# The Feud: In Sovet Russia, Feud Answers You! by WormTheRed (game over) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 25, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248 "2009-07-25T21:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/81 "2009-07-27T20:50:36Z")
In Soviet Russia - Worm stomp Gonz! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/82 "2009-07-27T20:51:20Z")
> [@](#): > > 2nd to last?!!! > > _slams fist on table_ Did you hear about the time that a Soviet car company staged a contest with an American car? The Pravda headlines the next day read “Russian cars place second in international competition. American cars second-to-last”. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/83 "2009-07-27T20:55:01Z")
46??? Damn. I think that was my worst. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/84 "2009-07-27T22:14:12Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 1. Stalin (26) > 2. Georgia (9) > 3. Stalingrad (43) > 4. Caviar (16) > 5. Levis (31) > 6. St Petersburg (2) > 7. Olga Korbut (3) > 8. Nyet (8) > 9. Back in the USSR (47) > 10. USA (24) > > Total 209 Multiplied by 2 = 418. > > How come I only got 346 points. Stalingrad was only worth 14 points. **Lenin** grad was good for 86. Hence the 72-point discrepancy between what you thought you had and what you actually scored. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/85 "2009-07-27T22:32:10Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Stalingrad was only worth 14 points. **Lenin** grad was good for 86. Hence the 72-point discrepancy between what you thought you had and what you actually scored. :smack: Thanks, Sorry to doubt you REBO. mea culpa mea culpa mea culpa. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/86 "2009-07-28T00:49:35Z")
That Feud was horrorshow, me droogies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/87 "2009-07-28T01:29:56Z")
The Worm must be a closet commie with inside info. How can a mid westerner compete on such uneven conditions. I protest. The Worms score must be diminished by the currency exchange between Russia and America. Then all will be right again. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/88 "2009-07-28T01:42:57Z")
I’m pretty appalled that more people gave the USSR more credit for victory in WWII than the USA. Aside from the fact that they were only involved in the European theater and not the Pacific one (or any of the other, smaller theaters of the war), I think any credit they get for ending it should be balanced out by their complicity in starting it, by making the deal with Hitler to split Poland between them. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/89 "2009-07-28T01:55:06Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I’m pretty appalled that more people gave the USSR more credit for victory in WWII than the USA. Aside from the fact that they were only involved in the European theater and not the Pacific one (or any of the other, smaller theaters of the war), I think any credit they get for ending it should be balanced out by their complicity in starting it, by making the deal with Hitler to split Poland between them. Hey, I voted for it because this is the **USSR** feud, so I figured more people would vote for it. If it were the USA Feud, I’d vote for the USA 🙂 And yet, as shameless as I am, I never actually seem to _win_ one of these things :o ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/90 "2009-07-28T02:11:16Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I’m pretty appalled that more people gave the USSR more credit for victory in WWII than the USA. Aside from the fact that they were only involved in the European theater and not the Pacific one (or any of the other, smaller theaters of the war), I think any credit they get for ending it should be balanced out by their complicity in starting it, by making the deal with Hitler to split Poland between them. The idea is to guess what most other people will say. And APPALLED? Really? Given the scope of the war on the Eastern Front, which consumed most of Germany? Come on. _Appalled_ over a historical judgment call? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/91 "2009-07-28T02:51:06Z")
RickJay: > [@](#): > > And APPALLED? Really? Given the scope of the war on the Eastern Front, which consumed most of Germany? Come on. Appalled over a historical judgment call? Maybe that’s too strong a word. But considering that the large majority of this board is Americans, I feel that perhaps some are minimizing our importance in the war in order to not appear too much like knee-jerk cheerleaders for the USA. I certainly expected a decent showing for the USSR in this Feud, but I was surprised that it was a majority - and it’s a bigger majority if you subtract those who said USA only because of the war in the Pacific. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/92 "2009-07-28T05:57:20Z")
Joseph Stalin cost me a place in the top ten. Will that man’s crimes never end? ---
**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:** [July 28, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/93 "2009-07-28T06:05:08Z")
> [@](#): > > I think any credit they get for ending it should be balanced out by their complicity in starting it, by making the deal with Hitler to split Poland between them. Considering that deal was made only eight days before the war began, I think we can assume Hitler had already decided to invade Poland. The agreement was more a case of the Soviets making the best deal for themselves over a war that was going to occur anyway rather than an act which initiated that war. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/94 "2009-07-28T06:49:40Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > RickJay: > > Maybe that’s too strong a word. But considering that the large majority of this board is Americans, I feel that perhaps some are minimizing our importance in the war in order to not appear too much like knee-jerk cheerleaders for the USA. I certainly expected a decent showing for the USSR in this Feud, but I was surprised that it was a majority - and it’s a bigger majority if you subtract those who said USA only because of the war in the Pacific. Just curious, but do the results in any way cause you to re-think your views on WWII and how it was taught to you in America? ---
**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:** [July 28, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/95 "2009-07-28T09:24:32Z")
9/10 top answers for me, and 3rd place. Kind of suprised Mikhail Baryshnikov outpointed Yuri Gagarin, I’ve never even heard of the former. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/96 "2009-07-28T10:43:51Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > 9/10 top answers for me, and 3rd place. Kind of suprised Mikhail Baryshnikov outpointed Yuri Gagarin, I’ve never even heard of the former. He’s a dancer, coreographer and I do believe he guest starred in “Sex and the City” - if not him, someone who looked a lot like him. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/97 "2009-07-28T11:06:50Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > He’s a dancer, coreographer and I do believe he guest starred in “Sex and the City” - if not him, someone who looked a lot like him. Oh, it was him. Most definitely him. Sigh. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/98 "2009-07-28T12:58:40Z")
I’m mildly sad that “guest appearance on tv show” outranked “first man in space”. But not at all bitter that it cost me the win. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/99 "2009-07-28T15:03:47Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I’m mildly sad that “guest appearance on tv show” outranked “first man in space”. But not at all bitter that it cost me the win. 😉 Well there’s a lot more to him than that! He defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was touring the US to great fanfare. He was young, gorgeous, one of the greatest ballet dancers to have ever lived — and he captured the imagination of the public. Read here: [Mikhail Baryshnikov - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baryshnikov) You’ve never seen such thighs. _sigh_ :o ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/100 "2009-07-28T15:20:11Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I’m mildly sad that “guest appearance on tv show” outranked “first man in space”. But not at all bitter that it cost me the win. 😉 Would it make you feel better if he was listed as “most famous ballet dancer ever?” By the way, **cmkeller** , the Soviets kicked the Japanese Army’s ass so well in their one pre-Poland [encounter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khalkhin_Gol) that the Japanese decided not to engage them again. It also caused them to go with the strategic plan favored by the navy that ultimately put them on a collision course with the US. I still voted for the USA, but the Axis would have had a much, much easier time of it without either country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248.md?page=6)