# Family Feud: By the Numbers **URL:** \ **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:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/61 "2008-01-20T02:48:39Z")
1. Rudolph 2. Grumpy 3. lust 4. Lighthouse at Alexandria 5. Princeton 6. Carrots 7. Eddie Fisher 8. Anne Boleyn 9. Massachusetts 10. Paul 11. Mars 12. Javelin ---
**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:** [January 20, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/62 "2008-01-20T03:18:05Z")
1. Rudolph 2. Dopey 3. Sloth 4. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 5. Columbia 6. Celery 7. Eddie Fisher 8. Ann Boleyn 9. New Hampshire 10. John 11. Mars 12. Long Jump ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/63 "2008-01-20T05:24:25Z")
1. Rudolph 2. Doc 3. Lust 4. Colossus 5. Cornell 6. Celery 7. Eddie Fisher 8. Anne Boylen 9. Name one of the 13 original colonies. 10. Peter 11. Mars 12. High Jump ---
**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, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/64 "2008-01-20T22:49:57Z")
**Wolf Meister** was kind enough to put everything into a spreadsheet for me. The only teeny problem is that I have absolutely zero Excel skills, so I have no idea what the “count these please” commands might be. If someone could give me a three-minute talk-through on that, I’ll proceed. twicks, who, in case no one has gathered yet, is more a words person than a numbers person ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/65 "2008-01-21T04:55:39Z")
1. Rudolph 2. Grumpy 3. Pride 4. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 5. Princeton 6. Carrots 7. Nicky Hilton 8. Anne Boleyn 9. Virginia 10. Paul 11. Mars 12. Pole Vault ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/66 "2008-01-21T06:10:50Z")
1. Rudolph 2. Dopey 3. Greed 4. Coliseum 5. Princeton 6. celery 7. OK, really, how is a guy my age supposed to know that? 8. Anne 9. Virginia 10. um…Paul? I’m not completely certain about the definition of apostle, so I hope he’s one of them. 11. Mars 12. Running ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/67 "2008-01-21T06:37:05Z")
1. Dasher 2. Dopey 3. Lust 4. Hanging Gardens 5. Princeton 6. Carrots 7. Mike Todd 8. Anne Boleyn 9. Virginia 10. Peter 11. Mars 12. Javelin ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/68 "2008-01-21T06:53:49Z")
1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer. Rudolph 2. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs. Sleepy 3. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Sloth 4. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Hanging gardens of Babylon 5. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school. Boston (???) 6. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8. Carrots (???) 7. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands. Hilton (??) 8. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives. Katherine of Aragon 9. Name one of the 13 original colonies. Jamestown (???) 10. Name one of Jesus’ apostles. Peter 11. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system. Pluto 12. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon. [/QUOTE] Shooting The USA slanted ones are hard! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/69 "2008-01-21T15:47:20Z")
Good luck with that, **Twix**. I’m clueless. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/70 "2008-01-21T15:54:20Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Tonya] Good luck with that, **Twix**. I’m clueless. [/QUOTE] Turns out that **WolfMeister** is a sucker for a helpless dame – he (I believe he’s a he) actually crunched the numbers for me. I’ll write the post on my lunch hour. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/71 "2008-01-21T17:57:45Z")
Okay, I have to do the scoring tonight, but here are the results by numbers of answers (double for your points): **Reindeer** Rudolf 21 Dasher 9 Blitzen 6 Comet 5 Prancer 3 Dancer 3 Donner 2 Cupid 1 \*\* Dwarfs\*\* Dopey 28 Sleepy 7 Doc 6 Grumpy 4 Sneezy 3 Bashful 2 **Sins** Lust 21 Sloth 9 Greed/avarice 7 Gluttony 6 Pride 5 (singletons: 2) **Wonders** Hanging Gardens 22 Colossus 17 Great Wall 4 Sphinx 3 (singletons/pass: 4) **Ivy League** Princeton 28 Columbia 8 Brown 4 Dartmouth 4 Cornell 3 Stanford 3 **V8** Carrots 29 Celery 18 (Singletons: 3) **La Liz** Eddie Fisher 14 Lary Fortensky 13 Nicky Hilton 8 John Warner 8 (singletons/pass: 7) **Henry VIII** Anne Boleyn 43 Catherine of Aragon 3 “Anne” 2 Anne of Cleves: 2 **Colonies** Massachusetts 17 Virginia 16 New York 4 Delaware 4 S. Carolina 2 (singletons: 7) \*\* Apostles\*\* Peter 23 Judas 12 Paul 5 Matthew 4 John 2 Thomas 2 (singletons: 2) **Planets** Mars 37 Venus 4 Jupiter 3 Mercury 2 Neptune 2 (singletons/pass: 2) **Decathlon** Pole vault 9 Javelin 8 Long jump 7 Shot put 7 Discus 5 100 meter 4 High jump 4 (singletons: 6) And could we have a huge honkin’ ovation for **wolf\_meister** who actually compiled all those answers? Yay, **wolf\_meister**! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/72 "2008-01-21T20:55:22Z")
