Family Feud X

[Interrobang!?]

Hostile Dialect has been busy with his newfangled (and fun) Trivial Feud threads, so I asked if I could do a round of classic Family Feud. He agreed -- and he's gonna let me use his patented time-saving tabulation method. Yay!

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; Purgatory Creek, the defending champion, won with 412 points. Results of the last game are here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9289151&postcount=67).

Format for your answers: You don't need to repeat the questions. Your answers, one to a line, would be ideal.

Good luck!

1) Name an expensive hobby.

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?

10) Name an American photographer.

[Interrobang!?]

And my answers:

1) photography
2) tuna
3) George Clooney
4) hockey
5) damn
6) Taco Bel
7) oxygen
8) London
9) elephant
10) Diane Arbus

[Cunctator]

1) Yachting
2) Tuna
3) Oprah Winfrey
4) Swimming
5) Damn
6) KFC
7) Oxygen.
8) Paris
9) Egg
10) Pass

[CatInASuit]

1) Cars
2) Salmon
3) Arnold Schwarznegger
4) Ice Hockey
5) Damn
6) Spud-U-Like
7) Oxygen
8) London
9) Elephant
10) Annie Leibovitz

[LavenderBlue]

1) stamp collecting
2) tuna
3) Martin Sheen
4) hockey
5) damn
6) Pizza Hut
7) oxygen
8) New York
9) elephant
10) Ansel Addams

[Randy Seltzer]

1) Yachting
2) Salmon
3) Oprah Winfrey
4) Hockey
5) Hell
6) Taco Bell
7) Nitrogen
8) London
9) Elephant
10) Ansel Adams

ETA: No one else says nitrogen??? Bullshit!

[tirial]

1) Art Collecting
2) Salmon
3) Arnold Swarzenegger
4) Track and Field
5) Hell
6) Pizza Hut
7) Helium
8) London (!?)
9) Elephant
10) Slim Aarons

ETA: LavenderBlue , looking at the poster above you, your location is really apt.

[Enginerd]

1. Flying
2. tuna
3. Jon Stewart
4. hockey
5. damn
6. Taco Bell
7. hydrogen
8. New York
9. elephant
10. Ansel Adams

[cmkeller]

1) Name an expensive hobby. - Sailing
2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi. - Eel
3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency? - George Clooney
4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball. - Ice Hockey
5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie? - Damn
6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers. - Kentucky Fried Chicken
7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions. - Oxygen
8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation? - Washington, DC
9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what? - Elephant
10) Name an American photographer. - Ansel Adams

[tesseract]

1)Golf

2) Tuna

3) Mel Gibson

4) Hockey

5) Shit

6) Taco Bell

7) Hydrogen

8) New York City

9) Elephant

10) Annie Liebovitz

[jackelope]

1) Yachting/boating
2) Tuna
3) Arnold Schwarzenegger
4) Rowing
5) Damn
6) KFC
7) Hydrogen
8) New York
9) Elephant
10) Ansel Adams (I thought of Eggleston first, but Adams is more likely to be popular.)

[psycat90]

1) Aviation

2) Tuna

3) Arnold Schwarzenegger

4) Cycling

5) Ass

6) KFC

7) Oxygen

8) NYC

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[3acresandatruck]

1) golf
2) salmon
3) Chuck Norris
4) hockey
5) damn
6) Taco Bell
7) oxygen
8) New York
9) elephant
10) Ansel Adams

[twickster]

1) Name an expensive hobby. Flying airplanes

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi. Tuna

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency? George Clooney

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball. Hockey

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie? Damn

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers. KFC

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions. Helium

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation? NYC

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what? Elephant

10) Name an American photographer. Ansel Adams

[The Tof]

1) Name an expensive hobby.

Cars

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.

Tuna

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?

Arnold S (Yes I know, he can't)

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.

Ultimate

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?

Sh*t

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.

Taco Bell

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.

Neon

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?

New York

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?

Elephant

10) Name an American photographer.

Ansel Adams

I never saw who won last time.

[freckafree]

1) Sailing

2) Tuna

3) Martin Sheen

4) Track

5) Damn

6) KFC

7) Oxygen

8) NYC

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[Panurge]

Hostile Dialect has been busy with his newfangled (and fun) Trivial Feud threads, so I asked if I could do a round of classic Family Feud. He agreed -- and he's gonna let me use his patented time-saving tabulation method. Yay!

