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.

9 June – Nature’s Way maintains a sturdy lead with assistance from Rob Burrow.

Pos Team Theme Points
1. Nature’s Way Names found in nature 58
2. KICKING BUCKETS INSTEAD OF BALLS Footballers 44
=3. End of the Ballgame Sports 36
=3. Fiona’s 1922 1922 babies 36
=5. Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food Authors 35
=5. One Ball Bigger Than The Other Two Sports 35
=7. Deutschland verabschiedet sich! Germans 30
=7. They think it’s all over Scottish football 30
=9. Gray Panthers Centenarians 29
=9. The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn The Irish 29
=11. All these moments will be lost Sci-fi actors 26
=11. Elton Welsby’s Sporting Triangles Sports types 26
13. A la vie, a la mort French people 25
14. Stars On Ice Canadians, eh 23
=15. Complete Phallusies Names with shlong slang in them 22
=15. Pazuzu Bad Boys Unsavoury characters 22
17. Dead Beats Musicians 21
=18. 20 Crooners Croakin’ Crooners 20
=18. All Death Is Consolation Artists 20
=18. Apollogies For Still Living Astronauts 20
=18. God’s Gonna Gettem G names 20
=18. Old As Dirt Centenarians 20
=23. Dying Donkeys US Democrats who ran for President 19
=23. In The Hole! Golfers 19
=23. Pazuzu XP 1920s births 19
=23. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel Batman 19
=27. No More Expenses UK MPs 18
=27. Waiting for Ugo Midlands footballers 18
29. The Retched pong of Brit sit-com British sitcoms 17
=30. Cesar Romero’s Orange Wedges Guests on Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast 16
=30. Dead Leaders World leaders 16
=30. Everybody’s Dead Daves Daves 16
=30. Everybody’s Dead, Dave Daves 16
=30. Rushing to Tim Horton’s for Maple Donuts Canucks 16
=35. Ashes to Ashes XI Cricketers 15
=35. Exiting The Stage Stage stars 15
=37. Decomposing Blubber Lardarses 14
=37. Laughing in the face of Death. Funny people 14
=39. Arthur’s Theme: Jimmy White and the 19 Dwarfs Jimmy White with little people 13
=39. Body with No Arms No Legs Floating in Ocean Bobs 13
=39. Lullabye-bye of Broadway Broadway 13
=42. D Ceased D Names 12
=42. Jane’s Antique Wrinklies Old ladies 12
=42. Sudden Death Football 12
=42. Sung Their Last Song Singers 12
=42. The Talking Dead TV hosts 12
=42. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE Actors in TTSS adaptations 12
=48. #1 Hits UK chart toppers 11
=48. Buying Max Yasgur’s Farm Folkies 11
=48. Grappling with Mortality Wrestlers 11
=48. Meddling Kids and their Dead Dog Ruh roh Raggy, folk facing their Scooby Doom 11
=48. Musical chairs Musicians 11
=48. Ncuti Bang Bang Doctor Who 11
=48. The Dead Kennedys Kennedy Center honorees 11
=48. The DOA Tour Golfers 11
=56. …and its goodnight from him Rons, Ronalds, Ronnies etc. 10
=56. Cut! Take(n)! Film directors 10
=56. Decaying Orbit-uaries Space types 10
=56. Formula Fatality F1 10
=56. Here’s Who You Could Have Won Interesting oldies 10
=56. He’s Not The Family Guy Family Guy voices 10
=56. Kicking the Bouquet Flowery names 10
=56. MAGA Hit List Trump non-fans 10
=56. Nobel Notables Nobel laureates 10
=56. Political Correctness Has Gone Too Far Politics 10
=56. She’s a Dead Skate, Charlie Brown Ice skaters 10
=56. Thank You For The Music Musicians 10
=56. Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed! US TV 10
=69. Alternative in Death – The Right Deadlihood Award Recipients of the Alternative Nobel Prize 9
=69. Hell to the Chief World leaders 9
=69. Perfect 10 Celebs with 10 letters in their names 9
=69. Ready For My Closed Lid, Mr. DeMille Ladies of cinema 9
=73. 2024 Exit Draft Sport 7
=73. Come on Karma, Where’s the F@@king Justice Evading justice for how long? 7
=73. Miscreants Criminals 7
=73. Once Shaggable, Now Baggable Old ladies eyecatching in their heyday 7
=73. Oscar Strikeouts Oscar nominees 7
=78. A Bottle of Lucozade and the warm blanket 70s actors 6
=78. Easy Peasy Japanesey Japanese people 6
=78. Hispanics and Lati-no’s Hispanics 6
=78. Last Christmas Christmas-associated celebs 6
=78. Shake, Rattle, Roll Over and Play Dead 50s/60s rock and pop 6
=78. The Elders of Reality TV Older reality TV stars 6
=78. The Survivors Last survivors 6
=85. Fill the Century or die! Not everyone that makes 99 makes it to 100 5
=85. Jocks Away Scots 5
=85. Just One More Death Columbo guest stars, with and without Alzheimer’s 5
=85. Nobel Loserettes Ladies with Nobels 5
=85. Saturday Night Dead Saturday Night Live 5
=85. Slippery Soap Soap actors 5
=91. Drop Dead Diva Extravagant women 4
=91. Vive la France… et la mort The French 4
=93. A Chris Goodbye Chrises 0
=93. All the Colors Have Faded Away Colourful names 0
=93. American As Apple Pie Hispanics 0
=93. And That’s a Rap Rappers 0
=93. batstarlord of the whotreklock Nerd shows 0
