Family Feud: The Avis Edition

[Little Nemo]

READ THESE RULES. THIS GAME HAS DIFFERENT RULES THAN THE OTHER FAMILY FEUD THREADS.

First off, don't read the other posts until you've submitted your own post. That hasn't changed.

Second, read the questions and post an answer to each question. You don't need to repeat the questions but please number your answers to make it easier for me to add them up.

Third - and here's where it starts to gets weird - once fifty people have submitted their answers, I'll add up the responses. But here's the difference in this thread - the most popular answer to each question will be thrown out and all of the people who gave that answer will score zero points for that question. If two (or more) answers tie for the top place, both will be thrown out. Also any answer that's simply wrong will also score zero points (although I'll interpret the questions and answers broadly). After that, you get one point for every person besides yourself who gave the same answer you did.

So you want to guess a good answer but not a great answer. You want to ideally guess the second best answer to each question. But keep in mind, every one else is trying to do the same, so the what looks like the second best answer may end up being the one most people pick.

1. Name a kind of tree
2. Name a battle in World War II
3. Name a member of Monty Python
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
5. Name a chess piece
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
7. Name a vampire
8. Name a science fiction television series
9. Name a species of big cat
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.

[cmkeller]

1. Name a kind of tree - Maple
2. Name a battle in World War II - Midway
3. Name a member of Monty Python - Eric Idle
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet - Alberto Gonzales
5. Name a chess piece - Pawn
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar - Titanic
7. Name a vampire - Nosferatu
8. Name a science fiction television series - Battlestar Galactica
9. Name a species of big cat - Tiger
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive. - Seven

[tesseract]

1. Pine
2. The Battle of Midway
3. John Cleese
4. Karl Rove
5. Pawn
6. Rocky
7. Dracula
8. X Files
9. Mountain Lion
10. 6

This is tricky!

[MsWhatsit]

1. beech
2. Midway Island
3. Graham Chapman
4. Colin Powell
5. bishop
6. Shakespeare in Love
7. Dracula
8. Doctor Who
9. mountain lion
10. 6

[Dottygumdrop]

1. Oak
2. D-Day
3. Eric Idle
4. Donald Rumsfeld
5. pawn
6. Titanic
7. Lestat
8. Stargate
9. Tiger
10. 7

[wolf_meister]

1) Elm
2) Battle of the Bulge
3) Eric Idle
4) Colin Powell
5) Rook
6) Ben Hur
7) Barnabas (from "Dark Shadows")
8) Science Fiction Theater
9) Leopard
10) Eight

(For question ten, I assume you meant an integer.
Since this isn't the "Dead Pool", I wouldn't score any "unique pick points" by choosing 8.675309? No, probably not. :)

[Enginerd]

1. maple
2. Midway
3. Terry Gilliam
4. Condaleeza Rice
5. Rook
6. Silence of the Lambs
7. Lestat
8. Battlestar Galactica
9. Tiger
10. six

[Little Nemo]

For question ten, I assume you meant an integer. Since this isn't the "Dead Pool", I wouldn't score any "unique pick points" by choosing 8.675309? No, probably not.I intentionally designed the scoring system to prevent people from simply going for the most obscure possible answers. (Which is also why I chose several questions in which the field of possible answers was limited.)

[Great Dave]

1. Name a kind of tree- apple
2. Name a battle in World War II -Stalingrad
3. Name a member of Monty Python -Terry Jones
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet -Paul O'Neill
5. Name a chess piece -Bishop
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar -Forrest Gump
7. Name a vampire -Lestat
8. Name a science fiction television series -Firefly
9. Name a species of big cat -Jaguar
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive. -8

[Tenar]

1. Oak
2. Bataan
3. Terry Gilliam
4. Colin Powelll
5. King
6. Gone With The Wind
7. Angel
8. Firefly
9. Tiger
10. Seven

[Spoons]

1. Maple
2. Midway
3. Eric Idle
4. Colin Powell
5. Rook
6. The Sting
7. Lestat
8. Space: 1999
9. Cougar
10. 4

[maggenpye]

1. Elm
2. Iwo Jima
3.Eric Idle
4. GW Bush
5. Rook
6. Brokeback Moutain
7. Lestat
8. Dr Who
9. Jaguar
10. 9

[Panurge]

