# Family Feud! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 10, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419 "2007-03-10T22:32:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 59
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1161 "2007-04-28T20:52:05Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Do Admirals count? There is Admr. Nimitz and we did name something big and expensive after him… [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=What Exit?] Admirals are not included. [/QUOTE] Asked and answered earlier 😉 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1162 "2007-04-28T20:57:44Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Asked and answered earlier 😉 [/QUOTE] I was at a conference yesterday from 8:30 am to 11:00 pm. I may have missed a post or two! 😛 (I got to make two students cry as I presented them with Academic Achievement awards- it was a good day!). ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1163 "2007-04-28T21:04:45Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] I was at a conference yesterday from 8:30 am to 11:00 pm. I may have missed a post or two! 😛 [/QUOTE] That’s no excuse! Get your priorities sorted out! 😉 Imagine letting real life and jobs and responsibilities get in the way of crushing the Blue team. _shakes head_ ☹ ---
**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:** [April 28, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1164 "2007-04-28T21:12:46Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] That’s no excuse! Get your priorities sorted out! 😉 Imagine letting real life and jobs and responsibilities get in the way of crushing the Blue team. _shakes head_ ☹ [/QUOTE] Fine. I guess Grandpa Walton. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1165 "2007-04-28T21:18:56Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Fine. I guess Grandpa Walton. [/QUOTE] And I confidently declare “Golden Gate Bridge”, again. ---
**Author:** ![frog\_princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6bbea6/32.png) [@frog\_princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frog_princess)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1166 "2007-04-29T01:36:45Z")
Just to confuse matters more, I’ll throw another name onto the list, Matthew Bunker Ridgway. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1167 "2007-04-29T13:08:18Z")
I’ll randomly support Brooke, although I’m clueless about this category… ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1168 "2007-04-29T13:23:36Z")
I’m going to vote for Walter Bedell Smith. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1169 "2007-04-29T14:56:17Z")
Note to self\*: Do not have a very difficult and not well thought out list right before the weekend. Jim - also a note to future hosts. ---
**Author:** ![frog\_princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6bbea6/32.png) [@frog\_princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frog_princess)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1170 "2007-04-29T16:07:30Z")
I have no idea, so I’ll throw my vote in with the majority…if we ever get one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1171 "2007-04-29T17:03:03Z")
I vote for Brooke, because I vaguely recognize the name. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1172 "2007-04-30T13:04:42Z")
I don’t see anything resembling a consensus. Please vote so we could finish this by 10am EST. **twickster** , should I do one last round after this, or are you ready to go? Here is a list of the lists so far. I may have missed one, but I do not think so. \*\*Idle Thoughts: \*\* 1. Other then the domesticated housecat, name a member of the cat family. 2. Name a well-known fruit that usually is or could be…red. 3. Name a horror movie…that has at least TWO SEQUELS/PREQUELS or more. **twickster** 1. Name a profession that involves water. 2. Name something that comes in pairs. 3. Other than coffee, name something you can buy at Starbucks. 4. Name a famous baldie. 5. Name something that is flat and square. **What Exit?** 1. Name some common Circus Animals. 2. Common US celebrated Holidays. 3. Name the funniest (talking) movies. 4. Name Famous US Buildings/Monuments. (No Bridges) 5. Name a popular type of bread loaf. (10 answers) 6. Name a popular Team Sport (North America & British Isles) 7. Name a very successful and Emmy nominated Sitcom from 1970s. (My apologies to the young and Struan) 8. Name a Classic and Popular Board Game (Must Pre-date 1980) 9. Name a Natural Science Disciplines. (12 answers) 10. Name an international Fast Food chain 11. Name a famous Allied Army Generals or Marshals of WWII. Jim ---
**Author:** ![frog\_princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6bbea6/32.png) [@frog\_princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frog_princess)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1173 "2007-04-30T13:34:51Z")
Ok, I’ll vote for Brooke. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1174 "2007-04-30T14:13:32Z")
**Name a famous Allied Army Generals or Marshals of WWII.** Red would like to see Field Marshall Brooke DingDingDing… The #5 answer and the steal. Red gets 7 points 1. General Dwight D. Eisenhower 2. Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein {Monty} 3. General Douglas Macarthur 4. General George S. Patton Jr. 5. Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke 6. General Omar Bradley 7. General George Marshall 8. General Anthony McAuliffe (Nuts!) 9. Field Marshall Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander 10. Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell **X** Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. **X** Charles de Gaulle **X** General Zhukov I apologize for this list. It was not a good one. I will start the next game and the next list at around 11:30am. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1175 "2007-04-30T14:19:47Z")
Yay team! **What Exit** that’s actually a pretty good list - but a bit of a hard subject! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1176 "2007-04-30T15:35:49Z")
Blue Team: **Twickster; ZipperJJ; Frosted Glass; Secret Volcano Lair; Sternvogel; Taber; Abby\_Emma\_Sasha; Delores Reborn; Avarie537; Pygmy Rugger; cmkeller; JpnDude; MadTheSwine** 13 players. Red Team : **Struan; LilyoftheValley; Kat; hocow; myskepticsight; frog princess; ArizonaTeach; Rodgers01; IvoryTowerDenizen; Anyrose** 10 players [RIGHT]\*We won’t wait on **Anyrose** , she can just slip right back in when she is ready. \* [/RIGHT] We’ll put any newcomers on Red Team. **We still invite new players to Join**. When **Twickster** takes over, she will leave Blue and I will rejoin Red. Good Luck Everyone. The score is 0 for Blue and 7 for Red. (we are playing to 50 again) Name a nation whose people are wealthy. (13 answers) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1177 "2007-04-30T15:40:02Z")
United States of America ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1178 "2007-04-30T15:58:54Z")
Switzerland ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1179 "2007-04-30T16:13:19Z")
\*\*Name a nation whose people are wealthy. \*\* [QUOTE=ZipperJJ] United States of America [/QUOTE] For the Blue Team, show us **America** Ding! … The #4 answer. [QUOTE=Struan] Switzerland [/QUOTE] For the Red Team, show us **Switzerland** … Ding!.. the #5 answer. **Blue Team, Play or Pass?** 1. 2. 3 4. United States 5. Switzerland 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The score is 0 for Blue and 7 for Red. (we are playing to 50 again) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/1180 "2007-04-30T16:16:05Z")
What do you guys think? It could be as easy as looking up GNP lists or as hard as comparing a bunch of different statistics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419.md?page=60)