# The Anti-Match Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 6, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196 "2020-04-06T16:10:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/1 "2020-04-06T16:10:15Z")
With a nod to the other thread, and as another boredom-killer, I give you the Anti-Match game. The goal here is to come up with a unique answer, or at least to match as few people as possible. Submit your answers in a similar format as the one used in the other game: 1. answer 2. answer 3. answer Make comments below your answers. You are on your honor not to peek at other answers before answering. I’ve never done this before, and I don’t know how popular it will be, so I’m not sure how to declare an endpoint. I will probably stop it after a week, even if there are very few responses. I will definitely stop it after 25 replies, because I have never done this before, and I want to give myself something I can manage. Scoring: Unique answer: 10 pts. Matching 1 other player only: 5 pts. Matching 2 other players only: 2 pts. Matching 3 other players only: 1 pt. Matching more than 3 players: 0 pts. I encourage Googling to get specific wordings and spellings write. 1. Title of a Hollywood film from the 1930s 2. Detective on _Law & Order_ (any version; regular character) 3. Beer produced in a Spanish-speaking country 4. European capital 5. Board game (alternate names for the same game will be counted as one) 6. Type of residence (ie, structure used as a home for an indefinite length of time; if you think yours is obscure, give an example) 7. Famous playwright (status of “famous” is at the discretion of the judge and sole scorekeeper) 8. Landmark in Asia (alternate names for the same landmark will be counted as one) 9. Number between 1 & 100 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/2 "2020-04-06T16:50:59Z")
1. The Texas Rangers 2. Arleen Gonzalez 3. Cherusker Roja 4. Valletta 5. Asphodel 6. Cardboard box 7. Hatcher Hughes 8. Ark Fortress, Bukhara 9. 22 Seems like this game just encourages everyone to come up with random obscure answers. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/3 "2020-04-06T17:14:07Z")
1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Adam Schiff 3. Corona 4. Paris 5. Monopoly 6. House 7. William Shakespeare 8. Great Wall of China 9. 50 In case everyone else tries to go obscure. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/4 "2020-04-06T17:14:20Z")
1. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) 2. Nina Cassidy 3. Cruzcampo 4. Vaduz, Liechtenstein 5. Emperor of China 6. Igloo 7. Aeschylus 8. Erdene Zuu Monastery, Mongolia 9. 97 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/5 "2020-04-06T17:14:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. The Texas Rangers > 2. Arleen Gonzalez > 3. Cherusker Roja > 4. Valletta > 5. Asphodel > 6. Cardboard box > 7. Hatcher Hughes > 8. Ark Fortress, Bukhara > 9. 22 > > Seems like this game just encourages everyone to come up with random obscure answers. They have to be real answers, though. I have been to Bukhara, and have a picture of myself in front of the fortress, so I don’t need to check it out, but I will be checking the others out, if I don’t know them. If people reach too far for the obscure, they may reach to the same depth. That’s part of the fun of it, I think. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/6 "2020-04-06T17:27:38Z")
1. Merrily We Go to Hell 2. Skeet Ulrich as Rex Winters; a Senior LAPD Detective 3. Cusqueña (Peru) 4. Athens 5. ``` Columbo ``` 6. Duplex 7. Henrik Ibsen 8. The Forbidden City (Beijing) 9. 16 I had to use Google for #2, as I’ve never seen an episode of Law and Order in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/7 "2020-04-06T17:42:51Z")
1. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide 2. Nina Cassady 3. Dos Equis 4. Oslo 5. Candyland 6. Igloo 7. Woody Allen 8. Tomb of Stalin 9. 37 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/8 "2020-04-06T17:44:40Z")
Ach, I matched 2 items with the Professor. We played Boticelli together for too long. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/9 "2020-04-06T17:48:04Z")
Copycat! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/10 "2020-04-06T19:23:27Z")
1. Men Without Women 2. Nora Lewin 3. Dorada Draft 4. Monaco 5. Hey, That’s My Fish! 6. Carriage house 7. Terence Rattigan 8. Naoshima 9. 74 ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/11 "2020-04-06T19:33:29Z")
