Family Feud Part VIII

[Hostile Dialect]

Rules, in case you are new are this: DON'T READ THE THREAD BEFORE YOU POST!

Post your responses to the questions and when there have been 50 responses, I will double the value of the response to each question (to come up with the Survey Says).
You want to post what you think the most popular answer will be. If all 50 respondents have the same answer as you, you will get 100 points like the game show. After 50 responses have been posted (including my own, since I can't keep from playing this myself), I will tabulate the results, declare the winner, and post the scoreboard. There are ten questions and 500 possible points; Diomedes, the defending champion, won with 426 points. Results of the last game are here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9278118&postcount=60).

Good luck!

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.

4. Name a country with a king.

5. Name an American writer.

6. Name a Spanish painter.

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

10. What is the most popular college major?

[Hostile Dialect]

1. Miles Davis

2. Telephone

3. Spanish

4. Spain

5. Mark Twain

6. Goya

7. Midnight Cowboy

8. Pervez Musharraf

9. Six-Day War

10. Psychology

[Hostile Dialect]

D'oh! There are 1000 possible points, not 500. :smack:

[zuma]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
english

4. Name a country with a king.
Jordan

5. Name an American writer.
Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Salvador Dali

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
Easy Rider

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Vladamir Putin

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
Six Days War

10. What is the most popular college major?
English

[USCDiver]

Good luck!

1. Name a famous trumpeter. Dizzy Gillespie

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. Spanish

4. Name a country with a king. Saudi Arabia

5. Name an American writer. Tom Clancy

6. Name a Spanish painter. El Greco

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? Breakfast at Tiffanys

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. Vicente Fox

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. Crusades

10. What is the most popular college major? Biology

[3acresandatruck]

Al Hirt
phone
English
Thailand
Mark Twain
Picasso
Mary Poppins
Calderon
Yom Kippur War
computer science

[Inner Stickler]

1. Louis Armstrong

2. Telephone

3. English

4. Norway

5. John Steinbeck

6. Salvador Dali

7. Psycho

8. Putin

9. Six-Day War

10. English

[Justin_Bailey]

These are a lot harder.

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.

English

4. Name a country with a king.

Saudi Arabia

5. Name an American writer.

Stephen King

6. Name a Spanish painter.

Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

Goldfinger

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

Vladimir Putin

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

Yom Kippur War

10. What is the most popular college major?

Business

[ZipperJJ]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English

4. Name a country with a king.
Spain (??)

5. Name an American writer.
Stephen King

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Goya

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
Easy Rider

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Putin

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
War of Independence

10. What is the most popular college major?
Computer Science

[cmkeller]

1. Name a famous trumpeter. - Louie Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? - Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. - English

4. Name a country with a king. - Sweden

5. Name an American writer. - Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter. - Salvador Dali

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? - The Graduate

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. - Fidel Castro

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. - Six-Day War

10. What is the most popular college major? - Psychology

[Kat]

1. Name a famous trumpeter. Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? Email

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. English

4. Name a country with a king. England

5. Name an American writer. Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter. Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? To Kill A Mockingbird

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. Mitterand

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. The Crusades?

10. What is the most popular college major? English

[Lsura]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Dizzy Gillespie

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English

4. Name a country with a king.
Jordan

5. Name an American writer.
Stephen King

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
The Graduate

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Nicolas Sarkozy (France)

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
Yom Kippur War

10. What is the most popular college major?
Business

[freckafree]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

Chuck Mangione

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

E-mail

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.

Spanish

4. Name a country with a king.

Spain

5. Name an American writer.
Tony Morrison

6. Name a Spanish painter.

Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

The Graduate

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

Vladimir Putin

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

Six Day War

10. What is the most popular college major?

Business

[DaphneBlack]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Dizzy Gillespie

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English

4. Name a country with a king.
Spain

5. Name an American writer.
Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
The Graduate

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Vladimir Putin

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
The Six-Day War

10. What is the most popular college major?
Business

[MHaye]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
A. Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
A. Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
A. English

4. Name a country with a king.
A. Spain

5. Name an American writer.
A. Norman Mailer

6. Name a Spanish painter.
A. Pablo Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
A. 2001 : A Space Odyssey

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
A. Hugo Chavez

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
A. 1973 "Yom Kippur" war.

