Theme Team League 2024

The Theme Team League shall appear here. It is manually updated so won’t be updated as often as the main scoreboard – typically once a month.

14 April – Nature’s Way continues to lead a tight race thanks to Charlie Bird and Lynne Reid Banks.

Pos Team Theme Points
1. Nature’s Way Names found in nature 36
2. KICKING BUCKETS INSTEAD OF BALLS Footballers 34
3. Deutschland verabschiedet sich! Germans 30
=4. A la vie, a la mort French people 25
=4. Gray Panthers Centenarians 25
=6. One Ball Bigger Than The Other Two Sports 22
=6. Pazuzu Bad Boys Unsavoury characters 22
8. Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food Authors 21
=9. 20 Crooners Croakin’ Crooners 20
=9. Fiona’s 1922 1922 babies 20
=11. In The Hole! Golfers 19
=11. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel Batman 19
=11. The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn The Irish 19
=14. Stars On Ice Canadians, eh 18
=14. They think it’s all over Scottish football 18
16. All these moments will be lost Sci-fi actors 17
=17. Dead Leaders World leaders 16
=17. Everybody’s Dead Daves Daves 16
=17. Everybody’s Dead, Dave Daves 16
=17. Old As Dirt Centenarians 16
21. Apollogies For Still Living Astronauts 15
22. Decomposing Blubber Lardarses 14
=23. D Ceased D Names 12
=23. Jane’s Antique Wrinklies Old ladies 12
=23. Sudden Death Football 12
=23. The Retched pong of Brit sit-com British sitcoms 12
=23. The Talking Dead TV hosts 12
=23. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE Actors in TTSS adaptations 12
=29. #1 Hits UK chart toppers 11
=29. Buying Max Yasgur’s Farm Folkies 11
=29. Cesar Romero’s Orange Wedges Guests on Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast 11
=29. God’s Gonna Gettem G names 11
=29. Grappling with Mortality Wrestlers 11
=29. Musical chairs Musicians 11
=29. The Dead Kennedys Kennedy Center honorees 11
=36. …and its goodnight from him Rons, Ronalds, Ronnies etc. 10
=36. All Death Is Consolation Artists 10
=36. Ashes to Ashes XI Cricketers 10
=36. Decaying Orbit-uaries Space types 10
=36. Elton Welsby’s Sporting Triangles Sports types 10
=36. Formula Fatality F1 10
=36. He’s Not The Family Guy Family Guy voices 10
=36. Kicking the Bouquet Flowery names 10
=36. Pazuzu XP 1920s births 10
=36. Political Correctness Has Gone Too Far Politics 10
=36. Thank You For The Music Musicians 10
=36. Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed! US TV 10
=48. Alternative in Death – The Right Deadlihood Award Recipients of the Alternative Nobel Prize 9
=48. Complete Phallusies Names with shlong slang in them 9
=48. Dying Donkeys US Democrats who ran for President 9
=48. Hell to the Chief World leaders 9
=48. Perfect 10 Celebs with 10 letters in their names 9
=48. Ready For My Closed Lid, Mr. DeMille Ladies of cinema 9
=54. 2024 Exit Draft Sport 7
=54. Come on Karma, Where’s the F@@king Justice Evading justice for how long? 7
=54. Miscreants Criminals 7
=54. Once Shaggable, Now Baggable Old ladies eyecatching in their heyday 7
=54. Oscar Strikeouts Oscar nominees 7
=54. Waiting for Ugo Midlands footballers 7
=60. A Bottle of Lucozade and the warm blanket 70s actors 6
=60. Easy Peasy Japanesey Japanese people 6
=60. Last Christmas Christmas-associated celebs 6
=60. Meddling Kids and their Dead Dog Ruh roh Raggy, folk facing their Scooby Doom 6
=60. Ncuti Bang Bang Doctor Who 6
=60. Rushing to Tim Horton’s for Maple Donuts Canucks 6
=60. Sung Their Last Song Singers 6
=60. The Survivors Last survivors 6
=68. End of the Ballgame Sports 5
=68. Laughing in the face of Death. Funny people 5
=68. Lullabye-bye of Broadway Broadway 5
=68. Nobel Notables Nobel laureates 5
=72. Drop Dead Diva Extravagant women 4
=72. The DOA Tour Golfers 4
=72. Vive la France… et la mort The French 4
=75. A Chris Goodbye Chrises 0
=75. All the Colors Have Faded Away Colourful names 0
=75. American As Apple Pie Hispanics 0
=75. And That’s a Rap Rappers 0
=75. Arthur’s Theme: Jimmy White and the 19 Dwarfs Jimmy White with little people 0
=75. batstarlord of the whotreklock Nerd shows 0
=75. Bearded Wonders Non-shavers 0
=75. Body with No Arms No Legs Floating in Ocean Bobs 0
=75. Boom, Boom, Out go the lights Blues and beat musicians 0
=75. Bourbon Barrel-Aged Kentuckians 0
=75. BYE-BYE BORING BROADCASTERS 2024 Broadcasters 0
=75. Cadaverous Mofos The Wire 0
=75. Can’t Think of a Music Pun Musicians 0
=75. Child Actor Graveyard The entertainment industry’s most vicious cycle 0
=75. CLOG POPPERS Popsters 0
=75. Comedy Cremations Comedy actors 0
=75. Complications from a fall Dictators and other world leaders 0
=75. CRT to DOA TV presenters 0
=75. DCAU Demises DC Animated Cinematic Universe 0
=75. Dead And Dusted 2 70s musicians 0
=75. Dead Beats Musicians 0
=75. Dead Continent Asians 0
