# Night Time Feud: And the least popular answer is...\[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 13, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890 "2008-08-13T20:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [August 14, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/81 "2008-08-14T20:26:01Z")
This is going to be a bitch to score, eh? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/82 "2008-08-14T20:50:23Z")
Maybe not too bad. All answers that are “pass” will be changed to the most popular. All answers that are wrong will be changed to the most popular. The hard part will be deciding what a wrong answer is, if it’s not blatant. Lots of research. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/83 "2008-08-14T23:53:43Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] The hard part will be deciding what a wrong answer is, if it’s not blatant. Lots of research. [/QUOTE] Yes, lord. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/84 "2008-08-15T00:11:23Z")
If this helps with your research: [Roddy Maude-Roxby](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560795/) Check #24–listed as a “regular performer” on Laugh-In in 1968. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/85 "2008-08-15T03:57:53Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] That would be Arte Johnson [/QUOTE] He was one of the stars. Him and Ruth Buzzy did a lot together. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/86 "2008-08-15T04:08:50Z")
I doubt anyone will have a perfect 10 because there are more than 7 players and # 3 only has 4 possible answers, each of which appears in more than one post. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/87 "2008-08-15T16:56:18Z")
…and? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/88 "2008-08-15T16:59:52Z")
I think we broke **Dolores** and her fact checking team. ☹ ---
**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:** [August 15, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/89 "2008-08-15T21:24:05Z")
I’m working on it. Scores will be up soon. (I’ve had a busy day running errands.) Patience, grasshoppers. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/90 "2008-08-15T22:01:47Z")
**Disclaimer** : This was a particularly hard Feud to score. Thanks so much to **5-4-Fighting** for his extremely helpful research. The Olympics question was very broad, and many answers could be construed as general categories instead of specific events. Only 2 answers for #8 were considered to be wrong, athletics and three day eventing. These were changed to “non-relevant,” because I had a 4-way tie for most popular answer, and I couldn’t figure out how to add them to one popular answer. So – all scores are final! And we won’t try this experiment again for a while, without thinking it out better. Without further adieu, the answers: 1. December 2 2. July 2 3. September 2 4. August 3 5. January 5 6. October 6 7. March 7 8. February 8 9. November 15 10. Black 1 11. Ecru 1 12. Grey 1 13. Light blue 1 14. Macadamia Metallic 1 15. Magenta 1 16. Mauve 1 17. Red 1 18. Rust 1 19. Beige 2 20. Fuschia 2 21. Orange 2 22. puce 2 23. Purple 2 24. Tan 2 25. Taupe 2 26. Yellow 2 27. Brown 3 28. Champagne/Gold 3 29. Green 4 30. Pink 4 31. White 5 32. Blue 6 33. Abraham Lincoln 6 34. George Washington 8 35. Thomas Jefferson 15 36. Theodore Roosevelt 21 37. Endomorph 10 38. Mesomorph 15 39. Ectomorph 25 40. Acorn squash 1 41. Bok Choy 1 42. broccoli rabe 1 43. Chaya 1 44. dulse 1 45. Jerusalem Artichoke 1 46. Karen Anne Quinlan 1 47. kohlrabi 1 48. peas 1 49. Plantain 1 50. Radish 1 51. Tomato 1 52. Turnip 1 53. Water spinach 1 54. Wax beans 1 55. Belgian endive 2 56. brussel sprouts 2 57. Eggplant/Aubergine 2 58. kale 2 59. shallot 2 60. Chard/Swiss chard 3 61. Courgette/Zucchini 