1: Beech
2: Battle of Britain
3: Terry Jones
4: Rice
5: Pawn
6: Unforgiven
7: Count Blacula
8: V
9: Cheetah
10: 10

[twickster]

1. Name a kind of tree -- pine
2. Name a battle in World War II -- Iwo Jima
3. Name a member of Monty Python -- Eric Idle
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet -- Colin Powell
5. Name a chess piece -- rook
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar -- The Godfather
7. Name a vampire -- Count Chocula
8. Name a science fiction television series -- Firefly
9. Name a species of big cat -- couga
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive -- eight

[Dolores Reborn]

Neat twist, Little Nemo!

1. Palm
2. Battle of the Bulge
3. John Cleese
4. Condaleeza Rice
5. Rook
6. Million Dollar Baby
7. LeStat
8. Stargate
9. Tiger
10. 8

[Amp]

1. Maple
2. Battle of the Bulge
3. Eric Idle
4. Colin Powell
5. Rook
6. Pass
7. LeStat
8. Buck Rogers
9. Panther
10. 4

[pretend my name is witty]

1. Oak
2. Operation Overlord/Battle of Normandy
3. John Cleese
4. Donald Rumsfeld
5. Queen
6. Titanic (?)
7. Dracula
8. Dr Who
9. Tiger
10. Seven

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

1. Name a kind of tree
2. Name a battle in World War II
3. Name a member of Monty Python
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
5. Name a chess piece
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
7. Name a vampire
8. Name a science fiction television series
9. Name a species of big cat
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.

1. Birch
2. Midway
3. Eric Idle
4. C. Rice
5. Rook
6. American Beauty
7. Lestat
8. X-Files
9. Puma
10. 10

[3acresandatruck]

1. elm
2. the Kursk Salient
3. Eric Idle
4. Rumsfeld
5. bishop
6. Lawrence of Arabia
7. Nosferatu
8. Time Tunnel
9. leopard
10. three

[LavenderBlue]

1. Maple
2. Verdun
3. John Cleese
4. Rumsfeld
5. Queen
6. Shakespeare in Love
7. Lestat
8. Dr. Who
9. panther
10. ten

[El_Kabong]

Hey, two of the names of androids in the Alien films: coincidenzia!

1. Ash
2. Dunkirk
3. Terry Jones
4. Robert M. Gates
5. Bishop
6. Gandhi
7. Nosferatu
8. Stargate SG-1
9. Leopard
10. Seven

[Zebra]

The Larch
D-Day
Terry Gilliam
Condi rice
King
Titanic
Dracula
Star Trek
Tiger
7

[Tikki]

1. Sequoia
2. The Bulge
3. Erik Idle
4. Condeleeza Rice
5. Knight
6. Ben-Hur
7. Le Stat
8. Stargate
9. Leopard
10. Eight

[as_u_wish]

Hmmm. Well, I usually get the number two answer, so I'm just going to say what comes into my head. Probably not a winning strategy. :)

1. Elm
2. Iwo Jima
3. John Cleeves
4. Congolecia (sp?) Rice
5. Pawn
6. Lord of the Rings-Return of the King
7. Daracula
8. Star Trek
9. Lion
10. Three

[Airman Doors, USAF]

1. Name a kind of tree

Apple

2. Name a battle in World War II

Midway

3. Name a member of Monty Python

Graham Chapman

4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet

Colin Powell

5. Name a chess piece

Queen

6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar

Platoon

7. Name a vampire

Dracula

8. Name a science fiction television series

Star Trek

9. Name a species of big cat

Lion

10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.

Three

[Lsura]

1. Name a kind of tree Oak
2. Name a battle in World War II Battle of Okinawa
3. Name a member of Monty Python Michael Palin
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet Condoleeza Rice
5. Name a chess piece Knight
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar Titanic
7. Name a vampire Spike
8. Name a science fiction television series Firefly
9. Name a species of big cat Lion
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive 6

[RickJay]

1. Name a kind of tree

Maple

2. Name a battle in World War II

The Battle of Britain

3. Name a member of Monty Python

Terry Jones

4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet

Donald Rumsfeld

5. Name a chess piece

The rook/castle

6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar

"Braveheart"

7. Name a vampire

Dracula

8. Name a science fiction television series

"Babylon 5"

9. Name a species of big cat

Tiger

10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive

Three

[KSO]

1. Oak
2. Battle of Midway
3. John Cleese
4. Rumsfeld
5. Rook
6. Godfather
7. Nosferatu
8. X Files
9. Tiger
10. Four

[Queen Tonya]

1. Name a kind of tree
2. Name a battle in World War II
3. Name a member of Monty Python
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
5. Name a chess piece
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
7. Name a vampire
8. Name a science fiction television series
9. Name a species of big cat
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.