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; Purgatory Creek, the defending champion, won with 412 points. Results of the last game are here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9289151&postcount=67).

Format for your answers: You don't need to repeat the questions. Your answers, one to a line, would be ideal.

Good luck!

1) Name an expensive hobby.

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?

10) Name an American photographer.

1: Collecting cars
2: Tuna
3: Schwarzenegger can't, so ... Oprah?
4: Ice hockey
5: Damn
6: Pizza Hut
7: Hydrogen
8: London
9: Elephant
10: Annie Leibovitz

[racer72]

) Name an expensive hobby.
Collecting cars.

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.
Salmon

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?
Michael J. Fox

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.
Hockey

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?
Damn.

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.
Taco Bell.

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.
Oxygen

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?
New York.

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?
Elephant.

10) Name an American photographer.
Ansel Adams.

[Garfield226]

Sailboat racing
fish?
Al Gore
ice hockey
RATS!
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
Oxygen
Chicago
Elephant
Ansel Adams

[ivylass]

1) Name an expensive hobby. Woodworking

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi. Tuna

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency? Sean Penn

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball. Relay Racing

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie? Damn

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers. Taco Bell

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions. Oxygen

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation? New York City

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what? Elephant

10) Name an American photographer. Ansel Adams

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

Hostile Dialect here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9289151&postcount=67).

Format for your answers: You don't need to repeat the questions. Your answers, one to a line, would be ideal.

Good luck!

1) Name an expensive hobby.

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?

10) Name an American photographer.

1. Racing cars
2. Crab
3. Oprah
4. Competitive swimming
5. Hell
6. KFC
7. Hydrogen
8. London
9. Elephant
10. Ansel Adams

[Paintcharge]

1) Name an expensive hobby.
Golf
2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.
Tuna
3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?
Oprah
4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.
Curling
5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?
Damn
6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.
Taco Bell
7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.
Oxygen
8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?
New York
9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?
Elephant
10) Name an American photographer?
Ansel Adams

[Hawkeyeop]

1) Sailing

2) Salmon

3) Curt Schilling

4) Hockey

5) Damn

6) Pizza Hut

7) Oxygen

8) London

9) Elephant

10) Pass

[SSG Schwartz]

1) Skydiving

2) Tuna

3) Arnold

4) Hockey

5) Damn

6) Taco Bell

7) Helium

8) Seattle

9) Elephant

10)Eastman

[Hockey Monkey]

1) Name an expensive hobby.

R/C airplanes

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.

Tuna

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?

Oprah

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.

Hockey :D

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?

Damn (is that still a curse?)

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.

Taco Bell

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.

Oxygen

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?

New York City

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?

elephant

10) Name an American photographer.

Ansel Adams

[Freudian Slit]

1. Wine collecting

2. Tuna

3. Warren Beatty

4. Curling

5. Damn

6. Taco Bell

7. Oxygen

8. New York

9. Elephant

10. Ansel Adams

[ZipperJJ]

Boating/Sailing
Tuna
Tim Robbins
Hockey
Damn
Panera
Hydrogen
New York City
Elephant
Annie Lebovitz

[JpnDude]

1) Sailing

2) Tuna

3) Martin Sheen

4) Ice Hockey

5) Shit

6) Pizza Hut

7) Oxygen

8) San Francisco

9) Egg

10) Annie Leibowitz (sp?)

[KSO]

Golf

Tuna

Sean Penn

Curling

Damn

KFC

Oxygen

NYC

Elephant

Ansel Adams

[Zebra]

1 Golf
2 Tuna
3 Clint Eastwood
4 Frisbee
5 Damn
6 Long John Silver's
7 Oxygen
8 NYC
9 Elephant
10 Annie Liebowitz

[Mahna Mahna]

1) Golf
2) Salmon
3) Oprah
4) Ultimate Frisbee
5) Damn
6) Taco Bell
7) Oxygen
8) NYC
9) Elephant
10) Ansel Adams

[MsWhatsit]

stamp collecting

salmon

Jon Stewart

ice hockey

damn

KFC

hydrogen

New York City

elephant

Ansel Adams

[TwoTrouts]

1) Scuba Diving
2) Tuna
3) Tom Cruise
4) Curling
5) Suck
6) Long John Silver
7) Oxygen
8) San Francisco
9) Elephant
10) Ansel Adams

[Really Not All That Bright]

1) Horse breeding

2) Salmon

3) Arnold Schwarznegger

4) Track and Field/Athletics

5) Damn

6) Subway

7) Oxygen

8) London

9) Elephant

10) Pass / If pass not allowed, Ross Halfin

[Really Not All That Bright]

Why the hell is everyone coming up with curling?!?!?

