# The Conch Feud by Gangster Octopus **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 5, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912 "2008-08-05T14:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 5, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/1 "2008-08-05T14:23:05Z")
No rules on this one! It’s a free-for-all! 😃 1. Name a current President of the United States 2. Name a Holiday assoicated with fireworks in July 3. Name an artist who is known for painting the Mona Lisa 4. Name a number that best describes what one plus one equals 5. Name a breakfast cereal that is for kids, silly rabbit. 6. What letter of the alphabet is most likely to come after the letter Q in a word. 7. Name a Simpsons character with tall, blue hair. 8. Name a country that shares a border with Portugal. 9. Name a store that one might go to to get the Best Buy. 10. How many planets in our solar system have you visited? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/2 "2008-08-05T14:31:58Z")
Cute. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/3 "2008-08-05T14:44:54Z")
1. Dick Cheney 2. My Anniversary 3. Warhol 4. Eleven 5. Bunny Balls 6. “E” (Didn’t say right after) 7. Jessica 8. Oceania 9. Thrift Store 10. 0 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/4 "2008-08-05T14:48:36Z")
1. George W. Bush 2. July 4 3. Leonardo da Vinci 4. 2 5. Trix 6. U 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Best Buy 10. 1 I should finish in the top 30. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/5 "2008-08-05T14:50:54Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] No rules on this one! It’s a free-for-all! 😃 [/Quote] You mean we don’t have to put a space between the number and the answer? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/6 "2008-08-05T14:50:57Z")
1. Prez-Tron 3400, the Presidential Robot 2. Weasel Stomping Day 3. Freddy Crumbulon, the greatest art forger the world has ever known 4. 2 to the 23rd against and falling 5. Alpha-bits 6. i 7. Patty 8. Merland 9. The Dolla Sto’ 10. 1. I get around. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/7 "2008-08-05T14:51:00Z")
1. George W Bush 2. Fourth of July 3. Leonardo Da Vinci 4. Two 5. Coco Pops 6. U 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Best Buy 10. One ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/8 "2008-08-05T14:52:02Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] I should finish in the top 30. [/QUOTE] I’m just determined not to miss one before I go on holidays 😛 ---
**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:** [August 5, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/9 "2008-08-05T14:54:01Z")
1. George W. Bush 2. Independence Day 3. Leonardo Da Vinci 4. Two 5. Trix 6. U 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Best Buy 10. One I assume there will be enough smartass answers that it really will be possible to win this one. (Well, maybe about a 40-way tie for first, anyway…) ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/10 "2008-08-05T14:59:31Z")
I’m not sure if anyone is actually participating (I don’t want to cheat and look ahead). 😃 1. Bush 2. Independence day 3. Leonardo Da Vinci 4. 2 5. Trix 6. U 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Best Buy 10. 1 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/11 "2008-08-05T15:02:23Z")
1. G W Bush 2. July 4th 3. Da Vinci 4. 2 5. Trix 6. U 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Best Buy 10. 1 I’ll probably still come in last place. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/12 "2008-08-05T15:02:48Z")
1. Isn’t that a band? I don’t know the member names 2. When Billie sang in July, man, there were fireworks 3. I suppose Nat King Cole’s velvety voice could be described that way 4. Eleven 5. Kids don’t eat cereal these days - Toaster pastries are the thing 6. There’s no letter “q” in “a word”. 7. OJ is a character, no denying, but hi hair isn’t blue 8. No 9. Who knows, I’m not shopping much these days 10. My space ship is still on layaway ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/13 "2008-08-05T15:04:17Z")
1. Chris Ballew\* 2. National Baked Beans Month\*\* 3. Marcel Duchamp 4. 11 5. Colon Blow 6. A 7. Selma Bouvier 8. Japan\*\*\* 9. Fry’s Electronics 10. Three…wait…two. Pluto’s not a planet anymore \*What? Wikipedia says he’s still in the band… \*\* Really! \*\*\* I was never any good at geography. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/14 "2008-08-05T15:07:01Z")
1. George W Bush 2. Bastille Day 3. Marcel Duchamp 4. Two 5. Cap’n Crunch 6. Trick question: q doesn’t appear in ‘a word’ 7. Mother Bouvier 8. Spain 9. The Dollar Store 10. Waddya mean ‘our’ solar system, puny earthling? Notes: 1,4,8: Couldn’t think of a good non-conch response 2. July 14 3. With a mustache 7. It’s grey now, but I’m sure it was blue back in the day 10. Damn, I’ve said too much ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/15 "2008-08-05T15:07:04Z")
1. Bill Gates, President and CEO, Microsoft 2. Canada Day 3. Leonardo 4. 2 5. Frosted Flakes 6. A 7. Selma Bouvier 8. China 9. Future Shop 10. None ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/16 "2008-08-05T15:08:23Z")
1. George Leroy Tirebiter 2. Bastille Day 3. Leonardo di Caprio 4. One-ty-one 5. Cap’n Crunch 6. W, as in qwiet, qwalification, qwestion mark, etc. 7. Sasqwatch Simpson 8. Zambia 9. Circuit City 10. None. I live here. I’ve got a pretty good feeling about this one. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/17 "2008-08-05T15:09:44Z")
In order to visit a planet, you have to come from somewhere else, right. Where do all you “1” answer people come from anyway… I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/18 "2008-08-05T15:10:20Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] 1. Two [/QUOTE] Damn, just thought of a non-conch answer: 10 (in base two of course) ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/19 "2008-08-05T15:13:31Z")
1. George Bush 2. Independence Day 3. Leonardo Da Vinci 4. Two 5. Trix 6. U 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Best Buy 10. None so far ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/20 "2008-08-05T15:25:03Z")
1. Bush 2. Independence Day 3. Da Vinci 4. 2 5. Ok - I haven’t got a clue ☹ 6. U 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Best Buy 10. One! And I ain’t even gonna place high on this one… shucks ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912.md?page=2)