The Feud: If They Were Still Alive by Little Nemo [Game Over]

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Object of the game:
Give the most popular answer for each category.

Rules:

  1. No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system.

  2. Formatting rules must be followed (see below).

  3. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players.

  4. Google (etc.) is NOT allowed, if you desire.

  5. The game will end with 50 entrants, or when I get time to score it.

  6. There is no Rule 6.

  7. Special Rules for this particular Feud: See below
    Formatting rules:
    To make semi-automated scoring possible, and my job easier, make your post look exactly like this:

  8. answer

  9. answer

  10. answer

  11. 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.

Scoring:
With 50 entrants, an answer with a match is worth 2x the number of people matching it. If 4 people match, they each get 8 points for that answer. No matches = 0 points. Formula: Score = 100 / (# of entrants) x (# of matches) Anyone who responds to a question with two answers will only have the first one counted as their answer.

Good luck!

If any of you have ideas for Feuds -and would like me to score them- PM me. If anyone wants to run their own Feud, feel free. I will help any way I can.

Read the rules!
Special Rules for this particular Feud: No looking up information!
How old do you guess this person would be if he or she hadn’t died and was still alive on January 1, 2011?

Express ages in years as a number - for example: 99

Remember, no googling!

  1. James Dean
  2. Anne Frank
  3. Buddy Holly
  4. John F Kennedy
  5. Bruce Lee
  6. Marilyn Monroe
  7. Diana Spencer
  8. Sid Vicious
  9. Hank Williams, Sr
  10. Malcolm X
2
  1. 89
  2. 75
  3. 71
  4. 88
  5. 70
  6. 88
  7. 55
  8. 64
  9. 91
  10. 88
3
  1. 75
  2. 78
  3. 70
  4. 93
  5. 58
  6. 75
  7. 43
  8. 50
  9. 84
  10. 78
4
  1. 71
  2. 70
  3. 76
  4. 91
  5. 65
  6. 88
  7. 50
  8. 53
  9. 105
  10. 95
5
  1. 75
  2. 88
  3. 73
  4. 86
  5. 58
  6. 80
  7. 50
  8. 52
  9. 70
  10. 75

This is gonna be bad…

6
  1. 75
  2. 90
  3. 75
  4. 85
  5. 65
  6. 80
  7. 65
  8. 50
  9. 90
  10. 75

ETA: I went with increments of 5, to maybe match more people. It’s not looking like a good strategy at this point. :frowning:

7
  1. 75
  2. 80
  3. 80
  4. 95
  5. 65
  6. 85
  7. 55
  8. 65
  9. 80
  10. 90

Rounded my estimates to the nearest multiple of 5

ETA: and Apparently channeling Rebo!!

8
  1. 80
  2. 80
  3. 75
  4. 85
  5. 75
  6. 85
  7. 50
  8. 50
  9. 85
  10. 85
9

The true answers:

1. James Dean (Feb 8, 1931 - 79)
2. Anne Frank (Jun 12, 1929 - 81)
3. Buddy Holly (Sep 7, 1936 - 74)
4. John F Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - 93)
5. Bruce Lee (Nov 27, 1940 - 70)
6. Marilyn Monroe (Jun 1, 1926 - 84)
7. Diana Spencer (Jul 1, 1961 - 49)
8. Sid Vicious (May 10, 1957 - 53)
9. Hank Williams, Sr (Sep 17, 1923 - 87)
10. Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 - 85)

10
  1. 80
  2. 85
  3. 90
  4. 95
  5. 65
  6. 75
  7. 70
  8. 55
  9. 90
  10. 80
11
  1. 72
  2. 82
  3. 74
  4. 91
  5. 65
  6. 84
  7. 49
  8. 55
  9. 78
  10. 83

Total guesses: Bruce Lee (no idea when he died or how old he was)
Half-guess: Sid Vicious, Hank Williams, Malcolm X (only a rough guess of when, how old, or both)

12
  1. 75
  2. 75
  3. 75
  4. 85
  5. 70
  6. 80
  7. 50
  8. 50
  9. 80
  10. 75
13
  1. 76
  2. 78
  3. 73
  4. 90
  5. 71
  6. 80
  7. 42
  8. 55
  9. 86
  10. 83
14

Hey, I was fairly close for most of them. :slight_smile:

15
  1. 80
  2. 82
  3. 75
  4. 92
  5. 75
  6. 78
  7. 45
  8. 55
  9. 70
  10. 75
16
  1. 80
  2. 84
  3. 82
  4. 90
  5. 70
  6. 80
  7. 45
  8. 45
  9. 80
  10. 80

My brain hurts from this.

17
  1. 80
  2. 81
  3. 76
  4. 93
  5. 73
  6. 84
  7. 49
  8. 55
  9. 86
  10. 85
18
  1. 79
  2. 81
  3. 74
  4. 93
  5. 68
  6. 84
  7. 49
  8. 56
  9. 84
  10. 85
19
  1. 75
  2. 83
  3. 70
  4. 85
  5. 55
  6. 70
  7. 75
  8. 65
  9. 90
  10. 95
20
  1. 65
  2. 80
  3. 85
  4. 89
  5. 60
  6. 90
  7. 55
  8. 65
  9. 75
  10. 75

Most of these I just rounded off my estimate to the closest 5 year mark, but I’m sure some (most) of them are way off.

When the results are tabulated, I suggest indicating the real answers as well so we can see how close we were.