The Culture Cup 2018 - Results thread

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 15 Feb - 12:54

Round one has come and gone, ladies and gentlemen, which is fitting what with Valentine's Day being yesterday and so many of you likely to have thrown back the covers and opened your legs for a carefree tryst with that man you think will treat you right.

One of the OGs, Mr rick_dagless, gets off to a flying start and receives the maximum 12 points for his choice of Homer and Marge Simpson. A whole 10 votes, enough to leave the yellow pair two clear of the pack. Beer gets second, whilst VDT secures a one more vote on this last day and takes joint third with Hero. We must all take the time to appreciate that only one pick received 0 votes; congratulations SecretFly!

Scoring in the Eurovision fashion (except allowing ties) sees the table looking thusly:

1. Dagless - 12
2. Beer - 10
3. Hero - 8
3. VDT - 8
5. Chequered Jersey 6
5. Samo - 6
5. Compelling and Rich - 6
8. TLD - 3
8. Galted - 3
8. Dolphin - 3
11. Secret Fly - 0
11. Shah - 0
11. Jules - 0
11. dancingweeman - 0
11. nadeem - 0
11. Superfly - 0
11. Trebs - 0

by **Galted** Fri 16 Feb - 11:34

Despite Julius's cheating I think I have more points than I scored in the whole of v2, certainly more than the 0 I had going into the final round. I foresee big things for me in this competition

by **JuliusHMarx** Fri 16 Feb - 12:07

Despite my cheating, I probably have more or less the same points as in the whole of v2, but unlike Galted I didn't take it so personally as to remember.

by **Galted** Fri 16 Feb - 12:16

Maybe I just have an excellent memory.

by **JuliusHMarx** Fri 16 Feb - 13:31

Galted wrote:Maybe I just have an excellent memory.

Maybe I have a memory.

by **Galted** Fri 16 Feb - 14:31

When's the next round happening? No point turning on each other out of frustration if there's only two of us.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri 16 Feb - 16:50

I’ll kick it off when I have all the choices. If that doesn’t happen, I’ll go Sunday - Wednesday

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri 16 Feb - 17:39

And we are 2 down - Hero and SecretFly

by **Hero** Fri 16 Feb - 19:57

Didn't I send you mine in the Facebook group?

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri 16 Feb - 20:57

Those two were also taken

by **JuliusHMarx** Fri 16 Feb - 22:25

Hero wrote:Didn't I send you mine in the Facebook group?

Cosy.

by **Galted** Fri 16 Feb - 22:29

JuliusHMarx wrote:
Hero wrote:Didn't I send you mine in the Facebook group?

Cosy.

More treachery - this is more corrupt than FIFA and the IOC together.

I'd like to say that it wouldn't have happened during Tino's time but it did.

by **Hero** Fri 16 Feb - 22:30

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Those two were also taken

Even DT?

by **JuliusHMarx** Sat 17 Feb - 10:26

Hero wrote:
Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Those two were also taken

Even DT?

Good God, not DT as well?!

by **Hero** Sat 17 Feb - 11:12

You must remember the famous Duck Tales cameo?

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed 21 Feb - 19:14

What a rollercoaster! In a round that had as many holes as Blackburn, Lancashire, it was the Fly that we knew to be the most spectacular (not the Fly we have hidden in our ranks) that takes the 12 points and the win.

The points are as follows:

Superfly - 12
Beer - 10
Trebs - 8
Samo - 8
Dagless - 6
Compelling and Rich - 6
Jules - 4
Chequered Jersey - 3
Hero - 3
Galted - 3
Dolphin Ziggler - 3
Dancingweeman - 3
Nadeem - 3
VDT - 0
TLD - 0
Shah - 0
SecretFly - 0

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed 21 Feb - 19:17

This leaves the overall scores currently at:

