Family Feud - Military History Edition

[silenus]

S1. Marcus Lucinius Crassus

S2. Ernie Pyle

S3. Carthage

S4. Boadicea

S5. The Earl of Northumberland

[tesseract]

1. Stephen Ambrose
2. The Art of War
3. Waterloo
4. Germany
5. Apache
6. Citadel
7. Battle of Jericho
8. Alexander the Great
9. Sherman tank
10. Admiral Lee OK…I don’t know

[Queen_Bruin]

1. Gaius Julius Caesar

2.* Guerilla Warfare* by Che Guevara

3. Waterloo

4. Poland

5. Spartans

6. West Point

7. Guagamela

8. Alexander

9. Panzer

10. David Farragut

[The_Hamster_King]

1. John Keegan
2. Art of War
3. Waterloo
4. France
5. Germans
6. West Point
7. Thermopylae
8. Alexander
9. Sherman Tank
10. Farragut

[5_time_champ]

1. Name one of the worst generals of all time.
   John “Headquarters where his hindquarters should be” Pope

2. Name a famous person who died in battle.
   Davey Crockett

3. Name a city destroyed in a war.
   Carthage

4. Name a woman who was a military leader.
   Joan of Arc

5. Other than Benedict Arnold, name a famous wartime traitor.
   Vidkum <sp> Quisling

[The_Hamster_King]

S1. Ambrose Burnsides
S2. Archimedes
S3. Dresden
S4. Boadicea
S5. Vidkun Quisling

[OtakuLoki]

1. Name one of the worst generals of all time. George Armstrong Custer

2. Name a famous person who died in battle. Harold of England

3. Name a city destroyed in a war. Carthage

4. Name a woman who was a military leader. Boadicca

5. Other than Benedict Arnold, name a famous wartime traitor. Quisling

[Tristan]

1. Name a military historian. – Tacitus

2. Name a book written on military tactics or strategy. – The Art of War

3. What battle is synonymous with a crushing defeat? – Waterloo

4. Name a country that has been invaded more than once. – Poland

5. Name a tribe/people famous for its military prowess. – Ghurka’s

6. What is the most famous military school? – West Point

7. Name a battle that occured prior to 1 A.D. (or 1 B.C.E.) Thermopoly

8. Who was the greatest conqueror? – Ghengis Khan

9. Give the name of a World War II tank or other armored vehicle. – Sherman Tank

10. Who is an admiral that served (for either side) in the US Civil War of 1861-65 Farragut

[Tristan]

1. Name one of the worst generals of all time. – McClellan

2. Name a famous person who died in battle. – Geo. Custer

3. Name a city destroyed in a war. – Carthage

4. Name a woman who was a military leader. – Bouddica

5. Other than Benedict Arnold, name a famous wartime traitor. – Hess

[Wargamer]

OK, Tristan makes 36. In the interest of not holding up anyone else who might want to do one (and does anyone else think a Family Feud based on Sampiro’s stories of his family wouldn’t be the greatest thread evah?), I will close the answers when I get home from work this evening, approx. 6 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Good Answers so far, keep 'em coming!

[Mullinator]

1. Stephen Ambrose

2. The Art of War

3. Waterloo

4. France

5. Mongols

6. US Naval Academy

7. Battle of Thermopylae

8. Genghis Khan

9. Panzer

10. David Farragut

[anyrose]

I’m just hanging around waiting for the next game - I looked at the these questions and said fuhggehddaboudid

[Taber]

@Wargamer

OK, so I’m a military history fan, and I like the Family Feud games, so I’ll run one with an emphasis on military history/military themes. Usual rules apply, no looking at other answers until you’ve entered your own answers. First 50 answerers score points based on 2xnumber of same answers. Good Luck!

Here we go!

1. Name a military historian.

2. Name a book written on military tactics or strategy.

3. What battle is synonymous with a crushing defeat?

4. Name a country that has been invaded more than once.

5. Name a tribe/people famous for its military prowess.

6. What is the most famous military school?

7. Name a battle that occured prior to 1 A.D. (or 1 B.C.E.)

8. Who was the greatest conqueror?

9. Give the name of a World War II tank or other armored vehicle.

10. Who is an admiral that served (for either side) in the US Civil War of 1861-65?

I will fail miserably at this

1. Ken Burns
2. Art of war
3. Custer’s last stand?
4. France
5. Zulu?
6. West point
7. David vs goliath
8. Alexander the great
9. Panzer
10. Burnside?

[Taber]

After looking at the other answers, I feel that not seeing 300 has put me at a disadvantage.

[bump]

1. Name a military historian.
   Stephen Zaloga
2. Name a book written on military tactics or strategy.
   Strategy: the indirect approach
3. What battle is synonymous with a crushing defeat?
   Cannae (from the Roman perspective)
4. Name a country that has been invaded more than once.
   Russia
5. Name a tribe/people famous for its military prowess.
   Belgae
6. What is the most famous military school?
   Sandhurst
7. Name a battle that occured prior to 1 A.D. (or 1 B.C.E.)
   Thermopylae
8. Who was the greatest conqueror?
   Tamerlane
9. Give the name of a World War II tank or other armored vehicle.
   KV-2
10. Who is an admiral that served (for either side) in the US Civil War of 1861-65?
    Admiral David Porter USN

[Wargamer]

OK, bump is 39, and it’s just past 6 PM, so I’ll be back with Final Jeopar…err…the final tally.

