# The Feud: Ships by Elendil's Heir \[Game Over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 28, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822 "2010-08-28T19:50:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/61 "2010-09-03T10:34:46Z")

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Can’t we tread water with 49?

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**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/62 "2010-09-03T11:08:01Z")

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1. Queen Mary
2. Bismarck
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Jack Sparrow
5. Mutiny on the Bounty
6. Right
7. Black Pearl
8. Poop deck
9. Lusitania
10. Midway

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/63 "2010-09-03T16:32:49Z")

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> [@ScareyFaerie](#):
>
> 1. Queen Mary
> 2. Bismarck
> 3. Christopher Columbus
> 4. Jack Sparrow
> 5. Mutiny on the Bounty
> 6. Right
> 7. Black Pearl
> 8. Poop deck
> 9. Lusitania
> 10. Midway

Poop deck? They have a whole deck for that?

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/64 "2010-09-03T16:38:22Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Poop deck? They have a whole deck for that?

That’s where they house the Rear Admirals.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/65 "2010-09-03T16:44:01Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
>
> > [@gonzomax](#):
> >
> > Poop deck? They have a whole deck for that?
> 
> That’s where they house the Rear Admirals.

Given your handle, I’m going to take your word for it.

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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:** [September 3, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/66 "2010-09-03T20:12:06Z")

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1. Other than the Titanic, name a famous passenger liner   
**1. QE2 21**

2. Queen Mary 15

3. Lusitania 14

4. Andrea Doria 2

5. Princess 1

6. Name a famous warship   
**2. Bismarck 20**

7. Constitution 12

8. Enterprise 7

9. Arizona 3

10. Missouri 2

11. Monitor 2

12. Hood 1

13. Merrimac 1

14. Nimitz 1

15. PT 109 1

16. Name a famous real captain   
**3. Cook 15**

17. Columbus 8

18. Bligh 7

19. John Paul Jones 6

20. Nelson 4

21. Drake 2

22. Blythe 1

23. Farragut 1

24. Halsey 1

25. Morgan 1

26. Myles Standish 1

27. Perry 1

28. Raleigh 1

29. Sully Sullivan 1

30. Name a famous fictional captain   
**4. Captain Ahab 12**

31. Captain James T. Kirk 9

32. Captain Nemo 8

33. Captain Horatio Hornblower 6

34. Captain Jack Sparrow 6

35. Captain Aubrey 5

36. Captain Crunch 1

37. Captain Hook 1

38. Captain Picard 1

39. Captain Steubing 1

40. Name a famous book or movie about a ship  
**5. Titanic 30**

41. Mutiny on the Bounty 5

42. Moby Dick 4

43. Master and Commander 3

44. Das Boot 2

45. 20,000 leagues under the sea 1

46. Hunt for Red October 1

47. Sink the Bismarck 1

48. Star Trek 1

49. The Caine Mutiny 1

50. The Perfect Storm 1

51. Without looking it up, is starboard to the right or left as you face the bow?   
**6. Right 48**

52. left 2

53. Name a fictional ship   
\*\*7. Black Pearl 11

54. Pequod 11\*\*

55. USS Enterprise 6

56. Nautilus 5

57. Argo 4

58. Flying Dutchman 4

59. Hispaniola 1

60. HMS Lollipop 1

61. HMS Surprise 1

62. Indefatigable 1

63. Minnow 1

64. pass 1

65. Poseidon 1

66. Serenity 1

67. USS Caine 1

68. Besides the bow, name a part of a ship.   
**8. Stern 35**

69. Mast 4

70. hull 3

71. Poop Deck 3

72. deck 2

73. Bridge 1

74. Fo’c’sle 1

75. Keel 1

76. Other than the Titanic, name a famous ship that sank   
**9. Lusitania 35**

77. Andrea Doria 5

78. Maine 3

79. Edmund Fitzgerald 3

80. Bismarck 3

81. Mary Rose 1

82. Name a famous sea battle   
**10. Midway 24**

83. Trafalgar 15

84. Jutland 2

85. Actium 1

86. Hood and Bismarck 1

87. Monitor vs. Merrimack 1

88. Pearl Harbor 1

89. Spanish Armada 1

90. The Virginia vs the Monitor 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:** [September 3, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/67 "2010-09-03T20:19:53Z")

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And the winner is… \*\*labtrash \*\*!!! Good job! ::flings confetti:: **labtrash** got 8/10 top answers. Well done! Perfect score was 502.00.

Thanks for playing, everyone! Thanks, **EH**!

