# The Boomer Feud \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 23, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361 "2008-05-23T14:35:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/81 "2008-05-23T22:27:27Z")
1. G. Gordon Liddy 2. John Glenn 3. Charles Manson 4. George McGovern 5. Irving Wallace 6. Lee Iacocca 7. Johnny Carson 8. Richard Feynman 9. Margaret Mead 10. Jimmy Carter ---
**Author:** ![Ready\_for\_my\_closeup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Ready\_for\_my\_closeup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ready_for_my_closeup)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/82 "2008-05-23T23:07:08Z")
1. G. Gordon Liddy 2. Neil Armstrong 3. Ted Bundy 4. Walter Mondale 5. Stephen King 6. Lee Iaccoca 7. Johnny Carson 8. Carl Sagan 9. Margaret Mead 10. Henry Kissinger ---
**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:** [May 23, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/83 "2008-05-23T23:48:26Z")
Count of Answer Answer Total 1. Bill Gates 1 2. Bob Woodward 3 3. Carl Bernstein 1 4. Charles (Chuck) Colson 3 5. Deep Throat (Mark Felt) 7 **1. G. Gordon Liddy 14** 6. H.R. Haldeman 3 7. John Dean 11 8. John Erlichman 2 9. John Mitchell 1 10. Mark Felt 1 11. Sam Ervin 1 12. Spiro Agnew 2 13. Buzz Aldrin 1 14. John Glenn 11 **2. Neil Armstrong 35** 15. Snoopy 1 16. Virgil (Gus) Grissom 2 **3. Charles Manson 12** TIE 17. Ed Gein 1 18. Jeffrey Dahmer 7 19. John Wayne Gacy 4 20. Milk 1 21. Richard Ramirez 1 22. Richard Speck 3 23. Son of Sam 4 **3. Ted Bundy 12** TIE 24. UnaBomber 1 25. Zodiac Killer 4 26. Adlai Stevenson 1 27. Al Gore 2 28. Barry Goldwater 6 29. Bill The Cat 1 30. Bob Dole 2 31. Eugene McCarthy 2 32. Gary Hart 2 **4. George McGovern 13** 33. Hubert Humphrey 1 34. Jesse Jackson 1 35. Jimmy Carter 1 36. Michael Dukakis 3 37. Ralph Nader 1 38. Ted Kennedy 1 39. Thomas E. Dewey 1 40. Walter Mondale 12 41. Alex Haley 2 42. Arthur Hailey 1 43. Carlos Castaneda 1 44. Danielle Steele 2 45. Ira Levin 1 46. Jack Kerouac 1 47. Jacqueline Susanne 2 48. James Michener 2 49. John Grisham 1 50. Joseph Heller 1 51. Michael Crichton 3 **5. Stephen King 29** :smack: I can’t believe I didn’t say King… 52. Tolkien 1 53. Tom Clancy 3 54. Bill Gates 15 55. Donald Trump 3 56. Hugh Hefner 1 57. Kenneth Lay 1 **6. Lee Iacocca 26** 58. Ray Kroc 1 59. Rupert Murdoch 1 60. Steve Jobs 1 61. Warren Buffett 1 62. Craig Ferguson 1 63. Elvira 1 64. Jack Paar 1 65. Jay Leno 4 **7. Johnny Carson 41** Conch! 66. Tom Snyder 2 67. Albert Einstein 9 68. Carl Sagan 7 69. Crick (DNA guy) 1 70. Edwin Hubble 1 71. Isaac Newton 1 72. Jonas Salk 1 73. Linus Pauling 1 74. Madame Marie Curie 1 75. Max Planck 1 76. Richard Feynman 7 77. Robert Jarvik 1 **8. Stephen Hawking 19** 78. Alan Greenspan 3 79. Albert O. Hirschman 1 80. Alfred Kinsey 2 81. Alvin Toffler 1 82. B.F. Skinner 2 83. Dr. Spock 3 84. Gladys Kravitz 1 85. James Tobin 1 86. Jane Goodall 3 87. Jeffrey Sachs 1 88. John Kenneth Galbraith 2 89. John Keynes 1 90. John Nash 1 91. Joyce Brothers 1 92. Louis Leakey 1 **9. Margaret Mead 21** 93. Milton Friedman 2 94. Noam Chomsky 1 95. Rachael Carson 1 96. Richard Leakey 1 97. Al Gore 1 98. Anwar Sadat 2 99. Bono 1 100. Desmond Tutu 4 101. Henry Kissinger 7 **10. Jimmy Carter 9** 102. Lech Walesa 1 103. Linus Pauling 2 104. Madame Marie Curie 2 105. Mahatma Gandhi 3 106. Martin Luther King, Jr. 7 107. Mother Teresa 2 108. Nelson Mandela 5 109. The Dalai Lama 1 110. Yasser Arafat 3 ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/84 "2008-05-23T23:50:54Z")
1. Haldeman 2. John Glenn 3. Ted Bundy 4. McGovern 5. Danielle Steel 6. Lee Iacocca 7. Johnny Carson 8. Linus Pauling 9. Margaret Mead 10. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rats!! Too late! Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/85 "2008-05-23T23:53:31Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] 1. Bill Gates 15 2. Steve Jobs 1 [/QUOTE] Spot the Mac user. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/86 "2008-05-23T23:54:31Z")
And the winner is… **Little Nemo**!!! Woo-hoo! :: throws confetti:: Congratulations! \*\*1. Little Nemo 412.00 \*\* 2. An Arky 404.00 3. pravnik 394.00 4. robardin 376.00 5. KayElCee 372.00 6. cmkeller 368.00 7. Maus Magill 358.00 8. Scarlett67 356.00 9. shelbo 350.00 10. Spoons 348.00 11. Asimovian 342.00 11. 42fish 342.00 11. El\_Kabong 342.00 14. winterhawk11 340.00 14. Dead Cat 340.00 16. Yllaria 338.00 17. Purgatory Creek 336.00 18. Sternvogel 328.00 19. Baker 326.00 20. HongKongFooey 324.00 21. SylverOne 322.00 22. Paintcharge 320.00 23. bannerrefugee 318.00 24. twickster 314.00 25. Fretful Porpentine 310.00 26. OtakuLoki 308.00 26. Dolores Reborn 308.00 28. Zebra 304.00 29. Freudian Slit 300.00 30. Oredigger77 286.00 30. chaoticbear 286.00 30. kevja 286.00 33. Justin\_Bailey 278.00 33. LateComer 278.00 35. Gangster Octopus 272.00 35. Busy Scissors 272.00 37. wheresgeorge04 270.00 38. tarragon918 264.00 39. Biffy the Elephant Shrew 256.00 40. Glory 250.00 41. anyrose 238.00 42. Ace309 228.00 43. RoOsh 208.00 44. brujaja 194.00 45. 3acresandatruck 182.00 46. Švejk 174.00 47. photopat 150.00 48. zamboniracer 138.00 49. swampbear 122.00 50. Harmonious Discord 34.00 ---