Beer - 20
Dagless - 18
Samo - 14
Superfly - 12
Compelling and Rich - 12
Hero - 11
Chequered Jersey - 9
Trebs - 8
VDT - 8
Galted - 6
Dolphin Ziggler - 6
Jules - 4
Dancingweeman - 3
Nadeem - 3
TLD - 3
Shah - 0
SecretFly - 0

by **Galted** Wed 21 Feb - 21:40

You should tell us who chose what when you post the results so that we can heap scorn on our rivals for their sh*t choices.

by **Galted** Wed 21 Feb - 21:41

This should be a battle of psychology as much as taste and sophistication.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 21 Feb - 21:51

Galted wrote:This should be a battle of psychology as much as taste and sophistication.

or just pot luck.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed 21 Feb - 22:01

Galted wrote:You should tell us who chose what when you post the results so that we can heap scorn on our rivals for their sh*t choices.

Good point, I assumed it was clear but forgot that some people got the same scores. Next time I’m at my laptop...

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 21 Feb - 22:06

Galted wrote:You should tell us who chose what when you post the results so that we can heap scorn on our rivals for their sh*t choices.

Yours were sh*t.
What were they?

by **Galted** Wed 21 Feb - 22:09

Armstrong and Osman in the first, Ross Kemp in the second. Yours?

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 21 Feb - 22:20

My first choice was taken - Casablanca, so mine was Sam & Diane. Then Groucho Marx.

by **Galted** Wed 21 Feb - 22:33

I was going to say 'sh*t choices' no matter what they were but they're not actually bad.

by Beer Thu 22 Feb - 10:44

Both mine were Friends. (Ross & Rachel, Brad Pitt).

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 22 Feb - 11:00

Beer wrote:Both mine were Friends. (Ross & Rachel, Brad Pitt).

Why didn't you go for The Rembrandts in Round 3?

by Beer Thu 22 Feb - 11:15

JuliusHMarx wrote:
Beer wrote:Both mine were Friends. (Ross & Rachel, Brad Pitt).

Why didn't you go for The Rembrandts in Round 3?

I was severely tempted. However, having been accused by the curator of this version of the CC of 'wanting to win' I went for something I actually listened to in a break up.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri 23 Feb - 18:40

1. Best On-Screen Romance

Homer and Marge Simpson - The Simpsons 12 Points Dagless
Ross and Rachel - Friends 10 points Beer
Han Solo & Princess Leia - Star Wars 8 points Hero
Macho Man & Miss Elizabeth - WWE/F 8 points VDT
Wesley and Buttercup - The Princess Bride 6 points ChequeredJersey
Johnny and June Carter Cash - Walk The Line 6 points Samo
Rita, Sue and Bob - Rita, Sue and Bob Too 6 points - Compelling and Rich
Rick Blaine & Ilsa Lund - Casablanca 3 points - TLD
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman - Pointless 3 points - Galted
Jim and Pam - The Office (US) 3 points Me
Sam & Diane - Cheers - Jules
Forrest Gump & Jenny - Forrest Gump - dancingweeman
Jack and Rose - Titanic - Nadeem
Nick & Amy Dunne - Gone Girl - Trebs
Dawn & Tim - The Office - Superfly
John L. Sullivan and a girl - Sullivan's Travels - Secret Fly

2. Best Cameo

SecretFly - Keith Chegwin on Extras
Shah - Evander Holyfield on Fresh Prince of bel air
TLD - Clive James in Neighbours
VDT - Britney Spears – How I Met Your Mother
Nadeem - Tom Baker - Doctor Who. Episode - Day of the doctor
Dancingweeman - Boris Johnson - Eastenders
Me - Agents Mulder and Scully on The Simpsons
Galted - Ross Kemp in Extras
Hero - Donald Trump on WWE Monday Night Raw
Chequered Jersey - Michael J Fox in Scrubs
Jules - Groucho Marx in I Dream of Jeannie ("The Greatest Invention in the World" - 1967)
Compelling and Rich - Stephen Hawking in Big Bang Theory
Dagless - Richard Wilson - Himself - Father Ted Cameo
Samo - Michael Jackson in the Simpsons
Trebs - Bowie in Extras
Beer - Brad Pitt (Will Colbert) Friends
Superfly - Rik Mayall as Captain Flashheart in Blackadder Goes Forth - mimicking his appearance as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder II, Mayall's performance is a force of nature and he steals every scene he's in. One of the great comic performances.

