# The Feud: The State's Other Cities Include... by NDP \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 29, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147 "2009-03-29T02:35:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/61 "2009-03-30T15:53:37Z")
1. Springfield 2. Pocatello 3. Reno 4. Eugene 5. Spokane 6. Salem 7. Oakland 8. Columbus 9. Boulder 10. Fort Wayne ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/62 "2009-03-30T16:14:29Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > Why did so many pick Gary, IN? Just because it spawned the Jacksons and has a horrible murder rate doesn’t mean you should think of it so easily! 🙂 \ “Gary Indiana, Gary Indiana, Gary…” \ > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > 1. Hope that’s spelled right. Nope. The way I remember how to spell words like _coeur, boeuf_ and _oeuvre_ is to think of the œ ligature. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/63 "2009-03-30T16:43:50Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > Why did so many pick Gary, IN? Just because it spawned the Jacksons and has a horrible murder rate doesn’t mean you should think of it so easily! 🙂 I remembered Woody on Cheers insulting Gary, Indiana a couple times. I thought Hanover wouldn’t be a very popular answer. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/64 "2009-03-30T17:01:44Z")
1. Springfield 2. Pocatello 3. Reno 4. Salem 5. Tacoma 6. Salem 7. Oakland 8. Savannah 9. Colorado Springs 10. Gary 11. When in doubt, go with the capital 12. See #1 13. “Witch City” reputation should help ETA: Too late, but I picked Gary not only for the Jacksons, the crime rate, and _The Music Man_, but because the city gained some notoriety for lagging in the tabulating of votes following the Democratic primary last year. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/65 "2009-03-30T19:06:21Z")
Huh, and here, I picked Gary just because I’m a Great Lakes boy born and bred. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/66 "2009-03-30T20:02:57Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > Why did so many pick Gary, IN? Just because it spawned the Jacksons and has a horrible murder rate doesn’t mean you should think of it so easily! 🙂 Indiana was the one I agonized over the most. There were several cities I thought of and was tempted to pick, Gary among them. Probably shoulda gone with it: it’s a nice, short, easy-to-remember name. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/67 "2009-03-30T20:19:18Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > I am absolutely amazed how many people said Springfield, Mass. Are you all fans of the Basketball Hall of Fame or Dr Seuss? > > What am I missing? In my particular case, I lived there for 6 months 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/68 "2009-03-30T21:08:47Z")
1. Name a city in Illinois besides Chicago. **1. Springfield 46** 2. Peoria 3 3. East St. Louis 1 4. Name a city in Idaho besides Boise. **2. Coeur d’Alene 16** 5. Pocatello 10 6. Idaho Falls 8 7. Twin Falls 7 8. Moscow 4 9. Sun Valley 3 10. Ketchum 1 11. Lewiston 1 12. Name a city in Nevada besides Las Vegas. **3. Reno 47** 13. Carson City 3 14. Name a city in Oregon besides Portland. **4. Salem 30** 15. Eugene 14 16. Bend 2 17. Corvallis 1 18. McMinville 1 19. Medford 1 20. Vancouver 1 21. Name a city in Washington besides Seattle. **5. Spokane 24** 22. Tacoma 11 23. Olympia 10 24. Walla Walla 3 25. Redmond 1 26. Vancouver 1 27. Name a city in Massachusetts besides Boston. **6. Springfield 15** 28. Cambridge 14 29. Worcester 9 30. Salem 4 31. Concord 3 32. Fall River 1 33. Lexington 1 34. Lowell 1 35. Plymouth 1 36. Quincy 1 37. Name a city in California, excluding Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles. **7. Oakland 16** 38. San Jose 13 39. Santa Barbara 4 40. Anaheim 3 41. Bakersfield 3 42. Fresno 3 43. Long Beach 3 44. Berkeley 2 45. Carmel 1 46. Hollywood 1 47. Monterey 1 48. Name a city in Georgia exluding Atlanta. **8. Savannah 28** 49. Athens 8 50. Macon 8 51. Augusta 5 52. Valdosta 1 53. Name a city in Colorado besides Denver. **9. Boulder 31** 54. Colorado Springs 12 55. Aspen 5 56. Fort Collins 1 57. Grand Junction 1 58. Name a city in Indiana beside Indianapolis. **10. Gary 27** 59. Fort Wayne 9 60. Bloomington 4 61. South Bend 4 62. Muncie 2 63. Terre Haute 2 64. French Lick 1 65. Jeffersonville 1 ---
**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 30, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/69 "2009-03-30T21:15:16Z")
And the winner is ~~~drumroll~~~ **An Arky**!!! Woo-hoo! ::flings confetti:: **An Arky** got 9/10 top answers. Great job! Perfect score was 560.00. Thanks all! Thanks **NDP**! New one in the morning. \*\*1. An Arky 554.00 \*\* 2. gonzomax 546.00 3. Little Nemo 542.00 4. swampbear 532.00 5. astorian 524.00 6. delphica 522.00 7. Mahaloth 520.00 8. RickJay 518.00 9. Sparky812 512.00 10. madmonk28 494.00 11. LilyoftheValley 490.00 12. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 484.00 13. kenner116 476.00 14. MsWhatsit 462.00 15. Simmerdown 456.00 16. want2know 454.00 16. critter42 454.00 18. Freudian Slit 452.00 19. 42fish 450.00 19. Sigmagirl 450.00 19. cmkeller 450.00 19. BobLibDem 450.00 23. zamboniracer 446.00 23. twickster 446.00 25. bmoak 440.00 26. NDP 436.00 26. Thudlow Boink 436.00 28. MOIDALIZE 430.00 29. El\_Kabong 412.00 30. Ellen Cherry 410.00 31. Chronos 408.00 32. ataraxy22 404.00 33. Fiddle Peghead 384.00 34. notfrommensa 382.00 34. Fretful Porpentine 382.00 36. tarragon918 378.00 37. fusoya 376.00 38. AppallingGael 372.00 39. Dolores Reborn 370.00 40. ShibbOleth 368.00 40. RachelChristine 368.00 42. Gangster Octopus 360.00 43. Scarlett67 356.00 44. VanLandry 350.00 45. AuntiePam 316.00 46. Elendil’s Heir 314.00 46. Biffy the Elephant Shrew 314.00 48. Amp 312.00 49. Civil Guy 290.00 50. Ike Witt 284.00 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/70 "2009-03-30T21:42:56Z")
Only second. What a bore. I should have won. Of course the Worm dug his way out of this one. He would have been fertilizer. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/71 "2009-03-30T22:23:55Z")
Corvallis did me in for Oregon – I should know better than to go Pavlovian. Ah well, I’m still in the top half. Thanks for scoring, **Rebo**! Fun feud, **NDP**! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/72 "2009-03-30T22:46:01Z")
Sweet. Dead last. ---
**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 31, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/73 "2009-03-31T05:29:19Z")
My sympathies. I wasn’t too damned far ahead of you. :mad: Still, a fun Feud! Thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147/74 "2009-03-31T14:20:38Z")
Yeah, I could see right away that I was gonna bomb in this one. A good feud nonetheless! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-states-other-cities-include-by-ndp-game-over/491147.md?page=3)