Knightmare Pointless V - Champion of Champions
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Rosey says Smirkenorff - let's see what that scores her...
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Smirkenorff hatches at the end of The Dragon's Lair, and he arguably makes an appearance at the end of The Forbidden Gate too, as Pippa looks back and "sees" him taking off. Rosey scores 1 point, bringing her total to 3.
ROSS
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ROSEY
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - 1
TOTAL - 3
ANNIE
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 0
TOTAL - 1
NICK
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - 6
TOTAL - 8
So Ross, we come to you to finish the round.
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I'll go for Rhark please!
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Ross says Rhark - let's see what that scores him...
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Rhark (along with his constant companion, Grippa) plays a part in The Forbidden Gate and even has a little dialogue. The goblin duo also appears in Lord Fear's Domain, hurling mud at each other and apparently playing a game where one always tells the truth and the other always lies. Ross scores 2 points, bringing his total to 3.
Now, let's take a look at the whole board for that question:
TREGUARD - 6
LORD FEAR - 4
FOLLY - 3
PICKLE - 3
SKARKILL - 3
AESANDRE - 2
GRIPPA - 2
MAJIDA - 2
MERLIN - 2
MORGHANNA - 2
RHARK - 2
SYLVESTER HANDS - 2
VELDA - 2
AH WOK - 1
BROLLACHAN - 1
BROTHER MACE - 1
BROTHER STRANGE - 1
CEDRIC - 1
FIDJIT - 1
GRANITAS - 1
GREYSTAGG - 1
MOTLEY - 1
SIR HUGH - 1
SMIRKENORFF - 1
HORDRISS - 0
MARTA - 0
SIDRISS - 0
So, at the end of Round 1, the scoreboard looks like this:
ROSS
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 2
TOTAL - 3
ROSEY
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - 1
TOTAL - 3
ANNIE
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 0
TOTAL - 1
NICK
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - 6
TOTAL - 8
Nick may be a way ahead, but there's everything still to play for as we move on to...
ROUND 2
Remember, the scores from Round 1 are carried over and the player with the highest combined score (from both rounds) will leave us at the end of this round. We gave 6 people 100 seconds to name...
WINNING TEAM MEMBERS
So that's the first name of any dungeoneer or advisor from one (or more) of Knightmare's eight winning teams. Again, there are 27 correct answers on the list, and some of them are pointless. Ross, what is your first answer?
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For this question, Jake asked for "characters and named individual creatures" - the 'named individual creatures' part including creatures that aren't played by credited actors I guess.
A few surprises on that list - namely Hordriss, who I avoided because I was sure he'd be higher.
Once again, it's really hard to tell what will score low on this question. I'll go for Ray.
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The question for the first round specifically asks for named creatures as well as characters, and I even gave a hypothetical example (Bob the Snapdragon) so the host accepts no responsibility for any misunderstanding that may have occurred.
Now, on to Round 2. Ross says Ray - let's see what that scores him...
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Ray was one of the advisors on the winning team from Series 5, and he was kind enough to provide all his photos of the experience for the website about 10 years ago. So, Ross scores 1 point.
ROSS
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ROSEY
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - ?
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ANNIE
Round 1 Score - 1
Answer 1 - ?
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
NICK
Round 1 Score - 8
Answer 1 - ?
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
Rosey has decided to go for Helen - let's see what that scores her...
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Two of the advisors on the first winning team from Series 7 were called Helen, so Rosey scores 1 point.
ROSS
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ROSEY
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ANNIE
Round 1 Score - 1
Answer 1 - ?
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
NICK
Round 1 Score - 8
Answer 1 - ?
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
So Annie, we come to you. Please post your first winning team member.
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Well, I still think it was very confusing - I thought Smirkenorff and the Brollachan would count, being named and credited creatures like the example you gave, but the goblins wouldn't because uncredited creatures/monsters were specifically disallowed in the contest rules. Just to get this straight, it's OK to name uncredited individuals as long as the question asks for "creatures", but not if it only asks for "characters", right? (So Mug wasn't a valid answer for a question about characters beginning with M, but he would have been accepted if you'd asked for both characters and creatures?)
I'm just relieved I scored alright anyway so it doesn't matter!!
Not sure I can match that performance in the second round though. I'll try Nathan from the Series 6 team?
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You are exactly right - character means any credited character, even if they aren't human like Smirkenorff or Brollachan, so if I'm also allowing uncredited creatures played by uncredited actors like Grippa, Rhark, Tiny, Neddy, Mug etc., I will specify "named creatures" in the question. This is just always how I have thought of characters and creatures, and I have done my best to explain the parameters of the game accordingly.
