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.

2 September – The top two remain unaffected, but A la vie, a la mort narrows the gap and Elton Welsby’s Sporting Triangles crawls into the top five.

Pos Team Theme Points
1. Nature’s Way Names found in nature 66
2. The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn The Irish 56
3. A la vie, a la mort French people 52
=4. Elton Welsby’s Sporting Triangles Sports types 46
=4. Laughing in the face of Death. Funny people 46
=6. Fiona’s 1922 1922 babies 44
=6. KICKING BUCKETS INSTEAD OF BALLS Footballers 44
8. Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food Authors 43
9. End of the Ballgame Sports 41
10. One Ball Bigger Than The Other Two Sports 40
11. Deutschland verabschiedet sich! Germans 37
12. Saturday Night Dead Saturday Night Live 36
13. Slippery Soap Soap actors 34
14. Drop Dead Diva Extravagant women 33
15. Gray Panthers Centenarians 32
16. Aaron Aardvark’s Alliteration Association Alliterative names 31
17. They think it’s all over Scottish football 30
=18. All Death Is Consolation Artists 29
=18. Jane’s Antique Wrinklies Old ladies 29
=18. Perfect 10 Celebs with 10 letters in their names 29
=21. Apollogies For Still Living Astronauts 28
=21. Waiting for Ugo Midlands footballers 28
23. No More Expenses UK MPs 27
24. All these moments will be lost Sci-fi actors 26
=25. Ashes to Ashes XI Cricketers 25
=25. In The Hole! Golfers 25
=25. Rushing to Tim Horton’s for Maple Donuts Canucks 25
=25. Vive la France… et la mort The French 25
=29. Child Actor Graveyard The entertainment industry’s most vicious cycle 24
=29. Ready For My Closed Lid, Mr. DeMille Ladies of cinema 24
=31. Exiting The Stage Stage stars 23
=31. Stars On Ice Canadians, eh 23
=31. Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed! US TV 23
=34. Complete Phallusies Names with shlong slang in them 22
=34. Pazuzu Bad Boys Unsavoury characters 22
=34. The Retched pong of Brit sit-com British sitcoms 22
=37. Body with No Arms No Legs Floating in Ocean Bobs 21
=37. Cesar Romero’s Orange Wedges Guests on Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast 21
=37. Dead Beats Musicians 21
=37. Sudden Death Football 21
=37. Sung Their Last Song Singers 21
=42. 20 Crooners Croakin’ Crooners 20
=42. God’s Gonna Gettem G names 20
=42. Old As Dirt Centenarians 20
=45. Dying Donkeys US Democrats who ran for President 19
=45. Pazuzu XP 1920s births 19
=45. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel Batman 19
=48. Can’t Think of a Music Pun Musicians 18
=48. D Ceased D Names 18
=48. Musical chairs Musicians 18
51. The DOA Tour Golfers 17
=52. Dead Leaders World leaders 16
=52. Everybody’s Dead Daves Daves 16
=52. Everybody’s Dead, Dave Daves 16
=52. Meddling Kids and their Dead Dog Ruh roh Raggy, folk facing their Scooby Doom 16
=52. Ncuti Bang Bang Doctor Who 16
57. Decaying Orbit-uaries Space types 15
=58. Decomposing Blubber Lardarses 14
=58. Fill the Century or die! Not everyone that makes 99 makes it to 100 14
=58. Jocks Away Scots 14
=58. Last Christmas Christmas-associated celebs 14
=62. Arthur’s Theme: Jimmy White and the 19 Dwarfs Jimmy White with little people 13
=62. Lullabye-bye of Broadway Broadway 13
=64. Oscar Strikeouts Oscar nominees 12
=64. The Talking Dead TV hosts 12
=64. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE Actors in TTSS adaptations 12
=67. #1 Hits UK chart toppers 11
=67. Buying Max Yasgur’s Farm Folkies 11
=67. Grappling with Mortality Wrestlers 11
=67. Picked by Youtube The teamrunner’s YouTube playlist 11
=67. The Dead Kennedys Kennedy Center honorees 11
=67. The Final Bill The Bill 11
=73. …and its goodnight from him Rons, Ronalds, Ronnies etc. 10
=73. American As Apple Pie Hispanics 10
=73. Cut! Take(n)! Film directors 10
=73. Fireball’s Play Your Cadavers Right Gameshow hosts 10
=73. Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown New Hollywood 10
=73. Formula Fatality F1 10
=73. Here’s Who You Could Have Won Interesting oldies 10
=73. He’s Not The Family Guy Family Guy voices 10
=73. Just One More Death Columbo guest stars, with and without Alzheimer’s 10
=73. Kicking the Bouquet Flowery names 10
=73. Kiwi fruit sundae New Zealanders 10
=73. MAGA Hit List Trump non-fans 10
=73. Nobel Notables Nobel laureates 10
=73. Norman Lear and All His Friends Norman Lear and actors in his many sitcoms 10
=73. Political Correctness Has Gone Too Far Politics 10
=73. Poor Little Ghoul US charttoppers 10
=73. She’s a Dead Skate, Charlie Brown Ice skaters 10
=73. Thank You For The Music Musicians 10
=73. The Fat Lady’s singing… Opera 10
=92. Alternative in Death – The Right Deadlihood Award Recipients of the Alternative Nobel Prize 9
=92. Complications from a fall Dictators and other world leaders 9
=92. Hell to the Chief World leaders 9
=95. Comedy Cremations Comedy actors 8
=95. Who’s laughing now? Comedians 8
