# The Feud of Randomness \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 13, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269 "2008-03-13T19:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/1 "2008-03-13T19:31:39Z")
A. Read all the rules B. Post your answers before reading the thread C. Post your answers like this: 1. Answer 2. Answer, etc Do not repeat the questions, do not add extraneous fluff amongst your answers. C. Scoring - Any answer duplicated by anyone else is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants times the number of duplications. Unique answers earn 0 points. D. The game will end either when we have 50 entrants, or at 3 PM Eastern on 3/14/08 whichever comes first. E. The penalty. See rule # 3. If you fail to post answers correctly causing me extra work in the scoring, you get the honor of incurring a penalty. That penalty is 10% of your final point total. I only do this with the goal of making sure people read the rules. 3. Pick a letter in the American version of the alphabet 4. Pick a number from 0 to 20 5. Name a state 6. Name a planet besides Earth 7. Name an animal you would see in a zoo 8. Name a capital city in Europe 9. Name a body of water other than an ocean 10. Name a type of tree 11. Name a type of cheese you would buy at the store 12. Name a magazine you could suscribe to ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/2 "2008-03-13T19:38:04Z")
1. S 2. 7 3. California 4. Mars 5. Bear 6. Paris 7. The Mediterranean Sea 8. Oak 9. Cheddar 10. Wired ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/3 "2008-03-13T19:48:56Z")
1. Q 2. 7 3. California 4. Mars 5. Lion 6. Paris 7. Lake Erie 8. Oak 9. Cheddar 10. Time ---
**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:** [March 13, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/4 "2008-03-13T19:51:45Z")
1. A 2. 11 3. New York 4. Mars 5. Elephant 6. Paris 7. Lake (Erie) 8. Maple 9. Cheddar 10. Newsweek ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/5 "2008-03-13T19:53:05Z")
1. A 2. 10 3. California 4. Mars 5. Monkey 6. Paris 7. Mississippi River 8. Oak 9. Cheddar 10. People ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/6 "2008-03-13T19:55:07Z")
1. A 2. 7 3. New York 4. Mars 5. Monkey 6. London 7. Red Sea 8. Elm 9. Cheddar 10. Playboy ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/7 "2008-03-13T19:56:20Z")
1. A 2. 7 3. New York 4. Mars 5. elephant 6. Paris 7. lake 8. elm 9. cheddar 10. Time ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/8 "2008-03-13T19:57:44Z")
did you want a specific body of water? Make it Lake Erie (not because I saw that, but because it’s always the first Lake I think of) ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/9 "2008-03-13T19:59:17Z")
1. a 2. 10 3. Texas 4. Mars 5. Monkey 6. Paris 7. Lake 8. Oak 9. Cheddar 10. Newsweek ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/10 "2008-03-13T19:59:45Z")
1. A 2. 7 3. Mars 4. New York 5. Elephant 6. London 7. Lake Ontario 8. Maple 9. Cheddar 10. Time ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/11 "2008-03-13T19:59:57Z")
1. E 2. 13 3. Texas 4. Mars 5. Lion 6. Paris 7. Lake 8. Oak 9. Cheddar 10. Wired ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/12 "2008-03-13T20:00:28Z")
Yikes… 1. E 2. 7 3. Texas 4. Mars 5. tiger (preferably in a cage) 6. London 7. lake 8. maple 9. cheddar 10. Wired ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/13 "2008-03-13T20:01:02Z")
Gosh darn it. Not specific on my lake. I thought type (if I can get away with it, the Great Salt Lake is what came to mind.) ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/14 "2008-03-13T20:03:05Z")
1. C 2. 13 3. New York 4. Mars 5. Elephant 6. Paris 7. Lake 8. Apple 9. Cheddar 10. Discover ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/15 "2008-03-13T20:03:37Z")
[QUOTE=Mullinator] A. Read [/QUOTE] 1.A 2.1 3.California 4.Mars 5.Tiger 6.Paris 7.Lake Michigan 8.Oak 9.Cheddar 10.Readers Digest ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/16 "2008-03-13T20:06:08Z")
1. S 2. 7 3. CA 4. Mars 5. Monkey 6. Paris 7. Lake 8. Pine 9. Cheddar 10. People ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/17 "2008-03-13T20:06:45Z")
1. A 2. 1 3. California 4. Mars 5. Lion 6. Paris 7. Lake 8. Oak 9. American 10. Time P.S. There is no rule 3 Seeing that others are picking named bodies of water, I’ll choose Lake Superior if that’s ok. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/18 "2008-03-13T20:08:43Z")
1. A 2. 13 3. California 4. Mars 5. lion 6. Paris 7. Great Salt Lake 8. pine 9. cheddar 10. National Geographic ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/19 "2008-03-13T20:12:46Z")
1. C 2. 17 3. California 4. Mercury 5. Tiger 6. Prague 7. River 8. Alder 9. Swiss 10. _People_ ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269/20 "2008-03-13T20:15:49Z")
1. A 2. 1 3. California 4. Mars 5. Lion 6. London 7. Mediterranean Sea 8. pine 9. cheddar 10. Reader’s Digest [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-of-randomness-closed/441269.md?page=2)