The Daily Feud: The Bird Feud by InvisibleWombat [game over]

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The answers: (This one was refreshingly easy to score! :))

1. Duck 34

  1. Goose 7
  2. Pheasant 4
  3. Quail 3
  4. Cornish game hen 1
  5. Ostrich 1

2. Ostrich 44
2. condor 2
2. Eagle 2
2. Emu 1
2. Vulture 1

3. Hummingbird 45
3. Finch 2
3. Robin 1
3. Sparrow 1
3. wren 1

4. Colibri 18
4. Darwin’s Finch 3
4. pass 3
4. Paul in Saudi 3
4. ConurePete 2
4. MsRobyn 2
4. Ravenman 2
4. Tequila Mockingbird 2
4. WhyADuck 2
4. winterhawk11 2
4. woodstockbirdybird 2
4. Birdman 1
4. Birdmonster 1
4. Duck Duck Goose 1
4. I’ve got nothing 1
4. Mangetout 1
4. Mockingbird 1
4. pass 2 1
4. pass 3 1
4. Tom the Crow (made this up) 1

5. Parakeet/Budgie 28
5. Parrot 18
5. canary 4

6. Tweety 29
6. Roadrunner 8
6. Woody Woodpecker 6
6. Donald Duck 3
6. Big Bird 1
6. Daffy Duck 1
6. Heckle and Jeckle 1
6. Woodstock 1

7. The Maltese Falcon 16
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 9
7. The Birds 9
7. Bird on a Wire 3
7. Three Days of the Condor 3
7. The Birdman of Alcatraz 2
7. The Eagle Has Landed 2
7. The March of the Penguins 2
7. Bird 1
7. Chicken Run 1
7. The Bird Cage 1
7. Wings of a Dove 1

8. The Maltese Falcon 14
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 13
8. The Raven 6
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 5
8. The Eagle Has Landed 2
8. Youngblood Hawke 1
8. To Kill a Mockingbird 1
8. The Trumpet of the Swan 1
8. The Thorn Birds 1
8. The Painted Bird 1
8. The Cuckoo’s Egg 1
8. The Bridge of Birds 1
8. On Wings of Eagles 1
8. Jonathan Livingston Seagull 1
8. Chicken Little 1

9. Vulture/Buzzard 31
9. Raven 13
9. Crow 4
9. Big Bird 1
9. Loon 1

10. penguin 24
10. Ostrich 17
10. Kiwi 5
10. Emu 3
10. Turkey 1

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The winner is ~drumroll~ Glory! Good job! ::flings confetti:: Glory scored a perfect 10/10. Excellent!

Thanks for playing everybody! And thanks to our gracious mod InvisibleWombat for a fun Feud topic!

We’ll have another up later today.

**1. Glory 566.00 **
2. 3acresandatruck 550.00
3. twickster 536.00
4. Sigmagirl 530.00
5. Really Not All That Bright 528.00
5. DfrntBreign 528.00
7. Ace309 512.00
8. tarragon918 504.00
8. Terminus Est 504.00
10. This’ll Do 498.00
11. Freudian Slit 488.00
12. fachverwirrt 480.00
13. MsWhatsit 478.00
13. Larry Borgia 478.00
15. bibliophage 466.00
16. Happy Lendervedder 464.00
17. 5-4-Fighting 462.00
18. KayElCee 456.00
18. 42fish 456.00
20. wheresgeorge04 454.00
21. levdrakon 442.00
22. brownie55 438.00
23. ivan astikov 432.00
24. winterhawk11 428.00
25. astorian 426.00
25. Panurge 426.00
27. swampbear 424.00
27. want2know 424.00
27. Tapioca Dextrin 424.00
30. LilyoftheValley 422.00
31. Harmonious Discord 420.00
32. delphica 412.00
33. InvisibleWombat 410.00
34. Elendil’s Heir 408.00
35. Fretful Porpentine 400.00
36. Superfreaknduper 398.00
37. Justin_Bailey 396.00
38. anyrose 386.00
39. OtakuLoki 372.00
40. Weaver of Nightmares 364.00
41. SmartAleq 356.00
42. Biffy the Elephant Shrew 346.00
43. gonzomax 340.00
44. Queen Tonya 336.00
45. Amp 312.00
46. SpazCat 286.00
47. zamboniracer 266.00
48. Windwalker 248.00
49. Dolores Reborn 244.00
50. Gala Matrix Fire 234.00