3. Best song to play post-breakup

Shah - I Almost Told You That I Loved You - Papa Roach
TLD - Max Merrit & the Meteors - Slipping Away
VDT -
Nadeem - Justin Timberlake - Cry me a river
Dancingweeman - So What - Pink
Me - Same Drugs - Chance the Rapper
Galted - Love for Sale - Talking Heads
Hero - Nothing Compares to U - Sinead O'Connor
Chequered Jersey - Love The Way You Lie - Eminem and Rihanna
Jules - Stevie Nicks - Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Compelling and Rich - smack my bitch up- prodigy
Dagless - 99 Problems Jay Z
Samo - Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Trebs - Someone like you - Adele
Beer - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - You Will See Me
Superfly - I Think I'm in Love - Spiritualized
Marky - "Say Something" by A Great Big World
Nando - Fleetwood Mac - go your own way

by **Galted** Fri 23 Feb - 19:14

Interestingly (though mainly to myself) I've voted 5 times and each one for a different person. That's the kind of fact I wouldn't know if you didn't show who picked what.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri 23 Feb - 19:22

And I wouldn't have known that you're ignoring the two votes per round rule

by **Galted** Fri 23 Feb - 20:13

Wasn't ignoring it, there was one round where only one selection was worthy of my vote. It was a very difficult decision but I stand by it.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri 23 Feb - 20:21

Anarchy

by **Galted** Fri 23 Feb - 20:53

That's me. I'm no respecter of rules, unless they're clearly understandable and on a highly visible sign.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sun 25 Feb - 21:41

Round Three is over! And Nando enters in rather apt fashion, going his own way right to the top. At least two other songs compared exactly to Hero's pick as Smack My Bitch Up equals its vote tally. Another song did too, but I don't really care for it, do I?

Points are as follows:

12 Fleetwood Mac - go your own way
10 Nothing Compares to U - Sinead O'Connor
10 Compelling and Rich - smack my bitch up- prodigy
10 Samo - Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
6 Same Drugs - Chance the Rapper
6 Love The Way You Lie - Eminem and Rihanna
6 99 Problems Jay Z
3 Justin Timberlake - Cry me a river
3 Someone like you - Adele
1 So What - Pink
1 Say Something" by A Great Big World
1 Stevie Nicks - Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind

Who picked what?

Nando - Fleetwood Mac - go your own way 9
Hero - Nothing Compares to U - Sinead O'Connor - 5
Compelling and Rich - smack my bitch up- prodigy - 5
Samo - Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley - 5
Me - Same Drugs - Chance the Rapper - 4
Chequered Jersey - Love The Way You Lie - Eminem and Rihanna - 4
Dagless - 99 Problems Jay Z - 4
Nadeem - Justin Timberlake - Cry me a river - 3
Trebs - Someone like you - Adele - 3
Dancingweeman - So What - Pink - 2
Marky - "Say Something" by A Great Big World 2
Jules - Stevie Nicks - Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind - 2
TLD - Max Merrit & the Meteors - Slipping Away - 1
Beer - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - You Will See Me - 1
Galted - Love for Sale - Talking Heads - 0
Superfly - I Think I'm in Love - Spiritualized - 0
Shah - I Almost Told You That I Loved You - Papa Roach - 0
VDT -

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sun 25 Feb - 21:47

This leaves the overall scores currently at:

Dagless - 24
Samo - 24
Compelling and Rich - 22
Hero - 21
Beer - 20
Chequered Jersey -15
Superfly - 12
Dolphin Ziggler - 12
Nando - 12
Trebs - 11
VDT - 8
Galted - 6
Nadeem - 6
Jules - 5
Dancingweeman - 4
TLD - 3
Marky - 1
Shah - 0

by Samo Mon 26 Feb - 6:53

Im going to save this thread for the next time Mrs Samo claims im not cultured enough so I can rub it in.