3 62. Leek 3 63. Okra 3 64. Parsnip 3 65. Spinach 3 66. Rutabaga 7 67. Barbara Sharma 1 68. Chelsea Brown 1 69. Dan Rowen 1 70. Dennis Allen 1 71. Flip Wilson 1 72. Garry Owens 1 73. Henny Youngman 1 74. J. J. Barry 1 75. Jud Strunk 1 76. Patti Deutsch 1 77. Pigmeat Markham 1 78. Roddy-Maude Roxby 1 79. Stu Gilliam 1 80. Tod Bass 1 81. Jo Anne Worley 2 82. Judy Carne 2 83. Henry Gibson 3 84. Ruth Buzzi 3 85. Teresa Graves 3 86. Goldie Hawn 4 87. Alan Sues 7 88. Arte Johnson 12 89. Bolivia 1 90. Ecuador 1 91. Peru 1 92. Venezuela 1 93. Chile 2 94. French Guyana 3 95. Guyana 7 96. Uruguay 7 97. Suriname 10 98. Paraguay 17 99. 25m Men’s Rapid-Fire Pistol 1 100. 8 -Man Crew 1 101. Air rifle 1 102. Archery 1 103. BMX racing 1 104. Boxing 1 105. Canoeing 1 106. Double Trap 1 107. Greco-Roman Wrestling 1 108. Gymnastics 1 109. Javelin 1 110. Marathon 1 111. Pistol shooting 1 112. Pole vault 1 113. Sailing 1 114. Shotput 1 115. Swimming 1 116. Trampoline 1 117. Weightlifting 1 118. White Water 1 119. Women’s Weight lifting 1 120. Wrestling 1 121. Fencing 2 122. Field Hockey 2 123. Hammer throw 2 124. Judo 2 125. Modern pentathlon 2 126. shooting 2 127. Trap Shooting 2 128. Non-relevant 2 129. Badminton 3 130. Handball 3 131. table tennis 3 132. Tae Kwon Do 3 133. 39 steps 1 134. Dial M for Murder 1 135. I Confess 1 136. Jamaica Inn 1 137. Juno and the Paycock 1 138. Marnie 1 139. Psycho 1 140. Rear Window 1 141. Rebecca 1 142. Sabotage 1 143. The Stranger 1 144. Topaz 1 145. Under Capricorn 1 146. Blackmail 2 147. Family Plot 2 148. Frenzy 2 149. Mr. and Mrs. Smith 2 150. North by Northwest 2 151. Notorious 2 152. Number Seventeen 2 153. The Birds 2 154. The Lodger 2 155. Vertigo 2 156. Mary 3 157. The Manxman 3 158. Rope 4 159. Saboteur 7 160. African Violets 1 161. bachelor’s buttons 1 162. Black-eyed Susan 1 163. Cactus flower 1 164. Calla lily 1 165. Carrion Flower 1 166. Crocus 1 167. Daffodil 1 168. Dahlia 1 169. Hibiscus 1 170. Iris 1 171. Jonquil 1 172. Lily 1 173. Marigold 1 174. Paper 1 175. ragweed 1 176. Rhododendron 1 177. Rose 1 178. St. John’s Wort 1 179. Stinkwort 1 180. Tulip 1 181. vetch 1 182. Whortleberry 1 183. Baby’s breath 2 184. Bird of Paradise 2 185. chrysanthemum 2 186. Nasturtium 2 187. Petunia 2 188. Carnation 3 189. Orchid 3 190. Sunflower 3 191. daisy 4 192. Dandelion 4 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/91 "2008-08-15T22:05:45Z")
And the winner is ~~~Awesome Olympic Drumroll~~~ \*\*Omniscient \*\*!!! Way to go! :: flings confetti :: Extremely well done. Thanks for playing everyone, and thanks for your patience, and thanks **5-4-Fighting** for your idea and your help. Whew! Next one up in a minute. \*\*1. Omniscient 54.00 \*\* 2. 42fish 68.00 3. OtakuLoki 76.00 4. Dead Cat 96.00 5. JSexton 100.00 6. pravnik 102.00 7. brewha 104.00 8. MsWhatsit 114.00 9. Scarlett67 120.00 10. Asimovian 120.00 11. swampbear 122.00 12. Windwalker 122.00 13. bibliophage 122.00 14. fusoya 124.00 15. 5-4-Fighting 126.00 16. This’ll Do 126.00 17. SylverOne 126.00 18. Miller 126.00 19. tarragon918 128.00 20. MHaye 130.00 21. Sigmagirl 130.00 22. Zebra 130.00 23. 3acresandatruck 132.00 24. HongKongFooey 132.00 25. Angel of the Lord 134.00 26. gonzomax 136.00 27. want2know 136.00 28. Justin Credible 138.00 29. jali 140.00 30. Paintcharge 140.00 31. Beadalin 142.00 32. Sternvogel 142.00 33. Spoons 142.00 34. Freudian Slit 146.00 35. 5 time champ 148.00 36. Fretful Porpentine 148.00 37. cmkeller 150.00 38. Dolores Reborn 156.00 39. anyrose 156.00 40. astorian 156.00 41. Taber 160.00 42. brownie55 168.00 43. winterhawk11 170.00 44. Elendil’s Heir 172.00 45. Gangster Octopus 174.00 46. WormTheRed 184.00 47. RachelChristine 184.00 48. Really Not All That Bright 188.00 49. gardentraveler 192.00 50. SpazCat 200.00 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/92 "2008-08-15T22:08:43Z")
