TNPG Question Thread

[gsn309]

Once again done in by a science Q5 that I have not seen posted here so far (gosh how nice would have ToLiveIsToFly's Q5 would have been)?

Q1 -- Arrange zoos in order georgraphically, North to South
Memphis Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Miami Metro Zoo

Spoiler

2314

Q2 -- Arrange literary works, from the earliest:
Of Mice and Men
The Notebook
House of 7 Gables
Catcher in the Rye

Spoiler

3142

Q3 -- Arrange some sort of musical something or other (compressions? something?) from least to most...
this essentially turned out to be a Q1 math question:

1/16th
1/2
1/8th
Whole

Spoiler

1324

Q4 -- Arrange TV shows from earliest (this was on the bored)
Law and Order
The Closer
Saving Grace
The Wire

Spoiler

1423

Q5 -- Arrange Nobel Prize winners by when they received it, from the earliest:

Albert Einstein
Enrico Fermi
Marie Curie
Linus Pauling

Spoiler

it is 3124 -- i flipped the first two and, stupidly, the last 2. The years are: Curie: 1911, Einstein: 1921, Fermi: 1938, Pauling: 1962. I am guessing some of you know this, but it ain't "order states by admission" or order Supreme Court justices! Starting to get discouraged.... sigh.

[baseballnut25]

grrrrrr..............frustration!!!

Q2
cleaning products in the order of most recent
1)brillo
2)swiffer
3)pledge
4)bounty

2431

Q3
European land masses
1)Poland
2)Belgium
3)Portugal
4)Lichtenstein

Hint: Portugal is not Spain! When reviewing the map of Europe in my head, I mixed the two up. Sooooooooooooooooooo easy!

4231

[Estonut]

Questions are paraphrased as well as memory and chicken scratches allow.

Saturday night (7/11/09):

Q1. Put the following words in order to form the name of an alcoholic beverage:
1. Tea
2. Long
3. Ice(d)
4. Island

Spoiler

2-4-3-1

Q2. Put the following NBA teams in the order of their home cities, starting in the east (My notes have just NJ, GState, Phx, & Indy, but I believe the answers gave both city & team name):
1. New Jersey Nets
2. Golden State Warriors
3. Phoenix Suns
4. Indiana Pacers

Spoiler

1-4-3-2

Q3. Put the following singers in order by birthdate, starting with the most recent:
1. Madonna
2. Whitney Houston
3. Jennifer Lopez
4. Alicia Keys

Spoiler

4-3-2-1 Did a double-take on the 4321, but I was pretty sure Madge is older than Whitney

Q4. Put the following Clint Eastwood movies in order of the date of their release, starting with the earliest:
1. The Outlaw Josey Wales
2. The Bridges of Madison County
3. Unforgiven
4. Gran Torino

Spoiler

1-3-2-4

Q5. Put the following astronomers in order by birthdate, starting with the most recent (answers may have included first names, but I didn't have them written down):
1. Kepler
2. Halley
3. Hubble
4. Copernicus

Spoiler

3-2-1-4

I can't believe it! I'm on the clock!!

I'm not proud, as I've seen many more difficult questions posted here, but I sure am happy!

Note to others still trying, especially ghost:
I tried and found I could not make use of the Feinberg Method on night one. I bombed out on Q1.

I missed the next three nights because I like to play in the last hour, but different distracting things came up each night, and I didn't get back to my computer until it was 15 minutes too late.

I read the posted questions to try to familiarize myself with any weak areas. I then tried again on night five and botched my answer on Q2. I was so nervous, I could barely hold my pen.

Today, I resigned myself to the fact that I would most certainly encounter a stumper question and never get through 5 in a row. I reviewed the new postings and then played again, but I was oddly relaxed as I waited for the Estokiller question to come up. It never did. I'm so glad I didn't just give up. My best advice is to not worry about getting on the game, not worry about what you don't know, just do what you can to relax and have fun playing the game. You just might get an easy stack.

[VAdame]

Rosie confirms that the screen kiss couple was Rhett and Scarlett.

She's not sure about the animal lifespans (Q3) -- it may have been "average" lifespan, and she said she just took a guess anyway.

But whether it's average or maximum lifespan, I'm pretty sure elephants live longer than chimps. So if you get that Q, just use your best judgment.