Hey, I'm new at this so I don't know what the rules were the last times, yay me.

1. Elm
2. Iwo Jima
3. Eric
4. Paulson (Paulsen?)
5. Queen
6. Philadelphia
7. Dracula
8. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
9. Leopard
10. 6

[Fretful Porpentine]

Ooh, maybe I'll be good at this, given that I suck at the other kind.

1. Maple.
2. Iwo Jima.
3. Eric Idle.
4. Colin Powell.
5. Bishop.
6. Amadeus.
7. Lestat.
8. Star Trek.
9. Leopard.
10. Seven.

[CatInASuit]

1. Elm
2. Stalingrad
3. Michael Palin
4. Condaleeza Rice
5. Bishop
6. Chicago
7. Lestat
8. Doctor Who
9. Cheetah
10. Four

[anyrose]

nice twist on the rules, there, Little Nemo.
okay - here goes.
1. Elm
2. The Bulge
3. Terry Jones
4. Colin Powell
5. bishop
6. The Godfather
7. Spike
8. Space:1999
9. Cheetah
10. 6

[iamthewalrus(:3=]

1. Oak
2. Normandy
3. John Cleese
4. Ashcroft
5. Queen
6. Ben Hur
7. Dracula
8. Star Trek
9. Tiger
10. 4

[5 time champ]

1. Name a kind of tree
2. Name a battle in World War II
3. Name a member of Monty Python
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
5. Name a chess piece
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
7. Name a vampire
8. Name a science fiction television series
9. Name a species of big cat
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.


mahogany
Kursk
Graham Chapman
Margaret Spelling
King
Unforgiven
Nosferatu
Outer Limits
lion
ten

[Kat]

1. Name a kind of tree Maple
2. Name a battle in World War II Battles of the Bulge
3. Name a member of Monty Python John Cleese
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet Colin Powell
5. Name a chess piece Bishop
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar Titanic
7. Name a vampire Angel
8. Name a science fiction television series Firefly
9. Name a species of big cat Tiger
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive. Six

[Freudian Slit]

1. Poplar

2. Battle of the bulge

3. Eric Idle

4. Condi Rice

5. Bishop

6. Titanic

7. Lestat

8. Battlestar Galactica

9. Puma

10. Eight

[LilyoftheValley]

1. Oak
2. Battle of the Bulge
3. the parrot (I don't know!)
4. Mukasey
5. bishop
6. Casablanca
7. Lestat
8. X-Files
9. Leopard
10. 6

[sinjin]

1. Oak
2. Normandy
3. Michael Palin
4. Brownie
5. Bishop
6. On Golden Pond
7. Lestat
8. Star Treck
9. Lion
10. Seven

[Mindfield]

1. Name a kind of tree
The Larch

2. Name a battle in World War II
Bulge

3. Name a member of Monty Python
Eric Idle (Hey, I answered "Larch" before I even read this question.)

4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
Dick Cheney

5. Name a chess piece
Bishop

6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
The Departed

7. Name a vampire
Nosferatu

8. Name a science fiction television series
Babylon 5

9. Name a species of big cat
Jaguar

10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.
6

[cmyk]

1. Oak
2. D-Day
3. Eric Idle
4. Rice
5. Rook
6. Braveheart
7. Lestat
8. Journeyman
9. Panther
10. 9

[Darth Sensitive]

1. Maple
2. Midway
3. Eric Idle
4. Condoleeza Rice
5. Rice
6. Titanic
7. Nosferatu
8. Battlestar Galactica
9. Leopard
10. Eight

[Hostile Dialect]

Cool idea!

