- Maple
- Midway
- Eric Idle
- Condoleeza Rice
- Rice
- Titanic
- Nosferatu
- Battlestar Galactica
- Leopard
- Eight
Cool idea!
- fir
- Midway
- Eric Idle
- Donald Rumsfeld
- bishop
- Crash
- Nosferatu
- V
- jaguar
- nine
- Oak
- Normandy
- John Cleese
- Condoleeza Rice
- Rook
- Shindler’s List
- Dracula
- Outer Limits
- Tiger
- Seven
- Name a kind of tree
Ash - Name a battle in World War II
Iwo Jima - Name a member of Monty Python
Michael Palin - Name a current or former member of George W. Bush’s cabinet
Condoleeza Rice - Name a chess piece
Pawn - Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
Casablanca - Name a vampire
Dracula - Name a science fiction television series
Firefly - Name a species of big cat
Jaguar - Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.
Seven
- Oak
- Iwo Jima
- John Cleese
- Colin Powell
- King
- Crash
- Dracula
- Star Trek
- Lion
- 8
I can’t believe no one else has mentioned Count Chocula. 
- Name a kind of tree
Elm
- Name a battle in World War II
Iwo Jima
3. Name a member of Monty Python
John Cleese
- Name a current or former member of George W. Bush’s cabinet
Condoleeza Rice
- Name a chess piece
Pawn
- Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
Titanic
- Name a vampire
Lestat
- Name a science fiction television series
Battlestar Galactica
- Name a species of big cat
Panther
- Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.
Seven
- Maple.
- Midway
- Eric Idle
- Colin Powell
- Rook
- Gone With the Wind
- Lestat
- Twilight Zone
- Leopard
- 6
We’ve got forty five responses so far. Only five more to go. I expect to have this wrapped up tonight.
The current numbers are:
Oak = 11
Maple = 10
Elm = 8
Apple = 2
Ash = 2
Beech = 2
Pine = 2
Larch = 2
Palm
Birch
Fir
Sequoia
Mahogany
Poplar
Down to the wire on this one. Oak, maple, and elm are all so close that any of them could end up scoreless in the top spot or a tie. The other entries are all looking to be one pointers at best.
Midway = 11
Battle of the Bulge = 9
Iwo Jima = 8
Normandy = 7
Stalingrad = 2
Battle of Britain = 2
Kursk = 2
Bataan
Verdun
Dunkirk
Okinawa
Pretty much the same situation as the tress with four answers fighting for the top spot.
Eric Idle = 18
John Cleese = 11
Terry Jones = 5
Michael Palin = 4
Graham Chapman = 3
Terry Gilliam = 3
The dead parrot
Eric Idle has a lock on the scoreless top place now so John Cleese will be the big scorer here. The big question here is whether LilyoftheValley will be allowed to remain a member on this board if she doesn’t know any members of Monty Python.
Condoleezza Rice = 15
Colin Powell = 12
Donald Rumsfeld = 7
Dick Cheney
Michael Mukasey
Michael Brown
Alberto Gonzales
Karl Rove
Paul O’Neill
George W Bush
Robert M. Gates
Henry Paulson
John Ashcroft
Margaret Spellings
A tip for people running future Family Feuds: a good question would be “Pick a way to misspell Secretary of State Rice’s first name.”
Bishop = 13
Rook = 13
Pawn = 7
Queen = 5
King = 4
Knight = 2
Rice?
Bishop and Rook have been neck and neck all game. We’ll have to see if Darth Sensitive’s bold move in guessing “rice” pays off.
Titanic = 9
Ben Hur = 3
The Godfather = 3
Braveheart = 2
Casablanca = 2
Crash = 2
Gone With The Wind = 2
Shakespeare in Love = 2
Unforgiven = 2
Amadeus
American Beauty
Brokeback Moutain
Chicago
The Departed
Forrest Gump
Gandhi
Lawrence of Arabia
Million Dollar Baby
On Golden Pond
Philadelphia
Platoon
The Return of the King
Rocky
Schindler’s List
Silence of the Lambs
The Sting
Pass
Nobody’s getting a lot of points here. Titanic will be scoreless and there’s a whole bunch of singletons. Even the winners are looking to all be one or two pointers.
