I also try not to look it up, especially some contests like the album cover one

I have to admit, for things like Pointless I will look up what valid options are as I've always assumed that's within the rules. Apologies if most people don't do this, I guess it doesn't make for a very level playing field then :unsure:

For album covers type quizzes, I'll look up albums based on artists I think it could be, as again I've always assumed that's allowed!

I remember a couple of quizzes on here a long time ago where the host specifically stated it was a no-google Family Fortunes (obviously that can't be vetted but still) however in general I don't see the issue if people want to play one way or the other. Certainly with Pointless even with Google that's not necessarily a path to winning as you still need to second guess everyone else. And even then I used Google in this edition and still got a wrong answer due to my inability to read a question carefully :lol:

I think use of internet is allowed unless the host says otherwise. Clearly there are types of internet use that are cheating such as using some sort of image match software for the album cover quiz or Shazam for a listening quiz, but beyond that I think it’s understood that if you want to be really competitive you’re quite likely to need to do a bit of work.

 

That doesn’t mean doing a quick entry off the top of your head is less valid though, and all participation is great!

I put Coldplay XY for the brit award question !! And it was pointless , this needs to be corrected 🙏

I put Coldplay XY for the brit award question !! And it was pointless , this needs to be corrected 🙏

My apologies you certainly did, I have rectified this accordingly for you.

 

Question 7 and 8 answers will be coming very shortly...

QUESTION SEVEN

A song title with a colour of the rainbow that became a UK Top 20 hit

CORRECT ANSWERS

Amy Grant - Big Yellow Taxi {#20}
gooddelta, StoneDragon

Coldplay - Violet Hill {#8}
danG, Y'all Starlight

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River {#19}
chrissmith276, Riser

Dawn feat. Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree {#1}
rio309, vibe

George Ezra - Green Green Grass {#3}
Iz 🌟, Josh!, LewisGT

Manchester United Football Squad - Come On You Reds {#1}
HarryBorelli, Mack.

UB40 - Red, Red Wine {#1}
Dobbo, elgornio

Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes {#2}
diva thin muffin, Scene

POINTLESS ANSWERS :cheer:

Beyoncé - Green Light {#12}
Roba.

Booker T And The MG's - Green Onions {#7}
PeteFromLeeds

Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini {#8}
Bjork

Coldplay - Yellow {#4}
All★bySmashMouth

Daniel Merriweather - Red {#5}
Jordanlee1402

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue) {#1}
afroginatent

David MacBeth - Mr Blue {#18}
n4yr

Donovan - Mellow Yellow {#8}
Jade

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road {#6}
spiceboy

Erasure - Blue Savannah {#3}
paulgilb

Kenny Ball - The Green Leaves Of Summer {#7}
King Rollo

Kylie Minogue - Red Blooded Woman {#5}
jojo89

Liverpool F.C. - Anfield Rap (Red Machine In Full Effect) {#3}
jimwatts

Mac Band - Roses are Red {#8}
Ansel

Marcels - Blue Moon {#1}
LiamSime

Mitch Miller And His Orchestra And Chorus - The Yellow Rose Of Texas {#2}
CianS

Nick Heyward - Blue Hat For A Blue Day {#14}
JulianT

Peter Sarstedt - Frozen Orange Juice {#10}
Chez Wombat

Roll Deep - Green Light {#1}
J❄️hq

Ron Goodwin Orchestra - Blue Star (The Medic Theme) {#20}
~1^∞

The Drifters - You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book {#5}
Mangø

Tiësto - Red Lights {#6}
Dan17F1

Wiz Khalifa - Black And Yellow {#5}
CowTzy

INCORRECT ANSWERS :nocheer:

Aerosmith - Pink {#13}
conorw
Reason: Not a colour of the rainbow

Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange {#70}
Adele
Reason: Not a UK Top 20 hit

