# The Feud: Spring!!! \[Game Over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 8, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749 "2010-03-08T18:44:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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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:** [March 14, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/61 "2010-03-14T12:59:31Z")

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1. Name a non-organic harbinger of spring.   
**1. Baseball (spring training) 29**

2. Easter products in stores 8

3. March Madness (basketball) 2

4. Reappearance of ice-cream trucks 1

5. Snow melting 1

6. Name something organic that is a harbinger of spring, besides birds or flowers.   
**2. New leaves on trees 9**

7. Melting snow 5

8. More daylight 5

9. rain 4

10. Green grass 3

11. pollen 3

12. Warm weather 3

13. Easter stuff 2

14. bunnies 1

15. Crocuses 1

16. Dogs shedding winter coat 1

17. First robin 1

18. maple syrup 1

19. mud 1

20. Punxsutawney Phil 1

21. Name a song that mentions spring.   
**3. Springtime for Hitler 21**

22. It Might as Well be Spring 3

23. Here Comes the Sun 2

24. April in Paris 1

25. Beautiful Day 1

26. Easter Parade 1

27. I Got You, Babe 1

28. My Favourite Things 1

29. Paris in the Springtime 1

30. pass 1

31. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park 1

32. Rite of Spring 1

33. Rockin Robin 1

34. Seasons in the Sun 1

35. Spring Is Here 1

36. Spring Song 1

37. Springtime 1

38. You Make Me Feel So Young 1

39. Name something you’d throw out in a bout of spring cleaning.   
**4. Old clothes 20**

40. Old magazines 8

41. old newspapers 3

42. Old blankets 2

43. bad Christmas lights 1

44. Christmas cards 1

45. empty boxes 1

46. Halloween candy 1

47. mattress 1

48. Old shoes 1

49. Paper trash 1

50. Snow Tires 1

51. Besides a bed, name something that has a spring.   
**5. Watch/clock 19**

52. Ball point pen 7

53. Pogo stick 3

54. Couch 2

55. Slinky 2

56. Car 1

57. Chair 1

58. Garage door 1

59. Jack-in-the-box 1

60. Lock 1

61. Screen door 1

62. Springboard 1

63. Trampoline 1

64. Besides Springfield, name a city with “spring” in its name.   
\*\*6. Hot Springs 10

65. Palm Springs 10\*\*

66. Colorado Springs 9

67. Saratoga Springs 2

68. Springdale 2

69. Springtown 2

70. Alice Springs 1

71. Mammoth Hot Springs 1

72. Silver Spring 1

73. Silver Springs 1

74. Spring Hill 1

75. Springville 1

76. In Fahrenheit degrees, guess what the average temperature is in North America in May.   
**7. 70 14**

77. 60 12

78. 65 4

79. 50 3

80. 68 2

81. 75 2

82. 62 1

83. 64 1

84. 76 1

85. 78 1

86. Name something a person of either gender might wear in spring.   
**8. shorts 18**

87. jacket 5

88. T-shirt 5

89. raincoat 4

90. Sandals 3

91. Baseball hat 1

92. Bonnet 1

93. Rainboots 1

94. Sunglasses 1

95. Sweater 1

96. tank top 1

97. Name a fruit or vegetable that signifies spring to you.   
**9. Strawberries 23**

98. Asparagus 6

99. Cherries 3

100. Apple 1

101. Leeks 1

102. Lemon 1

103. Lettuce 1

104. orange 1

105. parsley 1

106. peaches 1

107. Peas 1

108. rhubarb 1

109. Besides the park, name a generic place you like to go in spring.   
**10. Baseball game 16**

110. Beach 7

111. zoo 5

112. lake 2

113. playground 2

114. Swimming pool 2

115. The mall 2

116. Funkytown with my SO 1

117. Garden store 1

118. golf course 1

119. Hiking trails 1

120. Outdoor markets 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:** [March 14, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/62 "2010-03-14T13:07:43Z")

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We have a tie! Congrats to **Sparky812** and **Swampbear**!!! ::flings confetti:: They both got 8/10 top answers, but the ones they missed were different from each other. Well done! Perfect score was 436.58.

Thanks for playing, everyone! Did you remember to “spring forward?” 😉

New one up today sometime.  
\*\*1. Sparky812 404.88

1. swampbear 404.88 \*\*
2. labtrash 395.12
3. Sidney Evgeni Jordan 380.49
4. astorian 375.61
5. 42fish 358.54
6. Sigmagirl 358.54
7. Paintcharge 343.90
8. zamboniracer 334.15
9. ShibbOleth 331.71
10. AuntiePam 329.27
11. Little Nemo 319.51
12. Skammer 317.07
13. Mahaloth 307.32
14. Munch 292.68
15. Freudian Slit 290.24
16. Simmerdown 278.05
17. want2know 275.61
18. Omniscient 273.17
19. kenobi 65 268.29
20. Sternvogel 265.85
21. Windwalker 256.10
22. VanLandry 236.59
23. notfrommensa 236.59
24. Dolores Reborn 236.59
25. Beadalin 236.59
26. NDP 226.83
27. Drain Bead 226.83
28. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 226.83
29. Shark 207.32
30. anyrose 200.00
31. Really Not All That Bright 200.00
32. RachelChristine 197.56
33. cucuy 190.24
34. KennerTheGreat 182.93
35. mkecane 170.73
36. Chum 158.54
37. kaylasdad99 143.90
38. ArchiveGuy 141.46
39. Chronos 139.02
40. Elendil’s Heir 85.37

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/63 "2010-03-14T13:13:29Z")

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So _Springtime for Hitler_ was an almost conch. _Sigh_ Just another reason why I love this board so much! 😃

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**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 14, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/64 "2010-03-14T13:35:28Z")

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1. Changing the clocks
2. Rain
3. Spring Song
4. Old clothes
5. Pogo stick
6. Spring Brook
7. 65
8. Jacket
9. Peas
10. Garden

ETA: oops. ☹

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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:** [March 14, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/65 "2010-03-14T16:05:12Z")

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“empty boxes”? “tank tops”? WTF was I thinking??? :eek:

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/66 "2010-03-14T17:14:21Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> “empty boxes”? “tank tops”? WTF was I thinking??? :eek:

Flashback mayhaps? 😛

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**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/67 "2010-03-14T22:58:47Z")

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"In Fahrenheit degrees, guess what the average temperature is in North America in May. "

Is there an actual known answer to this? I know we’re trying to guess the most popular answer, but I’m curious how close we actually are.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/68 "2010-03-15T03:14:57Z")

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Top ten has become a rarity for me; I’ll take it. I was kind of surprised by the answer “strawberries” for #9. Here, strawberries come into season in December/January, so they’re hard to think of as a “spring” fruit.

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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:** [March 15, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/69 "2010-03-15T03:20:20Z")

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My worst. Feud. Showing. Ever.

Ugh.

:: slumps off to watch the snow melt ::

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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:** [March 15, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-spring-game-over/531749/70 "2010-03-15T03:24:38Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Is there an actual known answer to this? I know we’re trying to guess the most popular answer, but I’m curious how close we actually are.

I originally guessed 62 degrees and then I thought I’d be better off picking either 60 or 65 degrees because they’d be more popular guesses. So I checked online and found that the actual average temperature is right around 60 degrees.

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