# Special Feud: St. Paddy's Day (March 17) by astorian \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 16, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648 "2009-03-16T18:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/61 "2009-03-17T16:30:27Z")
1. Cork 2. Van Morrison 3. The Commitments 4. John Kennedy 5. Famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. Corned Beef 9. Riley 10. Harp ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/62 "2009-03-17T19:08:55Z")
Looks like **Captain Lance Murdoch** is the last in under the wire… ---
**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:** [March 17, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/63 "2009-03-17T19:17:11Z")
This is going to be a poor showing for me! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/64 "2009-03-17T20:11:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Ulster Actually one of [Ireland’s four provinces](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster), Ulster comprises nine counties. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/65 "2009-03-17T20:49:07Z")
Province! I’ve wondered about that for a while. I’ve known for a while that Ulster is one of Ireland’s “Four Green Fields”, and that it does not correspond exactly to the portion of Ireland under UK rule (Northern Ireland is comprised of only six counties), but I didn’t know what the official term was for those four subdivisions. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/66 "2009-03-17T21:27:03Z")
What’s so great about co. Cork that it should appear on a _majority_ of ballots?! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/67 "2009-03-17T21:41:00Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > What’s so great about co. Cork that it should appear on a _majority_ of ballots?! For most I’m guessing that it’s because Cork seems to appear in song a lot (“as I was going over Cork and Kerry mountains,” “we set sail from the sweet cove of Cork,” etc.) For me, Cork always stuck in my mind because of the amusing stories my friends from Limerick told about it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/68 "2009-03-17T23:14:03Z")
> [@](#): > > “we set sail from the sweet cove of Cork,” etc. That should probably be “the sweet Cobh of Cork”. Cobh (pronounced “cove”) is County Cork’s seaport. And in fact, I suspect that Cobh is part of the reason Cork was so popular, too. A significant number of the Irish immigrants to the US set sail from Cobh, so a lot of Irish-Americans think of our ancestors as being “from Cork”, even if they were originally from other parts of the isle. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/69 "2009-03-19T00:55:56Z")
Sorry - it will be tomorrow before I get this scored. I’m back to work and (Feud) life will return to normal! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/70 "2009-03-19T19:23:27Z")
1. Name one of the 32 counties of Ireland **1. Cork 37** 2. Dublin 4 3. Kerry 2 4. Limerick 2 5. Derry 1 6. Galway 1 7. Kildare 1 8. Mayo 1 9. Ulster 1 10. Besides U2, name a band or singer from Ireland. **2. Sinead O’Connor 15** 11. Van Morrison 14 12. Enya 4 13. The Chieftains 2 14. The Clancy Brothers 2 15. The Pogues 2 16. Bob Geldof 1 17. Celtic Frost 1 18. Gaelic Storm 1 19. Ian Clancy 1 20. Procol Harem 1 21. Stiff Little Fingers 1 22. The Boomtown Rats 1 23. The Corrs 1 24. The Cranberries 1 25. The Wolfe Tones 1 26. Thin Lizzy 1 27. Name a movie set in Ireland. **3. The Quiet Man 14** 28. The Commitments 12 29. Far and Away 4 30. My Left Foot 3 31. Darby O’Gill and the Little People 2 32. Finian’s Rainbow 2 33. Michael Collins 2 34. The Crying Game 2 35. Waking Ned Devine 2 36. Angela’s Ashes 1 37. Patriot Games 1 38. Quiet man 1 39. Ryan’s Daughter 1 40. Sunday Bloody Sunday 1 41. The Secret of Roan Inish 1 42. Ulysses 1 43. Name an American politician of Irish descent. **4. John F. Kennedy 40** 44. Ted Kennedy 8 45. Barack Obama 2 46. Name an important event in the history of Ireland. **5. Great Potato Famine 32** 47. Easter Uprising of 1916 11 48. Bloody Sunday 3 49. Independence from UK 3 50. Irish Potato Famine 1 51. Name a major tourist attraction in Ireland. **6. The Blarney Stone 47** 52. Guinness Brewery 2 53. Isle of Man 1 54. Besides Guinness, name an Irish brand of beer or liquor. **7. Harp 18** 55. Jameson 17 56. Bailey’s Irish Cream 5 57. Bushmill’s 5 58. Killian’s 2 59. Beamish 1 60. O’Douls 1 61. Smithwicks 1 62. Name a food you’d expect to see served at an Irish-themed pub. **8. Corned beef and cabbage 19** 63. Shepherd’s pie 9 64. Stew 8 65. fish and chips 4 66. Potatoes 4 67. potato pancake 3 68. Bangers and mash 2 69. Soda bread 1 70. Name a common Irish last name that has become a popular first name for American girls. **9. Kelly 24** 71. Shannon 8 72. Kerry 3 73. Riley 3 74. McKenzie 2 75. Murphy 2 76. Bailey 1 77. Cameron 1 78. Campbell 1 79. Connor 1 80. Kennedy 1 81. McKenna 1 82. Morgan 1 83. pass 1 84. Name an instrument associated with Irish music. **10. Fiddle 22** 85. harp 11 86. Irish bagpipes 7 87. Tin whistle 7 88. Bodhran 1 89. Flute 1 90. guitar 1 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/71 "2009-03-19T19:30:32Z")
On question 2, “Ian Clancey” should probably be lumped in with “The Clancy Brothers”. On 3, “Quiet Man” should be lumped in with “The Quiet Man”, and on 5, “Irish Potato Famine” should be lumped in with “Great Potato Famine”. And let me just say how relieved I am that I didn’t get any singletons. I got pretty close on some of them, though. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/72 "2009-03-19T19:32:46Z")