10. What is the most popular college major?
A. Journalism.

[SSG Schwartz]

1. Herb Albert

2. Phone

3. Spanish

4. Jordan

5. Stephen King

6. Pablo Picasso

7. Great Train Robbery

8. Marcos

9. 7 Days War

10. Business

[PaulParkhead]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
German

4. Name a country with a king.
Sweden

5. Name an American writer.
Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Salvador Dali

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
Dr Strangelove

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Nicholas Sarkozy

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
Six day war

10. What is the most popular college major?
English

[Gala Matrix Fire]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Marsalis

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English

4. Name a country with a king.
Spain

5. Name an American writer.
Hemingway

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
pass

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Hugo Chavez

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
pass

10. What is the most popular college major?
Liberal arts

[MissGypsy]

1. Dizzy Gillespie
2. phone
3. English
4. Greece
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Salvador Dali
7. The Graduate
8. Sarkozy
9. 6-day War
10. Business

[RickJay]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

Dizzy Gillespie

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.

English

4. Name a country with a king.

Spain

5. Name an American writer.

Ernest Hemingway

6. Name a Spanish painter.

Pass

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

"Midnight Cowboy"

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

Sarkozy

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

The Six Day War

10. What is the most popular college major?

Psychology.


These questions were too hard, too "Trivia question"-esque, for Family Feud.

[Tamex]

1) Louis Armstrong
2) Telephone
3) English
4) Spain
5) Ernest Hemingway
6) Pablo Picasso
7) The Graduate
8) Vladimir Putin--Russia
9) Six Days' War
10) English

[racer72]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
Portugese

4. Name a country with a king.
Sweden

5. Name an American writer.
Stephen King

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Pablo Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
It's A Mad Mad Mad World

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Vladimir Putin

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
1967 war

10. What is the most popular college major?
Business

[Wile E]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

Louie Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.

English

4. Name a country with a king.

Norway?

5. Name an American writer.

Hemingway

6. Name a Spanish painter.

Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

The Graduate

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

Musharraf

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

Er ... Palestinian War?

10. What is the most popular college major?

Liberal Arts

[BoBettie]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

Dizzy Gillepse

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

E-mail.

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English

4. Name a country with a king.

Spain

5. Name an American writer.

Stephen King

6. Name a Spanish painter.

Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

The Graduate

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

Hugo Chavez

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

War of 1948

10. What is the most popular college major?

Liberal Arts

[Hockey Monkey]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

Louie Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.

Spanish

4. Name a country with a king.

Jordan

5. Name an American writer.

Stephen King

6. Name a Spanish painter.

Salvador Dali

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Love the Bomb

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

Calderon (Mexico)

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

The Arab-Israeli War - or the War of Independence

10. What is the most popular college major?

Engineering

[Hostile Dialect]

These questions were too hard, too "Trivia question"-esque, for Family Feud.

Sorry. The few times I've watched Family Feud, it seemed like they intentionally scraped from the absolute bottom of the barrel in terms of contestant IQ, so I thought Dopers would like a bit more of an intellectual challenge. And I figured everybody could name one trumpeter (everyone's heard of Louis Armstrong, I think), one country with a monarchy, one American writer, one Spanish painter (everyone's heard of Picasso, right?), one 1960s movie, one foreign president, and one college major. I will concede that I may have overestimated the average American's exposure to Spanish art, and the Israeli war thing was probably too obscure. The foreign president thing might have been a bit much, but Pervez Musharraf has been in the news a lot, so that's why I thought of it. And I have enjoyed hearing Dopers' answers to my questions.

I think I have the most interest in running these games, tabulating the scores, and formatting them in high-to-low-score format, though, so if y'all like, you can all email (not PM) me one or two questions each and I'll use the first eight or ten I get in the next game. Sound good to everyone?