Also, hockey requires a ball. ;)

[muldoonthief]

1. private pilot/flying
2. Tuna
3. Donald Trump
4. Hockey
5. damn
6. KFC
7. oxygen
8. NYC
9. elephant
10. ansel adams

[Asimovian]

1) Golf

2) Tuna

3) Arnold Schwarzenegger

4) Hockey

5) Damn

6) Taco Bell

7) Oxygen

8) New York

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[Leaffan]

1) Name an expensive hobby.
Golf

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.
No idea, and I've eaten plenty of sushi.. Maybe..... halibut?

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?
They? How can they run? Any celebrity running would surprise me. OK - Clint Eastwood

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.
Hockey

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?
Piss

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.
Arbys

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.
Helium

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?
Chicago

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?
Elephant

10) Name an American photographer.
Linda Eastman

[Darth Sensitive]

1) Miniature Gaming
2) Salmon
3) Stephen Colbert
4) Hockey
5) Damn
6) Taco Bell
7) Oxygen
8) New York
9) Elephant
10) Ansel Adams

[Fretful Porpentine]

1) Sailing.

2) Tuna.

3) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

4) Hockey.

5) Damn.

6) Subway.

7) Oxygen.

8) New York.

9) Elephant.

10) Ansel Adams.

[Bayard]

OOh, I like these games. Thanks for running it!


Yachting

Tuna

George Clooney

Hockey

Damn

Taco Bell

Oxygen

London

Elephant

Ansel Adams

[Happy Lendervedder]

1) Name an expensive hobby. Golfing

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi. Squid?

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency? Al Franken

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball. Hockey

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie? Damn

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers. Taco Bell

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions. Oxygen

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation? New York

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what? Elephant

10) Name an American photographer. Ansel Adams

[Miss Woodhouse]

1) Golf

2) Tuna

3) Bono

4) Hockey

5) damn

6) Taco Bell

7) Helium

8) Chicago

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[SSG Schwartz]

Once again, I am learning why I never have tried out for this show. In fact if my family were somehow to get on it, I think I would be put up for adoption. :D

SSG Schwartz

[Beadalin]

1) Scuba diving

2) Tuna

3) Clint Eastwood

4) Hockey

5) Bitch

6) KFC

7) Helium

8) Montreal

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[Mullinator]

Collecting antique cars
Salmon
Alec Baldwin
Hockey
Damn it
Chik-Fil-A
Helium
New York
Elephant
Ansel Adams

[twickster]

Yay! Finally! Some more "helium"s -- I was starting to feel quite the maroon.

[mikemo]

1) Golf

2) Tuna

3) Ted Nugent

4) Hockey

5) hell

6) KFC

7) Oxygen

8) Washington, DC

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[LilyoftheValley]

1) golf
2) tuna
3) Al Franken? No clue.
4) ultimate frisbee
5) damn
6) KFC
7) oxygen
8) Seattle
9) elephant
10) Annie Leibowitz

[samm]

1) Sailing.

2) Salmon?

3) No idea - I'll go with Robert DeNiro.

4) Hockey.

5) Ass.

6) Taco Bell!

7) Neon?

8) New York.

9) Elephant.

10) Ansel Adams.

