# The Feud: Australia, mate! by Giles \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 14, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178 "2010-10-14T21:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/21 "2010-10-15T09:32:20Z")
1. New South Wales. 2. Sydney. 3. John Howard. 4. Ian Thorpe. 5. Lauren Jackson. 6. Russell Crowe. 7. Koala. 8. Indonesia. 9. The Thorn Birds. 10. Crocodile Dundee. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/22 "2010-10-15T11:02:56Z")
1. Queensland 2. Sydney 3. John Howard 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Cathy Freeman 6. Mel Gibson 7. Koala 8. Indonesia 9. The Thorn Birds 10. Crocodile Dundee ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/23 "2010-10-15T12:47:19Z")
1. Queensland 2. Sydney 3. John Howard 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Cathy Freeman 6. Mel Gibson 7. Koala 8. Indonesia 9. A Town Like Alice 10. Mad Max ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/24 "2010-10-15T12:58:55Z")
1. Queensland 2. Sydney 3. John Howard 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Cathy Freeman 6. Mel Gibson 7. Koala Bear 8. Tasmania 9. Thorn birds 10. Mad Max I assume Mad Max was in Australia. I’ve never seen it, but it is Australian. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/25 "2010-10-15T13:11:56Z")
1. New South Wales 2. Sydney 3. Paul Keating 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Susie O’Neill 6. Mel Gibson 7. Wallaby 8. Papua New Guinea 9. A Town Like Alice 10. Mad Max ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/26 "2010-10-15T14:10:05Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > 1. New South Wales. > 2. Sydney. > 3. John Howard. > 4. Ian Thorpe. > 5. Lauren Jackson. > 6. Russell Crowe. > 7. Koala. > 8. Indonesia. > 9. The Thorn Birds. > 10. Crocodile Dundee. A reminder of the formatting rules: > [@The Rules](#): > > 1. answer > 2. answer > 3. answer > 4. answer > > No double spacing, do not use the “list” function, no smilies, no urls, **no periods,** no quote marks, and no punctuation if it is not necessary. Put “pass” if you want to leave an answer blank. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it AFTER THE LIST! If you don’t format like this, your answers might be DISQUALIFIED. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/27 "2010-10-15T14:38:29Z")
1. Victoria 2. Sydney 3. John Howard 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Evonne Goolagong 6. Mel Gibson 7. Platypus 8. Papua New Guinea 9. The Thorn Birds 10. The Road Warrior Comments: 4. The Thorpedo! ETA: 10. Looks like I should have gone for the first Mad Max film ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/28 "2010-10-15T14:47:23Z")
1. Western Australia 2. Sydney 3. John Howard 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Evonne Goolagong 6. Nicole Kidman 7. Koala 8. Papua New Guinea 9. Oscar and Lucinda 10. Romper Stomper #4: The Thorpedo I don’t think I’m going to do well on this one: I studied in Australia in 1999 as my undergrad, but I think these answers aren’t going to match “common knowledge” ones very well. Maybe I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/29 "2010-10-15T15:24:22Z")
1. New South Wales 2. Sydney 3. John Howard 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Lauren Jackson 6. Russell Crowe 7. Emu 8. Papua New Guinea 9. A Town like Alice 10. Wake in Fright ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/30 "2010-10-15T15:33:51Z")
1. Queensland 2. Sydney 3. Bob Hawke 4. Dawn Fraser 5. Cathy Freeman 6. Mel Gibson 7. Wallaby 8. Indonesia 9. For The Term Of His Natural Life 10. Crocodile Dundee ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/31 "2010-10-15T16:51:34Z")
1. New South Wales 2. Sydney 3. John Howard 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Yvonne Goolagong 6. Mel Gibson 7. Koala 8. Tasmania 9. The Year of the Angry Rabbit 10. Mad Max ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/32 "2010-10-15T17:00:51Z")
1. Queensland 2. Sydney 3. Kevin Rudd 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Cathy Freeman 6. Mel Gibson 7. Koala 8. Indonesia 9. Oscar and Lucinda 10. Mad Max Number 6 took me ages because I thought he was born in Australia - I guess it will be the conch and I almost missed it! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/33 "2010-10-15T21:32:51Z")
1. New South Wales 2. Sydney 3. John Howard 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Evonne Goolagong 6. Mel Gibson 7. Koala 8. Papua New Guinea 9. The Thorn Birds 10. The Road Warrior I HOPE #8 just meant a close neighbor of Australia OTHER THAN New Zealand ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/34 "2010-10-15T22:51:17Z")
1. New South Wales 2. Sydney 3. John Howard 4. Ian Thorpe 5. Yvonne Goolagong 6. Mel Gibson 7. wallabee 8. Tasmania 9. The Thornbirds 10. Muriel’s Wedding ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/35 "2010-10-15T22:52:38Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 1. New South Wales > 2. Sydney > 3. John Howard > 4. Ian Thorpe > 5. Yvonne Goolagong > 6. Mel Gibson > 7. wallabee > 8. Tasmania > 9. The Thornbirds > 10. Muriel’s Wedding 😕 Muriel’s Wedding??? :smack: Crocodile Dundee! (I’m such a wanker) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/36 "2010-10-15T23:26:59Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > > [@anyrose](#): > > > > 1. New South Wales > > 2. Sydney > > 3. John Howard > > 4. Ian Thorpe > > 5. Yvonne Goolagong > > 6. Mel Gibson > > 7. wallabee > > 8. Tasmania > > 9. The Thornbirds > > 10. Muriel’s Wedding > > 😕 Muriel’s Wedding??? :smack: Crocodile Dundee! (I’m such a wanker) 😃 I’d smack myself more over Tasmania if I was you ;). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/37 "2010-10-16T00:37:21Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 😕 Muriel’s Wedding??? :smack: Crocodile Dundee! (I’m such a wanker) 😃 I thought about _Crocodile Dundee_. But I figured the question was a movie that was set in Australia and I figured a large part of _Crocodile Dundee_ was set in America. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/38 "2010-10-16T01:09:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@anyrose](#): > > > > 😕 Muriel’s Wedding??? :smack: Crocodile Dundee! (I’m such a wanker) 😃 > > I thought about _Crocodile Dundee_. But I figured the question was a movie that was set in Australia and I figured a large part of _Crocodile Dundee_ was set in America. I only went with Muriel’s Wedding because I couldn’t think of the woman’s name in the title of “(name), Queen Of The Desert”. The only thing I could think of was “Sheila”, and I know that’s wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/39 "2010-10-16T01:36:16Z")
Strewth, I’m just relieved that I’m not the only one who went for Muriel’s Wedding. Mad Max, my arse. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178/40 "2010-10-16T01:46:56Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > I thought about _Crocodile Dundee_. But I figured the question was a movie that was set in Australia and I figured a large part of _Crocodile Dundee_ was set in America. > > I only went with Muriel’s Wedding because I couldn’t think of the woman’s name in the title of “(name), Queen Of The Desert”. The only thing I could think of was “Sheila”, and I know that’s wrong. :smack: (V-8 moment) “Priscilla”!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-australia-mate-by-giles-game-over/557178.md?page=3)