# A New "Feud" Game For Folks Who DON'T Follow the Herd **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 7, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130 "2008-08-07T04:01:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/41 "2008-08-07T23:38:59Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] But I have a feeling that SCORING this dang game will be its own punishment. [/QUOTE] I **know** it will. šŸ˜‰ Thanks for doing the work, all the same. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/42 "2008-08-07T23:42:12Z")
1. John Jay 2. Seattle Slew 3. William Faulkner 4. shoveling the Aegean stables 5. 6. Iowa 7. Taft 8. Manasseh 9. Saskatchewan 10. Neil Armstrong ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/43 "2008-08-07T23:45:39Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] I apologize for stepping on your toes. But I have a feeling that SCORING this dang game will be its own punishment. [/QUOTE] No prob (eerie though). I forgot to add a šŸ˜› This was way hard but good practice ā€“ and fun! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/44 "2008-08-08T00:28:55Z")
1. Salmon P. Chase 2. Omaha 3. Isaac Singer 4. The Stymphalian Birds 5. Gene Hackman 6. Purdue 7. Chester A. Arthur 8. Gad 9. Prince Edward Island 10.Harrison Schmitt Thanks **astorian**! This oneā€™s a hoot to play. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/45 "2008-08-08T01:29:40Z")
1. John Rutledge 2. Sir Barton 3. Pearl Buck 4. Capturing the Cretan Bull 5. Jack Lemmon 6. Purdue 7. Chester Arthur 8. Gad 9. Prince Edward Island 10. James Irwin ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/46 "2008-08-08T01:59:22Z")
1. Bergerā€¦mmm, Berger (thank you Homer Simpson) 2. Mr Ed 3. Oā€™Neill 4. Cleaning the shit out of the giant stable 5. Denzel Washington 6. Notre Dame 7. Taft 8. Levi 9. Ontario 10. Aldrin ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/47 "2008-08-08T02:08:07Z")
1. Roger Taney 2. Citation 3. Sinclair Lewis 4. Cleaning the stables 5. ? 6. Penn State 7. James Garfield 8. Asher 9. British Columbia 10. Edgar D. Mitchell even the google didnā€™t help me with #5 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/48 "2008-08-08T02:10:34Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] I apologize for stepping on your toes. [/QUOTE] Great minds think alike! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Ducktail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Ducktail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ducktail)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/49 "2008-08-08T07:59:13Z")
1. John Jay 2. Secretariat 3. Ernest Hemingway 4. Killing the Nemean Lion 5. Jack Nicholson 6. University of Wisconsin 7. Garfield 8. Levi 9. Quebec 10. Neil Armstrong ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/50 "2008-08-08T11:51:56Z")
I really like the idea of an anti-Feud, but I donā€™t know enough about most of these topics. I hope you do another one some time. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/51 "2008-08-08T12:03:12Z")
[QUOTE=Gala Matrix Fire] I really like the idea of an anti-Feud, but I donā€™t know enough about most of these topics. I hope you do another one some time. [/QUOTE] Thereā€™s one in my Feud queue scheduled for next weekend. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/52 "2008-08-08T12:10:42Z")
1. Morrison Waite 2. Citation 3. John Steinbeck 4. Labor Four, Erymanthian Boar 5. Meryl Streep 6. Illinois 7. Rutherford B. Hayes 8. Gad 9. Alberta 10. Buzz Aldrin ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/53 "2008-08-08T12:14:32Z")
The only answer of mine that I thought was clever was Buzz Aldrin, splitting the difference between the people whoā€™d pick from the most obscure names on the list and those whoā€™d pick the super-obvious answer (Armstrong). Looking over the results, a few other people seem to have had the same idea, but the obscure names got at least as many hits, so I think I did ok. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/54 "2008-08-08T23:21:54Z")
1. Sandra Day Oā€™Connor 2. Seattle Slew 3. Isaac Bashevis Singer 4. The Cretin Bulls 5. Gene Hackman 6. Michigan State 7. Grant 8. Reuven 9. Winnipeg 10. Alan Shepard #8 - that IS an acceptable spelling of the name, more frequently spelled Reuben ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/55 "2008-08-09T00:01:59Z")
So how many of you sang thru the lyrics of ā€œJacob and Sonsā€ to get an answer to 8? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/56 "2008-08-09T02:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] So how many of you sang thru the lyrics of ā€œJacob and Sonsā€ to get an answer to 8? [/QUOTE] I did, when I was writing the game! (ā€œReuben was the eldest of the children of Israel, with Simeon and Levi the next in line. Napthali with Issachar, then Asher and Dan, Zebulon and Gad brought the total to nineā€¦ā€) We didnā€™t get 50 players, but time is up now.Iā€™ll post scores as soon as theyā€™re available. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/57 "2008-08-09T03:42:19Z")
