# The William Feud by Elendil's Heir (Game Over) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 20, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737 "2011-07-20T17:42:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/41 "2011-07-22T01:04:38Z")
1. Will Shatner 2. Bill Clinton 3. Bill Nye 4. Willie Mays 5. William Shakespeare 6. Bill Clinton 7. Wilbur 8. will 9. Williamsburg 10. On the Road Again by Willie Nelson comments 3. not really a scientist, but I’d guess it’s a common choice 4. assuming Willie is OK edited to remove quote marks in answer 10 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/42 "2011-07-22T01:46:01Z")
1. William Holden 2. Bill Clinton 3. Bill Nye 4. Bill Bradley 5. William Safire 6. Liam Neeson 7. Wilbur 8. swill 9. Bidwill, NSW\* 10. _Piano Man_, Billy Joel \*Had to consult Wiki on this one, interesting looking place ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/43 "2011-07-22T02:12:43Z")
1. William H. Macy 2. Bill Clinton 3. Bill Nye 4. Bill Barilko 5. Bill Bryson 6. Bill Cosby 7. Wilbur 8. swill 9. Billings 10. The Everlasting Gaze, Billy Corgan ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/44 "2011-07-22T13:37:32Z")
1. William Shatner 2. Bill Clinton 3. William Harvey 4. Willie Mays 5. William Shakespeare 6. Bill Clinton 7. Wilma 8. willing 9. Billings, MT 10. Piano Man by Billy Joel 11. I have a hard time with the scientist questions, mainly because I know most of them by last name. 12. Technically, at least according to wikipedia, his given name was actually “Willie”. 13. Also want to say White Wedding. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/45 "2011-07-22T13:50:42Z")
1. Bill Pullman 2. Bill Clinton 3. William Shockley 4. Will Witherspoon 5. Bill O’Reilly 6. Smokey Robinson 7. Wilhelm 8. Goodwill 9. Williamsburg 10. _Gettin’ Jiggy With It_ - Will Smith ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/46 "2011-07-22T14:36:06Z")
1. William Hurt 2. Bill Clinton 3. Bill Nye the science guy 4. Willie Mays 5. William Shakespeare 6. Billy Bob Thornton 7. Willum 8. Goodwill 9. Billings 10. Know Your Enemy, Green Day (lead singer is Billy Joe) ---
**Author:** ![JMLVT68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@JMLVT68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JMLVT68)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/47 "2011-07-22T15:04:18Z")
1. Billy Crystal 2. Bill Clinton 3. William Watson 4. Billy Jean King 5. William Shakespeare 6. Bill Clinton 7. Willard 8. twill 9. Williamsburg, VA 10. Just the Way You Are, Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![JMLVT68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@JMLVT68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JMLVT68)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/48 "2011-07-22T15:06:02Z")
> [@JMLVT68](#): > > 1. Just the Way You Are, Billy Joel :smack: I can’t believe that I, a huge Billy Joel fan, picked the wrong song here. What was I thinking?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![JMLVT68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@JMLVT68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JMLVT68)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/49 "2011-07-22T15:07:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 1. Catholic Girls, by Billy Joel You mean “Only the Good Die Young” from The Stranger? Or do you mean “Catholic Girls,” by Frank Zappa? ---
**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:** [July 24, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/50 "2011-07-24T02:39:31Z")
Bump ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/51 "2011-07-24T03:13:26Z")
1. William Shatner 2. Bill Clinton 3. William Thomson 4. Bill Buckner 5. William Shakespeare 6. William Clinton 7. Wilford 8. Willow 9. Williamsburg 10. “Piano Man”, Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/52 "2011-07-24T03:20:14Z")
1. William Shatner 2. Bill Clinton 3. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin 4. Bill Rodgers 5. William Shakespeare 6. Billy Crystal 7. Wilhamina 8. Willing 9. Wilmington 10. Uptown Girl, Billy Joel ETA, looks like I’m heading for the bottom of the pack again. Uptown Girl? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/53 "2011-07-24T03:54:56Z")
by my count, **maggenpye** is #42 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/54 "2011-07-24T04:09:22Z")
> [@JMLVT68](#): > > You mean “Only the Good Die Young” from The Stranger? Or do you mean “Catholic Girls,” by Frank Zappa? Shoot! I mean “Only the Good Die Young” by Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/55 "2011-07-25T16:36:26Z")
I’m bumping just to see if we can get this one wrapped up. I’m sure I failed horribly as always, but I don’t want to see the game go unfinished ---
**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:** [July 25, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/56 "2011-07-25T16:58:37Z")
I’m just about to start scoring it. Notifying mods for title change… ---
