# The Celebrity Death Pool 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523 "2010-12-01T09:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 59
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1162 "2011-04-30T02:01:31Z")
[Joanna Russ](http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/04/joanna-russ-1937-2011/) has died, after a series of strokes. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1163 "2011-04-30T07:39:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I was reviewing some history. > > Was 2003 the first year we did a Death Pool? Also, where is the thread for 2004? Here are the threads for [2003](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147316), [2004](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=226569), [2006](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347482&page=1&pp=50), [2007](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398513&page=1&pp=50), [2008](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446179&page=1&pp=50), and [2009](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495515). I somehow missed the 2005 thread in my bookmarks. The start of the 2003 thread indicates it is as least the second such game, but I did not join in until then, so I do not know about prior to that. ---
**Author:** ![sidramalik100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@sidramalik100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidramalik100)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1164 "2011-04-30T07:54:19Z")
well that your doing a great job and i hope this contest will be a successful contest in this forum and thanks you have share it with us ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1165 "2011-04-30T13:46:53Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I don’t know about 2003 – **Little Nemo** brought the concept here – but I think 2004 was the year the board was hacked and we lost a lot of posts at the beginning of the year. The Summer of Missed Content\*? - At once, I get this joke, but at a second pass, I don’t. A turn of phrase from Shakespere, a poem, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1166 "2011-04-30T13:50:53Z")
close - the quote is “now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by the son of York” but B+ for effort 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1167 "2011-04-30T13:51:33Z")
It’s Shakespeare, from Richard III. “Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer…” or something like that. Darn, **anyrose** beat me. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1168 "2011-04-30T14:08:27Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > close - the quote is “now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by the son of York” but B+ for effort 😉 Close? He said Shakespeare and he’s right. Or am I not understanding you? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1169 "2011-04-30T16:14:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Close? He said Shakespeare and he’s right. Or am I not understanding you? He lost points for misquoting 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1170 "2011-04-30T16:20:16Z")
[Trelane isn’t a Q after all](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-trek-favorite-william-campbell-183795) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1171 "2011-04-30T17:28:34Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > He lost points for misquoting 🙂 What did he misquote? I don’t even think he quoted anything. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1172 "2011-04-30T19:09:42Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What did he misquote? I don’t even think he quoted anything. picky picky picky this is supposed to be a fun thread 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1173 "2011-04-30T19:31:25Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > Here are the threads for [2003](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147316), [2004](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=226569), [2006](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347482&page=1&pp=50), [2007](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398513&page=1&pp=50), [2008](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446179&page=1&pp=50), and [2009](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495515). I somehow missed the 2005 thread in my bookmarks. The start of the 2003 thread indicates it is as least the second such game, but I did not join in until then, so I do not know about prior to that. Here are the threads for [2000](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=20546), [2001](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=49083), [2002](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=101918) and [2005](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289505). ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1174 "2011-04-30T19:50:45Z")
It’s interesting looking at some of those old threads. Back then, people picked celebrities that were, you know… celebrities. In 2003 there were only 8 successful unique picks, and I’d heard of six of them and a seventh was clearly a relative (wife) of someone I’ve heard of. In contrast, I’ve only heard of 8 of the 30 deceased unique picks in 2010. There again, the winning score in 2003 would only have placed 9th in 2010. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1175 "2011-04-30T20:30:18Z")
There was 401 total posts in the 2003 thread. There were 401 posts before anyone died this year. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1176 "2011-04-30T23:16:09Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [Tremaine isn’t a Q after all](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-trek-favorite-william-campbell-183795) No, he was Commander Koloth, was he not? Damn. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1177 "2011-04-30T23:18:38Z")
[quote=“Baker, post:1167, topic:562523”] It’s Shakespeare, from Richard III. Also a William Faulkner novel, if I don’t risk losing points. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1178 "2011-04-30T23:52:37Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > Here are the threads for [2000](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=20546), [2001](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=49083), [2002](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=101918) and [2005](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289505). Cool, now I have all of them in my SDMB Death Pool folder. 😃 And I apparently started in 2002. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1179 "2011-05-01T00:22:05Z")
Former California [Governor Jerry Brown](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/04/30/state/n163104D94.DTL) has cancerous growth removed from his nose. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1180 "2011-05-01T00:35:00Z")
Well, I still have diddly squat. (Except a dribble in the basement. very minor. ) Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary. I’d like some DP pointage for that. dammit Isn’t that what is appropriate for the 18th anniversary? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1181 "2011-05-01T00:54:44Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Former California [Governor Jerry Brown](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/04/30/state/n163104D94.DTL) has cancerous growth removed from his nose. Was it Meg Whitman? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=60)