Results for the Christmas feud! We had a whopping 18 players this time.
1. Name a musical instrument.
Piano (1 pt) - Simon, Akseli, kieranmillar, geoo, grams88, Nepster, LemSteven
Guitar (0.71 pts) - namida, Flopsy, Nessy, Yung Gotenks, Erkki-Pekka
Trumpet (0.43 pts) - Crane, Raymanni, DeadOnArrival
Drums (0.14 pts) - bsmith
Flute (0.14 pts) - Dullstar
Saxhorn (0.14 pts) - mobius
2. Name a Christmas present for a 7-year-old.
Legos (1 pt) - bsmith, Raymanni, Dullstar, DeadOnArrival, Erkki-Pekka
Toy/Toys (0.80 pts) - Akseli, geoo, grams88, Nepster
Toy train (0.40 pts) - namida, Crane
Video game (0.40 pts) - Simon, Nessy
Bicycle (0.20 pts) - LemSteven
Diapers (0.20 pts) - mobius
Nintendo Switch (0.20 pts) - Yung Gotenks
Toy gun (0.20 pts) - kieranmillar
Toy truck (0.20 pts) - Flopsy
3. Name a Christmas present for a 70-year-old.
Bottle of wine (1 pt) - namida, Crane, geoo
Sweater/Jumper (1 pt) - kieranmillar, Dullstar, LemSteven
Socks (0.67 pts) - Simon, bsmith
Alcohol (0.33 pts) - grams88
Bottle of whiskey (0.33 pts) - Flopsy
Chocolate (0.33 pts) - DeadOnArrival
Clothing (0.33 pts) - Nessy
Crossword puzzles (0.33 pts) - Erkki-Pekka
Defibrillator (0.33 pts) - Akseli
Diapers (0.33 pts) - mobius
Family picture (0.33 pts) - Yung Gotenks
Greeting card (0.33 pts) - Nepster
Mug (0.33 pts) - Raymanni
4. Name a type of cheese.
Cheddar (1 pt) - Simon, namida, Crane, Akseli, kieranmillar, bsmith, geoo, grams88, Raymanni, Nepster, LemSteven
Swiss (0.27 pts) - Nessy, Yung Gotenks, Dullstar
Blue cheese (0.09 pts) - Erkki-Pekka
Brie (0.09 pts) - DeadOnArrival
Gorgonzola (0.09 pts) - mobius
Mozzarella (0.09 pts) - Flopsy
5. Name a Christmas song.
Jingle Bells (1 pt) - Simon, Crane, Flopsy, bsmith, Nessy, geoo, mobius, grams88, Nepster
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (0.22 pts) - kieranmillar, Raymanni
White Christmas (0.22 pts) - Akseli, LemSteven
All I Want for Christmas Is You (0.11 pts) - Yung Gotenks
Carol of the Bells (0.11 pts) - Erkki-Pekka
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (0.11 pts) - namida
Last Christmas (0.11 pts) - DeadOnArrival
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (0.11 pts) - Dullstar
6. Name an activity in snowy weather.
Skiing (1 pt) - namida, Akseli, geoo, Nepster, LemSteven, DeadOnArrival
Building a snowman (0.83 pts) - Simon, Crane, bsmith, mobius, Raymanni
Snowball fight (0.50 pts) - kieranmillar, Nessy, Dullstar
Board games (0.17 pts) - Erkki-Pekka
Making snow angels (0.17 pts) - Yung Gotenks
Skating (0.17 pts) - grams88
Tobogganing (0.17 pts) - Flopsy
7. Name a hard video game.
Dark Souls (1 pt) - Akseli, Flopsy, grams88, DeadOnArrival, Erkki-Pekka
Lemmings (1 pt) - namida, bsmith, mobius, Nepster, LemSteven
Castlevania III (0.20 pts) - Yung Gotenks
Cave Story (0.20 pts) - Dullstar
Cuphead (0.20 pts) - Crane
Ghosts ānā Goblins (0.20 pts) - Nessy
Jazz Jackrabbit (0.20 pts) - geoo
Super Mario Bros (0.20 pts) - Raymanni
Super Meat Boy (0.20 pts) - kieranmillar
Touhou (0.20 pts) - Simon
8. Name what goes well with coffee or hot chocoloate.
Cookies/Biscuits/Graham crackers (1 pt) - namida, Crane, kieranmillar, bsmith, Nessy, grams88, Yung Gotenks
Cake (0.43 pts) - Simon, geoo, Nepster
Donuts (0.43 pts) - Flopsy, mobius, LemSteven
Marshmallows (0.29 pts) - Dullstar, Erkki-Pekka
Bread (0.14 pts) - Akseli
Cinnamon roll (0.14 pts) - DeadOnArrival
Gingerbread (0.14 pts) - Raymanni
9. Name a typical color of Christmas tree ornaments.
Red (1 pt) - Simon, namida, Crane, Akseli, kieranmillar, bsmith, Nessy, mobius, grams88, Raymanni, Yung Gotenks, Nepster, Dullstar, LemSteven, DeadOnArrival, Erkki-Pekka
Gold (0.12 pts) - Flopsy, geoo
10. Name a profession that works during the holidays.
Doctor/paramedic (1 pt) - Flopsy, grams88, Dullstar, DeadOnArrival
Nurse (0.75 pts) - Simon, bsmith, Erkki-Pekka
Retail worker/Store clerk (0.75 pts) - Nessy, mobius, Yung Gotenks
Santa Claus (0.50 pts) - Akseli, Nepster
Cleaner (0.25 pts) - Crane
Conductor/Driver of public transport (0.25 pts) - geoo
Emergency telephone dudes (0.25 pts) - Raymanni
Firefighter (0.25 pts) - LemSteven
Police (0.25 pts) - namida
Road Gritter (0.25 pts) - kieranmillar
Results
1. bsmith (8.39)
2. grams88 (8.30)
3. Nepster (8.06)
4. namida (7.48)
5. Simon (7.28)
6. Crane (7.11)
7. LemSteven (7.10)
8. Akseli (7.00)
9. geoo (6.80)
10. kieranmillar (6.37)
11. Nessy (6.17)
12. DeadOnArrival (6.11)
13. mobius (5.78)
14. Dullstar (5.51)
15. Erkki-Pekka (5.45)
16. Raymanni (5.41)
17. Flopsy (5.06)
18. Yung Gotenks (4.75)
Erkki-Pekka and DeadOnArrival are Akseli's siblings, they don't have accounts on the forum. This has to be the feud with the most entries of all time on Lemmings Forums!
Thanks for participating everybody! Congrats to bsmith for the win, and don't fret if you aren't near the top.
Who would like to host the next game? bsmith has first dibs, otherwise just post if you're interested. I have a spreadsheet and a Python script to help score the feud.
Synonyms
Sweater/Jumper was an easy merge, both are a long-sleeved pullover.
Cookies/Biscuits suffers from American English vs. British English ambiguities. I've merged them because of this google hit: "In the US, a cookie covers both what the British would call a biscuit and a cookie." This merge was substantial for the rankings.
A Graham cracker seems to be a certain type of American cookie, but it's really so close to the British biscuit that I've lumped it together with Cookies/Biscuits. This merge had no effect on the rankings whatsoever.
Doctors/paramedics/E.R. doctors are merged three-way because most doctors active during the holidays are indeed the emergency doctors. The paramedics are extremely close to this, even though they aren't doctor proper.
Nurses and the emergency telephone dudes are different enough from those three that I didn't merge either the nurse or the dude with anything.
-- Simon