1. fir
2. Midway
3. Eric Idle
4. Donald Rumsfeld
5. bishop
6. Crash
7. Nosferatu
8. V
9. jaguar
10. nine

[freckafree]

1. Oak
2. Normandy
3. John Cleese
4. Condoleeza Rice
5. Rook
6. Shindler's List
7. Dracula
8. Outer Limits
9. Tiger
10. Seven

[Siege]

1. Name a kind of tree
Ash
2. Name a battle in World War II
Iwo Jima
3. Name a member of Monty Python
Michael Palin
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
Condoleeza Rice
5. Name a chess piece
Pawn
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
Casablanca
7. Name a vampire
Dracula
8. Name a science fiction television series
Firefly
9. Name a species of big cat
Jaguar
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.
Seven

[Justin_Bailey]

1. Oak
2. Iwo Jima
3. John Cleese
4. Colin Powell
5. King
6. Crash
7. Dracula
8. Star Trek
9. Lion
10. 8

[twickster]

I can't believe no one else has mentioned Count Chocula. :(

[Drain Bead]

1. Name a kind of tree

Elm

2. Name a battle in World War II

Iwo Jima


3. Name a member of Monty Python

John Cleese

4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet

Condoleeza Rice

5. Name a chess piece

Pawn

6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar

Titanic

7. Name a vampire

Lestat

8. Name a science fiction television series

Battlestar Galactica

9. Name a species of big cat

Panther

10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.

Seven

[Purgatory Creek]

1. Maple.
2. Midway
3. Eric Idle
4. Colin Powell
5. Rook
6. Gone With the Wind
7. Lestat
8. Twilight Zone
9. Leopard
10. 6

[Little Nemo]

We've got forty five responses so far. Only five more to go. I expect to have this wrapped up tonight.

The current numbers are:

Oak = 11
Maple = 10
Elm = 8
Apple = 2
Ash = 2
Beech = 2
Pine = 2
Larch = 2
Palm
Birch
Fir
Sequoia
Mahogany
Poplar

Down to the wire on this one. Oak, maple, and elm are all so close that any of them could end up scoreless in the top spot or a tie. The other entries are all looking to be one pointers at best.

Midway = 11
Battle of the Bulge = 9
Iwo Jima = 8
Normandy = 7
Stalingrad = 2
Battle of Britain = 2
Kursk = 2
Bataan
Verdun
Dunkirk
Okinawa

Pretty much the same situation as the tress with four answers fighting for the top spot.

Eric Idle = 18
John Cleese = 11
Terry Jones = 5
Michael Palin = 4
Graham Chapman = 3
Terry Gilliam = 3
The dead parrot

Eric Idle has a lock on the scoreless top place now so John Cleese will be the big scorer here. The big question here is whether LilyoftheValley will be allowed to remain a member on this board if she doesn't know any members of Monty Python.

Condoleezza Rice = 15
Colin Powell = 12
Donald Rumsfeld = 7
Dick Cheney
Michael Mukasey
Michael Brown
Alberto Gonzales
Karl Rove
Paul O'Neill
George W Bush
Robert M. Gates
Henry Paulson
John Ashcroft
Margaret Spellings

A tip for people running future Family Feuds: a good question would be "Pick a way to misspell Secretary of State Rice's first name."

Bishop = 13
Rook = 13
Pawn = 7
Queen = 5
King = 4
Knight = 2
Rice?

Bishop and Rook have been neck and neck all game. We'll have to see if Darth Sensitive's bold move in guessing "rice" pays off.

Titanic = 9
Ben Hur = 3
The Godfather = 3
Braveheart = 2
Casablanca = 2
Crash = 2
Gone With The Wind = 2
Shakespeare in Love = 2
Unforgiven = 2
Amadeus
American Beauty
Brokeback Moutain
Chicago
The Departed
Forrest Gump
Gandhi
Lawrence of Arabia
Million Dollar Baby
On Golden Pond
Philadelphia
Platoon
The Return of the King
Rocky
Schindler's List
Silence of the Lambs
The Sting
Pass

Nobody's getting a lot of points here. Titanic will be scoreless and there's a whole bunch of singletons. Even the winners are looking to all be one or two pointers.

Lestat = 18
Dracula = 12
Nosferatu = 8
Angel = 2
Spike = 2
Barnabas Collins
Blacula
Count Chocula

Lestat will be the scoreless one here with Dracula looking like the big winner.