ANSWERS GIVEN: CHIEF JUSTICES: 100 points: Oliver Ellsworth 1 John Marshall 1 William Rehnquist 1 Harlan Stone 1 Edward White 1 Frederick Vinson 1 50 points: Salmon P. Chase 2 John Rutledge 2 Morrison Waite 2 Earl Warren 2 Warren Burger 3 Melville Fuller 3 John Jay 4 John Roberts 4 Roger B. Taney 5 25 points: William Howard Taft 6 Wrong Answers (-100) 2 Nobody guessed: Charles Evans Hughes or William Cushing TRIPLE CROWN: 50 points: Affirmed 2 Citation 3 Gallant Fox 3 War Admiral 3 Whirlaway 3 Assault 3 Count Fleet 4 Omaha 4 Seattle Slew 4 Sir Barton 4 Secretariat 5 No answer (0 points) 1 Wrong Answer (-100) 2 AMERICAN NOBEL-WINNING AUTHORS I said Iā€™d be generous, up to a point, in my definition of ā€œAmerican.ā€ By that, I meant Iā€™d accept T.S. Eliot (born in the U.S., though thought of as British), as well as Saul Bellow, Joseph Brodsky, Czeslaw Milosz and Isaac Bashevis Singer (all of whom were born elsewhere but lived and worked for many years in the U.S.). Rudyard Kipling lived in Vermont for several years, but I canā€™t accept him as an American. And Asturias, Iā€™m afraid, is too blatant an effort to get by on a technicality. 100 points Joseph Brodsky 1 T.S. Eliot 1 50 points William Faulkner 2 Ernest Hemingway 2 Isaac Bashevis Singer 3 Sinclair Lewis 4 Eugene Oā€™Neill 4 Saul Bellow 4 Toni Morrison 5 Pearl Buck 5 John Steinbeck 5 Wrong Answer that I wonā€™t penalize 1 (Asturias wonā€™t get any points, but I wonā€™t penalize an attempt at cleverness) Wrong Answers (-100) 4 LABORS OF HERCULES 100 points Ceryneian Hind 1 50 points Apples of the Hesperides 2 Erymanthian Boar 2 Girdle of Hippolyta 2 Mares of Diomedes 2 Nemean Lion 2 Cerberus 3 Stymphalian Birds 3 Cretan Bull 5 Hydra 5 5 points Augean Stables 13 Wrong Answer (-100) 1 Nobody guessed: Capturing Geryonā€™s Cattle OSCAR WINNER IN LEAD & SUPPORTING ROLES 50 points: Robert DeNiro 2 Helen Hayes 2 Kevin Spacey 2 Denzel Washington 3 Jack Lemmon 3 Ingrid Bergman 3 Gene Hackman 3 Jessica Lange 4 Maggie Smith 4 Jack Nicholson 4 Meryl Streep 5 Wrong Answers (-100) 3 BIG TEN COLLEGES 100 points Ohio State 1 (Sometimes the most obvious answer is a winner!) 50 points Illinois 2 Iowa 2 Michigan 2 Michigan State 2 Northwestern 2 Indiana 3 Purdue 4 Minnesota 5 Penn State 5 25 points Wisconsin 9 Wrong Answers (-100) 3 PRESIDENTS WITH FACIAL HAIR I DID specify a beard or mustache, so muttonchops and sideburns donā€™t count! 100 points Benjamin Harrison 1 Teddy Roosevelt 1 50 points Ulysses S. Grant 3 James Garfield 4 Grover Cleveland 5 Rutherford B. Hayes 5 William Howard Taft 5 25 points Abraham Lincoln 7 Chester Alan Arthur 7 Wrong Answers (-100) 2 TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL 100 points Issachar 1 50 points Benjamin 3 Napthali 3 Reuben 3 Asher 4 Joseph/Menasseh 4 Judah 4 Dan 5 25 points Levi 6 Gad 7 Wrong Answers (-100) 1 Nobody guessed: Zebulon or Simeon PROVINCES OF CANADA 50 points Newfoundland 2 Quebec 2 Saskatchewan 2 British Columbia 3 Manitoba 3 Nova Scotia 3 Alberta 4 Prince Edward Island 5 25 points New Brunswick 7 Ontario 7 ASTRONAUTS WHO WALKED ON MOON 100 points Pete Conrad 1 Alan Shepard 1 50 points Alan Bean 2 Gene Cernan 2 Charles Duke 2 Edgar Mitchell 2 David Scott 2 John Young 2 Buzz Aldrin 4 James Irwin 5 25 points Harrison Schmitt 6 5 points Neil Armstrong 11 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/58 "2008-08-09T04:52:07Z")
**And the winner isā€¦** HoopyFrood, who came up with not one but TWO unique answers hoopy frood 575 Biotop 525 rachelchristine 505 delphica 500 Pravnik 500 Bryan Ekers 500 Sternvogel 500 KGS 480 TerminusEst 475 Dolores Reborn 475 VarlosZ 475 Grumman 455 Bibliophage 450 GaryGnu 450 5-4-Fighting 450 Spoons 430 Zsofia 425 SwampBear 425 CMKELLER 410 Justin Credible 410 Zebra 405 Tarragon918 405 KayElCee 405 ZamboniRacer 405 ducktail 405 NDP 400 sigmagirl 400 Little Nemo 400 Governor Quinn 400 Elendilā€™s heir 380 scarlett67 380 42fish 380 OtakuLoki 380 THingFish 360 5 time champ 305 Gonzomax 255 anyrose 250 Cunctator 180 Fusoya 150 Omniscient 130 AHunter3 -1000 AHunter3 was masterful at coming up with creatively wrong answers- if only those powers could be turned away from the Dark Side, who knows what that brain could accomplish? Thanks for playing- hope it was fun. And rest assured, after 90 minutes of score tabulations, I will NOT be volunteering to do this again any time soon! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/59 "2008-08-09T05:03:00Z")
Arrgh! So closeā€¦ I just knew I shoulda gone with the cattleā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130/60 "2008-08-09T05:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] So how many of you sang thru the lyrics of ā€œJacob and Sonsā€ to get an answer to 8? [/QUOTE] You got me. šŸ˜ƒ Thank you, **Astorian** for a fun game! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-feud-game-for-folks-who-dont-follow-the-herd/459130.md?page=4)