Shucks thanks **twickster** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/73 "2008-01-21T21:14:35Z")
1. Blitzen 2. Doc 3. lust 4. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 5. Dartmouth 6. celery 7. Eddie Fisher 8. Anne of Cleeves 9. Virginia 10. Andrew 11. Venus 12. shot put ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/74 "2008-01-21T22:00:42Z")
1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer. Blitzen 2. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs. Dopey 3. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Gluttony 4. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Pharos 5. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school. Brown 6. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8. Carrots 7. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands. Eddie Fisher 8. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives. Ann Bolyen 9. Name one of the 13 original colonies. Georgia 10. Name one of Jesus’ apostles. Matthew 11. Other than Earth, name one of the planets in our solar system. Venus 12. Name one of the events in the Olympic decathlon. Pole Vault ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/75 "2008-01-21T22:03:44Z")
It’s often hard to tell if you’re too late. Oh well. did crappy anyway ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/76 "2008-01-21T22:16:11Z")
1. Name one of Santa’s reindeer. Rudolph 2. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs. Doc 3. Name one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Lust 4. Other than the Pyramids, name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Great Wall of China (if it’s not technically one of the 7, it should be) 5. Other than Harvard or Yale, name an Ivy League school. Princeton 6. Other than tomatoes, name one of the vegetables in V8. Celery 7. Other than Richard Burton, name one of Liz Taylor’s husbands. Joe DiMaggio 8. Name one of Henry VIII’s wives. Anne Boleyn 9. Name one of the 13 original colonies. Virginia 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. 100 Meter Dash ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/77 "2008-01-21T22:48:45Z")
Since this thread is already in the 75-post range as I type, I’m probably late, but I can never resist one of these challenges. 1. Rudolph 2. Doc 3. Lust 4. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 5. Princeton 6. Carrots 7. Larry Fortensky 8. Anne Boleyn 9. Pennsylvania (as a nod to the constructor’s home state!) 10. Peter (although I suspect Paul got a lot of votes, I refuse to give an answer I know to be incorrect) 11. Mars 12. 100-meter dash ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/78 "2008-01-22T09:04:18Z")
1: Rudolph 2: Grumpy 3: Gluttony 4: Hanging Gardens of Babylon 5: Brown 6: Ummm… Carrot? 7: Pass 8: Jane Seymour 9: New Hampshire 10: Peter 11: Mars 12: Long Jump ETA: Too late. Looks like I did bad, anyway… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123/79 "2008-01-22T22:34:03Z")
Way, way, way belatedly, here are the scores. First by rank: 1. Hal Briston 516 2. Biotop 502 3. Thudlow Boink 500 4. Lord Il Palazzo 488 5. Little Nemo 472 6. Interrobang!? 470 7. AsUWish 466 8. Kat 466 9. Zipper JJ 462 10. IvoryTowerDenizen 454 11. InnerStickler 446 12. Freckafree 442 13. Drain Bead 436 14. Siege 436 15. Mad The Swine 432 16. ShibbOleth 432 17. Hockey Monkey 422 18. Jtgain 418 19. MsWhatsit 416 20. Gardentraveler 414 21. Exastris 408 22. BellRung… 404 23. CatInASuit 394 24. Purgatory Creek 390 25. Lsura 384 26. Spoons 382 27. 3acresandatruck 376 28. RickJay 376 29. Justrob 374 30. Antigen 372 31. Bufftabby 368 32. Enginerd 362 33. Queen Tonya 360 34. Chanteuse 358 35. Fretful Porpentine 348 36. BobLibDem 346 37. El Kabong 334 38. Snoooooopy 326 39. Dottygumdrop 316 40. Maggenpye 298 41. Wallflower 296 42. Hocow 290 43. Cuncator 288 44. Illuminatiprimus 286 45. Mrs. RickJay 278 46. Tesseract 266 47. Tikki 254 48. Tarragon918 242 49. Freudian Slit 236 50. Student Driver 126 And then alphabetically: 3acresandatruck 376 Antigen 372 AsUWish 466 BellRung… 404 Biotop 502 BobLibDem 346 Bufftabby 368 CatInASuit 394 Chanteuse 358 Cuncator 288 Dottygumdrop 316 Drain Bead 436 El Kabong 334 Enginerd 362 Exastris 408 Freckafree 442 Fretful Porpentine 348 Freudian Slit 236 Gardentraveler 414 Hal Briston 516 Hockey Monkey 422 Hocow 290 Illuminatiprimus 286 InnerStickler 446 Interrobang!? 470 IvoryTowerDenizen 454 Jtgain 418 Justrob 374 Kat 466 Little Nemo 472 Lord Il Palazzo 488 Lsura 384 Mad The Swine 432 Maggenpye 298 Mrs. RickJay 278 MsWhatsit 416 Purgatory Creek 390 Queen Tonya 360 RickJay 376 ShibbOleth 432 Siege 436 Snoooooopy 326 Spoons 382 Student Driver 126 Tarragon918 242 Tesseract 266 Thudlow Boink 500 Tikki 254 Wallflower 296 Zipper JJ 462 And next time I say I want to host a round – lock me up somewhere till I come to my senses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-by-the-numbers/434123.md?page=3)