Just caught up on this, thanks for hosting Wardy and don't worry about a couple of mistakes :D Can't believe I managed to get a pointless answer with Lady Gaga :lol: Don't regret going for the icon that is Michelle McManus even if I was one of the only people not to get a pointless answer on that last question - my other thought was Ava Max "Sweet But Psycho" and that appears as if it would've been pointless

 

The Now! question was hard but I read something that said Robbie had the most appearances including his appearances with Take That so glad that they were a safe answer, my initial thought were Westlife

 

I might not have pointed it out had he finished below me but since I came 31st and just shy of leaderboard points :arrr: , if I was taken down with question 2...I think Mack's answer of ABBA should be incorrect as "Waterloo" was re-released in 2004 and appears to have reached #20

 

I would also argue that some of the correct answers aren’t really food - sweetener and pepper for example (sorry guys)

 

So what would you call this if not food?

 

So what would you call this if not food?

 

Very good point J❄️hq - I was thinking of the condiment at the time - as in salt and pepper. A bell pepper didn't come to mind. I still stand by sweetener isn't a food <_<

 

It's because I'm bitter that I got one question wrong and it cost me about 26 places!

 

 

I might not have pointed it out had he finished below me but since I came 31st and just shy of leaderboard points :arrr: , if I was taken down with question 2...I think Mack's answer of ABBA should be incorrect as "Waterloo" was re-released in 2004 and appears to have reached #20

Oops, another one I missed when helping out to check for incorrect answers on that question - it now looks like there were 7! That's tough on Mack as it's a re-entry that's not obvious from looking at their discography, but if Andrea Bocelli gets ruled out I guess ABBA should too.

 

TBC by Wardy but if the 37 points for rio309 (as mentioned on the last page) and Mack are added, the scoreboard would look like this:

 

1-13: as currently shown

14-26: everyone from Simon to n4yr up 1 place

27: Dan1F1 (58 points)

28: Chez Wombat (61 points)

29 (joint): rio309, J❄️hq, Riser (62 points)

32-33: up 1 place each; 34: Mack

35-38: as currently shown

Oops, another one I missed when helping out to check for incorrect answers on that question - it now looks like there were 7! That's tough on Mack as it's a re-entry that's not obvious from looking at their discography, but if Andrea Bocelli gets ruled out I guess ABBA should too.

 

TBC by Wardy but if the 37 points for rio309 (as mentioned on the last page) and Mack are added, the scoreboard would look like this:

 

1-13: as currently shown

14-26: everyone from Simon to n4yr up 1 place

27: Dan1F1 (58 points)

28: Chez Wombat (61 points)

29 (joint): rio309, J❄️hq, Riser (62 points)

32-33: up 1 place each; 34: Mack

35-38: as currently shown

Thanks for working this out jimwatts, and sorry about the mistakes. I have asked someone else to take over the scoring and updating the leaderboard as it seems I just can’t bear making more mistakes with people’s scores.

 

EDIT: Could someone also check over chrissmith276’s score because of my decision to give him maximum points for one question.

Edited February 17, 20214 yr by awardinary

Thanks for working this out jimwatts, and sorry about the mistakes. I have asked someone else to take over the scoring and updating the leaderboard as it seems I just can’t bear making more mistakes with people’s scores.

 

EDIT: Could someone also check over chrissmith276’s score because of my decision to give him maximum points for one question.

I've checked over Chris's scores and they seem correct if you stick to the maximum points for that question - personally I don't think you could realistically class UB40 as a boy band, sorry Chris! The final say is Wardy's though to confirm if that maximum score still stands?

Edited February 17, 20214 yr by Mangø

I will graciously accept the +37 for David Gilmour. To be honest I found that question very tough, and I don't do any sort of Googling to come up with, or check, my answers, so just had to take a punt on something that seemed vaguely feasible!

I hate to bring up another scoring mistake, but I think you added an extra +37 to my score that shouldn't be there :unsure: (I don't think I got any of the questions wrong?)

I hate to bring up another scoring mistake, but I think you added an extra +37 to my score that shouldn't be there :unsure: (I don't think I got any of the questions wrong?)

Apologies again n4yr, I can see where I didn’t reflect this penalty, it was on question 11, as I marked “Coffee” as a non-food item but didn’t state this at the time of the results. Again, if you wish to debate it this is fine, I have stepped aside from being the judge of what’s right and wrong and will kindly ask Mangø or jimwatts to make the final decision on that answer.

 

This is why I won’t host a Pointless quiz again, too many margins for error on my part.

This is why I won’t host a Pointless quiz again, too many margins for error on my part.

 

You did such an amazing job of it though, it will be a shame not to have another. I personally am not bothered about the results, just the answers showing which were pointless would be fine, or what scored what. If people are that bothered about winning they could add up their own scores themselves?

Apologies again n4yr, I can see where I didn’t reflect this penalty, it was on question 11, as I marked “Coffee” as a non-food item but didn’t state this at the time of the results. Again, if you wish to debate it this is fine, I have stepped aside from being the judge of what’s right and wrong and will kindly ask Mangø or jimwatts to make the final decision on that answer.

I would have to agree that coffee is a drink, not a food.

I'll take 12th! A solid start to the quiz season for me to continually fall backwards from in the next quizzes. Thanks for all the hosting work Wardy!

Apologies again n4yr, I can see where I didn’t reflect this penalty, it was on question 11, as I marked “Coffee” as a non-food item but didn’t state this at the time of the results. Again, if you wish to debate it this is fine, I have stepped aside from being the judge of what’s right and wrong and will kindly ask Mangø or jimwatts to make the final decision on that answer.

 

This is why I won’t host a Pointless quiz again, too many margins for error on my part.

No worries, thanks for the explanation. It is a bit of a grey are so I won't complain about it being marked wrong.