# 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:** 3
**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 24, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/41 "2007-12-24T20:24:56Z")
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 Riots ca 1965** 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? **California** 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. **France** 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? **drinking beer** 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. **OS/2** 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? **Under Pressure by Queen** 8. What was the best movie of 2007? **300** 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. **William Shakespeare** 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? \*\*Halo \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/42 "2007-12-24T20:58:16Z")
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? 11. Pikie (Brad Pitt in “Snatch”) 12. Watts L.A. late 70’s 13. Indonesia 14. France 15. Cricket 16. OS-2 17. Under Pressure by Queen & Bowie 18. No Country for Old Men 19. Shakespeare 20. Halo-3 ---
**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:** [December 24, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/43 "2007-12-24T23:58:41Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Spoons: I’m not sure Godzilla, Mothra, et al count as “natural disasters.” [/QUOTE] Ha! I honestly didn’t think of those. I was thinking more of earthquakes (the Pacific “Ring of Fire”) and typhoons and such. But hey, Godzilla and company? Why not? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/44 "2007-12-25T05:00:31Z")
1. Cockney 2. Watts Riots, Los Angeles, 1965 3. (is this U.S. or worldwide?) Gulf Coast, for the U.S. 4. Poland 5. Beer 6. Unix 7. pass 8. Ratatouille 9. William Shakespeare 10. pass ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/45 "2007-12-25T10:07:32Z")
1: Irish 2: LA 1992 3: South-East Asia 4: France 5: Consumption of alcohol 6: Amiga Workbench 7: Funky Drummer 8: Eastern Promises 9: William Shakespeare 10: Super Mario Galaxy ---
**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 25, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/46 "2007-12-25T19:37:10Z")
OK, I wrote a Python program to calculate the scores, and I did a hell of a lot of debugging, but it just spat out the list of responses, calculated my score so far, and died. Hopefully I’ll get it working by the time the game ends. Anyway, here is the list of responses so far: 1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. Cockney 22 Scottish 3 Liverpool/Scouse 2 No score yet: Irish British Yorkshire Cant\* Geordie - “Pikey” is an ethnic slur. You meant “cant” or “gamin”, which is a language, not a dialect. 1. What was the most destructive riot in living memory? I’m having trouble with this one. Someone said “Brixton, 1950s” but the only info on a Brixton riot I could find was about one that happened in 1981. Someone else just said “Brixton”, so I don’t know whether to combine those scores or not. Can any of the Queen’s people help me out here? LA/Rodney King 15 LA/Watts 13 Detroit/12th Street 2 1. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? Southeast Asia 7 California 5 Gulf Coast 3 Southeast USA 2 Pacific Rim 2 Indonesia 2 Bangladesh 2 Florida 2 No score yet: Caribbean Indian Subcontinent India Japan Thailand Coastal areas Southern California 1. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. Poland 18 France 12 No score yet: Yugoslavia Austria 1. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? Rugby 10 Beer 6 Cricket 5 Surfing 3 Drinking 2 (Yikes…) No score yet: Knife contest Hiking Football (Aussie) BBQ Knifey spoony (WTF?) Crocodile wrestling 1. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS and Linux. DOS 12 Unix 8 OS/2 5 Amiga 2 No score yet: Firefox (nope…) BeOS (I was hoping this one would have some points) Pass VMS CP/M 1. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? Pass 12 Under Pressure 2 Funky Drummer 2 Impeach the President 2 Lots without scores… 1. What was the best movie of 2007? Simpsons 5 No Country for Old Men 4 Ratatouille 4 Harry Potter 3 Sweeney Todd 2 300 2 Lots of unique ones here too… 1. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. Shakespeare 21 Dickens 4 Austen 2 Twain 2 No score yet: Doyle Shakespeare, Dickens, Hemingway, Poe, Faulkner Shelley 1. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? Halo 3 (correct answer, BTW) 18 GTA: San Andreas 2 And lots of unique ones. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/47 "2007-12-25T19:39:42Z")
1. Cockney 2. Rodney King LA riots in the '90s 3. Pacific Rim 4. France 5. Cricket 6. DOS 7. Jungle Boogie 8. Atonement 9. Shakespeare 10. Halo 3 ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/48 "2007-12-25T19:48:44Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 1. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? Knifey spoony (WTF?) [/QUOTE] Its a [Simpsons joke](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Knifey-Spoony) that plays off of the Crocodile Dundee exchange “Thats not a knife. This is a knife.” ---
