# Special Feud: The Obama Inauguration by Elendil's Heir \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 19, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984 "2009-01-19T13:25:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/21 "2009-01-19T20:03:18Z")
Most everyone is saying Harrison for #2, which is who I thought of, but I don’t know why. Why might I have thought of him first? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/22 "2009-01-19T20:38:48Z")
1. John Fitzgerald Kennedy 2. William Henry Harrison 3. 500,000 4. 45 5. 30 6. Robert Gates. 7. Hillary Rodham Clinton 8. Yes, probably. 9. Red 10. Sasha 1 - 2: Not a very big scholar on inaugural addresses, but these are the two most notable. JFK for “Ask not …” and WHH for dying from his. 6 - We’ll see. A very conciliatory move - don’t think Obama would have tapped him if he was a mook. 7 - Natch. Moreso, I think she would have been wiser to turn it down. 8 - Kind of hoping he doesn’t. It’s a fine slogan, but he needs something fresh. 9 - Is that gauche? What do I know from fashion. 10 - I can’t really remember which one’s which - I think Sasha is the younger one. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/23 "2009-01-19T20:42:33Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > Most everyone is saying Harrison for #2, which is who I thought of, but I don’t know why. Why might I have thought of him first? He’s the cat who gave a two-hour speech in freezing wet weather without a coat or hat and then dropped dead of pneumonia about a month later. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/24 "2009-01-19T21:22:09Z")
1. Kennedy 2. George W. Bush 3. 250,000 4. 90 5. 60 6. Hillary Clinton 7. Hillary Clinton 8. Yes it will 9. Red 10. Malia 11. Going with the near-universal disdain for the man on this board 12. Similar to the polls in the 1970’s in which Howard Cosell was routinely named both “best/favorite sportscaster” and “worst/least popular sportscaster” ---
**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:** [January 19, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/25 "2009-01-19T21:22:31Z")
1. Kennedy 2. William Henry Harrison 3. 500,000 4. 25 5. 60 6. Gates 7. Clinton 8. No 9. Blue 10. Malia I thought the Park Service doesn’t do counts since the “million” man march thingy. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/26 "2009-01-19T21:48:56Z")
1. John F. Kennedy 2. William Henry Harrison 3. 1 million 4. 25 5. 60 6. Hillary 7. Hillary 8. No 9. Blue 10. Sasha 11. A classic 12. Tooooo loooooooong, and ultimately fatal to him 13. Most will say that; I personally think it’s Tom Vilsack at USDA 14. Many will say this, too; I have no opinion as to the worst 15. The younger (if you need a mnemonic, just remember their birth order is in alphabetical order - Malia before Sasha) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/27 "2009-01-19T23:03:02Z")
1. lincoln 2. g.w. bush 3. 1.5 million 4. 20 minutes 5. 30 days 6. treasury 7. defense 8. yes, it will 9. blue 10. sasha ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/28 "2009-01-19T23:06:08Z")
I’ll sit this one out, but do want to say in response to 1. Of 1, 30, 60 or 90 days, how long before a prominent Republican declares the Obama Administration a failure? That they started at more than T -2 months, just a couple of days after the election. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/29 "2009-01-20T00:06:41Z")
1. JFK 2. Harrison 3. One million 4. 30 minutes 5. 30 6. Hillary Clinton 7. Eric Holder 8. Yes It Will 9. Blue 10. Malia ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/30 "2009-01-20T05:44:11Z")
1. Kennedy 2. GWB 3. two million 4. about twenty minutes 5. thirty days 6. Clinton 7. Gates 8. Yes it will 9. Black 10. Sasha ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/31 "2009-01-20T09:28:44Z")
1. FDR 1933 2. William Henry Harrison 3. 2 million 4. 35 5. 60 6. Gates 7. Clinton 8. No 9. Red 10. Neither. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/32 "2009-01-20T14:25:55Z")