[justrob]

1) Flying

2) Tuna

3) Arnold Schwarzenegger

4) Hockey

5) Damn

6) Taco Bell

7) Oxygen

8) New York

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[Sternvogel]

1. Yachting
2. Tuna
3. George Clooney
4. Hockey
5. Damn
6. Arby's
7. Neon
8. New York
9. Elephant
10. Ansel Adams

[Amp]

1. Shooting

2. Tuna

3. The Rock

4. Rowing

5. Damn

6. Taco Bell

7. Helium

8. Cleveland, Ohio

9. Elephant

10. Ann Geddes

[Spoons]

1) Skiing

2) Tuna

3) Arnold Schwartzeneggar

4) Hockey

5) Damn

6) KFC

7) Helium

8) London (UK)

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[garygnu]

1) Scuba Diving
2) Tuna
3) Arnold Schwarzenegger (Assuming the required Ammendment was passed)
4) Ice Hockey
5) Damn
6) Taco Bell
7) Oxygen
8) New York City
9) Elephant
10) Ansel Adams

[ShibbOleth]

1) Sailing
2) Tuna
3) Trump
4) Hockey
5) Bitch
6) Taco Bell
7) Helium
8) New York
9) Elephant
10) Ansel Adams

[twickster]

I think that's 50 ... Where's Interrobang!? ?!

[RickJay]

[QUOTE=Interrobang!?][b1) Name an expensive hobby.

Yachting

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.

Salmon

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?

George Clooney

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.

(Ice) hockey

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?

"Damn"

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.

KFC

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.

Oxygen

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?

New York City

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?

Elephant

10) Name an American photographer.

Annie Leibowitz

[amarinth]

Yachting
Tuna
Tom Selleck
Hockey
Damn
Taco Bell
Oxygen
New York
Egg
Ann Geddes

[Interrobang!?]

TIME!

Yup, we're now over 50.

I can't compile scores immediately, but I'll see about putting together common answers soon.

[Yeticus Rex]

1) Name an expensive hobby. Art Collecting

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi. Tuna

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency? Schwartzenegger.

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball. Hockey

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie? Shit

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers. Pass

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions. Hydrogen

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation? Pass

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what? Elephant

10) Name an American photographer. Ansel Adams

[Yeticus Rex]

Dammit!

[Interrobang!?]

Apparently I need to do some real work this afternoon, so scoring will wait -- but I should be able to accommodate everyone who contributed, even beyond 50.

Thanks for playing!

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

Apparently I need to do some real work this afternoon, so scoring will wait -- but I should be able to accommodate everyone who contributed, even beyond 50.

Thanks for playing!

Wait- this isn't real work? Where are your priorities, man!?

I kid, I kid...

[twickster]

But if you let more than 50 people play, answers won't be worth two points!

[5 time champ]

Am I too late?? Yes as usual.

coin collecting
tuna
Arnold Schwartznegger [I know he is not eligible but]
hockey
damn
KFC
oxygen
NYC
elephant
Ansel Adams

[Dolores Reborn]

1) Golf
2) Salmon
3) Donald Trump
4) Hockey
5) Damn
6) KFC
7) Hydrogen
8) New York City
9) Elephant
10) Annie Liebovitz

[Asimovian]

Apparently I need to do some real work this afternoon, so scoring will wait -- but I should be able to accommodate everyone who contributed, even beyond 50.

Thanks for playing!OK, that was like eight hours ago. Don't leave me hangin', man!

[Interrobang!?]

Hostile Dialect is right -- scoring that is a pain in the ass.

I included everyone who responded through Dolores Reborn, and awarded 1.75 points instead of 2 or each person who matched your answer.

Without further ado:

1) Asimovian: 565.25
2) justrob: 553
3) garygnu: 549.5
4) 5 time champ: 537.25
5) Fretful Porpentine: 535.5
6) Hockey Monkey: 533.75
7) muldoonthief: 525
8) Bayard: 519.75
9) LavenderBlue: 497
10) Paintcharge: 491.75
11) (tie) 3acresandatruck and Enginerd: 490
13) racer72: 488.25
14) freckafree: 481.25
15) (tie) Darth Sensitive and Happy Lendervedder: 479.5
17) KSO: 474.25
18) Sternvogel: 469
19) Freudian Slit: 462
20) (tie) Spoons and ivylass: 458.5
22) jackelope: 456.75
23) RickJay: 455
24) Miss Woodhouse: 451.5
25) Mahna Mahna: 448
26) ShibbOleth: 444.5
27) (tie) MsWhatsit and cmkeller: 432.25
29) Interrobang!?: 428.75
30) ZipperJJ: 418.25
31) mikemo: 416.5
32) (tie) Mullinator and psycat90: 409.5
34) Dolores Reborn: 400.75
35) amarinth: 399
36) Zebra: 397.25
37) SSG Schwartz: 390.25
38) (tie) samm and tesseract: 385
40) CatInASuit: 383.25
41) Panurge: 379.75
42) The Tof: 376.25
43) Hawkeyeop: 374.5
44) LilyoftheValley: 371
45) Beadalin: 358.75
46) Randy Seltzer: 357
47) Garfield226: 355.25
48) Yeticus Rex: 348.25
49) TwoTrouts: 306.25
50) Really Not All That Bright: 302.75
51) Amp: 301
52) Cunctator: 283.5
53) JpnDude: 266
54) Ivory Tower Denizen: 259
55) Leaffan: 220.5
56) tirial: 201.25

Lesson learned: I should've gone with a letter other than "e."

