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#1 Post by tubadave » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:15 pm

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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#2 Post by chad1m » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:23 pm

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
Answers
2) The
4) Elements
1) Of
3) Style
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
Answers
2) St. Francis of Assisi
3) Benjamin Franklin
1) Frank Lloyd Wright
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
Answers
2) Chicago Hope
3) The Practice
1) Boston Public
4) Boston Legal
(I screwed up here, mixing the orders of The Practice and Boston Public)
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#3 Post by tubadave » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:26 pm

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
Answer
2-4-3-1
EZ!

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Q2) Moguls in order by birth, earliest first:

1. Aristotle Onassis
2. Carnegie
3. Bill Gates
4. Donald Trump
Answer
2-1-4-3
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
Answer
2-3-1-4
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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#4 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:32 pm

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

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

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#5 Post by TheSearchIsOn » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:47 pm

tubadave wrote: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. Survey
Answer
2-4-3-1
EZ!
Wow! Maybe you found it easy but I would have been hard-pressed to decide whether to go 2431 or 2134! :wink:
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#6 Post by jayhawker536 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:58 pm

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 ?
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#7 Post by tubadave » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:00 pm

TheSearchIsOn wrote:
tubadave wrote: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. Survey
Answer
2-4-3-1
EZ!
Wow! Maybe you found it easy but I would have been hard-pressed to decide whether to go 2431 or 2134! :wink:
Ugh. :roll:

Fixed.
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#8 Post by bazodee » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:04 pm

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
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
4-2-3-1
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#9 Post by baseballnut25 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:06 pm

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!

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#10 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:10 pm

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
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
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)
Spoiler
2341
Spoiler
We got lucky here as keratosis affects the skin. Where would that really come?
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#11 Post by Kazoo65 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:11 pm

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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#12 Post by Estonut » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:16 pm

Bob Juch wrote:Kim's questions:

Questions are paraphrased.

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)
Spoiler
2341
Spoiler
We got lucky here as keratosis affects the skin. Where would that really come?
Sounds like "someone" was "helping"...
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#13 Post by AlphaDummy » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:16 pm

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




Spoiler
Q1: 2413
Q2: 1423 (actual), 3241 (mine) :oops: :x :twisted:
Edited to spoilerize.
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#14 Post by vettech » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:16 pm

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):
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1. 4132
2. 3142
3. 3421
4. 2143
5. 2431

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#15 Post by vettech » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:25 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
vettech wrote: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

Answers (IIRC):
Spoiler
1. 4132
2. 3142
3. 3421
4. 2143
5. 2431
I think the Keatons had two kids and the Simpsons have three, contrary to your answer. --Bob

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

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#16 Post by Bob78164 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:26 pm

vettech wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:
vettech wrote: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

Answers (IIRC):
Spoiler
1. 4132
2. 3142
3. 3421
4. 2143
5. 2431
I think the Keatons had two kids and the Simpsons have three, contrary to your answer. --Bob

The Keatons had 4: Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, Andrew
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#17 Post by uasnake2000 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:31 pm

Q1. Put the name of this document in order

1)Of
2)Treaty
3)The
4)Ghent
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
4123
Q3. Put these parts of a bird together, starting with the feet.

1)Thigh
2)Crown
3)Nape
4)Breast
Spoiler
1432
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#18 Post by jarnon » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:31 pm

bazodee wrote: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

Q2 Please these seas in geographical order, starting in Mexico and traveling east

(1) Sea of Japan
(2) Caribbean Sea
(3) Mediterranean Sea
(3) Caspian Sea
Did you answer 2-3-3-1?
bazodee wrote: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

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

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
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#19 Post by vettech » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:34 pm

uasnake2000 wrote: 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
Spoiler
4123
I managed to WAG that one. I know
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Dolly's old as dirt, Taylor's a fetus and Shania's around my age. The only wild card was Vince.
Not sure I would've managed it under pressure, though.
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#20 Post by elwoodblues » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:34 pm

Q1: Put these seasons in order, starting with the coldest:
1) Summer
2) Spring
3) Winter
4) Autumn
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
3142
I had no chance on that one. A tough Q2.

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#21 Post by jarnon » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:50 pm

Q1 Put in order to form the name of an opera
1) the
2) of
3) Figaro
4) marriage
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
1-4-2-3
Q3 Put these Kennedys in order of birth, starting with the earliest
1) John
2) Robert
3) Rose
4) Ted
Spoiler
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
Spoiler
4-3-1-2
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Q5 Put these islands in order, starting in Japan and going east
1) Tahiti
2) Papua New Guinea
3) Fiji
4) Phillipines
Spoiler
No idea; checking a map later, it's 4-2-3-1
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#22 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:51 pm

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
Spoiler
3-2-1-4
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
Spoiler
1-4-3-2
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
Spoiler
3-2-1-4 again (I took a WAG on this one and got it right)
Put the following muscles of the human body in order from top to bottom:
1. Quadriceps
2. Gluteus maximus
3. Deltoids
4. Achilles tendons
Spoiler
3-2-1-4 yet again
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
Spoiler
3-1-4-2 (I blew this one. U.S. history is my weak suit. I punched 3-2-1-4, thinking that it would be correct the fourth time.)

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#23 Post by Bob78164 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:03 pm

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:
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1. 2341
2. 4132
3. 4123
4. 4213
5. 2341, not 3241
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#24 Post by bazodee » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:06 pm

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.

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#25 Post by mcraig7155536 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:06 pm

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. who
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4312
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

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