LetsSingIt's Pointless Quiz #22 [Ended]

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Joeyy | 01-11-2014 17:30

*Introductory theme tune*

Twenty-two is an awful number. Still, let's play Pointless!

Rules of the quiz:
- One answer per person (per round)
- Always give the answer you think the fewest amount of people would know
- If two people give the same answer in a short space of time, the first person's answer will be accepted (but the second can answer again)
- When applicable, a player may pick the same subject as another contestant and provide a different answer if they believe the other to be incorrect
- If you play the first round, please check back in case you make it through to Round #2
- Resist cheating (i.e. searching online for answers)

And of course, respect your fellow contestants and have fun!

Round #1 will be posted shortly and will remain open until Monday (or, when applicable, until each answer is taken) to give everyone a chance of replying.

* offtopic :
The records of previous winners and pointless answers can be found here.

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WINNER: Cheater138, aka Sarah
RUNNER-UP: Juliet86, aka Lisa

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Joeyy | 01-11-2014 17:36

ROUND #1

Our first category today is...

MYTHOLOGY

And the question concerns...

FIGURES FROM CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

Could be a tough one. I'm going to give you fourteen clues which will lead you to a figure from classical mythology – can you identify those figures and give me the most obscure? Good luck!

HIPPOMENES OUT RAN HER WITH THE AID OF GOLDEN APPLES

THE ONLY MORTAL GORGON – A LOOK COULD TURN YOU TO STONE

HE FERRIED THE SOULS OF THE DEAD OF THE RIVER STYX

EVERYTHING HE TOUCHED TURNED TO GOLD

GREEK WARRIOR WHO WAS INVULNERABLE, EXCEPT FOR HIS HEEL

HE FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN

HE WAS TURNED INTO A STAG AND KILLED BY HIS OWN HOUNDS

THREE-HEADED DOG OF THE UNDERWORLD

SHE MURDERED HER HUSBAND AGAMEMNON

THE FACE THAT 'LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS'

KING OF ITHACA, IT TOOK HIM 10 YEARS TO RETURN FROM THE TROJAN WAR

HE COMPLETED 12 LABOURS

DAUGHTER OF PRIAM – NO-ONE BELIEVED HER PROPHECIES

WINGED HORSE WHO WAS TURNED INTO A CONSTELLATION

JDolla | 01-11-2014 17:37

THE FACE THAT 'LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS' - Helen of Troy

Captain_Keeta | 01-11-2014 17:39

KING OF ITHACA, IT TOOK HIM 10 YEARS TO RETURN FROM THE TROJAN WAR - Odysseus

zjenn4 | 01-11-2014 17:46

HIPPOMENES OUT RAN HER WITH THE AID OF GOLDEN APPLES - Atalanta

I love mythology, and I know all of these. It was hard trying to pick one I thought would be least known, they all seem very known to me. But I like this one!

Joeyy | 01-11-2014 17:51

I'm better at the Greek.

Juliet86 | 01-11-2014 17:58

Tough choice. HE FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN - Icarus.

Joeyy | 01-11-2014 18:02

I keep seeing Hippomenes as Hippopotamus.

CarlJ | 01-11-2014 18:16

THREE-HEADED DOG OF THE UNDERWORLD--Cerbreus. I hope i spelled that right. love greek mythology

kalsonberry | 01-11-2014 18:17

Tough choice. HE FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN - Icarus.

Great song by Bastille! Too bad I didn't think of it...

WINGED HORSE WHO WAS TURNED INTO A CONSTELLATION - Pegasus

JDolla | 01-11-2014 18:35

My buddy's dog was named Cerberus. Beautiful black lab (only one head), very loving dog.

TheAnnoyance | 01-11-2014 19:12

EVERYTHING HE TOUCHED TURNED TO GOLD - Midas

Captain_Keeta | 01-11-2014 19:33

My buddy's dog was named Cerberus. Beautiful black lab (only one head), very loving dog.

If it was male, I'm pretty sure it had two heads...

Joeyy | 01-11-2014 20:48

Sad now.

Joeyy | 01-11-2014 21:27

Did he just like the name, Jeremy?

Joeyy | 01-11-2014 22:58

Available answers:

THE ONLY MORTAL GORGON – A LOOK COULD TURN YOU TO STONE

HE FERRIED THE SOULS OF THE DEAD OF THE RIVER STYX

GREEK WARRIOR WHO WAS INVULNERABLE, EXCEPT FOR HIS HEEL

HE WAS TURNED INTO A STAG AND KILLED BY HIS OWN HOUNDS

SHE MURDERED HER HUSBAND AGAMEMNON

HE COMPLETED 12 LABOURS

DAUGHTER OF PRIAM – NO-ONE BELIEVED HER PROPHECIES

Cheater138 | 02-11-2014 01:09

Darn! Jen took my first choice.

I'll go with HE FERRIED THE SOULS OF THE DEAD OF THE RIVER STYX = Charon

indiechick_ | 02-11-2014 11:05

Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon, I think

indiechick_ | 03-11-2014 15:02

i have something else to add about her, but i'll wait until all the answers are given

zjenn4 | 03-11-2014 15:40

*bump back to the front page*

Joeyy | 03-11-2014 17:51

Haha, thanks, Jen. There probably won't be any more answers now, but I'll give it another half an hour.

Juliet86 | 03-11-2014 18:22

*Notices it's been exactly half an hour*

Joeyy | 03-11-2014 18:37

Oops.

End of Round #1! Results up soon, sorry.

Joeyy | 03-11-2014 18:49

Nine players this week, so three of you will be leaving us this round and four in Round #2. The three leaving us are...

Kaleb: 71 (PEGASUS)
James: 69 (MIDAS)
Jeremy: 52 (HELEN)

Lisa: 51 (ICARUS)
Carl: 23 (CERBERUS)
Jeff: 12 (ODYSSEUS)
Sarah: 11 (CHARON)
Bruna: 9 (CLYTEMNESTRA)
Jen: 2 (ATLANTA)

Commisterations to Kaleb, James (we know you won't care because of the score) and Jeremy. Tough luck there with the 52/51. Lucky Lisa.

Congratulations to the rest! I'll post Round #2 shortly.

indiechick_ | 03-11-2014 18:50

so.. how much did cassandra (the oracle who nobody believed) scored?

i was going to say, clytemnestra killed her too.

Joeyy | 03-11-2014 18:53

One fewer, she scored 8.

I think Neve Campbell portrayed her in a play in 'Scream 2'. It was some mythological Cassandra anyway, I remember that much. :p

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