# The Feud: Numbers by MadTheSwine \[game over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 5, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836 "2010-02-05T20:01:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 4

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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:** [February 11, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/61 "2010-02-11T22:14:14Z")

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I’ll try to get this one done tonight or tomorrow.

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**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:** [February 12, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/62 "2010-02-12T02:18:23Z")

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Ready for closure?

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/63 "2010-02-12T03:00:30Z")

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1. Highlander
2. Batman & Robin
3. Dale Earnhardt
4. Leaf clover
5. Jackson 5
6. Wives of Henry VIII
7. Deadly sins
8. 8-ball
9. baseball team
10. bowling

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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:** [February 12, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/64 "2010-02-12T12:55:09Z")

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My first thought for #1, #2, and #6 was “The Prisoner”…

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**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:** [February 12, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/65 "2010-02-12T19:54:26Z")

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I guess Rebo has been busy. I’ll mark this “still open” and maybe garner a few more participants.

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/66 "2010-02-12T20:18:19Z")

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What a bunch of anti-music heathens you all are. 😛 I’m as big of a bio geek as they come, but the octopus showing is freakish. Freakish I tell you!

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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:** [February 13, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/67 "2010-02-13T18:29:00Z")

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Sorry guys! I have been busy. Going off to score this now.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/68 "2010-02-13T20:22:43Z")

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**Rebo** , I thought you went to the dark side because apparently, there are cookies.

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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:** [February 13, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/69 "2010-02-13T21:10:01Z")

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I’ve heard that! 😉

Back in just a sec.

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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:** [February 13, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/70 "2010-02-13T21:15:41Z")

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1. Name a person, a group of people, a thing, or group of things that reminds you of the number 1.   
**1. Three Dog Night (“One is the loneliest number”) 12**

2. Highlander 5

3. God 4

4. A Chorus Line (“One Singular Sensation”) 2

5. Billy Martin 2

6. Gold medal 2

7. The One Ring 2

8. Air Force One 1

9. George Washington 1

10. Joe Jackson 1

11. Johnny 1

12. Lone Ranger 1

13. One Tree Hill 1

14. One-man band 1

15. Solitaire 1

16. Sports fans 1

17. The Universe 1

18. U2 1

19. Unicycle 1

20. We’re Number One 1

21. Wolf 1

22. Name a person, a group of people, a thing, or group of things that reminds you of the number 2.   
**2. Number 2/Poop 7**

23. Couple/Marriage 4

24. two Peas in a pod 3

25. two to tango 3

26. Bicycle 2

27. R2D2 2

28. Tea for two 2

29. Twins 2

30. Two and a Half Men 2

31. 2 be or not 2 be 1

32. 2 Live Crew 1

33. Adam & Eve 1

34. Batman & Robin 1

35. Boobs 1

36. Doublemint Gum 1

37. Little Boys 1

38. Minute warning 1

39. Noah’s animals 1

40. Siegfried and Roy 1

41. Simon and Garfunkel 1

42. Sonny & Cher 1

43. The Odd Couple 1

44. turtle doves 1

45. Two For The Road 1

46. Vice President 1

47. Name a person, a group of people, a thing, or group of things that reminds you of the number 3.   
**3. The Three Musketeers 13**

48. The Three Stooges 6

49. The Trinity 5

50. Three blind mice 3

51. Three Dog Night 3

52. Three Little Pigs 3

53. Three’s Company 2

54. Dale Earnhardt 1

55. Hi, Opal! 1

56. Menage a Trois 1

57. Monty Python’s Holy Handgrenade 1

58. The Holy Trinity 1

59. The Three Amigos 1

60. Three Men in a Tub 1

61. Three on a match 1

62. …reminds you of the number 4.   
**4. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 9**

