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The Forum Games Pointless/PEEHS Advent Calendar 2022

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  • #62
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,712 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I was gonna play the lifeline today so worked out well I forgot to PM EN



  • #63
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


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    Sticking with the unchristmassy theme, the pictures below all show christmas scenes from films which aren't specifically christmas films

    Question 5: name one of the films from the stills below

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  • #64
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Today's answers:

    Edward Scissorhands, LA Confidential, Little Women, Trading Places

    Die Hard, You've Got Mail, Batman Returns, Gremlins



  • #65
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    An incredibly even spread of answers today, with a low triple sheep. Unfortunately Butty didn't get an answer in and Mam picked the wrong Batman film. Not too painful a mistake though

    Sorry, I can't work out tables on boards so this looks a mess. I hate vanilla!


    Player Answer Score

    DvB Batman Returns 5

    Hello 2D Person Below Batman Returns 5

    jp Liz v1 Batman Returns 5

    lorcand1990 Batman Returns 5

    Homer J. Fong Batman Returns 5

    Barna77 LA Confidential 5

    Necro LA Confidential 5

    ShaneU LA Confidential 5

    Trigger LA Confidential 5

    Edser LA Confidential 5

    BuileBeag You've Got Mail 5

    DejaBoo You've Got Mail 5

    kitten_k You've Got Mail 5

    jluv You've Got Mail 5

    Sephiroth_Dude You've Got Mail 5

    ari101 Die Hard 4

    Kol Die Hard 4

    Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick Die Hard 4

    Neowise Die Hard 4

    guirienespana Trading Places 4

    Loughc Trading Places 4

    Posy Trading Places 4

    StrawbsM Trading Places 4

    Leg End Reject Edward Scissorhands 3

    Sawduck Edward Scissorhands 3

    Mutleyboo Edward Scissorhands 3

    aaronjennings Gremlins 3

    "Aisling("",)" Gremlins 3

    nothing Gremlins 3

    HeidiHeidi Little Women 2

    HildaSilvioOgden Little Women 2

    Mam of 4 x Batman 7.5

    Butty Brennan x No answer, no lifeline 7.5



  • #66
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Which results is a little shuffling of the table, but not much!


    Player Day 5

    Aisling(",) 16

    Necro * 20

    guirienespana * 21

    Posy * 21

    ShaneU * 21

    BuileBeag * 22

    Neowise 22

    Loughc 23

    Mutleyboo * 23

    aaronjennings * 24

    Edser 24

    Homer J. Fong * 24

    DvB * 25

    Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick * 26

    ari101 * 27

    DejaBoo * 27

    Leg End Reject * 27

    HildaSilvioOgden * 28

    Trigger * 28

    Butty Brennan 28.5

    nothing * 29

    Sawduck * 29

    Mam of 4 * 29.5

    jluv * 30

    kitten_k * 30

    Barna77 * 31

    lorcand1990 * 31

    Kol * 32

    Hello 2D Person Below * 34

    Sephiroth_Dude * 35

    jp Liz v1 * 37

    HeidiHeidi * 41

    StrawbsM * 43



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  • #67
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,712 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I should have guessed you would have picked trading places as well @Posy



  • #68
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,517 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Love Trading Places so much. 😁

    I couldn't, on principle, pick Die Hard, on account of it being a 100% completely Christmas film and therefore not a valid answer. 😆



  • #69
    Aisling(",)
    Registered Users Posts: 6,377 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    Whoop. I took a risk with gremlins but I thought everyone would think it too obvious and it paid off.



  • #70
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


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    Simple one today...

    Question 6: name one of Santa's original reindeer (excluding Rudolph)

    just to clarify, that's the eight reindeer mentioned in A Visit from St. Nicholas. You know, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

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  • #71
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,712 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Great question! Great game so far EN!



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  • #72
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,517 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Aaaargh.

    Too. Many. Choices.



  • #73
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,769 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119961327#Comment_119961327

    Wayhayyy, I'm off the bottom!! 🤩



  • #74
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,383 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    For the films, I only recognised one. 😁

    Great game @Electric Nitwit really enjoying it.



  • #75
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,769 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119963180#Comment_119963180

    Same as me, despite having seen most of them - films are so not my thing!!



  • #76
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    I think everyone in the Christmas forum knew them all :P

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  • #77
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Let's try pictures for the scores...

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  • #78
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Which means today's table looks like this...

    Screenshot_20221206_190912.jpg




  • #79
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


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    Geography today, and a bit of a trickier one...

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    Question 7: name a country that contains the letters SANTA (yes, two As)

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  • #80
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Reminder for @Aisling(",)

    Still time, if you're quick 🙂



  • #81
    Aisling(",)
    Registered Users Posts: 6,377 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    Feck I'll throw a guess in but ended up losing my plans today



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  • #82
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    So I believe there are 12 possible answers to this question...


    ...and all of them were given!

    Quite extraordinary work, some very obscure answers, some very low scores...



  • #83
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    USA is the sheep, but only 6. Barna and Edser pick up some great aces, while our leader Aisling slips up by misspelling Tanzania

    Screenshot_20221207_190333.jpg




  • #84
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Which means we have a new leader in guiri. It's all very close at the top though

    Screenshot_20221207_190548.jpg




  • #85
    StrawbsM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,927 ✭✭✭StrawbsM


    Don’t forget I’ll be missing the last few days of this so I shouldn’t be classed as a contender for the wooden spoon.

    Those 40+ scorers can fight for that title 😂



  • #86
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,383 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    I freeze at anything geography related. I just can't think 😁



  • #87
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


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    Back to pictures today, and best selling toys

    Question 8: the toys below were each the top sellers one Christmas. Name one

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  • #88
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Going to be early today as everyone's in and my dinner is in the oven! So, today's answers...

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    Stretch Armstrong (1976), Optimus Prime (1989, I did accept Transformers), Buzz Lightyear (1996), Tamagotchi (1997)

    Furby (2000), Beyblades (2003), Iggle Piggle, from In The Night Garden (2008), Hatchimals (2016)

    No one got Hatchimals, but all the others were given. By how many though...?



  • #89
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    OK, this is getting silly. Great spread again, triple sheep. Good news for aaron and Heidi

    Screenshot_20221208_183931.jpg




  • #90
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    So still minor shuffling, and very close at the top

    Screenshot_20221208_184119.jpg




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  • #91
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,712 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    This has been some craic it literally still anyones game really.



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