**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:** [July 25, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/57 "2011-07-25T17:58:04Z")
1. Name an actor who has or had one of those names. (Type the whole name.) **1. William Shatner 15** 2. Will Smith 7 3. William Holden 4 4. William Hurt 4 5. William H. Macy 3 6. Billy Bob Thornton 2 7. Billy Dee Williams 2 8. Bill Murray 1 9. Bill Pullman 1 10. Billy Crystal 1 11. Will Ferrell 1 12. William DeFoe 1 13. Name a politician thus named. (Type the whole name.) **2. Bill Clinton 41** 14. William McKinley 1 15. Name a scientist thus named. (Type the whole name.) **3. Bill Nye 18** 16. William Harvey 5 17. William Shockley 5 18. William Thomson 4 19. William Herschel 2 20. Guglielmo Marconi 1 21. Wilhelm Roentgen 1 22. William C. Boyd 1 23. William Gilbert 1 24. William Henry Bragg 1 25. William James 1 26. William R. Kenan, Jr. 1 27. William Watson 1 28. Name an athlete thus named. (Type the whole name.) **4. Willie Mays 14** 29. Bill Buckner 5 30. Bill Walton 5 31. Bill Bradley 4 32. Billy Jean King 3 33. Billy Williams 2 34. Bill Barilko 1 35. Bill Rodgers 1 36. Bill Russell 1 37. Bill Shoemaker 1 38. Billy Martin 1 39. Will Clark 1 40. Will Witherspoon 1 41. William “Refrigerator” Perry 1 42. Willie Wilson 1 43. Name an author or journalist thus named. (Type the whole name.) **5. William Shakespeare 30** 44. Bill Bryson 2 45. William Safire 2 46. Bill O’Reilly 1 47. William Allen White 1 48. William F. Buckley, Junior 1 49. William Faulkner 1 50. William Golding 1 51. William S. Burroughs 1 52. William Styron 1 53. William Wordsworth 1 54. Name a William who typically never used that full first name. (Type the whole name.) **6. Bill Clinton 15** 55. Bill Gates 4 56. Bill Cosby 3 57. Will Rogers 3 58. Will Smith 3 59. Billy Bob Thornton 2 60. Bill Murray 1 61. Billy Carter 1 62. Billy Crystal 1 63. Billy Joel 1 64. Billy Martin 1 65. Billy Mays 1 66. Billy the Kid 1 67. Liam Neeson 1 68. Smokey Robinson 1 69. W. C. Fields 1 70. W.E.B. Du Bois 1 71. William “Bill” Bradley 1 72. Name a first name that has the sound “will” or “bill” in it, besides William, Will, Bill or Billy. **7. Wilbur 11** 73. Wilhelmina 5 74. Willard 5 75. Wilfred 3 76. Wilhelm 3 77. Willie 3 78. Wilson 2 79. Wilt 2 80. Wilton 2 81. Phil 1 82. Wilbert 1 83. Wilford 1 84. Willow 1 85. Willum 1 86. Wilma 1 87. Name a word that has the sound “will” in it but is not a proper name. **8. willing 9** 88. Will 6 89. goodwill 4 90. swill 4 91. Twill 4 92. whippoorwill 4 93. Willpower 4 94. Willow 3 95. wilt 3 96. Wilful 1 97. Name a city, state, province or country that includes the sound “will” or “bill” in it. **9. Williamsburg 23** 98. Wilmington 8 99. Billings 7 100. Williamsport 2 101. Bidwill 1 102. Williamston 1 103. Name a song sung by a William, Will, Bill or Billy, and name the artist. **10. Billy Joel, Piano Man 14** 104. Willie Nelson, On the Road Again 6 105. Will Smith, Gettin’ Jiggy With It 4 106. Bill Withers, Lean On Me 2 107. Billy Idol, Dancing With Myself 2 108. Billy Joel, New York State of Mind 2 109. Billy Joel, Only the Good Die Young 2 110. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, The Everlasting Gaze 1 111. Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Sharp Dressed Man 1 112. Billy Idol, Eyes without a Face 1 113. Billy Idol, Rebel Yell 1 114. Billy Joe of Green Day, Know Your Enemy 1 115. Billy Joel, Just the Way You Are 1 116. Billy Joel, Movin’ Out 1 117. Billy Joel, Uptown Girl 1 118. will.i.am, I Gotta Feeling 1 119. will.i.am, Let’s Get it Started 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:** [July 25, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/58 "2011-07-25T18:06:45Z")
And the winner is… **OldGuy**!!! Way to go! ::flings confetti:: **OldGuy** got 8/10 top answers. Good job! Is this your first win? Yay! Perfect score was 380.00. I figured out a way to change the spreadsheet so that all points are worth two each, no matter how many players we have. That makes it easier for me to score. I’m still going to limit the playing field to 50, because that’s enough. 🙂 Thanks for playing, everyone! Thanks, **Elendil’s Heir**! **1. OldGuy 358.00** 2. Labtrash 346.00 3. gonzomax 344.00 4. 42fish 320.00 5. jsgoddess 318.00 6. anyrose 316.00 7. swampbear 314.00 8. Sigmagirl 308.00 9. brewha 304.00 10. UncaStuart 302.00 11. Tom Scud 300.00 11. FrancisCastle 300.00 13. Dolores Reborn 298.00 13. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 298.00 15. Sternvogel 292.00 16. notfrommensa 274.00 16. rjk 274.00 18. astorian 266.00 19. IvoryTowerDenizen 260.00 20. Simmerdown 252.00 21. It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 250.00 22. twickster 248.00 23. JMLVT68 242.00 24. Raginghormonal 240.00 25. cmkeller 228.00 26. NDP 224.00 26. maggenpye 224.00 28. Little Nemo 206.00 29. Asimovian 202.00 29. Ellen Cherry 202.00 31. azraiel 200.00 32. Kitten Mitten 198.00 33. Baker 196.00 33. missred 196.00 35. CapnPitt 184.00 35. AppallingGael 184.00 37. Le Ministre de l’au-delà 178.00 38. Thudlow Boink 166.00 39. Really Not All That Bright 160.00 40. Barkis is Willin’ 156.00 41. Elendil’s Heir 154.00 42. Johnny Q 94.00 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/59 "2011-07-25T18:21:09Z")
My ability to misread #7 – despite having done the exact same thing in the “Rick” feud – is truly mindboggling. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737/60 "2011-07-25T19:12:29Z")
Next-to-last in my own Feud. Ugh ugh ugh. Well, thanks for playing, everybody, and thanks as always for running it, **DoloRebo**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-william-feud-by-elendils-heir-game-over/589737.md?page=4)