WWTBAM Bored

Let's get them all in one thread, so if the word comes down from above that they have to go, I can just axe the whole thread, rather than go hunting for them.

I'll follow with mine in a moment.

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"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." -- Dave Barry

I played for fun:

Put the following words in order to make the title of a popular grammar book:
1) Of
2) The
3) Style
4) Elements


Put the following historical figures in order of birth, starting with the earliest:
1) Frank Lloyd Wright
2) St. Francis of Assisi
3) Benjamin Franklin
4) Anne Frank


Put the following David E. Kelley dramas in order, starting with the earliest:
1) Boston Public
2) Chicago Hope
3) The Practice
4) Boston Legal

(I screwed up here, mixing the orders of The Practice and Boston Public)

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Here are mine:

Q1) Words in order to form the name of a group within the Dept. of the Interior:

1. Survey
2. United
3. Geological
4. States



EZ!

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Q2) Moguls in order by birth, earliest first:

1. Aristotle Onassis
2. Carnegie
3. Bill Gates
4. Donald Trump



Actually had to hesitate for a moment to think about Gates and Trump, but no real problem here.

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Q3) Historical figures in order by birth, earliest first:

1. Ivan the Terrible
2. Alexander the Great
3. William the Conqueror
4. Billy the Kid



I thought, "That's easy!" and then promptly proceeded to hit 3 first, realizing what I had done a nanosecond later. Argh.

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Tomorrow is another day.

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"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." -- Dave Barry

Put these words in order to give the name of the State song of Kansas

1. the
2. Range
3. Home
4. on

An then I punched it in wrong.

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Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

Wow! Maybe you found it easy but I would have been hard-pressed to decide whether to go 2431 or 2134!

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President, Big Taste Nation

Well Fudge, made it to Q 4, which is not bad considering my frame of mind lately.

Question 1:

Place words in order to form a 1980's teen movie

1. of
2. nerds
3. revenge
4. the
3, 1, 4, 2

Question 2:

Place these magazines in order of the first publication, starting with the latest

1. People
2. Entertainment Weekly
3. Maxim
4. Newsweek
3, 2, 1, 4

Question 3:

Place these cities along Interstate 80, starting in the east

1. Des Moines
2. Cheyenne
3. Salt Lake City
4. Omaha
1, 4, 2, 3

Question 4:

Place these songs in order of release, starting with the latest

1. Oops
2. Born to Run
3. Joshua Tree
4. Black to Black, then hesitated asking myself if Fred said Back to Black, cost me time, it ran out - I would have punched in 1, 3, 4, 2, probably would have been wrong anyway, will have to look it up.

Just got back from google, it is Back to Black - like an old lady like me would listen to the Druggie, ha. So I guess it would be 4, 1, 3, 2 ?

Ugh.

Fixed.

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"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." -- Dave Barry

Q1 Places these movies in order of the length of time referred to in its title, starting with the shortest

(1) 88 minutes
(2) 9 months
(3) 48 hours
(4) 6 days, 7 nights
1-3-4-2
Q2 Please these seas in geographical order, starting in Mexico and traveling east

(1) Sea of Japan
(2) Caribbean Sea
(3) Mediterranean Sea
(4) Caspian Sea
2-3-4-1
Q3 Places these British royal weddings in chronological order, starting with the earliest

(1) Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson
(2) Edward and Sophie ...
(3) Princes Charles and Lady Diana
(4) Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip
1-4-3-2
Q4 Please these musicians in order of the size of the instrument they are most associated with, starting with the smallest

(1) van Cliburn
(2) James Galway
(3) Charlie Parker
(4) Yo-Yo Ma
2-3-4-1
Q5 Put these international holidays in chronological order of when they occur starting with January

(1) Boxing Day
(2) Bastille Day
(3) Thanksgiving
(4) Tet

4-2-3-1

Put these political parties in order of their founding, starting with the earliest:

federalist
greenback
green
libertarian

would have thought that the libertarians were around longer than they have been but it didn't matter cuz i was running out of time and input them in the same order which was wrong!

Kim's questions:

Questions are paraphrased.

Q1) Put the following in order to form the name of a best-selling book:

1) Club
2) Luck
3) The
4) Joy

3421

Q2) Put the following groups in order by their debut:

1) Black Sabbath
2) Green Day
3) Maroon 5
4) Red Hot Chili Peppers

1423

Q3) Put the following presidents in order by how many times they were elected:

1) Gerald Ford
2) George H.W. Bush
3) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4) Bill Clinton

1243

Q4) Put the following musicals in order by their debut (Fred didn't say stage or film):

1) Chicago
2) Once
3) Rent
4) Moulin Rouge

1432

Q5) Put the following diseases in order by the part of the body they affect, starting at the head:

1) Plantar wart
2) Angina pectoris
3) Diverticulitis
4) Keratosis (I think)

2341
We got lucky here as keratosis affects the skin. Where would that really come?

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.

Well. I fat-fingered the very first question. I guess I'm out of practice.

I got:

"put these words in order to make a saying describing an angry person. 1. collar, 2. hot 3 the 4 under." I think I reversed 1 and 2. Anyway, I didn't get past that one. Better luck tomorrow.

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I'm just a game show nerd.

Sounds like "someone" was "helping"...

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A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
Groucho Marx

Q1: Words to form title song of a 1952 Gene Kelly film:

1) The
2) Singin'
3) Rain
4) In


Q2: Species by average adult brain weight, starting w/heaviest:

1) Elephant
2) Chimpanzee
3) Rabbit
4) Human





Q1: 2413
Q2: 1423 (actual), 3241 (mine)

Edited to spoilerize.

