# Obama Feud by Happy Lendervedder \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 21, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682 "2008-06-21T12:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/21 "2008-06-21T16:24:57Z")
1. Maryland 2. Arizona 3. Michigan 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Harold Ford 7. Dick Durbin 8. Dick Cheney 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/22 "2008-06-21T16:25:32Z")
or not ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/23 "2008-06-21T16:29:19Z")
1. New York 2. Texas 3. South Carolina 4. Indonesia 5. Iowa 6. David Paterson 7. Dick Durbin 8. Dick Cheney 9. No 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/24 "2008-06-21T16:56:05Z")
1. Illinois 2. Arizona 3. Florida 4. Chicago 5. Nevada 6. Charles Rangel 7. Dick Durbin 8. Barack Obama Sr. 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/25 "2008-06-21T17:40:15Z")
1. Illinois 2. Arizona 3. Ohio 4. Chicago 5. Iowa 6. Charles Rangel 7. Richard Durbin 8. Barack Obama, Sr. 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/26 "2008-06-21T20:11:59Z")
1. Massachusetts 2. Utah 3. Florida 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Kwame Kilpatrick 7. Dick Durbin 8. Barack Obama, Senior 9. Obama Girl 10. Yes 11. Embattled text-messaging Detroit mayor 12. The other U.S. Senator from Illinois. I know people who know his niece, who lives in the Lafayette area and who’s appeared with him in photo ops. 13. Real name is Amber Lee Ettinger. Hey, being mostly famous **for** supporting Obama should be worth something! 14. Going with the flow, but I personally believe it’ll be closer than a lot of overconfident Democrats think. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/27 "2008-06-21T20:26:48Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] Err, um, I hope I’m being whooshed. (Hint: If the son is Barack Obama Jr., what do you suppose his father’s name is?) [/QUOTE] Trivia: What was the given name of the father of Martin Luther King, Junior? [Answer here (and read the first paragraph, not just the title).](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_luther_king) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/28 "2008-06-21T21:03:34Z")
1. Illinois 2. Arizona 3. Ohio 4. Hawaii 5. Texas 6. John Conyers 7. Richard J. Durbin 8. Sasha Obama 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/29 "2008-06-21T21:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Trivia: What was the given name of the father of Martin Luther King, Junior? [Answer here (and read the first paragraph, not just the title).](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_luther_king) [/QUOTE] Smartypants. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/30 "2008-06-22T00:10:05Z")
1. Illinois 2. Arizona 3. Florida 4. Illinois 5. Iowa 6. Condoleeza Rice 7. Richard Daley 8. Barack, Sr. 9. Oprah 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/31 "2008-06-22T00:14:38Z")
1. California 2. West Virginia 3. Michigan 4. Chicago 5. Nevada 6. Jesse Jackson Jr. 7. Richard Daley 8. His mother 9. Grandpa Munster 10. I hope so. 11. I can name many. but all are local, and thus not likely to do well as feud answers. 12. Sure, he’s dead, but that never stopped him before! 13. I know, I should be going with Oprah, but I just _like_ this answer better. ETA: **Bibliophage** , you had to go against the zombie factor for #7. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/32 "2008-06-22T01:02:19Z")
1. Illinois 2. Utah 3. Ohio 4. Illinois 5. Iowa 6. Derval Patrick, Governor of Mass 7. Mayor Daley 8. Barack Obama, Sr 9. Oprah 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/33 "2008-06-22T02:03:41Z")
1. Illinois 2. Utah 3. Ohio 4. Illinois 5. Iowa 6. Kwame Kilpatrick 7. Dick Durbin 8. Barack Obama Sr. 9. will.i.am 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/34 "2008-06-22T03:25:42Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 1. Richard Daley 2. Sure, he’s dead, but that never stopped him before! [/QUOTE] Maybe I’m being whooshed, but the current non-dead mayor of Chicago is also Richard Daley (being the son of the non-non-dead Mayor Richard Daley, of course) ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/35 "2008-06-22T03:36:51Z")
1. California 2. Texas 3. Ohio 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Jesse Jackson Jr. 7. Jesse Jackson Jr. 8. Obama’s Mama 9. George Clooney 10. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/36 "2008-06-22T05:55:49Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] Maybe I’m being whooshed, but the current non-dead mayor of Chicago is also Richard Daley (being the son of the non-non-dead Mayor Richard Daley, of course) [/QUOTE] Well, the live one is Richard M. Daley The dead one is Richard J Daley. Of course, some of us only learned of the son’s middle initial, and still think of Richard Daley as being the dead one. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/37 "2008-06-22T06:00:55Z")
1. New York 2. Alabama 3. Florida 4. Illinois 5. Iowa 6. Clarence Thomas 7. Durbin 8. Ann Dunham 9. Oprah 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/38 "2008-06-22T06:19:48Z")
1. Illinois 2. Utah 3. Ohio 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Charles Rangel 7. Dick Durbin 8. Dick Cheney 9. ??? 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/39 "2008-06-22T09:21:35Z")
1. California 2. Oklahoma 3. Ohio 4. Illinois 5. Iowa 6. Carol Mosely Braun 7. pass 8. His mom? 9. Oprah 10. yes ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/40 "2008-06-22T12:58:50Z")
1. Name a state Obama will win in November. New York 2. Name a state Obama will lose in November. West Virginia 3. Name a state that could go to either Obama or his opponent Texas 4. Name a place Obama has lived. Hawaii 5. Name a state that holds a caucus to select its Democratic delegates Texas (they also have a primary-- Texas is strange.) 6. Besides Obama, name a current African-American politician Charles Rangel 7. Besides Obama, name a current politician from Illinois Richard Durbin (is that how it’s spelled?) 8. Besides Michelle Obama, give the name a person, dead or alive, related to Obama. Sasha 9. Name a Hollywood or music celebrity that’s endorsed Obama publically. will.i.am 10. Will Obama be the next president of the United States? I certainly hope so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682.md?page=3)