January 24, 20214 yr I just thought of The Land Of Make Believe (Bucks Fizz version) while I was waiting for the answers to appear. Up to then, the Bernard Cribbins song was the only one I could think of.
January 24, 20214 yr Opted against both Boom Boom Boom Boom for the repeated words question and Flowers for the cover version question on the basis that they'd be too popular... only to then pick higher scoring answers in both cases 🤦♂️
January 24, 20214 yr 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! Taylor's Cardigan mentions a "tee" as in T-shirt, not tea :D :D :D
January 24, 20214 yr I didnt quite understand how u were working the bonus questions. Will do better at them in future quizzes. Suedehead i cant believe you said Hazel Oconnor lol
January 24, 20214 yr Author Thanks Bjork, so that explains why no one chose it (and makes more sense in the context of the song) :D Now for the last couple of questions: Q9. All-female group who appeared in the top 100 of 'Buzzjack's favourite group 2020' Correct answers given 12 (from a possible 15) | Pointless 6 | Incorrect answers 2 1TffpkE2GU4 4 points All Saints [8th] | awardinary, vibe, Bjork, RabbitFurCoat, Dobbo HAIM [33rd] | rio309, StoneDragon, chrissmith276, Dan17F1, danG Little Mix [6th] | paulgilb, Maestro, Suedehead, Sid_, Bré 2 points Bananarama [25th] | dj_tim_e, King Rollo, PeteFromLeeds 1 point Supremes [52nd] | Mango, Mack. TLC [73rd] | Simon., JulianT Pointless Destiny's Child [7th] | Riser Fifth Harmony [62nd] | jimwatts Girls Aloud [3rd] | oof Honeyz [95th] | TS0301 Saturdays [12th] | MiichaelKing21 Sugababes [5th] | Jade 29 points Bangles [230th] | Scene Eternal [169th] | xajnipi Unused correct answers Spice Girls [1st] :o , Pussycat Dolls [18th], Atomic Kitten [80th] In case you didn’t follow the Chart Forum poll of favourite groups hosted by Gezza, the full results are here. In case the question sounded a little mischievous, there were 15 all-female acts in the top 100 which is far fewer than there were all-male acts – they just happened to be concentrated more towards the top end. Out of the three joint top answers, HAIM are perhaps the most left-field choice people gravitated towards, while Bananarama, The Supremes and TLC also scored points. On the same theme, half of the Pointless answers were groups who finished in the top ten of the poll, and overall winners The Spice Girls were avoided at all costs! Scene and xajnipi both had the misfortune to choose groups who finished lower down the poll.
January 24, 20214 yr I didnt quite understand how u were working the bonus questions. Will do better at them in future quizzes. Suedehead i cant believe you said Hazel Oconnor lol I was convinced nobody else would know the song :lol: I loved it from the time the album came out (some time before it was a hit single) and it still sounds great.
January 24, 20214 yr Ooh I was definitely not expecting a Pointless answer for that one :o yay! :cheer: fingers crossed for a good finish now.
