# The Daily Feud: Avast! A Seagoing Feud by El\_Kabong \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 21, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935 "2008-10-21T20:11:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/41 "2008-10-22T04:41:57Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Sloop 3. Argentina 4. Adm. Chester Nimitz 5. Oil 6. The Great Lakes 7. Indonesia 8. Antwerp 9. _SeaQuest_\* 10. _Lusitania_ \*That’s some major geekage there… ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/42 "2008-10-22T05:04:51Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. ketch 3. Colombia 4. Halsey 5. vehicles 6. St. Lawrence Seaway 7. Madagascar 8. Rotterdam 9. Black Pearl 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/43 "2008-10-22T06:13:35Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Clipper 3. Argentina 4. Admiral Nimitz 5. Oil 6. Mississippi River 7. Indonesia 8. Hamburg 9. Pequod 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/44 "2008-10-22T07:52:08Z")
1. Merrimac vs Monitor 2. Sloop 3. Brazil 4. Nimitz 5. Oil 6. Panama Canal 7. Indonesia 8. Amsterdam 9. The Flying Dutchman 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/45 "2008-10-22T13:00:38Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Frigate 3. Argentina 4. Admiral Nimitz 5. Oil 6. Panama Canal 7. pass 8. Calais 9. Pequod 10. Lusitania I suck. And this will be my last Feud for a while because we are going on vacation and won’t be back till next Thursday. Ahoy! ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/46 "2008-10-22T15:20:23Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Catamaran 3. Argentina 4. Nimitz 5. Oil 6. Mississippi River 7. United States 8. Genoa 9. Pequod 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/47 "2008-10-22T15:22:15Z")
This might be my worst so far, and I’ve been in the bottom 10% regularly. 1. Battle of New Orleans 2. Sloop 3. Brazil 4. McArthur 5. Oil 6. Mississippi River 7. Philippines 8. Marseilles 9. The Bounty 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/48 "2008-10-22T15:22:54Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Sloop 3. Argentina 4. “Bull” Halsey 5. Coal 6. The Mississippi River 7. Indonesia 8. Rotterdam 9. The _Pequod_ 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/49 "2008-10-22T17:56:05Z")
1. Jutland 2. Yacht 3. Brazil 4. Nimitz 5. Oil 6. Rhine 7. Thailand 8. Liverpool 9. Pequod 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/50 "2008-10-22T18:13:55Z")
If I counted correctly\*\* Pushkin\*\* is #46. There’s still time folks! ---
**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:** [October 22, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/51 "2008-10-22T18:19:14Z")
1. Monitor vs. Merrimac (Virginia) 2. Schooner 3. Argentina 4. Admiral Nimitz 5. Oil 6. The Mississippi River 7. North Korea 8. London 9. The Black Pearl 10. The Lusitania There seems to be a fair bit of overlap between this one and the “Ships” one a few days ago. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/52 "2008-10-22T18:57:14Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > \ this will be my last Feud for a while because we are going on vacation and won’t be back till next Thursday. Ahoy! As Bugs Bunny would say – “Bon Voy-adj-ee!” 😃 Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/53 "2008-10-22T18:58:07Z")
1. Battle of Trafalgar 2. Sloop 3. Argentina 4. Admiral Nimitz 5. Oil 6. Panama canal 7. Cuba 8. Liverpool 9. The Black Pearl 10. Lusitania \*4 - total guess ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/54 "2008-10-22T19:13:01Z")
I think Jack Batty is the 48 response. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/55 "2008-10-22T19:17:10Z")
You counted right! ---
**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:** [October 22, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/56 "2008-10-22T20:04:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There seems to be a fair bit of overlap between this one and the “Ships” one a few days ago. True, and sorry for the similarities but I put this one in the queue long before that other one was posted. Great minds, etc. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/57 "2008-10-22T20:06:18Z")
I should have caught it - my apologies. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/58 "2008-10-22T20:31:06Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > True, and sorry for the similarities but I put this one in the queue long before that other one was posted. Great minds, etc. And as the “great mind” who thought up the other one, let me just say that I’ll probably suck just as bad at this one as I did at my own! 😉 ---
