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

The Game Room
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I saw that. Just hope somebody else hops on board. Heck, I once called France a country with a five letter name, and got points. I picked Dinkins too.

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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Althea Gibson
  3. Billie Holiday
  4. Florida ?
  5. Bob Cole
  6. Donovan McNabb
  7. James Loveless
  8. Sidney Poitier
  9. Harold Washington
  10. Ruth
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  1. Ray Charles

  2. Arthur Ashe

  3. Ella Fitzgerald

  4. New York

  5. Langston Hughes

  6. Donovan McNabb

  7. You got me

  8. Denzel Washington

  9. Marion Berry

  10. June

  11. So tempted to put Doug “How long have you been a black quarterback?” Williams

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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Billie Holliday
  4. Kentucky*
  5. Duke Ellington
  6. Warren Moon
  7. pass
  8. Denzel Washington
  9. Willie Brown
  10. Ruth

*I’m embarrassed to admit that I have no idea. This is a pure guess.

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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Bessie Smith
  4. Massachusetts
  5. Langston Hughes
  6. Rodney Peete
  7. Romare Bearden
  8. Jamie Foxx
  9. Harold Washington
  10. Anita

Edited simply to correct a spelling and to admit my shame in not realizing Romare Bearden had died twenty years ago. For the mayor, I wanted to put Carl Stokes (his election was big news when I was growing up in the Cleveland area), but figured Washington would get more votes in this Feud.

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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Bessie Smith
  4. Massachusetts
  5. Langston Hughes
  6. Doug Williams
  7. Ernie Barnes
  8. Denzel Washington
  9. Harold Washington
  10. June
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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Billie Holiday
  4. New York
  5. Langston Hughes
  6. Warren Moon
  7. Claude Clark
  8. Denzel Washington
  9. Andrew Young
  10. Ruth

I’ll bet #7 will be all over the place, since the definition of “artist” is flexible.

For #3 I picked Holiday because she will probably be easier for folks to remember than Bessie Smith.

For #5 I almost picked Aaron Douglas, but like #3 I figure more players will recognize Hughes than Douglas. And Douglas was born right here in Topeka, and there’s a park named for him!

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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Billie Holliday
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. Langston Hughes
  6. Warren Moon
  7. pass
  8. Denzel Washington
  9. Marion Barry
  10. June

Looking like Ashe will be the conch!
Had to pass on #7–I don’t follow art at all.

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  1. Tina Turner
  2. Althea Gibson
  3. Bessie Smith
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. Romare Bearden
  6. Warren Moon
  7. Willie Cole
  8. Denzel Washington
  9. David Dinkins
  10. Anita
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  1. James Brown
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Ma Rainey
  4. Massachusetts
  5. Langston Hughes
  6. Mike Vick
  7. Mos Def (?)
  8. Denzel Washington
  9. Marrion Barry
  10. Anita
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Sorry, I didn’t mean to leave the quote in there.

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  1. Ray Charles

  2. Arthur Ashe

  3. Ella Fitzgerald

  4. Vermont

  5. Louis Armstrong

  6. Michael Vick

  7. Chris Ofili

  8. Morgan Freeman

  9. Marion Barry

  10. Anita Pointer

  11. I’m sorry - I don’t follow football enough to think of any QBs by name who haven’t come up in the news for other reasons.

  12. I want to say Sydney Poitier, but I doubt he’ll be popular in this feud.

  13. Unfortunately, while I can think of many black politicians who’ve filled the office of mayor of a city, I can’t think of any that are otherwise famous or infamous to be a popular answer. Former Mayor William A. Johnson of Rochester just won’t really pick up many votes, outside of truly dedicated New Yorkers, I don’t think.

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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Bessie Smith
  4. New York
  5. Langston Hughes
  6. Donovan McNabb
  7. Carl Pope
  8. Sindney Poitier
  9. Willie Herenton (memphis)
  10. Anita
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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Ashe
  3. Bessie Smith
  4. New York
  5. Billie Holiday
  6. Michael Vick
  7. William Williams
  8. Denzel Washington
  9. Kwame Kilpatrick
  10. Ruth
    Wanted so very badly to give Jennifer Hudson props, but who other than Idol fans really remembers her?
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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Lena Horne
  4. Delaware *
  5. Cab Calloway *
  6. Michael Vick
  7. I don’t know *
  8. Sidney Poitier
  9. Marion Berry
  10. Ruth
    Maybe I’m not the best choice for this feud.

*I have no idea at all about this one.

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  1. Ray Charles
  2. Althea Gibson
  3. Billie Holiday
  4. Massachusetts
  5. Langston Hughes
  6. Michael Vick
  7. pass
  8. Hallie Berry
  9. Andrew Young
  10. Ruth
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5 Time Champ I’m glad to see at least two of us remember Andrew Young as Mayor of Atlanta. :smiley:

Oh and yep… Arthur Ashe is most definitely the conch in this feud.

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swampy, take a look at my choices!

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The problem is that mayors are usually just local figures. The only way they normally get a national reputation is if they’re associated with some scandal or disaster.

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And it has to be a large scale scandal. William Johnson, for example, left office under a cloud from a bungled ferry to Toronto deal he tried to set up. But outside of the area, it’s not really going to be recognizable to many people.