# Family Feud CCXXViiXCLPi **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 16, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745 "2008-01-16T15:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/61 "2008-01-16T22:36:25Z")
**RESULTS with 49 respondents** Question\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_#1 Response Mississippi River\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Louisiana Mountain State\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Colorado Cowboys Come From\_\_\_\_\_Texas (with Wyoming 2nd) It’s cold in the winter in \_\_\_Minnesota 1880-1920 President\_\_\_\_\_Teddy Roosevelt Or T-Ro as I have come to call him Bald President\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Ike! First Lady\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Hillary Music city\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Nashville then New Orleans (very few responses for Detroit?) Populous City\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Los Angelos Tourism State\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Florida first but CA was second and HI a close third. Drain Bead 524 Mr Greenjeans 516 Bearflag 70 506 3acresandatruck 500 Ivorytowerdenizen 500 Paintcharge 500 ShibbOleth 498 Beadlin 488 Really Not all that Bright 484 Yeticus Rex 476 garygnu 474 Sternvogel 454 Delores Reborn 454 OneCentStamp 452 KSO 440 Fretful Porpentine 438 cmkeller 438 Robardin 432 as\_u\_wish 428 Twickster 426 ElKabong 422 Hockey Monkey 420 Spoons 418 mullinator 416 Lord Il Palazo 416 Interrobang!? 412 whynot 406 bibliophage 406 tesseract 404 Hal Briston 402 Scarlette67 378 Happy Lavender 378 brewha 376 CatinaSuit 370 SSG Schwartz 360 Asimovian 352 Cunctator 350 bufftabby 338 delphica 332 MsWhatsit 320 Hostile Dialect 314 Mhaye 310 Justin\_Bailey 306 TheMerchandise 290 Mrs cmkeller 282 Hawkeyeop 248 miss elizabeth 220 Triskadecamus 216 AHunter3 167 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/62 "2008-01-16T22:40:23Z")
Whoa, from 2nd to 44th. I think that’s some kind of futility record. All bow before the most inconsisent Family Feud player ever! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/63 "2008-01-16T22:56:35Z")
Mississipp River LA 30 MO 11 MN 4 AK 1 WI 1 KS 1 OH 1 KY 1 TN 1 Mountain State CO-45 VA, CA, ID and NM -1 Cowboy TX = 45 WY = 10 MT = 4 OK = 2 NM, AZ and FL = 1 Cold Winter MN = 22 ME = 9 ND = 6 MI = 4 WI = 3 MT, CO = 2 NH= 1 1880-1920 Pres T Roosevelt = 26 Wilsion = 9 Cleveland = 3 Coolidge = 2 Monroe, Mckinley, Lincoln, FDR, Taylor and Taft = 1 Bald Pres IKE = 30 Van Buren, Ford, LBJ & FDR = 2 Garfield, Cleveland, Truman, Taft, John Addams, Roosevelt, Dick Cheney, Wilson = 1 First Lady Hillary Clinton = 22 Elenor Roosevelt = 7 Jackie = 6 Lady Bird Johnson = 5 Nancy Reagan/Laura Bush =3 Betty Ford = 2 Babara Bush = 1 Music City Nashville = 23 New Orleans = 17 Memphis = 5 Detroit = 2 Seattle and Athens GA = 1 Populous City LA = 29 Chicago = 16 Houston = 2 Philly & Washington DC = 1 Tourist State FL = 18 CA = 14 HI = 12 NY = 4 NV = 1 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/64 "2008-01-16T22:59:08Z")
Revised scores Drain Bead 524 Mr Greenjeans 516 Bearflag 70 506 3acresandatruck 500 Ivorytowerdenizen 500 Paintcharge 500 ShibbOleth 498 Beadlin 488 Really Not all that Bright 484 Yeticus Rex 476 garygnu 474 Sternvogel 454 Delores Reborn 454 OneCentStamp 452 KSO 440 Fretful Porpentine 438 cmkeller 438 Robardin 432 as\_u\_wish 428 Twickster 426 ElKabong 422 Hockey Monkey 420 mullinator 416 Interrobang!? 412 tesseract 408 whynot 402 Hal Briston 402 Spoons 388 Lord Il Palazo 386 Happy Lavender 378 Scarlette67 378 brewha 376 bibliophage 376 CatinaSuit 370 SSG Schwartz 360 Asimovian 352 Cunctator 350 bufftabby 338 delphica 332 MsWhatsit 320 Hostile Dialect 314 Mhaye 310 Justin\_Bailey 306 TheMerchandise 290 Mrs cmkeller 282 Hawkeyeop 248 miss elizabeth 220 Triskadecamus 216 AHunter3 167 I hope you enjoyed playing as much as I have enjoyed waisting time. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/65 "2008-01-16T23:48:23Z")
I don’t get it… I got the top answer for all but one question, and the third answer for that one… shouldn’t I be at least tied for third? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/66 "2008-01-17T00:31:28Z")
Tied for fourth- yes! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/67 "2008-01-17T00:46:09Z")
