Family Feud 2015

[Crane]

So, when will we hear the results of the alphabet quiz?

[Quizmaster]

Since you asked so nicely, now!

Alphabetic Feud Results:

1. State a word beginning and ending with 'A'.
1 pt - A - IchoTolot, namida
1/2 pt - Aurora - Crane
1/2 pt - Amanda - Simon
1/2 pt - Arena - Proxima
1/2 pt - Africa - geoo
1/2 pt - Area - grams88
1/2 pt - Anaconda - exit

2. State a three letter word with two 'E's.
1 pt - See - Simon, IchoTolot, namida, geoo, grams88
2/5 pt - Eye - Crane, exit
1/5 pt - Bee - Proxima

3. State a word ending in 'I'.
1 pt - I - Simon, IchoTolot, namida, geoo
1/2 pt - Radii - Crane, Proxima
1/4 pt - Graffiti - grams88
1/4 pt - Pepperoni - exit

4. State a word with two 'O's that are not consecutive.
1 pt - Operation - Crane
1 pt - Professor - Simon
1 pt - Ongoing - IchoTolot
1 pt - Hollow - Proxima
1 pt - Motor - namida
1 pt - Odor - geoo
1 pt - Octagon - grams88
1 pt - Polo - exit

5. State a word beginning with 'U' but not the prefix 'UN'.
1 pt - Ugly - Simon, namida
1/2 pt - Ulcer - Crane
1/2 pt - Umbrella - IchoTolot
1/2 pt - Urban - Proxima
1/2 pt - Urn - geoo
1/2 pt - Up - grams88
1/2 pt - Upper - exit

6. State a word using 'Y' as a vowel in a location other than the end of the word.
1 pt - Pylon - Crane
1 pt - Myth - Simon
1 pt - Wyoming - IchoTolot
1 pt - Rhythm - Proxima
1 pt - Yttrium - namida
1 pt - Lynx - geoo
1 pt - Bye - grams88
1 pt - Lye - exit

7. State a word with at least two sets of double letters. (The 'tt' in 'letters' is one such double.)
1 pt - Mississippi - Simon, IchoTolot, namida
2/3 pt - Millennium - grams88, exit
1/3 pt - Bookkeeper - Crane
1/3 pt - Balloon - Proxima
1/3 pt - Committee - geoo

8. State a word with at least four occurrances of the same letter.
1 pt - Mississippi - Simon, IchoTolot, namida, geoo
1/2 pt - Voodoo - grams88, exit
1/4 pt - Antidisestablismentarianism - Crane
1/4 pt - Invisibility - Proxima

9. State a four letter palindrome.
1 pt - Noon - geoo, grams88, exit
2/3 pt - Deed - Crane, namida
1/3 pt - Peep - Simon
1/3 pt - Boob - IchoTolot
1/3 pt - Anna - namida

10. Alphabet Fishing
Fishing lists:
Crane - XREABSTUNO
Simon - EDLMNOTCVW
IchoTolot - DCLPFTUJIR
Proxima - GHIJKLMNOP
namida - ELTRIPYABC
geoo - AEMWHSIQUP
grams88 - ASDFGHJKLZ
exit - ARTZYQWXNH

Round 1 letters fished: A, D, E, G, X

Round 2 letters fished: C, H, L, R, S
geoo eliminated fishing for E

Round 3 letters fished: I, T
Crane eliminated fishing for E
Simon eliminated fishing for D
IchoTolot eliminated fishing for L
grams88 eliminated fishing for D

Round 4 letters fished: J, Z
namida eliminated fishing for R

Round 5 letters fished: K, Y

Round 6 letters fished: Q
Proxima eliminated fishing for L

Round 7 letters fished: W

Round 8
exit eliminated for fishing X

Scores:
Crane = 2/7 pt
Simon = 2/7 pt
IchoTolot = 2/7 pt
Proxima = 5/7 pt
namida = 3/7 pt
geoo = 1/7 pt
grams88 = 2/7 pt
exit = 1 pt

Final Scores:
Crane = 5.44 pt
Simon = 8.12 pt
IchoTolot = 8.12 pt
Proxima = 5.66 pt
namida = 8.76 pt
geoo = 7.48 pt
grams88 = 6.7 pt
exit = 6.82 pt

Congratulations to namida for winning this round!

[Proxima]

9. State a four letter palindrome.
1 pt - Noon - geoo, grams88, exit
2/3 pt - Deed - Crane, namida
1/3 pt - Peep - Simon
1/3 pt - Boob - IchoTolot
1/3 pt - Anna - namida

The first "namida" should read  "Proxima". This doesn't affect the scores, which are correctly calculated.

<-- my number of posts is also a 4-letter palindrome

That was a fun and difficult round!

