Yet Still Another Trivial Feud

[Zebra]

1. Sauron

2. Argentina

3. Latin

4. Jenna Jameson

5. Rameses

6. Braniff

7. Satan

8. Galipoli

9. Findland

10. Nero

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@5 time champ

Yay, I believe that is 50 replies. I work on the scoring when I get home from work.

I can’t believe I am the only saying Constantine for the Roman Emperor. :smack:
Who knew that Nero was so popular.

Well, can you fiddle?

[LavenderBlue]

1. Sauron

2. Venezuela

3. Latin

4. Linda Lovelace

5. Ramses

6. TWA

7. Satan

8. Ypres

9. Sweden

10. Nero

[MonkeyMensch]

1. Sauron

2. Venezuela

3. Latin

4. Linda Lovelace

5. Ramses (if you need a number it’s the one from Prince of Egypt.)

6. PanAm

7. Roger Thornhill

8. The Somme

9. Sweden

10. Nero

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@5 time champ

Rules, in case you are new to this: DON’T READ THE THREAD BEFORE YOU POST!

I hope this isn’t too arcane. An I hope I haven’t repeated any questions from earlier.

Post your responses to the questions. When there have been 50 responses, I will give each response two points. If all 50 respondents have the same answer as you, you will get 100 points for that question. After 50 sets of responses have been posted, I will tabulate the results, declare the winner, and post the scoreboard. There are 10 questions and a maximum of 1000 possible points.

Format for your answers: You don’t need to repeat the questions, but please number the answers.

If you don’t know an answer, guess! If you pass, you’re guaranteed to get zero points – but if you guess and someone else matches your answer, you’ll get points, whether the answer is “right” or not!

1. Name an evil character from the Lord of the Rings

Denethor. Well, sort of.

2. Other than Spain & Mexico- name a country that speaks Spanish.

Guatamala.

3. Name a classical language.

Aramaic.

4. Name a female porn star.

Uh…I got nothing.

5. Other than Tutankhamun & Cleopatra- name a Egyptian pharaoh.

Ramses.

6. Name an airline that has gone out of business.

TWA

7. Name a banned doper.

badchad

8. Name a famous World War I battle.

Agincourt?

9. Name a Scandinavian country.

Norway.

10. Other than Caesar Augustus & Julius Caesar, name a Roman Emperor. [Yes, I know JC was not an emperor, but some Dopers may make him their answer.]

Tiberius.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Skald the Rhymer

Agincourt?

That is an impressively horribly wrong answer

[Lsura]

The answers to #7 are interesting to me - you can almost tell how long someone’s been around (whether lurking or active) by who they name.

[twickster]

@Lsura

The answers to #7 are interesting to me - you can almost tell how long someone’s been around (whether lurking or active) by who they name.

I said Handy, who was before my time – shrug. Guess I just don’t pay enough attention to the Pit.

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@Really Not All That Bright

That is an impressively horribly wrong answer

Hey, it’s in France!

[5_time_champ]

non-zero number = matching answers

0 = unique answer, no points given

pass = 0 points

1. Name an evil character from the Lord of the Rings
   35 Sauron
   7 Gollum
   3 Saruman
   0 Wormtongue
   0 The Witch-King of Angmar
   0 Mordor
   0 Hobbit Bob???
   0 Frodo

2. Other than Spain & Mexico- name a country that speaks Spanish.
   15 Argentina
   10 Cuba
   4 Ecuador
   3 Venezuela
   3 Honduras
   3 Chile
   2 Puerto Rico
   2 Guatemala
   2 Colombia.
   0 United States of America
   0 Portugal
   0 Peru
   0 Panama
   0 El Salvador
   0 Brazil

3. Name a classical language.
   42 Latin
   4 Greek
   2 Sanskrit
   2 French

4. Name a female porn star.
   36 Jenna Jameson
   3 Traci Lords
   2 Linda Lovelace
   2 Kobe Tai
   2 Asia Carrera
   0 Shannon Tweed
   0 Misty Mundae
   0 Mary Carey
   0 Ginger Lynn
   0 Georgina Spelvin

5. Other than Tutankhamun & Cleopatra- name a Egyptian pharaoh.
   44 Ramses
   3 Hatshepsut
   2 Amenhotep
   0 Cheops (Chufu)

6. Name an airline that has gone out of business.
   16 PanAm
   14 TWA
   6 Eastern
   2 Braniff
   0 Transamerica Airlines
   0 SwissAir
   0 PSA
   0 Piedmont
   0 NWA?
   0 Midway
   0 Jet Blue???
   0 Dellta
   0 Canadian Airlines
   0 BOAC
   0 American Airlines
   0 Air America

7. Name a banned doper.
   8 Satan
   5 Wildest Bill
   5 Jack Dean Tyler
   4 The Grapist
   4 small british shop owner
   3 December
   2 Zenster
   2 Handy
   0 VCO3
   0 The Sqrl guy who always signed "hugs
   0 Stage Manager
   0 pass [6 passes]
   0 Kaitlyn
   0 Johnny Hildo
   0 Inchman
   0 Ethilrist
   0 Dogface (of the immortal “Ah, they’re 1920’s-style death rays” triple post)
   0 BadChad
   0 Aldebaran(?)
   0 Loverock