Lestat = 18
Dracula = 12
Nosferatu = 8
Angel = 2
Spike = 2
Barnabas Collins
Blacula
Count Chocula
Lestat will be the scoreless one here with Dracula looking like the big winner.
Star Trek = 7
Firefly = 6
Battlestar Galactica = 5
Doctor Who = 5
Stargate SG-1 = 4
The X-Files = 4
Babylon 5 = 2
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century = 2
Outer Limits = 2
Space: 1999 = 2
V = 2
Journeyman
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Time Tunnel
Twilight Zone
A very tight race that’s too close to call.
Tiger = 12
Leopard = 9
Lion = 6
Jaguar = 5
Panther = 4
Cheetah = 3
Mountain Lion = 2
Cougar = 2
Puma = 2
I had to make a decision here to just go ahead and score by names rather than try to figure out species. So as far as scoring is concerned a leopard and a panther and a jaguar and a cougar are all different animals.
Seven = 11
Six = 10
Eight = 8
Four = 5
Ten = 4
Three = 4
Nine = 3
A very surprising outcome. Six, seven, and eight are way out ahead of the others and one, two, and five haven’t been picked at all.
- Ash
- Caretan
- Eric Idle
- John Ashcroft
- Rook
- Shakespeare in Love
- Nosferatu
- Babylon 5
- Puma
- 8
I so didn’t read the rules to this one (throwing out the top answer? crazy!), but I may do very well since I picked almost all of the second place answers.
I seem to pick answer #2 naturally in all these threads, so maybe I’ll be super-good at this.
- Name a kind of tree
Oak - Name a battle in World War II
Jutland - Name a member of Monty Python
Michael Palin - Name a current or former member of George W. Bush’s cabinet
Condoleeza Rice - Name a chess piece
Pawn - Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
Titanic - Name a vampire
er… Angel? (okay, on that one I tried to get answer #2.) - Name a science fiction television series
Star Trek: TNG - Name a species of big cat
Leopard - Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.
eight.
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Name a kind of tree
Pine -
Name a battle in World War II
Battle of Somme -
Name a member of Monty Python
Michael Palin -
Name a current or former member of George W. Bush’s cabinet
Condoleezza Rice -
Name a chess piece
Rook -
Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar
Crash -
Name a vampire
Nosferatu -
Name a science fiction television series
Dr. Who -
Name a species of big cat
Tiger -
Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive.
5
- Name a kind of tree Beech
- Name a battle in World War II Midway
- Name a member of Monty Python John Cleese
- Name a current or former member of George W. Bush’s cabinet John Ashcroft
- Name a chess piece Bishop
- Name a movie that won the best picture Oscar Titanic
- Name a vampire Spike
- Name a science fiction television series Babylon 5
- Name a species of big cat Leopard
- Pick a number between one and ten, inclusive. seven
- Oak
- Okinawa
- Spam Waiter
- Robert Gates
- Rook
- Million Dollar Baby
- Nosferatu
- Star Trek
- Mountain Lion (Puma)
- 7
ooof. This isn’t looking so good for me.
Okay. We have fifty entires and the game is closed. Here’s the point tallies.
