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.

30 November – A month to go to see if anyone can catch Nature’s Way…

Pos Team Theme Points
1. Nature’s Way Names found in nature 66
2. Laughing in the face of Death. Funny people 59
3. They think it’s all over Scottish football 57
4. The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn The Irish 56
=5. Elton Welsby’s Sporting Triangles Sports types 55
=5. One Ball Bigger Than The Other Two Sports 55
7. A la vie, a la mort French people 52
8. Slippery Soap Soap actors 51
9. End of the Ballgame Sports 50
10. Dead Beats Musicians 49
=11. Aaron Aardvark’s Alliteration Association Alliterative names 48
=11. Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food Authors 48
13. Saturday Night Dead Saturday Night Live 47
=14. Fiona’s 1922 1922 babies 44
=14. Jane’s Antique Wrinklies Old ladies 44
=14. KICKING BUCKETS INSTEAD OF BALLS Footballers 44
17. Gray Panthers Centenarians 40
=18. All Death Is Consolation Artists 38
=18. Drop Dead Diva Extravagant women 38
20. Deutschland verabschiedet sich! Germans 37
=21. D Ceased D Names 36
=21. No More Expenses UK MPs 36
23. Pazuzu Bad Boys Unsavoury characters 35
=24. …and its goodnight from him Rons, Ronalds, Ronnies etc. 31
=24. In The Hole! Golfers 31
26. Vive la France… et la mort The French 30
=27. Perfect 10 Celebs with 10 letters in their names 29
=27. Ready For My Closed Lid, Mr. DeMille Ladies of cinema 29
=29. Apollogies For Still Living Astronauts 28
=29. Exiting The Stage Stage stars 28
=29. Stars On Ice Canadians, eh 28
=29. Waiting for Ugo Midlands footballers 28
=33. Cesar Romero’s Orange Wedges Guests on Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast 27
=33. Nice! Jazz musicians 27
=33. Sudden Death Football 27
=33. The Retched pong of Brit sit-com British sitcoms 27
=37. 20 Crooners Croakin’ Crooners 26
=37. All these moments will be lost Sci-fi actors 26
=37. Oscar Strikeouts Oscar nominees 26
=40. Ashes to Ashes XI Cricketers 25
=40. Decomposing Blubber Lardarses 25
=40. God’s Gonna Gettem G names 25
=40. Rushing to Tim Horton’s for Maple Donuts Canucks 25
=44. Can’t Think of a Music Pun Musicians 24
=44. Child Actor Graveyard The entertainment industry’s most vicious cycle 24
=44. Dying Donkeys US Democrats who ran for President 24
=44. Old As Dirt Centenarians 24
=44. Pazuzu XP 1920s births 24
=49. Musical chairs Musicians 23
=49. The DOA Tour Golfers 23
=49. Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed! US TV 23
=52. Complete Phallusies Names with shlong slang in them 22
=52. Dead Leaders World leaders 22
=54. A Bottle of Lucozade and the warm blanket 70s actors 21
=54. Body with No Arms No Legs Floating in Ocean Bobs 21
=54. Comedy Cremations Comedy actors 21
=54. Everybody’s Dead, Dave Daves 21
=54. Ncuti Bang Bang Doctor Who 21
=54. Sung Their Last Song Singers 21
=54. The Dead Kennedys Kennedy Center honorees 21
=61. Jocks Away Scots 19
=61. MST3K Massacre MST3K subjects 19
=61. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel Batman 19
=64. Buying Max Yasgur’s Farm Folkies 17
=64. Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown New Hollywood 17
=66. #1 Hits UK chart toppers 16
=66. Everybody’s Dead Daves Daves 16
=66. Fireball’s Play Your Cadavers Right Gameshow hosts 16
=66. Meddling Kids and their Dead Dog Ruh roh Raggy, folk facing their Scooby Doom 16
=66. Norman Lear and All His Friends Norman Lear and actors in his many sitcoms 16
=66. Six Feet Under the Dome Congresscritters 16
=72. American As Apple Pie Hispanics 15
=72. Decaying Orbit-uaries Space types 15
=72. Hell to the Chief World leaders 15
=72. Here’s Who You Could Have Won Interesting oldies 15
=76. Fill the Century or die! Not everyone that makes 99 makes it to 100 14
=76. Have I Got Death For You Have I Got News for You 14
=76. Last Christmas Christmas-associated celebs 14
=76. One Century Is Enough, Madam! Centenarian women 14
=80. Arthur’s Theme: Jimmy White and the 19 Dwarfs Jimmy White with little people 13
=80. Lullabye-bye of Broadway Broadway 13
=82. Musicians We Lost in 2024 Musicians 12
=82. The Talking Dead TV hosts 12
=82. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE Actors in TTSS adaptations 12
=85. Grappling with Mortality Wrestlers 11
=85. OAPs (Old American Politicians) Most of Washington these days 11
=85. Picked by Youtube The teamrunner’s YouTube playlist 11
=85. Ruling The Afterlife World leaders 11
=85. The Final Bill The Bill 11
=85. Wishing (I Had an Obituary of You) 80s musicians 11
=91. Cut! Take(n)! Film directors 10
=91. DCAU Demises DC Animated Cinematic Universe 10
=91. Formula Fatality F1 10
=91. He’s Not The Family Guy Family Guy voices 10
=91. I Hear Voices Voice actors 10
=91. Just One More Death Columbo guest stars, with and without Alzheimer’s 10
=91. Kicking the Bouquet Flowery names 10