[MVLease]

Q1 Arrange these words to form a common saying
1. Habits
2. Die
3. Hard
4. Old

Spoiler

4-1-2-3, Old habits die hard.

Q2 Arrange these cities in order of their distance from San Francisco, starting with the closest
1. Rome, Italy
2. New York City, New York
3. Tokyo, Japan
4. Seattle, Washington

Spoiler

4-2-3-1. Seattle (684 mi.), NYC (2570 mi.), Tokyo (5144 mi.), Rome (6253 mi.).

Which was my gut reaction. Then I second-guessed myself, inexplicably stopped and wondered if the Pacific was narrower than North America, and punched in 4-3-2-1. I knew better than that! DAMN IT!!!!!

Way to fall flat on my face!

-Mike

[takinover]

Q1. Put these words in order to form the name of an animated film

1. Who
2. Roger
3. Rabbit
4. Framed

Spoiler

1423

Q2. Put these historical figures in order of birth starting with the earliest.

1. Robert E. Lee
2. Bruce Lee
3. Peggy Lee
4. Spike Lee

Spoiler

1324

Q3. Put these musical people in order of birth starting with the earliest.

1. Kylie Minogue
2. Bono
3. Brandy
4. Beyonce

Spoiler

I went 2431, but Kylie Minogue is much older than I thought and Beyonce is much younger than I thought. It should be 2134.

[jarnon]

Friday night:

Q1 Assassination attempts, starting with the earliest
1) Franklin Roosevelt
2) Ronald Reagan
3) George Wallace
4) Theodore Roosevelt

Spoiler

4-1-3-2

Q2 Dance styles, starting with the earliest
1) disco
2) grunge
3) rock and roll
4) psychadelic

Spoiler

3-4-1-2

Q3 Coen Brothers movies, starting with the earliest
1) Raising Arizona
2) Fargo
3) No Country for Old Men
4) Barton Fink

Spoiler

1-4-2-3

Don't know why I got Sad Fred

Saturday night:

Q1 Put in order to form a 2006 book
1) of
2) hope
3) audacity
4) the

Spoiler

4-3-1-2

Q2 Stages in the life of a horse, starting with the youngest
1) horse
2) colt
3) foal
4) yearling

Spoiler

3-4-2-1

Q3 Queens, starting with the earliest
1) Isabella of Spain
2) Elizabeth II Of England
3) Nefertiti of Egypt
4) Victoria of England

Spoiler

3-1-4-2

Q4 Cereal mascots, starting with the earliest
1) Trix rabbit
2) Tony the Tiger
3) Honey Nut Cheerios bee
4) Quaker Oats man

Spoiler

4-2-1-3

Q5 Universities, starting in the east
1) Brigham Young
2) Northwestern
3) Pepperdine
4) Carnegie Mellon

Spoiler

4-2-1-3

Momentarily forgot where Pepperdine was, so I heard Sad Fred again.

[Bob78164]

Question 1:

Place the following words in order to form the title of a 2000 chart-topping song.

1. Arms
2. Wide
3. With
4. Open

Spoiler

3124, not 3241

At least this one I legitimately didn't know, even if it was a Question 1. Six days down, four to go. --Bob

[hf_jai]

I've now written up the correct sad-fred-inducing Q3 in my "I was robbed!" thread. Here are the first two I got right:

Q1 Put these ailments in order, starting at the head:
1. halitosis
2. heartburn
3. cataracts
4. housemaid's knee (?! never heard of it)

Spoiler

3-1-2-4

Q2 Put these products in order of release, starting with the earliest:
1. Atari Game System
2. iPod
3. Sony Watchman (or possibly walkman)
4. Kodak Instamatic camera

Spoiler

4-1-3-2

[uasnake2000]

Had a difficult Q2 last night.

Put these bands in order from when they released their first album, starting with the earliest.

1)The Eagles
2)The Byrds
3)The Partridge Family
4)Sheryl Crow

Spoiler

1)The Eagles (1972)
2)The Byrds (1965)
3)The Partridge Family (1970)
4)Sheryl Crow (later than those 3)

(2314)

I would expect this for a Q4 or Q5 considering the time frame in how close they were for 1-3.

[hcethatsme]

Another duuhhh experience...

1 Words forming a late 80s TV show

1 Show
2 It's
3 Gary
4 Shandling's

Spoiler

2341

2 Put these Great Plains states in order, N to S:

1 Texas
2 Nebraska
3 Montana
4 Kansas

Spoiler

3241, of course. I think I accidentally put Nebraska first. Argh.

