklife [#10, 1994] | rio309 Brian McFadden - Real To Me [#1, 2004] | Jade Drake - Laugh Now Cry Later [#4, 2020] | TS0301 Specials - Too Much Too Young [#1, 1980] | Bjork Sugababes - Overload [#6, 2000] | oof Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Tea For Two Cha Cha [#3, 1959] | Scene 29 points Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used To Know [doesn’t mention “tea”] | Mack. Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight [#19, 1970] | chrissmith276 Lily Allen - Alfie [#15, 2007] | PeteFromLeeds, Sid_ no answer | RabbitFurCoat One of the joint top scorers here comes courtesy of another sample, this time it’s Dido’s “My tea’s gone cold” line, which also helped to bring her original song into the charts, and indeed that also gets multiple scores here. The other joint top scorer is thanks to the iconic line in the Ed Sheeran-penned 1D chart topper. Bernard Cribbins’ song mentions tea six times, while Hazel O’Connor’s song gets a score from vibe and Suedehead in this round as well as the last. The eight Pointless answers are the singles chart in microcosm. I thought someone else might go for the Bucks Fizz original of my choice, but nobody did, and Taylor Swift’s cardigan was also overlooked here, perhaps because of one of the rounds coming up. There are a quiz-high five incorrect answers here, including two with the same song(!) and a potentially significant one for the series as chrissmith276’s choice, unfortunately, didn’t reach the Top 10! Edited January 24, 20214 yr by jimwatts
January 24, 20214 yr Oh yay it was a Pointless!! *.* I don't really care for that Brian McFadden song but it's popped up a couple of times lately in my life (in a 2004 Mixcloud chart + revisiting all the UK #1s, 10 months of working from home is heightening my chart geekery) and the "English tea" line randomly stands out :lol:
January 24, 20214 yr If you'd included a question about songs with brilliant saxophone solos, I could have used the same song three times :D
January 24, 20214 yr Q8. Top 10 single where the word "tea" appears in the lyrics Correct answers given 14 | Pointless 8 | Incorrect answers 5 gOMhN-hfMtY 3 points Eminem (feat. Dido) - Stan [#1, 2000] | paulgilb, Maestro, Dobbo, Dan17F1 One Direction - Little Things [#1, 2012] | MiichaelKing21, Riser, Bré, danG 2 points Dido - Thank You [#3, 2001] | awardinary, Simon., JulianT 1 point Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred [#10, 1962] | StoneDragon, King Rollo Commodores - Sail On [#8, 1979] | xajnipi, Mango Hazel O'Connor - Will You [#8, 1981] | vibe, Suedehead Pointless Allstars - The Land Of Make Believe [#9, 2002] | jimwatts Blondie - Dreaming [#2, 1979] | dj_tim_e Blur - Parklife [#10, 1994] | rio309 Bryan McFadden - Real To Me [#1, 2004] | Jade Drake - Laugh Now Cry Later [#4, 2020] | TS0301 Specials - Too Much Too Young [#1, 1980] | Suedehead Sugababes - Overload [#6, 2000] | oof Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Tea For Two Cha Cha [#3, 1959] | Scene 29 points Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used To Know [doesn’t mention “tea”] | Mack. Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight [#19, 1970] | chrissmith276 Lily Allen - Alfie [#15, 2007] | PeteFromLeeds, Sid_ no answer | RabbitFurCoat One of the joint top scorers here comes courtesy of another sample, this time it’s Dido’s “My tea’s gone cold” line, which also helped to bring her original song into the charts, and indeed that also gets multiple scores here. The other joint top scorer is thanks to the iconic line in the Ed Sheeran-penned 1D chart topper. Bernard Cribbins’ song mentions tea six times, while Hazel O’Connor’s song gets a score from vibe and Suedehead in this round as well as the last. The eight Pointless answers are the singles chart in microcosm. I thought someone else might go for the Bucks Fizz original of my choice, but nobody did, and Taylor Swift’s cardigan was also overlooked here, perhaps because of one of the rounds coming up. There are a quiz-high five incorrect answers here, including two with the same song(!) and a potentially significant one for the series as chrissmith276’s choice, unfortunately, didn’t reach the Top 10! You've put my name against the Specials song as well :unsure:
January 24, 20214 yr Author I'm going to break off now for a couple of hours. The final two answers and scoreboard will come this evening, see you soon!
January 24, 20214 yr Author You've put my name against the Specials song as well :unsure: Corrected :)
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