=75. Death to all but metal and Dame Shirley Bassey Rockers and their nan 0
=75. Desert Island Deaths Desert Island Discs 0
=75. Dey Do Die Don’t Dey Doh Scousers 0
=75. Di, just Die! Names with “di” in them 0
=75. Dieopics 0 0
=75. Dr Who’s Next Doctor Who 0
=75. Dying of Pretentiousness Snooty types 0
=75. Dying Probably’s Twitter Page People who showed on this showrunner’s Twitter feed 0
=75. Exiting The Stage Stage stars 0
=75. Facing the Music Musicians 0
=75. Fill the Century or die! Not everyone that makes 99 makes it to 100 0
=75. Fireball’s Play Your Cadavers Right Gameshow hosts 0
=75. Five Minute Bell Ends Five-minute bell ringers (a cricket thing) 0
=75. Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown New Hollywood 0
=75. Francis Of Wrestle-Easy 2024 Wrasslers 0
=75. Gala Gallows Here-and-now celebrities 0
=75. George Smith is Dead! As it says… 0
=75. Get Me Points For When You Go-Go 80s musicians 0
=75. Gone Solo Surviving halves 0
=75. Goodnight, Seattle Frasier alums… I’m listening 0
=75. Great Gig in the Sky Musicians 0
=75. Have I Got Death For You Have I Got News for You 0
=75. Here’s Who You Could Have Won Interesting oldies 0
=75. Hispanics and Lati-no’s Hispanics 0
=75. Hits Of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today 1987 UK Top 30 hits 0
=75. I Hear Voices Voice actors 0
=75. IT’S A COP-OUT 2024 Coppers 0
=75. Jocks Away Scots 0
=75. Just One More Death Columbo guest stars, with and without Alzheimer’s 0
=75. Kiddyfiddler Harriers Paedos 0
=75. Kiwi fruit sundae New Zealanders 0
=75. Last of The Summer Winos Last of the Summer Wine 0
=75. Last ones, Part II Last survivors 0
=75. Last Show Before Bedtime UK telly 0
=75. Laugh-in to the Grave Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In 0
=75. Lil Tay Is Not Dead but Alive With Soul Death hoax victims 0
=75. Lt. Colonel Kilgore’s Ultimate Surf Party Vietnam figures 0
=75. M6 Toll(ed) Midlands 0
=75. MAGA Hit List Trump non-fans 0
=75. MST3K Massacre MST3K subjects 0
=75. Musicians We Lost in 2024 Musicians 0
=75. Nearly Dead Kennedys Kennedy Center honorees 0
=75. Nice! Jazz musicians 0
=75. No More Expenses UK MPs 0
=75. No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!! Bond villains 0
=75. Nobel Loserettes Ladies with Nobels 0
=75. Norman Lear and All His Friends Norman Lear and actors in his many sitcoms 0
=75. Not going in a Black Cab EastEnders 0
=75. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten Obscurities 0
=75. OAPs (Old American Politicians) Most of Washington these days 0
=75. Oh Ronnie, Where Art Thou… Reagan associates 0
=75. One Century Is Enough, Madam! Centenarian women 0
=75. OzEDeath List: Proudly Brought To You By Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest Aussies 0
=75. Passing of the Passed Celebs the team runner passed by in the street 0
=75. Peace, Love, and Death 1960s counterculture figures 0
=75. Pennsylvania Pushes Up the Daisies The Keystone State 0
=75. Picked by Youtube The teamrunner’s YouTube playlist 0
=75. Political Correctness Gone Mad Politicians 0
=75. Poor Little Ghoul US charttoppers 0
=75. Pop goes the Wurzels Popsters 0
=75. Punk is Dead Punk musicians 0
=75. Quinn -v- Curtis Anthonys and Tonys 0
=75. Rappers Delight Rappers 0
=75. Red Ink Pen Current musicians 0
=75. Rolls Off The Tongue Interesting names 0
=75. Ruling The Afterlife World leaders 0
=75. Sad Last Days National Enquirer “near death”s 0
=75. Saturday Night Dead Saturday Night Live 0
=75. Scrubber Out Porn stars 0
=75. Shake, Rattle, Roll Over and Play Dead 50s/60s rock and pop 0
=75. She’s a Dead Skate, Charlie Brown Ice skaters 0
=75. sid and marty coffin Sid and Marty Krofft 0
=75. Six Feet Under the Dome Congresscritters 0
=75. Slippery Soap Soap actors 0
=75. Songbirds in the Cemetery Lady singers 0
=75. Space Wasters Lice 0
=75. Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people The 20 best picks of 4000 randomly generated Wikipedia bios 0
=75. St. Peter’s Warblers Musicians 0
=75. Thanks for being a Sport Sportspeople 0
=75. That Was Your Life This Is Your Life 0
=75. The Elders of Reality TV Older reality TV stars 0
=75. The Fat Lady’s singing… Opera 0
=75. The Final Bill The Bill 0
=75. The Gallifrey Regeneration Game Doctor Who 0
=75. The Lord God Slayed Them All Veterinarians 0
=75. The Writing’s On The Wall Singers 0
=75. There is nothing like a dame Dames, without their boss this time 0
=75. Thou Shall Seek Death Religious leaders 0
=75. Trans Girls Hit squad’s hit list T*RFs 0
=75. Unpersons Big Brother participants 0
=75. Where are all the Garys and Simons? Garys and Simons 0
=75. Who Goes Before the 5-0 Arrives? Under 50s 0
=75. Who’s laughing now? Comedians 0
=75. Wishing (I Had an Obituary of You) 80s musicians 0