# Black History Feud by 5-4-Fighting \[Game Over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 21, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298 "2008-07-21T20:43:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/61 "2008-07-22T17:16:39Z")

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[QUOTE=KayElCee]  
But if I can’t answer at least half of the questions without outside assistance, then I skip that Feud, since it stops being fun for me, and doesn’t seem sporting besides.

YMMV  
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My take on googling is, since it usually only gives you an idea of possible answers but not the answer that will have the most matches, it’s alright. I usually bow out if I have pretty much no clue where to begin and/or it would be too much reading (the recent sci-fi thread).

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**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:** [July 22, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/62 "2008-07-22T17:55:10Z")

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My thoughts exactly. I didn’t play the Broadway Feud for that reason, or the Seinfeld one.

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**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:** [July 22, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/63 "2008-07-22T21:33:25Z")

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Time for the scores!

The Answers:

**Ray Charles 30**

1. Billie Holiday 4
2. Tina Turner 4
3. Charlie Parker 1
4. James Brown 1

**Arthur Ashe 34**  
2. Althea Gibson 5  
2. Yannick Noah 1

**Billie Holiday 18**  
3. Bessie Smith 13  
3. Ella Fitzgerald 5  
3. Lena Horne 2  
3. Ethel Waters 1  
3. Ma Rainey 1

**Massachusetts 14**  
4. New York 7  
4. Pennsylvania 7  
4. Vermont 3  
4. Kentucky 2  
4. Connecticut 1  
4. Delaware 1  
4. Florida 1  
4. Maryland 1  
4. Missouri 1  
4. Ohio 1  
4. Rhode Island 1

**Langston Hughes 24**  
5. Cab Calloway 2  
5. Duke Ellington 2  
5. Louis Armstrong 2  
5. Paul Robeson 2  
5. Aaron Douglas 1  
5. Billie Holiday 1  
5. Bob Cole 1  
5. Dizzy Gillespie 1  
5. James Baldwin 1  
5. Michael Jackson 1  
5. Paul Dunbar 1  
5. Romare Bearden 1

**Michael Vick 12**  
6. Donovan McNabb 10  
6. Warren Moon 7  
6. Doug Williams 5  
6. Dante Culpepper 2  
6. Byron Leftwich 1  
6. I don’t do football 1  
6. James Harris 1  
6. Rodney Peete 1

**Chris Ofili 6**  
7. Kara Walker 3  
7. Gilbert Young 2  
7. Jacob Lawrence 2  
7. Art McPainter 1  
7. Carl Pope 1  
7. Charles Bibbs 1  
7. Claude Clark 1  
7. David Driskell 1  
7. Denzel Washington 1  
7. Ernie Barnes 1  
7. Geoffrey Holder 1  
7. I don’t know 1  
7. James Loveless 1  
7. Martin Puryear 1  
7. Michael Jackson 1  
7. Mos Def 1  
7. No clue 1  
7. No Idea 1 \<\<\<—THE ANTI-CONCH QUESTION OF ALL TIME!!  
7. no idea either 1  
7. pass 1  
7. pass 2 1  
7. pass 3 1  
7. pass 4 1  
7. pass 5 1  
7. pass 6 1  
7. Raymond Saunders 1  
7. Romare Bearden 1  
7. William Williams 1  
7. Willie Cole 1  
7. You got me 1

**Denzel Washington 21**  
8. Sidney Poitier 9  
8. Halle Berry 3  
8. Morgan Freeman 3  
8. Jamie Foxx 2  
8. Forest Whitaker 1  
8. Will Smith 1

**Marion Barry 16**  
9. David Dinkins 5  
9. Andrew Young 4  
9. Harold Washington 4  
9. Ray Nagin 3  
9. Kwame Kilpatrick 2  
9. Tom Bradley 2  
9. Carl B. Stokes 1  
9. Michael Nutter 1  
9. Willie Brown 1  
9. Willie Herenton 1

\*\* Anita 15\*\*  
10. Ruth 11  
10. June 10  
10. Althea 1  
10. Bonnie 1  
10. Mary 1  
10. Michael Jackson 1

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**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:** [July 22, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/64 "2008-07-22T21:42:15Z")

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And the historian among us is ~~~drumroll~~~ \*\*astorian \*\*!!! ::flings confetti:: Awesome job with 8 out of 10. Congratulations! Perfect score would have been 475.00.

Thanks all! This was an educational one for me. Thanks, **5-4-Fighting**!

