# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/81 "2008-01-15T02:28:05Z")
Ah! I’m the one who answered “rice” in the chess piece question. I meant “rook” but answered Condoleeza above that. But I got the same number of points ( **42!** ) either way, and this way, I added some surreality to your days. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/82 "2008-01-15T02:29:53Z")
So what were the “right” answers? ---
**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 15, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/83 "2008-01-15T02:38:28Z")
> [@](#): > > So what were the “right” answers? The highest score anyone could have gotten in this game was 89 (Maple; the Battle of the Bulge; John Cleese; Colin Powell; Bishop; Ben Hur, Crash, The Godfather, or Shakespeare in Love; Dracula; Firefly or Doctor Who; Leopard; Six or Eight). In theory a person could score a maximum of 230 points in this game. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/84 "2008-01-15T05:41:53Z")
I decided everyone else would be thinking too hard, so I’d just answer what I thought would be the “right” answer. I usually pick quite a few number two or three answers–so I figured following my instinct would work. I did get three zeros–but a nice respectable 51 none-the-less. ---
**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 15, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/85 "2008-01-15T06:55:14Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] 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. [/QUOTE] Woo! 2nd place! And I don’t think it’s that weird, I normally finish somewhere in the top half of the pack with a few number 1’s and a lot of number 2’s. So a game centered around number 2’s really works for me. But in some cases I just got damn lucky, I was sure John Cleese would have been the top MP pick. But he wasn’t, so windfall for 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:** [January 15, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/86 "2008-01-15T16:40:28Z")
33rd… ☹ ---
**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 15, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/87 "2008-01-15T18:25:44Z")
Kind of crushing to find out that my score is less than half of someone’s who goes by the name of **Really Not All That Bright** … ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/88 "2008-01-15T22:45:53Z")
I’m sure the results have already been tabulated, but I can’t resist posting and then seeing how many points I would have scored: 1. Maple 2. Pearl Harbor attack 3. Eric Idle 4. Donald Rumsfeld 5. Rook 6. _Titanic_ 7. Lestat 8. _Twilight Zone_ 9. leopard 10. Four ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/89 "2008-01-16T07:56:43Z")
Wow tenth place. I’m surprised I did that well. 🙂 Like just about everyone else has said, I too chose Eric Idle because John Cleese would _undoubtedly_ be the number one choice. :rolleyes: I chose “Science Fiction Theater” for the Sci-Fi show. I notice it isn’t even listed in the tally. Wow, I really went _way_ beyond picking the 2nd place spot for that category. Hey this was fun (and not just because I finished in the 80th percentile). Heck, I like playing the Celebrity Dead Pool in which I usually finish in the zeroth percentile. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/90 "2008-01-16T08:05:02Z")
1. Name a kind of tree 2. Name a battle in World War II 3. Name a member of Monty Python 4. Name a current or former member of George W. Bush’s cabinet 5. Name a chess piece 6. Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar 7. Name a vampire 8. Name a science fiction television series 9. Name a species of big cat 10. Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive. [/QUOTE] 1 Elm 2 Battle of El-Alamein 3 John Cleese 4 Condi Rice 5 Knight 6 Shakespeare in Love (should have been Saving Private Ryan…bastards) 7 Dracula (might as well go for it…) 8 Firefly 9 Bengal Tiger 10 nine ETA: I hate when I miss the deadline… ---
**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 16, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/91 "2008-01-16T19:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > I chose “Science Fiction Theater” for the Sci-Fi show. I notice it isn’t even listed in the tally. Wow, I really went way beyond picking the 2nd place spot for that category. That was my fault. I hadn’t heard of the show and I wrongly assumed you actually meant _Mystery Science Theater 3000_. For what it’s worth they were both single picks so they scored the same. ---
**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, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366/92 "2008-01-16T19:24:38Z")
New game here > **[Family Feud CCXXViiXCLPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451686)** > > 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... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-the-avis-edition/433366.md?page=4)