The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 1, Tuesday

[Pastor Fireball]

"The Fourth Element"

Remember, 1 point for correctly filling in the blank and 1 point for telling me what the sequence is.

Answers are due by Wednesday 4/9 at 4 PM EDT.

1. DENIAL / ANGER / BARGAINING / _____
2. HICKEL / KNOWLES / MURKOWSKI / _____
3. 4 C = Q / 4 Q = G / 2 G = P / _____
4. I WANT YOU BACK / ABC / THE LOVE YOU SAVE / _____
5. BROWN = 2 / LIGHT BLUE = 3 / PURPLE = 3 / _____
6. HOOVER / LANDON / WILKIE / _____
7. FLUORITE / CALCITE / GYPSUM / _____
8. 7: CHRISTIAN PONDER / 14: JOE WEBB / 21: JOSH ROBINSON / _____
9. JOHN HANCOCK CENTER / AON CENTER / TRUMP TOWER / _____
10. 13 / 21 / 34 / _____

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[Bob Juch]

Spoiler

1. Depression
2. Palin
3. 4 P = B
4. I'm not sure what you're going for here. The three titles you listed are a medley but there's no 4th one.
5. nope
6. Dewey
7. Apatite
8. Football, ugh!
9. Willis Tower
10. 55

[franktangredi]

Spoiler

1. DENIAL / ANGER / BARGAINING / _____

DEPRESSION; Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's five stages of dying/grief

2. HICKEL / KNOWLES / MURKOWSKI / _____

SARAH PALIN; governors of Alaska

3. 4 C = Q / 4 Q = G / 2 G = P / _____

liquid measure

4. I WANT YOU BACK / ABC / THE LOVE YOU SAVE / _____

I'LL BE THERE; Number One hits by the Jackson Five

6. HOOVER / LANDON / WILKIE / _____

DEWEY; Republican presidential candidates defeated by FDR

7. FLUORITE / CALCITE / GYPSUM / _____

TALC; minerals in decreasing order of softness

10. 13 / 21 / 34 / _____

55; the Fibonacci series

[smilergrogan]

Spoiler

"The Fourth Element"

Remember, 1 point for correctly filling in the blank and 1 point for telling me what the sequence is.

Answers are due by Wednesday 4/9 at 4 PM EDT.

1. DENIAL / ANGER / BARGAINING / ACCEPTANCE
Stages of grief - Kolbert?
2. HICKEL / KNOWLES / MURKOWSKI /PALIN
Alaska governors
3. 4 C = Q / 4 Q = G / 2 G = P /4P = B
Dry volume measures - Imperial
4. I WANT YOU BACK / ABC / THE LOVE YOU SAVE / _____
5. BROWN = 2 / LIGHT BLUE = 3 / PURPLE = 3 / _____
6. HOOVER / LANDON / WILKIE /DEWEY
Republicans defeated by FDR in presidential elections
7. FLUORITE / CALCITE / GYPSUM / TALC?
Mohs mineral hardness scale
8. 7: CHRISTIAN PONDER / 14: JOE WEBB / 21: JOSH ROBINSON / _____
9. JOHN HANCOCK CENTER / AON CENTER / TRUMP TOWER / _____
10. 13 / 21 / 34 / 55
Fibonacci sequence

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[plasticene]

Spoiler

1. DENIAL / ANGER / BARGAINING / _____
acceptance, stages of grief (there's probably one between bargaining and acceptance, but I can't think what it might be)

2. HICKEL / KNOWLES / MURKOWSKI / _____
I think these are football coaches or some such

3. 4 C = Q / 4 Q = G / 2 G = P / _____
4 p = b, imperial volume measurement conversions

4. I WANT YOU BACK / ABC / THE LOVE YOU SAVE / _____
I'll Be There, Jackson 5 #1 hits

5. BROWN = 2 / LIGHT BLUE = 3 / PURPLE = 3 / _____


6. HOOVER / LANDON / WILKIE / _____
FDR losers

7. FLUORITE / CALCITE / GYPSUM / _____
mica, Mohs scale

8. 7: CHRISTIAN PONDER / 14: JOE WEBB / 21: JOSH ROBINSON / _____


9. JOHN HANCOCK CENTER / AON CENTER / TRUMP TOWER / _____
Chrysler Building, American skyscrapers by height

10. 13 / 21 / 34 / _____
55, Fibonacci numbers

[jarnon]

