# The Daily Feud: The New Number Two by Scuba\_Ben \[Game Over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 3, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306 "2009-02-03T20:55:33Z")\
**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:** [February 3, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/1 "2009-02-03T20:55:33Z")

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

**Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer,** to get the most people matching you. Google is allowed, if you desire. Only answers that are “serious” will be scored. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players.

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.

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.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10778971&postcount=82)

_ **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. And no quotes, please. 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 Wednesday, 02/04/09 whichever comes first.

Good luck!

Everybody remembers who or what is number one. Name the number two.

1. Name a Vice President of the USA who served during the 19th century, and did not become President.
2. Name a major historical event that occurred during the last century (1901-2000) that did NOT involve the USA.
3. Name an internationally recognized country that existed during the 19th century but did not survive into the 20th century.
4. The most popularly televised Summer Olympics sports are in track & field, swimming & diving, and gymnastics. Name a sport from another area at the 2008 Summer Olympics. (Ex: “Sprinting,” not the general “track & field” nor the specific event “mens 110m hurdles.”)
5. The most popularly televised Winter Olympics sport is figure skating. Name an individual silver medalist in any other sport from any Winter Olympics.
6. Name a song released 2004 or earlier that peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top 100 charts.
7. Name a movie director who was nominated for the Best Director Oscar at least twice – but never won that award.
8. … and an actor for Best Actor.
9. … and an actress for Best Actress.
10. The #1 preferred Internet forum among SDMB users is the SDMB. Name the #2 preferred forum.

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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:** [February 3, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/2 "2009-02-03T21:18:15Z")

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1. John C. Calhoun
2. The Communist revolution in Russia
3. The Ottoman Empire
4. Sailing
5. Bode Miller
6. Just Dance (Lady GaGa)
7. David Lynch
8. Peter O’Toole
9. Deborah Kerr
10. Something Awful

Damn, this was really hard!

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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/3 "2009-02-03T21:27:17Z")

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1. Hannibal Hamlin
2. The Falklands War
3. Confederate States of America
4. Volleyball
5. Reinfried Herbst
6. “Penny Lane” / “Strawberry Fields”
7. Robert Altman
8. Johnny Depp
9. Kate Winslet
10. Snopes boards

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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:** [February 3, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/4 "2009-02-03T21:44:32Z")

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1. John C. Breckenridge
2. Establishment of India
3. Prussia
4. Volleyball
5. Tanja Poutiainen
6. Be My Baby
7. Quentin Tarantino
8. Will Smith
9. Kate Winslet
10. Snopes

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/5 "2009-02-03T21:46:04Z")

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1. Dan Quayle
2. Indonesia tsunami
3. Transylvania
4. equestrian
5. Gretchen Bleiler
6. Loving You
7. Martin Scorsese
8. Leonardo di Caprio
9. Kate Winslet
10. Fark

Holy crap this was hard! Especially #6.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/6 "2009-02-03T22:26:19Z")

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1. Aaron Burr
2. Russian Revolution
3. Holy Roman Empire
4. Cycling
5. Steve Mahre (skiing)
6. “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. Peter O’ Toole
9. Kate Winslet
10. Fark

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**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/7 "2009-02-03T23:05:53Z")

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1. Aaron Burr  
2, Berlin wall coming down
2. Prussia
3. Gymnastics
4. Olga Pylova
5. Hit Me Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
6. M. Night Shyamalan
7. Sylvester Stallone
8. Kate Winslet
9. B3ta

8 only nominated for one but I had nothing else

10 almost certainly not the favourite forum or the top answer but I thought I might as well give em a plug.

This was really hard.

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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:** [February 3, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/8 "2009-02-03T23:09:29Z")

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This _was_ hard. And by establishment of India, I meant independence. Obviously, it always existed, but…well, you know.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/9 "2009-02-03T23:17:24Z")

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Everybody remembers who or what is number one. Name the number two.

1. Adlai E. Stevenson
2. Russian Revolution
3. Kingdom of Hanover
4. Wrestling
5. Beckie Scott
6. One Call Away
7. Robert Altman
8. Peter O’Toole
9. Deborah Kerr
10. Snopes

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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/10 "2009-02-03T23:24:52Z")

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I tried, and then gave up. Unless ‘no idea’ is the commonest answer to most of the questions, I’d have no hope.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/11 "2009-02-03T23:33:34Z")

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1. Aaron Burr
2. Russo-Japanese War
3. Prussia
4. Boxing
5. Joey Creek
6. American Pie
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. Leo DiCaprio
9. Kate Winslet
10. Snopes  
In the immortal words of Tiger Woods, second sucks!!! Silver Medalists from Olympics from more thn 2 yrs ago. Who knows!

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/12 "2009-02-03T23:41:02Z")

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1. Aaron Burr
2. Crimean War
3. Republic of Texas
4. pentathlon
5. Bode Miller
6. “19th Nervous Breakdown”
7. Robert Altman
8. Peter O’Toole
9. Kate Winslet
10. Snopes

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/13 "2009-02-03T23:46:43Z")

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Crap. I fucked up #2. I still think of the 19th century as “the last century” and even specifying the dates isn’t enough to break me of the habit.

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**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:** [February 4, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/14 "2009-02-04T00:19:16Z")

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1. Aaron Burr

2. Russo-Japanese War

3. Prussia

4. Volleyball

5. Bode Miller

6. “Like A Rolling Stone”

7. Alfred Hitchcock

8. Peter O’Toole

9. Kate Winslet

10. Snopes

11. I predict Snopes will be the conch in this feud.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/15 "2009-02-04T00:24:38Z")

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1. Hamlin
2. Iraq/Iran war
3. Czechoslavakia
4. skating
5. Bode Miller
6. Like a Rolling Stone
7. Scorcese
8. Tom Cruise
9. Kate Winslet
10. Fark

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**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/16 "2009-02-04T00:27:21Z")

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1. Calhoun
2. Germany invades Poland
3. Prussia
4. Decathlon
5. Picabo Street
6. Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis)
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. Johnny Depp
9. Marilyn Monroe
10. Televison Without Pity

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**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/17 "2009-02-04T01:39:47Z")

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> [@scifisam2009](#):
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> I tried, and then gave up. Unless ‘no idea’ is the commonest answer to most of the questions, I’d have no hope.

I only managed by using Google. I predict number 6 will have the most distinct answers.

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/18 "2009-02-04T01:52:29Z")

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Everybody remembers who or what is number one. Name the number two.

1. John Calhoun
2. Collapse of the Berlin Wall
3. Bohemia
4. Boxing
5. Apollo Ohno
6. Like a Rolling Stone
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. Peter O’Toole
9. Deborah Kerr
10. Something Awful

#6: Bob Dylan, 1965

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/19 "2009-02-04T02:30:42Z")

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1. Aaron Burr
2. Falklands conflict
3. Austria-Hungary
4. Beach Volleyball
5. Picabo Street
6. Like a Virgin (Madonna)
7. Robert Altman
8. Peter O’Toole
9. Deborah Kerr
10. Something Awful

(3. Yeah, I know it lasted until 1918 or so, but it’s all I could think of)  
(6. #2 for the year, but I don’t have a clue where I’d find the weekly charts for say, 1985)

For the rest, had to do a lotta Googlin’ to get what will surely be my usual 38th place or so, but hey, it was educational!

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/20 "2009-02-04T02:33:56Z")

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> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#):
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> 1. Confederate States of America

:smack: :smack: :smack:

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