The Boomer Feud [Closed]

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Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Scoring - Any answer duplicated by anyone else is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants. For example: 50 entrant game = 2 pts per answer. If 4 people match that means they each get 8 pts for that answer. No matches = 0 points.

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Write your answers like this; Do not repeat the questions, no periods at the end of answers, no spaces between lines, no comments, no fancy list coding. If you need to comment or clarify your answers, do it AFTER the list of answers. Thanks.
JUST LIKE THIS:

1. answer
2. response
3. rejoinder

If this format is ignored, Brujaja will come in and kick your ass!

The game will end either when we have 50 entrants, or at 5:00 PM Central on Saturday, 5/24/08 whichever comes first. Good luck!

Boomers, this will be easy for you – young uns will find it a bit more of a challenge. This feud is about the history of the second half of the 20th century – the years 1950-1999 – so forget the last few years and think back a bit.

  1. Figure from the Watergate scandal (other than Nixon)
  2. Astronaut
  3. Serial killer
  4. Unsuccessful presidential candidate
  5. Bestselling author
  6. Head of a major corporation
  7. Late night talk show host (other than Letterman)
  8. Hard scientist (physics, chemistry, etc.)
  9. Social scientist (anthropology, economics, sociology)
  10. Nobel Peace Prize winner
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  1. G. Gordon Liddy

  2. John Glenn

  3. Jeffrey Dahmer

  4. Walter Mondale

  5. Stephen King

  6. Lee Iaccoca

  7. Johnny Carson

  8. Albert Einstein

  9. Alan Greenspan

  10. Anwar Sadat

  11. Is there going to be any other choice on this one? Ed Sullivan might be, but I still think Johnny will have him beat.

  12. Yes, I’m punting.

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  1. Deep Throat
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Son of Sam
  4. Mondale
  5. Danielle Steel
  6. Iacocca
  7. Carson
  8. Salk
  9. Dr. Spock
  10. Jimmy Carter
4
  1. John Dean
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Zodiac Killer
  4. George McGovern
  5. Arthur Hailey
  6. Lee Iacocca
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Stephen Hawking
  9. Margaret Mead
  10. Desmond Tutu
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  1. Halderman
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. John Wayne Gacey
  4. Ralph Nader
  5. Stephen King
  6. Bill Gates
  7. Jay Leno
  8. Stephen Hawking
  9. Alan Greenspan
  10. Henry Kissenger
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  1. John Erlichman
  2. John Glenn
  3. Jeffrey Dahmer
  4. Barry Goldwater
  5. Stephen King
  6. Lee Iacocca
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Carl Sagan
  9. Margaret Mead
  10. Henry Kissinger
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  1. I think Leno is fresher in folks’ minds

  2. me, too. :wink:

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Yeah, I shouldn’t have excluded Letterman – or should have excluded Carson also. Oh well, every game needs a “conch.”

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phooey - I missed the part about the “last half of the 20th c.” But Leno started at the Tonight Show in the mid 90s so he counts - eh, I think my answers will stand the test of time, popularity wise

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  1. G. Gordon Liddy
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Ted Bundy
  4. George McGovern
  5. Stephen King
  6. Bill Gates
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Stephen Hawking
  9. Margaret Mead
  10. Henry Kissinger

I’m not sure I understood the rules. They said we’re supposed to think back to 1950-1999 but there was nothing in the questions that required this. I tired to stick with “boomer” answers but I’m worried that everyone else is going to be guessing people like John Kerry and J.K. Rowling.

ETA: Although it looks like most people are doing the same as I did.

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  1. John Dean
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Charles Manson
  4. Walter Mondale
  5. Ira Levin
  6. Lee Iacocca
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. John Kenneth Galbraith
  10. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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  1. Woodward
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Charles Manson
  4. Walter Mondale
  5. Stephen King
  6. Lee Iacoca (no idea on the spelling)
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Richard Feynmann
  9. Jane Goodall
  10. Ghandi
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  1. Woodward
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Ted Bundy
  4. George McGovern
  5. Steven King
  6. Bill Gates
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Stephen Hawking
  9. Dr. Spock
  10. Jimmy Carter

I’m sure I wiffed on a couple of those.

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  1. Mark Felt
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Ted Bundy
  4. Goldwater
  5. Stephen King
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Stephen Hawking
  9. Jeffrey Sachs
  10. Nelson Mandela
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Interesting that Manson’s got a few votes so far despite never having actually killed anyone himself.

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  1. Burnstein
  2. Armstrong
  3. Charles Manson
  4. Dole
  5. Jack Kerouac
  6. Iacocca
  7. Carson
  8. Hawking
  9. Goodall
  10. Mandela
    I did thins with out googling so we’ll see how my 25 year old knowledge stacks up against you foogies. I think I’m hosed on 4, 8 and 10 but the rest should be the right age group for you guys. :smiley:
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  1. John Dean
  2. John Glen
  3. Charles Manson
  4. Adlai Stevenson
  5. Stephen King
  6. Lee Iacocca
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Einstein
  9. Margaret Mead
  10. Jimmy Carter
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  1. Haldeman
  2. John Glenn
  3. Richard Ramirez
  4. Walter Mondale
  5. Stephen King
  6. Lee Iaccoca
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Feyneman
  9. Jane Goodall (?)
  10. Desmond Tutu
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  1. Deep Throat
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Ted Bundy
  4. Al Gore
  5. Stephen King
  6. Bill Gates
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Marie Curie
  9. John Keynes
  10. Marie Curie
    I hope that Deep Throat was the right -gate, and that John Keynes is the right date range. I’m working off of one summer economics class here.
    (I’m 21! This one is really hard.)

ETA: Jesus H. flaming Christ! This is two in a row where I’ve forgotten to delete the quoted OP!

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  1. Deep Throst
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Ted Bundy
  4. Walter Mondale
  5. Stephen King
  6. Lee Iacocca
  7. Johnny Carson
  8. Richard Feynman
  9. Margaret Mead
  10. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.