Spoiler

1. ACCEPTANCE (stages of grief)
2. PALIN (Alaska governors)
3. 4 P = B (doodle oodle ooh doo)
5. ORANGE = 3 (Monopoly properties)
6. DEWEY (Presidential candidates 1932-44)

[ShamelessWeasel]

Spoiler

1. Depression - Stages of Grief
2. Palin - Govenors of Alaska
4. I'll be there - Jackson 5 singles
6. Dewey - Republicans who lost to FDR
8. 28: Adrian Peterson - Minnesota Vikings players with number
9. Sears tower - Tallest buildings in Chicago

[MarleysGh0st]

Spoiler

1. DENIAL / ANGER / BARGAINING / ACCEPTANCE (The Stages of Grief)
2. HICKEL / KNOWLES / MURKOWSKI / _____
3. 4 C = Q / 4 Q = G / 2 G = P / 4P = B (Cups, Quarts, Gallons, Pecks, Bushels)
6. HOOVER / LANDON / WILKIE / Dewey (FDR's Republican opponents in his presidential races)
7. FLUORITE / CALCITE / GYPSUM / Talc (Mohs Hardness Scale, counting down 4, 3, 2, 1)
10. 13 / 21 / 34 / 42 (+8 +13 +8 +13...but I have no idea why.)

[Bob78164]

Not an easy game.

1. DENIAL / ANGER / BARGAINING / _____ acceptance. Stages of grief
2. HICKEL / KNOWLES / MURKOWSKI / _____ Murkowski. Senators from Alaska
3. 4 C = Q / 4 Q = G / 2 G = P / _____ 2P = B 2 Peck = 1 Bushel. Liquid measures
4. I WANT YOU BACK / ABC / THE LOVE YOU SAVE / _____ Ben. Jackson 5 No. 1 hits
5. BROWN = 2 / LIGHT BLUE = 3 / PURPLE = 3 / _____
6. HOOVER / LANDON / WILKIE / _____ Wilkie. Republican Presidential nominees who lost to FDR
7. FLUORITE / CALCITE / GYPSUM / _____ Minerals on the Mohs hardness scale. I think these are 2, 3, and 4, but I don't know what 5 is.
8. 7: CHRISTIAN PONDER / 14: JOE WEBB / 21: JOSH ROBINSON / _____
9. JOHN HANCOCK CENTER / AON CENTER / TRUMP TOWER / _____
10. 13 / 21 / 34 / _____ 55. Fibonacci numbers

--Bob

[kroxquo]

Spoiler

1. DENIAL / ANGER / BARGAINING / Acceptance - phases of dying. Now I know why I watched All That Jazz so many times
2. HICKEL / KNOWLES / MURKOWSKI / _____
3. 4 C = Q / 4 Q = G / 2 G = P / _____
4. I WANT YOU BACK / ABC / THE LOVE YOU SAVE / _____
5. BROWN = 2 / LIGHT BLUE = 3 / PURPLE = 3 / _____
6. HOOVER / LANDON / WILKIE / Dewey - people who lost elections to FDR
7. FLUORITE / CALCITE / GYPSUM / Talc? - I'm pretty sure they are rocks on the Mohs Scale
8. 7: CHRISTIAN PONDER / 14: JOE WEBB / 21: JOSH ROBINSON / _____
9. JOHN HANCOCK CENTER / AON CENTER / TRUMP TOWER / _____
10. 13 / 21 / 34 / 55 - Fibonacci Seuence

[Pastor Fireball]

1. DENIAL / ANGER / BARGAINING / DEPRESSION

Sequence: Order of the first four stages of grief by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Acceptance is fifth in the sequence.

