# The Feud: It's a Disaster! by MsWhatsit (game over) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 11, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804 "2010-06-11T15:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/41 "2010-06-11T18:25:23Z")
_sigh_ My first thought was Sully, then I thought “no, that was a disaster averted!” I guess I’m too optimistic! ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/42 "2010-06-11T18:45:16Z")
1. Hurricane Katrina 2. Exxon Valdez oil spill 3. The Towering Inferno 4. Armageddon 5. Captain Sullenburger 6. Hindenburg 7. Sinking of the Titanic 8. Destruction of Alderaan 9. Bubonic Plague 10. Oklahoma City bombing 5 - The landing on the Hudson dude 8 - Star Wars ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/43 "2010-06-11T18:55:00Z")
1. Hurricane Katrina 2. The Great Chicago Fire 3. The Towering Inferno 4. Volcano 5. Rudy Giuliani 6. The Hindenburg 7. The sinking of the Titanic 8. The sinking of Atlantis 9. Spanish Flu 10. The Madrid train bombing This is a very depressing post. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/44 "2010-06-11T19:00:25Z")
1. Katrina 2. Chernobyl 3. Poseidon Adventure 4. Titanic 5. Captain Sully 6. Hindenburg 7. Earthquake 8. Poseidon Adventure 9. Black Plague 10. Munich ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/45 "2010-06-11T19:33:17Z")
1. Katrina 2. Exxon Valdez 3. The Posiedon Adventure 4. 2012 5. Captain Sully 6. Name a famous air disaster. 7. Hindenburg 8. End of the world 9. Bubonic Plague 10. Oklahoma bombing Oops, forgot 6. Hindenburg. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/46 "2010-06-11T19:36:14Z")
1. Hurricane Katrina 2. Chernobyl 3. The Morning After 4. 2012 5. Mychal Judge 6. Flight 93 7. 9-11 8. World War III 9. Black Plague 10. Oklahoma City bombing ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/47 "2010-06-11T19:40:48Z")
I’m not seeing a high score for Question 8. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/48 "2010-06-11T19:43:06Z")
1. Katrina 2. Exxon Valdez 3. Posieden Adventure 4. Armageddon 5. Sully Sullenburger 6. Hindenburg 7. Titanic 8. War of the Worlds 9. Influenza 10. London Subway Bombing (7/7) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/49 "2010-06-11T20:08:01Z")
1. San Francisco Earthquake 2. Chernobyl 3. The Towering Inferno 4. Armageddon 5. Chesley Sullenberger 6. Hindenburg 7. Titanic 8. The Poseidon Adventure 9. Black Plague 10. Timothy Mcveigh’s Oklahoma City attack ---
**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:** [June 11, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/50 "2010-06-11T20:49:46Z")
1. San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 2. Sinking of Titanic 3. Towering Inferno 4. Titanic 5. Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 6. Hindenburg 7. Titanic 8. Destruction of Earth 9. Black Plague 10. Munich Olympics shootings 11. As seen in any number of sci-fi books and movies. If I must choose one instance, I’m thinking of the beginning of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/51 "2010-06-11T21:12:07Z")
1. Indian Ocean Tsunami 2. Chernobyl meltdown 3. Poseidon Adventure 4. 2012 5. Captain Sully Sullenberger 6. Pam Am Flight 103 7. Flight 93 8. 2012 9. Black Plague 10. Oklahoma City bombing ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/52 "2010-06-11T22:51:45Z")
1. Pompeii 2. Exxon Valdez oil spill 3. Airport 4. Armageddon 5. Captain “Sully” Sullenbarger 6. The Hindenberg 7. Titanic 8. Alien invasion from War of the Worlds 9. Ebola 10. Oklahoma City bombing ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/53 "2010-06-11T22:58:02Z")
Wow, no love for Ebola at all. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/54 "2010-06-11T23:05:17Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Wow, no love for Ebola at all. To be fair, Ebola has only killed several hundred people in each outbreak, while the Bubonic Plague is responsible for about 200 million deaths in total. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/55 "2010-06-11T23:17:23Z")
1. Name a specific famous natural disaster. 2. Name a specific famous man-made disaster, besides the Gulf Coast oil spill. 3. Name a disaster movie released pre-1990. 4. Name a disaster movie released in 1990 or later. 5. Name a person known for being a hero in a disaster. 6. Name a famous air disaster. 7. Name a real-life disaster that has had a lot of movies made about it. 8. Name a famous fictional disaster (from any work of fiction, e.g. books, movies, etc.) 9. Name a famous epidemic disease. (Just the disease; don’t need a specific year or outbreak.) 10. Name an infamous act of terrorism, besides 9/11. 11. 2006 Tsunami 12. Exxon Valdez 3 The Towering Inferno 4 Titanic 5 Captain Sully 6 Lockerbie 7 The Titanic 8 The Posidean 9 Influenza 10 Lockerbie 8 Definitely doesn’t look right but Firefox spellcheck won’t help and I don’t want to use outside resources. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/56 "2010-06-11T23:22:10Z")
^ ^ ^ 1: I mean 2004 ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/57 "2010-06-12T02:15:18Z")
1. Katrina 2. Exxon Valdez 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. The Day After Tomorrow 5. Capt. Sullenberger 6. The Hindenberg 7. Titanic vs. the Iceberg 8. The Poseidon Adventure 9. The Black Plague 10. Terrorists kill Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/58 "2010-06-12T02:25:12Z")
1. Hurricane Katrina 2. Exxon Valdez 3. The Towering Inferno 4. Deep Impact 5. Todd Beemer 6. The Hindenburg 7. The sinking of the Titanic 8. Martian invasion of Earth 9. The Black Death 10. the London bombings ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/59 "2010-06-12T03:37:22Z")
1. Katrina 2. Chernobyl 3. Poseiden Adventure 4. Day After Tomorrow 5. Sully Sullenberger 6. Hindenburg 7. Titanic 8. The Biblical Flood 9. Black Plague 10. Lockerbie ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804/60 "2010-06-12T03:45:18Z")
1. Recent earthquake in Haiti 2. _Exxon Valdez_ 3. _The Towering Inferno_ 4. _Armageddon_ 5. Chesley Sullenberger 6. _Hindenburg_ explosion 7. _Titanic_ sinking 8. _War of the Worlds_ invasion 9. Influenza 10. Oklahoma City bombing 11. More specifically, a hero for averting disaster 12. Tim McVeigh – Murrah Federal Building [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-its-a-disaster-by-mswhatsit-game-over/542804.md?page=4)