[tesseract]

1.Name a famous trumpeter.
Louis Armstrong


2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English

4. Name a country with a king.
Jordan

5. Name an American writer.
Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter.

Picasso
7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
To Kill A Mockingbird


8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Musharraf


9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
Six-day war

10. What is the most popular college major?
Communications

[Purgatory Creek]

1. Name a famous trumpeter. Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? Cellphone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. English

4. Name a country with a king. Spain?

5. Name an American writer. Hemingway

6. Name a Spanish painter. El Greco

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? Easy Rider

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. Musharraf (sp?)

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. Six days war

10. What is the most popular college major? Business

[Queen Bruin]

1. Name a famous trumpeter. Miles Davis

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? Cell phone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. Spanish

4. Name a country with a king. Sweden

5. Name an American writer. Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter. Diego Velazquez

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? Dr. Strangelove

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. Musharraf

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. Yom-Kippur War

10. What is the most popular college major? English

[Indistinguishable]

Oh boy, another one!

1. Louis Armstrong.

2. E-mail

3. Spanish (I predict a surprisingly low number of "English" responses)

4. Spain (cause now the pump is primed)

5. Hemingway

6. Picasso

7. The Graduate

8. Musharraf

9. The Six Day War

10. Communications

[mikemo]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Louis Armstrong
2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone
3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English
4. Name a country with a king.
England
5. Name an American writer.
Poe
6. Name a Spanish painter.
El Cid (not my strong suit...not sure he's Spanish)
7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
Ben Hur
8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Pass (I drew a blank!)
9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
6-days war
10. What is the most popular college major?
English

[Paintcharge]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Miles Davis

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
Spanish

4. Name a country with a king.
Spain

5. Name an American writer.
Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
Easy Rider

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Hugo Chavez

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
Six- Day War

10. What is the most popular college major?
Comunnications

[cmyk]

1. Name a famous trumpeter. Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? cellphone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. English

4. Name a country with a king. Spain???

5. Name an American writer. Stephen King

6. Name a Spanish painter. Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? 2001: A Space Odyssey

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. Putin

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. Arab-Israeli

10. What is the most popular college major? Medicine

[MadTheSwine]

Louis Armstrong

Telephone

English

Spain

Stephen King

Salvador Dali

The Graduate

Vladimir Putin

Six Day War

Liberal Arts

[Bearflag70]

1. Miles Davis

2. Telephone

3. English

4. Britain

5. Poe

6. Picasso

7. Graduate

8. Calderon

9. Crusades

10. Business

[fatmac98]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.

English

4. Name a country with a king.

England

5. Name an American writer.

Stephen King

6. Name a Spanish painter.

Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

The Graduate

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

Musharreff (Pakistan)

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

Six Day War

10. What is the most popular college major?

Speech Communications

[OneCentStamp]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone. (specifically cell phone, if we're splitting hairs like that)

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
Spanish.

4. Name a country with a king.
Spain.

5. Name an American writer.
Ernest Hemingway.

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Picasso.

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
The Graduate.

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
The Six Day War.

10. What is the most popular college major?
English (in the U.S.)

[Labtrash]

1. Name a famous trumpeter. Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. English

4. Name a country with a king. Spain

5. Name an American writer. Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter. Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? The Magnificent Seven

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. Nicolas Sarkozy

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. 6 day war

10. What is the most popular college major? Business

[Sternvogel]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.

4. Name a country with a king.

5. Name an American writer.

6. Name a Spanish painter.

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

10. What is the most popular college major?

1. Louis Armstrong

2. Telephone

3. English

4. Saudi Arabia (although many random people would say "England", "Britain", or "United Kingdom", I'm assuming all Dopers are aware that that land doesn't have a king at this particular time)

5. Mark Twain

6. Pablo Picasso

7. The Sound of Music

8. Felipe Calderón of Mexico (I'm assuming you mean "current president", and I'm once again counting on respondents to know which leaders are presidents, as opposed to prime ministers)

9. The Six-Day War of 1967

10. Education (schoolteaching)

[Happy Lendervedder]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Bradford Marsallis

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English

4. Name a country with a king.
Spain (?)

5. Name an American writer.
Stephen King

6. Name a Spanish painter.
pass

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
The Graduate

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Putin

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
uh...pass

10. What is the most popular college major?
English

[Indistinguishable]

Why, oh why, did I say "e-mail"? :smack:

[Bayard]

1. Dizzy Gillespie

2. email

3. English

4. Spain

5. Faulkner

6. Picasso

7. Cool Hand Luke

8. Nikola Sarkozy

9. The 6-Day War

10. English

[Madd Maxx]

1. Name a famous trumpeter. Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? Cellphone.

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. English.