=91. Kiwi fruit sundae New Zealanders 10
=91. MAGA Hit List Trump non-fans 10
=91. Nearly Dead Kennedys Kennedy Center honorees 10
=91. Nobel Notables Nobel laureates 10
=91. Oh Ronnie, Where Art Thou… Reagan associates 10
=91. Political Correctness Has Gone Too Far Politics 10
=91. Poor Little Ghoul US charttoppers 10
=91. She’s a Dead Skate, Charlie Brown Ice skaters 10
=91. St. Peter’s Warblers Musicians 10
=91. Thank You For The Music Musicians 10
=91. That Was Your Life This Is Your Life 10
=91. The Fat Lady’s singing… Opera 10
=110. Alternative in Death – The Right Deadlihood Award Recipients of the Alternative Nobel Prize 9
=110. Complications from a fall Dictators and other world leaders 9
=110. Di, just Die! Names with “di” in them 9
=110. Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people The 20 best picks of 4000 randomly generated Wikipedia bios 9
114. Who’s laughing now? Comedians 8
=115. 2024 Exit Draft Sport 7
=115. Come on Karma, Where’s the F@@king Justice Evading justice for how long? 7
=115. Miscreants Criminals 7
=115. Once Shaggable, Now Baggable Old ladies eyecatching in their heyday 7
=119. A Chris Goodbye Chrises 6
=119. Bourbon Barrel-Aged Kentuckians 6
=119. Death to all but metal and Dame Shirley Bassey Rockers and their nan 6
=119. Easy Peasy Japanesey Japanese people 6
=119. Goodnight, Seattle Frasier alums… I’m listening 6
=119. Great Gig in the Sky Musicians 6
=119. Hispanics and Lati-no’s Hispanics 6
=119. Hits Of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today 1987 UK Top 30 hits 6
=119. Last ones, Part II Last survivors 6
=119. Shake, Rattle, Roll Over and Play Dead 50s/60s rock and pop 6
=119. The Elders of Reality TV Older reality TV stars 6
=119. The Survivors Last survivors 6
=119. There is nothing like a dame Dames, without their boss this time 6
=132. CLOG POPPERS Popsters 5
=132. CRT to DOA TV presenters 5
=132. Dey Do Die Don’t Dey Doh Scousers 5
=132. Facing the Music Musicians 5
=132. Last of The Summer Winos Last of the Summer Wine 5
=132. Last Show Before Bedtime UK telly 5
=132. Laugh-in to the Grave Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In 5
=132. Nobel Loserettes Ladies with Nobels 5
=132. Not going in a Black Cab EastEnders 5
141. Pennsylvania Pushes Up the Daisies The Keystone State 4
=142. All the Colors Have Faded Away Colourful names 0
=142. And That’s a Rap Rappers 0
=142. batstarlord of the whotreklock Nerd shows 0
=142. Bearded Wonders Non-shavers 0
=142. Boom, Boom, Out go the lights Blues and beat musicians 0
=142. BYE-BYE BORING BROADCASTERS 2024 Broadcasters 0
=142. Cadaverous Mofos The Wire 0
=142. Dead And Dusted 2 70s musicians 0
=142. Dead Continent Asians 0
=142. Desert Island Deaths Desert Island Discs 0
=142. Dieopics Biopic subjects 0
=142. Dr Who’s Next Doctor Who 0
=142. Dying of Pretentiousness Snooty types 0
=142. Dying Probably’s Twitter Page People who showed on this showrunner’s Twitter feed 0
=142. Five Minute Bell Ends Five-minute bell ringers (a cricket thing) 0
=142. Francis Of Wrestle-Easy 2024 Wrasslers 0
=142. Gala Gallows Here-and-now celebrities 0
=142. George Smith is Dead! As it says… 0
=142. Get Me Points For When You Go-Go 80s musicians 0
=142. Gone Solo Surviving halves 0
=142. IT’S A COP-OUT 2024 Coppers 0
=142. Kiddyfiddler Harriers Paedos 0
=142. Lil Tay Is Not Dead but Alive With Soul Death hoax victims 0
=142. Lt. Colonel Kilgore’s Ultimate Surf Party Vietnam figures 0
=142. M6 Toll(ed) Midlands 0
=142. No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!! Bond villains 0
=142. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten Obscurities 0
=142. OzEDeath List: Proudly Brought To You By Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest Aussies 0
=142. Passing of the Passed Celebs the team runner passed by in the street 0
=142. Peace, Love, and Death 1960s counterculture figures 0
=142. Political Correctness Gone Mad Politicians 0
=142. Pop goes the Wurzels Popsters 0
=142. Punk is Dead Punk musicians 0
=142. Quinn -v- Curtis Anthonys and Tonys 0
=142. Rappers Delight Rappers 0
=142. Red Ink Pen Current musicians 0
=142. Rolls Off The Tongue Interesting names 0
=142. Sad Last Days National Enquirer “near death”s 0
=142. Scrubber Out Porn stars 0
=142. sid and marty coffin Sid and Marty Krofft 0
=142. Songbirds in the Cemetery Lady singers 0
=142. Space Wasters Lice 0
=142. Thanks for being a Sport Sportspeople 0
=142. The Gallifrey Regeneration Game Doctor Who 0
=142. The Lord God Slayed Them All Veterinarians 0
=142. The Writing’s On The Wall Singers 0
=142. Thou Shall Seek Death Religious leaders 0
=142. Trans Girls Hit squad’s hit list T*RFs 0
=142. Unpersons Big Brother participants 0
=142. Where are all the Garys and Simons? Garys and Simons 0
=142. Who Goes Before the 5-0 Arrives? Under 50s 0