[Asimovian]

Boy, do I ever feel redeemed! Particularly since I came in dead last after the last contest.

Thanks for another fun game!

[Interrobang!?]

It's fun to put together, but a chore to score. I'm sure I'll run another one at some point, but if someone else wants to step up in the meantime, be my guest.

I can't believe I'm the only one who said Arbus...

[twickster]

I don't see my score/rank -- I played in post #14.

Also -- what did the different answers score?

[Interrobang!?]

Grr. Apparently I entered your scores under 3acresandatruck's name and didn't enter their scores at all. Thanks for the heads up.

And the extra player makes each answer worth 1.72 points rather than 1.75. Revised standings:

1) Asimovian: 571.04
2) justrob: 557.28
3) garygnu: 553.84
4) 5 time champ: 540.08
5) (tie) Fretful Porpentine and Hockey Monkey: 538.36
7) muldoonthief: 528.04
8) Bayard: 522.88
9) 3acresandatruck: 505.68
10) LavenderBlue: 500.52
11) Paintcharge: 497.08
12) (tie) Enginerd and racer72: 493.64
14) twickster: 491.92
15) (tie) Darth Sensitive and Happy Lendervedder: 485.04
17) freckafree: 483.32
18) KSO: 478.16
19) Sternvogel: 471.28
20) Freudian Slit: 466.12
21) ivylass: 462.68
22) Spoons: 459.24
23) (tie) RickJay and jackelope: 457.52
25) Miss Woodhouse: 455.8
26) Mahna Mahna: 454.08
27) ShibbOleth: 447.2
28) MsWhatsit: 435.16
29) cmkeller: 433.44
30) Interrobang!?: 431.72
31) (tie) ZipperJJ and mikemo: 419.68
33) Mullinator: 412.8
34) psycat90: 411.08
35) Dolores Reborn: 404.2
36) amarinth: 402.48
37) Zebra: 400.76
38) SSG Schwartz: 392.16
39) (tie) tesseract and samm: 388.72
41) CatInASuit: 385.28
42) Panurge: 380.12
43) The Tof: 378.4
44) Hawkeyeop: 376.68
45) LilyoftheValley: 373.24
46) (tie) Beadalin and Randy Seltzer: 359.48
48) Garfield226: 356.04
49) Yeticus Rex: 349.16
50) TwoTrouts: 307.88
51) Really Not All That Bright: 304.44
52) Amp: 302.72
53) Cunctator: 283.8
54) JpnDude: 266.6
55) Ivory Tower Denizen: 258
56) Leaffan: 221.88
57) tirial: 201.24

I'll give points for answers in another post.

[JohnBckWLD]

1) Boating

2) Tuna

3) George Clooney

4) Hockey

5) Ass

6) KFC

7) Oxygen

8) NYC

9) Elephant

10) Annie Liebowitz (sp?)

[Justin Credible]

1) Name an expensive hobby.

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?

10) Name an American photographer.

1 Travelling
2 Fish
3 Al Gore
4 Hockey
5 Hell
6 KFC
7 Neon
8 London
9 Elephant
10 Ansel Adams

[Xema]

1) Sailing

2) Tuna

3) Oprah

4) Hockey

5) "Crap"

6) KFC

7) Oxygen

8) London

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[CatInASuit]

Interrobang!? : Do you want to stick a note in the openeing thread that the game has now closed

41 out of 57: I'm going with the happy thought that I was more unique than more of the other players. :p

It doesn't help with the game at all but makes me feel better.