**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 25, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/49 "2007-12-25T20:06:20Z")
Ha! Knifey spooney! I just saw that. Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/50 "2007-12-25T20:29:43Z")
Frosted Glass: > [@](#): > > Its a Simpsons joke that plays off of the Crocodile Dundee exchange “Thats not a knife. This is a knife.” In a similar vein, the Onion’s “atlas” _Our Dumb World_ has a spot in Australia marked as the “Paul Hogan Institute for Knife Identification.” Brilliant stuff in there (though they were so thorough in other parts of the world, it was a little disappointing that they omitted a few Pacific Island nations entirely. Burnout, I guess). ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/51 "2007-12-25T20:31:38Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] I’m having trouble with this one. Someone said “Brixton, 1950s” but the only info on a Brixton riot I could find was about one that happened in 1981. Someone else just said “Brixton”, so I don’t know whether to combine those scores or not. Can any of the Queen’s people help me out here? . [/QUOTE] They are one and the same - I have no idea where the 50’s came from… Grim ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/52 "2007-12-25T21:43:52Z")
1. Cockney 2. Watts 60’s 3. Florida coast 4. France 5. Rugby 6. Unix 7. Pass 8. Gone Baby Gone 9. Shakespeare 10. Halo 3 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/53 "2007-12-25T22:44:22Z")
1. Cockney 2. Watts Riots 3. Bangladesh 4. France 5. Drinking (Rugby, if that doesn’t count…) 6. DOS (duh!) 7. El Passo 8. An Inconvenient Truth 9. Shakespeare 10. Halo 3 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/54 "2007-12-26T17:43:26Z")
1. Scottish 2. Watts (late 60s?) 3. California 4. France 5. Surfing 6. Unix 7. Superfreak 8. No Country for Old Men 9. Shakespeare 10. Halo ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/55 "2007-12-26T22:31:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] The Rules, in case you are new to this: **DON’T READ THE THREAD BEFORE YOU POST!** 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 1960s** 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? **Coastal** 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. **France** 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? **Football…Australian Rules** 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. **Win 32** 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? **Jungle Boogie** 8. What was the best movie of 2007? **Ratatouille** 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. \*\* Edgar Allan Poe\*\* 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? **Halo 3** ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/56 "2007-12-26T22:32:30Z")
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 1960s** 3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters? **Coastal** 4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. **France** 5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia? **Football…Australian Rules** 6. Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. **Win 32** 7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? **Jungle Boogie** 8. What was the best movie of 2007? **Ratatouille** 9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. \*\* Edgar Allan Poe\*\* 10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? **Halo 3** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/57 "2007-12-26T23:45:11Z")
[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. 1992 Los Angeles riot triggered by acquittal of police in Rodney King beating 13. Florida (hurricanes) 14. Poland 15. Surfing 16. Unix 17. _Jungle Boogie_ (I admit to using Wiki to arrive at this answer) 18. _Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix_ 19. Shakespeare 20. _Halo 3_ ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/58 "2007-12-27T19:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] 1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. - “Pikey” is an ethnic slur. You meant “cant” or “gamin”, which is a language, not a dialect. [/QUOTE] Sorry, I’ve only heard the word in relation to that movie. No offense intended. ---
**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 27, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/59 "2007-12-27T19:33:21Z")
OK, guys, we need 11 more. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051/60 "2007-12-27T21:27:41Z")
1. Cockney 2. LA, following the Rodney King incident (circa 1990) 3. Central America 4. Austria 5. Rooting. 🙂 6. O/S2 Warp 7. \*Funky Drummer \* - James Brown 8. No Country for Old Men 9. Mark Twain 10. Halo3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-ii/431051.md?page=4)