# The Feud: New York City by KennerTheGreat \[Gave Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939 "2010-04-13T12:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [April 14, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/61 "2010-04-14T15:24:59Z")
Bah. Totally bottled it on the song. Otherwise I’d be in the top 10 for the first time all year. ☹ ---
**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:** [April 14, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/62 "2010-04-14T16:13:40Z")
I botched it on the Chrysler Building. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/63 "2010-04-14T17:28:16Z")
I botched at least 4 answers, but I’m pretty confident that I have at least 3 number 1’s. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/64 "2010-04-14T17:29:39Z")
1. Besides Giuliani and Bloomberg, name a NYC mayor. **1. Ed Koch 31** 2. Fiorello LaGuardia 13 3. David Dinkins 3 4. John Lindsay 2 5. Iacocca 1 6. Besides Manhattan, name a borough in NYC. **2. Brooklyn 42** 7. Queens 6 8. Bronx 2 9. Besides Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, name a New York Yankee whose jersey number has been retired. **3. Joe DiMaggio 32** 10. Mickey Mantle 13 11. Yogi Berra 2 12. George Steinbrenner 1 13. Hank Aaron 1 14. pass 1 15. Name a non-sporting event that was held at Old Yankee Stadium. **4. Papal Mass 30** 16. Concert 14 17. Billy Graham’s Crusade 2 18. 1958 NFL Championship 1 19. Graduation 1 20. Memorial service for victims of the 9/11 attack 1 21. pass 1 22. Name a long running Broadway play. **5. Cats 37** 23. Phantom of the Opera 5 24. A Chorus Line 3 25. Les Miserables 3 26. Hair 1 27. The Lion King 1 28. Name a song about New York City (besides New York, New York). **6. New York State of Mind 17** 29. On Broadway 6 30. 42nd Street 2 31. Give My Regards to Broadway 2 32. New York City 2 33. New York Minute 2 34. The Boy From New York City 2 35. 52nd Street 1 36. 53rd and 3rd 1 37. An Open Letter to NYC 1 38. Arthur’s Theme 1 39. Autumn in New York 1 40. Back in New York 1 41. Downtown 1 42. Empire State of Mind 1 43. Fairytale of New York 1 44. Manhattan 1 45. New York 1 46. New York’s Not My Home 1 47. No Sleep till Brooklyn 1 48. Shattered 1 49. The 59th Street Bridge Song 1 50. The Boxer 1 51. The Sidewalks of New York 1 52. Name a tall building in New York City (besides the Empire State Building). **7. Chrysler Building 43** 53. 30 Rockefeller Plaza 2 54. World Trade Center 2 55. Met Life building 1 56. Trump Tower 1 57. Woolworth Building 1 58. Name the best ethnic food in New York City. (Give a genre, not a specific food.) **8. Italian/Pizza 36** 59. Chinese 9 60. Jewish deli 3 61. Halal 1 62. Middle Eastern 1 63. Name a NYC park (besides Central Park). **9. Battery Park 22** 64. Washington Square Park 8 65. Prospect Park 5 66. Bryant Park 4 67. Flushing Meadow Park 2 68. Gramercy Park 2 69. Madison Square Park 1 70. Pelham Bay Park 1 71. Riverside Park 1 72. The Bronx Zoo 1 73. Tompkins Square Park 1 74. Union Square 1 75. Van Cortlandt 1 76. If New York City isn’t the capital of the world, what city is? **10. London 32** 77. Paris 12 78. Washington, D.C. 2 79. Beijing 1 80. It is the capitol of the world. 1 81. Los Angeles 1 82. San Francisco 1 ---
**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:** [April 14, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/65 "2010-04-14T17:36:44Z")
And the winners are… **Mahaloth** and **Hal Briston**!! Yay!!! ::flings confetti:: They both got all top ten answers! Awesome! Good job, guys. Thanks all! Thanks for a fast and furious Feud, **KennerTheGreat**! Send me some new ideas, guys. I’m all out. I’ll get one up soon, though. \*\*1. Mahaloth 644.00 1. Hal Briston 644.00\*\* 2. Gangster Octopus 610.00 3. astorian 606.00 4. swampbear 586.00 5. Little Nemo 582.00 6. Sternvogel 578.00 7. Simmerdown 578.00 8. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 574.00 9. PaperBlob 574.00 10. NDP 572.00 11. Sparky812 566.00 12. cmkeller 550.00 13. Dolores Reborn 548.00 14. Sigmagirl 542.00 15. Paintcharge 536.00 16. LavenderBlue 536.00 17. VanLandry 520.00 18. GuiriEnEspaña 518.00 19. Sateryn76 518.00 20. Johnny Q 518.00 21. kenner116 512.00 22. ShibbOleth 510.00 23. RealityChuck 502.00 24. Really Not All That Bright 500.00 25. 42fish 496.00 26. gonzomax 496.00 27. wheresgeorge04 478.00 28. ArchiveGuy 472.00 29. Skammer 466.00 30. AuntiePam 464.00 31. Baker 452.00 32. zamboniracer 444.00 33. Ichbin Dubist 438.00 34. notfrommensa 434.00 35. mkecane 430.00 36. KennerTheGreat 418.00 37. kenobi 65 408.00 38. Zebra 408.00 39. Ellen Cherry 388.00 40. fusoya 386.00 41. AppallingGael 382.00 42. Freudian Slit 356.00 43. Snickers 354.00 44. kaylasdad99 352.00 45. IvoryTowerDenizen 344.00 46. K364 324.00 47. Intergalactic Gladiator 316.00 48. anyrose 306.00 49. Richie Incognito 290.00 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/66 "2010-04-14T17:49:49Z")
Woohoo! \ Nice feud, **Kenner** …and as always, thanks much for running this **Rebo**! ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/67 "2010-04-14T17:56:30Z")
Thanks again, **Rebo** , and thank you everyone else who played. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/68 "2010-04-14T18:20:32Z")
Damn, completely missed the song question, otherwise 9/10. Third place my best finish since I won…a long, long, long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/69 "2010-04-14T20:04:06Z")
Wow, seven of ten first place answers and I finish: 23rd. Tough crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/70 "2010-04-14T20:12:43Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Woohoo! \ Hey, congrats! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/71 "2010-04-14T20:43:07Z")
Yet another reason for me to hate that drunk Mickey Mantle!!! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/72 "2010-04-14T20:58:19Z")
Yikes! 46th. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/73 "2010-04-14T21:03:13Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Wow, seven of ten first place answers and I finish: 23rd. Tough crowd. Indeed, I got 5 out of 10, two others were the #2 answer, and I still finished in 38th. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/74 "2010-04-14T21:04:56Z")
**ReBo** - I sent you a feud idea via PM. Ignore that I misspelled “feud” in the subject line. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 14, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/75 "2010-04-14T21:16:54Z")
Got it, thnaks! 😉 ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/76 "2010-04-15T02:50:56Z")
Five #1’s and finished 45th. That’s about where I usually am. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/77 "2010-04-15T06:44:20Z")
I was 38th but I can rest easy with knowing that all my replies are correct. Battery Park isn’t even a park. It’s a neighborhood. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939/78 "2010-04-15T14:30:38Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I was 38th but I can rest easy with knowing that all my replies are correct. > > Battery Park isn’t even a park. It’s a neighborhood. No, it’s a [park](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Park). Battery Park City is a neighborhood. That said, I only knew that because you spend much of the early part of _Deus Ex_ running around it (well, a representation of it that doesn’t really look anything like it). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-new-york-city-by-kennerthegreat-gave-over/535939.md?page=3)