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Pointless is the best entertainment show out there

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  • #7682
    Raffingora
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,810 ✭✭✭✭Raffingora


    The Beautiful Game


  • #7683
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,855 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Unlucky


  • #7684
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    Katie knows her onions. I used to like her when she did the Barry Norman "Film <insert year here> " on the BBC.


  • #7685
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    Katherine Hepburn


  • #7686
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,855 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Shirley MacClaine
    Emma Thompson
    Christopher Plummer


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  • #7687
    delbertgrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,924 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    Meryl Streep
    Dustin Hoffman
    Michael Caine
    Peter O' Toole
    Jack Nicholson
    Katherine Hepburn
    Laurence Olivier
    Paul Newman

    2025 Gigs and Events: Stuart Murdoch, Lyle Lovett, Stuart Murdoch, Wolf Alice, Camera Obscura, Rewind Festival, The Corrs/Imelda May/Natalie Imbruglia, Iron Maiden, Neil Young/Van Morrison, Lana Del Rey, Weezer, Sparks, The Doobie Brothers, Billie Eilish (x2), Oasis, Sharon Van Etten, The Human League, Priscilla Presley, Deacon Blue, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (x2), Stuart Maconie, Nerina Pallot, Nicola Benedetti, Wolf Alice

    2026 Gigs and Events: An Evening with The Fast Show, Prima Facie, Stereolab, David Byrne, Belle and Sebastian (x2), Sleeper, Metallica (x2), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark



  • #7688
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Wow, that's a hard final category. There are some obvious ones but for the hell of it, I'll go with some obscure older actors and hope they hit the jackpot:

    James Cagney
    Ernest Borgnine
    Thelma Ritter


  • #7689
    Raffingora
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,810 ✭✭✭✭Raffingora


    Meryl Streep
    Vivienne Leigh
    Erroll Flynn


  • #7690
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,316 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Brando, Spencer Tracey,

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #7691
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,723 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


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  • #7692
    S.M.B.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,383 ✭✭✭S.M.B.


    DDL?


  • #7693
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,855 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    delbertgrady wrote: »
    Meryl Streep
    Dustin Hoffman
    Michael Caine
    Peter O' Toole
    Jack Nicholson
    Katherine Hepburn
    Laurence Olivier
    Paul Newman

    Just three, Del!


  • #7694
    Kiwi_knock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,474 ✭✭✭Kiwi_knock


    George Clooney
    Nicole Kidman
    Denzel Washington
    Matt Damon
    Brad Pitt


  • #7695
    delbertgrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,924 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    Welsh Megaman wrote: »
    Just three, Del!

    POT
    MC
    JN

    2025 Gigs and Events: Stuart Murdoch, Lyle Lovett, Stuart Murdoch, Wolf Alice, Camera Obscura, Rewind Festival, The Corrs/Imelda May/Natalie Imbruglia, Iron Maiden, Neil Young/Van Morrison, Lana Del Rey, Weezer, Sparks, The Doobie Brothers, Billie Eilish (x2), Oasis, Sharon Van Etten, The Human League, Priscilla Presley, Deacon Blue, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (x2), Stuart Maconie, Nerina Pallot, Nicola Benedetti, Wolf Alice

    2026 Gigs and Events: An Evening with The Fast Show, Prima Facie, Stereolab, David Byrne, Belle and Sebastian (x2), Sleeper, Metallica (x2), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark



  • #7696
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    Feckin genius Katie!


  • #7697
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,855 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Nice one!


  • #7698
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Here's a list of all correct answers (and number of noms). Only 56 correct answers.

