Trivial Feud Part I

[Indistinguishable]

Holy shit, this is tricky. I can give answers to the questions, but I have no godly idea what other people will say. Well, I’ll give it a go.

1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. Barry Bonds
2. Name a famous battle of World War II. Battle of Normandy
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. telephone (at least, its pieces do)
6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. The ego
7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them. Menendez
8. Which can kill a person faster: total lack of sleep or total lack of food? Total lack of sleep (I have no idea; food takes about a month I think, I’d be surprised if total lack of sleep was some sort of consistently timed killer. Didn’t Cecil do a column on the ability to live without 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 and roll

[Hostile_Dialect]

@Indistinguishable

Holy shit, this is tricky. I can give answers to the questions, but I have no godly idea what other people will say.

Yep, that’s the idea. You seem to have done pretty well on a preliminary glance–I won’t be posting the scores until the game’s over, since I’m tired and I tried adding them up and ended up making a lot of mistakes, but it looks like a good entry.

I’ve been pleasantly surprised by a lot–most, even–of the entries for this game. I’ve even had a little ignorance fought already. (Not that every single response was factually correct, but that’s OK.) I predict a lot of high scores.

[Hostile_Dialect]

Since I’m a cruel master, I will tease you with the list of one-entry-only responses so far, even though we have four entries left in the game. (I’m only repeating the number so much to remind myself; I have Very, Very Early Onset Alzheimer’s.) As of Indistinguishable’s entry:

1. Athlete on drugs

Dennis Rodman
Ricky Williams
Pacman Jones

2. Famous WWII battle

Britain

3. French-speaking country

Monaco
Burkina Faso
Luxembourg
Senegal
Switzerland
Polynesia
Vietnam
Algiers
Niger
French Guyana

4. Germanic language

Gaelic
Faroese
Cyrillic
Austria
French
Hungarian
Swedish
Pass
Yiddish

5. Noun of Greek origin

Pedestal
Lexicon
Dinosaur
Telescope
Chaos
Thursday
Democracy
Theater
Alphabet
Television
Protagonist
Encyclopedia
Automobile
Olympics
gymnasium
gnosticism
octopus
tragedy
pathos
stadium
skeleton
psychology
hummus
bible
metaphor
Olympic
helicopter
father
skeptic
Christ
telephone

7. Hispanic surname
   Perez
   Fernandez
   Cruz
   Chavez
   Santos
   Menendez

8. Stimulant

Dexedrine
nicotine

10. Music genre

country

[Darth_Sensitive]

1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs.
   Jan Ulrich
2. Name a famous battle of World War II.
   Bulge
3. Name any country with French as an official language except France.
   Switzerland
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.
   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.
   Rodriguez
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?
   Caffeine
10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential?
    Rock

[Yeticus_Rex]

1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs. Darryl Strawberry
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. Russian
5. Name an English noun which came from Greek. Gyros
6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model. the 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? Food
9. What is the most popular stimulant drug? Caffiene
10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential? Rock 'n Roll!

[Tamex]

@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?

1. Barry Bonds
2. Battle of the Bulge
3. Morocco
4. Dutch
5. telephone
6. id
7. Garcia
8. sleep
9. Ritalin
10. rock and roll

[Panurge]

Still room in this game? - How about

1: Ben Johnson
2: Battle of Britain
3: Algeria
4: Danish
5: Demon
6: Ego
7: Garzia
8: Lack of food
9: Caffeine
10: Blues

[Lsura]

Good luck!

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?

1. Barry Bonds
2. Battle of the Bulge
3. Cote d’Ivoire
4. Dutch
5. (crap this question SUCKS): Umm…gyroscope?
6. Id
7. Garcia
8. Lack of sleep
9. Caffeine
10. Jazz

[iamthewalrus_3]

1. Barry Bonds
2. Normandy
3. Canada
4. Dutch
5. Hydrogen
6. Ego
7. Garcia
8. Sleep
9. Caffeine
10. Blues

[Hostile_Dialect]

OK, that’s the game! Lsura, you were technically reply #51, but I slipped you in since you were so sweet about my Greek noun question.

Here’s the definitive, official list of replies, not counting the ones that didn’t score points:

1. Athlete on drugs

Barry Bonds 31
Ben Johnson 5
Marion Jones 4
Darryl Strawberry 3
Jose Canseco 2
Roger Clemens 2

2. WWII battle

Bulge/Ardennes 23
Normandy/D-Day/Omaha Beach 15
Midway 6
Iwo Jima 3
Guadalcanal 2
Britain 2

3. Francophone country

Canada 26
Belgium 7
Morocco 3
Haiti 2
Switzerland 2
Algeria/Algiers 2

4. Germanic language

Dutch 31
Norwegian/Norse 5
Danish 3
Swedish 2

5. Noun of Greek origin:

drama 3
philosophy 3
television 3
pass 3
telephone 2
Olympics 2
olive 2
photograph 2

6. Freudian mind component

id 33
ego 15
superego 2

mikemo responded “ego and id”, which I consider one complete response.