[gsabc]

Q1: Title of a 1973 Philip Roth book
1. American
2. The
3. Great
4. Novel

Spoiler

2314. First wrote 1314, and barely corrected myself in time.

Q2: Actors who have portrayed James Bond, from most recent
1. Sean Connery
2. Daniel Craig
3. Timothy Dalton
4. Pierce Brosnan

Spoiler

2431

Q3. Musicians from when they won Best New Artist, from earliest
1. Christina Aquilera
2. Sade
3. Toni Braxton
4. Sheena Easton

Spoiler

4231, and woohoo, got lucky on the order of the middle two and got past a music question!

Q4: Fashion designers, from youngest
1. Something Summers (sp?)
2. Calvin Klein (him I've heard of)
3. Tommy Hilfiger
4. Stella McCartney

Spoiler

4132. Seemed like a big gap between McCartney and Summers. Now past a fashion question! Are the Bronte sisters next?

Q5: Caribbean nations going from Mexico and heading east
1. Puerto Rico
2. Cuba
3. Dominican Republic
4. Haiti

Spoiler

Argh! Which one is on the western side of Hispaniola??? Punched in 2431, fully expecting "I'm sorry, that was an incorrect answer", ...

But Happy Fred comes on the line! Now OTC for August 3rd! Yeeeee-hawwww!

[mrkelley23]

Sigh,sigh,sigh,sigh,sigh. Done in by what I consider my strength this time.

1. Put these terms in order to form a phrase about having an advantage:

1. Ace
2. Hole
3. In
4. The

Spoiler

1342

Put these cartoonists in order by their birth date, beginning with the earliest:

1. Matt Groening
2. Garry Trudeau
3. Walt Disney
4. Charles Schulz

Spoiler

3421

3. Put these inventions in order by their introduction in the US, starting with the earliest:

1. Apple parer
2. Can opener
3. Fork
4. Food Processor

Spoiler

3124

4. Put these states in order by their nicknames in order by when they entered the Union, starting with the earliest:

1. Aloha state
2. Show Me State
3. Lone Star State
4. Garden State

Spoiler

4231

5. Put these pop songs in order by their first appearance on the Billboard Charts, starting ith the earliest:

1. It Don't Matter to Me
2. Quit Playing Games with my Heart
3. I'm All Out of Love
4. You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling

Spoiler

So I completely forgot about the Bread song (#1), so using Spock's Rule, and knowing that #2 was Backstreet, leaving plenty of room for a more modern song, I assumed that it was 4321. Instead it should be 4132. I'm sad.

[Kazoo65]

Night Six- I think Fred hates me.

Out on Q1. I had put these words in order to make the name of a humanitarian organization 1. Easter 2. National 3. Seals 4. Society-I put in 2134. which I THOUGHT was correct, but then I heard Sad Fred. Maybe I fat fingered it-I'm not sure, I was using a different phone tonight. Back to my regular call-in phone tomorrow.

[elwoodblues]

Why do I keep doing this?

Q1: The Marriage of Figaro

Q2: Medical men in birth order from the earliest:
1) Hippocrates
2) C. Everett Koop
3) van Leeuwenhoek
4) Albert Schweitzer

Spoiler

1342

Q3: Novels in order, earliest:
1) The Notebook
2) Goodbye Columbus
3) Ender's Game
4) Canterbury Tales

Spoiler

Should be 4231, not 4213. The rule that the one you have not heard of is the most recent betrayed me. I should have seen the big gap between 2 (1959) and 1 (1996).

[KillerTomato]

Sigh,sigh,sigh,sigh,sigh. Done in by what I consider my strength this time.

1. Put these terms in order to form a phrase about having an advantage:

1. Ace
2. Hole
3. In
4. The

Had I gotten this question, I'd have never been able to punch in the right sequence. Not because I didn't know it, but from laughing....

Since I don't have a landline phone any more, I'm sure that on the speakerphone from my iPhone, that first word would have sounded just like "Ass". And I doubt Fred would have been looking for "In. The. Ass. Hole."

[BackInTex]

Q3. Put this items in a traditional place setting in order starting at the left. (I knew I was in trouble)
1. Soup Spoon
2. Dinner Plate
3. Dinner Fork
4. Dinner Knife

Correct Answer:

Spoiler

3241

Not what I put.

