Knightmare Pointless
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ROUND 4 - JACKPOT FINAL
As I only have two pointless answers at all, I am making both of them available to you, Ross, in this first ever Knightmare Pointless jackpot final. You are about to see two questions and I want you to submit two answers for each one.
If you stumble upon one of the two pointless answers (there is one for each question, obviously!) then you will win the Knightmare badge - if not, you will still be the champion and should feel extremely proud of yourself!
We gave 8 people 100 seconds to name...
KNIGHTMARE CHARACTERS BEGINNING WITH G
So that's any character commonly known by a name or title beginning with the letter G. Please submit two answers for this question that you think might be pointless.
We also gave 8 people 100 seconds to name...
FIRST NAMES SHARED BY AT LEAST 2 DUNGEONEERS
So that's any first name shared by two or more dungeoneers throughout Series 1-8. Please note - these must be the exact same form of the name (so Anthony/Tony would not count, for example) but it WILL count as long as the dungeoneer is referred to on-screen by the form of the name in question, even if they are also known by a shorter version. (For example, if two dungeoneers were called Robert and one was sometimes called Robbie and sometimes Robert on-screen, Robert WOULD be a correct answer!) Please submit two answers for this question that you think might be pointless.
Best of luck to you, Wossy, especially with that second question! When you are ready, please submit your four answers. If one of them is pointless, the badge is yours!
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Characters beginning with G - I can think of Gretel, Gwendoline, Gundrada, Greystagg, Golgarach, Granitas and Gumboil and Grimaldine. For one answer I'll say Gibbet and for the other one I think I'll take a punt with Gatekeeper.
For first names shared by at least 2 dungeoneers - this is a tougher one and I can think of Richard (S1 & 8 ), Martin (S2 & 3) and Ben (S5 & 6) but I'm going to give as my two answers Simon (S1 & 4) and Chris (S2 & 5). Chris from Series 2 seems to evaded peoples' memories on a couple of questions so far - so hopefully he will here too!
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I'm afraid I can't specifically remember all the times and places where uncredited roles have been confirmed (usually by contestants, or often by fan research) and I don't think I could ever come up with a definition of the term "Knightmare character" to make everyone happy. Sometimes, judgment calls just have to be made, so anyone who thinks my judgment is faulty should not at any point sign up for Knightmare Pointless.
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Rosey wondered if I was going to ask you "What would you do with a Knightmare badge?" in the style of Alexander Armstrong before doing this bit, but I thought the answer was obvious. Then again, there are lots of things you could do with a Knightmare badge - popping balloons, removing splinters, jabbing people...
Anyway, let's see whether our first Knightmare Pointless champion - the man of the moment, Ross Thompson - is also our first Knightmare Pointless jackpot winner. First we turn our attention to the question:
FIRST NAMES SHARED BY AT LEAST 2 DUNGEONEERS
Your first answer was Simon, which - as you say - featured as a dungeoneer first name in Series 1 and 4. There were also Simons in Series 3 and 7 - four in all! Let's see whether it's a pointless answer:
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It's not! Your second answer was Chris. Again, you named two of the four - Series 2 and 5 did indeed have Chrises, and so did Series 3 and 6. Is Chris a pointless answer?
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No! I think people remembered Simon and Chris because they were the only dungeoneer names that turned up a wopping four times! Let's take a look at the whole board for that question:
Chris - 5
Simon - 5
Ben - 4
Julie - 4
Helen - 3
Kelly - 3
Martin - 2
Nicola - 2
Richard - 2
Alex - 1
Daniel - 0
I had to put in all that guff about the non-existent Robert and Robbie because of Daniel and Danny. While Daniel from Series 8 is known exclusively as Daniel, Danny from Series 1 is called Daniel on a regular basis by his advisors. Therefore, there are two Daniels. The same is true of Nicola - the Nicola from Series 4 is also called Nicky! However, Jamie from Series 2 is not a James (to go with James from Series 3) because he is only ever called Jamie on-screen, so that could be his full name for all we know! The same is true for Anthony and Tony from Series 2.
If anyone is unhappy with that explanation, I'm afraid they are just going to have to live with it - lines have to be drawn somewhere, and I - as the host of this particular game - must draw them! Now, let's look at the second question:
KNIGHTMARE CHARACTERS BEGINNING WITH G
Your first answer was Gibbet. An uncredited character, of course, but confirmed many years ago as an alter-ego of credited Knightmare actor Alec Westwood. Let's see if Gibbet is pointless...
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Almost, but not quite! And so we come to your final answer - Gatekeeper. Is that a pointless answer?
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Yes! The Gatekeeper was more usually known (and always credited) as the Gatemaster, but as he did call himself the Gatekeeper in the final episode of Series 5, I can't very well tell you that that isn't his name! Hearty congratulations, Ross - you win the Knightmare badge, which I will give to you when I next see you! Let's take a look at the whole board for that question:
Grimaldine - 7
Gretel - 4
Greystagg - 4
Gumboil - 4
Gwendoline - 4
Golgarach - 3
Gundrada - 3
Giant - 2
Gibbet - 2
Goody - 2
Granitas - 2
Gatemaster - 0
And so ends the first ever game of Knightmare Pointless, but don't feel too sad because there will be more - at least one! Many, many thanks to Ross, Ben, Greg and Gez for playing, to everyone who answered the questions for answering, and massive kudos to Ross, our jackpot winner!
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YAY!!! CONGRATULATIONS ROSS!!!
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Well played Ross, a highly deserved victory!! The Gatekeeper/Gatemaster completely eluded me, so that was a brilliant answer. I did guess Daniel might be pointless but then I had the advantage of knowing I didn't think of it when asked. g
It's certainly hard to work out which characters would be valid answers or not, but fair enough that the judge's decision is final! That was a great game, thanks Jake for putting it all together.
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As all Webs sites are being disabled from 1st April, all of the images in this topic will disappear as they are currently hosted on one of my sites created on Webs.
Therefore I have created an archive version of this game, which you can view here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7wtaseve3ucmwl9/AACzd6xk_eHdI4P3SsaY2Rw1a?dl=0
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