Star Trek = 7
Firefly = 6
Battlestar Galactica = 5
Doctor Who = 5
Stargate SG-1 = 4
The X-Files = 4
Babylon 5 = 2
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century = 2
Outer Limits = 2
Space: 1999 = 2
V = 2
Journeyman
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Time Tunnel
Twilight Zone

A very tight race that's too close to call.

Tiger = 12
Leopard = 9
Lion = 6
Jaguar = 5
Panther = 4
Cheetah = 3
Mountain Lion = 2
Cougar = 2
Puma = 2

I had to make a decision here to just go ahead and score by names rather than try to figure out species. So as far as scoring is concerned a leopard and a panther and a jaguar and a cougar are all different animals.

Seven = 11
Six = 10
Eight = 8
Four = 5
Ten = 4
Three = 4
Nine = 3

A very surprising outcome. Six, seven, and eight are way out ahead of the others and one, two, and five haven't been picked at all.

[Mullinator]

1. Ash
2. Caretan
3. Eric Idle
4. John Ashcroft
5. Rook
6. Shakespeare in Love
7. Nosferatu
8. Babylon 5
9. Puma
10. 8

[Justin_Bailey]

I so didn't read the rules to this one (throwing out the top answer? crazy!), but I may do very well since I picked almost all of the second place answers.

[Really Not All That Bright]

I seem to pick answer #2 naturally in all these threads, so maybe I'll be super-good at this.
1. Name a kind of tree
Oak
2. Name a battle in World War II
Jutland
3. Name a member of Monty Python
Michael Palin
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
Condoleeza Rice
5. Name a chess piece
Pawn
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
Titanic
7. Name a vampire
er... Angel? (okay, on that one I tried to get answer #2.)
8. Name a science fiction television series
Star Trek: TNG
9. Name a species of big cat
Leopard
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.
eight.

[Omi no Kami]

1. Name a kind of tree
Pine

2. Name a battle in World War II
Battle of Somme

3. Name a member of Monty Python
Michael Palin

4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
Condoleezza Rice

5. Name a chess piece
Rook

6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
Crash

7. Name a vampire
Nosferatu

8. Name a science fiction television series
Dr. Who

9. Name a species of big cat
Tiger

10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.
5

[Larry Borgia]

1. Name a kind of tree Beech
2. Name a battle in World War II Midway
3. Name a member of Monty Python John Cleese
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet John Ashcroft
5. Name a chess piece Bishop
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar Titanic
7. Name a vampire Spike
8. Name a science fiction television series Babylon 5
9. Name a species of big cat Leopard
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive. seven

[Yeticus Rex]

1. Oak
2. Okinawa
3. Spam Waiter
4. Robert Gates
5. Rook
6. Million Dollar Baby
7. Nosferatu
8. Star Trek
9. Mountain Lion (Puma)
10. 7

[cmyk]

ooof. This isn't looking so good for me.

[Little Nemo]

Okay. We have fifty entires and the game is closed. Here's the point tallies.

Oak = 13 - 0 pts
Maple = 10 - 9 pts
Elm = 8 - 7 pts
Ash = 3 - 2 pts
Beech = 3 - 2 pts
Pine = 3 - 2 pts
Apple = 2 - 1 pt
Larch = 2 - 1 pt
Birch - 0 pts
Fir - 0 pts
Mahogany - 0 pts
Palm - 0 pts
Poplar - 0 pts
Sequoia - 0 pts

Midway = 12 - 0 pts
Battle of the Bulge = 9 - 8 pts
Iwo Jima = 8 - 7 pts
Normandy = 7 - 6 pts
Battle of Britain = 2 - 1 pt
Kursk = 2 - 1 pt
Okinawa = 2 - 1 pt
Stalingrad = 2 - 1 pt
Bataan - 0 pts
Caretan - 0 pts
Jutland - 0 pts
The Somme - 0 pts
Verdun - 0 pts
Dunkirk - 0 pts

Eric Idle = 19 - 0 pts
John Cleese = 12 - 11 pts
Michael Palin = 6 - 5 pts
Terry Jones = 5 - 4 pts
Graham Chapman = 3 - 2 pts
Terry Gilliam = 3 - 2 pts
The dead parrot - 0 pts
The Spam waiter - 0 pts