[607]

Ah, I just missed it, came home from vacation late yesterday. I hope I'll be able to join the next round!

[Quizmaster]

Oh No! Its a Food Feud!  The Quizmaster is planning some meals and has decided to use the power of the Feud to help him out.

Standard Scoring Questions

Breakfast - Eggs
1. How should I prepare my eggs for breakfast?
2. What kind of breakfast meat should I have with my eggs?
3. What kind of jelly or jam should I put on my toast?
4. What non-alcoholic beverage should I have with my breakfast?

Lunch - Salad
5. What kind of lettuce should be the base of my salad?
6. What kind of dressing should I put on it?
7. What kind of salad topping should I add?
8. What kind of fruit should I have with my salad?

Dinner - Pot Roast
9. Which condiment should I put on my pot roast?
10. What vegetable should I have with my pot roast?
11. What alcoholic beverage should I have with my pot roast?
12. Which flavor of ice cream should I have for dessert?

Special Scoring Metaquestion

13. For each meal, the total of the guesses for the number one answers will be added up.  (For example, if 5 people choose the number one answer for Q1, 4 people for Q2, 3 people for Q3, and 4 people for Q4, then Breakfast will have a total of 16.)  Ties for best meal will be broken by looking at the number two answers for each question.
You are to choose the one of Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner you expect to have the highest score.  If you are right you receive one point. If you choose the median meal then you get 1/2 point. If you choose the low meal you get 0 points.

[Quizmaster]

The food fight is finished.  Here are the results:

*** Breakfast Questions ***

1. How should I prepare my eggs for breakfast?
1 pt - Scrambled - geoo, Proxima, Crane, exit, NaOH, IchoTolot
1/2 pt - Fried - Akseli, namida, Minim
1/6 pt - Hard-Boiled - Simon

2. What kind of berakfast meat should I have with my eggs?
1 pt - Bacon - Proxima, Akseli, namida, Crane, NaOH, IchoTolot
1/3 pt - Ham - geoo, Simon
1/3 pt - Sausage - exit, Minim

3. What kind of jelly or jam should I put on my toast?
1 pt - Strawberry - geoo, Proxima, Akseli, Simon, Crane, NaOH, Minim, IchoTolot
1/8 pt - Blackberry - namida
1/8 pt - Apricot - exit

4. What non-alcoholic beverage should I have with my breakfast?
1 pt - Orange Juice - Simon, namida, Crane, exit
3/4 pt - Coffee - Proxima, Minim, IchoTolot
1/4 pt - Club Mate - geoo
1/4 pt - Milk - Akseli
1/4 pt - Water - NaOH

#1 Breakfast: 6 Scrambled + 6 Bacon + 8 Strawberry + 4 Orange Juice = 24

*** Lunch Questions ***

5. What kind of lettuce should be the base of my salad?
1 pt - Iceberg - geoo, Proxima, Akseli, Simon, namida, Crane, Minim, IchoTolot
1/8 pt - Leaf Lettuce - NaOH
1/8 pt - Boston - exit

6. What kind of dressing should I put on it?
1 pt - Vinaigrette - Akseli, Minim
1 pt - Mayonaise - namida, Crane
1 pt - Caesar - exit, NaOH
1/2 pt - Italian - geoo
1/2 pt - Salad Cream - Proxima
1/2 pt - Yogurt - Simon
1/2 pt - Herb Dressing - IchoTolot

7. What kind of salad topping should I add?
1 pt - Croutons - geoo, NaOH
1 pt - Tomato - Proxima, Crane
1 pt - Mayonaise - namida, Minim
1 pt - Chicken - exit, IchoTolot
1/2 pt - Cucumber - Akseli
1/2 pt - Parsley - Simon

8. What kind of fruit should I have with my salad?
1 pt - Apple - geoo, Proxima, Akseli, Simon, Crane, IchoTolot
1/2 pt - Tomato - namida, exit, Minim
1/6 pt - Melon - NaOH

#1 Lunch: 8 Iceberg + 2 Vinaigrette + 2 Croutons + 6 Apple = 18

*** Dinner Questions ***

9. Which condiment should I put on my roast?
1 pt - gravy - Proxima, Crane
1 pt - Salt - Akseli, Simon
1/2 pt - Pepper - geoo
1/2 pt - Paprika - namida
1/2 pt - Mustard - exit
1/2 pt - Ketchup - NaOH
1/2 pt - Ginger - Minim
1/2 pt - Thyme - IchoTolot

10. What vegetable should I have with my roast?
1 pt - Carrot - Akseli, namida, Crane, exit, IchoTolot
2/5 pt - Potatoes - Proxima, NaOH
1/5 pt - Broccoli - geoo
1/5 pt - Leek - Simon
1/5 pt - Cauliflower - namida