Send me some new Feuds, people! 🙂  
\*\*1. labtrash 480.00 \*\*  
2. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 470.00  
3. want2know 468.00  
4. twickster 466.00  
5. Chronos 464.00  
5. gonzomax 464.00  
7. pravnik 460.00  
8. 42fish 458.00  
9. astorian 454.00  
10. Alka Seltzer 446.00  
11. notfrommensa 440.00  
12. Elendil’s Heir 438.00  
13. swampbear 426.00  
13. Really Not All That Bright 426.00  
13. Zebra 426.00  
16. Skammer 418.00  
17. Mahaloth 412.00  
18. Wargamer 404.00  
18. septimus 404.00  
20. Shark 402.00  
21. Simmerdown 386.00  
22. NDP 384.00  
23. Walkabout 382.00  
24. Terminus Est 368.00  
25. Little Nemo 366.00  
25. Sigmagirl 366.00  
27. ScareyFaerie 350.00  
28. Johnny Q 348.00  
28. ElvisL1ves 348.00  
30. blue infinity 346.00  
31. winterhawk11 340.00  
32. Sternvogel 338.00  
33. muldoonthief 328.00  
33. Das Glasperlenspiel 328.00  
35. markdash 326.00  
36. Kobal2 322.00  
37. ArchiveGuy 320.00  
37. Tom Scud 320.00  
37. cmkeller 320.00  
40. Biggirl 298.00  
41. VanLandry 294.00  
42. kenobi 65 290.00  
42. Sailboat 290.00  
44. cucuy 288.00  
45. zamboniracer 286.00  
46. Maus Magill 284.00  
47. tdn 274.00  
48. AuntiePam 272.00  
49. Intergalactic Gladiator 260.00  
50. pancakes3 148.00

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**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/68 "2010-09-03T20:50:17Z")

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> [@Rebo](#):
>
> 1. Other than the Titanic, name a famous passenger liner   
> **1. QE2 21**
> 
> 2. Queen Mary 15
> 
> 3. Lusitania 14
> 
> 4. Andrea Doria 2
> 
> 5. Princess 1
> 
> 6. Name a famous warship   
> **2. Bismarck 20**
> 
> 7. Constitution 12
> 
> 8. Enterprise 7
> 
> 9. Arizona 3
> 
> 10. Missouri 2
> 
> 11. Monitor 2
> 
> 12. Hood 1
> 
> 13. Merrimac 1
> 
> 14. Nimitz 1
> 
> 15. PT 109 1
> 
> 16. Name a famous real captain   
> **3. Cook 15**
> 
> 17. Columbus 8
> 
> 18. Bligh 7
> 
> 19. John Paul Jones 6
> 
> 20. Nelson 4
> 
> 21. Drake 2
> 
> 22. Blythe 1
> 
> 23. Farragut 1
> 
> 24. Halsey 1
> 
> 25. Morgan 1
> 
> 26. Myles Standish 1
> 
> 27. Perry 1
> 
> 28. Raleigh 1
> 
> 29. Sully Sullivan 1
> 
> 30. Name a famous fictional captain   
> **4. Captain Ahab 12**
> 
> 31. Captain James T. Kirk 9
> 
> 32. Captain Nemo 8
> 
> 33. Captain Horatio Hornblower 6
> 
> 34. Captain Jack Sparrow 6
> 
> 35. Captain Aubrey 5
> 
> 36. Captain Crunch 1
> 
> 37. Captain Hook 1
> 
> 38. Captain Picard 1
> 
> 39. Captain Steubing 1
> 
> 40. Name a famous book or movie about a ship  
> **5. Titanic 30**
> 
> 41. Mutiny on the Bounty 5
> 
> 42. Moby Dick 4
> 
> 43. Master and Commander 3
> 
> 44. Das Boot 2
> 
> 45. 20,000 leagues under the sea 1
> 
> 46. Hunt for Red October 1
> 
> 47. Sink the Bismarck 1
> 
> 48. Star Trek 1
> 
> 49. The Caine Mutiny 1
> 
> 50. The Perfect Storm 1
> 
> 51. Without looking it up, is starboard to the right or left as you face the bow?   
> **6. Right 48**
> 
> 52. left 2
> 
> 53. Name a fictional ship   
> \*\*7. Black Pearl 11
> 
> 54. Pequod 11\*\*
> 
> 55. USS Enterprise 6
> 
> 56. Nautilus 5
> 
> 57. Argo 4
> 
> 58. Flying Dutchman 4
> 
> 59. Hispaniola 1
> 
> 60. HMS Lollipop 1
> 
> 61. HMS Surprise 1
> 
> 62. Indefatigable 1
> 
> 63. Minnow 1
> 
> 64. pass 1
> 
> 65. Poseidon 1
> 
> 66. Serenity 1
> 
> 67. USS Caine 1
> 
> 68. Besides the bow, name a part of a ship.   
> **8. Stern 35**
> 
> 69. Mast 4
> 
> 70. hull 3
> 
> 71. Poop Deck 3
> 
> 72. deck 2
> 
> 73. Bridge 1
> 
> 74. Fo’c’sle 1
> 
> 75. Keel 1
> 
> 76. Other than the Titanic, name a famous ship that sank   
> **9. Lusitania 35**
> 
> 77. Andrea Doria 5
> 
> 78. Maine 3
> 
> 79. Edmund Fitzgerald 3
> 
> 80. Bismarck 3
> 
> 81. Mary Rose 1
> 
> 82. Name a famous sea battle   
> **10. Midway 24**
> 
> 83. Trafalgar 15
> 
> 84. Jutland 2
> 
> 85. Actium 1
> 
> 86. Hood and Bismarck 1
> 
> 87. Monitor vs. Merrimack 1
> 
> 88. Pearl Harbor 1
> 
> 89. Spanish Armada 1
> 
> 90. The Virginia vs the Monitor 1

