Pointless (Pulse Game)

[Mylo13 💜]

So, I'm planning on doing a pulse version of the TV show, Pointless.

In case you don't know the rules for it, here's a brief rundown:


I (Or the current host) will give a list of questions about anything. It could be music, geography, literature or anything else.

Then, if you want to join you'll PM me (Or the current host) your answer to each question.

Your answer should be the answer you think the least amount of other people will choose, but still correct. If no-one else gets your answer, you get a point.
If someone else chooses the same answer you choose, you'll get nothing. If you get the answer wrong, you'll LOSE a point.

Cringy Example 1:

Name a country beginning with A

Person A: Armenia

Person B: Afganistan

Person C: Afganistan

Person D: Alabama 

In this example, Person A would get a point, B and C would get nothing and D would lose a point.

Any questions about the rules, just comment and I'll try and answer them.

[Deleted]

So basically this is the opposite of Family Feud?

[Mylo13 💜]

Aug 28, 2017 23:45:05 GMT -5 @walker9 said:

So basically this is the opposite of Family Feud?

yep

[Mylo13 💜]

Anyway, on to the first round! :)

First Round!

1. Name a song that debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
2. Name an artist with 5 or more number #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
3. Name any top three peaking song of the 2016 Billboard hot 100 Year 
4. Name a song that made two year-end lists since 2010* on the Billboard Hot 100.
5. Name a country that Shape Of You hit number 1 in

6. Name one of the top twenty biggest countries by area
7. Name one of the top twenty biggest countries by population
8. Name a country that borders at least 7 other countries **
9. Name a country in South America
10. Name any Capital City with more than 1 million citizens **

11. Name a movie that grossed over a billion dollars in the worldwide box office***
12. Name any of the top twenty most followed people on Twitter
13. Name any fruit ****

At the moment, the deadline is going to be 10th of Septemeber, 11:59:59 pm at AEST time.
Good luck :)

* Not including ones going from 2009 to 2010
** Must be UN recognised
*** NOT adjusted for inflation
**** Only use commonly called fruit and don't use things like tomatoes or capsicum, which are usually grouped with vegetables.

[willapted33]

I'll do this either later today or tomorrow

[Mylo13 💜]

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{Spoiler}
alexcuse
crazyb
Leo ✔
born
Normi
.indulgecountry
willapted33
@walker9
awesomecharts
peacebone
Sambalada
Au$tin
zaclord 🌈
ry4n
chicken077
MTSChart21
jtd Thee Stallion
YotamTS
d3vin44
Leaf  
DistrictTwelve
JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME
@pjscott11
Daryl the Beryl
LBTrocks
matteeeb
BackwoodsBarbie

[greentoo]

I'll do it.

[Leo ✔]

I'll do this later, but my tag is wrong

[crazyb]

Just did this, hopefully I do well.

[Mylo13 💜]

I've gotten four submissions so far:
chicken077
willapted33
crazyb
greentoo

So far, we've had 3 wrong answers and three double ups. Two people are tied for last and one person is just in front currently.

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alexcuse Leo ✔ born Normi .indulgecountry @walker9 awesomecharts peacebone Sambalada Au$tin zaclord 🌈 ry4n MTSChart21 jtd Thee Stallion YotamTS d3vin44 Leaf DistrictTwelve JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME @pjscott11 Daryl the Beryl LBTrocks matteeeb BackwoodsBarbie maine frenchfry rainie bboat11 Bwol surfy  Codex  lyhom  Zeebz  Devil Marlena Nylund  Ginger Spice  Flip  Musicguy  Mikey  DJDaveMick69  peacebone

[greentoo]

I bet all 3 wrong answers are from me lol.

[willapted33]

^^ never underestimate my stupidity ^^

[Bwol]

Just sent mine in! 

[Mylo13 💜]

Five Day Reminder

I've had five submissions so far:

chicken077
willapted33
crazyb
greentoo
Bwol

Some facts:

Everyone has at least 1 double up, but not everyone has a wrong answer.

There are only three questions with no doubles ups or wrong answers, and they're all music questions.

Two people have more double-ups than pointless answers.

One person is in the lead by at least 3 points.

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alexcuse Leo ✔ born Normi .indulgecountry @walker9 awesomecharts peacebone Sambalada Au$tin zaclord 🌈 ry4n MTSChart21 jtd Thee Stallion YotamTS d3vin44 Leaf DistrictTwelve JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME @pjscott11 Daryl the Beryl LBTrocks matteeeb BackwoodsBarbie maine frenchfry rainie bboat11  surfy  Codex  lyhom  Zeebz  Devil Marlena Nylund  Ginger Spice  Flip  Musicguy  Mikey  DJDaveMick69  peacebone

[frenchfry]

I'll do this (if I have time).

