# Trivial Feud Part II **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051 "2007-12-23T21:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/1 "2007-12-23T21:17:38Z")
The Rules, in case you are new to this: **DON’T READ THE THREAD BEFORE YOU POST!** Post your responses to the questions below; after there have been 50 responses, I will double the value of the response to each question to come up with the Survey Says. Don’t assume the game is over just because there are 50 posts–sometimes I drop in with scoreboards, lists of responses so far, etc. mid-game. You want to post what you think the most popular answer will be. If all 50 respondents have the same answer as you, you will get 100 points like in Family Feud. After 50 responses have been posted (including my own, since I can’t keep from playing this myself), I will tabulate the results, declare the winner, and post the scoreboard. There are ten questions and 1000 possible points; **Dolores Reborn** , the defending champion, won with 532 points, which AFAICT is a record in both Family Feud and Trivial Feud (the record low seems to be 151 in Family Feud Part IV, though there was a conspicuous lack of scoring in some of them, and a few of the threads are missing). Results of TFPI are [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448421). “Pass” is considered an answer–that is, the more people pass on the same question, the more points you get–but don’t hesitate to use a search engine to find another answer if you can’t come up with one off the top of your head. But remember that it’s not important to find a _factual_ answer–you’re trying to find the answer that the most people will choose. Historically, passing has generally not been worth many points, although it worked for one question in TFPI. There is no rule about how to format your answers, but I would appreciate it if you number your answers, minimize the line spacing between them, and emphasize the answers themselves if you feel you must paste in the questions. Good luck! 1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. 2. What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.) 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? 8. What was the best movie of 2007? 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/2 "2007-12-23T21:20:56Z")
1. Geordie 2. 12th Street Riot (Detroit, 1967) 3. Thailand 4. France 5. Rugby 6. OS/2 7. Impeach the President 8. Talk to Me 9. William Shakespeare 10. Halo 3 ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/3 "2007-12-23T21:45:28Z")
1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. **Cockney** 2. What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.) **Detroit, 1960’s** 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? **California** 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. **Poland** 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? **Rugby** 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. **DOS** 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? **Disco Duck** 8. What was the best movie of 2007? **Harry Potter - whichever.** 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. **Shakespeare** 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? **Mortal Kombat** ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/4 "2007-12-23T22:00:51Z")
1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. **Scouse** 2. What was the most destructive riot in living memory? **Watts, 1960s** 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? **Bangladesh** 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. **France** 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? **Er, drinking?** 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. **VMS** 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? **Funky Drummer** 8. What was the best movie of 2007? **Control** 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. **Jane Austen** 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? **Metal Gear solid** ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/5 "2007-12-23T22:02:46Z")
1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. **Cockney** 2. What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.) **The LA riots…late 80s** 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters?\*\* Gulf Coast\*\* 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. **Poland** 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? \*\*Drinking beer \*\* 😉 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. **Pass** 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? **Pass** 8. What was the best movie of 2007? **Pass** 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. **Shakespeare, Dickens, Hemingway, Poe, Faulkner** 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? **Halo 3** ---
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/6 "2007-12-23T22:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. 2. What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.) 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? 8. What was the best movie of 2007? 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? [/QUOTE] 11. Cockney 12. LA, early 90s 13. South(east) Asia 14. France 15. Rugby 16. UNIX 17. That’s the way (uh huh uh huh) I like it 18. The Simpsons Movie 19. William Shakespeare 20. GTA San Andreas ---
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/7 "2007-12-23T22:09:52Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. **Shakespeare, Dickens, Hemingway, Poe, Faulkner** [/QUOTE] That’s five writers! Disqualified! 😉 ---
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/8 "2007-12-23T22:15:44Z")
While I certainly wanted to smack my forehead when I read her response to that question, she’ll get points for it if anyone else answers with those exact five authors (not necessarily in the same order or anything). ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/9 "2007-12-23T22:18:34Z")
