# 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:** 3
### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/41 "2008-07-02T21:56:53Z")
1. John Philip Sousa
2. Hamburgers
3. Battle of New Orleans
4. Brooklyn
5. Watch fireworks
6. Thanksgiving
7. Redwood
8. Barack Obama
9. Dillinger
10. Paul Bunyun
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### Author:  [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/42 "2008-07-02T21:59:33Z")
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.
11. George Gershwin
12. apple pie
13. Battle of Bunker Hill
14. Southern
15. watch/shoot off fireworks
16. Memorial Day
17. Maple
18. Obama
19. John Dillinger
20. Tom Sawyer
Well, I think I’m in for the Big Fall. 😃 I couldn’t think of any famous American criminal except Dillinger! And the famous fictional American really stumped me. LOL
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/43 "2008-07-02T22:06:45Z")
I would like the Scorer to note that my answer to #3 is the same as a number of others, except **correct**. I feel this should count. I shouldn’t be penalized because others didn’t read their textbook! 😃
Yes, I feel the same way about Waterloo, too.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/44 "2008-07-02T22:10:40Z")
1. Aaron Copeland
2. Apple Pie
3. Bunker Hill
4. Southern
5. Shoot fireworks
6. Labor Day
7. Cottonwood
8. Ted Kennedy
9. Al Capone
10. Tom Sawyer
For #6 I didn’t choose Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, or Thanksgiving because other countries celebrate them too, if not on the same day, or called the same thing. Remembrance Day, instead of Veteran’s Day, for example.
#7 Go Kansas! I have no idea what state tree is considered most American
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/45 "2008-07-02T22:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=silenus]
I would like the Scorer to note that my answer to #3 is the same as a number of others, except **correct**. I feel this should count. I shouldn’t be penalized because others didn’t read their textbook! 😃
[/QUOTE]
I have similar feelings about the Battle of the Greasy Grass. 😉
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### Author:  [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/46 "2008-07-02T22:20:28Z")
1. Sousa
2. Hot Dog
3. Battle of Bunker Hill
4. Southern
5. Light fireworks
6. Memorial Day
7. Maple
8. Hillary Clinton
9. Al Capone
10. Johnny Appleseed
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### Author:  [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/47 "2008-07-02T22:27:13Z")
1. Gershwin
2. Apple Pie
3. Bunker Hill
4. Southern
5. Watch fireworks
6. Thanksgivin
7. Redwood
8. Barack Obama
9. Al Capone
10. Uncle Sam
Number 8 as conch?
ETA: nope, apparently it’s #3 and 4.
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/48 "2008-07-02T22:27:26Z")
[QUOTE=TheMerchandise]
10. Johnny Appleseed
[/QUOTE]
Little known fact, but [he was a real guy.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed)🙂
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### Author:  [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/49 "2008-07-02T22:30:33Z")
1. Irving Berlin
2. Pizza
3. Bunker Hill
4.Southern
4. Watch Fireworks
5. Labor Day
6. Oak
7. Dick Durbin
8. Al Capone
9. Uncle Sam
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### Author:  [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/50 "2008-07-02T22:31:30Z")
1. Aaron Copland
2. apple pie
3. The Battle of Lexington and Concord
4. southern
5. barbecue
6. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
7. pine
8. Barack Obama
9. Al Capone
10. Huckleberry Finn
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/51 "2008-07-02T22:47:12Z")
1. John Williams
2. Hot Dog
3. Gettysburg
4. Southern
5. BBQ
6. Thanksgiving
7. Oak
8. Obama
9. Al Capone
10. Huck Finn
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### Author:  [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/52 "2008-07-02T22:50:12Z")
1. Francis Scott Key
2. Apple Pie
3. Bunker Hill
4. Southern
5. Light Fireworks
6. Memorial Day
7. Redwood
8. Obama
9. Manson
10. Poor Richard
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/53 "2008-07-02T22:58:11Z")
[QUOTE=Omniscient]
1. John Williams
2. Hot Dog
3. Gettysburg
4. Southern
5. BBQ
6. Thanksgiving
7. Oak
8. Obama
9. Al Capone
10. Huck Finn
[/QUOTE]
Fuck! Wrong war…
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### Author:  [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/54 "2008-07-02T23:01:01Z")
1. Stephen Sondheim
2. Apple Pie
3. Bunker Hill
4. Southern
5. fireworks
6. Memorial Day
7. cherry
8. Teddy Kennedy
9. Al Capone
10. Homer Simpson
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### Author:  [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/55 "2008-07-02T23:03:26Z")
1. Copeland
2. apple pie
3. Valley Forge
4. southern
5. eat
6. Thanksgiving
7. tulip poplar (Tennessee among many)
8. Kennedy
9. Jesse James
10. superman
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/56 "2008-07-02T23:32:20Z")
I think **adhemar** is #44, so get your entries in quick, folks!
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### Author:  [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/57 "2008-07-02T23:40:59Z")
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.
11. George Gershwin
12. Frankfurter
13. Bunker Hill
14. Southern
15. shoot fireworks
16. President’s Day
17. Oak Tree
18. Hillary
19. Al Capone
20. Uncle Sam
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/58 "2008-07-03T00:03:10Z")
[QUOTE=Gala Matrix Fire]
1. Redwood/Sequoia
- apparently there’s confusion about California’s state tree.
[/QUOTE]
Actually, for State Tree purposes, [both Coastal redwood and Giant Sequoia](http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html#Heading3) are considered the state tree, as they are lumped together as “California Redwood”.
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/59 "2008-07-03T00:12:15Z")
1. Leonard Bernstein
2. the hot dog
3. Lexington & Concord
4. Noo Joizey
5. backyard bbq party
6. Thanksgiving
7. Apple
8. Sen Hillary Clinton
9. John Wayne Gacey
10. Mr Deeds
comments
# 10 - as played by Jimmy Stewart - not Sandler’s slapsticky remake
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### Author:  [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-american-feud-by-mswhatsit-closed/455087/60 "2008-07-03T00:18:12Z")
I think we need to increase these to 60-100 entries instead of 50. I made it this time, mostly when I find the thread it is already over 50 posts
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