GWQ3 - THE FINAL RECKONING

Hooray! We made it! We can all now get on with our lives without wandering around Sainsbury's muttering "Cleats? Cleats? Cleats?".

A stirling effort (no pun intended) from you all. A staggering 81 people have scored 40/40. I think that GWQ1 had 8 full marks, and GWQ2 had 5 (is that right? Someone will remember).

Here are your final 10 answers. Good luck.

YESTERDAY'S ANSWERS

31. ST ASAPH (anagram of PASTA in SH)

32. GLOUCESTER (Boom boom!)

33. CARLISLE (CARL Lewis, ISLE of Lewis)

34. STIRLING (Fish LING stir PORRIDGE)

35. BIRMINGHAM (Anagarm)

36. ST ALBANS (BANS after anagram of LAST)

37. COVENTRY (Coven try)

38. INVERNESS (Ern is IN 'VERNESS')

39. HULL (Rod Hull)

40. BATH (The answer was hidden in the post you were reading, in the phrase 'joB AT Hand'.)

OUR WINNER

So, over 80 people scored 40/40, amazing work. But there can be only one winner. And that winner has been chosen at random by a series of friends texting the number 1 or 2 to me (no celebs this time I'm afraid, just the first 6 friends to respond. I think my celeb friends are still asleep)

Congratulations to @kbdmole!

A signed copy of the Pointless Christmas book will soon be on its way to you. I hope anyone else who has enjoyed the quiz might consider buying it too! It's out on October 11th and is quite funny.

TIE-BREAK QUESTIONS AND WINNER

Thanks also for your brilliant tie-break clues. Here are my top 10 (without answers, so treat this as another quiz!)

10. @merryhatman

SPOILT CHILD LIFE

9. Nick Parkhouse

HOT OSMAN PUT OUT

8. LW

MARCH FIRST?

7. William & Becca Reed

TRAINEE GODFATHER

6. Claire Jones

SO FASHIONABLE, THERE'S UPROAR

5. Nick Stratton

WE SENT RICH MAD

4. Cee Pike

INEXPERT HEALER

3. Dave Hart

CRABS HAVE PASSPORTS

2. Jessica Hiscocks

MOOB EMERGENCY

and the winner of the signed cope of 'The 100 Most Pointless Things In The World' is an absolute cracker....

1. @aPaulTaylor

DECAPITATE ALAN SUGAR

AND OUR LUCKY LOSER

Our lucky loser was chosen by an almost endless series of dice throws (it was actually quite exciting, there might be a format in it somewhere), and is;

@annicrosby

Congratulations. I'll be in touch with all three winners over the weekend.

THE FINAL CURTAIN

Aaaaaand relax!

Thank you all so much for joining in and making it so much fun for everyone. I also apologise for plugging the book so much (but I do think you'll enjoy it!). You'll find the previous Geeky Wordplay Quizzes in the book. If you REALLY want to put yourself through all this again.

Til next time,

Richard off Pointless

xxx