Condoleezza Rice = 17 - 0 pts
Colin Powell = 12 - 11 pts
Donald Rumsfeld = 7 - 6 pts
John Ashcroft = 3 - 2 pts
Robert Gates = 2 - 1 pt
Michael Brown - 0 pts
George W. Bush - 0 pts
Dick Cheney - 0 pts
Alberto Gonzales - 0 pts
Michael Mukasey - 0 pts
Paul O'Neill - 0 pts
Henry Paulson - 0 pts
Karl Rove - 0 pts
Margaret Spellings - 0 pts

Rook = 16 - 0 pts
Bishop = 14 - 13 pts
Pawn = 8 - 7 pts
Queen = 5 - 4 pts
King = 4 - 3 pts
Knight = 2 - 1 pt
Rice? - 0 pts

Titanic = 11 - 0 pts
Ben Hur = 3 - 2 pts
Crash = 3 - 2 pts
The Godfather = 3 - 2 pts
Shakespeare in Love = 3 - 2 pts
Braveheart = 2 - 1 pt
Casablanca = 2 - 1 pt
Gone With The Wind = 2 - 1 pt
Million Dollar Baby = 2 - 1 pt
Unforgiven = 2 - 1 pt
Amadeus - 0 pts
American Beauty - 0 pts
Brokeback Moutain - 0 pts
Chicago - 0 pts
The Departed - 0 pts
Forrest Gump - 0 pts
Gandhi - 0 pts
Lawrence of Arabia - 0 pts
On Golden Pond - 0 pts
Philadelphia - 0 pts
Platoon - 0 pts
The Return of the King - 0 pts
Rocky - 0 pts
Schindler's List - 0 pts
Silence of the Lambs - 0 pts
The Sting - 0 pts
Pass - 0 pts

Lestat = 18 - 0 pts
Dracula = 12 - 11 pts
Nosferatu = 11 - 10 pts
Angel = 3 - 2 pts
Spike = 3 - 2 pts
Barnabas Collins - 0 pts
Blacula - 0 pts
Count Chocula - 0 pts

Star Trek = 8 - 0 pts
Firefly = 6 - 5 pts
Doctor Who = 6 - 5 pts
Battlestar Galactica = 5 - 4 pts
Stargate SG-1 = 4 - 3 pts
The X-Files = 4 - 3 pts
Babylon 5 = 4 - 3 pts
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century = 2 - 1 pt
Outer Limits = 2 - 1 pt
Space: 1999 = 2 - 1 pt
V = 2 - 1 pt
Journeyman - 0 pts
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - 0 pts
Star Trek: The Next Generation - 0 pts
Time Tunnel - 0 pts
Twilight Zone - 0 pts

Tiger = 13 - 0 pts
Leopard = 11 - 19 pts
Lion = 6 - 5 pts
Jaguar = 5 - 4 pts
Panther = 4 - 3 pts
Cheetah = 3 - 2 pts
Mountain Lion = 3 - 2 pts
Puma = 3 - 2 pts
Cougar = 2 - 1 pt

Seven = 13 - 0 pts
Six = 10 - 9 pts
Eight = 10 - 9 pts
Four = 5 - 4 pts
Ten = 4 - 3 pts
Three = 4 - 3 pts
Nine = 3 - 2 pts
Five - 0 pts

[twickster]

Okay, by my count I got 36 -- middle of the pack, maybe? or below?

[Asimovian]

1. Palm
2. Battle of the Buldge
3. Michael Palin
4. Condoleeza Rice
5. Bishop
6. Life Is Beautiful
7. Lestat
8. Battlestar Galactica
9. Cougar
10. 9.

ETA: *sigh* Nevermind.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

Never before have I picked so many #1 answers :smack: . sigh.

8 points. I got 8 lousy points.

4 zeros for being #1, 3 zeros for being obscure, and 8 points on the last three categories.

Wow.

[Bayard]

Thanks, Little Nemo!

...
Drat!

[Asimovian]

Seriously, can we link to the next game from the previous thread? I somehow never notice the new games when they first go up.

[Siege]

Hmmm. 42 points, aka "Life the Universe and Everything" What I want to find out is who are the other pikers who picked 7?!

