TNPG Question Thread

[booboola]

Some other questions from last night:

Put these TV characters in order by when they first appeared, starting with the earliest:

1. Izzy Stephens
2. Sydney Briscoe
3. Dr. House
4. Ross Geller

I got it wrong (4,2,3,1).... probably should be 4,2,1,3 but I don't know

Oh boy, I get to play again tonight.

:::: rolling my eyes ::::

Hmmm, that sounds right to me- These are characters from my favorite TV shows so I should know. Ross Gellar from Friends would be 1994, Sydney Bristow from Alias would be 2001, Gregory House from House M.D. would be 2004 and Izzie Stephens from Grey's Anatomy would be 2005.
You think you may have just hit a key wrong or timed out

[KillerTomato]

Put the following in order by their average temperature starting with the hottest:

Sun’s core
Bolt of lightning
Boiling water
Summer’s day

I knew the answer, but reversed bolt & boiling. When I played it back I can then be heard saying, “Damn” & “I fat fingered”. I realized afterward that hadn’t fat fingered but just couldn’t read my own handwriting and had just punched the order in wrong.

Where’s that video camera?

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think lightning is hotter even than the sun. I'm thnking I've seen that tidbit somewhere.

[SportsFan68]

Put the following in order by their average temperature starting with the hottest:

Sun’s core
Bolt of lightning
Boiling water
Summer’s day

I knew the answer, but reversed bolt & boiling. When I played it back I can then be heard saying, “Damn” & “I fat fingered”. I realized afterward that hadn’t fat fingered but just couldn’t read my own handwriting and had just punched the order in wrong.

Where’s that video camera?

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think lightning is hotter even than the sun. I'm thnking I've seen that tidbit somewhere.

We had that discussion here not long ago -- lightning's hotter than the surface of the sun, not the core.

[drjoe1e6]

Hi guys! I'm feeling ten years younger. Fred is as well, he is definitely faster this time around. At least I got to Q5 last night.

Q1: A 2006 self help book
1 On
2 A
3 Diet
4 You

Spoiler

4123, typical Q1 fare

Q2: Put this Island nation in order
1 And
2 Kitts
3 Nevis
4 Saint

Spoiler

4213

Q3: Put these celebrity chefs in order of their birth, starting with the earliest
1 Wolfgang Puck
2 Emeril Lagasse
3 Rocco DiSpirito
4 Julia Child

Spoiler

4123

Q4: Put these presidents in the order they served, starting with the most RECENT.
1 Ronald Reagan
2 George W Bush
3 Andrew Jackson
4 George Washington

Spoiler

2134, this is a dream Q4 for all of us

Q5: Put these parts of the ocean in order from shallowest to deepest. (HUH?!)
1 Continental slope
2 Abyssal plain
3 Continental shelf
4 Continental rise

Spoiler

3142 according to Wikipedia, fat fingered it anyway...

And a couple interesting questions from previous nights...
Q3: Put these animal researchers in order of birth, starting with the most recent.
1 Jacques Cousteau
2 Charles Darwin
3 Jeff Corwin
4 Jane Goodall

Spoiler

3412

Q4: Books in order of publication, starting with the earliest
1 Who Moved My Cheese
2 Plague
3 Fear of Flying
4 Silent Spring

Spoiler

2431. I knew three of them... Plague was Albert Camus, so it's earliest.

-Dr Joe

[gsabc]

Hi guys! I'm feeling ten years younger. Fred is as well, he is definitely faster this time around.
-Dr Joe

Wow, the revival of the phone game is reviving a lot of names from the past. Welcome back, Dr Joe!

[VAdame]

Her Q1 was cultural phenomena, s/w earliest -- choices included Elvis Presley and the World Wide Web. Can't quite decipher or remember the other 2 but #4 looks like it might be Borat. Regardless, it was EZ.

Aha -- I just looked at the list again and remembered the other one.

Q1 - Cultural phenomena, s/w earliest:

1 World Wide Web
2 Elvis Presley
3 Mickey Mouse
4 Borat

Spoiler

3214

[tubadave]

Q2) Put these clothing companies in order by when they were founded, starting with the earliest:

1. something that sounded like it started with B that I had never heard of
2. Gucci
3. Guess
4. Levi Strauss

Now that I know what the first choice was, I'll repost this one:

Q2) Put these clothing companies in order by when they were founded, starting with the earliest:

1. Benneton
2. Gucci
3. Guess
4. Levi Strauss

Spoiler

4-2-1-3 (Levi Strauss was 1853, Gucci was 1921, Benneton was 1965 and Guess was 1981.