4. Name a country with a king. Jordan.

5. Name an American writer. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

6. Name a Spanish painter. Salvadore Dali.

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? Gone with the Wind.

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. Jacque Chiraq (I know it's spelled wrong)

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. 6 Days War.

10. What is the most popular college major? Engineering

[Madd Maxx]

And then I misspelled atrocious. :smack:

[Hostile Dialect]

Don't worry about factual errors (although, FTR, the UK does not have a king; Vicente Fox is not the current President of Mexico; and Branford Marsalis plays the sax, while his brother Wynton plays trumpet). The point is to try to score as many points as possible. You could put in a prime minister instead of a president and a misspelled Australian footballer instead of a Spanish painter for all I care.

[A Monkey With a Gun]

1. Louis Armstrong
2. telephone
3. English
4. Spain
5. Mark Twain
6. Picasso
7. Dr. No
8. Musharaf
9. Seven Day War
10. Business

[Indistinguishable]

Don't worry about factual errors.
Yeah, I was just smiley-smacking because of the sheer blindness of forgetting about the telephone entirely, and thus not realizing it would probably be the most popular response. Ah well, I suppose that's what makes the game worth playing.

[Beadalin]

1. Miles Davis

2. Written

3. English

4. Spain

5. John Steinbeck

6. Salvador Dali

7. The Birds

8. Hugo Chavez

9. War of Independence

10. Liberal Arts

[scout1222]

1. Name a famous trumpeter. Dizzy Gillespie

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? Telephone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. English

4. Name a country with a king. Spain

5. Name an American writer. Mark Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter. Salvador Dali

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? The Graduate

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. Purvez Musharaff (heh, yeah, right)

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. Six Day War

10. What is the most popular college major? Business

[scout1222]

Don't worry about factual errors (although, FTR, the UK does not have a king; Vicente Fox is not the current President of Mexico; and Branford Marsalis plays the sax, while his brother Wynton plays trumpet). The point is to try to score as many points as possible. You could put in a prime minister instead of a president and a misspelled Australian footballer instead of a Spanish painter for all I care.

Poop. Because some of my gut answers were totally not correct, but would be what the average dummy (HEY WHO CALLED ME A DUMMY) might say. Oh well, I stand by my answers. Mostly. :D

[iamthewalrus(:3=]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
email

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English

4. Name a country with a king.
Spain

5. Name an American writer.
Twain

6. Name a Spanish painter.
Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
The Sound of Music

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Sarkozy

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
Six day war (or is it the 7-day...?) Anyway, the one in '67

10. What is the most popular college major?
Econ

[Hostile Dialect]

Keep 'em coming. If my preliminary count is correct, we only need 7 more. (Several posts were not game entries.)

[Interrobang!?]

1. Louis Armstrong
2. telephone
3. Spanish
4. Japan
5. Stephen King
6. Picasso
7. Dr. Strangelove
8. Vladimir Putin
9. Six Days War
10. business

[BrassyPhrase]

1. Dizzie Gillepsie
2. The phone
3. French
4. England
5. Mark Twain
6. Picasso
7. The Graduate
8. Jaques Chirac
9. Six Days War

[treis]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.

Miles Davis

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?

Phone

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.

English

4. Name a country with a king.

England

5. Name an American writer.

Hemmingway

6. Name a Spanish painter.

Picasso

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?

Uhh pass?

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.

Ahmenididjah

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

Yom Kippur

10. What is the most popular college major?

Sociology

[JpnDude]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
(MOBILE) TELEPHONE
3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
ENGLISH
4. Name a country with a king.
JORDAN
5. Name an American writer.
STEPHEN KING
6. Name a Spanish painter.
PICASSO
7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
SIX-DAY WAR
10. What is the most popular college major?
ENGLISH

[anyrose]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Chuck Mangione
2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
telephone (or cell phone)
3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English
4. Name a country with a king.
Jordan
5. Name an American writer.
Edgar Allen Poe
6. Name a Spanish painter.
El Greco
7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!
8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Mbarrack
9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
the 6 Day War
10. What is the most popular college major?
English

[gonzomax]

1. Al Hirt
2. cell phone
3. spanish
4.saudi arabia
5. Mailer
6. Dali
7. Easy Rider
8. Putin
9. 6 day war
10. liberal arts

[Hostile Dialect]

Just one more!