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"Again" - Herb Brooks (as played by Kurt Russell)

My questions, as best as I can tell from my back-of-an-envelope scrawlings:

Q1. Place the following letters in order to spell an electronics company:

1. O
2. Y
3. N
4. S

Q2 Place the following Boy Scout ranks in order, starting with the lowest:

1. Second Class
2. Eagle
3. Tenderfoot
4. First Class

Q3 Place the following cities in geographical order, starting in the East:

1. Burbank
2. Albuquerque
3. Baltimore
4. Cleveland

Q4 Place the following TV families in order by the number of kids, starting with the fewest:

1. The Simpsons
2. The Cleavers
3. The Bradys
4. The Keatons

Q5 Place the following events in chronological order, starting with the earliest:

1. Million Man March
2. Summer of Love
3. Hands across America
4. Bicentennial

Answers (IIRC):

The Keatons had 4: Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, Andrew

Thanks. I read that in the other thread and deleted my post to avoid leading others astray. --Bob

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"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson

Q1. Put the name of this document in order

1)Of
2)Treaty
3)The
4)Ghent

3214

Q2. Put these country music stars in order of their birth, starting with the earliest

1)Vince Gill
2)Shania Twain
3)Taylor Swift
4)Dolly Partin

4123
Q3. Put these parts of a bird together, starting with the feet.

1)Thigh
2)Crown
3)Nape
4)Breast

1432 Fat fingered it

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I'd be more lethargic if I wasn't so apathetic.

Did you answer 2-3-3-1?Easy stack! Too bad you're not eligible to be on the show again.

I managed to WAG that one. I know Not sure I would've managed it under pressure, though.

Q1: Put these seasons in order, starting with the coldest:
1) Summer
2) Spring
3) Winter
4) Autumn

3214

Q2: Put these novels in order, starting with the earliest:
1) Farewell My Lovely
2) The Pelican Brief
3) Murder On The Orient Express
4) A Is For Alibi

3142

I had no chance on that one. A tough Q2.

Q1 Put in order to form the name of an opera
1) the
2) of
3) Figaro
4) marriage
1-4-2-3

Q2 Put these literary characters in order of publication, starting with the earliest
1) King Lear
2) Natty Bumppo
3) Long John Silver
4) Lemuel Gulliver
1-4-2-3

Q3 Put these Kennedys in order of birth, starting with the earliest
1) John
2) Robert
3) Rose
4) Ted
3-1-2-4

Q4 Put these types of sugar in order from least refined to most refined
1) granulated
2) confectioner's
3) raw
4) cane
4-3-1-2 (I'm glad I checked the Bored before I called)

Q5 Put these islands in order, starting in Japan and going east
1) Tahiti
2) Papua New Guinea
3) Fiji
4) Phillipines
No idea; checking a map later, it's 4-2-3-1

Just made my call.

Put the following words in order to form the name of a popular sandwich:
1. And
2. Lettuce
3. Bacon
4. Tomato



Put the following singers in chronological order of their birth, starting with the most recent:
1. Alanis Morissette
2. Ray Charles
3. Sting
4. Toni Braxton



Put the following books in the Twilight series in order of their publication, starting with the earliest:
1. Eclipse
2. New Moon
3. Twilight
4. Breaking Dawn



Put the following muscles of the human body in order from top to bottom:
1. Quadriceps
2. Gluteus maximus
3. Deltoids
4. Achilles tendons



Put the following battles of the U.S. Civil War in chronological order, starting with the earliest:
1. Antietam
2. Lynchburg
3. Fort Sumter
4. Gettysburg

Question 1:

Place the following words in order to form the acronym for the programming language COBOL.

1. Oriented
2. Common
3. Business
4. Language

Question 2:

Place the following time intervals in order by how frequently they occur, starting with the most frequent.

1. Weekly
2. Semiannually
3. Bimonthly
4. Daily

Question 3:

Place the following academic institutions in order of their location, starting in the east.

1. Cornell
2. Notre Dame
3. Colorado State University
4. Yale

Question 4:

Place the following composers in the order of their birth, starting with the most recent.

1. George Gershwin
2. Philip Glass
3. John Philip Sousa
4. Stevie Wonder

Question 5:

Place the following events in the history of London in the order in which they occurred, starting with the earliest.

1. First underground railway built
2. Tower of London built
3. Black Death
4. Great Fire of London

Answers:

1. 2341
2. 4132
3. 4123
4. 4213
5. 2341, not 3241

Tomorrow is another day. --Bob

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"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson

There are 24 possible combinations of 1-2-3-4.

If history is any precedent, 1-2-3-4 itself is NEVER the correct answer.

well at least I got the first question right:
1. put the folowing words to form the name of a self help book: 1. my
2. cheese (but sounded like Che)
3. moved
4. who4312
2. Put following actresses in birth order sarting with the youngest:1. Hepburn
2. Kim Bassinger
3. Keira Knightly
4. didn't hear it--I just got out of court, went to office which is next to railroad tracks across the tracks from the courthouse--took the time to check the phone game posts , got out my legal pad, marked 1-4 down five times, took a deep breath and dialed---just as Fred was saying the last name a train rolled by--here in New Iberia , Louisiana , the train is allowed to roll thru town at full speed as long as it blasts out its horn --cannot hear a thing when the train rolls by---totally flustered me and by the time I figured number four had to fit between Bassinger and Knightly--ran out of time --oh well--the sun will come out again tommorrow---but will play the game at home next time

I must be rusty, seemed to go by faster than I remembered--maybe I just getting older and slower