Weekend Feud: All Things British by bluecanary [Game Over]

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61
  1. The Who
  2. Manchester
  3. Stonehenge
  4. Winston Churchill
  5. Fish and chips
  6. Lawrence of Arabia
  7. Fawlty Towers
  8. Boxing Day
  9. Manchester United
  10. Fox hunting
  11. Have bad teeth
62
  1. The Who
  2. Manchester
  3. Stonehenge
  4. Tony Bliar
  5. Yorkshire Pudding
  6. Four Weddings and a Funeral
  7. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
  8. Guy Fawkes Day
  9. Manchester United
  10. Cricket
  11. horrible dental hygiene
63
  1. The Who
  2. Manchester
  3. Stonehenge
    4a. Margaret Thatcher
    4b. Fish and Chips
  4. Monty Python and Holy Grail
  5. Fawlty Towers
  6. Boxing Day
  7. Manchester United
  8. Cricket
  9. Bad Teeth
    Hope answered #4 correctly. Took me a second to figure out there were two #4 questions. I guess i will know what to do after I post.
64

Maybe the fact that we have two questions for #4 is a subliminal message about Brits counting ability?

65

United, because it’s the only one I’ve ever heard of.

66
  1. The Kinks
  2. Manchester
  3. Big Ben
    4a. Tony Blair
    4b. kidney pie (or steak and kidney pie)
  4. In Bruges
  5. Dr. Who
  6. Guy Fawkes Day
  7. Manchester United
  8. rugby
  9. bad teeth
67

I think I was the 50th response, but maybe Rebo wants 51 responses.

68

Since there were 11 questions, maybe this one needs to go to 55. :smiley:

69

Probably closed

  1. Queen

  2. Liverpool

  3. Stonehenge

  4. Tony Blair

  5. Guy Fawkes Day

  6. Fish & chips

  7. Monty Python & Holy Grail

  8. Monty Python

  9. Manchester United

  10. Cricket

  11. Bad teeth

  12. Or my birthday as I call it here in America

Hmm when I visited Great Britain 20 years ago- the numbering system was 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 when did that change

70

Oh, dear. Not only did I include two #4s, I almost certainly didn’t see this in time to play.

In case its still open:

  1. Oasis
  2. Manchester
  3. Stonehenge
  4. Tony Blair
  5. Fish ‘n’ Chips
  6. Trainspotting
  7. Fawlty Towers
  8. Guy Fawkes Night
  9. Manchester United
  10. Cricket
  11. Bad teeth
71

:confused: - Do you mean Guy Fawkes night?

72
  1. The Kinks
  2. Manchester
  3. Stonehenge
  4. Margaret Thatcher
  5. Fish & Chips
  6. Bend it Like Beckham
  7. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
  8. Guy Fawkes Day
  9. Manchester Untied
  10. cricket
  11. bad teeth
73
  1. Pink Floyd
  2. Liverpool
  3. Buckingham Palace
    4-1. Tony Blair
    4-2. Fish and Chips
  4. Four Weddings and a Funeral
  5. Fawlty Towers
  6. Guy Fawkes Day
  7. Manchester United
  8. cricket
  9. bad teeth
  10. Farty Towels!

4-2. Bubble and Squeak. Toad in the Hole. Spotted Dick. Ploughman’s Lunch. Cornish pasties…Britian does have some memorably named dishes.

74
  1. The Who
  2. Manchester
  3. Buckingham Palace
  4. Gordon Brown
  5. Fish and chips
  6. Trainspotting
  7. Dr. Who
  8. Guy Fawkes Night
  9. Manchester United
  10. Rugby
  11. Bad teeth
75
  1. Led Zeppelin
  2. Liverpool
  3. Stonehenge
  4. Tony Blair
  5. Fish ‘n’ chips
  6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s stone
  7. Last of the Summer Wine
  8. Queen’s Birthday
  9. Manchester United
  10. Cricket
  11. Bad teeth
76

Well, isn’t this a fine kettle of fish! notfrommensa is #50. This is gonna be tough to cut and paste. I think I’ll eliminate the second #4, and I won’t have to renumber them.
Argh! I need to proofread better.

