January 3, 20223 yr Author Q6. Top 30 single from 2005 onwards by an artist/group who has won Eurovision Correct answers given 10 (from a possible 14) | Pointless 5 | Incorrect 0 cOown9q6YQU 5 points Celine Dion - Loved Me Back To Life [#14, 2013] | awardinary, chrissmith276, King Rollo, ds, PeteOnEarth, Ansel 3 points Lena - Satellite [#30, 2010] | jimwatts, paulgilb, n4yr, vibe 2 points Alexander Rybak - Fairytale [#10, 2009] | rio309, Mango, music21 1 point Emmelie de Forest - Only Teardrops [#15, 2013] | LewisGT, JulianT Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni [#17, 2021] | Riser, Jade Pointless ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down [#9, 2021] | Brer Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix [#17, 2014] | Bjork Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah [#25, 2006] | Mack. Loreen - Euphoria [#3, 2012] | gavindeejay Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes [#11, 2015] | Cow Cow Unused correct answers ABBA - I Still Have Faith In You [#14, 2021] Duncan Laurence - Arcade [#29, 2021] Måneskin - Beggin' [#6, 2021] Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave [#5, 2021] After a fairly lean spell (and I restricted this question to Top 30 to avoid any ambiguity over 2020’s winner-elect Think About Things), six songs by Eurovision winners made the grade last year - and in typical Buzzjack Pointless style, most of them were avoided with a barge pole. In fact, only two of the answers we chose were not the Eurovision winning song itself, but one of those came at a heavy price of 5 points :drama: In all, five decades were represented by the Eurovision winners here, and if I’d wound back to allow songs from 2000, we could have added Lulu from the 1960s, leaving the 1990s as the missing one from the last seven – that Katrina And The Waves comeback is long overdue. One set of answers to go, and it’s the other one with bonuses! :yahoo:
January 3, 20223 yr I read that question as meaning albums that didn't debut at number 1. I could hardly find any. I didn't realise it included albums with more than one week at number 1.
January 3, 20223 yr I knew Celine would either be really high scoring or pointless - sadly it was the former!
January 3, 20223 yr I read that question as meaning albums that didn't debut at number 1. I could hardly find any. I didn't realise it included albums with more than one week at number 1. Yep that was my understanding when I read the question but guess should have read it better! Still scored low with Stormzy at least!
January 3, 20223 yr Yes, I also felt that Celine Dion might be the wrong choice. I did think about picking a Maneskin song.
January 3, 20223 yr Author Yes, I also felt that Celine Dion might be the wrong choice. I did think about picking a Maneskin song. I was originally going to lock in I Wanna Be Your Slave, but convinced myself to choose Satellite, d'oh. Anyway, in my last Pointless quiz, the final question was similar - to choose a Top 10 single for Taylor Swift - and nobody chose her only #1(!) - so will it be any different for The Weeknd?
January 3, 20223 yr I thought that Lena would be pointless and breakfast at tiffanys would be a big score !!
January 3, 20223 yr Author Q10. Top 10 single for The Weeknd (where credited). BONUS: -0.3 points for a #10 peak up to -3.0 points for a #1 peak Correct answers given 10 (from a possible 11) | Pointless 4 | Incorrect 0 waU75jdUnYw 2.9 points (5 – 2.1) Earned It [#4 peak] | paulgilb, Cow Cow, Riser, Mack., ds, n4yr 1.8 points (3 – 1.2) Call Out My Name [#7 peak] | awardinary, chrissmith276, PeteOnEarth, LewisGT 0.4 points (1 – 0.6) I Feel It Coming [#9 peak] | vibe, gavindeejay -1.4 points (1 – 2.4) Can’t Feel My Face [#3 peak] | Bjork, JulianT The Hills [#3 peak] | Mango, music21 -1.7 points (1 – 2.7) Save Your Tears [#2 peak] | jimwatts, rio309 Pointless: -0.6 points Lost In The Fire [#9 peak] | Brer You Right [#9 peak] | Ansel Pointless: -2.7 points Starboy [#2 peak] | King Rollo Pointless: -3.0 points Blinding Lights [#1 peak] | Jade Unused correct answer Heartless [#10 peak] Anyway, in my last Pointless quiz, the final question was similar - to choose a Top 10 single for Taylor Swift - and nobody chose her only #1(!) - so will it be any different for The Weeknd? Yes it is, and it’s Jade who picks up the best score this time too! In all, ten of us take net negative points from this question. Unlike Taylor, The Weeknd’s songs have tended to peak at one end of the Top 10 or the other, and it’s the two which peaked closest to the middle zone which are the most costly, in particular his first one. The final scoreboard is on its way! Edited January 4, 20223 yr by jimwatts
January 3, 20223 yr Author We have joint winners – congratulations rio309 and Bjork! :cheer: 1st= | 2.1 points | rio309 1st= | 2.1 points | Bjork 3rd | 3.5 points | King Rollo 4th | 4.4 points | jimwatts 5th | 6.4 points | Riser 6th | 6.7 points | music21 7th | 6.8 points | Jade 8th= | 8.2 points | vibe 8th= | 8.2 points | Brer 10th | 9.0 points | PeteOnEarth 11th | 9.1 points | Mango 12th | 10.3 points | LewisGT 13th | 10.5 points | Ansel 14th | 11.7 points | paulgilb 15th | 12.0 points | n4yr 16th | 13.0 points | ds 17th | 14.9 points | chrissmith276 18th | 16.1 points | JulianT 19th | 38.5 points | Cow Cow 20th= | 40.4 points | awardinary 20th= | 40.4 points | Mack. 22nd | 45.4 points | gavindeejay Thank you all for playing, following and commenting along. This was the fifth Chart Forum quiz I’ve hosted in the last year, so I’ve made a resolution to take a break from hosting in 2022 - if indeed there is another series this year - but they've been a lot of fun to do, and I’m grateful to have found a group who have made them as enjoyable as they have been, so thanks to you all again B-)
January 3, 20223 yr What a fail! So if I hadn’t read one of the questions wrongly I might have been around 5th. Well done Bjork and Rio and thanks very much Jim for hosting another one!
January 3, 20223 yr I'm happy to finish 3rd after I chose that Celine Dion song. Thanks for a challenging quiz, Jim, and well done rio and Bjork.
January 3, 20223 yr Cool! Pointless is really my favourite out of all these games! Thanks for organising, very well-thought and ingenious questions!
January 3, 20223 yr Oh my word! Not sure I've ever even had a top 10 in a Buzzjack quiz before! I knew it was going fairly well as I scrolled through the answers but was waiting for an incorrect answer to derail me and for once it never came! Thanks for hosting Jim
January 3, 20223 yr Thanks Jim - probably my worst ever showing though, especially in one of the Pointless rounds!! Only just finished above Julian who had a wrong answer!
January 3, 20223 yr Not my finest performance but I'll take a mid-table finish. Thanks for hosting and well done to rio309!
January 3, 20223 yr I'll take 9th - a decent enough result to finish the series! (I'll get the leaderboard updated tomorrow evening if that's okay with everyone!)
January 3, 20223 yr Ooh I really saved myself after a shaky start! Happy with top 10 in a Pointless as the online format makes me overthink like crazy, not knowing which way it will swing :lol: Thanks for this Jim and congrats Bjork and Rio *.*
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