# Trivial Feud Part I **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609 "2007-12-19T19:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/21 "2007-12-19T20:14:00Z")
1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. Darryl Strawberry 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. Iwo Jima 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. Belgium? 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. Swedish? 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. Olympics 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. Id 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. Cruz? 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? Sleep 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? Caffeine 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? Jazz ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/22 "2007-12-19T20:19:24Z")
1. Barry Bonds 2. Battle of the Bulge 3. Haiti 4. Dutch 5. gymnasium 6. id 7. Garcia 8. sleep 9. methamphetamine 10. jazz ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/23 "2007-12-19T20:21:40Z")
1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. Marion Jones 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. Battle of the Bulge 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. Canada 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. Dutch 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. gnosticism 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. id 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. Garcia 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? lack of sleep 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? methampetamine 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? blues ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/24 "2007-12-19T20:25:10Z")
1. Marion Jones 2. Battle of the Bulge 3. Canada 4. Danish 5. skeptic 6. id 7. Gonzalez 8. lack of sleep 9. caffeine 10. jazz ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/25 "2007-12-19T20:26:04Z")
I’m guessing on all I don’t know 1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. **Pacman Jones - he was busted for something, don’t really know if it was drugs** 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. **battle of the bulge** 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. **Canada** 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. **French?** 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. **octopus?** 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. **id** 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. **Rodriguez?** 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? **Sleep** 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? **Caffeine** 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? **jazz** ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/26 "2007-12-19T20:27:02Z")
1. ``` Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. ``` Roger Clemens 1. Name a famous battle of World War II. Normandy Landing (AKA Omaha Beach, D-Day invasion) 2. Name any country with French as an official language except France. Canada 3. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. Dutch 4. Name an English noun which came from Greek. Drama 5. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. Ego 6. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. Rodriguez 7. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? Sleep 8. What is the most popular stimulant drug? Caffeine 9. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? Blues ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/27 "2007-12-19T20:32:51Z")
Sounds fun: [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. [/QUOTE] Barry Bonds [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. [/QUOTE] The Battle of Normandy [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. [/QUOTE] Belgium [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. [/QUOTE] Dutch [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. [/QUOTE] pass [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. [/QUOTE] The Id [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. [/QUOTE] Hernandez [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? [/QUOTE] Lack of sleep [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? [/QUOTE] Dexedrin [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? [/QUOTE] The Blues ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/28 "2007-12-19T20:42:51Z")
1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/29 "2007-12-19T20:58:45Z")
1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. **Marion Jones** 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. **Battle of Midway** 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. **Polynesia** 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. **Hungarian** 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. **pathos** 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. **Ego** 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. **Sanchez** 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? **Total lack of food.** 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? **Caffeine** 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? **Jazz** ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/30 "2007-12-19T21:02:13Z")
1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. Barry Bonds 1. Name a famous battle of World War II. The Bulge 1. Name any country with French as an official language except France. Canada 1. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. Swedish 1. Name an English noun which came from Greek. Pass 1. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. Id 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. Garcia 1. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? lack of food 1. What is the most popular stimulant drug? Caffiene 1. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? The Blues ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/31 "2007-12-19T21:12:31Z")
1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. **Barry Bonds** 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. **Bulge** 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. **Canada** 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. Dutch(?) 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. **drama** 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. **ego** 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. **Rodriguez** 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? **Sleep** 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? **Caffiene** 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? **Blues** ---
**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:** [December 19, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/32 "2007-12-19T21:14:35Z")
1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. **Barry Bonds** 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. **Bulge** 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. **Canada** 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. **Dutch** 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. **television** 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. **id** 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. **Gonzalez** 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? **sleep** 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? **caffeine** 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? **rock & roll** ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/33 "2007-12-19T21:46:34Z")
1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. **Barry Bonds** 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. **Midway** 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. **Canada** 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. **Dutch** 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. **hummus** 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. **ID** 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. **Lopez** 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? **Lack of food** You really can’t die from lack of sleep, only wish you would 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? **caffeine** 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? **Rock and Roll** SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/34 "2007-12-19T21:50:18Z")
1. Jose Canseco 2. Midway 3. Morocco 4. Dutch 5. Skeleton 6. Id 7. Garcia 8. Food 9. Caffeine 10. Blues ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/35 "2007-12-19T21:54:39Z")
1. Barry Bonds 2. Battle of the Bulge 3. Vietnam 4. Pass 5. Pass 6. Ego 7. Chavez 8. lack of sleep 9. caffeine 10. Blues ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/36 "2007-12-19T22:08:20Z")
1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. A. Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter stripped of the 100m gold for the 1988 Olympics.) 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. A. The Battle of Britain 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. A. Canada 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. A. Dutch 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. A. Television 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. A. The ego 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. A. Garcia 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? A. Lack of sleep 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? A. Caffeine 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? A. Rhythm and Blues ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/37 "2007-12-19T22:12:28Z")
1. Barry Bonds 2. Battle of the Bulge 3. Belgium 4. Dutch 5. psychology 6. Id 7. Garcia 8. Sleep 9. Caffeine 10. Blues ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/38 "2007-12-19T22:13:42Z")
1. Barry Bonds 2. D-Day 3. Belgium 4. Dutch 5. Philosophy 6. Id 7. Santos 8. Sleep 9. Speed 10. Blues ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/39 "2007-12-19T22:29:12Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. 2. Name a famous battle of World War II. 3. Name any country with French as an official language except France. 4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English. 5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. 6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. 7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. 8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? 9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? 10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? [/QUOTE] 1-Barry Bonds 2-Battle of the Bulge 3-Algiers 4-Dutch? 5-Bible 6-Id 7-Garcia? 8-Lack of Sleep 9-Caffeine 10-Jazz ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609/40 "2007-12-19T22:45:15Z")
_1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs._ Ben Johnson _2. Name a famous battle of World War II._ The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Offensive) _3. Name any country with French as an official language except France._ Belgium _4. Name a living language in the Germanic language family other than German or English._ Dutch _5. Name an English noun which came from Greek._ [del]Kimono[/del] Philosophy _6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model._ Superego _7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them._ Hernandez _8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food?_ Food _9. What is the most popular stimulant drug?_ Caffeine _10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential?_ Blues [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-i/430609.md?page=3)