2. HICKEL / KNOWLES / MURKOWSKI / PALIN

Sequence: Governors of Alaska in chronological order.

3. 4 C = Q / 4 Q = G / 2 G = P / 4 P = B

Sequence: Volume measurements, increasing in size. 4 cups = quart, 4 quarts = gallon, 2 gallons = peck, 4 pecks = bushel.

4. I WANT YOU BACK / ABC / THE LOVE YOU SAVE / I'LL BE THERE

Sequence: The Jackson 5's #1 hits in chronological order.

5. BROWN = 2 / LIGHT BLUE = 3 / PURPLE = 3 / ORANGE = 3

Everybody was stumped by this one.

Sequence: Colors and numbers of properties on a Monopoly board, going clockwise from Go.

6. HOOVER / LANDON / WILKIE / DEWEY

Sequence: Successive Republicans who lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt in presidential elections.

7. FLUORITE / CALCITE / GYPSUM / TALC

Sequence: Mohs scale materials, decreasing in hardness.

8. 7: CHRISTIAN PONDER / 14: JOE WEBB / 21: JOSH ROBINSON / 28: ADRIAN PETERSON

Sequence: Minnesota Vikings jersey numbers in increasing multiples of 7. Joe Webb should actually have an asterisk by his name because he was a free agent at the end of last season and just recently signed with the Carolina Panthers. But he was a Viking at the time that I wrote this question.

9. JOHN HANCOCK CENTER / AON CENTER / TRUMP TOWER / WILLIS TOWER

Sequence: The current four tallest buildings in Chicago. I knew that somebody would fall into the "Sears Tower" trap. That's not an acceptable answer because Sears Tower hasn't existed since 2009, the same year that Trump Tower was completed. Between January-July 2009, however, Trump Tower and Sears Tower existed together. So if you had said something pedantically specific like "tallest buildings in Chicago on April 8, 2009", then I could have allowed Sears Tower. But current buildings? No. Sorry, but I did say I would be very strict.

10. 13 / 21 / 34 / 55

Sequence: The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th numbers in the classic Fibonacci sequence. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 are the first six numbers, of course.

Frank had the high score on this set of questions and now has a 2-point lead.

4/7 + 4/8 Scores (12 participants)
franktangredi - 4 + 13 = 17
Bob Juch - 9 + 6 = 15
smilergrogan - 4 + 11 = 15
plasticene - 4 + 9 = 13
ShamelessWeasel - 2 + 11 = 13
Bob78164 - 3 + 7 = 10
MarleysGh0st - 4 + 6 = 10
kroxquo - 2 + 7 = 9
jarnon - 1 + 3 = 4
Vandal - 4 + 0 = 4
silverscreenselect - 0 + 0 = 0
themanintheseersuckersuit - 0 + 0 = 0

[smilergrogan]

Sequence: Order of the first four stages of grief by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Acceptance is fifth in the sequence.

Coincidentally, I noticed that the opposing pitchers in last night's Indians vs. Padres game were Corey Kluber and Tyson Ross.

5. BROWN = 2 / LIGHT BLUE = 3 / PURPLE = 3 / ORANGE = 3

Everybody was stumped by this one.

Sequence: Colors and numbers of properties on a Monopoly board, going clockwise from Go.

Have they changed the colors of Monopoly properties? Mediterranean and Baltic are purple, St. Charles, States, and Virginia are maroon

[jarnon]

jarnon - 1 + 3 = 4

Please recheck my score. I added more answers last night.

[Catfish]

I knew that somebody would fall into the "Sears Tower" trap. That's not an acceptable answer because Sears Tower hasn't existed since 2009, the same year that Trump Tower was completed. Between January-July 2009, however, Trump Tower and Sears Tower existed together. So if you had said something pedantically specific like "tallest buildings in Chicago on April 8, 2009", then I could have allowed Sears Tower. But current buildings? No. Sorry, but I did say I would be very strict.

You, sir, are clearly not a Chicagoan. There is no Willis Tower and never will be a Willis Tower. Those who said Sears Tower deserve extra credit.