8. Name a famous World War I battle.
   19 The Somme
   8 Gallipoli
   7 Marne
   4 Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge)
   3 Ypres
   3 Verdun
   0 Waterloo
   0 Vimy Ridge
   0 pass
   0 Mons
   0 Hndred Days’ Offensive?
   0 Hastings

9. Name a Scandinavian country.
   24 Norway
   22 Sweden
   4 Denmark

10. Other than Caesar Augustus & Julius Caesar, name a Roman Emperor. [Yes, I know JC was not an emperor, but some Dopers may make him their answer.]
    29 Nero
    9 Caligula
    3 Claudius
    2 Hadrian
    2 Constantine
    0 Trajan.
    0 Tiberius
    0 Octavius
    0 Marcus Aurelius
    0 Justinian

[Little_Nemo]

191 points. I think I did okay.

My big mistake was the porn actress. As soon as I looked at the other answers, I realized Jenna Jameson was the obvious answer that I had missed. I couldn’t think of a banned member offhand so I passed but the results were so split that I didn’t lose too much there. I was surprised that Nero did so much better than Caligula.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

234, despite two big fat zeroes.

Was **Aldebaran ** not banned after all? I could swear he was.

[Darth_Sensitive]

French is a romance language. Not a classical language! :smack:

[5_time_champ]

This was a little harder to score than I thought it would be. Plus Excel choked on the file. But I believe the scores are correct.

It is 2 points for each matching answer, if understand the scoring correctly.

. . . and our winner is Drain Bead

1 Drain Bead 532
2 one cent stamp 516
3 ShibbOleth 500
4 3acresandatruck 498
5 cmkeller 498
6 Sternvogel 496
7 Purgatory Creek 474
8 Terminus Est 474
9 beadlin 472
10 Priceguy 470
11 iamthewalrus(:3= 468
12 5timehamp 462
13 interrobang!? 460
14 jjiimm 454
15 favcherwritt 448
16 freckafree 448
17 reallynotallthatbright 448
18 Enginerd 446
19 Mr Greenjeans 444
20 twickster 436
21 as u wish 418
22 bufftabby 418
23 tarragon918 412
24 Darth Sensitive 410
25 Belrix 408
26 Mullinator 408
27 lsura 404
28 MaxTheVool 404
29 labtrash 400
30 Shagnasty 392
31 wolfman 392
32 El_Kabong 388
33 Little Nemo 382
34 Brown Eyed Girl 380
35 catinasuit 378
36 gordon urquhart 372
37 mindfield 368
38 Panurge 366
39 fretful portpentine 364
40 time like tears 360
41 SSG Schwartz 358
42 Bayard 350
43 astroboy14 340
44 gardentraveler 330
45 inner stickler 304
46 mhaye 262
47 sinjin 234
48 vison 226
49 NajaNivea 74
50 Steve Wright 44

3acresandatruck 498
5timehamp 462
as u wish 418
astroboy14 340
Bayard 350
beadlin 472
Belrix 408
Brown Eyed Girl 380
bufftabby 418
catinasuit 378
cmkeller 498
Darth Sensitive 410
Drain Bead 532
El_Kabong 388
Enginerd 446
favcherwritt 448
freckafree 448
fretful portpentine 364
gardentraveler 330
gordon urquhart 372
iamthewalrus(:3= 468
inner stickler 304
interrobang!? 460
jjiimm 454
labtrash 400
Little Nemo 382
lsura 404
MaxTheVool 404
mhaye 262
mindfield 368
Mr Greenjeans 444
Mullinator 408
NajaNivea 74
one cent stamp 516
Panurge 366
Priceguy 470
Purgatory Creek 474
reallynotallthatbright 448
Shagnasty 392
ShibbOleth 500
sinjin 234
SSG Schwartz 358
Sternvogel 496
Steve Wright 44
tarragon918 412
Terminus Est 474
time like tears 360
twickster 436
vison 226
wolfman 392

[MaxTheVool]

Wow, way to mean “the evil overlord with the eye and the ring and the general top billing” and type “Saruman” instead of “Sauron” there, Max. Sheesh.

Although I missed Nero in any case.

[cmkeller]

Wow, this was my best finish ever!

[Panurge]

Mine too, I think - and I came 38th
Why no love for Denmark, by the way? - We’re just as Scandinavian as the others. sigh

[Zebra]

Well I was just behind the cutoff but I got 438

[OneCentStamp]

ARRRGGGGHHHH!!! My woeful lack of knowledge of banned Dopers costs me the #1 spot. :mad:

[Purgatory_Creek]

What th–?! I’m supposed to be much closer to the other end of the list.

I’m totally going to have to revise my world view now.