Annie says Nathan - let's see what that scores her...
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Nathan "Nat" Waite was indeed one of the advisors on the winning team from Series 6, and scores Annie 2 points.
ROSS
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ROSEY
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ANNIE
Round 1 Score - 1
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
NICK
Round 1 Score - 8
Answer 1 - ?
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
Nick is up next, and he'll be looking for a really low score. Please post your first winning team member.
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Nick says Dominic - let's see what that scores him...
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Dominic was one of the advisors on the winning team from Series 4, and scores Nick 1 point.
ROSS
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ROSEY
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ANNIE
Round 1 Score - 1
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
NICK
Round 1 Score - 8
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
We now come back down the line for the second pass. Nick, it's you again. You are the current high scorer on 9, so you're just looking to score as low as possible.
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Nick says Vaughan - let's see what that scores him...
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Vaughan was one of the advisors on the second winning team from Series 2, and scores Nick 1 point.
ROSS
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ROSEY
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ANNIE
Round 1 Score - 1
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
NICK
Round 1 Score - 8
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 1
TOTAL - 10
Annie, it's you again. The good news is that you are definitely through to Round 3, as the current high scorer is Nick on 10 and you can only score a maximum of 9 because you are on 3 at the moment. But the lower you score here, the more chance you have of going first in the head-to-head, if you make it that far.
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Annie says Praveen - let's see what that scores her...
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It seems that Praveen is slightly more memorable than Dom!
ROSS
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ROSEY
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ANNIE
Round 1 Score - 1
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - 2
TOTAL - 5
NICK
Round 1 Score - 8
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 1
TOTAL - 10
Rosey has decided to go for Samantha - let's see what that scores her...
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Samantha was an advisor on the first winning team from Series 7 (along with the two Helens, of course) but no one remembered her this time!
ROSS
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ROSEY
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 0
TOTAL - 4
ANNIE
Round 1 Score - 1
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - 2
TOTAL - 5
NICK
Round 1 Score - 8
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 1
TOTAL - 10
Ross, we come to you to finish the round. If you score 5 or less, you will be through to Round 3 with Rosey and Annie. If you score 6, you and Nick will be in a tiebreak situation.
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Mary
Like you, Annie - the only other advisor from Julie's team I could remember was Samantha.
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Ross says Mary - let's see what that scores him...
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No one remembered her either. She was one of Julian's advisors, of course. Let's see the whole board for that one:
BEN - 4
DUNSTAN - 4
JULIE - 4
MARK - 4
BARRY - 3
DICKON - 3
JULIAN - 3
ALAN - 2
DEREK - 2
NATHAN - 2
OLIVER - 2
PRAVEEN - 2
SIMON - 2
ALEX - 1
BECCA - 1
DANIEL - 1
DOMINIC - 1
HELEN - 1
RAY - 1
TIMOTHY - 1
VAUGHAN - 1
JAMES - 0
JOHN - 0
JONATHAN - 0
MATTHEW - 0
MARY - 0
SAMANTHA - 0
At the end of Round 2, the scoreboard looks like this:
ROSS
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 0
TOTAL - 4
ROSEY
Round 1 Score - 3
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 0
TOTAL - 4
ANNIE
Round 1 Score - 1
Answer 1 - 2
Answer 2 - 2
TOTAL - 5
NICK
Round 1 Score - 8
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - 1
TOTAL - 10
And so Nick is the first champion to leave us. Bad luck for stumbling across the only wrong answer from the first two rounds, Nick - this ended up scuppering you, but I hope you've enjoyed playing. For Ross, Rosey and Annie, though, it's time for...
ROUND 3
Remember, only two of you will make it through to our Head-to-Head final - whoever scores highest in this round will be eliminated. We gave 6 people 100 seconds to name...
SPELLS CAST BY TEAMS ON LEVEL 3
So that's any spell (cast in the normal way, with the chant "Spellcasting") cast by any team at any point on Level 3. The spellcasting must have been completed and the spell must have worked.
Ross, please set us off again.
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Uh oh, I don't like spell questions.
I'll go for GRIP please.
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Ross says GRIP - let's see what that scores him...
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This spell was given by Merlin to Leo's team in Series 3, and was used to freeze Medusa's stony stare. And it scores Ross 1 point.
ROSS
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
Rosey says ARKEN - let's see what that scores her...
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This spell was used by Julie's winning team in Series 7 to activate the Arken Shield, which put Lord Fear out of action for a while, and it scores Rosey 1 point.
ROSS
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
ROSEY
Answer 1 - 1
Answer 2 - ?
TOTAL - ?
Annie, we come to you. Can you match these low scores with your first answer?
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