[Panurge]

21. Bleh.

[Hal Briston]

1. Name a kind of tree
The Larch
2. Name a battle in World War II
Midway
3. Name a member of Monty Python
Eric Idle
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
Rice
5. Name a chess piece
Rook
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
Titanic
7. Name a vampire
LeStat
8. Name a science fiction television series
Quantum Leap
9. Name a species of big cat
Tiger
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.
Four

[Little Nemo]

I decided it would be more dramatic if I had them shut off the board while I added up the scores.

Kat = 68
anyrose = 59
Justin_Bailey = 59
MsWhatsit = 57
as_u_wish = 51
Fretful Porpentine = 50
3acresandatruck = 50
Queen Tonya = 49
Mindfield = 48
wolf_meister = 47
tesseract = 45
LilyoftheValley = 44
El_Kabong = 43
Larry Borgia = 43
LavenderBlue = 43
pretend my name is witty = 43
Darth Sensitive = 42
Siege = 42
iamthewalrus(:3= = 40
Purgatory Creek = 40
Drain Bead = 39
Hostile Dialect = 38
RickJay = 38
Airman Doors, USAF = 37
CatInASuit = 37
Great Dave = 37
twickster = 37
Amp = 36
Freudian Slit = 36
KSO = 36
Really Not All That Bright = 33
Tikki = 33
Dolores Reborn = 32
cmkeller = 30
Mullinator = 30
freckafree = 29
sinjin = 29
5 time champ = 28
Lsura = 28
Spoons = 26
maggenpye = 25
Enginerd = 24
Omi no Kami = 24
Tenar = 24
Zebra = 23
Dottygumdrop = 22
Panurge = 21
Yeticus Rex = 15
cmyk = 12
IvoryTowerDenizen = 8

[ShibbOleth]

1. Maple
2. Iwo Jima
3. Terry Gillam (sp?)
4. Michael Chertoff
5. Pawn
6. The Godfather
7. Nosferatu
8. Firefly
9. Cheetah
10. Nine

[cmyk]

Ouch. From 1st, to 2nd to last. BAH!

[Little Nemo]

Never before have I picked so many #1 answers . sigh.

8 points. I got 8 lousy points.

4 zeros for being #1, 3 zeros for being obscure, and 8 points on the last three categories.

Wow.If it makes you feel any better, if Hal Briston had gotten his answers in on time he would have only scored 5 points.

[Spoons]

Man, I didn't do well. Why can't I pick the popular answers in the games that need them, and the unpopular answers in this one?

Oh well. It was different, I must say, and fun too. Thanks for running it, Little Nemo!

[Little Nemo]

I would like to hear what people were thinking when they guessed their answers. Did you have a strategy or did you just wing it? Were their answers that you consciously avoided because you thought they'd be too popular? Were their answers that surprised you?

I think it's ironic that Justin Bailey, who didn't even know what the rules were when he made his choices, did so well.

[cmkeller]

I didn't do very well here. I think a problem is that when a lot of people try to think of a "second-most-popular" answer, that ends up being the most popular. I know I wrote Eric Idle because I thought the most popular Monty Python member would be John Cleese.

I decided that I'd start the next game (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451469) myself, rather than being the type who complains but does nothing about it.

[anyrose]

Tied for 2nd?!?!?! W00t!!!!! :D

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

I didn't do very well here. I think a problem is that when a lot of people try to think of a "second-most-popular" answer, that ends up being the most popular. I know I wrote Eric Idle because I thought the most popular Monty Python member would be John Cleese.

I decided that I'd start the next game (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451469) myself, rather than being the type who complains but does nothing about it.


Ditto- I wrote Lestat because I thought Dracula would be number 1!

[anyrose]

I didn't do very well here. I think a problem is that when a lot of people try to think of a "second-most-popular" answer, that ends up being the most popular. I know I wrote Eric Idle because I thought the most popular Monty Python member would be John Cleese.

I decided that I'd start the next game (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451469) myself, rather than being the type who complains but does nothing about it.
I was thinking that since most people would probably avoid the most obvious answer, that's the one I picked and hoped that enough people would think the same way. It paid off.

[twickster]

Tied for 24th! Woo hoo! :cool:


:p

[Kat]

I won?

