# 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:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/21 "2009-02-04T02:58:08Z")

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1. Burr
2. Iraq vs Iran
3. Texas
4. Volleyball
5. Bode Miller
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. Al Hitchcock
8. Brad Pitt
9. Kate Winslet
10. Somethingawful

this is the hardest feud in a while!

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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 4, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/22 "2009-02-04T03:15:14Z")

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> [@fusoya](#):
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> this is the hardest feud in a while!

Yep. If it weren’t for Kate Winslet, we wouldn’t have any matches at all! The only reason I remembered her was because of all the buzz when she won the two Golden Globes, but never an Oscar.

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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:** [February 4, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/23 "2009-02-04T04:28:10Z")

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1. John C. Calhoun
2. Boer War
3. Kingdom of France
4. Beach volleyball
5. Bode Miller
6. Usher, “Burn”
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. James Dean
9. Greta Garbo
10. Twitter

The Confederate States of America was most definitely _not_ “internationally recognized.” No country ever diplomatically recognized the CSA, not even Great Britain or France, which were inclined to be sympathetic in the early years of the Civil War.

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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:** [February 4, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/24 "2009-02-04T06:10:49Z")

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1. Aaron Burr
2. Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
3. Prussia
4. Boxing
5. Picabo Street
6. “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan
7. Robert Altman
8. Peter O’Toole
9. Glenn Close
10. Wikipedia

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**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/25 "2009-02-04T15:34:14Z")

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1. Aaron Burr
2. The Bolshevik aka October Revolution
3. Transylvania
4. Fencing
5. Bode Miller
6. Like a Rolling Stone
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. Peter O’Toole
9. Deborah Kerr
10. Fark

(#1 in the immortal words of the Got Milk? commercial - Awwn Buww)

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/26 "2009-02-04T15:35:59Z")

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Too hard,tried googling but that aint much fun.

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/27 "2009-02-04T16:43:52Z")

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1. John C. Calhoun
2. Russian Revolution
3. Austria-Hungary
4. Basketball
5. Nancy Kerrigan
6. Proud Mary (CCR)
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. Peter O’Toole
9. Jessica Lange
10. Snopes

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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 4, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/28 "2009-02-04T18:55:40Z")

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> [@bibliophage](#):
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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.

Don’t worry, I was going through all the non U.S. wars and events in the 1800s in my head and wondering just when the French Revolution started before I looked at the specified dates.

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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:** [February 4, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/29 "2009-02-04T19:07:25Z")

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> [@Rebo](#):
>
> 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.

1. Aaron Burr
2. India becomes independent
3. Prussia
4. Soccer
5. Smith
6. Waiting for a Girl Like You
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. Richard Burton
9. Kate Winslet
10. Snopes

Notes:  
5. Statistically, I’m betting someone named Smith won a silver in something at a Winter Olympics  
6. By Foreigner. Was #2 for 10 weeks, stuck behind Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical”

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/30 "2009-02-04T19:16:55Z")

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1. Aaron Burr
2. Falklands conflict
3. Prussia
4. Rowing
5. All of Team USA Hockey Salt Lake City, Utah 2002
6. Imagine John Lennon
7. Martin Scorcese
8. Peter O’toole
9. Kate Winslet
10. Snopes

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/31 "2009-02-04T20:15:25Z")

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1. Hannibal Hamlin

2. Fall of the Berlin Wall

3. Confederate States of America

4. Whitewater canoeing

5. Phil Mahre

6. _Y.M.C.A._

7. Alfred Hitchcock

8. Peter O’Toole

9. Kate Winslet

10. [fark.com](http://fark.com)

11. Coincidentally, he served under Abra **HAM LIN** coln

12. Men’s slalom at Lake Placid in 1980

13. [Source](http://www.filmsite.org/bestactress.html) for this question (other pages on site consulted for #7 and #8)

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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 4, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/32 "2009-02-04T20:17:40Z")

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I predict I will be in the top 25 contestants!

(yes, there are currently 21 entries)

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/33 "2009-02-04T20:37:57Z")

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Incidentally, I used [this page as my source for Question #6.](http://www.amazon.com/Billboard-Book-Number-Two-Singles/dp/0823076954)

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> The Confederate States of America was most definitely _not_ “internationally recognized.” No country ever diplomatically recognized the CSA, not even Great Britain or France, which were inclined to be sympathetic in the early years of the Civil War.

However, the UK did recognize the CSA as [belligerents](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_recognition#Other_types_of_recognition) for the first month of the “Late Unpleasantness”.

Besides, I’m scoring more points with my answer to this question than you are with yours… :o

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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 4, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/34 "2009-02-04T22:08:14Z")

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This one was terribly hard!

