The Feud: The 1800's by notfrommensa [Game Over]

  1. James Madison
  2. “Oh Susannah”
  3. Laura Ingalls
  4. Battle of Vicksburg
  5. Queen Victoria
  6. the telegraph
  7. Siam
  8. Queen Victoria
  9. Charles Dickens
  10. Missouri

Well, the name Siam is no longer existent, but the country itself is. Does that count?

Yes, just as Abyssinia (mentioned earlier) is now Ethiopia. It’s all about the answers – accuracy isn’t necessary. If everyone said “Liberia”, it would count – even for the “famous author” question.

  1. John Quincy Adams
  2. The Old Folks At Home
  3. Matt Dillon
  4. Bull Run
  5. Queen Victoria
  6. Lightbulb
  7. Prussia
  8. Queen Victoria
  9. Charles Dickens
  10. Missouri
  1. John Quincy Adams
  2. Oh, Susannah
  3. Matt Dillon
  4. Antietam
  5. Harriet Beecher Stowe
  6. Cotton gin
  7. Prussia
  8. Queen Victoria
  9. Charles Dickens
  10. Missouri
  1. Garfield
  2. My Old Kentucky Home
  3. Davy Crockett
  4. Fort Sumter
  5. Susan B. Anthony
  6. Light bulb
  7. Ottoman Empire
  8. Napoleon Bonaparte
  9. Mark Twain
  10. Missouri
  1. John Adams
  2. Camptown Races
  3. Matt Dillon
  4. Antietam
  5. Harriet Tubman
  6. Telephone
  7. Prussia
  8. Napoleon
  9. Mark Twain
  10. Missouri
  1. Martin Van Buren
  2. Camptown Races
  3. Laura Ingalls
  4. Shiloh
  5. Susan B. Anthony
  6. cotton gin
  7. Persia
  8. Queen Victoria
  9. Charles Dickens
  10. South Dakota
    #1. Although he should be - those sideburns!
    #6. Technically invented in 1793, but the question indicates an invention from the 1800s. I’m going with it.
  1. Johnson
  2. Oh Suzanna!
  3. Dr. Quinn
  4. Chichamauga
  5. Florence Nightingale
  6. Telephone
  7. Prussia
  8. Napolean
  9. Dickens
  10. Arkansas

Thank you Wikipedia … my 19th century US history is terrible.

  1. James Madison
  2. My Old Kentucky Home
  3. Bret Maverick
  4. Appomattox Court House
  5. Susan B. Anthony
  6. Cotton gin
  7. Prussia
  8. Napoleon Bonaparte
  9. Robert Lewis Stevenson
  10. Oklahoma
  11. D’oh! How in the crap did I not come up with Laura Ingalls? I am trying to read those books to my daughter.
  12. Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.

Dolores, how long till we give up on 50 contestants and score this puppy?

  1. Garfield
  2. Camptown Races
  3. Davey Crockett
  4. Shiloh
  5. Florence Nightengale
  6. Locomotive
  7. Prussia
  8. Napoleon
  9. Mark Twain
  10. Missouri

I count 42 entries so far.

Not too soon, I hope – I think this is a great theme. It just needs to be bumped a couple of times. :smiley:

Thank you Twix ;). I wish it would fill up too. Courtesy Bump.

I’m sorry - I’ve been swamped. I’ll try to score it tonight. I have Friday off - that will be the latest, I promise!

Rackinfrackin work!