[Indistinguishable]

Hooray, with post #59, we can pronounce it done!

Oh, wait...

[Hostile Dialect]

:smack:

You had me so excited, ya bastard! ;)

[Frosted Glass]

1. Name a famous trumpeter.
Miles Davis
2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face?
Email
3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries.
English
4. Name a country with a king.
Jordan
5. Name an American writer.
Ernest Hemmingway
6. Name a Spanish painter.
Pablo Picasso
7. What was the best movie of the 1960s?
pass
8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.
Nicolas Sarkozy
9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.
6 day war
10. What is the most popular college major?
Psychology

[Frosted Glass]

I can't believe how hard it was for me to think of a movie in the '60s. I am younger than I thought I was.

[Happy Lendervedder]

I'm pretty sure I won this. No need to tally the scores. NEXT!

[Hostile Dialect]

Before I do any counting, good luck again to everyone who played, and thanks for playing. I would also like to remind everyone that I am still accepting submissions for questions for Family Feud Part IX by email (not PM!). If there's enough interest, I might split off a Trivial Feud game for harder, more serious, searchable questions like the ones in this thread.

Two enchiladas, one strong IPA and seemingly about an hour later:

Hooray! Counting's over! OK, here comes the scoring rubric (by responses, not points). One-entry-only responses don't score points, so they're not in the lists. Any responses where it's reasonably obvious that the different posters meant the same thing (different spellings of the same President, or England/UK/Great Britain for having a king, or different names for the same Israeli war) were considered the same response. "Pass" was considered a response.

1. Famous trumpeter

Louis Armstrong 27
Dizzy Gillespie 9
Miles Davis 7
Al Hirt 2
Chuck Mangione 2
Wynton Marsalis 2

(I counted Branford Marsalis, a sax player, as brother Wynton, the trumpet player. Merry Christmas! :) )

2. Means of communication

Telephone 34
Cellphone 8
Email 7

(If you said both telephone and cellphone, you got counted for cellphone. Be less specific next time! ;) )

3. Language

English 36
Spanish 11

4. Country with King

Spain 22
Jordan 9
England/UK/Great Britain 6
Saudi Arabia 4
Sweden 4
Norway 2

5. American writer

Mark Twain 17
Stephen King 13
Ernest Hemingway 10
Edgar Allen Poe 3
John Steinbeck 2
Norman Mailer 2

6. Spanish painter

Pablo Picasso 30
Salvador Dali 11
El Greco 3
Francisco Goya 2
Pass 2

7. Best movie of the 1960s

The Graduate 16
Easy Rider 5
Dr. Strangelove 4
2001: A Space Odyssey 3
Pass 3
Midnight Cowboy 2
To Kill a Mockingbird 2
The Sound of Music 2

8. Foreign president

Vladimir Putin 14
Pervez Musharraf 9
Nicholas Sarkozy 8
Hugo Chavez 5
Felipe Calderon 4
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2
Jacques Chirac 2

9. Israeli war

1967/Six-Day 31
Yom Kippur 6
1948/Arab-Israeli/Independence 5
Crusades 3
Seven-Day 2
Pass 2

10. College major

Business 13
English 12
Psychology 4
Communications 3
Computer Science 2
Engineering 2

Answers not counted (one response only): Herb Alpert, written communication, German, Portuguese, French, Thailand, Greece, Japan, Tom Clancy, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, El Cid, Diego Velasquez, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Mary Poppins, Psycho, Goldfinger, The Great Train Robbery, It's A Mad etc. World, Ben Hur, The Magnificent Seven, Cool Hand Luke, Gone with the Wind, Dr. No, The Birds, The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!, Vicente Fox, Fidel Castro, Mitterand, Marcos, Mbarrack, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, biology, journalism, medicine, speech communication, education, economics, sociology.