=93. Bearded Wonders Non-shavers 0
=93. Boom, Boom, Out go the lights Blues and beat musicians 0
=93. Bourbon Barrel-Aged Kentuckians 0
=93. BYE-BYE BORING BROADCASTERS 2024 Broadcasters 0
=93. Cadaverous Mofos The Wire 0
=93. Can’t Think of a Music Pun Musicians 0
=93. Child Actor Graveyard The entertainment industry’s most vicious cycle 0
=93. CLOG POPPERS Popsters 0
=93. Comedy Cremations Comedy actors 0
=93. Complications from a fall Dictators and other world leaders 0
=93. CRT to DOA TV presenters 0
=93. DCAU Demises DC Animated Cinematic Universe 0
=93. Dead And Dusted 2 70s musicians 0
=93. Dead Continent Asians 0
=93. Death to all but metal and Dame Shirley Bassey Rockers and their nan 0
=93. Desert Island Deaths Desert Island Discs 0
=93. Dey Do Die Don’t Dey Doh Scousers 0
=93. Di, just Die! Names with “di” in them 0
=93. Dieopics 0 0
=93. Dr Who’s Next Doctor Who 0
=93. Dying of Pretentiousness Snooty types 0
=93. Dying Probably’s Twitter Page People who showed on this showrunner’s Twitter feed 0
=93. Facing the Music Musicians 0
=93. Fireball’s Play Your Cadavers Right Gameshow hosts 0
=93. Five Minute Bell Ends Five-minute bell ringers (a cricket thing) 0
=93. Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown New Hollywood 0
=93. Francis Of Wrestle-Easy 2024 Wrasslers 0
=93. Gala Gallows Here-and-now celebrities 0
=93. George Smith is Dead! As it says… 0
=93. Get Me Points For When You Go-Go 80s musicians 0
=93. Gone Solo Surviving halves 0
=93. Goodnight, Seattle Frasier alums… I’m listening 0
=93. Great Gig in the Sky Musicians 0
=93. Have I Got Death For You Have I Got News for You 0
=93. Hits Of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today 1987 UK Top 30 hits 0
=93. I Hear Voices Voice actors 0
=93. IT’S A COP-OUT 2024 Coppers 0
=93. Kiddyfiddler Harriers Paedos 0
=93. Kiwi fruit sundae New Zealanders 0
=93. Last of The Summer Winos Last of the Summer Wine 0
=93. Last ones, Part II Last survivors 0
=93. Last Show Before Bedtime UK telly 0
=93. Laugh-in to the Grave Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In 0
=93. Lil Tay Is Not Dead but Alive With Soul Death hoax victims 0
=93. Lt. Colonel Kilgore’s Ultimate Surf Party Vietnam figures 0
=93. M6 Toll(ed) Midlands 0
=93. MST3K Massacre MST3K subjects 0
=93. Musicians We Lost in 2024 Musicians 0
=93. Nearly Dead Kennedys Kennedy Center honorees 0
=93. Nice! Jazz musicians 0
=93. No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!! Bond villains 0
=93. Norman Lear and All His Friends Norman Lear and actors in his many sitcoms 0
=93. Not going in a Black Cab EastEnders 0
=93. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten Obscurities 0
=93. OAPs (Old American Politicians) Most of Washington these days 0
=93. Oh Ronnie, Where Art Thou… Reagan associates 0
=93. One Century Is Enough, Madam! Centenarian women 0
=93. OzEDeath List: Proudly Brought To You By Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest Aussies 0
=93. Passing of the Passed Celebs the team runner passed by in the street 0
=93. Peace, Love, and Death 1960s counterculture figures 0
=93. Pennsylvania Pushes Up the Daisies The Keystone State 0
=93. Picked by Youtube The teamrunner’s YouTube playlist 0
=93. Political Correctness Gone Mad Politicians 0
=93. Poor Little Ghoul US charttoppers 0
=93. Pop goes the Wurzels Popsters 0
=93. Punk is Dead Punk musicians 0
=93. Quinn -v- Curtis Anthonys and Tonys 0
=93. Rappers Delight Rappers 0
=93. Red Ink Pen Current musicians 0
=93. Rolls Off The Tongue Interesting names 0
=93. Ruling The Afterlife World leaders 0
=93. Sad Last Days National Enquirer “near death”s 0
=93. Scrubber Out Porn stars 0
=93. sid and marty coffin Sid and Marty Krofft 0
=93. Six Feet Under the Dome Congresscritters 0
=93. Songbirds in the Cemetery Lady singers 0
=93. Space Wasters Lice 0
=93. Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people The 20 best picks of 4000 randomly generated Wikipedia bios 0
=93. St. Peter’s Warblers Musicians 0
=93. Thanks for being a Sport Sportspeople 0
=93. That Was Your Life This Is Your Life 0
=93. The Fat Lady’s singing… Opera 0
=93. The Final Bill The Bill 0
=93. The Gallifrey Regeneration Game Doctor Who 0
=93. The Lord God Slayed Them All Veterinarians 0
=93. The Writing’s On The Wall Singers 0
=93. There is nothing like a dame Dames, without their boss this time 0
=93. Thou Shall Seek Death Religious leaders 0
=93. Trans Girls Hit squad’s hit list T*RFs 0
=93. Unpersons Big Brother participants 0
=93. Where are all the Garys and Simons? Garys and Simons 0
=93. Who Goes Before the 5-0 Arrives? Under 50s 0
=93. Who’s laughing now? Comedians 0
=93. Wishing (I Had an Obituary of You) 80s musicians 0