And the winners with the luck o’ the Irish are ~~~bodhran roll~~~ **swampbear** and **Little Nemo**!!! Way to go! ::flings tiny shamrock confetti:: They both got 9/10 top answers, but different wrong ones. Excellent showing, guys! Perfect was 536.00. Thanks for playing, and for putting up with delays. Thanks, **Astorian**! New one up soon. \*\*1. swampbear 504.00 1. Little Nemo 504.00 \*\* 2. 42fish 502.00 3. twickster 502.00 4. Hilarity N. Suze 500.00 5. pravnik 498.00 6. Waenara 490.00 7. Biffy the Elephant Shrew 488.00 8. I’m Not Dennis Bergkamp 480.00 9. Sparky812 478.00 10. 5 time champ 470.00 11. Queen Tonya 466.00 12. Sternvogel 464.00 13. Captain Lance Murdoch 464.00 14. ShibbOleth 462.00 15. The Superhero 460.00 16. Munch 454.00 17. Gangster Octopus 450.00 18. gonzomax 446.00 19. NDP 442.00 20. winterhawk11 440.00 21. delphica 436.00 22. Walkabout 424.00 23. rexnervous 414.00 24. Really Not All That Bright 414.00 25. PatriotGrrrl 408.00 26. MsWhatsit 394.00 27. astorian 388.00 28. AuntiePam 388.00 29. want2know 388.00 30. critter42 384.00 31. Chronos 362.00 32. El\_Kabong 360.00 33. cmkeller 360.00 34. Larry Borgia 352.00 35. VanLandry 352.00 36. Baker 350.00 37. kenner116 338.00 38. Sigmagirl 338.00 39. Ellen Cherry 324.00 40. AppallingGael 324.00 41. bibliophage 322.00 42. zamboniracer 298.00 43. Freudian Slit 292.00 44. Dolores Reborn 282.00 45. Scarlett67 250.00 46. Johnny Q 230.00 47. Elendil’s Heir 192.00 48. WormTheRed 188.00 49. ArchiveGuy 186.00 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/73 "2009-03-19T19:34:14Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > 1. Name a movie set in Ireland. > **3. The Quiet Man 14** > > 2. Quiet man 1 > > 3. Name an important event in the history of Ireland. > **5. Great Potato Famine 32** > > 4. Irish Potato Famine 1 Grouping each of these together would be appreciated, especially by the people who opted for the less-popular wording. 🙂 ETA: **Chronos** hadn’t yet posted a similar message when I started typing this response. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/74 "2009-03-19T19:36:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > On question 2, “Ian Clancey” should probably be lumped in with “The Clancy Brothers”. On 3, “Quiet Man” should be lumped in with “The Quiet Man”, and on 5, “Irish Potato Famine” should be lumped in with “Great Potato Famine”. > > And let me just say how relieved I am that I didn’t get any singletons. I got pretty close on some of them, though. Damn. Sometimes I can’t see the forest for the trees… or something. 🙂 Standings update: \*\*1. swampbear 508.00 1. Little Nemo 508.00 \*\* 2. 42fish 506.00 3. twickster 506.00 4. Hilarity N. Suze 502.00 5. pravnik 500.00 6. Biffy the Elephant Shrew 492.00 7. Waenara 492.00 8. gonzomax 484.00 9. I’m Not Dennis Bergkamp 482.00 10. Sparky812 480.00 11. 5 time champ 472.00 12. Sternvogel 468.00 13. Queen Tonya 468.00 14. Captain Lance Murdoch 466.00 15. ShibbOleth 464.00 16. The Superhero 462.00 17. Munch 456.00 18. Gangster Octopus 450.00 19. winterhawk11 444.00 20. NDP 442.00 21. delphica 436.00 22. cmkeller 426.00 23. Walkabout 426.00 24. rexnervous 416.00 25. Really Not All That Bright 414.00 26. PatriotGrrrl 410.00 27. MsWhatsit 396.00 28. astorian 392.00 29. AuntiePam 390.00 30. want2know 390.00 31. critter42 386.00 32. Chronos 364.00 33. El\_Kabong 362.00 34. VanLandry 354.00 35. Larry Borgia 352.00 36. Baker 352.00 37. kenner116 340.00 38. Sigmagirl 340.00 39. AppallingGael 328.00 40. Ellen Cherry 326.00 41. bibliophage 322.00 42. zamboniracer 302.00 43. Freudian Slit 292.00 44. Dolores Reborn 282.00 45. Scarlett67 252.00 46. Johnny Q 230.00 47. Elendil’s Heir 192.00 48. ArchiveGuy 188.00 49. WormTheRed 188.00 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/75 "2009-03-19T19:38:20Z")
Iceland must not have any Irish immigrants, food ,beer of allow Irish music. Do you guys have a fence on the East side facing Europe? Do you jam their radio and Tv signals? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/76 "2009-03-19T19:42:13Z")
Aww, I was doing so well up until question 8, but dropped off in the home stretch! And I’m half Irish, too! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/77 "2009-03-19T19:43:20Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Iceland must not have any Irish immigrants, food ,beer of allow Irish music. Do you guys have a fence on the East side facing Europe? Do you jam their radio and Tv signals? In other words, God is in his heaven, and all is right with the world. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/78 "2009-03-19T22:38:50Z")
Faith and Begorrah! Me Irish side ‘tis shinin’ through!😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/79 "2009-03-19T23:11:30Z")
Damn – “Kelly” did me in. And it’s not like I thought of Kelly and decided against it – didn’t even occur to me. twicks, who doesn’t have a drop of Irish blood ---
**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 20, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/80 "2009-03-20T03:08:45Z")
First place? Faith and begorrah, tis a miracle. Here I was thinking my potato answer was going to ruin my chances. And I already had a “I’m green with envy” joke ready for whoever won. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648.md?page=5)