The Feud: Author, Author! by winterhawk11 (game over)

[iamthewalrus_3]

1. Anne Rice
2. Danielle Steele
3. Malcolm Gladwell
4. D.H. Lawrence
5. Dan Brown
6. Dr. Seuss
7. Tom Stoppard
8. Star Trek
9. Robert Heinlein
10. Science Fiction

[Rebo]

I’ll try to get this scored today.

C’mon players - we only need two more!

[want2know]

1. Clive Barker
2. Danielle Steel
3. David Halberstam
4. D. H. Lawrence
5. Stephen King
6. J. M. Barrie
7. Eugene O’Neill
8. Star Trek
9. Isaac Asimov
10. Nonfiction

[twickster]

@Little_Nemo

2. Jayne Ann Krentz

@Little_Nemo

Dammit, I don’t read romance novels. Danielle Steel was the only romance writer whose name I could think of. But I decided I should do some searching because I figured there were probably better known romance writers that I had never heard of.

She’s actually the only romance writer I read, but I figured she wasn’t well-known enough to score well.

[Rebo]

1. Other than Stephen King and Dean Koontz, name a horror author.
   1. Clive Barker 11

2. Edgar Allan Poe 10

3. H.P. Lovecraft 7

4. Anne Rice 6

5. Peter Straub 4

6. R.L. Stine 3

7. Bram Stoker 1

8. James Herbert 1

9. John Saul 1

10. Mary Shelley 1

11. Richard Matheson 1

12. Shirley Jackson 1

13. Thomas Harris 1

14. V.C. Andrews 1

15. Name a romance author.
    2. Danielle Steele 31

16. Barbara Cartland 5

17. Nora Roberts 5

18. Jackie Collins 2

19. Georgette Heyer 1

20. Jayne Ann Krentz 1

21. Linda Howard 1

22. Margaret Mitchell 1

23. Nicholas Sparks 1

24. Stephanie Meyer 1

25. Name a nonfiction author.
    3. Stephen Hawking 8

26. Malcolm Gladwell 6

27. Bill Bryson 5

28. Stephen Ambrose 4

29. Bob Woodward 3

30. Carl Sagan 2

31. David Halberstam 2

32. Jon Krakauer 2

33. Kitty Kelley 2

34. Anne Frank 1

35. Chris Hitchens 1

36. David McCollough 1

37. Dominic Dunne 1

38. Isaac Asimov 1

39. Michael Lewis 1

40. Nathaniel Webster 1

41. Oliver Sacks 1

42. pass 1

43. Richard Dawkins 1

44. Sebastian Junger 1

45. Senator Al Franken 1

46. Simon Singh 1

47. Stephen Jay Gould 1

48. Stephen Knight 1

49. Name a controversial author.
    4. Salman Rushdie 29

50. Richard Dawkins 4

51. Ann Coulter 3

52. D.H. Lawrence 2

53. Kitty Kelley 2

54. Brett Easton Ellis 1

55. Christopher Hitchens 1

56. Dan Brown 1

57. David Irving 1

58. Harriet Beecher Stowe 1

59. James Frey 1

60. Micheal Moore 1

61. Norman Mailer 1

62. Stephen Frye 1

63. Name an author who’s far more successful than they deserve.
    5. Stephanie Meyer 17

64. Dan Brown 14

65. John Grisham 3

66. J.K. Rowling 2

67. L. Ron Hubbard 2

68. Stephen King 2

69. Anne Rice 1

70. Danielle Steel 1

71. Kitty Kelley 1

72. Michael Chricton 1

73. pass 1

74. Piers Anthony 1

75. Sarah Palin 1

76. Terry Goodkind 1

77. Tom Clancy 1

78. Name a children’s author.
    6. Dr. Seuss 26

79. J.K. Rowling 17

80. A.A. Milne 1

81. Enid Blyton 1

82. J.M. Barrie 1

83. Judy Blume 1

84. Mo Willems 1

85. Shel Silverstein 1

86. Other than Shakespeare, name a playwright.
    7. Arthur Miller 12

87. Tennessee Williams 11

88. Neil Simon 6

89. Eugene O’Neill 4

90. George Bernard Shaw 4

91. Heinrich Ibsen 3

92. Tom Stoppard 3

93. Christopher Marlowe 2

94. Moliere 1

95. Noel Coward 1

96. Oscar Wilde 1

97. Paddy Chayefsky 1

98. Name a fandom about which a lot of fanfiction is written.
    8. Star Trek 25

99. Harry Potter 16

100. Twilight 4

101. LOTR 2

102. Buffy 1

103. Star Wars 1

104. Name a science fiction author.
     9. Isaac Asimov 31

105. Robert Heinlein 4

106. Arthur C. Clarke 3

107. Ray Bradbury 3

108. Douglas Adams 2

109. Philip K. Dick 2

110. Aldous Huxley 1

111. H.G. Wells 1

112. Michael Crichton 1

113. Ursula K LeGuin 1

114. If you were a published author, what genre would your first bestseller be?
     10. Science fiction 17

115. fantasy 13

116. Nonfiction 5

117. Fiction 3

118. Mystery 3

119. Comedy 2

120. History 2

121. Romance 2

122. Children’s 1

123. Young Adult 1

[Rebo]

And the winner is… labtrash!!! Woo-hoo!!! ::flings confetti:: labtrash got 9/10 top answers. Good job! Perfect score was 422.45.