77

Yes I do. Just couldn’t think of what it was called.

78

  1. The Kinks

  2. Manchester

  3. Stonehenge

  4. Tony Blair

  5. Fish and Chips

  6. The Italian Job

  7. Doctor Who

  8. The Proms

  9. Manchester United

  10. Cricket

  11. The stiff upper lip

  12. It’s tough thinking of a Britsh politician Americans will have heard of.

  13. See 4. I don’t watch TV much any more.

  14. Annual series of concerts aimed at making classical music more accessible to the lower classes (at least, when founded in 1895).

79

  1. Name a British (popular music) band, other than The Beatles or the Stones.
    1. The Who 26

  2. Oasis 5

  3. Pink Floyd 5

  4. Led Zeppelin 4

  5. Coldplay 3

  6. Queen 2

  7. The Kinks 2

  8. Duran Duran 1

  9. Sex pistols 1

  10. The Monkees 1

  11. Name a British city other than London
    **2. Liverpool 20

  12. Manchester 20**

  13. Edinburgh 3

  14. Birmingham 2

  15. Bristol 1

  16. Cambridge 1

  17. Leeds 1

  18. Oxford 1

  19. York 1

  20. Name a tourist attraction in Britain that is not a city.
    3. Stonehenge 33

  21. Big Ben 7

  22. Buckingham Palace 5

  23. The Tower of London 3

  24. Hadrian’s Wall 1

  25. Piccadilly Circle 1

  26. Name a British politician.
    4. Tony Blair 36

  27. Gordon Brown 5

  28. Margaret Thatcher 4

  29. Winston Churchill 3

  30. John Major 2

  31. Name a British movie.
    5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 11

  32. Four weddings and a Funeral 7

  33. Trainspotting 6

  34. Lawrence of Arabia 4

  35. Slumdog Millionaire 3

  36. Snatch 3

  37. The Full Monty 3

  38. A Clockwork Orange 1

  39. Billy Elliot 1

  40. Chariots of Fire 1

  41. Enchanted April 1

  42. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 1

  43. Life of Brian 1

  44. Lock, Stock and Two smoking Barrels 1

  45. Love Actually 1

  46. Mary Poppins 1

  47. Monty Python’s Meaning of Life 1

  48. Shaun of the Dead 1

  49. The 39 Steps 1

  50. The Commitments 1

  51. Name a British TV show.
    **6. Fawlty Towers 14

  52. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 14**

  53. Dr. Who 7

  54. Blackadder 3

  55. Eastenders 3

  56. Absolutely Fabulous 2

  57. Benny Hill 1

  58. Coronation Place 1

  59. Father Ted 1

  60. Keeping up appearances 1

  61. The Bill 1

  62. The Office 1

  63. Upstairs, Downstairs 1

  64. Name a British festival that is not shared by the USA.
    7. Guy Fawkes Day 26

  65. Boxing Day 10

  66. Glastonbury 4

  67. Isle of Wight Music Festival 3

  68. Queen’s Birthday 2

  69. St. Georges Day 2

  70. Asparagus Festival 1

  71. August bank Holiday 1

  72. Michalmas 1

  73. Name a British soccer (football) team.
    8. Manchester United 46

  74. Arsenal 3

  75. Chelsea 1

  76. Name a sport other than soccer that is popular in Britain.
    9. Cricket 35

  77. Rugby 10

  78. Horseracing 2

  79. Fox hunting 1

  80. Golf 1

  81. Polo 1

  82. Name a stereotype about British people.
    10. Bad teeth 39

  83. Prim and proper/stuffy/polite/stiff upper lip 7

  84. Lager louts 1

  85. Like to queue 1

  86. public school = homosexual experience. 1

  87. Tea drinking 1

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And the winner is ~drumroll~ silenus!!! Jolly good show! :wink: ::flings confetti:: silenus got all 10 top answers. Outstanding!

Thanks everyone, and thanks for a fun one, bluecanary!!

New one up tomorrow.
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