# The All-American Feud by MsWhatsit (closed)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [July 2, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087 "2008-07-02T19:40:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/21 "2008-07-02T20:36:07Z")
1. Aaron Copland
2. Hamburger
3. Lexington
4. Southern
5. Watch fireworks
6. President’s Day
7. Redwood
8. Barack Obama
9. Al Capone
10. Huckleberry Finn
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/22 "2008-07-02T20:37:17Z")
1. Name an American composer.
2. Name a type of food that is stereotypically American.
3. Name a battle of the American Revolutionary War.
4. Name a particular accent that an American might speak with.
5. Name something people might do on July 4.
6. Besides July 4, name a holiday celebrated only in America.
7. Name a state tree. (Just the tree; you don’t need to name the state.)
8. Name a current senator or representative in the US Congress.
9. Name a famous American criminal.
10. Name a famous fictional American.
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11. George Gershwin
12. Hot dog
13. Lexington-Concord
14. Southern
15. Picnic
16. Memorial Day
17. Oak
18. Obama
19. Capote
20. Gatsby
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/23 "2008-07-02T20:40:14Z")
1. John Philip Sousa
2. Cheeseburger
3. Bunker Hill
4. Drawl
5. Fireworks
6. Labor Day
7. Pecan
8. Barack Obama
9. Al Capone
10. Paul Bunyan
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/24 "2008-07-02T20:43:12Z")
Wow, I thought Sousa would be a conch.
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### Author:  [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/25 "2008-07-02T20:46:29Z")
1. Aaron Copland
2. Hot dogs
3. Lexington and Concord
4. Southern
5. Fireworks
6. President’s Day
7. Magnolia
8. Hillary Rodham Clinton
9. Al Capone
10. John Henry
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/26 "2008-07-02T20:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik]
Wow, I thought Sousa would be a conch.
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I’m bummed to see so little love for Stephen Foster. ☹
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### Author:  [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/27 "2008-07-02T20:53:45Z")
1. Irving Berlin
2. Apple pie
3. Ticonderoga
4. Southern
5. Barbecue
6. Columbus Day
7. Pine
8. Barack Obama
9. Al Capone
10. Paul Bunyan
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### Author:  [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/28 "2008-07-02T20:58:02Z")
1. Sousa
2. Hot dogs
3. Lexington
4. Southern
5. Watch fireworks
6. Thanksgiving
7. Dogwood
8. Hilary Clinton
9. Ted Bundy
10. Paul Bunyan
#6: “Thanksgiving is very big in Italy, on account of the large number of people who go to New York and get deported. Turkey cacciatorre, mashed potatoes florentine…”
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### Author:  [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/29 "2008-07-02T20:59:32Z")
1. Stephen Foster
2. Hot Dogs
3. Battle of Lexington & Concord
4. Southern
5. Watch fireworks
6. Memorial Day
7. Magnolia
8. Robert Byrd
9. Jesse James
10. Paul Bunyon
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### Author:  [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/30 "2008-07-02T21:07:59Z")
1. Gershwin
2. Steak
3. Saratoga\*
4. Southern\*\*
5. Watch fireworks\*\*\*
6. Columbus Day
7. Dogwood
8. Walter Jones+
9. Al Capone
10. Jay Gatsby
```auto
*Or Sarasota. I missed a point on a test in elementary school because I couldn't remember which was which.
**Also known as God's Own Accent.
***Also known as Blow Shit Up
+The Freedom Fries guy. This is supposedly my representative in Congress. I most decidedly did not vote for him.
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### Author:  [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/31 "2008-07-02T21:09:54Z")
1. George Gershwin
2. Meatloaf
3. Concord
4. Southern Drawl
5. Watch fireworks
6. Memorial Day
7. Maple
8. Barack Obama
9. Al Capone
10. Uncle Sam
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### Author:  [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/32 "2008-07-02T21:11:54Z")
[QUOTE=delphica]
10. Superman
1. Is he a naturalized citizen? Can he vote?
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I think that was taken care of when the Kents adopted him.
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### Author:  [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/33 "2008-07-02T21:15:28Z")
1. Aaron Copland
2. Cheeseburgers
3. Battle of Yorktown
4. Southern
5. BBQ
6. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
7. buckeye
8. Ted Kennedy
9. Al Capone
10. Uncle Sam
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### Author:  [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/34 "2008-07-02T21:17:41Z")
1. Gershwin
2. Burger
3. The battle of wounded anus
4. New York
5. Tan the bevvy all day long
6. Labour Day
7. Sequoia (giant redwood)
8. John McCain
9. Al Capone
10. Huckleberry Finn
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/35 "2008-07-02T21:20:52Z")
1. George Gershwin
2. Hamburger
3. Trenton
4. Texas
5. Set off fireworks
6. Thanksgiving
7. Oak
8. Barack Obama
9. John Dillinger
10. Jay Gatsby
USA!! USA!! USA!!
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### Author:  [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/36 "2008-07-02T21:21:26Z")
1. Gershwin
2. Hot dog
3. Bunker hill
4. Douther drawl
5. Fireworks
6. Labor day
7. Oak
8. Kennedy
9. Capone
10. Paul bunyon
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### Author:  [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/37 "2008-07-02T21:31:31Z")
1. Ira Gershwin
2. Fried Chicken
3. Delaware?
4. Southern
5. Fireworks
6. President’s Day
7. Elm
8. Ted Kennedy
9. Jesse James
10. Tom Sawyer
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### Author:  [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/38 "2008-07-02T21:31:56Z")
1. Gershwin
2. Hamburger
3. (This feels so unamerican- but i need to pass ☹ )
4. Southern
5. watch fireworks
6. MLK Day
7. Evergreen
8. Obama 🙂
9. Al Capone
10. Huck Finn
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### Author:  [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/39 "2008-07-02T21:36:20Z")
1. Souza
2. Hot dog
3. Bunker Hill
4. Midwest
5. Watch fireworks
6. Martin Luther King Jr day
7. Redwood/Sequoia
8. Hillary Clinton
9. D. B. Cooper
10. Huck Finn
- apparently there’s confusion about California’s state tree.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/40 "2008-07-02T21:44:41Z")
1. John Philip Sousa
2. Cheese burger
3. The Battle of Antietam
4. Southern
5. See fireworks show
6. Labor Day
7. Sugar Maple
8. Tammy Baldwin
9. Ted Bundy
10. Tom Sawyer
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