Alright, be prepared for a question overload. These are mine, my sister's, my uncle's, and my mom's questions from over the past couple days:
Q1: Place these quotes in the order that they were first introduced, starting with the earliest.
1) *something something* to kill a mockingbird.
2) Wherefore art thou, Romeo
3) Mighty Casey has struck out.
4) Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
2-3-4-1. What a ridiculously hard Q1.
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Q1: Form a city name.
1) Rapid
2) South
3) City
4) Dakota
1-3-2-4
Q2: Measurements, smallest to largest
1) Fluid ounce
2) Pinch
3) Teaspoon
4) Tablespoon
2-3-4-1
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Me:
Q1: Title of a historical event
1) Of
2) War
3) The
4) Roses
2-1-3-4
Q2: Cities, east to west
1) Nashville
2) Little Rock
3) Ft. Worth
4) Dayton
4-1-2-3, this was mine. I got it wrong, I mixed up Nashville and Dayton. I went to the National Geography Bee in 2004. Shame. Shame. Shame.
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Q1: US Presidential nickname
1) and
2) rough
3) old
4) ready
3-2-1-4
Q2: Peach parts, innermost to outermost
1) stone
2) flesh
3) seed
4) skin
3-1-2-4
Q3: Video game consoles, starting with the earliest
1) Playstation 2
2) Gameboy
3) Atari
4) Wii
3-2-1-4
Q4: Physicians date of birth, starting with the most recent
1) Robert Jarvik
2) Carl Jung
3) C. Everett Koop
4) Benjamin Spock
Ok, I tried looking all these up. Jarvik is 1946, Jung is the 1870s, Spock I'm guess means Benjamin Spock, born 1903, but I can't figure out for the life of me when or who "Coop" would be. So the order would be 2-4-1, and "Coop" could fall anywhere in there.
Edited to add: Thanks Bob! Koop was born 1916, so that makes the right answer 2-4-3-1
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Q1: Song from a movie
1) The
2) Eye
3) Tiger
4) Of
2-4-1-3
Q2: Grammy Songs, starting with the earliest
1) Hotel California
2) Killing Me Softly
3) Wind Beneath my Wings
4) All I Wanna Do
It's (almost) never 1-2-3-4, so my uncle goes with 2-1-3-4
Q3: New England states, starting with the northernmost
1) New Hampshire
2) Massachusetts
3) Connecticut
4) Maine
4-1-2-3
Q4: Cuts of a lamb, from front to back
1) Shoulder
2) Rib
3) Leg
4) Loin
1-2-4-3, I guess the front leg is never eaten?
Q5: Books in order of publication
1) All Creatures Great and Small
2) Great Expectations
3) Greatest Generation
4) Great Gatsby
2-4-1-3, and just like that my uncle is OTC!
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Q1: Country music song
1) By
2) Your
3) Man
4) Stand
4-1-2-3
Q2: Health products in order of introduction, starting with the earliest
1) Advil
2) Maalox
3) Scope
4) Pepsid AC
2-3-1-4, right?, anywho, my sister's out
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Me:
Q1: Geographical nickname
1) hills
2) seven
3) rome
4) of
2-1-4-3
Q2: American Idol winners, starting with the most recent
1) Jordin Sparks
2) Kris Allen
3) Ruben Studdard
4) Taylor Hicks
2-1-4-3, glad I keep up on stuff like this
Q3: Cleaning products, starting with the most recent
1) Brillo
2) Pledge
3) Swiffer
4) Bounty
saw this on here, 3-4-2-1
Q4: Artists date of birth, starting with the earliest
1) Camille Pisarro (this is most likely the name)
2) David Hockney
3) Rembrandt
4) Ansel Adams
3-4-2, and I can't for the life of me find out who "Pisack" is....any help? More than likely it fits in between the large amount of time between Rembrandt and Adams.
Edited to add: Looks like "Pisack" is "Pisarro", born 1830. Take that with a small grain of salt. Which would indeed put him between Rembrandt and Adams. So 3-1-4-2. Thanks, hbomb!
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Q1: Country name
1) America
2) United
3) States
4) Of
2-3-4-1
Q2: US Capitals, west to east
1) Baton Rouge
2) Sacramento
3) Montpelier
4) Harrisburg
2-1-4-3
Q3: Sounds, loudest to softest
1) Rustling leaves
2) jackhammer
3) Rocket launch
4) Vacuum
3-2-4-1
Q4: TV shows, starting with the most recent debut
1) The OC
2) Melrose Place
3) The Hills
4) Gossip Girl
4-3-1-2
Q5: Bestselling books, starting with the earliest
1) A Clear and Present Danger
2) Memoirs of a Geisha
3) Bridges of Madison County
4) Da Vinci Code
These are all a lot closer than you might think.
A Clear and PResent Danger - 1989
Bridges of Madison County - 1992
Memoirs of a Geisha - 1997
Da Vinci Code - 2003
So it's 1-3-2-4, which my mom did not put down.
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Q1: Poem title
1) Taken
2) Road
3) Not
4) The
4-2-3-1
Q2: Treats, earliest to latest
1) Pez
2) Microwaveable popcorn
3) Cracker jack
4) Bubble gum
The answer is somewhere on this page I think, but anyway, sis got it wrong
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Me:
Q1: Term in business
1) The
2) Box
3) Thinking
4) Outside
3-4-1-2
Q2: Fashion items, head to toe
1) Mules
2) Choker
3) Pedal pusher
4) Bustier
Only knew what a choker and a bustier were (thanks to Selena), and I figured pedal pusher would be something in the lower regions. So I figured a "mule" would have to fit somewhere on the trunk of the body or on the head of the body. Turns out its neither. It's a shoe. 2-4-3-1