# Family Feud: Letter-Perfect Edition \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 5, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894 "2008-06-05T15:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/61 "2008-06-05T22:45:53Z")
1 H 2 CA 3 ABC 4 Beer 5 Spain 6 London 7 Giraffe 8 Football 9 Churchill 10 Rear Window ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/62 "2008-06-06T00:55:54Z")
1. H 2. NY 3. ABC 4. Coke 5. Spain 6. London 7. Leopard 8. Baseball 9. Churchill 10. _Metropolis_ ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/63 "2008-06-06T01:12:58Z")
1 H 2 NY 3 NBC 4 Beer 5 Japan 6 Berlin 7 Grizzly 8 Football 9 Jefferson 10 Cinderella ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/64 "2008-06-06T01:29:08Z")
1. O 2. NY 3. ABC 4. Wine 5. Italy 6. Sydney 7. Gorilla 8. Football 9. Bonaparte 10. Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/65 "2008-06-06T02:03:54Z")
We have co-champions – congratulations to **atomicbadgerrace** and **KayElCee** , as well as bronze medalist **anyrose**! 1. atomicbadgerrace 438 2. KayElCee 438 3. anyrose 418 4. Parthol 412 5. garygnu 408 6. bibliophage 394 7. Zebra 386 8. RoOsh 378 9. IvoryTowerDenizen 370 10. tarragon918 370 11 Eleanor of Aquitaine 368 12 Sigmagirl 366 13 sandra\_nz 364 14 delphica 362 14 silenus 362 16 Dolores Reborn 358 17 3acresandatruck 356 18 Mullinator 350 18 OtakuLoki 350 20 cmkeller 344 20 This’ll Do 344 22 Purgatory Creek 342 23 winterhawk11 340 24 Happy Lendervedder 334 24 Scarlett67 334 26 iamthewalrus(:3= 332 26 twickster 332 28 Hal Briston 330 29 Ace309 328 30 robardin 326 31 Freudian Slit 324 32 brujaja 322 32 Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist 322 34 Gala Matrix Fire 316 34 MadTheSwine 316 36 adhemar 314 36 wheresgeorge04 314 38 Wargamer 298 39 brownie55 294 40 Aholibah 280 41 HongKongFooey 278 42 WVmom 274 43 El\_Kabong 270 43 Sternvogel 270 45 Oredigger77 260 46 Yllaria 250 47 SpazCat 234 48 Beadalin 204 49 Gangster Octopus 168 50 Asimovian 136 Summary of answers (including explanations for deductions) will follow late tonight or early tomorrow. Thanks for a good game, everybody! ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/66 "2008-06-06T02:40:13Z")
Wow, my first win, even though I missed the boat on _Casablanca_ entirely! Thanks, **Sternvogel** for a really good game. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/67 "2008-06-06T02:40:22Z")
3rd! Not too shabby! πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/68 "2008-06-06T03:15:13Z")
Thanks, this was a fun and unique one! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/69 "2008-06-06T04:31:14Z")
Thanks, **Sternvogel!** I really, really liked that theme. I wonder how many successive Feuds the same premise would support? (i.e., how many one-letter-answer questions there are, etc.) Hmm… I came in 32nd with a score of 322. Coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/70 "2008-06-06T05:09:31Z")
Wow, another Top 10 finish! I’m back on a hot streak again! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/71 "2008-06-06T08:12:34Z")
1 letter – H 2 letters – FL 3 letters – BBC 4 letters – Milk 5 letters – India 6 letters – London 7 letters – Giraffe 8 letters – Football 9 letters – Bonaparte 10 letters – Ice Pirates EDIT: Ah well, never mind, at least I can see that someone else answered with Bonaparte. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/72 "2008-06-06T13:23:45Z")
7th! One of my best finishes. I had to really struggle to come up with the 9 and 10. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/73 "2008-06-06T13:36:25Z")
Here is the summary of point totals for each question: 1 letter – H 34 O 8 B 2 C 2 F 2 K 2 2 letters – NY 28 CA 14 TX 2 AR 1 FL 1 MI 1 NC 1 OH 1 PA 1 3 letters – NBC 21 ABC 15 CBS 8 Fox 4 BBC 1 NBS (Japanese) 1 4 letters – Soda 13 Beer 12 Coke 12 Cola 7 Milk 4 Wine 2 5 letters – Spain 19 China 10 Italy 5 Japan 5 Egypt 4 Sudan 2 Chile 1 India 1 Wales 1 Deductions: France (2 people had it, but it contains six letters) 6 letters – London 37 Berlin 3 Madrid 3 Moscow 2 Sydney 2 Beirut 1 Dallas 1 Munich 1 7 letters – Giraffe 26 Leopard 6 Gorilla 5 Cheetah 4 Penguin 4 Peacock 2 Buffalo 1 Dolphin 1 Opossum 1 8 letters – Baseball 25 Football 20 Monopoly 2 Checkers 1 Cribbage 1 Yachting 1 9 letters – Jefferson 21 Churchill 15 Roosevelt 6 Bonaparte 4 Lancaster 1 Lavoisier 1 Mussolini 1 Deduction: Mitterand (actual spelling is Mitterrand, which contains ten letters) 10 letters – _Casablanca_ 14 _Speed Racer_ 5 _Bull Durham_ 2 _Dirty Harry_ 2 _Rear Window_ 2 _Unforgiven_ 2 _Waterworld_ 2 _Armageddon_ 1 _Best in Show_ 1 _Braveheart_ 1 _Cinderella_ 1 _East of Eden_ 1 _Goldfinger_ 1 _Hello Dolly_ 1 _Madagascar_ 1 _Men in Black_ 1 _Naked Lunch_ 1 _Phenomenon_ 1 _Run Lola Run_ 1 _Scary Movie_ 1 _Taxi Driver_ 1 _The Goonies_ 1 _The Natural_ 1 _The Penalty_ 1 _The Shining_ 1 Deductions: Donny Darko (as **Freudian Slit** noted after I had already checked the response, the true title is _Donnie Darko_ – 11 letters) _Office Space_ – 11 letters Terabithia – 10 letters, but I found two films each of whose correct name is _Bridge to Terabithia_, and none simply called _Terabithia_ ---
**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:** [June 6, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/74 "2008-06-06T14:06:54Z")
9th- respectable! Yeah! Congrats to The winners and **anyrose**!! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/75 "2008-06-06T14:59:37Z")
49th?? Damn you France and your six letter name!!! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/76 "2008-06-06T15:22:11Z")
Dammit, **Sternvogel** , I warned you! _mumblemumble_ Good game. _mumblemumble_ ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/77 "2008-06-06T15:33:18Z")
13th! Go me!!! ---
**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:** [June 6, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/78 "2008-06-06T16:24:39Z")
Cool game, **Sternvogel**! Congrats to the winners! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/79 "2008-06-06T16:32:27Z")
I’m almost last! I’m almost last! ---
**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:** [June 6, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894/80 "2008-06-06T16:37:23Z")
5th, my best in a while. Nice game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-letter-perfect-edition-closed/451894.md?page=5)