[chad1m]

Well, I "made it" to question five tonight, but got tripped up on Girl Scout rankings.

Put the following in order to make the name of a spot in Africa.
1) Good
2) Of
3) Cape
4) Hope

Answers

3) Cape
2) Of
1) Good
4) Hope

Put the following weapons in the order they were first used, starting with the earliest.
1) Bow and arrow
2) Dynamite
3) Atomic bomb
4) Rifle

Answers

1) Bow and arrow
4) Rifle
2) Dynamite
3) Atomic bomb

Put these songs in the order they reached the Billboard charts, starting with the most recent.
1) "Boot Scootin' Boogie"
2) "Just Dance"
3) "Dancing Queen"
4) "Let's Dance"

Answers

2) "Just Dance"
1) "Boot Scootin' Boogie"
4) "Let's Dance"
3) "Dancing Queen"

Put these novels in the order they were released, starting with the earliest.
1) The Da Vinci Code
2) Clear and Present Danger
3) The Bridges of Madison County
4) Memoirs of a Geisha

Answers

2) Clear and Present Danger
3) The Bridges of Madison County
4) Memoirs of a Geisha
1) The Da Vinci Code

Put these Girl Scouts levels in order, starting with the lowest.
1) Senior
2) Junior
3) Cadette
4) Brownie

Answers + commentary

4) Brownie
2) Junior
3) Cadette
1) Senior

(I said 4-3-2-1)

[TheSearchIsOn]

Okay, I had to try it to see if I still had the touch...

Q1 Put these words in order to form the name of an object launched into space in 1990:

1. Space
2. Telescope
3. Hubble
4. The

Spoiler

4312

Q2 Put these movies in chronological order of theatrical release, starting with the earliest:

1. Mars Attacks!
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
3. Signs
4. E.T.

Spoiler

2413

Q3 Put these music styles in the order they were introduced:

1. Psychedelic
2. Rock and Roll
3. Disco
4. Grunge

Spoiler

2134

Q4 Arrange these airports geographically, going from West to East:

1. JFK
2. Sky Harbor
3. O'Hare
4. McCarran

Spoiler

4231

Q5 Arrange these events in British history in order, starting with the arliest:

1. Abdication of Edward VIII
2. Elizabeth II takes the throne
3. Winston Churchill (something)
4. Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister

Spoiler

1324

Yep, still got it. It was sure tough hanging up the phone. If any of you qualifers need me, I'll just be sitting here beside the pool sunning myself.

[Sir_Galahad]

Seeing as 4 seems to be my unlucky number

Q1: L.A. Attraction
1. Tar
2. Pits
3. Brea
4. La

Q2: Form the State Motto of Kentucky
1. United
2. We Fall
3. We Stand
4. Divided

Q3: Court Cases starting with the earliest
1. U.S. v Rosenberg
2. Roe v Wade
3. Bush v Gore
4. Miranda v Arizona

Tonight's crusher - Literature

Q4: Lit starting with the earliest
1. Angela's Ashes (never heard of it)
2. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
3. Cry The Beloved Country (never heard of it)
4. Some other book I never heard of

I just closed my eyes and pressed 4231. Fred tells me to try again tomorrow.

[Kazoo65]

Well, I bombed out on the first question tonight.

I had to "put these words in order to make a 90's teen movie drama"

1. the 2. pump 3. volume 4. up.

I'd never HEARD of this movie-I fat fingered it.

Oh well, at least I've got some more time to try again-I'm having fun playing the Phone Game!

[NellyLunatic1980]

Night #4

Put these U.S. cities in geographic order, starting with the westernmost:
1. Lansing, MI
2. Raleigh, NC
3. Olympia, WA
4. Phoenix, AZ

Spoiler

3-4-1-2

Put these books in chronological order according to when they were first published, starting with the earliest:
1. American Psycho
2. A Confederacy of Dunces
3. Day of the Locust
4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Spoiler

3-4-2-1. Four books I've heard of, but I had NFC when they were published. I guessed 3-2-1-4 and Sad Fred popped up to say "I'm sorry. You're a loser. Drop dead. Goodbye."

Why couldn't I have gotten the Q2 that Sirge just had?

[jarnon]

Out on Q1 again. This is getting depressing!

Q1 Put in order to form the name of a 1974 rock song
1) the
2) run
3) on
4) band
It took me longer than 10 seconds to figure out it was

Spoiler

Band on the Run.

[ToLiveIsToFly]

Aw, what the hell. Mrs. Fly both called tonight.

