This or That - Round 39

[gk_891]

Hotel

If Venus Williams hadn't developed Sjögren's syndrome, would she have won more grandslam titles?

 

[Buzz]

Yes


The driverless car?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160307-would-you-let-this-car-drive-you-around-london

YAY
or
NAY

 

[gk_891]

YAY

Which country makes the best cars?

Germany
Japan
USA

 

[Buzz]

Germany


Meal replacement drinks?

YAY
or
NAY

 

[gk_891]

NAY

Which diet is best?

Mediterranean
Atkins
The Zone
Raw Food
South Beach
Vegetarian
Vegan

 

[Buzz]

Mediterranean


NAFTA?

YAY
or
NAY

 

[Maofan7]

Nay

Best of the following film versions of State Fair?

1933
1945
1962

 

[Buzz]

1945


Hor d'Oeuvres:

Fattoush
Crostini
Empanadas
Bruschetta
Buffalo wings
Crab puff
Deviled eggs
Mango scrimps in endive leaves
Caramelized onions with apples
Mushrooms polenta-Diamonds
Grilled scallops wrapped in prosciutto

 

[gk_891]

Fattoush if I'm trying to be healthy. Empanadas if I'm treating myself (especially Colombian empanadas)

Best mushroom?

White button
Shiitake
King oyster
Portabello
Chanterelle
Reishi
Morel
Chaga

 

[Buzz]

White button


Reno
OR
Las Vegas

 

[Maofan7]

Reno

The proposed remake of Logan's Run - Yay or Nay?

 

[Buzz]

Yay

The story of the Ourang Medan:

FACT
or
FICTION

 

[Maofan7]

Fiction

Claude Sawyer's nightmare: a fabrication or a supernatural warning that the SS Waratah was about to sink/meet some other terrible end or just a bad dream triggered by the heavy rolling of the ship?

 

[gk_891]

Probably a bad dream triggered by the heaving rolling of the ship.

Which film genre should make a comeback?

German expressionism
French poetic realism
Italian neo-realism
Film noir
Western
Gangster
Screwball comedy

 

[falling_dance]

Screwball comedy

Is this the most risible "I suspect not" in history?

Eys.
Non.
I suspect not.

 

[Buzz]

Yes


Would scrapping all of the U.S. free trade deals save American jobs?

YES
or
NO

 

[gk_891]

NO

Maria Sharapova's recent positive drug test - does this mean her career has likely come to an end, at least as a top-tier player on the WTA tour?

Yes or No

 

[Maofan7]

Yes

George Martin or Phil Spector?

 

[Buzz]

George Martin


Will the Twenty20 format in cricket...
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket...est-cricket--not-kill-it-20160118-gm8fzc.html

Save cricket
OR
Kill it

 

[gk_891]

Save cricket (based on that article)

If it hadn't been for his hip injury, could Gustavo Kuerten have won more French Open titles and maybe even own a total number of French Open trophies close to Borg and Nadal's totals?

Yes or No

 

[Buzz]

No


Mildred Pierce - 1945 movie
OR
Mildred Pierce - 1941 novel

 

[Maofan7]

1941 Novel

Judy Garland or Barbra Streisand?

 

[Buzz]

Barbra Streisand


What happened to the five missing Sodder children?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance

died in the fire
OR
They were abducted

 

[gk_891]

Abducted

Which former Soviet country would you live in if you had the choice?

Russia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus
Ukraine
Belarus
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan

 

[Buzz]

Estonia


Are you surprised at the way South Sudan has completely imploded after independence?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35780777

YES
or
NO

 

[gk_891]

NO

Which country has better carnival celebrations?

USA
Trinidad
Brazil

 

[Buzz]

Brazil!


Have oil prices bottomed out?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35782239

YES
or
NO

 

[Maofan7]

Yes

Which had the greater impact in terms of its global long term consequences - World War 1 or World War 2?

 

[Buzz]

WW2


Was Mikhail Lesin murdered?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35781333

YAY
or
NAY

 

[Maofan7]

Too early to tell

Mopeds/Scooters - Yay or Nay?