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59. What do you call the game wherein the participants see who can throw a knife closest to the other person (or alternately, get a jackknife to stick into the ground or a piece of wood)?
a. mumblety-peg (8.07%) b. mumbledy-peg (8.69%) c. mumbly peg (10.84%) d. mumbly pegs (0.47%) e. mumblely peg (with 2 l's) (1.81%) f. mumble peg (0.23%) g. mummety-peg (0.02%) h. mumble-the-peg (0.00%) i. fumbledy peg (0.00%) j. numblety peg (0.22%) k. peggy (0.02%) l. baseball jackknife (0.16%) m. stick-knife (1.01%) n. stick-frog (0.16%) o. stretch (1.14%) p. chicken (2.94%) q. knifey (0.11%) r. splits (0.49%) s. Russian roulette (1.90%) t. I have never heard of this "game" and have no idea what it's called (51.32%) u. other (state here if you have heard one or more of these terms but never knew what they meant) (10.39%) (10689 respondents)
All Results Choice a: mumblety-peg
Choice b: mumbledy-peg
Choice c: mumbly peg
Choice d: mumbly pegs
Choice e: mumblely peg (with 2 l's)
Choice f: mumble peg
Choice g: mummety-peg
Choice h: mumble-the-peg
Choice i: fumbledy peg
Choice j: numblety peg
Choice k: peggy
Choice l: baseball jackknife
Choice m: stick-knife
Choice n: stick-frog
Choice o: stretch
Choice p: chicken
Choice q: knifey
Choice r: splits
Choice s: Russian roulette
Choice t: I have never heard of this "game" and have no idea what it's called
Choice u: other (state here if you have heard one or more of these terms but never knew what they meant) |
