To give Dolores a break, I will be scoring this Feud myself! Since I’m not using a spreadsheet (the reason will be obvious when you see the nature of some of the questions), I don’t care about the format too much as long as I understand your responses. These customary rules hold, however:
The game will end either when we have 50 entrants, or at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, 7/29/08, whichever comes first.
The point of this game is not to start a feud (heh!) concerning the existence or non-existence of certain phenomena, but simply to acknowledge and enjoy some “stories from the fringe”. Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer, the idea is to match others’ answers, not argue your own viewpoints!
With that in mind, here are the questions:
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Briefly summarize an urban legend that pertains to household pets. (For this question and others, a link to the relevant Snopes article or similar page is permitted.)
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Mark Twain is reported to have assured his fans that reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. Name another person whose demise was reported prematurely.
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Name a place associated with UFO activity.
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Briefly summarize an urban legend that pertains to automobiles.
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Briefly summarize an urban legend that pertains to food.
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Name a person who disappeared under mysterious circumstances and has never officially been found.
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Name an animal species which has never been proven to exist, but in which many people believe.
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Name a person whose ghost has been reported by people who claim to have seen or otherwise sensed the apparition.
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Name a person regarded by some as a psychic or medium.
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Finally, there’s a story about a woman who gets on an elevator and is soon joined by a black man and his dog. The man says something like “On the floor, Lady” which is directed to the dog, but which the woman interprets as being directed to her. After realizing her mistake, the woman is further ashamed when told that the man she had unjustifiably feared was actually which celebrity?