1. Name a Vice President of the USA who served during the 19th century, and did not become President.   
**1. Aaron Burr 11**

2. John C. Calhoun 5

3. Hannibal Hamlin 3

4. Adlai E. Stevenson 1

5. Dan Quayle 1

6. John C. Breckenridge 1

7. Name a major historical event that occurred during the last century (1901-2000) that did NOT involve the USA.   
**2. Bolshevik Revolution in Russia 6**

8. Falklands conflict 3

9. Fall of the Berlin Wall 3

10. India becomes independent 2

11. Iraq/Iran war 2

12. Russo-Japanese War 2

13. Boer War 1

14. Crimean War 1

15. Germany invades Poland 1

16. Indonesia tsunami 1

17. Name an internationally recognized country that existed during the 19th century but did not survive into the 20th century.   
**3. Prussia 8**

18. Austria-Hungary 2

19. Confederate States of America 2

20. Republic of Texas 2

21. Transylvania 2

22. Bohemia 1

23. Czechoslavakia 1

24. Holy Roman Empire 1

25. Kingdom of France 1

26. Kingdom of Hanover 1

27. The Ottoman Empire 1

28. 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.”)   
**4. Volleyball 4**

29. Boxing 3

30. Beach Volleyball 2

31. Basketball 1

32. Cycling 1

33. Decathlon 1

34. equestrian 1

35. Fencing 1

36. Gymnastics 1

37. pentathlon 1

38. Rowing 1

39. Sailing 1

40. skating 1

41. Soccer 1

42. Whitewater canoeing 1

43. Wrestling 1

44. The most popularly televised Winter Olympics sport is figure skating. Name an individual silver medalist in any other sport from any Winter Olympics.   
**5. Bode Miller 7**

45. Picabo Street 3

46. All of Team USA Hockey Salt Lake City, Utah 2002 1

47. Apollo Ohno 1

48. Beckie Scott 1

49. Gretchen Bleiler 1

50. Joey Creek 1

51. Nancy Kerrigan 1

52. Olga Pylova 1

53. Phil Mahre 1

54. Reinfried Herbst 1

55. Smith 1

56. Steve Mahre 1

57. Tanja Poutiainen 1

58. Name a song released 2004 or earlier that peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top 100 charts.   
**6. Like A Rolling Stone 7**

59. 19th Nervous Breakdown 1

60. American Pie 1

61. Be My Baby 1

62. Burn 1

63. Can’t Help Falling in Love 1

64. Hit Me Baby One More Time 1

65. Imagine 1

66. Just Dance 1

67. Like a Virgin 1

68. Loving You 1

69. One Call Away 1

70. Penny Lane 1

71. Proud Mary 1

72. Waiting for a Girl Like You 1

73. Y.M.C.A. 1

74. Name a movie director who was nominated for the Best Director Oscar at least twice – but never won that award.   
**7. Alfred Hitchcock 11**

75. Robert Altman 5

76. Martin Scorcese 3

77. David Lynch 1

78. M. Night Shyamalan 1

79. Quentin Tarantino 1

80. … and an actor for Best Actor.   
**8. Peter O’Toole 12**

81. Johnny Depp 2

82. Leonardo di Caprio 2

83. Brad Pitt 1

84. James Dean 1

85. Richard Burton 1

86. Sylvester Stallone 1

87. Tom Cruise 1

88. Will Smith 1

89. … and an actress for Best Actress.   
**9. Kate Winslet 13**

90. Deborah Kerr 5

91. Glenn Close 1

92. Greta Garbo 1

93. Jessica Lange 1

94. Marilyn Monroe 1

95. The #1 preferred Internet forum among SDMB users is the SDMB. Name the #2 preferred forum.   
**10. Snopes 9**

96. Fark 5

97. Something Awful 4

98. B3ta 1

99. Televison Without Pity 1

100. Twitter 1

101. Wikipedia 1

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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 4, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/35 "2009-02-04T22:19:09Z")

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Gah! I was wondering why nobody else picked Dan Quayle. Then I re-read the question. :smack:

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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 4, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/36 "2009-02-04T22:28:37Z")

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And the winner is ~~~drumroll~~~ **swampbear**!!! Awesome! ::flings confetti:: **Swampy** got 9/10 top answers. Outstanding! Perfect was 400.00.

Thanks for playing, all! Tough one, **Scuba\_Ben**.

Next one up in a sec. An easy one. 🙂  
\*\*1. swampbear 381.82 \*\*  
2. critter42 300.00  
3. NDP 295.45  
4. fusoya 277.27  
5. notfrommensa 268.18  
5. Sparky812 268.18  
5. bibliophage 268.18  
8. astorian 250.00  
9. 42fish 245.45  
10. Sublight 227.27  
11. Sternvogel 222.73  
12. El\_Kabong 213.64  
13. want2know 204.55  
14. Fretful Porpentine 186.36  
15. gonzomax 181.82  
16. WormTheRed 177.27  
17. Euphonious Polemic 168.18  
18. Freudian Slit 163.64  
19. Springtime for Spacers 159.09  
20. Key Lime Guy 131.82  
21. Elendil’s Heir 113.64  
21. AuntiePam 113.64

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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 4, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/37 "2009-02-04T22:50:42Z")

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Hell, being in the top 20 can’t be all that bad 🙂

But why did I have to place JUST after **Gonzo**???

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/38 "2009-02-05T01:38:45Z")

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I knew that was going to be very hard. Too bad I had other stuff last night and couldn’t play in my own [del]torture[/del] 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 5, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/39 "2009-02-05T02:22:13Z")

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I would like to thank the little people who made my award possible. 15 is good for me. I would feel horrible if I were way down at 16 or lower.  
It was a tough feud.  
Critter won since it was a second place poll.

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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 5, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-new-number-two-by-scuba_ben-game-over/484306/40 "2009-02-05T15:54:39Z")

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Yay! My first last place finish! Woo hoo!

It’s like the first ding on a new car. Now I can relax and just enjoy playing. 😛

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