# The Conchless Feud by 42fish \[game over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 29, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223 "2010-05-29T20:34:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/41 "2010-05-30T15:26:47Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Pierce Brosnan
3. murmured
4. nightstand
5. Terry Gilliam
6. Shanghai
7. Hercule Poirot
8. Placido Domingo
9. LaToya
10. Phantom of the Opera

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/42 "2010-05-30T15:29:25Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Pierce Brosnan
3. muted
4. dresser
5. Terry Gilliam
6. Shanghai
7. hercules Peroit
8. Jose Carreras
9. Tito
10. West Side Story

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/43 "2010-05-30T15:58:54Z")

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1. Burger King

2. Pierce Brosnan

3. mouthed

4. television

5. Eric Idle

6. Shanghai

7. Encyclopedia Brown

8. Beverly Sills

9. Tito

10. A Chorus Line

11. I wonder where “The Fantasticks”, which holds the record, will rate?

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/44 "2010-05-30T16:02:44Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Daniel Craig
3. Muttered
4. Nightstand
5. Eric Idle
6. Shanghai
7. Hercule Poirot
8. Placido Domingo
9. Tito
10. Phantom of the Opera

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/45 "2010-05-30T16:03:55Z")

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:smack: _Knew_ I should have gone with Roger Moore.

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/46 "2010-05-30T16:23:41Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Daniel Craig
3. Muttered
4. Chest of drawers
5. Eric Idle
6. Shanghai
7. Hercule Poirot
8. Maria Callas
9. Tito
10. Les Miserables

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/47 "2010-05-30T16:25:39Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> 1. I wonder where “The Fantasticks”, which holds the record, will rate?

Actually, ‘The Fantasticks’ was an off-Broadway show.

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/48 "2010-05-30T16:28:47Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> See, now I know for a fact that they weren’t pure conchs because on a few of the questions, the exclusion was NOT what I’d answered the first time around

The first two questions had been 100% conchs; the rest, just heavily conched (generally 40+ out of 50)

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/49 "2010-05-30T16:40:17Z")

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1. KFC
2. Roger Moore
3. Muttered
4. Dresser
5. Eric Idle
6. Shanghai
7. Sam Spade
8. Placido Domingo
9. Jermaine Jackson
10. Phantom of the Opera

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/50 "2010-05-30T17:26:13Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Roger Moore
3. muttered
4. dresser
5. Michael Palin
6. Shanghai
7. Hercule Poirot
8. Placido Domingo
9. LaToya
10. Phantom of the Opera

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**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 30, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/51 "2010-05-30T18:08:22Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Roger Moore
3. murmered
4. dresser
5. Graham Chapman
6. Shanghai
7. Sam Spade
8. Placido Domingo
9. Tito
10. Chorus Line

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/52 "2010-05-30T22:33:29Z")

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It looks as if Little Nemo is 42, so only eight more spots to go.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/53 "2010-05-30T23:39:22Z")

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[Here’s a list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_longest-running_Broadway_shows) of Broadway’s longest-running shows. I knew that _A Chorus Line_ held the record at one time but thought it was too long ago to put for my feud answer. My answer of _Wicked_ is #18. Interestingly, at #5 in the all-time list, _Oh Calcutta_ holds the record for Broadway’s longest-running revue and revival.

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**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/54 "2010-05-31T00:49:55Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Roger Moore
3. Muttered
4. Dresser
5. Michael Palin
6. Shanghai
7. Hercule Poirot
8. Placido Domingo
9. Jermaine Jackson
10. A Chorus Line

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/55 "2010-05-31T00:55:56Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Roger Moore
3. muttered
4. Dresser
5. Eric Idle
6. Shanghai
7. Hercule Poirot
8. Placido Domingo
9. Latoya
10. A Chorus Line

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**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/56 "2010-05-31T01:09:41Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Pierce Brosnan
3. Murmured
4. Nightstand
5. Eric Idle
6. Taipei
7. Hercule Poirot
8. Andrea Boccelli
9. Tito
10. The Fantasticks

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/57 "2010-05-31T02:28:52Z")

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Quoth **anyrose** :

> [@](#):
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> See, now I know for a fact that they weren’t pure conchs because on a few of the questions, the exclusion was NOT what I’d answered the first time around

And I’m pretty sure that “name something found in a bedroom” was from one I wrote, and I excluded “bed” from that one, too.

And what’s interesting is, it looks like “Shanghai” and “Burger King” are both shaping up to be even bigger conches than we usually have.

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/58 "2010-05-31T02:36:55Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Roger Moore
3. breathed
4. dresser
5. Michael Palin
6. Shanghai
7. Hercule Poroit
8. Placido Domingo
9. Latoya
10. Les Mis

Hope I’m not too late.

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/59 "2010-05-31T05:58:56Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Roger Moore
3. Murmured
4. Dresser
5. Eric Idle
6. Shanghai
7. Sam Spade
8. Caruso
9. Jermaine Jackson
10. Phantom of the Opera

I seem to be #47.

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conchless-feud-by-42fish-game-over/541223/60 "2010-05-31T10:56:43Z")

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1. Burger King
2. Roger Moore
3. murmured
4. Wardrobe
5. Eric Idle
6. Hong Kong
7. Hercule Poirot
8. Placido Domingo
9. LaToya
10. Phantom

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