:: Goes to look up Ansel Adams ::

[MaxTheVool]

1) Name an expensive hobby.
Golf

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.
Fish

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?
Arnold Schwarzenegger

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.
Ice Hockey

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?
Damn

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.
Taco Bell

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.
Oxygen

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?
New York City

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?
Elephant

10) Name an American photographer
Ansel Adams

[Freudian Slit]

Can we have another round?

[twickster]

Grr. Apparently I entered your scores under 3acresandatruck's name and didn't enter their scores at all. Thanks for the heads up.

And the extra player makes each answer worth 1.72 points rather than 1.75.
No prob. For ease in scoring, you might want to consider just taking the first 50, scoring those at 2 points each, and then scoring any additional entries against that list.

[Hostile Dialect]

No prob. For ease in scoring, you might want to consider just taking the first 50, scoring those at 2 points each, and then scoring any additional entries against that list.

Why does it have to be two points to fifty responses? Is it really that critical that the answers from contestants #51 and #52 don't get two points?

[Daffyd]

1. Flying
2. Tuna
3. Ahnold
4. Hockey
5. Damn
6. Taco Bell
7. Neon
8. London
9. Elephant
10. Annie Liebowitz

[Daffyd]

OK, so I read the OP, and it says not to read the posts... So I answer the darn thing, post my answers and then read you're only looking for 50 responses... great... :smack:

[garygnu]

Sweet. Bronze Medal!

[Peter Morris]

1) turkey
2) turkey
3) turkey

...

[wmulax93]

1) Model railroading.

2) Salmon

3) Martin Sheen

4) Hockey

5) Ass

6) Taco Bell

7) Hydrogen

8) New York

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams

ETA: Sorry, didn't realize that I was too late to the game!

[Spoons]

22) Spoons: 459.24
Yay me! Still the top half! This was fun, and I'll look forward to the next game. Thanks again!

[Moonchild]

1) yachting

2) tuna

3) George Clooney

4) Hockey

5) shit

6) Taco Bell

7) hydrogen

8) Seattle

9) elephant

10) Ansel Adams

[Moonchild]

I counted using the top 50 (x2) and got 430, right in the middle. Got killed on PG curse word (shit instead of damn) & transportation city (Seattle instead of NY, duh).

Damn is a curse word??? I am also surprised more people didn't say George Clooney as a future Prez.

[Justin_Bailey]

Damn, I missed this! Oh well, I'm going to answer and score myself!

1) Name an expensive hobby.
Cars

2) Name a seafood commonly prepared as sushi or sashimi.
Pass

3) What celebrity wouldn't surprise you if they decided to run for the US presidency?
Sean Penn

4) Name a team sport that doesn't use a ball.
Hockey

5) What's a curse word that could appear in a PG movie?
Hell

6) Name a fast food chain that doesn't serve hamburgers.
Taco Bell

7) Name an element found as a gas under normal conditions.
Helium

8) What's a city that has excellent public transportation?
New York

9) In a typical alphabet book written for children, E is for what?
Elephant

10) Name an American photographer.
Ansel Adams

EDIT: Nevermind, I guess I can't score myself...

So when's the next game?

[Interrobang!?]

CatInaSuit: Can't edit threads after 5 minutes. It took a bit longer than that for this round.

Here's the tally for each question of how many people saaid each answer. Multiply by 1.72 to get your score, if you've come late to the party, or award yourself 1 point if you came up with a unique answer.

Expensive hobby
Sailing/boating/yachting: 16
Golf: 13
Cars (collecting or racing): 6
Flying/aviation: 5
Scuba diving: 3
Art collecting: 2
Stamp collecting: 2
Coin collecting, horse breeding, miniature gaming, photography, r/c airplanes, shooting, skiing, skydiving, wine collecting, woodworking: 1 each

Seafood in sushi/sashimi
Tuna: 38
Salmon: 14
Crab, eel, fish, halibut, squid: 1 each

Celeb who might run for president
Schwarzenegger: 14
Winfrey: 7
Clooney: 6
Eastwood: 3
Sheen (Martin): 3
Trump: 3
Franken: 2
Penn: 2
Jon Stewart: 2
Alec Baldwin, Beatty, Bono, Colbert, Cruise, DeNiro, Fox, Gibson, Gore, Norris, Nugent, Robbins, Schilling, Selleck, and The Rock: 1 each

Team sport that doesn't use a ball
Hockey: 40
Curling: 4
Ultimate frisbee: 4
Track and field: 3
Rowing: 2
Swimming: 2
Cycling and relay racing: 1 each

