# Family Feud: By the Numbers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 19, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123 "2008-01-19T05:00:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/41 "2008-01-19T17:05:05Z")

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1. Rudolph
2. Dopey
3. Pride
4. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
5. Brown
6. Celery
7. Larry Fortensky
8. Anne Boleyn
9. Virginia
10. Judas
11. Mars
12. Pole vault (?)

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**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/42 "2008-01-19T17:08:43Z")

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1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer.  
**Rudolph**

2. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs.  
**Doc**

3. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins.  
**Sloth**

4. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.  
**Colossus of Rhodes**

5. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school.  
**Princeton**

6. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8.  
**Carrots**

7. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands.  
**Larry Fortensky**

8. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives.  
**Anne Boleyn**

9. Name one of the 13 original colonies.  
**Colony and Dominion of Virginia**

10. Name one of Jesus’ apostles.  
**Peter**

11. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system.  
**Mars**

12. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon  
**100m**

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/43 "2008-01-19T17:11:04Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Rules, in case you are new to this: DON’T READ THE THREAD BEFORE YOU POST  
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1.Rudolph  
2.Bashful  
3.Pride  
4.Hanging Gardens  
5.Princeton  
6.Carrot  
7.Eddie Fischer  
8.Anne Boleyn  
9.Virginia  
10.Judas  
11.Mars  
12.Long Jump

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**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/44 "2008-01-19T17:15:14Z")

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1. Dasher
2. Bashful
3. Greed
4. Great Wall of China
5. Columbia
6. Carrots
7. Larry Fortenski
8. Anne Bolyn
9. Massachusetts
10. John
11. Mars
12. Javelin

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/45 "2008-01-19T17:16:19Z")

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1. Rudolf
2. Dopey
3. Lust
4. Colossus of Rhodes
5. Brown
6. Celery.
7. Richard Burton (second time)
8. Anne Bolyn (sp)
9. Virginia
10. Peter
11. Mars
12. Javelin throw

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**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/46 "2008-01-19T17:57:35Z")

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1- Comet  
2- Sneezy  
3- Envy  
4- Colossus of Rhodes  
5- Dartmouth  
6- Celery  
7- Conrad Hilton  
8- Anne, not the Boleyn one. Anne of Cleves, I think?  
9- Delaware  
10- Thaddeus  
11- Neptune  
12- 1500 m race. Least favorite component of the Activision Decathlon game in the 80s.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/47 "2008-01-19T18:26:15Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]

1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer.

2. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs.

3. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

4. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

5. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school.

6. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8.

7. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands.

8. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives.

9. Name one of the 13 original colonies.

10. Name one of Jesus’ apostles.

11. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system.

12. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon.  
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13. Dasher

14. Dopey

15. Lust

16. The Colossus of Rhodes

17. Princeton

18. Carrots

19. Larry Fortensky

20. Anne Boleyn

21. Massachusetts

22. Peter

23. Mars

24. Discus

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/48 "2008-01-19T19:13:58Z")

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1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer.  
**Rudolph**

2. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs.  
**Dopey**

3. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins.  
**Lust**

4. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.  
**Hanging Gardens**

5. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school.  
**Princeton**

6. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8.  
**Carrots**

7. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands.  
**Larry Fortenski** (man, I _hate_ knowing crap like that)

8. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives.  
**Anne Boleyn**

9. Name one of the 13 original colonies.  
**Massachusetts**

10. Name one of Jesus’ apostles.  
**Judas**

11. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system.  
**Mars**

12. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon.  
**Long Jump**

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/49 "2008-01-19T20:02:26Z")

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I respond:

1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer.

Rudolph

1. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs.

Dopey

1. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Greed

1. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Colossus

1. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school.

Dartmouth?

1. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8.

Celery

1. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands.

Larry Fortensky

1. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives.

Anne Boleyn

1. Name one of the 13 original colonies.

New York

1. Name one of Jesus’ apostles.

Judas

1. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system.

Mars

1. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon.

The 100m dash

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/50 "2008-01-19T20:05:01Z")

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Mrs. RickJay responds:

1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer.