[QUOTE=Yeticus Rex] 1 Louisiana 2 Colorado 3 Texas 4 North Dakota 5 Teddy Roosevelt 6 Eisenhower 7 Ladybird Johnson 8 Nashville 9 Los Angeles 10 California [/QUOTE] Math Check: (30 + 45 + 45 + 6 + 26 + 30 + 5 + 23 + 29 + 14) \* 2 = 506 Tied with **BearFlag70** for third. Not bad considering I was third from last in the previous FF. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/68 "2008-01-17T00:55:12Z")
1 Other than Mississippi, name a state that the Mississippi river runs through. Missouri 2 Name a state with lots of mountains. Colorado 3 Name a state that cowboys come from Texas 4 Other than Alaska, name a state with cold winters. Maine 5 Name a president who served between 1880 and 1920. McKinley 6 Name a president who was bald. Eisenhower 7 Name a first lady. Hillary Clinton 8 Name a US City that is famous for music. Nashville 9 Other than New York, name a city with a large population. Los Angeles 10 Name a state that that has lots of tourism. [/QUOTE] Florida ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/69 "2008-01-17T01:15:58Z")
Dead last! My streak continues! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/70 "2008-01-17T01:52:39Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > … > Happy Lavender 378 > … _Lendervedder_ ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/71 "2008-01-17T03:13:35Z")
1. Louisianna 2. Colorado 3. Texas 4. Montana 5. Teddy Roosevelt 6. Eisenhower 7. Nancy Reagan 8. Nashville 9. Chicago 10. California ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/72 "2008-01-17T03:27:24Z")
1 Louisiana 2 Colorado 3 Texas 4 Minnesota 5 Theodore Roosevelt 6 Eisenhower 7 Jackie Kennedy 8 New Orleans 9 Los Angeles 10 Florida ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/73 "2008-01-17T03:36:08Z")
Dammit. If I had got my post in on time, I would have won it. By my reckoning I scored 536 without even adding in my own guesses. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/74 "2008-01-17T03:58:40Z")
1 Other than Mississippi, name a state that the Mississippi river runs through. Minnesota 2 Name a state with lots of mountains. Colorado 3 Name a state that cowboys come from. Wyoming 4 Other than Alaska, name a state with cold winters. Minnesota 5 Name a president who served between 1880 and 1920. Teddy Roosevelt 6 Name a president who was bald. Gerald Ford 7 Name a first lady. Nancy Reagan 8 Name a US City that is famous for music. Nashville 9 Other than New York, name a city with a large population. Los Angelese 10 Name a state that that has lots of tourism. Florida ---
**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 17, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/75 "2008-01-17T04:30:40Z")
1 Other than Mississippi, name a state that the Mississippi river runs through. **Minnesota** 2 Name a state with lots of mountains. **Colorado** 3 Name a state that cowboys come from **Texas** 4 Other than Alaska, name a state with cold winters **Minnesota** 5 Name a president who served between 1880 and 1920. **Woodeow Wilson** 6 Name a president who was bald. **Eisenhower** 7 Name a first lady. **Hillary Clinton** 8 Name a US City that is famous for music. **Nashville** 9 Other than New York, name a city with a large population. **Los Angeles** 10 Name a state that that has lots of tourism. **Florida** ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/76 "2008-01-17T12:51:06Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] _Lendervedder_ [/QUOTE] Actually, one of the interesting things doing this was actually writing out some dopers names and learning how I’ve been mis-reading them for years. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/77 "2008-01-17T13:23:25Z")
Hey, I’m not last - what happened :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/78 "2008-01-17T14:56:39Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Actually, one of the interesting things doing this was actually writing out some dopers names and learning how I’ve been mis-reading them for years. [/QUOTE] Whoah! I’ve always thought it was **Leddervedder** … :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/79 "2008-01-17T16:28:43Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Whoah! I’ve always thought it was **Leddervedder** … :eek: [/QUOTE] No you’re right, I’m just dumber than someone is if really not all that bright. I also parse **Fretful Porpentine** as **Fretful Porcupine**. I always pictured a cute little Porcupine, worrying about stuff. So I googled it and found out that it is just how Shakespeare misspelled porcupine. ---
**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 17, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/80 "2008-01-17T19:23:20Z")
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