# The Daily Feud: Incumbents of the World \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 3
**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, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/41 "2008-09-08T19:43:14Z")
> [@WVmom](#): > > 1. OK, I know he’s not real, but I couldn’t think of anyone else. Arthur isn’t “not real” so much as “possibly not real”. There was either a historical Arthur (obviously without the knights and dragons and maidens fair and Camelot and whatnot) or a fairly pervasive legend. ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/42 "2008-09-08T19:49:42Z")
#9 is supposed to be ambigous and I’m glad it worked out that way 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/43 "2008-09-08T20:25:23Z")
1. Akihito 2. Elizabeth II 3. Bhumibol 4. Duke 5. Heirs 6. Bush 7. Il Doge 8. Harold II 9. Roland 10. Thailand 11. Of Japan 12. Of the UK 13. Of Thailand. (It’s because of **Siam Sam** ’s regular postings that I thought of him.) 14. Of the Most Serene Republic of Venice 15. I was split between this poor guy and Gustav Adolphus, then I realized that Gustav Adolphus wasn’t fighting to retain his throne, so I don’t think he’d count. 16. Wikipedia is your friend 17. See note for #3 ETA: for #1 I had Hirohito, and thought, naw, people will be going for the current Emperor. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/44 "2008-09-08T20:43:41Z")
1. Hirohito 2. Elizabeth II 3. Henry VIII 4. Lord 5. Crown 6. George W. Bush 7. Tsar 8. Richard III 9. Not the Dirty Rascal 10. Monaco ---
**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:** [September 8, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/45 "2008-09-08T21:07:09Z")
1. Napoleon 2. Elizabeth II 3. Henry VIII 4. Duke 5. A crown 6. George W. Bush 7. Premier 8. Harold II 9. Ralph Kramden 10. Spain For 2, 3, and 8: All of England/UK 11. For just a little while longer. 🙂 12. Or so he thinks ---
**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 8, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/46 "2008-09-08T21:16:08Z")
1. Napoleon 2. Elizabeth I 3. Henry VIII 4. Duke 5. A country 6. Bill Clinton 7. Prince or Emir\* 8. Richard III 9. I am 10. Saudi Arabia \*7. Like Prince Rainier or the Emir of Qatar \*9. Did not understand. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/47 "2008-09-08T21:24:02Z")
1. Haile Selassie 2. Elizabeth II 3. George III 4. Duke 5. Crown 6. Washington 7. His Holiness, the Pope, Bishop of Rome 8. Phillip XI 9. The husband 10. Japan 11. …of Ethiopia, deceased 12. …Last emperor of Byzantium, died in 1453 in the battle when Constantinople fell to the Ottomans. 13. But that doesn’t mean he really rules! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/48 "2008-09-08T23:01:39Z")
1. Napoleon 2. Elizabeth II 3. George III 4. Duke 5. a queen 6. Dubya 7. Premiere 8. Richard III 9. my cat 10. Sweden ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/49 "2008-09-08T23:28:50Z")
1. Napoleon 2. Victoria 3. Henry VIII 4. Duke 5. Crown 6. George W. Bush 7. Tsar 8. Richard III 9. Me 10. Japan ---
**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 8, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/50 "2008-09-08T23:38:17Z")
1. Nebucadnezzar 2. Freddy Mercury 3. King Arthur 4. Earl 5. a harem 6. Nixon 7. Empress 8. Alexander The Great 9. Hitler 10. Saudi Arabia ---
**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:** [September 9, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/51 "2008-09-09T00:11:56Z")
1. Napolean 2. Elizabeth II 3. Henry VIII 4. Duke 5. Crown 6. Washington 7. Tsar 8. Richard III 9. Me, of course 10. Saudi Arabia ---
**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:** [September 9, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/52 "2008-09-09T12:16:59Z")
1. Constantine 2. Elizabeth 3. Tut 4. Duke 5. his pipe, his bowl and his fiddlers three 6. Bush 7. Prime Minister 8. Richard III 9. Dad 10. Monaco ---
**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 9, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/53 "2008-09-09T13:10:59Z")
**Queen Tonya** is #44. ---
**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 9, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/54 "2008-09-09T13:45:58Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > 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. Actually, you don’t get to play. It’s not fair to the other players who are really trying to win. ---
**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 9, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/55 "2008-09-09T13:58:51Z")
Since one post was rejected, **Queen Tonya** is #43. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/56 "2008-09-09T17:02:28Z")
It’d be nice if you include a disclaimer for future players that you reserve the right to throw out answers, so they know in advance. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/57 "2008-09-09T17:22:38Z")
The rules would get too long if she had to put \*everything \*in there. Your entry appeared to break the rule that says you should try to match other the players’ answers. In addition to throwing out entries that don’t look like they’re actually playing to win, she also decides which answers are alike or not. We can plead our case; I’d wager we could bribe her, but she retains the only vote on whether Harald does or does not equate to Harold. And so on. The feud games are a mostly-benevolent, but ultimately ruthlessly authoritarian regime. I’m sure you’re welcome to try a serious answer. Plus, sometimes other people run feuds with other rules; you can play those and/or run one of your 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:** [September 9, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/58 "2008-09-09T17:22:54Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > It’d be nice if you include a disclaimer for future players that you reserve the right to throw out answers, so they know in advance. You’re right. I have added it to the “boilerplate” rules. ETA: Which _are_ getting rather long, **3acres**! ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/59 "2008-09-09T18:14:42Z")
I’m curious, though. Does posting joke answers actually affect the relative rankings of the participants? Joke answers will almost never match any of the serious ones, so everyone will score fewer points, but it should be an equal effect, no? It’d be as if the joke poster didn’t actually exist, and the game had 49 participants instead of 50. Although I guess it does take up a spot of person #51, who _does_ want to play to win. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-incumbents-of-the-world-game-over/462619/60 "2008-09-09T18:26:33Z")
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