# The Daily Feud: Geeks by winterhawk11 \[Game Over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 25, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189 "2008-09-25T18:35:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**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:** [September 25, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/21 "2008-09-25T20:17:46Z")

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I thought that would be the way to go.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/22 "2008-09-25T20:21:02Z")

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1. Computers

2. Star Wars

3. Chess

4. Glasses

5. Cell Phone

6. Star Wars

7. REM

8. Japan

9. Bawls

10. Social skills

11. swoon

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**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:** [September 25, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/23 "2008-09-25T20:28:58Z")

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1. Tech support
2. Lord of the Rings
3. Dungeons & Dragons
4. Mousy
5. Pocket protector
6. Lord of the Rings
7. Devo
8. Silicon Valley
9. Skittles
10. A cool hair-cut.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/24 "2008-09-25T20:30:55Z")

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1. (Computer) Programmer
2. Revenge of the Nerds
3. Dungeons & Dragons
4. Glasses
5. Pocket protector
6. Star Wars
7. Belle & Sebastian
8. Tokyo
9. Red Bull
10. A girlfriend

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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:** [September 25, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/25 "2008-09-25T20:39:22Z")

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1. Programming
2. Real Genius
3. Starcraft
4. Glasses
5. Pocket protector
6. Firefly
7. Pink Floyd
8. CERN
9. Cold pizza
10. Dead chickens

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**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/26 "2008-09-25T20:50:29Z")

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1. Engineering
2. Real Genius
3. Dungeons and Dragons
4. Glasses
5. Pocket protector
6. Star Trek
7. They Might Be Giants
8. Comic Con
9. Mountain Dew
10. Geeks would be emotionally invested in the answer to this question, nerds would not.
11. I don’t predict this is going to be very popular, but I have to give a shout out to the best geek movie ever!
12. Only in the movies, but I bet it will still be a popular answer
13. Wild guess

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**Author:** ![Marjorie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@Marjorie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marjorie)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/27 "2008-09-25T20:59:26Z")

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1. Programming
2. Office Space
3. Magic the Gathering
4. Glasses
5. NintendoDS
6. Whedonverse
7. Weezer
8. Japan
9. Mountain Dew
10. Social skills

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/28 "2008-09-25T21:01:16Z")

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1. tech support
2. War Games
3. D & D
4. Smart
5. iphone
6. Star Wars
7. They Might Be Giants
8. Skywalker Ranch
9. Red Bull
10. sarcasm

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**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/29 "2008-09-25T21:01:57Z")

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1. Mathematician
2. Primer
3. Dungeons and Dragons
4. Introversion
5. Hand held computer
6. Harry Potter
7. Pink Floyd
8. The Air and Space Museum
9. Guinness
10. A light-up LED something

Man, I knew a lot more about geeks twenty years ago. Slide rules, watch calculators, multi-sided dice…

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**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:** [September 25, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/30 "2008-09-25T21:40:57Z")

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1. Engineering
2. Star Wars
3. Dungeons and Dragons
4. Goth
5. Pocket Protector
6. Star Trek
7. They Might Be Giants
8. Silicon Valley
9. Mountain Dew
10. Graphing Calculator

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**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:** [September 25, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/31 "2008-09-25T22:04:36Z")

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1. Computer repair/installation
2. Real Genius
3. D&D
4. She is actually tremendously beautiful if she just gets her hair done, wears a little makeup, puts on some more flattering clothes, loses the glasses and giggles a lot (at least that is what movies lead me to believe)
5. Pocket protector
6. Star Trek
7. They Might be Giants
8. Space Camp
9. Mac n Cheese
10. A t-shrt that says, “Theres no place like 127.0.0.1”

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**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/32 "2008-09-25T22:07:52Z")

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1. programmer
2. Real Genius
3. Dungeons and Dragons
4. dark-rimmed glasses
5. pocket protector
6. Star Trek
7. Pink Floyd
8. digging up dinosaur bones
9. Mountain Dew
10. an intercooled, turbocharged car

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/33 "2008-09-25T22:09:23Z")

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1. Computer programmer
2. Lord of the Rings
3. Dungeons & Dragons
4. Wears glasses
5. Pocket protector
6. Star Trek
7. Devo
8. Silicon Valley
9. Mountain Dew
10. Friends

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**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/34 "2008-09-25T22:14:10Z")

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1. Engineering

2. _Revenge of the Nerds_

3. Dungeons and Dragons

4. Thick glasses

5. Pocket protector

6. _Star Trek_

7. pass

8. Sci fi convention

9. Lunch made by Mom

10. Stock portfolio

11. a wild guess, I confess.

12. do geeks listen to bands? This one stumped me.

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**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/35 "2008-09-25T23:13:12Z")

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1. Name an occupation where you find many geeks.

2. Name a geeky movie.

3. Name a game often played by geeks.

4. Name a stereotypical quality of a female geek.

5. Name a geeky accessory.

6. Name a fandom that appeals to geeks.

7. Name a band that is popular with geeks.

8. Name a place a geek is likely to go for a vacation.

9. Name a food or beverage associated with geeks.

10. Name a quality associated with geeks but not nerds (in other words, something a geek would have but a nerd would not.)

11. computer technician

12. Revenge of the Nerds

13. Dungeons and Dragons

14. plays in the band

15. pocket protector

16. Comics

17. Drum Corps (marching band?)

18. A CON

19. Dr. Pepper

20. girlfriend/significant other

LOL Oh my, I don’t think I want to see my score on this one!

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/36 "2008-09-25T23:13:15Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
>
> 1. IT
> 2. Star Wars
> 3. Dungeons and Dragons
> 4. scarcity
> 5. light saber
> 6. Name a fandom that appeals to geeks.
> 7. They Might Be Giants
> 8. scifi related convention
> 9. cheese wiz
> 10. world of warcraft accounts

hey! Where did #6 go?

1. IT
2. Star Wars
3. Dungeons and Dragons
4. scarcity
5. light saber
6. Star Trek
7. They Might Be Giants
8. scifi related convention
9. cheese wiz
10. world of warcraft accounts

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/37 "2008-09-25T23:17:37Z")

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1. Engineer
2. LOTR: Return of the King
3. Dungeons and Dragons
4. Glasses
5. Pocket protector
6. Star Trek
7. Rush
8. Sci fi convention
9. Mountain Dew
10. Friends

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**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/38 "2008-09-25T23:45:44Z")

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> [@This\_ll\_Do](#):
>
> 1. pass
> 
> 2. do geeks listen to bands? This one stumped me.

Nooooo… why did you write pass? We would’ve had a match otherwise.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/39 "2008-09-25T23:57:45Z")

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1. software design
2. Star Wars
3. Dungeons and Dragons
4. glasses
5. pocket protector
6. comic books
7. Rush
8. San Diego
9. pizza
10. a girlfriend

#8 - For the Comic Con.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-geeks-by-winterhawk11-game-over/465189/40 "2008-09-26T00:20:34Z")

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1. IT
2. 2001
3. Dungeons & Dragons
4. Ponytail
5. Calculator
6. Lord of the Rings
7. Pass
8. Some sort of convention
9. Coke
10. Investment nous

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