**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:** [May 23, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/87 "2008-05-23T23:58:02Z")
Alpha: 3acresandatruck 182.00 42fish 342.00 Ace309 228.00 An Arky 404.00 anyrose 238.00 Asimovian 342.00 Baker 326.00 bannerrefugee 318.00 Biffy the Elephant Shrew 256.00 brujaja 194.00 Busy Scissors 272.00 chaoticbear 286.00 cmkeller 368.00 Dead Cat 340.00 Dolores Reborn 308.00 El\_Kabong 342.00 Fretful Porpentine 310.00 Freudian Slit 300.00 Gangster Octopus 272.00 Glory 250.00 Harmonious Discord 34.00 HongKongFooey 324.00 Justin\_Bailey 278.00 KayElCee 372.00 kevja 286.00 LateComer 278.00 Little Nemo 412.00 Maus Magill 358.00 Oredigger77 286.00 OtakuLoki 308.00 Paintcharge 320.00 photopat 150.00 pravnik 394.00 Purgatory Creek 336.00 robardin 376.00 RoOsh 208.00 Scarlett67 356.00 shelbo 350.00 Spoons 348.00 Sternvogel 328.00 Švejk 174.00 swampbear 122.00 SylverOne 322.00 tarragon918 264.00 twickster 314.00 wheresgeorge04 270.00 winterhawk11 340.00 Yllaria 338.00 zamboniracer 138.00 Zebra 304.00 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/88 "2008-05-24T00:05:13Z")
Thanks, **Delores** I almost made it out of the bottom half! A personal best! Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/89 "2008-05-24T00:15:31Z")
Alright! I couldn’t remember names today, so i decided to go with the best match I could remember. If you have to fail at least you can try to fail spectacularly.😃 ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/90 "2008-05-24T00:41:29Z")
1. Deepthroat 2. Neil Armstong 3. Ted Bundy 4. Mondale 5. Stephen King 6. Lee Iaccoca 7. LaCarson 8. Stephen Hawking 9. Jane Goodall 10. Jmmy Carter ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/91 "2008-05-24T00:47:32Z")
I made the top 11! ::squeal:: I think I’m somewhere in between a Boomer and a youngin’, but I’ll take what I can get. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/92 "2008-05-24T01:24:28Z")
Heh, some of us are apparently too Boomer. 😛 In my defense for picking Jacqueline Suzanne as a best selling author, **The Valley of the Dolls** was on the best-seller list for a heck of a long time, and I remember reading it (furtively!) in 9th grade. And being shocked … shocked, I tell you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/93 "2008-05-24T01:36:25Z")
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 [/QUOTE] 11. G. Gordon Liddy 12. Neil Armstrong 13. Son of Sam 14. McGovern 15. Mischner 16. Lee Iococa 17. Carson 18. Einstein 19. Tobin 20. Carter ETA: rats, it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/94 "2008-05-24T02:01:09Z")
1. Haldeman 2. Glenn 3. Gacey 4. Stevenson 5. Hunter Thompson 6. Jobs 7. Leno 8. Hawkins 9Leaky 9. Carter ---
**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:** [May 24, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/95 "2008-05-24T02:58:09Z")
I’m so happy. I’ve been playing these for weeks and I finally won one. I kept reading the answers and thinking “I picked that one and that one and that one…” ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/96 "2008-05-24T03:19:45Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] at Hallowe’en, he dressed as a vampire - he was wait for it Auto Exec Bat [/QUOTE] Congratulations, this is the first time I’ve ever said: **FOFLMAO!!** In other news – – Tom Snyder. Hmph! I may as well have said “cowrie.” ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/97 "2008-05-24T03:24:42Z")
Oh! Thank you, **twickster!!** Thank you, **Dolores!!** That was a very good topic. My poor showing only shows that I’m a few years later than true boomer years. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/98 "2008-05-24T04:43:23Z")
Thanks, **twickster** and **Dolores**! Good game. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/99 "2008-05-24T13:43:33Z")
My frigging list, and I come in 24th? And Hmph! on Jimmy Carter – he didn’t win the Peace Prize till 2002. I was surprised that Carl Sagan didn’t do better – he’s practically a demigod here. **grumble grumble grumble** ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361/100 "2008-05-24T13:47:22Z")
Wow, I came in 2nd?!?. Just goes to show you a stopped clock’s right twice a day… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boomer-feud-closed/450361.md?page=6)