1. A Bill of Divorcement 2. Phil Cerreta 3. Pilsener 4. Podgorica 5. Mouse Trap 6. Tree House 7. Brecourt 8. Krak des Chevaliers 9. 57 Pilsener is a brand name in Ecuador ---
**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:** [April 6, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/12 "2020-04-06T21:07:57Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > They have to be real answers, though. I have been to Bukhara, and have a picture of myself in front of the fortress, so I don’t need to check it out, but I will be checking the others out, if I don’t know them. 1. [The Texas Rangers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Rangers_(1936_film)) - I found a list of films made by year and picked an obscure title 2. [Arleen Gonzalez](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657081/) - I checked Wikipedia. I figured the LA version was one of the lesser known series and Gonzalez was a lesser known character from it. 3. [Cherusker Roja](https://redhunttravel.com/beer/craft-beers-of-ecuador-taking-on-pilsener-and-club/) - I picked Ecuador as a relatively obscure Spanish speaking country and then googled beers of Ecuador. This was the last beer on the list. 4. [Valletta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta) - A tough one. There’s only a limited pool of European countries to choose from. But I figured Malta was likely to be overlooked even if people went for the samll countries. 5. [Asphodel](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/176411/asphodel) - My conch. I own a lot of boardgames and this is the most obscure game I own. According to BGG, only twelve people own a copy of this game. 6. [Cardboard box](https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/he-is-living-in-a-cardboard-box/) - I tried to think outside of the box. Je ne regrette rien. 7. [Hatcher Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatcher_Hughes) - He won a Pulitzer Prize. In 1924. So I think he counts as a famous playwright that nobody is likely to have heard of. 8. [Ark Fortress, Bukhara](https://www.pettitts.co.uk/blog/uzbekistan-landmarks) - Similar to my beer logic. I picked Uzbekistan as a relatively obscure Asian country and then googled “Landmarks of Usbekistan” and picked a item from far down the list. It’s an amazing coincidence that you’ve actually been there. 9. 22 - I used a random number generator. > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > If people reach too far for the obscure, they may reach to the same depth. That’s part of the fun of it, I think. That’s why I tried to make sure I added a random element. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/13 "2020-04-12T04:25:01Z")
Bumped. ---
**Author:** ![SuperAbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@SuperAbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperAbe)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/14 "2020-04-12T05:30:14Z")
1. Bringing up Baby (1938) 2. Aleesha Philips (L&O: UK) 3. Cervecería Nacional (Panama) 4. Andorra la Vella 5. Shōgun 6. Pueblo 7. Tom Stoppard 8. Iron Pillar of Dehli 9. 10 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/15 "2020-04-12T05:54:06Z")
1. The Petrified Forest 2. Chester Lake 3. Mahou Cinco Estrella 4. Vaduz 5. Trivial Pursuit 6. Studio apartment 7. Tom Stoppard 8. Juche Tower 9. 11 Notes: No. 4 is the capital of Liechtenstein. No. 8 is in Pyongyang, North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/16 "2020-04-12T08:01:24Z")
1. Scarface 2. Lupo 3. Negra Modelo 4. Helsinki 5. [Money Card](https://www.amazon.com/Money-Card-American-Express-Travel/dp/B0013FXUQW) 6. Brownstone 7. Thornton Wilder 8. Angkor Wat 9. 37 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/17 "2020-04-12T08:05:12Z")
:smack: Of all things, I matched **Knowed Out** on number between 1 & 100. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/18 "2020-04-12T09:35:49Z")
1, The Fatal Glass of beer 2. (can’t name one – concede) 3. San Miguel 4. Yerevan 5. Salvo 6. Nipa hut 7. Eugene Ionesco 8. Temple of Lea 9. 4 1. San Miguel beer was established in Philippines when it was a Spanish colony ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/19 "2020-04-12T15:15:42Z")
1. _The Raven_ 2. Ed Green 3. Estrella 4. Budapest 5. Green Ghost 6. Peel tower 7. Thornton Wilder 8. Shwedagon Pagoda 9. 72 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-match-game/851196/20 "2020-04-20T02:32:21Z")
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