# Tough Trivial Feud **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 4, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206 "2008-02-04T13:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/1 "2008-02-04T13:41:24Z")
Rules, in case you are new to this: **DON’T READ THE THREAD BEFORE YOU POST!** This may crash and burn like the Hindenburg, but here goes. The questions are perhaps a little arcane [there is only one question about music that you may have listened to in high school 🙂] don’t forget that you can Google for material if needs be. Post your responses to the questions. I’ll take the first 50 players or players through midnight CST Tuesday Feb 5, 2008 whichever comes first. I will tabulate the results, declare the winner, post the scoreboard and declare the frontrunner in the Democratic nomination for President. There are 10 questions and a maximum of 1000 possible points. If we don’t get 50 answers I will pro rate the points accordingly. A quick reminder the object of the game is to give an answer that you think will match the most number of other Doper’s answers. Format for your answers: You don’t need to repeat the questions, but please number the answers. If you don’t know an answer, guess! If you pass, you’re guaranteed to get zero points – but if you guess and someone else matches your answer, you’ll get points, whether the answer is “right” or not! Tough Trivial Feud 1. Other than _jihad_, name a English word from the Arabic. _Jihad_ may not have quite made it to English yet, but you know what I mean. 2. Other than Waterloo, name a \*\*set-piece battle \*\*of the Napoleonic Wars. [Note this also rules out anything related to Moscow] 3. Other than helium, name a noble gas. 4. Other than John Kennedy, name an American president that served for a very short time 5. Name a disease that humans used to die a lot from, but no longer do. 6. Type out for us a phrase from the Latin [at least 3 words] 7. Name a nonfictional high school 8. Name one of those weird Bob Dylan songs whose title is not prominently mentioned in the song 9. Name an ancient coin 10. Name an ancient historian ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/2 "2008-02-04T13:43:39Z")
1. Zero 2. Austerlitz 3. Radon 4. Wm Henry Harrison 5. Smallpox 6. Cogito ergo sum 7. Columbine HS 8. Positively Fourth Street 9. Shekel 10. Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/3 "2008-02-04T13:59:17Z")
1. Fakir 2. Talavera 3. Hydrogen 4. James Garfield 5. Smallpox 6. Carthago delenda est 7. Beverly Hills 8. Positively 4th Street 9. Sesterce 10. Pliny ---
**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/4 "2008-02-04T14:26:06Z")
Tough Trivial Feud 1. Ramadan 2. Battle of the Nations (?) 3. neon 4. William Harrison 5. Cholera 6. E pluribus unum 7. JFK High School 😉 8. “Blowin’ in the Wind” (??) 9. denarius (Roman silver) 10. Herodotus, Greek Father of History Wow, this was hard!! ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/5 "2008-02-04T14:32:04Z")
1. jinni 2. Austerlitz 3. neon 4. William Henry Harrison 5. cholera 6. Veni, vedi, vici. 7. Beverly Hills High 8. “Rainy Day Woman #12 and 35” 9. shekel 10. Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/6 "2008-02-04T14:33:44Z")
1. Derka Derka 2. The Battle of Battles McBattle 3. Hydrogen 4. Ford 5. Plague 6. Vendi Vidi Vici 7. Mount Saint Mary’s 8. Positivly 4th Street 9. Dinar 10. Cicero ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/7 "2008-02-04T14:36:46Z")
1.Halal. 2. Battle of Aspern-Essling 3. Neon 4. William Henry Harrison 5. Smallpox 6. Semper ubi sub ubi 7. Hollywood High 8. Subterranean Homesick Blues 9. Drachma? 10. Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/8 "2008-02-04T14:40:11Z")
1. algebra 2. Austerlitz 3. neon 4. Gerald ford 5. TB 6. veni vidi vici 7. Columbine 8. Subterranean homesick blues 9. florin 10. pliny ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/9 "2008-02-04T14:44:42Z")
1. harem 2. Austerlitz 3. neon 4. William Henry Harrison 5. smallpox 6. veni, vidi, vici 7. Columbine 8. Subterranean Homesick Blues 9. shekel 10. Pliny the Elder ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/10 "2008-02-04T15:06:28Z")
Tough Trivial Feud 1. Orange 2. Austerlitz 3. Argon 4. William Henry Harrison 5. Plague 6. Post hoc ergo prompter hoc 7. New York City High School of the Performing Arts 8. Rainy Day Woman #12 and 35 9. Drachma 10. Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/11 "2008-02-04T15:11:51Z")