January 24, 20214 yr Author And here’s the final question. Bonus points were in -0.3 point increments depending on how high the song peaked in the Top 10: a #10 peak was worth -0.3 points, #9 was worth -0.6, #8 was worth -0.9, and so on. Q10. Top 10 single for Taylor Swift Bonus -0.3 points for a #10 peak up to -3.0 points for a #1 peak Correct answers given 14 (from a possible 17) | Pointless 4 | Incorrect answers 1 FuXNumBwDOM +1.6 points (4 – 2.4) ME! [#3 peak] | rio309, dj_tim_e, King Rollo, Scene, PeteFromLeeds +0.8 points (2 – 1.2) Everything Has Changed [#7] | paulgilb, Mango, TS0301 +0.4 points (1 – 0.6) 22 [#9] | jimwatts, JulianT -0.4 points (2 – 2.4) willow [#3] | Suedehead, Dobbo, Bré -0.5 points (1 – 1.5) cardigan [#6] | vibe, oof -0.8 points (1 – 1.8) I Don't Wanna Live Forever [#5] | awardinary, xajnipi You Need To Calm Down [#5] | StoneDragon, Maestro -1.1 points (1 – 2.1) Bad Blood [#4] | Simon., Dan17F1 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together [#4] | Riser, danG -1.7 points (1 – 2.7) I Knew You Were Trouble [#2] | Bjork, Sid_ Pointless: -0.9 points exile [#8] | RabbitFurCoat Pointless: -1.2 points …Ready For It [#7] | MiichaelKing21 Pointless: -2.1 points Blank Space [#4] | chrissmith276 Pointless: -2.7 points Love Story [#2] | Jade 29 points Style [#21 peak] | Mack Unused correct answers Look What You Made Me Do [#1] :o , Shake It Off [#2], the 1 [#10] I thought these bonus points would be a good way to split a few ties in the final results and give an extra challenge at the same time. Here again, nobody went for the one answer which would have scored a maximum bonus of -3 points! Instead, the most popular answer was the ‘is two years ago long enough to be forgotten’ #3 hit ‘ME!’. Only two others of Taylor’s hits brought a positive score here. Of her three songs which peaked at #2, Shake It Off was left out, I Knew You Were Trouble was guessed by two so scores a respectable -1.7 points, while Love Story was one of the four Pointless answers so with -2.7 points it bags Jade the lowest score of the round!
January 24, 20214 yr Yessssssss!! I’ve had astonishing luck for these last two questions, I so nearly put ‘ME!’ :lol: No one going for Spice Girls for the last one or Taylor’s #1 here, wow!
January 24, 20214 yr I was so close to picking the number 1 for the bonus points and it would have been pointless as well. :cry:
January 24, 20214 yr Author So the results of the final quiz of Series 3 look like this - with only one tied place! Congratulations to Jade :cheer: 1st | 3.7 points | Jade 2nd | 4.5 points | jimwatts 3rd | 5.3 points | oof 4th | 6.7 points | King Rollo 5th | 7.7 points | Bjork 6th | 9.2 points | TS0301 7th | 10.3 points | StoneDragon 8th= | 10.9 points | vibe 8th= | 10.9 points | Mango 10th | 12.7 points | Suedehead 11th | 14.3 points | awardinary 12th | 15.4 points | rio309 13th | 16 points | Bré 14th | 18.8 points | JulianT 15th | 19 points | Riser 16th | 23.3 points | danG 17th | 24.3 points | Dan17F1 18th | 26 points | Dobbo 19th | 37.7 points | PeteFromLeeds 20th | 38.4 points | dj_tim_e 21st | 39.7 points | Scene 22nd | 40 points | Simon. 23rd | 43.9 points | MiichaelKing21 24th | 44.3 points | Maestro 25th | 45.7 points | chrissmith276 26th | 46 points | xajnipi 27th | 47.6 points | paulgilb 28th | 71.3 points | Sid_ 29th | 99.9 points | RabbitFurCoat 30th | 151 points | Mack. Thank you all for playing, following and commenting along. It's been a lot a fun to host, thanks Bré and PeteFromLeeds for the opportunity. I guess we/I now look forward to the final results of the series :) and then maybe another one soon!
January 24, 20214 yr Loved this! Can’t believe I misunderstood the cover from this year of the same title, completely missed the cover part.
January 24, 20214 yr Yay :wub: I know the MCR saga was controversial but I did have quite a lot of Pointless answers anyway so might have still won with a different option with that question, not sure what else I would’ve gone for though as I went straight to that without seeing the discussion in the thread. The internet was so bad here last night that I just went straight to the form on my phone. Shame that I didn’t participate in the first quiz of the season but this is a great way to end the league! Really enjoyed this quiz, thanks Jim! Would love to see those lyric type questions again and the minus point addition.
January 24, 20214 yr The last question really cost me there. Thanks for that quiz, Jim, I enjoyed it, and well done Jade on winning.
January 24, 20214 yr Thanks for running this Jim. The bonuses added another tactical element to provide an extra challenge.
January 24, 20214 yr Thanks for a great quiz Jim! This is the first one I’ve ever done on here and it was great fun. Most of my answers didn’t pay off but I was mid table thanks to having answered them all correctly. I shall have to try harder next time!
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