# The Feud: London by ColdPhoenix \[game over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 27, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275 "2010-09-27T21:16:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
**Page:** 3

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**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 2, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/41 "2010-10-02T01:40:02Z")

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I’ll get this scored tomorrow.

Guess who’s visiting London, and parts north, in November?

😃

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/42 "2010-10-02T02:31:28Z")

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The late Earl Warren?

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/43 "2010-10-02T03:22:26Z")

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1. Fleet Street
2. Waterloo Station
3. Samuel Pepys
4. Big Ben
5. British Museum
6. Arsenal
7. Wimbledon tennis tourney
8. Great Fire of 1666
9. Oliver!
10. London Bridge is Falling Down

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**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 2, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/44 "2010-10-02T04:11:23Z")

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1. Piccadilly
2. Charing Cross
3. Elizabeth II
4. Big Ben
5. British Museum
6. Arsenal
7. Wimbledon Tennis
8. Great Fire of 1666
9. Notting Hill
10. London Calling

All answers by someone who’s never been in Europe much less London.

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**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 3, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/45 "2010-10-03T22:04:03Z")

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1. a road/street in London   
**1. Downing Street 12**

2. Oxford Street 6

3. Fleet Street 4

4. Abbey Road 2

5. Carnaby Street 2

6. Piccadilly 2

7. Baker Street 1

8. Charing Cross Road 1

9. Regent Street 1

10. a tube station in London   
**2. Mornington Crescent 10**

11. Waterloo 5

12. Piccadilly Circus 4

13. Covent Garden 2

14. King’s Cross 2

15. Aldgate 1

16. Bond Street 1

17. Charing Cross 1

18. Euston 1

19. Hyde Park 1

20. Leicester Square 1

21. Oxford Circus 1

22. Paddington 1

23. an individual, alive or historical, who was born in London   
**3. Queen Elizabeth II 16**

24. Prince Charles 3

25. Prince William 2

26. Queen Victoria 2

27. The queen - - not specific 2

28. Charles Dickens 1

29. David Beckham 1

30. Hugh Grant 1

31. Queen Elizabeth - not specific 1

32. Queen Elizabeth I 1

33. Samuel Pepys 1

34. a London landmark   
**4. Big Ben 17**

35. The Tower of London 6

36. Buckingham Palace 3

37. Nelson’s column 3

38. Tower Bridge 1

39. Trafalgar Square 1

40. a London museum   
**5. The British Museum 24**

41. Tate Gallery 2

42. Tower of London 2

43. Science Museum 1

44. Victoria & Albert Museum 1

45. Westminster Abbey 1

46. a London-based football team   
**6. Arsenal 22**

47. Chelsea 6

48. pass 1

49. The Packers 1

50. Tottenham Hotspur 1

51. an annual event that occurs in London   
**7. Wimbledon 17**

52. Trooping the Colour 4

53. Notting Hill Carnival 3

54. Chelsea Flower Show 1

55. Christmas 1

56. London Marathon 1

57. Lord Mayor’s Show 1

58. Opening of Parliament 1

59. Oxbridge boat race 1

60. The Proms 1

61. an historical event that occurred in London   
**8. The Great Fire of London 21**

62. The Blitz 5

63. The Gunpowder Plot 3

64. Beheading of Anne Boleyn 1

65. Charles & Diana’s wedding 1

66. a film based in London   
**9. Notting Hill 11**

67. My Fair Lady 5

68. An American Werewolf in London 3

69. Mary Poppins 3

70. Bridget Jones’ Diary 2

71. Love Actually 2

72. Oliver! 2

73. 101 Dalmatians 1

74. Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels 1

75. The Sweeney 1

76. a song about London   
**10. London Calling 18**

77. London Bridge is Falling Down 4

78. Waterloo Sunset 3

79. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 2

80. A Foggy Day in London Town 1

81. Baker Street 1

82. Camden Town 1

83. London’s Burning 1

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**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 3, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/46 "2010-10-03T22:14:06Z")

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And the winners are… **astorian and Sparky812**!!! Well done! ::flings confetti:: They each got 8/10 top answers, but different wrong ones. Way to go! Perfect score was 541.93.

Thanks all, and thanks **ColdPhoenix**!

New one tomorrow.  
\*\*1. astorian 500.00

1. Sparky812 500.00 \*\*
2. Little Nemo 477.42
3. Gyrate 458.06
4. Ximenean 441.94
5. sandra\_nz 432.26
6. swampbear 422.58
7. twickster 422.58
8. wheresgeorge04 419.35
9. pravnik 419.35
10. Sigmagirl 406.45
11. Really Not All That Bright 383.87
12. NDP 377.42
13. silenus 374.19
14. AppallingGael 374.19
15. Dead Cat 364.52
16. Cunctator 358.06
17. gonzomax 338.71
18. notfrommensa 335.48
19. 42fish 332.26
20. ArchiveGuy 316.13
21. KennerTheGreat 312.90
22. SanVito 306.45
23. Sternvogel 300.00
24. Walkabout 283.87
25. Manduck 248.39
26. kaylasdad99 245.16
27. ColdPhoenix 238.71
28. MHaye 209.68
29. Giles 196.77
30. rockle 167.74

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**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 3, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/47 "2010-10-03T22:19:32Z")

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Glad I was able to get in on time. My best showing in quite a while.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/48 "2010-10-03T22:41:55Z")

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I did better than I expected. Wonder how much different the order of finish would have been if there had been 50 entrants? (Might have gotten _one_ other person who said the Chelsea Flower Show. ☹ )

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**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/49 "2010-10-03T22:43:19Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> I did better than I expected. Wonder how much different the order of finish would have been if there had been 50 entrants? (Might have gotten _one_ other person who said the Chelsea Flower Show. ☹ )

Or The Proms.

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**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 4, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/50 "2010-10-04T10:24:59Z")

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1. Oxford Street
2. Bank
3. Elizabeth II
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Natural History Museum
6. Arsenal
7. Notting Hill Carnival
8. The Blitz
9. Notting Hill
10. London Calling

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**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 4, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/51 "2010-10-04T10:29:12Z")

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Oh well, doesn’t look like I did very well anyway.

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/52 "2010-10-04T12:30:20Z")

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Wow! I thought I’d suck at this one since, at first glance, I drew blanks for most of the questions!

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/53 "2010-10-04T22:58:05Z")

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> [@Rebo](#):
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> 1. Queen Elizabeth - not specific 1

BOOOOOO!!:mad:  
Also, I think everybody who saw Notting Hill is in this thread 😕

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**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 7, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-london-by-coldphoenix-game-over/555275/54 "2010-10-07T14:00:25Z")

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Whoah! Nearly in the top ten!

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