# The Simpsons (but not about The Simpsons) Feud **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 12, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139 "2008-03-12T18:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/81 "2008-03-13T16:41:43Z")
1. Q-Bert 2. Springfield Nuclear Power Plant 3. Eeeexcellent. 4. Millhouse 5. Phil Hartman 6. Hank Azaria 7. Apu 8. Mrs. Krabapple 9. Duff beer 10. The Decapitation of Larry Leadfoot ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/82 "2008-03-13T16:41:48Z")
[QUOTE=woodstockbirdybird] Ah, damn. That’s because I totally misread the scoring, and somehow thought you won more points if you picked answers that _no one else_ chose. So in my mind, I won. [/QUOTE] I waffled on whether we were going for most popular or least popular, so I made up three different sets of answers before changing my mind. I think my **woodstock** version might’ve challenged yours - this is how I remember it: 1. Caitlyn 2. The Springfield Retirement Castle 3. “Excellent” 4. Terri 5. Yao Ming 6. Karl Weidergott 7. The Very Tall Man 8. Miss Hoover 9. Tubb 10. “Here Comes the Metric System!” ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/83 "2008-03-13T17:40:51Z")
Wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/84 "2008-03-13T17:41:35Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] Actually, the ways the rules were written (C. Scoring - Any answer \*duplicated by anyone else \* is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants.), it sounds like the most points would be 50, if you gave an answer chosen by only one other person. [/QUOTE] depending on how you define entrants, it could mean each duplicated answer scored two points, as there are 50 entrants. Communism feud! ---
**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, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/85 "2008-03-13T18:42:16Z")
Damn, so close! Well, I have finished 5th, 1st, and 2nd in the last three games I have played, so I wanna be on **Kid\_A** ’s team when he auditions for the show. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/86 "2008-03-13T19:07:19Z")
Wait, how did the scoring work again? Do you not get any points for non-duplicated answers? (I thought they would be worth 100). ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/87 "2008-03-13T19:18:10Z")
[QUOTE=Manduck] Wait, how did the scoring work again? Do you not get any points for non-duplicated answers? (I thought they would be worth 100). [/QUOTE] OK, I think I see the issue. I didn’t explicitly mention that it is multiplied by the number of duplicate answers. The leap of logic happened in my head but isn’t specifically stated in the rules. So, with 50 entrants and 10 of them duplicating an answer, we would have: 100/50 = 2 \* 10 = 20 points earned for that answer. This is pretty much how the scoring is calculated. And yes, zero points for non-duplicated answers. ---
**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, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/88 "2008-03-13T19:26:52Z")
[QUOTE=Mullinator] OK, I think I see the issue. I didn’t explicitly mention that it is multiplied by the number of duplicate answers. The leap of logic happened in my head but isn’t specifically stated in the rules. So, with 50 entrants and 10 of them duplicating an answer, we would have: 100/50 = 2 \* 10 = 20 points earned for that answer. This is pretty much how the scoring is calculated. And yes, zero points for non-duplicated answers. [/QUOTE] so convoluted! - I just discounted any answer with a frequency of 1, then double all the other numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/89 "2008-03-13T20:07:00Z")
:smack: Oh, so we were supposed to come up with the most popular answers, not the least popular! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/90 "2008-03-14T04:19:59Z")
Shouldn’t Liz Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor be combined? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/91 "2008-03-14T04:37:40Z")
[QUOTE=bmoak] Shouldn’t Liz Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor be combined? [/QUOTE] hell yes they should ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/92 "2008-03-14T04:53:53Z")
1. Scout 2. The nuclear power plant 3. “Ha, ha!” 4. Milhouse 5. Johnny Carson 6. Harry Shearer 7. Krusty 8. Miss Hoover 9. Slushies 10. Dial "M’ for Murderousness ---
**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 14, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/93 "2008-03-14T16:55:31Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 10. “…from such nature films as “Earwigs- Eww!”…” [/QUOTE] I’m so delighted that someone else thought of this one. It’s my all-time favorite McClure title. On the other hand, I thought doughnuts would have done _way_ better in the food/drink category. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139/94 "2008-03-17T02:11:12Z")
1. Ruper 2. Moes 3. Excellent! (Burns) 4. Milhouse 5. Mel Gibson 6. Hank Azaria 7. Flanders 8. Miss Crabapple 9. Duff Beer 10. Mommy, what’s wrong with that man’s face [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-but-not-about-the-simpsons-feud/441139.md?page=4)