11. What alcoholic beverage should I have with my roast?
1 pt - Beer - geoo, Proxima, Simon, namida, exit, NaOH, IchoTolot
3/7 pt - Wine - Akseli, Crane, Minim

12. Which flavor of ice cream should I have for dessert?
1 pt - Vanilla - geoo, Akseli, Simon, namida, Crane, NaOH, Minim, IchoTolot
1/8 pt - Chocolate - Proxima
1/8 pt - Chocolate Chip - exit

#1 Dinner: 2 Gravy + 5 Carrot + 7 Beer + 8 Vanilla = 22

*** 13. Meal Metaquestion ***
1 pt - Breakfast (24) - geoo, Proxima, Akseli, namida, NaOH, Minim, IchoTolot
1/2 pt - Dinner (22) - Simon, Crane, exit
0 pt - Lunch (18) - nobody

Final Scores:
geoo - 9.78
Proxima - 10.78
Akseli - 10.68
Simon - 9.2
namida - 9.83
Crane - 11.93
exit - 8.21
NaOH - 9.44
Minim - 10.01
IchoTolot - 11.75

Congratulations to Crane for the win!

[Crane]

Yay!  First victory!

[ccexplore]

Congrats!

Wow, I've gotten so lost track of feuds, I don't think I was ever aware of this one until now. Not sure I'd have done too well though, especially once we get to the dinner part.

[Quizmaster]

This time its a Numeric Feud!

Standard Scoring Questions:
1. Name a movie with the word 'One' in the title.
2. Name a famous pair of twins.
3. Name a historic figure who has 'Third' in his/her name. Variations like 'III' count.
4. Name a vehicle which does not have four wheels. A dually wheel count as a single wheel for this question.
5. Name one of the five fingers on a hand (thumb, index, middle, ring, pinky).
6. Name an item that is commonly available in groups of six.
7. Name a day of the week.
8. Name an animal with eight arms/legs.
9. Name a book series with at least nine books.
10. Name a counting system other than the modern base 10 system.

Special Scoring Minigame:
11. Choose three different integers 1 to 9.  You will recieve 1/3 point for each of your three numbers that occur an odd number of times among all the pooled submissons.
Example: If Alex chose {1,2,3}, Bert chose {2,3,4}, and Carl chose {3,4,5} then 1, 3, and 5 would each occur an odd number of times, getting Alex and Carl 2/3 point each and Bert 1/3 point.

[Quizmaster]

The Numeric Feud results are in!

Standard Scoring Questions:
1. Name a movie with the word 'One' in the title.
1 pt - The One - Crane, Minim, Ramon
2/3 pt - One - Simon, geoo
2/3 pt - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Proxima, Akseli
1/3 pt - Air Force One - Timballisto
1/3 pt - Pokemon 2000: The Power of One - namida

2. Name a famous pair of twins.
1 pt - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - Crane, Simon, geoo, namida, Timballisto
1/5 pt - Romulus and Remus - Proxima
1/5 pt - Henrik and Daniel Sedin - Minim
1/5 pt - Patty and Selma - Ramon
1/5 pt - Jacob and Esau - Akseli

3. Name a historic figure who has 'Third' in his/her name. Variations like 'III' count.
1 pt - Richard III - Proxima, Crane, Minim, geoo
3/4 pt - Henry III - Ramon, namida, Timballisto
1/4 pt - Napoleon III (Bonaparte) - Simon
1/4 pt - Alexander III - Akseli

4. Name a vehicle which does not have four wheels. A dually wheel count as a single wheel for this question.
1 pt - Bicycle - Proxima, Ramon, geoo, namida, Timballisto
2/5 pt - Motorbike - Crane, Minim
1/5 pt - Ship - Simon
1/5 pt - Plane - Akseli

5. Name one of the five fingers on a hand (thumb, index, middle, ring, pinky).
1 pt - Thumb - Proxima, Minim, Simon, geoo, Timballisto, Akseli
1/3 pt - Index - Crane, Ramon
1/6 pt - Middle - namida

6. Name an item that is commonly available in groups of six.
1 pt - Beer - Ramon, Simon, geoo, Timballisto, Akseli
3/5 pt - Eggs - Proxima, Crane, namida
1/5 pt - Bottles - Minim

7. Name a day of the week.
1 pt - Monday - Proxima, Ramon, Simon, Akseli
3/4 pt - Sunday - Minim, geoo, Timballisto
1/4 pt - Saturday - Crane
1/4 pt - Wednesday - namida

8. Name an animal with eight arms/legs.
1 pt - Spider - Crane, Ramon, Simon, geoo, Akseli
4/5 pt - Octopus - Proxima, Minim, namida, Timballisto