I won! IwonIwonIwon! *dances around the room*

[El_Kabong]

And tied for lucky 13th, best score yet. Clearly I'm better at guessing seconds than firsts.

Good game, thanks.

[Punoqllads]

1. Name a kind of tree - Elm
2. Name a battle in World War II - Iwo Jima
3. Name a member of Monty Python - Eric Idle
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet - Condoleeza Rice
5. Name a chess piece - Knight
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar - Gandhi
7. Name a vampire - Lestat
8. Name a science fiction television series - Star Trek TNG
9. Name a species of big cat - Cheetah
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive. - Pi

[maggenpye]

Crud,

Eric Idle, because of course everyone would pick John Cleese.
Lestat, because of course everyone would pick Dracula.
Rook, because of course everyone would pick Queen.
GWB isn't in his own cabinet? That's just weird.

Though I'm glad I'm not the only one (by a long shot) who picked an Oscar winner that wasn't an Oscar winner.

That was fun. Thanks.

[Darth Sensitive]

Ah! I'm the one who answered "rice" in the chess piece question.

I meant "rook" but answered Condoleeza above that. But I got the same number of points (42!) either way, and this way, I added some surreality to your days.

[Freudian Slit]

So what were the "right" answers?

[Little Nemo]

So what were the "right" answers?The highest score anyone could have gotten in this game was 89 (Maple; the Battle of the Bulge; John Cleese; Colin Powell; Bishop; Ben Hur, Crash, The Godfather, or Shakespeare in Love; Dracula; Firefly or Doctor Who; Leopard; Six or Eight). In theory a person could score a maximum of 230 points in this game.

[as_u_wish]

I decided everyone else would be thinking too hard, so I'd just answer what I thought would be the "right" answer. I usually pick quite a few number two or three answers--so I figured following my instinct would work. I did get three zeros--but a nice respectable 51 none-the-less.

[Justin_Bailey]

I think it's ironic that Justin Bailey, who didn't even know what the rules were when he made his choices, did so well.

Woo! 2nd place!

And I don't think it's that weird, I normally finish somewhere in the top half of the pack with a few number 1's and a lot of number 2's. So a game centered around number 2's really works for me.

But in some cases I just got damn lucky, I was sure John Cleese would have been the top MP pick. But he wasn't, so windfall for me.

[Dolores Reborn]

33rd... :(

[Yeticus Rex]

Kind of crushing to find out that my score is less than half of someone's who goes by the name of Really Not All That Bright....... :(

[Sternvogel]

I'm sure the results have already been tabulated, but I can't resist posting and then seeing how many points I would have scored:

1. Maple
2. Pearl Harbor attack
3. Eric Idle
4. Donald Rumsfeld
5. Rook
6. Titanic
7. Lestat
8. Twilight Zone
9. leopard
10. Four

[wolf_meister]

Wow tenth place. I'm surprised I did that well. :)
Like just about everyone else has said, I too chose Eric Idle because John Cleese would undoubtedly be the number one choice. :rolleyes:

I chose "Science Fiction Theater" for the Sci-Fi show. I notice it isn't even listed in the tally. Wow, I really went way beyond picking the 2nd place spot for that category.

Hey this was fun (and not just because I finished in the 80th percentile). Heck, I like playing the Celebrity Dead Pool in which I usually finish in the zeroth percentile. :)

[Justin Credible]

1. Name a kind of tree
2. Name a battle in World War II
3. Name a member of Monty Python
4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush's cabinet
5. Name a chess piece
6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
7. Name a vampire
8. Name a science fiction television series
9. Name a species of big cat
10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.[/QUOTE]

1 Elm
2 Battle of El-Alamein
3 John Cleese
4 Condi Rice
5 Knight
6 Shakespeare in Love (should have been Saving Private Ryan...bastards)
7 Dracula (might as well go for it...)
8 Firefly
9 Bengal Tiger
10 nine


ETA: I hate when I miss the deadline...

[Little Nemo]

I chose "Science Fiction Theater" for the Sci-Fi show. I notice it isn't even listed in the tally. Wow, I really went way beyond picking the 2nd place spot for that category.That was my fault. I hadn't heard of the show and I wrongly assumed you actually meant Mystery Science Theater 3000. For what it's worth they were both single picks so they scored the same.

[Zebra]

New game here

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451686