Rudolph

1. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs.

Sleepy

1. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Lust

1. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Sphinx

1. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school.

Cornell

1. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8.

Celery

1. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands.

Pass

1. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives.

Anne Boleyn

1. Name one of the 13 original colonies.

Massachusetts

1. Name one of Jesus’ apostles.

Judas

1. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system.

Mercury

1. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon.

Long Jump

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**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/51 "2008-01-19T20:45:15Z")

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1. Dasher
2. Dopey
3. Sloth
4. The Colossus of Rhodes
5. Dartmouth
6. Carrots
7. Richard Dreyfus
8. Anne Boleyn
9. Jamestown
10. Peter
11. Mars
12. Javelin

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**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/52 "2008-01-19T21:43:55Z")

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1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer.

Rudolph

1. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs.

Dopey

1. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Sloth

1. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Sphinx

1. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school.

Princeton

1. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8.

Celery

1. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands.

Larry Fortensky

1. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives.

Anne Boleyn

1. Name one of the 13 original colonies.

Massachusetts

1. Name one of Jesus’ apostles.

Judas

1. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system.

Mars

1. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon.

Pole vault

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**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/53 "2008-01-19T21:53:19Z")

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1. Rudolph
2. Doc
3. Lust
4. Library at Alexandria
5. Princeton
6. Celery
7. Larry (I’m thinking the construction worker guy, but I have no earthly idea)
8. Anne Boleyn
9. Virginia
10. Paul
11. Mars
12. High jump

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**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/54 "2008-01-19T22:01:42Z")

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1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer.

2. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs.

3. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

4. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

5. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school.

6. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8.

7. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands.

8. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives.

9. Name one of the 13 original colonies.

10. Name one of Jesus’ apostles.

11. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system.

12. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon

13. Rudolph

14. Dopey

15. Lust

16. Lighthouse at Alexandria

17. Dartmouth

18. beet

19. Eddie Fisher

20. Anne Boleyn

21. Pennsylvania

22. Peter

23. Mars

24. long jump

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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/55 "2008-01-19T22:02:08Z")

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1. Rudolph
2. Sleepy
3. Pride
4. Hanging Gardens
5. Princeton
6. Carrots
7. Eddie Fisher
8. Anne Boleyn
9. Massachusetts
10. Peter
11. Mars
12. High jump

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**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/56 "2008-01-19T22:04:09Z")

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Gah!!! I’m changing my answer! I meant Lighthouse… really. I did! :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack:

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**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/57 "2008-01-19T23:44:48Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]

1. **Dasher**  
2. **Sleepy**
2. **Jealousy**
3. **Alexandria Lighthouse**
4. **Princeton**
5. **Carrot**
6. **Dan Quayle** (yes, that’s a joke)  
8. **Anne Boleyn**
7. **Massachusetts**
8. **Peter**
9. **Mars**
10. **Swimming**

ETA: A couple of these questions make me feel very, very, very stupid…  
(Also edited because I realized I missed what one question was…)

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**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/58 "2008-01-19T23:52:56Z")

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There’s more than 50 responses here. By my count, **Drain Bead** ’s was the 50th. Do ours still count?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/59 "2008-01-20T00:03:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Brown Eyed Girl]  
There’s more than 50 responses here. By my count, **Drain Bead** ’s was the 50th. Do ours still count?  
[/QUOTE]

Only the first 50 will count. I’m still scoring the other one, though, so probably won’t score this till tomorrow. If someone else would like to do so, they’d be very welcome to.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/60 "2008-01-20T00:39:52Z")

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1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer.

2. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs.

3. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

4. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

5. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school.

6. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8.

7. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands.

8. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives.

9. Name one of the 13 original colonies.

10. Name one of Jesus’ apostles.

11. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system.

12. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon.

13. Blitzen

14. Sleepy

15. Lust

16. The Colossus of Rhodes

17. Brown

18. Parsley

19. Paul Lynde 😛

20. Anne Bolyn

21. Delaware

22. Judas

23. Mars

24. Shooting

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