# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/81 "2008-01-17T19:53:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Ok the normal rules apply Don’t read the posts in the thread, just respond to the questions a quickly as possible. after 50 responses the tally will be made and scores handed out. The theme is The United States Good Luck 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 Arizona 4 Other than Alaska, name a state with cold winters. Minnesota 5 Name a president who served between 1880 and 1920. Theodore Roosevelt 6 Name a president who was bald. McKinley 7 Name a first lady. Tricia Nixon 8 Name a US City that is famous for music. Chicago 9 Other than New York, name a city with a large population. Chicago 10 Name a state that that has lots of tourism. [/QUOTE] Florida ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/82 "2008-01-17T20:15:40Z")
[Quote=Really Not All That Bright] Whoah! I’ve always thought it was Leddervedder… [/Quote] [QUOTE=Zebra] No you’re right, I’m just dumber than someone is if really not all that bright. [/QUOTE] To clarify: The poster’s actual screen surname is **Lendervedder** , with an _n_ in the third position, as opposed to **Really** ’s previous erroneous **Leddervedder** reading. ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/83 "2008-01-17T20:23:18Z")
well really it is Lavender I don’t care what he thinks. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/84 "2008-01-18T20:33:05Z")
[QUOTE=Yeticus Rex] 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. [/QUOTE] I just flipped a coin to break the tie and you lost. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/85 "2008-01-18T22:01:37Z")
1 Other than Mississippi, name a state that the Mississippi river runs through. Louisiana 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. Teddy Roosevelt 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. New Orleans 9 Other than New York, name a city with a large population. Los Angeles (due to the US-natured theme of the rest of the questions) 10 Name a state that that has lots of tourism. California ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/86 "2008-01-18T22:05:57Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] 1 Other than Mississippi, name a state that the Mississippi river runs through. Louisiana 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. Teddy Roosevelt 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. New Orleans 9 Other than New York, name a city with a large population. Los Angeles (due to the US-natured theme of the rest of the questions) 10 Name a state that that has lots of tourism. California [/QUOTE] 30 + 45 + 45 + 9 + 26 + 30 + 22 + 17 + 29 + 14 = 267 \*2 = 534. I win! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/87 "2008-01-18T22:10:47Z")
This was tougher than I thought. I wanted questions that would have 2-3 big responses. I thought mountain state would have a much bigger split. The tourism question worked out pretty well I thought. I clearly didn’t put enought thought into the first lady question. Then of course tabulating the responses sucks ass. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/88 "2008-01-18T22:15:24Z")
1 Other than Mississippi, name a state that the Mississippi river runs through. **Louisiana** 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. **Teddy Roosevelt** 6 Name a president who was bald. **Eisenhower** 7 Name a first lady. **Barbara Bush** 8 Name a US City that is famous for music. **Nashville** 9 Other than New York, name a city with a large population. **Chicago** 10 Name a state that that has lots of tourism. **Hawaii** (and I looked after bunches of them!) ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745/89 "2008-01-18T22:21:37Z")
Drat it! Not only am I too late, I’m next to last! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-ccxxviixclpi/433745.md?page=4)