New one tomorrow, Feudies…

\*\*1. astorian 457.50 \*\*  
2. want2know 417.50  
3. pravnik 410.00  
4. 3acresandatruck 407.50  
4. anyrose 407.50  
6. Justin\_Bailey 392.50  
7. Baker 390.00  
8. KayElCee 387.50  
9. 5-4-Fighting 385.00  
10. Wargamer 365.00  
11. Omniscient 362.50  
12. Scarlett67 355.00  
12. adhemar 355.00  
14. WoodenTaco 350.00  
15. Dolores Reborn 347.50  
16. Glory 342.50  
16. brownie55 342.50  
18. Sternvogel 340.00  
18. mshar253 340.00  
20. Little Nemo 330.00  
20. This’ll Do 330.00  
22. Queen Tonya 325.00  
23. El\_Kabong 322.50  
24. Busy Scissors 317.50  
25. OtakuLoki 315.00  
26. winterhawk11 312.50  
27. Hockey Monkey 310.00  
28. 5 time champ 302.50  
28. wheresgeorge04 302.50  
30. Fretful Porpentine 297.50  
31. swampbear 292.50  
32. adam yax 290.00  
33. RachelChristine 287.50  
34. Zebra 275.00  
35. jali 250.00  
36. Gala Matrix Fire 240.00  
37. Qwisp 217.50  
38. tarragon918 207.50  
39. Sigmagirl 200.00  
40. delphica 192.50

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**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:** [July 22, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/65 "2008-07-22T21:43:37Z")

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1. 3acresandatruck 407.50
2. 5 time champ 302.50
3. 5-4-Fighting 385.00
4. adam yax 290.00
5. adhemar 355.00
6. anyrose 407.50
7. astorian 457.50
8. Baker 390.00
9. brownie55 342.50
10. Busy Scissors 317.50
11. delphica 192.50
12. Dolores Reborn 347.50
13. El\_Kabong 322.50
14. Fretful Porpentine 297.50
15. Gala Matrix Fire 240.00
16. Glory 342.50
17. Hockey Monkey 310.00
18. jali 250.00
19. Justin\_Bailey 392.50
20. KayElCee 387.50
21. Little Nemo 330.00
22. mshar253 340.00
23. Omniscient 362.50
24. OtakuLoki 315.00
25. pravnik 410.00
26. Queen Tonya 325.00
27. Qwisp 217.50
28. RachelChristine 287.50
29. Scarlett67 355.00
30. Sigmagirl 200.00
31. Sternvogel 340.00
32. swampbear 292.50
33. tarragon918 207.50
34. This’ll Do 330.00
35. want2know 417.50
36. Wargamer 365.00
37. wheresgeorge04 302.50
38. winterhawk11 312.50
39. WoodenTaco 350.00
40. Zebra 275.00

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/66 "2008-07-22T22:00:48Z")

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Third, cool. I’ll take it.

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/67 "2008-07-22T22:20:02Z")

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Well, at least I finished in the top ten. (Phew!)

That’s **DR** for all your work.

I was trying to go for questions that ranged from conch-able to off-the-top-off-your-head to slightly esoteric.

I welcome any comments about the set of questions themselves from participants and non-participants, publicly or privately, as I develope other feuds in the future.

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**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/68 "2008-07-23T10:42:05Z")

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Woo-hoo! Tied for 4th place, sweeeeeeeet!! Without even paying attention in history class. I swear, I didn’t peak at anyone else’s answers either. Thanks to **5-4-Fighting** and **Dolores Reborn** for the game.

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**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/69 "2008-07-23T12:02:50Z")

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Wow, last place. It’s distinctive! No middle of the pack for me!

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**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/70 "2008-07-23T12:47:02Z")

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Great feud!

Another thanks to Dolores for doing this! (scoring, commenting, etc.)

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/71 "2008-07-23T16:43:19Z")

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Wow, 2nd!

Wish I knew more about art!

Thanks to **Dolores** and **5-4 Fighting** for a great game!

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/72 "2008-07-23T17:32:54Z")

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The tough one was the artist- and the ONLY reason I knew of Ofili was because of the elephant dung Virgin Mary work that stirred up controversy at the Brooklyn museum a few years back. Otherwise, I’d have been saying “Pass” like everybody else.

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-feud-by-5-4-fighting-game-over/457298/73 "2008-07-23T18:05:24Z")

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I punted on 3 answers and still managed 11th place? Wow, not sure what to make of that.

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