[Mylo13 💜]

Three Day Reminder

I've had seven submissions so far:

chicken077
willapted33
crazyb
greentoo
Bwol
BackwoodsBarbie
frenchfry

More facts Hopefully I don't spoil anything this time:

Only one question has zero wrong or doubled up answers

One question has everyone but one person not gaining points.

The lead is very close! It's still anyone's game!

Likewise for the last place! Only one point decides it.

Good luck! I'm only taking submissions until 10th September. :)

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alexcuse Leo ✔ born Normi .indulgecountry @walker9 awesomecharts peacebone Sambalada Au$tin zaclord 🌈 ry4n MTSChart21 jtd Thee Stallion YotamTS d3vin44 Leaf DistrictTwelve JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME @pjscott11 Daryl the Beryl LBTrocks matteeeb  maine  rainie bboat11  surfy  Codex  lyhom  Zeebz  Devil Marlena Nylund  Ginger Spice  Flip  Musicguy  Mikey  DJDaveMick69  peacebone

[Mylo13 💜]

24 Hour Reminder

I've had nine submissions so far:

chicken077
willapted33
crazyb
greentoo
Bwol
BackwoodsBarbie
frenchfry
Leo ✔
aerodynamite

The competition is close! With just one submission, the game could flip!

Four of the double-ups are actually triple-ups, but we don't have any quadruples yet.

Some of the wrong answers are pretty funny 

Leo ✔ , would you like to submit those final two questions?

Good luck! Depending on how things go, I'll either start posting tomorrow night or on the 11th of September.

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alexcuse  born Normi .indulgecountry @walker9 awesomecharts peacebone Sambalada Au$tin zaclord 🌈 ry4n MTSChart21 jtd Thee Stallion YotamTS d3vin44 Leaf DistrictTwelve JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME @pjscott11 Daryl the Beryl LBTrocks matteeeb  maine  rainie bboat11  surfy  Codex  lyhom  Zeebz  Devil Marlena Nylund  Ginger Spice  Flip  Musicguy  Mikey  DJDaveMick69  peacebone

[Leo ✔]

Thanks for the reminder. !!

[Mylo13 💜]

1 Hour Reminder

I've had sixteen submissions so far:

chicken077
willapted33
crazyb
greentoo
Bwol
BackwoodsBarbie
frenchfry
Leo ✔
aerodynamite
Sambalada
MilesW1998
awesomecharts
jtd Thee Stallion
@walker9
Au$tin
DistrictTwelve

Usually I wouldn't post a one hour reminder, but I have some interesting information for you.

THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IS TIED.

That's right, two posters are currently both number 1, and I really don't want to have to tiebreak so... It's up to you!

I'm going to have a shower, and clean up. When I come back, I'll publish the results, probably 1-5 or maybe 1-10.

Good Luck! 

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}alexcuse  born Normi .indulgecountry  peacebone  zaclord 🌈 ry4n MTSChart21  YotamTS d3vin44 Leaf  JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME @pjscott11 Daryl the Beryl LBTrocks matteeeb  maine  rainie bboat11  surfy  Codex  lyhom  Zeebz  Devil Marlena Nylund  Ginger Spice  Flip  Musicguy  Mikey  DJDaveMick69  peacebone

[born]

I was going to pass but I wanna break the tie! I'll PM you in 20 minutes.

Edit: I really wanna see how my alternate answer for #2 will do. 

[Mylo13 💜]

Results are now closed
Time to begin the show!


Question 1: Name any Number 1 debut on the Hot 100

Repeats:

I'm The One
greentoo
Sambalada
jtd Thee Stallion

Shape Of You
chicken077
Bwol

This Is The Night
Leo ✔
frenchfry

Shake It Off
awesomecharts
born

All other answers:

crazyb Harlem Shake
willapted33 I'll Be Missing You
BackwoodsBarbie I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
aerodynamite I Believe
MilesW1998 One Sweet Day
@walker9 We R Who We R
Au$tin 3
DistrictTwelve Doo Wop (That Thing)


Note: The ways the points are calculated changed. You now get no points for getting pointless answers like I should have and get points for repeated answers (The total amount of people who chose your answer). Getting a wrong answer gives the maximum amount of points PLUS one.
Leaderboard:
crazyb  0
willapted33  0
BackwoodsBarbie  0
aerodynamite  0
MilesW1998  0
@walker9  0
Au$tin  0
DistrictTwelve  0
chicken077  2
Bwol  2
frenchfry  2
Leo ✔  2
awesomecharts  2
born  2
greentoo  3
Sambalada  3
jtd Thee Stallion  3