9. Name a book series with at least nine books.
1 pt - Discworld - Crane, Simon, geoo
2/3 pt - Goosebumps - Minim, namida
1/3 pt - The Wheel of Time - Proxima
1/3 pt - Sherlock Holmes - Ramon
1/3 pt - Redwall - Timballisto
1/3 pt - James Bond - Akseli

10. Name a counting system other than the modern base 10 system.
1 pt - Binary - Proxima, Crane, Minim, Ramon, geoo, Timballisto, Akseli
2/7 pt - Hexadecimal - Simon, namida

11. Special Scoring Minigame
Choose three different integers 1 to 9.  You will recieve 1/3 point for each of your three numbers that occur an odd number of times among all the pooled submissons.
The numbers 2,3,4,5,7 were chosen an odd number of times.
Player: Choices - score
Proxima: 2,5,8 - 2/3
Crane: 3,7,8 - 2/3
Minim: 1,2,3 - 2/3
Ramon: 2,4,8 - 2/3
Simon: 2,6,8 - 1/3
geoo: 4,5,6 - 2/3
namida: 3,7,8 - 2/3
Timballisto: 1,2,4 - 2/3
Akseli: 5,7,8 - 2/3

Final Scores:
Proxima - 8.27
Crane - 8.25
Minim - 7.68
Ramon - 8.28
Simon - 7.74
geoo - 10.08
namida - 6.52
Timballisto - 8.63
Akseli - 7.32

Congratulations to geoo for an impressive win, having over a full point over the rest of the field!

[Quizmaster]

Its time for another round of Family Feud!

1. Name an item you own which uses a laser.
2. Name a race from Star Trek.
3. Name something that spreads out when it is used/deployed.
4. Name something that has a type of plasma in it.
5. Name something that needs to be compressed to be used.
6. On average, how often in one American football game does a single player get hit in the head?
7. On average, how many hours in one day do you typically spend away from home?
8. Name something that works/operates when someone is nearby but is dormant otherwise.
9. How many 'smart' devices/appliances do you own?
10. Name a weapon with a large area of effect.

[Quizmaster]

This rounds results!

1. Name an item you own which uses a laser.
1 pt - Laser Pointer - NaOH, Crane, geoo
1/3 pt - PS3 - namida
1/3 pt - CD Player - Simon

2. Name a race from Star Trek.
1 pt - Klingon - NaOH, namida, Crane, Simon
1/4 pt - Borg - geoo

3. Name something that spreads out when it is used/deployed.
1 pt - Umbrella - Crane, Simon
1/2 pt - Peanut Butter - NaOH
1/2 pt - Water - namida
1/2 pt - Wings - geoo

4. Name something that has a type of plasma in it.
1 pt - Blood - Simon, geoo
1/2 pt - Plasma Cutter - NaOH
1/2 pt - Star - namida
1/2 pt - Plasma Sphere (Ball Lightning) - Crane

5. Name something that needs to be compressed to be used.
1 pt - Pump - NaOH, Crane
1/2 pt - Diesel - namida
1/2 pt - Tube of Paste - Simon
1/2 pt - Lemmings in a Trap - geoo

6. On average, how often in one American football game does a single player get hit in the head?
1 pt - Once - NaOH, Crane, Simon
1/3 pt - Twice - namida
1/3 pt - 10 Times - geoo

7. On average, how many hours in one day do you typically spend away from home?
1 pt - 8 hours - Crane, Simon
1/2 pt - 0 hours - NaOH
1/2 pt - 9 hours - namida
1/2 pt - 24 hours - geoo

8. Name something that works/operates when someone is nearby but is dormant otherwise.
1 pt - Burglar Alarm - Crane, Simon
1/2 pt - Automatic Door - NaOH
1/2 pt - Car - namida
1/2 pt - Security Camera - geoo

9. How many 'smart' devices/appliances do you own?
1 pt - One - NaOH, Simon, geoo
2/3 pt - Two - namida, Crane

10. Name a weapon with a large area of effect.
1 pt - Nuclear Bomb - namida, Crane, Simon, geoo
1/4 pt - Bomb - NaOH

Final Scores
NaOH - 7.25
namida - 5.83
Crane - 9.17
Simon - 8.83
geoo - 6.58

Congratulations to Crane for the win!

[namida]

I think past recent feuds have shown that if "nuclear bomb" is a logical valid answer to a question, it'll be the most popular one. I wonder how well I'd score in a feud if I answered "Nuclear Bomb" to literally every question...?

[Simon]

Congrats to Crane, and thanks for hosting, mysterious quizmaster.

I felt this was a very classic, enjoyable round. All questions were quick to answer without googling, but had no obvious single answer. Many different topics, some of them wonderfully quirky. This is how it's done!

-- Simon

[607]

Yup, this round was indeed great. Too bad I keep missing them.