**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:** [October 22, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/59 "2008-10-22T21:12:41Z")
1. Name a famous naval battle from before 1940. **1. Trafalgar 27** 2. Monitor and Merrimac 9 3. Jutland 5 4. Spanish Armada 3 5. Lepanto 1 6. Mobile Bay 1 7. New Orleans 1 8. Nile 1 9. Name a type of sailing vessel. **2. Sloop 13** 10. Schooner 12 11. Frigate 6 12. Yacht 5 13. Clipper 4 14. Sailboat 4 15. Catamaran 1 16. Cutter 1 17. Galleon 1 18. Ketch 1 19. Name a South American country that has its own navy. **3. Argentina 29** 20. Brazil 13 21. Venezuela 2 22. Bolivia 1 23. Chile 1 24. Colombia 1 25. Peru 1 26. Name a naval officer of the World War II era. **4. Nimitz 25** 27. Halsey 6 28. Kennedy 4 29. Yamamoto 3 30. Donitz 2 31. Rickover 2 32. Captain 1 33. Chief Petty Officer 1 34. MacArthur 1 35. Mountbatten 1 36. pass 1 37. Ridley 1 38. Name a type of cargo often carried by ship. **5. Oil/Petroleum 34** 39. Automobiles 6 40. Bananas 1 41. Coal 1 42. Containers 1 43. Copra 1 44. Grain 1 45. Iron and steel 1 46. Ore 1 47. Televisions 1 48. Name a navigable inland waterway. **6. Mississippi River 18** 49. St. Lawrence Seaway 11 50. Panama Canal 7 51. Erie Canal 2 52. Great Lakes 2 53. Hudson River 2 54. Chesapeake Bay 1 55. Detroit River 1 56. Intracoastal Waterway 1 57. Lake Erie 1 58. Rhine 1 59. Tennessee-Tombigbee 1 60. Other than Somalia, name a country off which modern-day piracy has been reported. **7. Indonesia 23** 61. Malaysia 3 62. Yemen 3 63. China 2 64. Cuba 2 65. Philippines 2 66. Thailand 2 67. Brazil 1 68. Guatemala 1 69. Madagascar 1 70. North Korea 1 71. Panama 1 72. pass1 1 73. pass2 1 74. Spain 1 75. United States 1 76. Venezuela 1 77. Vietnam 1 78. Name a European port city. **8. Rotterdam 9** 79. London 8 80. Amsterdam 5 81. Antwerp 4 82. Hamburg 4 83. Calais 3 84. Liverpool 3 85. Venice 3 86. Marseilles 2 87. Porto 2 88. Dover 1 89. Genoa 1 90. Madeira 1 91. Portsmouth 1 92. Rome 1 93. Name a fictional vessel from literature or the movies. **9. Pequod 9** 94. Black Pearl 7 95. Nautilus 7 96. Caine 4 97. Flying Dutchman 4 98. Argo 3 99. Bounty 3 100. Poseidon 3 101. Surprise 3 102. Dawn Treader 1 103. Enterprise 1 104. Good Ship Lollipop 1 105. Orca 1 106. SeaQuest 1 107. Other than the Titanic, name a famous vessel that sank. **10. Lusitania 36** 108. Maine 5 109. Bismarck 3 110. Andrea Doria 2 111. Edmund Fitzgerald 2 ---
**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:** [October 22, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/60 "2008-10-22T21:18:06Z")
And the winner is ~~~drumroll~~~ **NDP**!! Woo-hoo! :: flings confetti:: **NDP** got 8/10 right. Good job! Perfect score was 464.58. Thanks all, and thanks **El\_Kabong**! Next one up tomorrow… \*\*1. NDP 435.42 \*\* 2. 42fish 427.08 3. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 414.58 4. OtakuLoki 412.50 5. Wargamer 410.42 6. wevets 402.08 7. Baker 395.83 8. swampbear 393.75 9. bibliophage 389.58 10. Jack Batty 381.25 11. want2know 370.83 11. Chronos 370.83 13. Sigmagirl 366.67 13. kenner116 366.67 15. muldoonthief 364.58 15. pravnik 364.58 17. astorian 362.50 18. Dolores Reborn 360.42 19. lawoot 354.17 20. Sublight 352.08 21. 3acresandatruck 347.92 22. Cunctator 341.67 22. El\_Kabong 341.67 24. WVmom 316.67 24. Little Nemo 316.67 24. Fretful Porpentine 316.67 27. Queen Tonya 312.50 28. Labdad 297.92 29. rockle 287.50 30. Zebra 283.33 30. bmoak 283.33 32. Sternvogel 275.00 32. notfrommensa 275.00 32. Terminus Est 275.00 32. Pushkin 275.00 36. This’ll Do 270.83 37. jali 252.08 38. Elendil’s Heir 247.92 39. gonzomax 218.75 40. tarragon918 216.67 41. criminey.jicket 212.50 42. Gala Matrix Fire 202.08 43. bink 195.83 44. Harmonious Discord 170.83 45. ShibbOleth 150.00 46. Gangster Octopus 125.00 47. WormTheRed 83.33 48. IvoryTowerDenizen 81.25 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935.md?page=4)