OTHER ANSWERS NOT GIVEN

Endless Results

SCOREBOARD
1. | 10 | jojo89
2. | 17 | gooddelta
3. | 18 | jimwatts
3. | 18 | Scene
5. | 19 | Dan17F1
5. | 19 | Riser
7. | 20 | ~1^∞
7. | 20 | elgornio
7. | 20 | Iz 🌟
7 | 20 | PeteFromLeeds
7. | 20 | vibe
12. | 22 | afroginatent
12. | 22 | n4yr
14. | 25 | Jade
15. | 26 | chrissmith276
15. | 26 | King Rollo
17. | 28 | Bjork
17. | 28 | CianS
17. | 28 | J❄️hq
20. | 31 | LiamSime
21. | 33 | Y'all Starlight
22. | 54 | danG
23. | 56 | Dobbo
24. | 57 | JulianT
25. | 58 | rio309
26. | 59 | Chez Wombat
27. | 61 | StoneDragon
28. | 63 | Jordanlee1402
29. | 65 | HarryBorelli
29. | 65 | Mangø
29. | 65 | spiceboy
32. | 67 | diva thin muffin
33. | 69 | LewisGT
33. | 69 | Roba.
35. | 92 | All★bySmashMouth
36. | 94 | paulgilb
37. | 100 | Ansel
37. | 100 | conorw
37. | 100 | CowTzy
40. | 102 | Josh!
41. | 132 | Mack.
42. | 178 | Adele

Ok so confession time... I thought I knew how to award points in this round, but I am going back on one of my earlier statements. The official colours of the rainbow, confirmed by the MET office, are: RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO and VIOLET. I advised someone I would accept Purple as a colour, but nobody sent this colour. However, someone did send PINK which is not a colour of the rainbow so I had to decline this answer. I also previously said I would not accept plurals, but in this instance I have changed my mind and accepted them in one answer given by a couple of participants. I apologise for changing my view, but I should have more carefully considered this question in it's entirety before advising. On our next question we will look at the resurgence of some well loved Christmas hits.

Woop woop

 

And yes, that is the only eligible answer to this question in UK chart history with the word 'Orange' in (and only two more that made the top 40!).

Glad that going retro paid off 💛

Gah, still no pointless answer and I was really happy with Amy Grant :lol:

Hooray finally a pointless answer :cheer:

I also try not to look it up, especially some contests like the album cover one

 

 

I look forwards to seeing your answers! :P

QUESTION EIGHT

A classic Christmas song that reached a new peak in the last 10 years

CORRECT ANSWERS

Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas {#10, 2021}
Josh!, LewisGT, Mack., Riser, vibe

Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) {#22, 2018}
chrissmith276, conorw, diva thin muffin

Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! {#13, 2023}
afroginatent, LiamSime

Elton John - Step Into Christmas {#8, 2019}
All★bySmashMouth, Bjork, jojo89, Jordanlee1402, paulgilb, rio309, spiceboy

Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow {#33, 2022}
gooddelta, jimwatts

José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad {#21, 2022}
Ansel, Chez Wombat, Y'all Starlight

Michael Buble - Holly Jolly Christmas {#21, 2023}
Adele, Roba.

Michael Buble - It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas {#6, 2022}
Dan17F1, StoneDragon

Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me {#57, 2023}
CianS, JulianT, PeteFromLeeds

The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride {#20, 2023}
danG, Jade, n4yr

Wham - Last Christmas {#1, 2020}
Dobbo, Iz 🌟

POINTLESS ANSWERS :cheer:

Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick {#43, 2023}
Scene

Brenda Lee - Rocking Around The Christmas Tree {#4, 2022}
elgornio

Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby {#44, 2023}
~1^∞

Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You {#1, 2020}
J❄️hq

Mariah Carey - Oh Santa {#50, 2022}
HarryBorelli

Nat King Cole - Deck The Halls {#67, 2023}
King Rollo

INCORRECT ANSWERS :nocheer:

Bruce Springsteen - Santa Clause Is Comin' To Town {#9, 1985}
Mangø
Reason: Reached its current UK Chart peak in 1985