Oak = 13 - 0 pts
Maple = 10 - 9 pts
Elm = 8 - 7 pts
Ash = 3 - 2 pts
Beech = 3 - 2 pts
Pine = 3 - 2 pts
Apple = 2 - 1 pt
Larch = 2 - 1 pt
Birch - 0 pts
Fir - 0 pts
Mahogany - 0 pts
Palm - 0 pts
Poplar - 0 pts
Sequoia - 0 pts
Midway = 12 - 0 pts
Battle of the Bulge = 9 - 8 pts
Iwo Jima = 8 - 7 pts
Normandy = 7 - 6 pts
Battle of Britain = 2 - 1 pt
Kursk = 2 - 1 pt
Okinawa = 2 - 1 pt
Stalingrad = 2 - 1 pt
Bataan - 0 pts
Caretan - 0 pts
Jutland - 0 pts
The Somme - 0 pts
Verdun - 0 pts
Dunkirk - 0 pts
Eric Idle = 19 - 0 pts
John Cleese = 12 - 11 pts
Michael Palin = 6 - 5 pts
Terry Jones = 5 - 4 pts
Graham Chapman = 3 - 2 pts
Terry Gilliam = 3 - 2 pts
The dead parrot - 0 pts
The Spam waiter - 0 pts
Condoleezza Rice = 17 - 0 pts
Colin Powell = 12 - 11 pts
Donald Rumsfeld = 7 - 6 pts
John Ashcroft = 3 - 2 pts
Robert Gates = 2 - 1 pt
Michael Brown - 0 pts
George W. Bush - 0 pts
Dick Cheney - 0 pts
Alberto Gonzales - 0 pts
Michael Mukasey - 0 pts
Paul O’Neill - 0 pts
Henry Paulson - 0 pts
Karl Rove - 0 pts
Margaret Spellings - 0 pts
Rook = 16 - 0 pts
Bishop = 14 - 13 pts
Pawn = 8 - 7 pts
Queen = 5 - 4 pts
King = 4 - 3 pts
Knight = 2 - 1 pt
Rice? - 0 pts
Titanic = 11 - 0 pts
Ben Hur = 3 - 2 pts
Crash = 3 - 2 pts
The Godfather = 3 - 2 pts
Shakespeare in Love = 3 - 2 pts
Braveheart = 2 - 1 pt
Casablanca = 2 - 1 pt
Gone With The Wind = 2 - 1 pt
Million Dollar Baby = 2 - 1 pt
Unforgiven = 2 - 1 pt
Amadeus - 0 pts
American Beauty - 0 pts
Brokeback Moutain - 0 pts
Chicago - 0 pts
The Departed - 0 pts
Forrest Gump - 0 pts
Gandhi - 0 pts
Lawrence of Arabia - 0 pts
On Golden Pond - 0 pts
Philadelphia - 0 pts
Platoon - 0 pts
The Return of the King - 0 pts
Rocky - 0 pts
Schindler’s List - 0 pts
Silence of the Lambs - 0 pts
The Sting - 0 pts
Pass - 0 pts
Lestat = 18 - 0 pts
Dracula = 12 - 11 pts
Nosferatu = 11 - 10 pts
Angel = 3 - 2 pts
Spike = 3 - 2 pts
Barnabas Collins - 0 pts
Blacula - 0 pts
Count Chocula - 0 pts
Star Trek = 8 - 0 pts
Firefly = 6 - 5 pts
Doctor Who = 6 - 5 pts
Battlestar Galactica = 5 - 4 pts
Stargate SG-1 = 4 - 3 pts
The X-Files = 4 - 3 pts
Babylon 5 = 4 - 3 pts
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century = 2 - 1 pt
Outer Limits = 2 - 1 pt
Space: 1999 = 2 - 1 pt
V = 2 - 1 pt
Journeyman - 0 pts
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - 0 pts
Star Trek: The Next Generation - 0 pts
Time Tunnel - 0 pts
Twilight Zone - 0 pts
Tiger = 13 - 0 pts
Leopard = 11 - 19 pts
Lion = 6 - 5 pts
Jaguar = 5 - 4 pts
Panther = 4 - 3 pts
Cheetah = 3 - 2 pts
Mountain Lion = 3 - 2 pts
Puma = 3 - 2 pts
Cougar = 2 - 1 pt
Seven = 13 - 0 pts
Six = 10 - 9 pts
Eight = 10 - 9 pts
Four = 5 - 4 pts
Ten = 4 - 3 pts
Three = 4 - 3 pts
Nine = 3 - 2 pts
Five - 0 pts
Okay, by my count I got 36 – middle of the pack, maybe? or below?
- Palm
- Battle of the Buldge
- Michael Palin
- Condoleeza Rice
- Bishop
- Life Is Beautiful
- Lestat
- Battlestar Galactica
- Cougar
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ETA: sigh Nevermind.
Never before have I picked so many #1 answers :smack: . 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.