The Daily Feud: New York State of Mind by bmoak [Game Over]

True, but…

  1. pretzels
  2. Buffalo
  3. Seneca Lake
  4. Woody Allen
  5. United Nations
  6. the Thousand Islands
  7. I’ll Take Manhattan
  8. Brooklyn Dodgers
  9. Ed Koch
  10. Anything north of Westchester County is upstate
  1. Pretzels
  2. Buffalo
  3. Lake Chautauqua
  4. Woody Allen
  5. Yankee Stadium
  6. Baseball Hall of Fame
  7. Erie Canal
  8. Brooklyn Dodgers
  9. Laguardia
  10. Westchester County
  11. I’ve got a mule, her name is Sal,
    15 miles on the Erie Canal
    She’s a good old worker and a good old pal,
    15 miles on the Erie Canal
  1. pretzels
  2. Buffalo
  3. Lake Placid
  4. Scorsese
  5. Museum of Natural History
  6. Baseball hall of Fame
  7. The Only Living Boy in New York
  8. Brooklyn Dodgers
  9. Koch
  10. Putnam County
  1. Soft pretzels
  2. Buffalo
  3. Cayuga
  4. Woody Allen
  5. Times Square
  6. Saratoga Springs
  7. On Broadway
  8. Dodgers
  9. Fiorello Laguardia
  10. Albany

Where, oh where is the love for the knish?

Who buys pretzels in NYC? I lived there for 40 years and never did.

I think freckafree is #44. Lots of chatter!

I thought it was “15 YEARS on the Erie Canal”

Off to check.

I hope that was a Simpsons reference for comic effect, because I LOLed out loud.

Wasn’t that supposed to be Crab Juice, though?

  1. Pretzels
  2. Buffalo
  3. Seneca?
  4. Woody Allen
  5. Times Square
  6. Cooperstown
  7. On Broadway
  8. Brooklyn Dodgers
  9. Koch
  10. Northern border of NYC

Edit for 9: “Pre-Guiliani”, not “Pre-Bloomberg”, which my brain somehow saw.

  1. pretzels
  2. Rochester
  3. Lake George
  4. Martin Scorcese
  5. Central Park
  6. Catskills
  7. On Broadway
  8. Dodgers
  9. Ed Koch
  10. Yonkers

Oh, all right, but I’ll probably suck. :wink:

  1. Falafel
  2. Buffalo
  3. Seneca
  4. Woody Allen
  5. Times Square
  6. Catskills
  7. Give My Regards to Broadway
  8. Titans
  9. Ed Koch
  10. Hudson River

Some total guesses up there . . .

  1. Pretzels
  2. Albany
  3. Saranac
  4. Martin Scorcese
  5. Central Park
  6. Finger Lakes
  7. Angel of Harlem
  8. Brooklyn Dodgers
  9. Fiorello La Guardia
  10. Yonkers

On the song question - all the “New York City” answers were counted as posted - sorry if it’s the same song by different artists. I was too busy today to research much.