The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York {#2, 1988}
CowTzy
Reason: Reached its current UK Chart peak in 1988

OTHER ANSWERS NOT GIVEN

Andy Williams - Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year {#9, 2021}
Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me {#8, 2023}
Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock {#7, 2022}
Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas {#40, 2023}
Dean Martin - Rudolph, The Red Nose Reindeer {#74, 2023}
Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas {#67, 2022}
Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells {#60, 2023}
John Williams - Carol Of The Bells {#72, 2023}
Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree {#12, 2022}
Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby {#31, 2020}
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song {#34, 2023}

SCOREBOARD
1. | 16 | jojo89
2. | 18 | gooddelta
2. | 18 | Scene
4. | 19 | jimwatts
4. | 20 | ~1^∞
4. | 20 | Dan17F1
4. | 20 | elgornio
8. | 21 | Iz 🌟
9. | 22 | PeteFromLeeds
10. | 23 | afroginatent
10. | 23 | Riser
12. | 24 | n4yr
12. | 24 | vibe
14. | 26 | King Rollo
15. | 27 | Jade
16. | 28 | chrissmith276
16. | 28 | J❄️hq
18. | 30 | CianS
19. | 32 | LiamSime
20. | 34 | Bjork
21. | 35 | Y'all Starlight
21. | 56 | danG
21. | 57 | Dobbo
21. | 59 | JulianT
21. | 61 | Chez Wombat
21. | 62 | StoneDragon
21. | 64 | rio309
21. | 65 | HarryBorelli
29. | 69 | diva thin muffin
29. | 69 | Jordanlee1402
31. | 70 | Roba.
32. | 71 | spiceboy
33. | 73 | LewisGT
34. | 98 | All★bySmashMouth
35. | 100 | paulgilb
36. | 102 | Ansel
36. | 102 | conorw
38. | 106 | Josh!
38. | 106 | Mangø
40. | 136 | Mack.
41. | 141 | CowTzy
42. | 179 | Adele

This question had many different possibilities, and the fact I deliberately did not give any definition as to what a classic should be considered as, there was scope for lots of valid answers here. In fact, I only listed the ones from the last year's Top 100 that would have been acceptable, but going back over the last 10 years I am sure there would be many more examples of Christmas songs that achieved a new chart peak in that time. Elton John was the most common answer given to this question, and five people found pointless answers here. Sadly Bruce Springsteen and The Pogues have not achieved new chart peaks in the last 10 years with their respective songs. jojo89 is still out leader but his points deficit has reached much closer to those behind him, so it is still all to play for.

YAY got a pointless, I may have actually whooped out loud when I saw it! :lol:

AS IF Mariah Carey was a POINTLESS answer ffs it was the FIRST one I thought of and dismissed straight away! :lol:

Happy to get at least one pointless answer!

 

Again assumed Mariah would’ve been a high pointer here so went for Elton :lol: but happy it was at least correct.

 

Kelly and Ariana come to mind as well but panicked and chose something significantly older than ten years to at least be in the time frame.

 

(It’s funny in a sense that playing this like family fortunes could’ve done me better here as it seems the obvious picks are doing the best for the game :lol: ).

Edited September 3, 2024Sep 3 by Jordanlee1402

gah sorry Rich, still no pointless! I did consider going for something that peaked in the low Top 100, then was planning to go for Burl Ives, but changed my mind by the time I sent my answers!

As if Mariah is a pointless lmao.

 

Did swerve and not go for the obvious Buble new peaker though. At least climbing up a tad but not too much further.

 

Also Wizzard have a 4 peak in 1974 unless your counting the streaming/download era Wardy?

Two pointless answers in a row :o Was happy with just one, and very pleased that I decided to go with Mariah over Wham out of the incredibly obvious options

Also Wizzard have a 4 peak in 1974 unless your counting the streaming/download era Wardy?

Oh yes, I must have missed that when I checked. Will remove from the available options.