Hi everyone,
here's the resolution of the feud. It's slightly earlier than the promised time of resolution, but with a whopping 13 entrants, I don't expect more. Here we go.
This must be Simon, Hi Simon
Hey there, prickly Quizzmaster. Here are my answers:
Very happy, very happy!
1. Name a four-letter word that ends with ARE.
Care (1.00 points) - Simon, Minim, Pieuw, grams88, Proxima, Akseli, NaOH
Dare (0.57 points) - ccexplore, namida, Timballisto, Ramon
Bare (0.29 points) - 607, geoo
bare. (at first I wanted to say fare, but then I decided to do the first one in alphabetical order)
2. Name a funny letter from the English alphabet.
Q (1.00 points) - namida, Minim, 607, Proxima, Timballisto
W (0.40 points) - ccexplore, Akseli
K (0.40 points) - Simon, NaOH
Z (0.20 points) - grams88
P (0.20 points) - Pieuw
F (0.20 points) - Ramon
A (0.20 points) - geoo
3. Name a spice found in many kitchens.
Pepper (1.00 points) - ccexplore, Pieuw, 607, Akseli, NaOH, geoo, Timballisto, Ramon
Salt (0.12 points) - Simon
Paprika (0.12 points) - namida
Cinnamon (0.12 points) - Proxima
Chili (0.12 points) - Minim
Basil (0.12 points) - grams88
pepper (salt is not a spice. If it wins then I'll boil a very salty brew and sacrifice everyone who answered salt in it)
4. Name a favorite meal of small children.
Mac and Cheese (1.00 points) - namida, Timballisto
French Fries (1.00 points) - Akseli, 607
Mc Donald's Happy Meal (1.00 points) - ccexplore, Ramon
Wurst (0.50 points) - geoo
Spaghetti (0.50 points) - Simon
Porridge (0.50 points) - Proxima
Pizza (0.50 points) - grams88
Fish and Chips (0.50 points) - Minim
Burgers and French Fries (0.50 points) - Pieuw
Baby Food (0.50 points) - NaOH
Sadly, candies are no meal. I'd say burgers and French fries.
French fries. (those are weird children, I've always preffered Brussels sprouts and spinach).
This is a tricky one, I will have to think what would other people pick. (Pizza) I loved pizza as a kid. Used to get those tiny cheese pizzas that you put in the microwave.
wurst (should be spaghetti, but I'm trying to give boring answers here)
See, geoo, you should have picked spaghetti for +0.5 points.
Inspired by the results, I plan to make Mac'n'Cheese myself sometime, with the real American recipe using lots of cheddar.
5. Name a type of tea
Green tea (1.00 points) - ccexplore, namida, Minim, Akseli, geoo, Ramon
Black tea (0.67 points) - Simon, Pieuw, NaOH, Timballisto
Strawberry (0.17 points) - 607
Chamomile (0.17 points) - Proxima
Camellia (0.17 points) - grams88
I don't think Chamomile and Camellia are the same plant, even though they have similar names.
I chose to set English Breakfast equal to Black tea. Herem's the reasoning, with a little digression:
[23:52] <SimonN> okay, is English Breakfast tea the same as Black tea?
[23:52] <SimonN> it is a subclass really, but the important black teas are all inside
[23:53] <Akseli> as for the tea question, people have weird answers :P
[23:54] <SimonN> I expected everyone to state Green tea or Black tea, people haven't :>
[23:55] <geoo> SimonN: with all the spoilers that have been said in here, I think there's no point waiting for further submissions
[23:56] <SimonN> I don't think anyone will enter anyway, we have 13 submissions
[23:56] <SimonN> and I want to be done by that time
[23:57] <Akseli> : - - - - - - D
[23:58] <Akseli> 13 is ridiculously many for Feud that's been ongoing for half a week
[23:59] <SimonN> all you gotta do is ask good questions about food and la frençhe cuisine!
[00:00] <SimonN> okay, Black tea (== or !=) English Breakfast would bump the English Breakfast guy from place 11/13 to 8/13, and it switches places between 3/13 and 4/13
[00:00] <SimonN> so it won't affect too much
[00:02] <SimonN> I will let Yahoo Answers take care of this one, (link to Yahoo Answers) -- and thus I'll merge the answers
6. Name a favorite pastime of the ancient Romans.
Gladiator Fights (1.00 points) - Simon, ccexplore, Proxima, Akseli
Fighting (0.50 points) - Minim, grams88
Visiting the Colloseum (0.25 points) - namida
Sauna (0.25 points) - geoo
Killing people (0.25 points) - Timballisto
Hopscotch (0.25 points) - Ramon
Having sex (0.25 points) - Pieuw
Gambling with dice (0.25 points) - 607
Chariot racing (0.25 points) - NaOH
gladiator fights [really tempted answer: "orgies" (even though probably a myth) ]
Having sex. I'm just being realistic
sauna/sudatorium/spa (same thing )
Here, I had to make painful decisions on what to treat as equal.
Gladiator fights == Watching gladiator fights,
Gladiator fights != Visiting the Colloseum != Chariot racing,
Gladiator fights != Killing people,
Gladiator fights != Fighting,
Fighting == Battling.