63. The Four Seasons 8

64. sides of a square 7

65. Barbershop quartet 2

66. Brett Favre 2

67. four leaf clover 2

68. The Fantastic Four 2

69. Beatles 1

70. calling birds 1

71. Corners of the earth 1

72. Food Groups 1

73. Four-door sedan 1

74. Four-eyes 1

75. Gearshift 1

76. great poker hand 1

77. Suits 1

78. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1

79. The Four Tops 1

80. …reminds you of the number 5.   
**5. The Jackson Five 10**

81. Five Golden Rings 9

82. The Pentagon 5

83. Basketball team 3

84. hand/fingers 3

85. 5 Guys Burgers 1

86. A Star 1

87. Five Easy Pieces 1

88. Five O’clock Quitting Time 1

89. High-five 1

90. manual transmission 1

91. Number Five robot 1

92. Olympic Rings 1

93. pass 1

94. satins 1

95. the Five Americans 1

96. The Rolling Stones 1

97. Turtle Doves 1

98. …reminds you of the number 6.   
**6. Six Flags 8**

99. Six-pack 7

100. 666, the sign of the Beast/Devil 4

101. Sides on a die 3

102. insects 2

103. The Prisoner 2

104. The Sixth Sense 2

105. A hockey team 1

106. Bullets in a gun 1

107. Dirty Harry 1

108. Nikki Sixx 1

109. pass 1

110. Route 66 1

111. Sheik’s sick sheep 1

112. sides of a hexagon 1

113. Six Degrees of Separation 1

114. Six-string guitar 1

115. sticks 1

116. The Secret Six 1

117. Touchdown 1

118. With Six You Get Eggroll 1

119. Wives of Henry VIII 1

120. …reminds you of the number 7.   
**7. Seven deadly sins 15**

121. Seven Dwarfs 7

122. Days in a week 4

123. Lucky Number 7 4

124. The Magnificent Seven 3

125. Seven Samurai 2

126. 7-11 1

127. 7th Heaven 1

128. Colours in a rainbow 1

129. Craps 1

130. pass 1

131. Rainbow colours 1

132. Se7en 1

133. wonders of the World 1

134. …reminds you of the number 8.   
**8. Octopus tentacles 11**

135. Eight Ball 8

136. Stop sign 4

137. Crazy Eights 3

138. Eight is Enough 3

139. spider legs 3

140. Eight Days a Week 2

141. Henry VIII 2

142. Octo-mom’s babies 2

143. eight men out 1

144. Notes in an octave 1

145. Santa’s reindeer 1

146. The Crazy 88’s (From Kill Bill) 1

147. V-8 engine 1

148. …reminds you of the number 9.   
**9. Baseball Team 9**

149. Nine Lives of a cat 6

150. Nine supreme court justices 5

151. nine inch nails 4

152. The Fellowship of the Ring 3

153. _Nine_ (the movie) 2

154. Love Potion Number nine 2

155. sudoku 2

156. The Beatles’ White Album/Revolution #9 2

157. 9-ball pool 1

158. Nine circles of Hell 1

159. Nine Ladies Dancing 1

160. nine planets 1

161. Nine yards 1

162. no 1

163. The Brady Bunch 1

164. Tic-tac-toe board 1

165. …reminds you of the number 10.   
**10. David Letterman’s Top 10 15**

166. _10_ (the movie) 7

167. Bill of Rights 3

168. Fingers 3

169. Perfect 3

170. bowling 2

171. Ten Little Indians 2

172. Adrian Monk 1

173. Big Ten Football 1

174. grocery store check out lane 1

175. My checking account 1

176. Pass 1

177. Prime Minister 1

178. The Hollywood Ten 1

179. The Metric System 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:** [February 13, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/71 "2010-02-13T21:24:12Z")

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And the winner is… **Sparky812**!!! Good job! ::flings confetti:: **Sparky** got 8/10 top answers. Perfect score was 253.48.

Thanks for playing, everyone! Thanks, **Mad**! This was as unconchy as we’ve been in a while!

Sorry it took me so long to score this. Real life sometimes gets in the way. Plus, my husband hogs the computer. 😉

I’ll get a new one up right away.

**1. Sparky812 230.23**  
2. CT\_Damsel 197.67  
3. 42fish 190.70  
3. labtrash 190.70  
5. MadTheSwine 176.74  
6. Red Skeezix 167.44  
7. Larry Borgia 158.14  
7. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 158.14  
9. Simmerdown 155.81  
10. NDP 151.16  
11. GuiriEnEspaña 146.51  
12. gonzomax 139.53  
12. ArchiveGuy 139.53  
14. Elendil’s Heir 134.88  
15. Sidney Evgeni Jordan 132.56  
15. Thudlow Boink 132.56  
17. notfrommensa 127.91  
17. Snickers 127.91  
19. Skammer 123.26  
20. iamthewalrus(:3= 118.60  
21. ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies 113.95  
22. Avarie537 111.63  
22. swampbear 111.63  
22. Little Nemo 111.63  
22. septimus 111.63  
26. astorian 109.30  
27. anyrose 106.98  
28. Sternvogel 104.65  
29. kaylasdad99 102.33  
30. YogSosoth 95.35  
31. KennerTheGreat 88.37  
31. bibliophage 88.37  
33. Ellen Cherry 86.05  
34. AuntiePam 83.72  
35. Gangster Octopus 81.40  
36. RachelChristine 79.07  
37. cmkeller 76.74  
38. want2know 76.74  
39. Mr Shine 72.09  
40. jali 67.44  
41. cucuy 60.47  
42. There is no God 44.19  
43. kenobi 65 32.56

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/72 "2010-02-13T21:28:55Z")

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Securely in the top half.

as always, thanks **Rebo** for scoring and thanks **MadtheSwine** , for the tough feud.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/73 "2010-02-13T21:36:29Z")

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Back near the top after a couple of feuds in the cellar. Thanks as always, **Rebo**.

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/74 "2010-02-13T21:41:37Z")

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Right smack in the middle. ☹

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**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:** [February 13, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/75 "2010-02-13T22:03:42Z")

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14th? Woohoo! Better than I’ve done in a loooooooong time. Thanks for a fun Feud.

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**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:** [February 13, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/76 "2010-02-13T22:33:21Z")

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Good news is that I did not get my usual middle-of-the-pack finish.

Bad news is I was dead last.

😃

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/77 "2010-02-13T23:20:21Z")

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Gee, I was certain _I’d_ be dead last

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/78 "2010-02-14T03:13:55Z")

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A few judgment calls I won’t question, but these should be counted together:

> [@Rebo](#):
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> 1. Name a person, a group of people, a thing, or group of things that reminds you of the number 3.
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> 2. The Trinity 5
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> 3. The Holy Trinity 1

> [@](#):
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> 1. …reminds you of the number 7.
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> 2. Colours in a rainbow 1
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> 3. Rainbow colours 1

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**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/79 "2010-02-14T03:54:07Z")

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I came in **2ND WOO HOO!!!** :D:cool:😛

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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:** [February 14, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-numbers-by-madtheswine-game-over/527836/80 "2010-02-14T20:02:43Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
>
> A few judgment calls I won’t question, but these should be counted together:

Yep - thanks. When there are so many different answers my eyes start to blur! I’ll post the new standings shortly.

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