# In Search of a Feud by 42fish \[Game Over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 14, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479 "2010-03-14T21:42:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/21 "2010-03-15T01:20:07Z")

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1. Fringe
2. Dean Koontz
3. Black Mesa Research Laboratories
4. The Lindburgh Baby
5. Nostrodamus
6. El chupacabra
7. None
8. None
9. weather balloons
10. written poetry

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/22 "2010-03-15T01:32:22Z")

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1. Twilight Zone
2. Dean Koontz
3. Salem
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. Big Foot
7. Curse of the Bambino
8. Abraham Lincoln
9. Weather Balloon
10. Director

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/23 "2010-03-15T01:46:23Z")

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I am aghast. I should have said BtVS, given the huge fan of it that I am. But thank you **Justin Credible** and **wmulax93** for matching me so we all get points.

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**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:** [March 15, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/24 "2010-03-15T03:58:52Z")

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1. The Twilight Zone
2. Dean Koontz
3. Amityville
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. Bigfoot
7. King Tut’s
8. Abraham Lincoln
9. Venus
10. Misson: Impossible

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**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/25 "2010-03-15T04:13:28Z")

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1. Paranormal State

2. H.P. Lovecraft

3. Bermuda Triangle

4. Jimmy Hoffa

5. Kreskin

6. Loch Ness Monster

7. Curse of the Bambino

8. Bloody Mary

9. Venus

10. Fringe

11. TV series

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/26 "2010-03-15T04:34:24Z")

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1. Supernatural
2. Stephenie Meyer
3. Amityville
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. Bigfoot
7. Tecumseh’s curse
8. Abraham Lincoln
9. Venus
10. Directed Three Men and a Baby

Note 7: the presidential 20-year curse.

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/27 "2010-03-15T06:34:40Z")

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1.Twilight Zone  
2. Dean Koontz  
3. Bermuda Triangle  
4. Jimmy Hoffa  
5. Nostradamus  
6. Bigfoot  
7. King Tut’s Tomb  
8. Bloody Mary  
9. Weather balloon  
10. Mission: Impossible

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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/28 "2010-03-15T11:52:12Z")

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1. The Twilight Zone
2. Anne Rice
3. Roswell
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. Bigfoot
7. Curse of Tutankhamun
8. Bloody Mary
9. Weather Balloon
10. The ballard of Bilbo Baggins

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/29 "2010-03-15T13:57:24Z")

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1. Supernatural
2. J.K. Rowling
3. Bermuda Triangle
4. DB Cooper
5. John Edward
6. Unicorn
7. Curse of the Bambino
8. Jacob Marley
9. Airplane/jet
10. appear on Fringe  
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11. fictional but the only one I could think of by name

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/30 "2010-03-15T14:01:20Z")

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I can’t belive I intentionally dropped Koontz for Rowling. _sigh_ Did the same for Nostradmus, too. Well, not for Rowling but you know what I mean.

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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/31 "2010-03-15T14:09:14Z")

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1. Lost
2. Dean Koontz
3. Bermuda Triangle
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. minotaur
7. “may you live in interesting times”
8. King Hamlet (Hamlet’s dad)
9. Venus
10. recorded a music album

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/32 "2010-03-15T14:22:08Z")

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1. The Twilight Zone
2. Anne Rice
3. Stonehenge
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. Bigfoot
7. King Tut’s tomb
8. Abraham Lincoln
9. Weather balloon
10. Mission: Impossible

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/33 "2010-03-15T14:50:08Z")

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1. Supernatural
2. Dean Koontz
3. Bermuda Triangle
4. D. B. Cooper
5. Nostradamus
6. Chupacabre
7. Curse of King Tut’s tomb
8. Anne Boleyn
9. weather balloon
10. wrote “I Am Not Spock”

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/34 "2010-03-15T15:00:49Z")

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1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Anne Rice
3. Bermuda Triangle
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. Unicorn
7. King Tut’s Tomb
8. Elvis Presley
9. Weather balloon
10. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

For, 10, [proof](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04) - warning: you will not be able to un-watch the linked video.  
For 8, I have no idea if anyone alleges that Elvis came back as a ghost; but I had no other idea and it seemed to fit.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/35 "2010-03-15T15:03:39Z")

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So, query: are “recorded an album” and “sang The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” the same answer, or different?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/36 "2010-03-15T15:14:15Z")

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1. Twilight Zone
2. Stephanie Meyer
3. Roswell, NM
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. Bigfoot
7. Curse of Tutankhamun
8. Peg Entwistle
9. Weather balloons
10. Voicing Galvatron in _Transformers: The Movie_

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/37 "2010-03-15T15:35:46Z")

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1. Twilight Zone
2. Dean Koontz
3. Bermuda Triangle
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. Sasquatch
7. King Tut’s curse
8. Hamlet’s father
9. Aircraft
10. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/38 "2010-03-15T15:40:18Z")

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> [@Tom\_Scud](#):
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> So, query: are “recorded an album” and “sang The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” the same answer, or different?

I vote same. 😉

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**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/39 "2010-03-15T15:42:53Z")

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1. Supernatural
2. Peter Straub
3. Stonehenge
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. Nostradamus
6. Bigfoot
7. Curse of King Tut’s Tomb
8. Hamlet’s father
9. Venus
10. Written a book

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**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-feud-by-42fish-game-over/532479/40 "2010-03-15T16:24:14Z")

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1. Fringe
2. R.L. Stine
3. Bermuda Triangle
4. Roberto Clemente
5. Nostradamus
6. El chupacabra
7. Evil eye
8. Hamlet’s father
9. Weather balloons
10. Photography
11. Aren’t those “Goosebumps” books abut creepy stuff? Kids, yes, but creepy, right?

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