Whoo! thanks, this one was fun, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/93 "2008-08-15T22:17:28Z")
And here I thought I was being so clever with some of my answers! Who’d have thought three people would pick “The Manxman”? I just pulled up a list of Hitchcock pictures and picked one at random! 7 rutabagas, indeed! _sigh_🙂 Thanks! Maybe I’ll do better on the next one. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/94 "2008-08-15T22:21:08Z")
I just knew I was going to do well in this one. 😃 My best Feud score ever! Thanks **Dolores** and **5-4 Fighting**. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/95 "2008-08-15T22:29:55Z")
I suck at original thinking, congrats **Omniscient** , I guess this means you really are. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/96 "2008-08-15T22:41:50Z")
[QUOTE=brownie55] I suck at original thinking, congrats **Omniscient** , I guess this means you really are. [/QUOTE] Well, I was just about dead last in the other Least Popular answer feud so I figure the jury is still out. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/97 "2008-08-15T22:42:01Z")
Can I ask why you consider three-day eventing to be a wrong answer? It is a single competition with three disciplines which aggregate to determine the winner. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/98 "2008-08-15T23:03:41Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] Can I ask why you consider three-day eventing to be a wrong answer? It is a single competition with three disciplines which aggregate to determine the winner. [/QUOTE] The whole scoring on that category seems a little odd. Personally, I’d have grouped all the similar answers. “weightlifting” and “womens weightlifting” wouldn’t have separate answers, nor would “shooting”, “25m Men’s Rapid-Fire Pistol”, “Air rifle”, “Pistol shooting”, “Double Trap”, “Trap Shooting”, nor “Greco-Roman Wrestling” and “wrestling”. But, then again I won so what do I care! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/99 "2008-08-15T23:33:21Z")
I’m at the top of the bottom! YES! Distinction! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890/100 "2008-08-15T23:41:51Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] Can I ask why you consider three-day eventing to be a wrong answer? It is a single competition with three disciplines which aggregate to determine the winner. [/QUOTE] I’ll let **Dolores Reborn** explain the final scoring because she’s the one who did that part of the work. However, in my research, I used the official Beijing 2008 Olympics website ([here](http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/)). There were general categories listed on the homepage, but if you click on those links there are specific names for the subcategories of actual sports (men’s and women’s). However, “three day eventing” is not listed and wouldn’t necessarily suggest an easily discernible specific sport. We both apologize because, again, this was not well thought out. **Although the scoring is final, I welcome posts, PMs or email queries about why the scores were decided the way they were so that this will have been a learning experience for this type of thread in the future** , which is a fun one. Again, we were trying to be fair to everyone in the middle of this mess and even I lost out with “modern pentathlon.” I hope everybody remembers we’re trying to have fun and to not take the analysis/scoring personally. I _also_ thank **DR** for her hard work because she was a trooper putting up with my nudnickness, nitpicks, and numerous PMs, phone calls and emails. 5-4-Fighting [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-time-feud-and-the-least-popular-answer-is-closed/459890.md?page=6)