=97. 2024 Exit Draft Sport 7
=97. Come on Karma, Where’s the F@@king Justice Evading justice for how long? 7
=97. Miscreants Criminals 7
=97. Once Shaggable, Now Baggable Old ladies eyecatching in their heyday 7
=101. A Bottle of Lucozade and the warm blanket 70s actors 6
=101. Easy Peasy Japanesey Japanese people 6
=101. Goodnight, Seattle Frasier alums… I’m listening 6
=101. Hispanics and Lati-no’s Hispanics 6
=101. Hits Of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today 1987 UK Top 30 hits 6
=101. Last ones, Part II Last survivors 6
=101. OAPs (Old American Politicians) Most of Washington these days 6
=101. One Century Is Enough, Madam! Centenarian women 6
=101. Shake, Rattle, Roll Over and Play Dead 50s/60s rock and pop 6
=101. Six Feet Under the Dome Congresscritters 6
=101. The Elders of Reality TV Older reality TV stars 6
=101. The Survivors Last survivors 6
=113. Last Show Before Bedtime UK telly 5
=113. Laugh-in to the Grave Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In 5
=113. Nobel Loserettes Ladies with Nobels 5
=113. Ruling The Afterlife World leaders 5
=113. That Was Your Life This Is Your Life 5
118. Pennsylvania Pushes Up the Daisies The Keystone State 4
=119. A Chris Goodbye Chrises 0
=119. All the Colors Have Faded Away Colourful names 0
=119. And That’s a Rap Rappers 0
=119. batstarlord of the whotreklock Nerd shows 0
=119. Bearded Wonders Non-shavers 0
=119. Boom, Boom, Out go the lights Blues and beat musicians 0
=119. Bourbon Barrel-Aged Kentuckians 0
=119. BYE-BYE BORING BROADCASTERS 2024 Broadcasters 0
=119. Cadaverous Mofos The Wire 0
=119. CLOG POPPERS Popsters 0
=119. CRT to DOA TV presenters 0
=119. DCAU Demises DC Animated Cinematic Universe 0
=119. Dead And Dusted 2 70s musicians 0
=119. Dead Continent Asians 0
=119. Death to all but metal and Dame Shirley Bassey Rockers and their nan 0
=119. Desert Island Deaths Desert Island Discs 0
=119. Dey Do Die Don’t Dey Doh Scousers 0
=119. Di, just Die! Names with “di” in them 0
=119. Dieopics Biopic subjects 0
=119. Dr Who’s Next Doctor Who 0
=119. Dying of Pretentiousness Snooty types 0
=119. Dying Probably’s Twitter Page People who showed on this showrunner’s Twitter feed 0
=119. Facing the Music Musicians 0
=119. Five Minute Bell Ends Five-minute bell ringers (a cricket thing) 0
=119. Francis Of Wrestle-Easy 2024 Wrasslers 0
=119. Gala Gallows Here-and-now celebrities 0
=119. George Smith is Dead! As it says… 0
=119. Get Me Points For When You Go-Go 80s musicians 0
=119. Gone Solo Surviving halves 0
=119. Great Gig in the Sky Musicians 0
=119. Have I Got Death For You Have I Got News for You 0
=119. I Hear Voices Voice actors 0
=119. IT’S A COP-OUT 2024 Coppers 0
=119. Kiddyfiddler Harriers Paedos 0
=119. Last of The Summer Winos Last of the Summer Wine 0
=119. Lil Tay Is Not Dead but Alive With Soul Death hoax victims 0
=119. Lt. Colonel Kilgore’s Ultimate Surf Party Vietnam figures 0
=119. M6 Toll(ed) Midlands 0
=119. MST3K Massacre MST3K subjects 0
=119. Musicians We Lost in 2024 Musicians 0
=119. Nearly Dead Kennedys Kennedy Center honorees 0
=119. Nice! Jazz musicians 0
=119. No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!! Bond villains 0
=119. Not going in a Black Cab EastEnders 0
=119. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten Obscurities 0
=119. Oh Ronnie, Where Art Thou… Reagan associates 0
=119. OzEDeath List: Proudly Brought To You By Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest Aussies 0
=119. Passing of the Passed Celebs the team runner passed by in the street 0
=119. Peace, Love, and Death 1960s counterculture figures 0
=119. Political Correctness Gone Mad Politicians 0
=119. Pop goes the Wurzels Popsters 0
=119. Punk is Dead Punk musicians 0
=119. Quinn -v- Curtis Anthonys and Tonys 0
=119. Rappers Delight Rappers 0
=119. Red Ink Pen Current musicians 0
=119. Rolls Off The Tongue Interesting names 0
=119. Sad Last Days National Enquirer “near death”s 0
=119. Scrubber Out Porn stars 0
=119. sid and marty coffin Sid and Marty Krofft 0
=119. Songbirds in the Cemetery Lady singers 0
=119. Space Wasters Lice 0
=119. Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people The 20 best picks of 4000 randomly generated Wikipedia bios 0
=119. St. Peter’s Warblers Musicians 0
=119. Thanks for being a Sport Sportspeople 0
=119. The Gallifrey Regeneration Game Doctor Who 0
=119. The Lord God Slayed Them All Veterinarians 0
=119. The Writing’s On The Wall Singers 0
=119. There is nothing like a dame Dames, without their boss this time 0
=119. Thou Shall Seek Death Religious leaders 0
=119. Trans Girls Hit squad’s hit list T*RFs 0
=119. Unpersons Big Brother participants 0
=119. Where are all the Garys and Simons? Garys and Simons 0
=119. Who Goes Before the 5-0 Arrives? Under 50s 0
=119. Wishing (I Had an Obituary of You) 80s musicians 0