DR, the Monitor vs. the Merrimack and the Virginia versus the Monitor are the same battle. The Virginia was constructed from the remains of the scuttled USS Merrimack and was therefore referred to by both names.

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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:** [September 4, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/69 "2010-09-04T00:16:50Z")

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As I scrolled through the voting numbers, I said to myself, “I got murdered on this one”. #42, yup. 😃

Thanks, **Rebo** and **Elendil’s Heir** , for a fun one, anyway!

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**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:** [September 4, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/70 "2010-09-04T00:25:58Z")

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Huh, fifth place, not bad for only getting 7/10 top answers.

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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:** [September 4, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/71 "2010-09-04T00:32:52Z")

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Bah. I coulda been a contendah, except for the Jutland. ☹

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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:** [September 4, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/72 "2010-09-04T04:30:54Z")

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> [@Rebo](#):
>
> 1. Other than the Titanic, name a famous passenger liner   
> **1. QE2 21**
> 
> 2. Queen Mary 15
> 
> 3. Lusitania 14
> 
> 4. Andrea Doria 2
> 
> 5. Princess 1
> 
> 6. Name a famous sea battle   
> **10. Midway 24**
> 
> 7. Trafalgar 15
> 
> 8. Jutland 2
> 
> 9. Actium 1
> 
> 10. Hood and Bismarck 1
> 
> 11. Monitor vs. Merrimack 1
> 
> 12. Pearl Harbor 1
> 
> 13. Spanish Armada 1
> 
> 14. The Virginia vs the Monitor 1

Some glitch with the scoring here – the first question’s responses add up to 53, the final one’s to 47.

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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:** [September 4, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/73 "2010-09-04T04:57:57Z")

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12th place is better than I’ve done in a loooooooong time - I’ll take it! Thanks, **DoloRebo** , and all our players.

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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/74 "2010-09-04T08:19:14Z")

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I didn’t do well despite that Dolores gave me QE2 credit for QE. My excuse? _Titanic_ was not a movie about a ship – it was a movie about true love ! :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/75 "2010-09-04T12:34:39Z")

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Wow!

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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/76 "2010-09-04T13:02:41Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
>
> … Dolores gave me QE2 credit for QE …

From the Department of Factoids so Useless you’ll Try to Forget them Quickly:

The QE2 was not named after Queen Elizabeth II, but rather after her mother, Queen Elizabeth. This is shown by the name _Queen Elizabeth 2_ (2nd ship to be named after QE) rather than _Queen Elizabeth II_, as it would be named if after QEII herself.

It was QEII herself who started the confusion: when she christened this ship named after her mother, she said “I name this ship Queen Elizabeth the Second.”

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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:** [September 4, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/77 "2010-09-04T13:59:19Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
>
> Bah. I coulda been a contendah, except for the Jutland. ☹

Words to ponder.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/78 "2010-09-04T16:51:29Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> 12th place is better than I’ve done in a loooooooong time - I’ll take it! Thanks, **DoloRebo** , and all our players.

13th is one of my best placings ever.

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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:** [September 4, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/79 "2010-09-04T19:56:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel;12876667  
Some glitch with the scoring here – the first question’s responses add up to 53, the final one’s to 47.[/QUOTE]

It figures I would make a mistake, and this be “one of those things.” I had a weird error when saving the scoresheet, and I don’t have it anymore.

I apologize, but I’m not going to rescore it.

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