[Wargamer]

And the Results…

Congratsto El_Kabong and Darth Sensitive, who tied for first!

1 El_Kabong 432
1 Darth Sensitive 432
3 bibliophage 416
4 Pochacco 414
5 5 time champ 412
6 42fish 406
7 OneCentStamp 382
8 Terminus Est 368
9 labtrash 366
10 Sternvogel 362
11 Panurge 360
11 muldoonthief 360
13 Tristan 346
14 Hugh Jass 334
15 Larry Borgia 324
15 CatInASuit 324
17 Don’t Call Me Shirley322
18 robardin 318
19 OtakuLoki 316
20 MaxTheVool 314
21 ShibbOleth 310
22 Loach 306
23 Spoons 304
23 Queen Bruin 304
25 Justin Credible 300
25 Gangster Octopus 300
25 detop 300
28 Mullinator 294
29 RickJay 292
30 Taber 260
31 Zebra 250
32 Captain Amazing 246
33 tesseract 236
34 silenus 210
35 UncaStuart 194
36 Spezza 186
37 Sampiro 178
37 Quartz 178
39 bump 72
Individual question responses, with my comments:

1. Name a military historian.

This question had the most wide range of answers, with no clear winner.

S. Foote 3
S. Ambrose 8
J. Keegan 8
J. McPherson 1
Clauswitz 1
D. Kagan 1
J. Caesar 5
A. Brice 1
N. Sheehan 1
Liddell-Hart 1
B. Catton 1
Heroditus 1
Clauswitz 1
H. Delbruck 1
A. Nolan 1
J. Dunnigan 1
Tacitus 1
K. Burns 1
S. Zaloga 1

2. Name a book written on military tactics or strategy.

Surprisingly, Sun-Tzu got no votes in Category 1, but ran away with category 2. Clauswitz’s On War was the only other book to get multiple votes.

Art of War 31
Achtung Panzer 1
The Prince 1
Price of Admiralty 1
On War 3
Geurilla Warfare 1
Strategy:The Indirect Approach 1

3. What battle is synonymous with a crushing defeat?

Waterloo a clear winner here, unsurprisingly.

Waterloo 22
Carrhae 1
Gettysburg 1
Agincourt 3
Pyrrhic 1
Little Big Horn 2
Cannae 4
Tsushimas Strait 1
Isandlwana 1
Stalingrad 1
Dien Bien Phu 1

4. Name a country that has been invaded more than once.

I was surprised by only one Russia response.

Belgium 4
Poland 10
Iraq 1
France 21
England 1
Germany 1
Russia 1

5. Name a tribe/people famous for its military prowess.

I guess the Spartans benefitted from wordof mouth from 300. Mongols shamefully undervoted, imo. (Which is why I wouldn’t have won, as I would’ve voted Ghengis’ boys here.)

Spartans 20
Bezerks 1
Zulus 5
Germany 4
Romans 1
Ghurkas 3
Huns 1
Cossacks 1
Apache 1
Mongols 1
Belgae 1

6. What is the most famous military school?

West Point dominated this category. I was thinking that Annapolis would’ve split the US votes, but sadly, the USNA couldn’t outpoint the Citadel.

West Point 33
Sandhurst 4
The Citadel 1
USNA 1

7. Name a battle that occured prior to 1 A.D. (or 1 B.C.E.)

In keeping with the Spartans, Thermopylae won this category, although there was some stronger competition.

Marathon 8
Cannae 4
Thermopylae 18
Issus 1
Salamis 1
Jericho 2
Actium 1
Megiddo 1
Troy 1
Gaugamela 1
David/Goliath 1

8. Who was the greatest conqueror?

Alerxander and Khan, G. The Usual Suspects.

Alexander 25
William 1
Genghis Khan 10
Caesar 1
Tamerlane 2

9. Give the name of a World War II tank or other armored vehicle.

I was unclear here perhaps, as I was looking for a specific model of tank. But I decided the generic Panzer was a legit answer, due to potentially misleading wording.

Panzer 10
Tiger 2
Big Bertha 1
M3 1
Sherman/M4 20
T-34 2
Panther 2
KV-2 1

10. Who is an admiral that served (for either side) in the US Civil War of 1861-65?

Lot’s of guesses, but I scored wrong guesses, other than Cap’t Cruch. Gridley was the captain of the U.S.S. Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War.

Farragut 25
Porter 3
Pelham 1
John 1
‘Nobody of Importance’ aka Roberts, D. Pirate 2
Crunch, Cpt. 1
Gridley 1
R.E.Lee 2
Pass 2
Burnside 1
Thanks for all the responses, and I hope you enjoyed the game.

[garygnu]

How’d I do?

[OtakuLoki]

Thanks for tallying it up. It was a lot of fun.

I was suprised that the tribe question went so much for the ancients, rather than modern tribes/groups. I’d have guessed it would be dominated by Ghurkas, Kurds, Maori, and Zulu, maybe with a nod to the Apache or some of the other Native American tribes.

ETA: I’m not at all surprised to see no one listed Sun Tzu as a military historian - my understanding about The Art of War is that it’s more a discussion of what the best thinking about fighting should be, only loosely illustrated with examples.

[El_Kabong]

Thanks for the game.

Woo Hoo, that’s the first time I’ve been higher than about 13th in one of these things. Very happy to share the top spot, despite being nowhere near as sensitive as Darth.