1. JFK 2. GWB 3. 4 million 4. 36 5. 90 6. Rahm Emmanuel 7. Hillary 8. No 9. Black 10. Sasha ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/33 "2009-01-20T15:35:17Z")
1. JFK 2. Bush 3. 2 million 4. 45 5. 90 6. Clinton 7. Clinton 8. No 9. Red 10. Malia (the younger one) ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/34 "2009-01-20T16:25:20Z")
1. JFK 2. George W. Bush 3. 2 million 4. 20 5. 90 6. Hillary Clinton 7. Geithner 8. No 9. Red 10. Malia ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/35 "2009-01-20T18:39:08Z")
So far we **all** missed Michelle’s coat color. Whodathunk yellow? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/36 "2009-01-20T18:47:30Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > So far we **all** missed Michelle’s coat color. Whodathunk yellow? Yeah, it wasn’t even a normal yellow. I wonder how many people who jump in this Feud _ex post facto_ will get the color right and the time of the speech right? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/37 "2009-01-20T19:12:33Z")
It was strange the bright lights of day made her red coat almost look yellow. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/38 "2009-01-20T19:47:44Z")
Well - I messed up when I gave the closing time as 4:00 today, so the thread is officially closed now. I’ll go score it, and get an easy one up today. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/39 "2009-01-20T20:21:02Z")
1. Which president gave the best inaugural address in history? **1. John F. Kennedy 20** 2. Abraham Lincoln 6 3. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2 4. Andrew Jackson 1 5. Which president gave the worst inaugural address in history? **2. William Henry Harrison 19** 6. George W. Bush 8 7. Jimmy Carter 1 8. Rutherford B. Hayes 1 9. What will be the official Park Service estimate of how many people actually show up to hear President Obama’s inaugural address? **3. 1 million 9** 10. 2 million 7 11. 500,000 4 12. 2.5 million 2 13. 3 million 2 14. 4 million 2 15. 1.5 million 1 16. 250,000 1 17. 300,000 1 18. How many minutes will Obama’s address last? \*\*4. 20 6 19. 30 6\*\* 20. 45 5 21. 15 4 22. 35 3 23. 25 2 24. 36 1 25. 40 1 26. 90 1 27. Of 1, 30, 60 or 90 days, how long before a prominent Republican declares the Obama Administration a failure? **5. 60 9** 28. 30 8 29. 90 7 30. 1 5 31. Who’s Obama’s best Cabinet pick? **6. Hillary Clinton 15** 32. Robert Gates 6 33. Eric Holder 2 34. Steven Chu 2 35. Attorney General 1 36. Joe Biden 1 37. Rahm Emmanuel 1 38. Treasury 1 39. Who’s his worst Cabinet pick? **7. Hillary Clinton 19** 40. Bill Richardson 2 41. Geithner 2 42. Timothy Geithner 2 43. Defense 1 44. Eric Holder 1 45. Robert Gates 1 46. Tom Vilsack 1 47. Will the phrase “Yes we can” appear in the inaugural address? **8. Yes 16** 48. No 13 49. Mrs. Obama’s coat at the Inauguration will be what color? **9. Blue 11** 50. Red 10 51. Black 5 52. White 3 53. Who’s cuter, Malia or Sasha? **10. Sasha 19** 54. Malia 8 55. Neither 1 56. Tie 1 ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984/40 "2009-01-20T20:29:29Z")
And the [del]fix is in[/del] winner is ~~~drumroll~~~ **Elendil’s Heir**!!! Good job! ::flings tickertape:: **Elendil’s Heir** got 8/10 top answers. Excellent! Perfect score was 493.10. Thanks for playing, everybody! And thank you **Elendil’s Heir** for a timely Feud. New one up in a bit. \*\*1. Elendil’s Heir 468.97 \*\* 2. Dolores Reborn 458.62 3. Fretful Porpentine 455.17 4. 42fish 451.72 5. twickster 448.28 6. Jack Batty 434.48 7. WVmom 427.59 8. ShibbOleth 424.14 9. rexnervous 413.79 9. drm 413.79 11. bibliophage 393.10 12. swampbear 386.21 13. Mahaloth 382.76 13. Happy Lendervedder 382.76 15. Sternvogel 362.07 16. Queen Tonya 358.62 17. AuntiePam 355.17 18. El\_Kabong 351.72 19. madmonk28 337.93 20. want2know 331.03 21. gonzomax 324.14 21. Scuba\_Ben 324.14 23. Really Not All That Bright 320.69 24. 3acresandatruck 306.90 24. Key Lime Guy 306.90 26. zamboniracer 303.45 27. NDP 289.66 28. astorian 272.41 29. rocking chair 255.17 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-the-obama-inauguration-by-elendils-heir-game-over/481984.md?page=3)