PG curse words
damn: 42
hell: 4
shit: 4
ass: 2
bitch: 2
piss, rats, and suck: 1 each

Fast food place that doesn't sell burgers
Taco Bell: 24
KFC: 18
Pizza Hut: 5
Arby's: 2
Long John Silver's: 2
Subway: 2
Chick-fil-a, Panera, pass, and Spud-U-Like: 1 each

Gaseous element
oxygen: 34
helium: 10
hydrogen: 9
neon: 3
nitrogen: 1

City with excellent public transportation
New York: 33
London: 10
Chicago: 3
San Francisco: 2
Seattle: 2
Washington, DC: 2
Cleveland, Montreal, Paris, pass: 1 each

Hey kids, e is for...
elephant: 54
egg: 3

American photographer
Adams: 39
Leibovitz: 9
pass: 3
Eastman: 2
Geddes: 2
Aarons, Arbus: 1 each

[ShermanAter]

1)Boating

2) Tuna

3) Oprah

4) swimming

5) Damn

6)KFC

7) Oxygen

8) New York

9) Elephant

10) Ansel Adams
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[ShermanAter]

Jeez, I shoulda refreshed . DOH

[RickJay]

Everyone knows Arnold Schwarzenegger CAN'T be President, right?

[garygnu]

Everyone knows Arnold Schwarzenegger CAN'T be President, right?
That wasn't the question. Some people, including myself, noted that he couldn't.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Everyone knows Arnold Schwarzenegger CAN'T be President, right?
What, you think New York actually has decent public transportation?

[twickster]

What, you think New York actually has decent public transportation?
Better than Philly, anyway.

[Hostile Dialect]

What, you think New York actually has decent public transportation?

Considering you can get anywhere you want to go at any time without a car, yes. That would be considered far above and beyond "decent public transportation" in most of the US, especially Southern California.

[Interrobang!?]

I'm just a little amused that two people said Seattle for that one.

I'd be happy to run another of these, by the way, but probably not for a few days. Two things I'd consider: no points for "pass," and letting the contest run for 100 responses/48 hours. Thoughts?

[MaxTheVool]

I'm just a little amused that two people said Seattle for that one.

I'd be happy to run another of these, by the way, but probably not for a few days. Two things I'd consider: no points for "pass," and letting the contest run for 100 responses/48 hours. Thoughts?

I actually would like to run a round, and in fact have one all ready to go.

Any objections?

[twickster]

I actually would like to run a round, and in fact have one all ready to go.

Any objections?

Not from me!

Seriously -- I think anyone who's willing to do the scoring is welcome to run one.

[Interrobang!?]

Agreed. Hop in!

[Justin_Bailey]

Not from me!

Seriously -- I think anyone who's willing to do the scoring is welcome to run one.

Agreed. Scoring this thing is a bitch and I'd love to run another one but I need time to decompress from the last one I did.

[Asimovian]

I'm just a little amused that two people said Seattle for that one.

I'd be happy to run another of these, by the way, but probably not for a few days. Two things I'd consider: no points for "pass," and letting the contest run for 100 responses/48 hours. Thoughts?(Assuming you run one again after MaxTheVool's, which I will look forward to) I think there should not be any points for a pass, just as an unanswered "Pass" would get zero on the show. I don't really have any opinion about the length of time or number of responses. I mean, I suppose the more responses you take in, the more interesting the answers may be, so that's a plus. Hopefully you can get that many folks to respond in two days' time!

[Hostile Dialect]

FTR, my idea in counting "pass" for points in Trivial Feud was that the questions there are supposed to be challenging in a different way, and that when answering any given question you have to take into account just how many MPSIMSites will actually give an answer; I figured I might as well reward people for doing it right. I actually agree with "pass" not being worth anything in the lighter, fluffier Family Feud threads--though I'm not sure I get the point of passing then; all of the Family Feud-type questions have at least one easy answer, so why not throw that one out there and hope for the best?

Just my two cents.

[nikonikosuru]

too slow. =(

[Interrobang!?]

FTR, I think points for passing makes sense in Trivial Feud, but not Family. In the former, it's really a bet that other people won't know the answer.

[RickJay]

What, you think New York actually has decent public transportation?
By North American standards, no. It has PHENOMENAL public transportation.