  1. Name a 19th century US president that is not pictured on US currency.
    1. James Madison 8

  2. John Quincy Adams 7

  3. Millard Fillmore 7

  4. Andrew Johnson 3

  5. James Buchanan 3

  6. Grover Cleveland 2

  7. James Garfield 2

  8. James Monroe 2

  9. James Polk 2

  10. Martin Van Buren 2

  11. Chester A Arthur 1

  12. William Henry Harrison 1

  13. William Howard Taft 1

  14. Zachary Taylor 1

  15. Name a Stephen Foster song.
    **2. Camptown Races 14

  16. Oh Susannah 14**

  17. Old Folks at Home 10

  18. My Old Kentucky Home 4

  19. Name a TV Character who lived in the 1800s.
    3. Matt Dillon 11

  20. Davy Crockett 6

  21. Laura Ingalls 6

  22. Bret Maverick 4

  23. Dr. Quinn 3

  24. Jim West 3

  25. Ben Cartwright 2

  26. Charles Ingalls 2

  27. The Lone Ranger 2

  28. Al Swearengen 1

  29. Angel 1

  30. Fanny Brice 1

  31. Name a Civil War battle that took place South of the Mason Dixon Line.
    4. Bull Run (Manassas) 14

  32. Battle of Shiloh 7

  33. Battle of Vicksburg 5

  34. Battle of Antietam 4

  35. Battle of Fort Sumter 4

  36. Atlanta 2

  37. Battle of Chattanooga 2

  38. Chickamauga 2

  39. Appomattox Court House 1

  40. Fredricksburg 1

  41. Name a famous female from the 19th century.
    5. Susan B. Anthony 10

  42. Queen Victoria 7

  43. Florence Nightingale 6

  44. Harriet Tubman 4

  45. Clara Barton 3

  46. Dolly Madison 3

  47. Carrie Nation 2

  48. Mary Todd Lincoln 2

  49. Annie Oakley 1

  50. Belle Starr 1

  51. Harriet Beecher Stowe 1

  52. Jane Austen 1

  53. Margaret Sanger 1

  54. An 1800’s invention.
    6. Telephone 11

  55. Light bulb 10

  56. Cotton gin 8

  57. Steam locomotive 5

  58. automobile 2

  59. photography 2

  60. Telegraph 2

  61. Sewing machine 1

  62. Typewriter 1

  63. Name a country that existed in the 1800’s that does not exist now.
    7. Prussia 29

  64. Austria-Hungary 3

  65. Texas 3

  66. Persia 2

  67. Abyssinia 1

  68. Burma 1

  69. Ottoman Empire 1

  70. Papal States 1

  71. Siam 1

  72. Name a non-American historical figure from the 1800s.
    8. Napoleon Bonaparte 21

  73. Queen Victoria 16

  74. Charles Darwin 2

  75. Arthur Conan Doyle 1

  76. Benjamin Disraeli 1

  77. Kaiser Wilhelm 1

  78. Name a 19th century author.
    9. Charles Dickens 17

  79. Mark Twain 15

  80. Edgar Allan Poe 4

  81. Harriet Beecher Stowe 1

  82. Hugo 1

  83. Jane Austen 1

  84. Laura Ingalls Wilder 1

  85. Lord Byron 1

  86. Robert Lewis Stevenson 1

  87. Besides Louisiana, name a state that is part of the Louisiana Purchase.
    10. Missouri 23

  88. Arkansas 12

  89. Oklahoma 2
    10, Colorado 1

  90. Iowa 1

  91. Kansas 1

  92. Mississippi 1

  93. South Dakota 1

It’s not looking good…

And the winner is… cmkeller!!! Good job! ::flings confetti:: cmkeller got 8/10 top answers. Nice work! Perfect score was 376.19.

Thanks all, and thanks notfrommensa! Fun feud!

New one up tomorrow.

1. cmkeller 350.00
2. swampbear 342.86
2. kenobi 65 342.86
2. twickster 342.86
5. Really Not All That Bright 340.48
6. notfrommensa 333.33
6. OldGuy 333.33
6. 42fish 333.33
9. AppallingGael 330.95
10. GuiriEnEspaña 328.57
11. Tom Scud 319.05
12. MD12 316.67
13. zamboniracer 314.29
14. gonzomax 309.52
15. Sigmagirl 307.14
16. Skammer 304.76
17. Registered at Last 280.95
18. critter42 266.67
19. Stink Fish Pot 264.29
20. Manduck 259.52
21. jsgoddess 257.14
21. NDP 257.14
23. Sternvogel 240.48
24. AuntiePam 238.10
25. KennerTheGreat 235.71
26. Thudlow Boink 233.33
27. pravnik 228.57
28. Walkabout 226.19
28. Johnny Q 226.19
30. Simmerdown 216.67
31. kaylasdad99 214.29
32. rockle 204.76
33. Little Nemo 200.00
34. Siam Sam 197.62
34. Maus Magill 197.62
36. Snickers 195.24
37. needscoffee 185.71
38. Justin Credible 178.57
39. MsWhatsit 173.81
40. JohnT 166.67
41. RachelChristine 159.52
42. Biggirl 152.38

I predict a 16th place for me.
Edit:

Missed it, by that much.

T6…woo hoo…one of my best placing ever.

Thanks Rebo