\*\*1. Other than _jihad_, name a English word from the Arabic. \*\* Koran \*\*2. Other than Waterloo, name a \*\*set-piece battle **of the Napoleonic Wars. [Note this also rules out anything related to Moscow]** The Battle of Auerstaedt **3. Other than helium, name a noble gas.** Neon \*\* 4. Other than John Kennedy, name an American president that served for a very short time.\*\* James Garfield \*\* 5. Name a disease that humans used to die a lot from, but no longer do.\*\* Smallpox **6. Type out for us a phrase from the Latin [at least 3 words]** _Persona non grata_ **7. Name a nonfictional high school.** Columbine **8. Name one of those weird Bob Dylan songs whose title is not prominently mentioned in the song.** \* Man on the Street - **9. Name an ancient coin.** Drachma **10. Name an ancient historian.** Josephus ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/12 "2008-02-04T15:25:19Z")
Thanks for running the game, **5 time champ**! I love these things! 1. Algebra 2. Trafalgar 3. Neon 4. William H. Harrison 5. Smallpox 6. quod erat demonstrandum 7. Columbine HS 8. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 9. Shekel 10. Josephus ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/13 "2008-02-04T15:52:09Z")
1. Martyr 2. ? 3. Neon 4. Lincoln(?) 5. Polio 6. quid pro quo 7. Columbine 8. ?? 9. Doubloon 10. Plutarch ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/14 "2008-02-04T15:55:37Z")
Tough Trivial Feud 1. Sheik 2. Austerlitz 3. Neon 4. Zachary Taylor 5. Smallpox 6. E Pluribus Unum 7. Hollywood High School 8. Ballad of a Thin Man 9. Doubloon 10. Plutarch ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/15 "2008-02-04T16:01:31Z")
1. assassin 2. Borodino 3. Argon 4. Garfield 5. Smallpox 6. Cogito ergo sum 7. Hollywood High 8. Just Like Tom Thumb Blues 9. Shekel 10. Herodotus (duh!) ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/16 "2008-02-04T16:05:06Z")
1. Assassin 2. Battle of the Pyramids 3. Neon 4. Zachsry Taylor 5. Small pox 6. veni, vedi, veci 7. Great Falls High 8. Subterranean Homesick Blues 9. ?? 10. Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/17 "2008-02-04T16:08:23Z")
1. **lollypop** 2. **Aubergine** 3. **Neon** 4. **Ford** 5. **Influenza** 6. **E Pluribus Unum** 7. **Bronx High School of Science** 8. **Star** 9. **Florin?** 10. **Homer** My answers are terrible. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/18 "2008-02-04T16:10:56Z")
1. alcohol 2. Borodino 3. neon 4. Wm H Harrison 5. smallpox 6. ad astra per aspera 7. Little Rock Central High School 8. Subterranean Homesick Blues 9. drachma 10. Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/19 "2008-02-04T16:11:38Z")
1. Other than jihad, name a English word from the Arabic. Jihad may not have quite made it to English yet, but you know what I mean. **Fatwa** 2. Other than Waterloo, name a set-piece battle of the Napoleonic Wars. [Note this also rules out anything related to Moscow] **Cyprus (total guess, just sound familiar)** 3. Other than helium, name a noble gas. **Xenon** 4. Other than John Kennedy, name an American president that served for a very short time **Ford** 5. Name a disease that humans used to die a lot from, but no longer do. **Bubonic Plague** 6. Type out for us a phrase from the Latin [at least 3 words] **In Vino Veritas** 7. Name a nonfictional high school **Mater Dei** 8. Name one of those weird Bob Dylan songs whose title is not prominently mentioned in the song **Rainy Day Women #12 & 35** 9. Name an ancient coin **Sheckel** 10. Name an ancient historian \*\*Plutarch[\b] ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/20 "2008-02-04T16:15:05Z")
1. Other than _jihad_, name a English word from the Arabic. _Jihad_ may not have quite made it to English yet, but you know what I mean. **Algebra** 2. Other than Waterloo, name a \*\*set-piece battle \*\*of the Napoleonic Wars. [Note this also rules out anything related to Moscow] **Salamanca** 3. Other than helium, name a noble gas. **Argon** 4. Other than John Kennedy, name an American president that served for a very short time **William Henry Harrison** 5. Name a disease that humans used to die a lot from, but no longer do. **Smallpox** 6. Type out for us a phrase from the Latin [at least 3 words] **Quod Erat Demonstratum** 7. Name a nonfictional high school **Nashoba Regional High School** 8. Name one of those weird Bob Dylan songs whose title is not prominently mentioned in the song **Hurricane**? 9. Name an ancient coin **as** 10. Name an ancient historian **Herotodus** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206.md?page=2)