Reason treating "gladiator fights" distinct from "visiting the Collosseum":
The Colosseum was used to host gladiatorial shows as well as a variety of other events. The shows, called munera, were always given by private individuals rather than the state. They had a strong religious element but were also demonstrations of power and family prestige, and were immensely popular with the population. Another popular type of show was the animal hunt, or venatio.
7. Name the number of days per week on which the average Finn enjoys sauna.
7 (1.00 points) - ccexplore, namida, Pieuw, 607, grams88, Proxima, NaOH, geoo, Timballisto, Ramon
1 (0.20 points) - Simon, Akseli
2 (0.10 points) - Minim
Since Akseli is from Finland, 1 is much more correct than 7. Nobody cares much though, since this is the feud, where you must go for popularity. :-)
Must be 7 days a week, need to ask Akseli.
7. (not too realistic, but it was the question number, so yeah...)
I guess they enjoy sauna seven days a week. If the question meant "How many days a week are they actually having sauna?" it was unclear
8. Name a country where many Lemmings Forums users come from.
USA (1.00 points) - Simon, namida, Pieuw, 607, Proxima, Akseli
Germany (0.50 points) - ccexplore, geoo, Ramon
Great Britain (0.33 points) - Minim, grams88
New Zealand (0.17 points) - NaOH
Azerbaijan (0.17 points) - Timballisto
This one was pretty hard, USA has at least 3 people coming from it, but there are many other countries with at least 2 prominent members.
USA (was tempted to check memberlists/etc, but then realised that no one else is going to think to do that)
9. Your upstairs neighbor is playing loud music. What do you use to knock against the ceiling?
Broom (1.00 points) - Simon, ccexplore, Pieuw, grams88, NaOH, geoo, Timballisto, Ramon
My hands (0.38 points) - Minim, 607, Akseli
Very powerful sound waves (0.12 points) - namida
Rapier (0.12 points) - Proxima
broom [although practically speaking, I suspect people are more likely to have an umbrella than a broom]
My hands (I'm tall, so I can reach the ceiling easily)
my hand. (I hope the ceiling is not too tough)
10. Oh là là! Your relatives de Françe make une visite surprise. Le what dish do you serve them to make them très happi?
Baguette (1.00 points) - Simon, Akseli, Ramon
Escargot (1.00 points) - ccexplore, Timballisto, grams88
Wurst (0.33 points) - geoo
Um... French stuff? (0.33 points) - namida
Soup (0.33 points) - Minim
Magret de canard with rosemary roasted potatoes (0.33 points) - Pieuw
Crêpes (0.33 points) - 607
Croissants (0.33 points) - NaOH
Bouillabaisse (0.33 points) - Proxima
Snails == Escargot, here.
Soup != Bouillabaisse, the latter is is a subclass of soup.
Escargot [mostly for feud purpose only--realistically speaking, unless you're an actual decent French chef or have actually decent French restaurants in your locale, you are probably better off avoiding French dishes altogether?]
Escargots, frog legs, cheese and baguette! Hum, more seriously, magret de canard with rosemary roasted potatoes. Nobody will answer that and now I'm hungry, this question is evil.
wurst (I think they want something exotic rather than something they are used to like baguette or quiche)
11a. Pizza eaten, no scoring.
Leek (6 people) - ccexplore, namida, Minim, 607, NaOH, geoo
Arabic (5 people) - Simon, grams88, Akseli, Timballisto, Ramon
Cowboy (2 people) - Pieuw, Proxima
Leek pizza. (You didn't give much consideration of that some of us are vegetarian, dude. )
A whopping third of the broad menu was vegan even! Even IRL, I'd think leek pizza is good...
Leek pizza (no-one else likes that one)
Leek pizza. (I have no idea what that is, but it doesn't sound like someone would want it)
Awww, dangit. :-(
11b. Pizza guessed, this scores (eaters of guessed pizza) / (eaters of most-eaten pizza).
Leek (1.00 point) - (nobody has guessed this)
Arabic (0.83 points) - ccexplore, namida, Minim, Pieuw, Proxima, NaOH, geoo
Cowboy (0.33 points) - Simon, 607, grams88, Akseli, Timballisto, Ramon
Arabic pizza with 1001 spices and curry chicken, recommended by restaurant chef Abdn Hdn Abk (delicious)
Total scores1. ccexplore (9.30)
2. Akseli (8.31)
3. Timballisto (7.99)
4. Ramon (7.85)
5. Pieuw (7.78)
6. namida (7.24)
7. Simon (7.23)
8. NaOH (7.15)
9. Proxima (7.08)
10. geoo (6.90)
11. 607 (6.74)
12. grams88 (6.16)
13. Minim (6.10)
We have some rising stars here. After a slow start, ccexplore hit all the top answers in a row. Congratulations!
Akseli got a nice second place, but is recommended to study the sauna habits of Finland further.
The lower part of the scoreboard is pretty bunched up, nobody should feel sad here either.
Thanks everyone for participating!
-- Simon