    Al Pacino 8
    Albert Finney 5
    Amy Adams 5
    Anne Bancroft 5
    Arthur Kennedy 5
    Audrey Hepburn 5
    Bette Davis 11
    Cate Blanchett 6
    Daniel Day-Lewis 5
    Deborah Kerr 6
    Denzel Washington 6
    Dustin Hoffman 7
    Elizabeth Taylor 5
    Ellen Burstyn 6
    Fredric March 5
    Gary Cooper 5
    Gene Hackman 5
    Geraldine Page 8
    Glenn Close 6
    Greer Garson 7
    Gregory Peck 5
    Ingrid Bergman 7
    Irene Dunne 5
    Jack Lemmon 8
    Jack Nicholson 12
    James Stewart 5
    Jane Fonda 7
    Jeff Bridges 6
    Jennifer Jones 5
    Jessica Lange 6
    Judi Dench 7
    Kate Winslet 6
    Katharine Hepburn 12
    Laurence Olivier 10
    Maggie Smith 6
    Marlon Brando 8
    Meryl Streep 18
    Michael Caine 6
    Morgan Freeman 5
    Norma Shearer 6
    Olivia de Havilland 5
    Paul Muni 5
    Paul Newman 9
    Peter O'Toole 8
    Richard Burton 7
    Robert De Niro 7
    Robert Duvall 6
    Sean Penn 5
    Shirley MacLaine 5
    Sissy Spacek 6
    Spencer Tracy 9
    Susan Hayward 5
    Susan Sarandon 5
    Thelma Ritter 6
    Tom Hanks 5
    Vanessa Redgrave 6


  • #7699
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,723 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • #7700
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,019 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    New eps are back on Monday, I suppose they didn't want to be up against the Olympics.


  • #7701
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,855 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Hiya!

    Hi everyone!


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  • #7702
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,019 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Hiya! I'm back from my Sochi adventures (on the couch), let's play Pointless!


  • #7703
    delbertgrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,924 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    Deb really was awesome.

    2025 Gigs and Events: Stuart Murdoch, Lyle Lovett, Stuart Murdoch, Wolf Alice, Camera Obscura, Rewind Festival, The Corrs/Imelda May/Natalie Imbruglia, Iron Maiden, Neil Young/Van Morrison, Lana Del Rey, Weezer, Sparks, The Doobie Brothers, Billie Eilish (x2), Oasis, Sharon Van Etten, The Human League, Priscilla Presley, Deacon Blue, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (x2), Stuart Maconie, Nerina Pallot, Nicola Benedetti, Wolf Alice

    2026 Gigs and Events: An Evening with The Fast Show, Prima Facie, Stereolab, David Byrne, Belle and Sebastian (x2), Sleeper, Metallica (x2), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark



  • #7704
    Mr.Prodston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,305 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Prodston


    Hiya, Hello.

    New Pointless, huzzah!


  • #7705
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,019 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Number 2.... teeheeheehee


  • #7706
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,855 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Stranglers
    Pogues
    Petula Clark
    Nat King Cole
    Ultravox
    Wheatus
    Don McLean


  • #7707
    Mr.Prodston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,305 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Prodston


    The Pogues
    Wheatus
    Don McLean


  • #7708
    delbertgrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,924 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    Stranglers
    Pogues with Kirsty MacColl
    Petula Clark
    Nat 'King' Cole
    Ultravox
    Wheatus
    Don McLean

    2025 Gigs and Events: Stuart Murdoch, Lyle Lovett, Stuart Murdoch, Wolf Alice, Camera Obscura, Rewind Festival, The Corrs/Imelda May/Natalie Imbruglia, Iron Maiden, Neil Young/Van Morrison, Lana Del Rey, Weezer, Sparks, The Doobie Brothers, Billie Eilish (x2), Oasis, Sharon Van Etten, The Human League, Priscilla Presley, Deacon Blue, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (x2), Stuart Maconie, Nerina Pallot, Nicola Benedetti, Wolf Alice

    2026 Gigs and Events: An Evening with The Fast Show, Prima Facie, Stereolab, David Byrne, Belle and Sebastian (x2), Sleeper, Metallica (x2), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark



  • #7709
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,855 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Rose is good with her hands...which is nice.


  • #7710
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,019 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    The Stranglers?
    The Pogues ft. Kirsty McCall
    Sandy Shaw
    x
    Ultra Vox?
    Wheetus
    Don McClean


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  • #7711
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,855 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    I had a big number 2 before.


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