# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/21 "2008-08-05T15:34:04Z")
I’m glad my feud is getting such an enthusiastic response! 1. W 2. July 4 3. Leo the Vinci 4. 2 5. Trix 6. You 7. Marjorie 8. Espana 9. Best Buy 10. None ---
**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, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/22 "2008-08-05T15:48:34Z")
[QUOTE=Biotop] In order to visit a planet, you have to come from somewhere else, right. Where do all you “1” answer people come from anyway… [/QUOTE] We’re _all_ just visiting. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/23 "2008-08-05T15:52:49Z")
1. Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa, Ciudadano Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos 2. Bastille Day 3. Marcel Duchamp 4. Eleven 5. Nestle NesQuik Cereal 6. a 7. Sideshow Mel 8. Vatican Embassy, Lisbon 9. Dollar General 10. Zero 11. When translated from Arabic, naturally 12. Technically extraterritorial within Portugal and not a bordering country, but I’m going for the popular answer here 13. Not visiting Earth, I live here ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/24 "2008-08-05T18:22:11Z")
1. Dick Cheney 2. Bastille Day 3. Mr, Lisa 4. Unless counting votes 2 5. Whiskey Flakes 6. Z always follows 7. Lisa in 10 years 8. Morocco 9. Target 10. 4 ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/25 "2008-08-05T18:22:40Z")
1. Dick Cheney 2. Canada Day 3. Marcel Duchamp 4. 10 5. Lucky Captain Rabbit King 6. i 7. Sideshow Mel 8. Embassy of Canada in Portugal 9. [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) 10. None ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/26 "2008-08-05T18:36:20Z")
[QUOTE=Biotop] 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. [/QUOTE] Maybe I’ve been to one other than earth? Did you ever think of that? Didja? Huh? Smartypants? ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/27 "2008-08-05T19:18:39Z")
1. George W. Bush 2. Independence Day 3. Leonardo da Vinci 4. 2 5. Trix 6. U 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Best Buy 10. 1 #1 is Bush Jr, not Bush Sr. Please don’t confuse them! #2 is also knows as the Fourth of July #4 1 + 1 could equal 3 for very large values of 1, but I’m trying to pick the most popular answer here. Wow, a couple of those were hard! I hope that I get lots of points on #10. You never know how many places people have been to. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/28 "2008-08-05T19:24:21Z")
1. Dick Cheney 2. Pioneer Day in Utah 3. Van Gogh 4. 10 5. Cheerios 6. Trick question! There is no “q” in “a word”! 7. Selma 8. Spain, but I had to put them on time-out twice before they’d agree to it. 9. Meijer 10. 1, baby! ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/29 "2008-08-05T19:28:24Z")
1. Dick Cheney 2. 4th of July 3. Leonardo da Vinci 4. two 5. Trix 6. U 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Value Village 10. one - I’ll be here less than a century, then just fade away I have a pretty good feeling about this one. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/30 "2008-08-05T19:50:08Z")
You know, I almost put Morocco for #8, but I didn’t actually know if they were considered to be bordering, or if they were separated by some amount of international waters. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/31 "2008-08-05T19:51:55Z")
1. Bush 2. Independance Day 3. Da Vinci 4. 2 5. Trix 6. u 7. Marge 8. Spain 9. Best Buy 10. 0 10: He never takes me _anywhere_! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/32 "2008-08-05T20:45:29Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] 1. Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa, Ciudadano Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos [/quote] You took my answer, but Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is arguably acceptable, as the official name of his country was _Estados Unidos do Brasil_ (United States of Brazil) from 1889 to 1967. Although the states are still united, however, the official name now translates to the Federative Republic of Brazil. > [@](#): > > 1. Bastille Day Algeria, Argentina, the Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Burundi, Cape Verde, Colombia, Liberia, Malawi, the Maldives, Peru, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Slovakia, and Venezuela each observe Independence Day or an analogous celebration [in July.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day) I’d think fireworks are involved in at least some of these festivals of freedom. > [@](#): > > 1. a (When translated from Arabic, naturally) I thought of Albanian’s use of “i” in such words as _Shqiperia_ (the native people’s name for their country) and _qintar_ (the national monetary unit). > [@](#): > > 1. Vatican Embassy, Lisbon I had a similar answer in mind, and was even going to try to find a map of Embassy Row in the District of Columbia. I also considered researching whether any of Portugal’s former colonies (Angola, Macau, etc.) were ever granted “part of the nation” status similar to France’s overseas departments, but ultimately deemed the effort unworthy of undertaking. ---
**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, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/33 "2008-08-05T21:02:46Z")
I hope y’all know this is a joke thread and I’m not scoring it! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/34 "2008-08-05T21:12:26Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] I hope y’all know this is a joke thread and I’m not scoring it! [/QUOTE] :flings confetti: Dibs! I win! I called it! I win! ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/35 "2008-08-05T21:13:05Z")
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? 11. George W. Bush 12. 4th of July! 13. da Vinci 14. 2 15. Trix! 6 U as in quart 🙂 16. Marge 17. Spain 18. Best Buy? 🙂 19. None! Good one. 🙂 Thanks, **Gangster Octopus**! ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/36 "2008-08-05T22:56:10Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] 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? [/QUOTE] 11. Eli Lilly & Company 12. Lughnasadh (Celtic harvest festival) 13. [This Guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z7ZU) 14. 10 (in binary) 15. Rabbit Stew 16. A (if you speak Arabic) 17. Chief Wiggum after sticking his finger in a light socket 18. Atlantis 19. Your Mom 20. Physically: 1. Past lives: 3. Astral Projection: all 12 of them. 🆒 ---
**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:** [August 5, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/37 "2008-08-05T23:13:54Z")
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? 11. [Alfred E. Neuman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_E._Neuman) 12. [Canada Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day) 13. [Leonardo DiCaprio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio) 14. 10 15. Trix 16. [M](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_(James_Bond)) 17. [Sideshow Mel](http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Sideshow_Mel) 18. Spain 19. Best buy 20. 0 ---
**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/38 "2008-08-05T23:21:14Z")
Damn… when I finally get a decent score, it won’t count ☹ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/39 "2008-08-05T23:56:19Z")
1. Charlie 2. My birthday 3. [Marcel DuChamp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Marcel_Duchamp_Mona_Lisa_LHOOQ.jpg) 4. Eleven 5. Life 6. Z 7. The Blue Haired Lawyer 8. American Embassy 9. Dollar Tree 10.None 10. What? You said a president! He’s the president of my men’s group. 11. We lit sparklers. 😃 12. Well, it’s the one _I_ like best! 13. one and one is 11!!11!! 14. Even Mikey liked it! 15. You didn’t say _right_ after! 16. Ok, his hair ain’t tall but on a windy day I bet it sticks up a lot. 17. Just cause I’m a smartass. 18. Hey! It’s all a dollar! Tell me that’s not a Best Buy! 😛 10.For real. I got put on this one to stay. How’d I do? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912/40 "2008-08-06T00:08:18Z")
1. Chris Ballew 2. Pi Approximation Day 3. Marchel Duchamp 4. Sympathy for the Devil 5. Cocoa Puffs 6. A 7. Ashlie 8. Trick Question! No countries share a border with Portugal (“Spain” is a conspiracy of cartographers.) 9. Costco 10. 2 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conch-feud-by-gangster-octopus/458912.md?page=3)