# Family Feud: The Avis Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 13, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366 "2008-01-13T05:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/61 "2008-01-14T21:11:38Z")
Thanks, **Little Nemo**! … Drat! ---
**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:** [January 14, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/62 "2008-01-14T21:14:29Z")
Seriously, can we link to the next game from the previous thread? I somehow never notice the new games when they first go up. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/63 "2008-01-14T21:16:08Z")
Hmmm. 42 points, aka “Life the Universe and Everything” What I want to find out is who are the other pikers who picked 7?! ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/64 "2008-01-14T21:20:08Z")
1. Bleh. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/65 "2008-01-14T22:35:26Z")
1. Name a kind of tree **The Larch** 2. Name a battle in World War II **Midway** 3. Name a member of Monty Python \*\*Eric Idle \*\* 4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush’s cabinet **Rice** 5. Name a chess piece **Rook** 6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar **Titanic** 7. Name a vampire **LeStat** 8. Name a science fiction television series **Quantum Leap** 9. Name a species of big cat **Tiger** 10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive. **Four** ---
**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 14, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/66 "2008-01-14T22:40:42Z")
I decided it would be more dramatic if I had them shut off the board while I added up the scores. Kat = 68 anyrose = 59 Justin\_Bailey = 59 MsWhatsit = 57 as\_u\_wish = 51 Fretful Porpentine = 50 3acresandatruck = 50 Queen Tonya = 49 Mindfield = 48 wolf\_meister = 47 tesseract = 45 LilyoftheValley = 44 El\_Kabong = 43 Larry Borgia = 43 LavenderBlue = 43 pretend my name is witty = 43 Darth Sensitive = 42 Siege = 42 iamthewalrus(:3= = 40 Purgatory Creek = 40 Drain Bead = 39 Hostile Dialect = 38 RickJay = 38 Airman Doors, USAF = 37 CatInASuit = 37 Great Dave = 37 twickster = 37 Amp = 36 Freudian Slit = 36 KSO = 36 Really Not All That Bright = 33 Tikki = 33 Dolores Reborn = 32 cmkeller = 30 Mullinator = 30 freckafree = 29 sinjin = 29 5 time champ = 28 Lsura = 28 Spoons = 26 maggenpye = 25 Enginerd = 24 Omi no Kami = 24 Tenar = 24 Zebra = 23 Dottygumdrop = 22 Panurge = 21 Yeticus Rex = 15 cmyk = 12 IvoryTowerDenizen = 8 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/67 "2008-01-14T22:42:58Z")
1. Maple 2. Iwo Jima 3. Terry Gillam (sp?) 4. Michael Chertoff 5. Pawn 6. The Godfather 7. Nosferatu 8. Firefly 9. Cheetah 10. Nine ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/68 "2008-01-14T22:43:02Z")
Ouch. From 1st, to 2nd to last. BAH! ---
**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 14, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/69 "2008-01-14T22:49:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Never before have I picked so many #1 answers . sigh. > > 8 points. I got 8 lousy points. > > 4 zeros for being #1, 3 zeros for being obscure, and 8 points on the last three categories. > > Wow. If it makes you feel any better, if Hal Briston had gotten his answers in on time he would have only scored 5 points. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/70 "2008-01-14T22:52:10Z")
Man, I didn’t do well. Why can’t I pick the popular answers in the games that need them, and the unpopular answers in this one? Oh well. It was different, I must say, and fun too. Thanks for running it, **Little Nemo**! ---
**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 14, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/71 "2008-01-14T22:53:49Z")
I would like to hear what people were thinking when they guessed their answers. Did you have a strategy or did you just wing it? Were their answers that you consciously avoided because you thought they’d be too popular? Were their answers that surprised you? I think it’s ironic that Justin Bailey, who didn’t even know what the rules were when he made his choices, did so well. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/72 "2008-01-14T23:26:59Z")
I didn’t do very well here. I think a problem is that when a lot of people try to think of a “second-most-popular” answer, that ends up being the most popular. I know I wrote Eric Idle because I thought the most popular Monty Python member would be John Cleese. I decided that I’d start the [next game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451469) myself, rather than being the type who complains but does nothing about it. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/73 "2008-01-14T23:37:44Z")
Tied for 2nd?!?!?! **W00t!!!** 😃 ---
**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 14, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/74 "2008-01-14T23:41:29Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] I didn’t do very well here. I think a problem is that when a lot of people try to think of a “second-most-popular” answer, that ends up being the most popular. I know I wrote Eric Idle because I thought the most popular Monty Python member would be John Cleese. I decided that I’d start the [next game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451469) myself, rather than being the type who complains but does nothing about it. [/QUOTE] Ditto- I wrote Lestat because I thought Dracula would be number 1! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/75 "2008-01-14T23:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] I didn’t do very well here. I think a problem is that when a lot of people try to think of a “second-most-popular” answer, that ends up being the most popular. I know I wrote Eric Idle because I thought the most popular Monty Python member would be John Cleese. I decided that I’d start the [next game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451469) myself, rather than being the type who complains but does nothing about it. [/QUOTE] I was thinking that since most people would probably avoid the most obvious answer, that’s the one I picked and hoped that enough people would think the same way. It paid off. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/76 "2008-01-15T01:29:45Z")
Tied for 24th! Woo hoo! 🆒 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/77 "2008-01-15T01:44:39Z")
I won? I won! IwonIwonIwon! _dances around the room_ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/78 "2008-01-15T01:47:43Z")
And tied for lucky 13th, best score yet. Clearly I’m better at guessing seconds than firsts. Good game, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/79 "2008-01-15T02:09:18Z")
1. Name a kind of tree - Elm 2. Name a battle in World War II - Iwo Jima 3. Name a member of Monty Python - Eric Idle 4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush’s cabinet - Condoleeza Rice 5. Name a chess piece - Knight 6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar - Gandhi 7. Name a vampire - Lestat 8. Name a science fiction television series - Star Trek TNG 9. Name a species of big cat - Cheetah 10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive. - Pi ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/80 "2008-01-15T02:20:15Z")
Crud, Eric Idle, because of course everyone would pick John Cleese. Lestat, because of course everyone would pick Dracula. Rook, because of course everyone would pick Queen. GWB isn’t in his own cabinet? That’s just weird. Though I’m glad I’m not the only one (by a long shot) who picked an Oscar winner that wasn’t an Oscar winner. That was fun. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366.md?page=5)