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Alpha:

3acresandatruck 550.00
42fish 456.00
5-4-Fighting 462.00
Ace309 512.00
Amp 312.00
anyrose 386.00
astorian 426.00
bibliophage 466.00
Biffy the Elephant Shrew 346.00
brownie55 438.00
delphica 412.00
DfrntBreign 528.00
Dolores Reborn 244.00
Elendil’s Heir 408.00
fachverwirrt 480.00
Fretful Porpentine 400.00
Freudian Slit 488.00
Gala Matrix Fire 234.00
Glory 566.00
gonzomax 340.00
Happy Lendervedder 464.00
Harmonious Discord 420.00
InvisibleWombat 410.00
ivan astikov 432.00
Justin_Bailey 396.00
KayElCee 456.00
Larry Borgia 478.00
levdrakon 442.00
LilyoftheValley 422.00
MsWhatsit 478.00
OtakuLoki 372.00
Panurge 426.00
Queen Tonya 336.00
Really Not All That Bright 528.00
Sigmagirl 530.00
SmartAleq 356.00
SpazCat 286.00
Superfreaknduper 398.00
swampbear 424.00
Tapioca Dextrin 424.00
tarragon918 504.00
Terminus Est 504.00
This’ll Do 498.00
twickster 536.00
want2know 424.00
Weaver of Nightmares 364.00
wheresgeorge04 454.00
Windwalker 248.00
winterhawk11 428.00
zamboniracer 266.00

64

In a shining example of crappy strategy, I thought of and rejected the top answer to four of the questions.

65

Yeah, it’s a fine line – if I’m too Pavlovian, I end up with several really idiosyncratic answers – but if I overthink, I can get into a lot of trouble.

66

eta: missed the train

67

Hey- y’all beat me! I came in 49th. w00t.

68

If I had had any idea why Colibri is associated with birds, I would have tied for first! Go me!

69

Colibri means hummingbird in both Spanish and French

70

A-ha! I didn’t get it either. Thanks!

71

And he chose his name because he’s an ornithologist – he’s the numero uno bird expert on the boards.

twicks, who’s president of his fan club.

72

Colibri is also a bird expert and has contributed articles to the Straight Dope about birds (I am sure he is a bird expert outside of the Straight Dope as well!). I actually FORGOT that Colibri was Spanish for hummingbird and just remembered if there’s a bird post on the Straight Dope, Colibri usually posts an articulate, scientific response!

Examples:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9790239&postcount=2

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9927136&postcount=18

Oh, and yay for me! I have been out of town and took about a week break from feuds, nice to see I still got it!

edit Simulpost with Twickster :slight_smile:

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  1. Goose
  2. Ostrich
  3. Hummingbird
  4. Birdmonster
  5. Parakeet
  6. Tweety
  7. Chicken Run
  8. Pigeon Feathers
  9. Vulture
  10. Big Bird
    ETA: Too late. I was afraid of that.
74

Sigh Got the snot kicked out of me on my own feud.

How could you all pick “duck” as a bird you eat (instead of yummy goose) and forget about Donald Duck?

75

34 out of 50? Heh. About as bad as I always do on these things. Thanks, though - as always, it was fun!

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  1. Duck
  2. Ostrich
  3. Hummingbird
  4. woodstock birdybird
  5. Parakeet
  6. Tweety Bird
  7. Chicken Run
  8. Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  9. Vulture
  10. Dodo

ETA: Eh, just as well, I did terrible.

77

5th again.

I have my eyes on the prize now…

78
  1. Duck
  2. Ostrich
  3. Hummingbird
  4. Darwin’s Finch
  5. Canary
  6. Woody Woodpecker
  7. Black Hawk Down
  8. Lonesome Dove
  9. Vulture
  10. Penguin
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Ah darn, I just missed the window. And I had 8/10. I coulda been somebody, I coulda been in the top ten!

Grumble, grumble.