Me:
Q1. Arrange the following words in order to form a phrase about refraining from laughing:
1. A
2. Keep
3. Straight
4. Face

Spoiler

2-1-3-4

Q2. Order these weapons starting with the earliest:
1. Rifle
2. Atomic bomb
3. Dynamite
4. Bow and Arrow

Spoiler

4-1-3-2

Q3. Arrange these events in the Watergate scandal in chronological order, starting with the earliest:
1. Mitchell indicted
2. Nixon resigns
3. The break-in at the Watergate
4. Nixon re-elected

Spoiler

3-4-1-2

Q4. Arrange the following state nicknames in geo. order, starting in the east:
1. The First State
2. The Cornhusker State
3. The Hoosier State
4. The Beaver State

Spoiler

1-3-2-4

Q5. Arrange the following screen kisses in the order they occurred, starting with the earliest:
1. Rhett and Scarlett
2. Something I couldn't quite pick up, maybe Michael and Rita?
3. Jack and Rose
4. Harry and Sally

Spoiler

It wasn't 1-2-4-3. Or else maybe it was and I timed out.

Mrs. Fly:
Q1. Arrange the following words in order to form a popular phrase about actions:
1. Words
2. Louder
3. Than
4. Speak

Spoiler

4-2-3-1

Q2. Arrange the following theater events in chronological order, starting with the earliest:
1. Abraham Lincoln shot at Ford's Theater
2. The Apollo Theater re-opens in Harlem
3. Fire at William Shakespeare's Globe Theater
4. La Scala Opera House opens

Spoiler

3-4-1-2

Q3. Arrange the following directors in the order of their dates of birth, starting with the earliest:
1. Orson Welles
2. Spike Lee
3. Clint Eastwood
4. Steven Spielberg

Spoiler

1-3-4-2

Q4. Arrange the following back-up bands in the order of their formation, starting with the earliest:
1. Vandellas
2. Pips
3. Jordannaires
4. News

Spoiler

3-1-2-4, not 1-3-2-4

[gsabc]

Crap! Arrange completely first, don't start punching while still thinking!!

Q1: Proverb when things are going well.
1. Well
2. Enough
3. Leave
4. Alone

Spoiler

3124

Q2: Historical events, from earliest
1. Great Wall of China Built
2. Protestant Reformation
3. Communism ousted from East Germany
4. Carolingian Renaissance (and if you think I wrote that one down entirely ...)

Spoiler

1423

Q3: US Mountains, north to south
1. Mt. St. Helens
2. Pike's Peak
3. Mauna Loa
4. Mt. McKinley

Spoiler

4123

Q4: TV cop shows, from earliest debut
1. The Closer
2. Saving Grace
3. The Wire
4. Law and Order - Criminal Intent
Was still arranging these in my mind and trying to figure out where to put #2. So I punched 2 first. Grrr.

Spoiler

Not so crap or grrr. Just looked it up and probably would have gotten it wrong anyway. Didn't know The Wire. 4312 (2001, 2002, 2005, 2007)

I hope there are enough attempts left for me. This is getting discouraging.

[T_Bone0806]

Put these books in chronological order according to when they were first published, starting with the earliest:
1. American Psycho
2. A Confederacy of Dunces
3. Day of the Locust
4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Spoiler

3-4-2-1. Four books I've heard of, but I had NFC when they were published. I guessed 3-2-1-4 and Sad Fred popped up to say "I'm sorry. You're a loser. Drop dead. Goodbye."

Why couldn't I have gotten the Q2 that Sirge just had?

I bombed on the same one (it was my Q3). I flipped the middle two and Sad Fred laughed at me and said "stick to Lyrically Speaking". I could blame it on Freya the Warrior Princess who chose that time to jump up on my shoulder and nuzzle, but I doubt that made a difference, really. I think I've just psyched myself out. I don't remember it being this hard before. The only difference then was that I didn't have a cordless phone and I had it on speaker, whereas now I hold the phone in one hand and write with the other then have to hold the phone out to punch in the numbers. I also think some of it is Fast Fred. At the previously slower pace, the answers had a bit more time to sink in. I think he also creates a bigger sense of urgency to answer fast, even though you still have the same ol' 10 seconds. If it was done on purpose to psyche folks out, it seems to be working on me!

I am still overanalyzing this.

Tomorrow is another day. But there are only 6 tomorrows left.

[ghostjmf]

I am using the same phone setup at work I used the last times. Well, they took away my big big desk & gave me a tinier desk to show me what they thought of me (they've showed me in many other ways, since my previous boss retired, too!) but for pity's sake its not that tiny that I can't, like, write on it.

Other than Fastest Fred, I have no excuse at all.