1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. **Cockney** 2. What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.) **Watts, 1965** 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? **India** 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. **Poland** 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? **Rugby** 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. **DOS** 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? \*\* “Impeach the President”\*\* 8. What was the best movie of 2007? _ **No Country for Old Men** _ 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. **Jane Austin** 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? **Halo 3** ---
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/10 "2007-12-23T22:21:52Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] While I certainly wanted to smack my forehead when I read her response to that question, she’ll get points for it if anyone else answers with those exact five authors (not necessarily in the same order or anything). [/QUOTE] Yeah I was just kidding… that makes sense, actually. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/11 "2007-12-23T22:26:51Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] That’s five writers! Disqualified! 😉 [/QUOTE] Oh, shit…sorry. I misread the question. If you need to disqualify it, fine. Otherwise, go with the first answer, Shakespeare. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/12 "2007-12-23T22:28:51Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] While I certainly wanted to smack my forehead when I read her response to that question, she’ll get points for it if anyone else answers with those exact five authors (not necessarily in the same order or anything). [/QUOTE] Are Hemingway and Faulkner in the public domain now? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/13 "2007-12-23T22:30:27Z")
I have no idea. But I misread the question, thinking we were supposed to name five authors, not one, and those were the five I came up with that haven’t written any new books lately, due to the fact they’re dead. 😛 ---
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/14 "2007-12-23T22:31:57Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Oh, shit…sorry. I misread the question. If you need to disqualify it, fine. Otherwise, go with the first answer, Shakespeare. [/QUOTE] See above… he said it counts, but you won’t get points unless someone else gives the same exact answer. I was just kidding about the disqualification bit. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/15 "2007-12-23T22:36:32Z")
1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. **Cockney** 2. What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.) **Los Angeles 1992** 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? **The Asian subcontinent around India and Bangladesh. Is there a name for that?** 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. **Poland** 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? **Wrestling crocodiles** 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. **Unix** 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? **pass** 8. What was the best movie of 2007? **The Simpsons Movie** 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. **Charles Dickens** 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? **Grand Theft Auto III** ---
**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 23, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/16 "2007-12-23T22:38:51Z")
1. Cockney 2. April 26, 1992… there was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you? (LA, 1992) 3. SE Asia 4. [del] Poland [/del] …[del] France [/del]… [del] Poland [/del]… [del] France [/del] Poland 5. Rugby 6. DOS 7. Pass 8. The Simpsons Movie 9. Shakespeare 10. Halo 3 Can my guess for number 4 be that it’s gonna be really close? 😉 ---
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/17 "2007-12-23T23:02:10Z")
1. Scottish English 2. Rodney King riots in LA, 1992 3. Indonesia 4. France 5. Aussie football 6. Unix 7. When the Levee Breaks, Led Zeppelin 8. Spiderman 3 9. Charles Dickens 10. Halo III ---
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/18 "2007-12-23T23:10:30Z")
> [@Struan](#): > > Are Hemingway and Faulkner in the public domain now? FTR, according to some quick research, Faulkner’s (notable, at least) work is not. Hemingway’s early journalistic works are, but his novels aren’t. > [@ivylass](#): > > Oh, shit…sorry. I misread the question. If you need to disqualify it, fine. Otherwise, go with the first answer, Shakespeare. See Post #8: > [@Hostile Dialect](#): > > she’ll get points for it if anyone else answers with those exact five authors (not necessarily in the same order or anything). ETA: As convenient as it would be, accepting corrections after a list is posted would make the game’s rules even more difficult to enforce. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/19 "2007-12-23T23:30:58Z")
1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. Cockney 2. What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.) Watts, LA, 1960s 1. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? California 1. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. France 1. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? Hiking 1. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Unix 2. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? Shaft 3. What was the best movie of 2007? Ratatouille 4. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. Charles Dickens 5. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? World of Warcraft III ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/20 "2007-12-23T23:54:29Z")
1. Cockney 2. Rodney King LA 1990s 3. California 4. France 5. Rugby 6. Be! 7. Pass 8. Ratatouille 9. Mark Twain 10. Halo 3 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051.md?page=2)