[born]

There were so many unpopular picks awesomecharts , why did you go with that basic song? :'(

[willapted33]

P. Diddy ftw

[Sambalada]

I think the scores should be written like this:

crazyb 0
willapted33 0
BackwoodsBarbie 0
aerodynamite 0
MilesW1998 0
@walker9 0
Au$tin 0
DistrictTwelve 0
chicken077 2
Bwol 2
frenchfry 2
Leo ✔ 2
awesomecharts 2
born 2
greentoo 3
Sambalada 3
jtd Thee Stallion 3

With the winner having the lowest score, because some answers can have 8 people and some can have just 2 people but they're all rewarded the same?

[Mylo13 💜]

Question 2: Name an artist with 5 or more number 1 songs on the Hot 100

Repeats:

Stevie Wonder
willapted33
aerodynamite

Elvis Presley
BackwoodsBarbie
Au$tin

Micheal Jackson
Leo ✔  
jtd Thee Stallion  

Usher
Taylor "The Snake Queen" Swift
gravey

Taylor Swift
born  
awesomecharts  

Wrong Answers:

Wings
frenchfry  (They only had three)



All other answers:
greentoo Rihanna
crazyb  Bee Gees
chicken077  The Beatles
Bwol  Mariah Carey
Sambalada  Justin Bieber
DistrictTwelve  Bruno Mars



Leaderboard:
crazyb    0
DistrictTwelve   0
willapted33  2
BackwoodsBarbie  2
aerodynamite  2
MilesW1998  2
@walker9  2
Au$tin  2
chicken077   2
Bwol   2
greentoo   3
Sambalada   3
Leo ✔  4
awesomecharts  4
born  4
jtd Thee Stallion   5
frenchfry   17


Already on question 2, we can see some clear differences showing up. Two people are currently tied for the lead, but will they keep it? And one person has already gotten an incorrect answer, but will they be the only one?

[Mylo13 💜]

Sept 10, 2017 7:08:37 GMT -5 Sambalada said:

I think the scores should be written like this:

crazyb 0
willapted33 0
BackwoodsBarbie 0
aerodynamite 0
MilesW1998 0
@walker9 0
Au$tin 0
DistrictTwelve 0
chicken077 2
Bwol 2
frenchfry 2
Leo ✔ 2
awesomecharts 2
born 2
greentoo 3
Sambalada 3
jtd Thee Stallion 3

With the winner having the lowest score, because some answers can have 8 people and some can have just 2 people but they're all rewarded the same?

This is actually a good point. Does anyone else want me to start ranking them like this, or keep them the same? Because it will affect the wrong answers (Would you only remove one point? Getting an answer wrong would then mean more than a correct but popular answer, unlike the TV show), but they're WAY more realistic this way in terms of correct answers. BTW, this doesn't change the winner.

[born]

I agree with Sam and immediately thought of saying something but I didn't want to be rude.

[Mylo13 💜]

Okay, would it be okay if the scores work like this:

You get as many 'points' as the amount of other people who choose your answer.

If no one chooses your answer, you get 0.

If you get the answer wrong, you get the highest amount of points for that round PLUS 1.

Would that work?

[Sambalada]

Sept 10, 2017 7:30:52 GMT -5 Mylo13 💜 said:

Okay, would it be okay if the scores work like this:

You get as many 'points' as the people as choose your answer

If no one chooses your answer, you get 0

If you get the answer wrong, you get the highest amount of points for that round PLUS 1.

Would that work?

For wrong answers, I'd say give the number of participants as the score. For example, if I answered Anaconda for Q1 and there are 15 people participating, I would get 15 points added to my totals.

[Mylo13 💜]

Sept 10, 2017 7:34:36 GMT -5 Sambalada said:

Sept 10, 2017 7:30:52 GMT -5 Mylo13 💜 said:

Okay, would it be okay if the scores work like this:

You get as many 'points' as the people as choose your answer

If no one chooses your answer, you get 0

If you get the answer wrong, you get the highest amount of points for that round PLUS 1.

Would that work?

For wrong answers, I'd say give the number of participants as the score. For example, if I answered Anaconda for Q1 and there are 15 people participating, I would get 15 points added to my totals.

That sounds good, but that would mean that hypothetically, someone could get pointless answers for every question but one wrong, and end up lower than someone who got every question doubled-up, but none wrong.