7. Hispanic surname

Garcia 18
Rodriguez 13
Gonzales 6
Lopez 4
Hernandez 2
Sanchez 2

8. Sleep/food

sleep 41
food 10

9. Stimulant

caffeine 40
amphetamines/speed 4
cocaine 2
methamphetamine 2

10. American musical genre

blues 21
jazz 16
rock 8
R&B 4

Indyellen responded “jazz/blues”, which I consider one complete response.

Scoreboard coming up!

[Taber]

@Hostile Dialect

Since I’m a cruel master, I will tease you with the list of one-entry-only responses so far, even though we have four entries left in the game. (I’m only repeating the number so much to remind myself; I have Very, Very Early Onset Alzheimer’s.) As of Indistinguishable’s entry:

Hmmm, I provided three of those one-entry-only responses, and I’m guessing they weren’t factual. This doesn’t look good.

[mikemo]

@Hostile Dialect

mikemo responded “ego and id”, which I consider one complete response.

Yeah…I read the question too fast and thought it asked for two of the three. Doh! :smack:

[Wargamer]

@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?

1. Barry ‘US’ Bonds
2. Battle of Midway
3. Switzerland
4. Dutch
5. pharmacy
6. superego
7. Martinez
8. sleep
9. caffeine
10. Jazz

[Hostile_Dialect]

Our esteemed winner is Dolores Reborn with an incredible 532 points! Here are the rest of the scores:

1. Dolores Reborn	532
2. Diomedes	490
3. labtrash	488
4. 5 time champ	484
5. askeptic	470
6. Lsura	466
7. Enginerd	464
8. Inner Stickler	460
9. Garfield226	440
10. cmkeller	434
11. Mindfield	432
12. MaxTheVool	422
12. IvoryTowerDenizen	422
14. Indistinguishable	418
15. Frosted Glass	414
15. Ghanima	414
15. fachverwirrt	414
18. OneCentStamp	412
18. brewha	412
20. Hockey Monkey	410
21. anyrose	408
22. 3acresandatruck	398
23. muldoonthief	394
24. Hostile Dialect	386
24. Darth Sensitive	386
26. Interrobang!?	384
26. Taber	384
28. Tamex	380
29. SSG Schwartz	378
30. Beadalin	372
31. MHaye	370
32. NAF1138	368
33. freckafree	366
34. Maeglin	356
35. Lionne	348
35. A Monkey With a Gun	348
37. JpnDude	344
38. Indyellen	338
39. ShibbOleth	336
40. Zsofia	328
41. ChiefScott	322
41. Sternvogel	322
41. Yeticus Rex	322
44. Rube E. Tewesday	318
45. tdn	302
46. Drain Bead	294
47. garygnu	288
48. mikemo	284
49. Panurge	232
50. Gala Matrix Fire	208
51. Asimovian	186

Thanks for playing, everyone!

[Oredigger77]

1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs.
   Ricky Williams

2. Name a famous battle of World War II.
   D-Day

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.
   Danish

5. Name an English noun which came from Greek.
   Olive

6. Name one of the three components of the human mind according to Freud’s psychoanalytic model.
   Id, Ego, Super Ego

7. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames are among the 10 most common in the United States. Name one of them.
   Garcia, rodriguez

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?
   Cafeine

10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential?
    Rock 'n Roll

D’oh too late :smack:

[Hostile_Dialect]

Since Taber (sort of) asked which answers were incorrect, here they are:

3. Officially French-speaking country

Morocco
Vietnam

French Guyana and French Polynesia are technically not sovereign nations, but they are French territories, which is good enough as far as I’m concerned.

4. Germanic language

Gaelic refers to three different languages that are all in the Celtic, not Germanic, family.
Cyrillic is an alphabet, used for languages from several non-Germanic families.
There is no Austrian language; Austria speaks German.
French is a Romance language.
Hungarian is an Ugric, not Germanic language. (This one’s pretty obscure.)
Russian is a Slavic language.
ETA: There is debate about whether or not Yiddish is a living language.

7. Garcia and Rodriguez are the two “correct” answers.

8. Sleep deprivation will kill you faster than a lack of food.

9. Caffeine is the most popular stimulant, but this question was open to interpretation. I don’t know which is the most popular prescription stimulant, the most popular illegal stimulant, etc.

[Shagnasty]

1. Name an athlete known to have used illegal drugs.

Barry Bonds

2. Name a famous battle of World War II.

Normandy

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.

Hippopatamus

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 and 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?

Cocaine

10. Which musical genre indigenous to the United States has been the most influential?

Rock and Roll

[Asimovian]

You know what’s impressive? A game that seeks to rank people 1 - 50 by popular responses, and I manage to come in 51st. :smack:

What I take away from the experience is this: should I ever get a chance to play Family Feud, I really shouldn’t play the bonus round, because I’m never going to get the #1 answer.

Thanks for a fun game!

[OneCentStamp]

Wow, I came in 18th again. Must be my lucky number.

[Panurge]

Yay - I didn’t lose

ETA: hmmm. Come to think of it I probably lost.