  1. Besides hot dogs, name a food sold by NYC pushcarts.
    1. Pretzels 34

  2. ice cream/Italian ice 3

  3. Sausage/Bratwurst sandwich 3

  4. Falafel 2

  5. Knishes 2

  6. Burritos 1

  7. Clam juice 1

  8. Pizza 1

  9. Shishkebab 1

  10. Name a city that is located along the Erie Canal.
    2. Buffalo 29

  11. Rochester 8

  12. Albany 7

  13. Syracuse 3

  14. Schenectady 1

  15. Name a lake located entirely within New York State.
    3. Lake Placid 10

  16. Cuyaga Lake 9

  17. Lake George 9

  18. Seneca Lake 8

  19. Lake Oneida 3

  20. Canandaigua 1

  21. Finger Lakes 1

  22. Flushing Meadow Park Lake 1

  23. Lake Champlain 1

  24. Lake Chautauqua 1

  25. Long Pond 1

  26. Onondaga Lake 1

  27. Otsego Lake 1

  28. Saranac 1

  29. Quintessential NYC filmmaker: Woody Allen, Spike Lee, or Martin Scorcese?
    4. Woody Allen 30

  30. Martin Scorcese 17

  31. Spike Lee 1

  32. Besides the Statue of Liberty or The Empire State Bldg, name a NYC tourist attraction.
    5. Times Square 16

  33. Ground Zero 5

  34. Broadway 4

  35. Central Park 4

  36. Metropolitan Museum of Art 4

  37. Rockefeller Center 4

  38. Museum of Natural History 2

  39. Radio City Music Hall 2

  40. Chinatown 1

  41. Ellis Island 1

  42. Grand Central Station 1

  43. Museum of Modern Art 1

  44. St. Patrick’s Cathedral 1

  45. United Nations 1

  46. Yankee Stadium 1

  47. Besides Niagara Falls, name an Upstate tourist attraction.
    6. Baseball Hall of Fame 24

  48. Adirondacks 5

  49. Finger Lakes 4

  50. Catskills 2

  51. Erie Canal 2

  52. Lake George 2

  53. Lake Placid 2

  54. Ausable Chasm 1

  55. FDR library 1

  56. Great NY State Fair 1

  57. Lake Champlain 1

  58. Saratoga Springs 1

  59. The Catskills 1

  60. the Thousand Islands 1

  61. Besides “New York State of Mind” or “New York, New York,” name a song about New York.
    7. On Broadway 10

  62. Give my Regards to Broadway 6

  63. New York Minute 5

  64. I Love New York 2

  65. I’ll Take Manhattan 2

  66. The Only Living Boy in New York 2

  67. Angel of Harlem 1

  68. Back in the New York Groove 1

  69. City of Blinding Lights 1

  70. Easter Parade 1

  71. Erie Canal 1

  72. Goodnight, New York 1

  73. Helluva Town 1

  74. I’ll take New York 1

  75. Lullaby of Broadway 1

  76. N.Y.C. (from Annie) 1

  77. New York - U2 1

  78. New York City 1

  79. New York City - John Lennon 1

  80. New York City (TMBG) 1

  81. New York, New York (On the Town) 1

  82. New York’s not my Home 1

  83. Rockaway Beach 1

  84. Shattered 1

  85. Sidewalks of New York 1

  86. The Lullaby of Broadway 1

  87. Walk on the Wild Side 1

  88. Name a defunct New York sports team (any city, any sport.)
    8. Brooklyn Dodgers 39

  89. NY Cosmos 3

  90. New York Titans 2

  91. New York Americans 1

  92. NY Giants 1

  93. Rochester Royals 1

  94. Syracuse Nationals 1

  95. David Dinkens 1

  96. Name a pre-Giuliani mayor of NYC.
    9. Ed Koch 35

  97. Fiorello LaGuardia 12

  98. Name a place were Upstate is said to start.
    10. Westchester County 12

  99. Albany 11

  100. Poughkeepsie 5

  101. Yonkers 5

  102. George Washington Bridge 2

  103. New York City limits 2

  104. Syracuse 2

  105. 125th St 1

  106. Adirondacks 1

  107. Hudson River 1

  108. NYC Border 1

  109. Past Yonkers 1

  110. Putnam County 1

  111. Tappen Zee Bridge 1

  112. The Catskills 1

  113. White Plains 1

And the winner is ~drumroll~ robardin!!! Good job! robardin got x/10 top answers. Way to go! Perfect was xxx.xx.

Thanks, everyone! Nice to see ya, Hal! Very fun Feud, bmoak! I loved all the chit-chat. This reminded me of when I was in NYC, about 30 years ago.

FYI - it’s snowing in Houston tonight. Very NY-esque. :wink:

New one in just a sec.

**1. robardin 475.00 **
2. Hal Briston 472.92
3. Mahaloth 470.83
4. Ichbin Dubist 454.17
5. Dolores Reborn 447.92
6. Paintcharge 443.75
7. Sigmagirl 439.58
8. Wallflower 431.25
9. bmoak 425.00
10. 42fish 416.67
11. gonzomax 414.58
12. swampbear 412.50
13. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 404.17
14. anyrose 400.00
14. Little Nemo 400.00
16. freckafree 395.83
17. WVmom 393.75
17. bibliophage 393.75
19. Fiddle Peghead 385.42
20. Zebra 379.17
20. fusoya 379.17
20. It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 379.17
23. zamboniracer 375.00
23. Terminus Est 375.00
25. pravnik 358.33
26. NDP 356.25
26. notfrommensa 356.25
28. jali 354.17
29. ShibbOleth 352.08
30. OtakuLoki 341.67
31. Crotalus 339.58
32. tarragon918 327.08
33. want2know 310.42
34. Key Lime Guy 308.33
35. kenner116 295.83
36. Justin_Bailey 293.75
37. Chronos 287.50
37. MsWhatsit 287.50
39. Scarlett67 270.83
40. Elendil’s Heir 262.50
41. Ellen Cherry 258.33
42. El_Kabong 254.17
43. Sternvogel 243.75
44. Jack Batty 239.58
45. Sparky812 231.25
46. cmkeller 214.58
47. CircleofWillis 143.75
48. RealityChuck 135.42

Too bad it wasn’t an Ed Konch. <rimshot>

:smiley:

Otaki crushed again. Dropped like a tower.

It’s all Buffalo’s fault, dammit.