by **JuliusHMarx** Mon 26 Feb - 7:55

I was on 4 points, got 1 point in the last round and am still on 4 points. Luckily for Flipper it's not a maths cup.

by compelling and rich Mon 26 Feb - 8:57

only just realised i didnt get my top pick on the cameo round and didnt vote for my other option Laugh

would have been top if id got my first choice

by **JuliusHMarx** Mon 26 Feb - 9:18

Maybe you'd be top anyway if the scores were added up correctly.

by **Galted** Mon 26 Feb - 9:20

I could've been all the way up in 10th if Julius didn't conspire against me.

by **JuliusHMarx** Mon 26 Feb - 9:38

Galted wrote:I could've been all the way up in 10th if Julius didn't conspire against me.

All is fair in love and culture.

by Trebs Mon 26 Feb - 9:45

I think this might be two rounds in a row where my backup pick is going to be significantly better than my first pick

by Beer Mon 26 Feb - 11:32

JuliusHMarx wrote:I was on 4 points, got 1 point in the last round and am still on 4 points. Luckily for Flipper it's not a maths cup.

Me too, but apparently this is Eurovision style scoring.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon 26 Feb - 12:16

You didn’t get any points this round, Beer

by Beer Mon 26 Feb - 14:41

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:You didn’t get any points this round, Beer

I thought I got 1?

by **JuliusHMarx** Mon 26 Feb - 14:43

Beer wrote:
Dolphin Ziggler wrote:You didn’t get any points this round, Beer

I thought I got 1?

1 vote but no points.
I got 2 votes but no points/1 point depending entirely on Flipper's mood, rather than a set scoring structure.

by Beer Mon 26 Feb - 14:50

JuliusHMarx wrote:
Beer wrote:
Dolphin Ziggler wrote:You didn’t get any points this round, Beer

I thought I got 1?

1 vote but no points.
I got 2 votes but no points/1 point depending entirely on Flipper's mood, rather than a set scoring structure.

This questionable points system is hard to follow.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon 26 Feb - 16:24

Eurovision -> Your vision.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 1 Mar - 16:38

Our fourth round is over, and we have found out that it is better to be a good fella than have a band with your brothers or write a big silly list.

The recipient of the 12 points for winning goes to the winner of the round. The winner has a name, and that name is not fully known to me, but their username is. That username can be revealed by looking at their choice and the corresponding username that is aligned to it.

Well done Shah (ShahenshahG), who may have been late to a few parties, but can always be found in the kitchen, like any other winner.

12 Goodfellas16% 16% [ 10 ]
10 Band of Brothers15% 15% [ 9 ]
8 Schindler’s List13% 13% [ 8 ]
7 Raging Bull8% 8% [ 5 ]
7 Cool Runnings8% 8% [ 5 ]
7 The 3008% 8% [ 5 ]
4 Man on the Moon - 1999 film7% 7% [ 4 ]
3 Remember the Titans5% 5% [ 3 ]
2 Serpico3% 3% [ 2 ]
2 Legend (The Krays starring Tom Hardy)3% 3% [ 2 ]
2 The Darkest Hour3% 3% [ 2 ]

Who picked what?

Shah - Goodfellas
TLD - War & Peace
VDT - Man on the Moon - 1999 film
Nadeem - Defiance - 2008 film
Dancingweeman -
Me - The Aviator
Galted - In Cold Blood
Hero - Cool Runnings
Chequered Jersey - Schindler’s List
Jules - Serpico
Compelling and Rich - Remember the titans
Dagless - The 300
Samo - Legend (The Krays starring Tom Hardy)
Trebs - The Darkest Hour
Beer - Band of Brothers
Superfly - Raging Bull
Marky - Invictus
Nando - Cleopatra

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