# The Daily Feud: Incumbents of the World \[Game Over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 8, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619 "2008-09-08T15:37:13Z")\
**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 8, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/1 "2008-09-08T15:37:13Z")

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If any of you have ideas for Feuds -_and would like me to score them_- PM me and I’ll get you on The List.

**DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS**

Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Scoring - Any answer duplicated by anyone else is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants. For example: 50 entrant game = 2 pts per answer. If 4 people match that means they each get 8 pts for that answer. No matches = 0 points.

_ **FORMATTING OF ANSWERS IS IMPORTANT!** _

**Write your answers like this** ; Do not repeat the questions, no periods at the end of answers, no spaces between lines, no comments, no fancy list coding. If you need to comment or clarify your answers, do it AFTER the list of answers. Thanks.  
JUST LIKE THIS:

**1. answer \<\<—There is a space after the period!  
2. response  
3. rejoinder**

The game will end either when we have 50 entrants, or at **4:00 PM Central** on Tuesday, 8/09/08 whichever comes first.

Good luck!

1. Name an Emperor
2. Name a Queen
3. Name a King
4. State a Noble title
5. What does a King need?
6. Name a President
7. Give me a title (past or present) for a head of state that’s not Emperor, Queen, King or President
8. Name an incumbent who died in battle
9. Who is the King of the Castle?
10. Name a current monarchy, except the UK

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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 8, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/2 "2008-09-08T15:48:16Z")

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1. Hirohito
2. Elizabeth II
3. Henry VIII
4. Duke
5. Money
6. GW Bush
7. Emir
8. King Arthur
9. Dad
10. Monaco

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/3 "2008-09-08T15:48:31Z")

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1. Caesar
2. Elizabeth
3. Henry VIII
4. Duke
5. A kingdom
6. Bush
7. Premier
8. Richard III
9. Jerry Seinfeld
10. Sweden

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/4 "2008-09-08T15:54:57Z")

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1. Napoleon
2. Elizabeth II
3. Arthur
4. Duke
5. Queen
6. George Bush
7. Prime Minister
8. Trajan
9. Me
10. Canada

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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 8, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/5 "2008-09-08T15:57:24Z")

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1. Napoleon
2. Elizabeth II
3. Louis XVI
4. Duke
5. A country
6. George W Bush
7. Kahn
8. Harold II
9. I am
10. Sweden

5: A king obviously needs a country, otherwise he wouldn’t have anything to rule  
8: At the battle of Hastings

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/6 "2008-09-08T16:03:37Z")

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1. Napoleon
2. Elizabeth
3. George
4. Lord
5. Subjects
6. Bush
7. Prime Minister
8. King Harold
9. The master of his domain
10. Netherlands  
8 hastings  
9 no idea how to answer this  
10 I think

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/7 "2008-09-08T16:13:33Z")

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1. Akihito
2. Elizabeth II
3. King Juan Carolos I
4. Duke
5. Crown
6. Bush
7. Prime Minister
8. Richard III
9. Pass
10. Spain

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**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/8 "2008-09-08T16:14:12Z")

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1. Napoleon
2. Elizabeth II
3. Richard the Lionheart
4. Lord
5. Crown
6. Nicolas Sarkozy
7. Prime Minister
8. Henry V
9. A husband
10. Denmark

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**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/9 "2008-09-08T16:15:49Z")

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1. Caesar
2. Elizabeth
3. Henry VIII
4. Duke
5. A horse
6. Bush
7. Prime Minister
8. Richard III
9. Me
10. Japan

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/10 "2008-09-08T16:17:21Z")

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1. Hirohito
2. Elizabeth II
3. George III
4. Duke
5. A crown
6. George Washington
7. Empress
8. Richard III
9. Jerry\*
10. Japan

\*George admitted in the _Seinfeld_ series finale that he’d cheated.

For scoring purposes on question 7: “Prime minister” and “premier” are titles of a head of government, not head of state.

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**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/11 "2008-09-08T16:18:11Z")

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> [@rockle](#):
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> 1. Nicolas Sarkozy

Um … yeah. Why I couldn’t name a President on my own side of the Pond is a very good question.

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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:** [September 8, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/12 "2008-09-08T16:30:44Z")

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1. Nero
2. Elizabeth II
3. George III
4. Duke
5. Crown
6. G. W. Bush
7. Prime Minister
8. Richard the Lion-Hearted?
9. Elvis Presley
10. Saudi Arabia

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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 8, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/13 "2008-09-08T16:37:06Z")

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1. Napoleon
2. Elizabeth II
3. George III
4. Duke
5. Crown
6. Abe Lincoln
7. Prime Minister
8. Harold Godwinson
9. Ralph Kramden
10. Netherlands

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**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/14 "2008-09-08T16:49:01Z")

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1. Napoleon Bonaparte
2. Queen Elisabeth
3. King Henry IV
4. Duke
5. A queen
6. George W. Bush
7. Fuhrer
8. Constantine II
9. Dave Matthews
10. Thailand  
My knowledge of royalty is pitiful. #9 was a bit of a WTF, and unfortunately the only thing that came to mind was that Dave Matthews song Crash (into me).

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**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/15 "2008-09-08T16:51:12Z")

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I’m looking at the answers for #7-- Prime Minister’s head of government, not head of state! Come on, guys! This is the Straight Dope! ☹

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/16 "2008-09-08T16:52:58Z")

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> [@Windwalker](#):
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> I’m looking at the answers for #7-- Prime Minister’s head of government, not head of state! Come on, guys! This is the Straight Dope! ☹

People are trying to match the most popular response, not necessarily the _correct_ one.

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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 8, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/17 "2008-09-08T16:56:22Z")

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1. Nero
2. Elizabeth
3. Henry VIII
4. Duke
5. A crown
6. GWB
7. Ayatollah
8. Alexander the Great
9. Me
10. Spain

ETA: FTR, Prime Ministers usually aren’t heads of state- they’re usually heads of government, with a monarch or President serving as head of state.

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/18 "2008-09-08T17:02:52Z")

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1. Penguin
2. Ian McKellen
3. Elvis Presley
4. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
5. Six feet from his head to his heels
6. basitarist Chris Ballew
7. Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic
8. Zombie Lincoln
9. Dave Matthews
10. Sealand

I… don’t think I won.

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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 8, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/19 "2008-09-08T17:04:27Z")

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1. Emperor Akihito
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Juan Carlos I
4. duke
5. a queen
6. President GW Bush
7. kaiser
8. King Harold II
9. Roland
10. Netherlands

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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:** [September 8, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/20 "2008-09-08T17:19:22Z")

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1. Napoleon
2. Elizabeth II
3. Henry VIII
4. Duke
5. People to rule
6. George W. Bush
7. Prime Minister
8. Richard III
9. Jerry Seinfeld
10. Japan

Notes:  
3. [Earworm warning:] I’m Henry VIII, I am, I’m Henry VIII, I am…  
7. Technically, the PM is head of government rather than head of state, but I’m betting it’s a distinction a lot of people will ignore  
9. Given that George admits he cheated in the series finale

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