The Forum Games Pointless/PEEHS Advent Calendar 2022

For day four it's something a little different. Below are 8 unchristmassy Christmas number ones, but I've removed alternate letters. Simply tell me what one of the songs is

1962 R_T_R_ T_ S_N_E_

1976 I_ Y_U _E_V_ M_ N_W

1980 T_E_E'_ N_-O_E _U_T_ L_K_ G_A_D_A

1991 B_H_M_I_ R_A_S_D_

1995 F_T_E_ A_D _O_

2002 L_S_ Y_U_S_L_

2016 R_C_A_Y_

2020 G_A_T_

Late reveal tonight, I'm afraid folks.

Probably be about 9 or 10

A triple sheep today!

With everyone scoring between 2 and 6 though, no-one's done too badly

Question 4: Unchristmassy Christmas #1s

Father and Son - 6

Barna77 *

Edser

Homer J. Fong *

jluv *

nothing *

Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick *

There's No-One Quite Like Grandma - 6

BuileBeag *

DvB *

guirienespana *

HildaSilvioOgden *

Leg End Reject *

StrawbsM *

If You Leave Me Now - 6

HeidiHeidi *

Kol *

lorcand1990 *

Mam of 4 *

Neowise

Sawduck *

Rockabye - 4

jp Liz v1 *

kitten_k *

Mutleyboo *

ShaneU *

Return to Sender - 3

aaronjennings *

ari101 *

Hello 2D Person Below *

Bohemian Rhapsody - 3

DejaBoo *

Posy *

Trigger *

Lose Yourself - 2

Aisling(",)

Sephiroth_Dude *

Giants - 2

Butty Brennan

Necro *

ACES - 1:

No answer - lifeline used - Loughc

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Aisling holds the lead, but with her lifeline played Necro and Shane look well placed and the pack is close behind.

HeidiHeidi joins the party late so has some work to do to move up the table. I actually think there's an error in the scores of those who started late, I'll have to check that tomorrow though, sorry

Scores after question 3:

Player Score

Aisling(",) 10

BuileBeag * 11

guirienespana * 11

Neowise 12

ShaneU * 12

Necro * 13

DvB * 14

Homer J. Fong * 14

Posy * 14

Mam of 4 * 16

Mutleyboo * 16

Edser 16

Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick * 17

aaronjennings * 18

Loughc 18

Leg End Reject * 18

Butty Brennan 19

DejaBoo * 19

ari101 * 20

HildaSilvioOgden * 20

jluv * 20

lorcand1990 * 20

Sawduck * 20

Trigger * 20

Barna77 * 21

nothing * 21

kitten_k * 21

Kol * 22

Hello 2D Person Below * 26

Sephiroth_Dude * 27

jp Liz v1 * 28

StrawbsM * 33

HeidiHeidi * 39

Today's answers:

Edward Scissorhands, LA Confidential, Little Women, Trading Places

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

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

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...

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

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

Reminder for @Aisling(",)

Still time, if you're quick 🙂

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...

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

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

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...?

So still minor shuffling, and very close at the top

Morning all

Today, I'm thinking about food. Neven Maguire (Irish Celebrity Chef, according to Wikipedia!) has a book in which he gives a christmas pudding recipe that was handed down to him. "In my opinion, no one makes Christmas pudding as good as my Auntie Maureen"

Question 9: Give one ingredient in the Christmas pudding recipe in Neven Maguire's Perfect Irish Christmas