[bazodee]

Q1 Place these words in order to form the name of a puppet state established by Napoleon
(1) Grand (2) Warsaw (3) Of (4) Duchy

Spoiler

1-4-3-2

Q2 Put these inventions in order, starting with the earliest
(1) Air conditioner (2) Air brake (3) Airbag (4) Air pump

Spoiler

4-2-1-3

Q3 Put these museums in geographic order, starting in the east
(1) Rock ' Roll Hall of Fame (2) Liberace Museum (3) Field Museum (4) Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoiler

4-1-3-2

Q4 Place these birthstones in order by the months they represent, starting with January
(1) Opal (2) Amethyst (3) Topaz (4) Diamond

Spoiler

2-4-1-3

Q5 Put these Law & Order shows in order of television debut, starting with the earliest
(1) L&O Trial By Jury (2) Law & Order (3) L&O Special Victims' Unit (4) L&O Criminal Intent

Spoiler

2-3-4-1

[tubadave]

The Thursday night lineup:


Q1) Pirates of Silicon Valley


Q2) Put these countries in geographic order, starting in Africa and going east.

1. Iran
2. China
3. India
4. Saudi Arabia

Spoiler

4-1-3-2
No problems here.

Q3) Put these political figures in order by their date of birth, starting with the earliest:

1. Bill Clinton
2. John McCain
3. Bob Dole
4. John Edwards

Spoiler

3-2-1-4
Hesitated on McCain and Dole for just a split second, but this is relatively easy.

Q4) Put the following songs in chronological order by when the debuted in the Billboard Top 40, starting with the earliest:

1. Monday, Monday
2. Louie, Louie
3. Cherry, Cherry
4. Bye Bye Bye

Spoiler

This appears to be 2-1-3-4. Not sure if I fat-fingered or got screwed. Check my Grumble® thread for further discussion of this question.

[baseballnut25]

As Roberto DeVicenzo once memorably said, "I am such a stupid!"

Q2

Put these Watergate events in order:

1) Nixon quits
2) Mitchell resigns
3) Nixon is elected
4) Watergate break-in

Total brain cramp, put the election before the break-in! Maybe I shd start drinking before I call in??

[jurisdoctor07]

Day 1 - screwed up on question 3
Day 2 - screwed up on question 1
Day 3 - screwed up on question 2

......

Day 4 - PASSED THE TEST! I chose August 4th as my tape date, mainly because Mondays are calm and Fridays are crazy. So, if I was to get called on a Friday, I probably wouldn't hear my phone anyway.

I will post my questions soon! Super excited! I still plan on submitting a video too.

[mellytu74]

Q1 --

Spoiler

US Geological Survey

Q2 --

Spoiler

Something about states, clockwise. I just can't remember and it was five minutes ago.

SC, Texas, Colorado or California?, Michigan.

Q3 -- Emmys for Comedy (earliest)

Spoiler

3 Jennifer Anniston, 1 Sarah Jessica Parker, 4 Felicity Huffman, 2 America Ferrara

Q4 -- Italian numbers (greater)

Spoiler

2. Quatro, 1. Tre, 3. Duo, 4. Uno

Q5 -- Siblings (earliest)

Spoiler

2. Tito, 4. Latoya, 1. Michael, 3. Janet

I am in the pool!! Whoo hoo!!

[VAdame]

Leah went out on Q4 tonight.

Q1 - Fleetwood Mac song

1 Go
2 Own
3 Your
4 Way

Spoiler

1324

Q2 - Toys, s/w earliest:

1 Big Wheel
2 Playstation
3 Transformers
4 Barbie

Spoiler

4132

Q3 - Endocrine Glands, from the head down:

1 Pancreas
2 Thyroid
3 Pituitary
4 Ovary

Spoiler

3214

Q4 - British nobility, s/w highest -- and I thought I knew these myself; turned out I was wrong too!

1 Baron
2 Earl
3 Duke
4 Viscount

She entered

Spoiler

3214

and got Unfriendly Freddie. A quick lookup showed that it should be

Spoiler

3241

. We both read a fair amount of Brit-Lit, and I at least always thought the

Spoiler

Viscount was the son & heir of the Earl. Who knew the Viscount ranked higher than a Baron?

Oh well.....at least she figures she's getting better, and every little bit of practice helps.

[moonie]

Getting novel questions every night (and flaming out on most of them).

Tonight

Novels from the earliest

1) The Great Gatsby
2) The Stepford Wives
3) The Firm
4) Tarzan of the Apes

I went 1423 and heard Sad Fred. (is Tarzan earlier than FS Fitzgerald?)

[gsn309]

For my question and explanation, go here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19201

(for those that missed it)