# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/41 "2008-02-04T19:13:27Z")
Tough Trivial Feud 1. admiral 2. Trafalgar 3. xenon 4. william henry harrison 5. small pox 6. E Pluribus Unum 7. Stephen Austin High School 8. Positively 4th Street 9. ? 10. Bede ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/42 "2008-02-04T19:27:29Z")
1\> fatwah (spelling?) 2\> Battle of Montmarte 3\> neon 4\> James Garfield 5\> tuberculosis 6\> E PLVRIBVS VNVM (e pluribus unum) 7\> Columbine High School 8\> Positively 4th Street 9\> drachma 10\> Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/43 "2008-02-04T19:40:40Z")
Ha! I have answers for all your your puny questions. Now, do I have the _right_ answers? 1. Assassin 2. Austerlitz 3. Argon 4. William McKinley 5. Bubonic Plague 6. Ad astra, per aspera 7. Bevery Hills High School 8. Rainy Day Women Number 12 and 69 9. Doubloon 10. Pliny the Elder ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/44 "2008-02-04T19:45:35Z")
I mean 35! 12 and 35! Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/45 "2008-02-04T19:48:32Z")
1. Fatwah 2. No clue 3. Argon 4. Harrison 5. The plague 6. e pluribus unum 7. Dalton 8. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 9. lepta 10. Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/46 "2008-02-04T19:54:55Z")
Tough Trivial Feud…jeez, you weren’t kidding. (It doesn’t help that whenever I try to think of an English word from Arabic, I come up with a Spanish word from Arabic. The worst part? I was actually ready to answer #1 with “carpet” or “pillow” _in English_.) 1. algebra 2. Jena 3. hydrogen? 4. Ford? 5. smallpox 6. sic transit gloria mundi 7. Madison 8. You have an odd idea of when I went to high school. 9. (old) shekel? 10. no idea ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/47 "2008-02-04T20:05:21Z")
1. Assassin 2. Battle of Talavera 3. Neon 4. William Henry Harrison 5. Polio 6. Veni, vidi, vici 7. Columbine (My first thought was Southlake Carrol, of HS football dominance, but that had no shot of scoring tops) 8. Motorpsycho Nightmare (No clue at all) 9. Aureus 10. Pliny the Elder ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/48 "2008-02-04T20:07:56Z")
Where’s the love for the Assassins! Come on people! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/49 "2008-02-04T20:13:55Z")
1. zero 2. Battle of the Pyramids 3. argon 4. William Henry Harrison 5. smallpox 6. post hoc ergo propter hoc 7. Beverly Hills High 8. All Along the Watchtower (kinda?) 9. Spanish doubloon 10. Tacitus ---
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/50 "2008-02-04T21:27:03Z")
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. assassin 2. Other than Waterloo, name a \*\*set-piece battle \*\*of the Napoleonic Wars. [Note this also rules out anything related to Moscow] Badajos. 1. Other than helium, name a noble gas. Argon. 2. Other than John Kennedy, name an American president that served for a very short time Harding 3. Name a disease that humans used to die a lot from, but no longer do. Bubonic plague 4. Type out for us a phrase from the Latin [at least 3 words] cave canem (yeah, I know it’s only 2 words, but I don’t know any Latin) 7. Name a nonfictional high school Lord Tweedsmuir 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 shekel 10. Name an ancient historian [/QUOTE] Josephus ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/51 "2008-02-04T21:33:40Z")
1. algebra 2. Cairo 3. xenon 4. Ford 5. smallpox 6. e pluribus unum 7. Kwajalein Jr./Sr. High 8. Positively 49th Street 9. pieces of eight (Spanish dollar) 10. Pliny the Elder ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/52 "2008-02-04T22:48:03Z")
_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._ - **alchemy** _2. Other than Waterloo, name a set-piece battle of the Napoleonic Wars. [Note this also rules out anything related to Moscow]_ - **Battle of Austerlitz** _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._ - **William Henry Harrison** _5. Name a disease that humans used to die a lot from, but no longer do._ - **Small Pox** _6. Type out for us a phrase from the Latin [at least 3 words]_ - **Veni, vidi, vici** _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._ - **North Country Blues** _9. Name an ancient coin._ - **Denarius** _10. Name an ancient historian._ - **Herodotus** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/53 "2008-02-04T22:58:35Z")
1. Admiral 2. Marengo 3. Neon 4. William Henry Harrison (who served the shortest term, one month) 5. Smallpox 6. _quid pro quo_ 7. Central High School of Little Rock, Arkansas 8. _Subterranean Homesick Blues_ 9. That crossword favorite, the Greek _obol_ 10. Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/54 "2008-02-04T23:19:40Z")
Tough Trivial Feud 1. Algebra 2. Borodino 3. Argon 4. William Henry Harrison 5. Smallpox 6. E Pluribus Unum 7. Power Memorial 8. Subterranean Homesick Blues 9. Drachma 10. Herodotus Heck, I just hope I got some right. ---
**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 5, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/55 "2008-02-05T01:05:20Z")
You answered them all correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/56 "2008-02-05T01:49:38Z")
1. Algebra 2. Um, Trafalgar? 3. Neon 4. William Henry Harrison 5. Smallpox 6. _Arma virumque cano_ 7. Columbine High School 8. ``` "Positively 4th Street" ``` 9. Drachma 10. Tacitus ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/57 "2008-02-05T08:28:14Z")
1. burqa 2. Battle of Trafalgar 3. neon 4. Harrison 5. TB 6. quid pro quo 7. Exeter 8. Bob Dylan’s blues 9. denarius 10. Josephus ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/58 "2008-02-05T11:25:04Z")
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. 1. Other than Waterloo, name a set-piece battle of the Napoleonic Wars. [Note this also rules out anything related to Moscow] Jesus, I have no idea. 1. Other than helium, name a noble gas. Argon. 1. Other than John Kennedy, name an American president that served for a very short time William Henry Harrison 1. Name a disease that humans used to die a lot from, but no longer do. Smallpox. 1. Type out for us a phrase from the Latin [at least 3 words] Quod Erat Demonstratum 1. Name a nonfictional high school nonfictional high school? Ummm…okay, Petaluma High, my alma mater. 1. Name one of those weird Bob Dylan songs whose title is not prominently mentioned in the song Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (are those the right numbers?) 1. Name an ancient coin Talent 1. Name an ancient historian Herodotus ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/59 "2008-02-05T15:40:56Z")
1. Algebra 2. Austerlitz 3. Argon 4. Harrison 5. Smallpox 6. Consensus ad idem (meeting of the minds) 7. Columbine High 8. Rainy Day Woman No. 12 and No. 35 9. Sesterces 10. Herodotus ---
**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 5, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206/60 "2008-02-05T16:57:24Z")
I believe that **Spoons** is number 50. So let me crunch some numbers. Good game I hope everyone found it interesting and a little more challenging than earlier games. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-trivial-feud/436206.md?page=4)