Thanks, all and thanks, winterhawk11! Fun Feud!

New one tomorrow.
1. labtrash 412.24
2. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 410.20
3. anyrose 389.80
4. swampbear 375.51
5. pravnik 373.47
6. Sparky812 344.90
7. Freudian Slit 342.86
8. Thudlow Boink 340.82
9. 42fish 324.49
10. Tangent 322.45
11. MD12 320.41
12. twickster 318.37
13. Chronos 312.24
14. Švejk 308.16
15. cmkeller 306.12
15. gonzomax 306.12
17. ArchiveGuy 304.08
17. kenobi 65 304.08
19. Maus Magill 300.00
20. Alka Seltzer 297.96
21. Mahaloth 295.92
22. Sternvogel 291.84
22. Tom Scud 291.84
24. NDP 287.76
25. notfrommensa 281.63
25. Walkabout 281.63
25. astorian 281.63
28. Fretful Porpentine 279.59
29. iamthewalrus(:3= 273.47
30. AppallingGael 267.35
31. Sigmagirl 263.27
32. MsWhatsit 259.18
33. MeanOldLady 251.02
33. Mr Shine 251.02
35. Larry Borgia 246.94
35. winterhawk11 246.94
35. Really Not All That Bright 246.94
38. want2know 230.61
39. AuntiePam 228.57
40. KennerTheGreat 212.24
41. cucuy 200.00
42. rockle 197.96
43. Little Nemo 195.92
44. Wheelz 189.80
45. elfkin477 179.59
46. Elendil’s Heir 155.10
46. kaylasdad99 155.10
48. Snickers 138.78
49. MHaye 132.65

[Svejk_1]

wow, almost a top-10 spot. I think that’s my best score ever!

[Infovore]

Woohoo, I wasn’t dead last in my own Feud!

[rockle]

@Dolores Reborn

42. rockle 197.96

I’m one of the two people who answered Douglas Adams to the scifi question, so I find this fitting.

[Chronos]

wow, almost a top-10 spot. I think that’s my best score ever!

I know it’s not my best, but it’s still pretty good for me (I’m usually either around the median, or in the bottom 5). It looks like the unjustified success, playwright, and genre I would write were my biggest point-losers (ironically, I considered “science fiction” for the last). And I think my crossword-a-day habit hurt me on the playwright: Ibsen shows up often in puzzles.

[notfrommensa]

As the guys/gals at SDMB Poker league can testify, I had an inside track to the #1 playwright. Arthur Miller was my grandfather.

But not THE Arthur Miller, Arthur Miller just happened to be the name of my mother’s father.

[Tangent]

Top ten–woo hoo!

It was a toss-up for me between Asimov and Clarke for science fiction author. I went with Clarke–still can’t believe he didn’t get more votes.

[LateComer]

1. Clive Barker
2. Jackie Collins
3. David McCullough
4. Salman Rushdie
5. Dan Brown
6. JK Rowling
7. Tom Stoppard
8. Star Wars
9. Robert A Heinlein
10. Fantasy

[twickster]

Well, duh, with a username like that, whaddya expect?

Sorry – no one got around to marking the thread as “game over” – I’ve done that now though.

[markdash]

11th? Unacceptable. Heads are going to roll.

[MeanOldLady]

I cannot believe I am the only person who wrote Shel Silverstein. I also can’t believe only one person wrote Judy Blume. I need to get with the times! I didn’t even know who Stephanie Meyer was until I Googled her!

[Sternvogel]

@notfrommensa

Arthur Miller was my grandfather.

But not THE Arthur Miller, Arthur Miller just happened to be the name of my mother’s father.

Stephenie Meyer (the author whose first name defies spellcheck programs) is the cousin (well, actually one of many cousins) of “Jill”, a woman I know. Jill’s husband was asked by one of his colleagues several years ago to recommend a book, and suggested “a little vampire romance called Twilight – between the local Borders and Barnes and Noble, at least one should have a copy or two on the shelf.”

[kenobi_65]

Thanks as always, Rebo! (and winterhawk11, too, that was a fun one)

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Boy, I suck. My literary references are all obviously a decade or two out of date. :rolleyes:

Ah, well. Thanks for a fun Feud!

[Maus_Magill]

Hey - Top twenty. Not too shabby after my last two shows.

I still can’t believe nobody else said Nora Roberts. My wife’s book shelves are full of her stuff.