Scoreboard coming.

[Hostile Dialect]

Forgot Liberal Arts -- 6 responses.

[Hostile Dialect]

Drumroll please!


The winner is Tamex with an astounding 464 points, nailing almost every single question! Congratulations Tamex!

The entire scoreboard follows:


1 Tamex 464
2 DaphneBlack 444
3 A Monkey With a Gun 438
4 labtrash 436
5 MadTheSwine 420
6 fatmac98 404
7 tesseract 396
7 scout1222 396
9 zuma 392
10 Sternvogel 370
11 JpnDude 366
12 iamthewalrus(:3= 360
12 cmkeller 360
14 Interrobang!? 354
14 Justin_Bailey 354
16 Lsura 348
17 Wile E 340
18 Inner Stickler 338
18 OneCentStamp 338
20 MissGypsy 336
21 racer72 332
21 Indistinguishable 332
23 Mhaye 330
23 Paintcharge 330
25 Purgatory Creek 328
26 PaulParkhead 326
27 ZipperJJ 320
28 RickJay 316
28 cmyk 316
30 Bayard 310
31 Happy Lendervedder 306
32 BearFlag 304
33 Gala Matrix Fire 300
34 BoBettie 298
35 mikemo 298
36 Frosted Glass 290
36 BrassyPhrase 290
38 Madd Maxx 286
39 Kat 280
40 Hostile Dialect 278
41 freckafree 264
42 treis 262
42 3acresandatruck 262
44 Hockey Monkey 240
45 SSG Schwartz 224
46 anyrose 208
47 gonzomax 188
47 Beadalin 188
49 Queen Bruin 156
50 USCDiver 128


ETA: Whew, shit, that was a lot of work. Kudos to SSG Schwartz and anyone else who's run this. I'll be happy to do it again, but unless someone wants to take over for a little bit or volunteer to pick up some of the slack for the next game, I'm going to take a little break. Thanks again for playing, everyone!

[anyrose]

well, at least I wasn't last. :|

when's the next game?

[Justin_Bailey]

when's the next game?

I'll run the next game, just give me a few minutes to come up with questions.

[anyrose]

New game (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448335) hosted by Justin Bailey

[Wile E]

Woot! #17! Much better than 2nd to last.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

nevermind :( (The OP said not to read the whole thread before you post...)

[Tamex]

I won? Really? Yay :D

I had a lot of trouble coming up with a country that had a king (as opposed to a queen).

[USCDiver]

well at least I wasn't last

Um, ouch... I'll have to think more like the general public next time instead of the first thing that pops into my head.

[Zebra]

my response in bold



1. Name a famous trumpeter. Louis Armstrong

2. What is the most popular means of communication, other than face-to-face? Email

3. Name a language spoken in at least two countries. English

4. Name a country with a king. Spain

5. Name an American writer. Hemmingway

6. Name a Spanish painter. Goya

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? Barbarella

8. Name a President of a country other than the United States. Russia

9. Name a war that occurred in Israel. The Six Day War

10. What is the most popular college major? Business

[Bearflag70]

What is the best format for the responses? Do you like the question repeated? Do you like the answers numbered? Does it matter? Maybe the instructions should be amended let us know, making your scoring job easier. Just a thought.

[Hostile Dialect]

Since you asked, the biggest things that respondents can do to make (my method of) scoring easier are numbering their answers, making their answers stick out, and minimizing the line spaces between answers. So this is great:

1. OJ Simpson
2. Bonobo sex
3. Klingon
4. Funkytown

And so is this:


5. Name an American writer. Ricky Martin

6. Name a Spanish painter. RuPaul

7. What was the best movie of the 1960s? Deep Throat

But this is a little harder to score:


8. Name a President of a country other than the United States.



Austin Powers
9. Name a war that occurred in Israel.

War of the Worlds

10. What is the most popular college major?
Applied Funk

Thanks for asking! I'm thinking of starting a Trivial Feud game fairly soon with more questions like these ones, since it turns out that Feud Tucker is a more temporary condition than I thought.