Easy Q2 (well, it should be, but given my flame out yesterday who knows)
President in order of innauguration
1. Ford
2. Tyler
3. Washington (O.K. this is the only one I know I'll get right for sure)
4. Teddy Roosevelt

Correct Answer:

Spoiler

3241

Q1. Nickleback song
1. How
2. Me
3. Remind
4. You

Correct Answer:

Spoiler

1432

[ghostjmf]

OK, here goes the humiliation part. Some of these were really hard, to me. Obviously. Others were "what huh?".

Night 1:

Q1
nautical phrase

1. hatch

2. down

3. batten

4. the

Spoiler

3,2,4.1 obviously

Q2:

musicians in order, recent ---> oldest

1. 'N'Sync

2. Sly & the Family Stone

3. LL Cool J

4. Alicia Keyes

I think I put

Spoiler

4,3,1,2

When the order is:

Spoiler

4,1,3,2

Spoiler

Alicia Keyes 2001
'N'Sync 1998
LL Cool J 1985
Sly & Family Stone 1967

When googling

Spoiler

'N'Sync

or however they spell it, I got hit with a massive computer virus attack, as symbolized by Symantec unsuccessfully trying to send me a zillion messages on an e-mail system I am not hooked up to; made it look like Symantec was the virus, whereas it was the anti-virus.

Spoiler

What I learned, though, is that LL Cool J had, like, test pressings only his family got copies of way earlier, but his 1st "real" recording was as far back as 1985. Who woulda knew? Not me, obviously. So its a fair out.

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Night #2

Had just got news that family friend who was beaten into a coma by mugger had died. Now, I don't want to pretend that this guy was my best friend or anything. Just someone I knew; my sister & brother knew him much better. But still.

Q1:

Historical figures, early -----> recent

1. Anne Frank

2. Ben Franklin

3. St. Francis of Asissi

4. Frank Lloyd Wright

Spoiler

Anyone with 1/2 a brain knows Wright was designing buildings. or at least was old enough to, about the time Anne Frank was being locked up in the attic.

so what do I put?

Spoiler

3,2,1,4

Its obviously

Spoiler

3,2,4,1

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Night #3

Q1.

music scale, low -----> high

So help me Hannah, I sing so much shape-note stuff I had the old English fasola scale in my head, which, in this case, didn't hurt one bit

1. so

2. la

3. fa

4. ti

Spoiler

3,1,2,4

Spoiler

Just for the record, the fasola scale goes fa-so-la-fa-so-la-mi-fa; same order as do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do

in this case, since they didn't have mi as a candidate, I realized my mistake while writing down "ti", in the right place anyway

Q2:

Movies, early ------> recent

1. Carrie

2. When Harry Met Sally

3. Marry Poppins

4. Something About Mary

Spoiler

3,1,4,2 is not right;

Spoiler

3,1,2,4 is right:

Spoiler

Poppins 1964
Carrie 1976
Harry/Sally 1989
Something About Mary 1998

Spoiler

Dumb to miss, but a legit miss all the same. I feel I have been hearing references to Something/Mary forever, all unpleasant stuff that I do not find funny

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Night 4:

The precipitation Q:

Q1.

Precipitation in order least ----------------------> most

1. light rain

2. cloudburst

3. drizzle

4. moderate rain

Spoiler

3,1,4,2 is wrong, by them

. We have discussed them. If anyone else gets it, please tell me what they really wanted.

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Night 5:

Q1:

Inventions, early ---------------------> latest

1. typewriter

2. garbage disposal

3. mercury thermometer

4. sundial

Spoiler

4,3,1,2 did it

Q2:

Bruce Willis movies, early -------------------> latest

1. Pulp Fiction

2. The Whole 9 Yards

3. The 6th Sense

4. Live Free or Die Hard

Spoiler

1,4,3,2 wrong

Spoiler

1,3,2,4 right

Spoiler

Pulp 1994
6th 1999
9 Yd 2000
Die Hard 2007

I hate Bruce Willis, the smug jerk, but did like 6th Sense. Have never seen any of the others. I will watch Pulp Fiction when I really want to see torturers talking hip, which is not soon. I deserved to get this one wrong.
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Night 6

Q1:

a phrase

1. good

2. food

3. is

4. soup

Spoiler

4,3,1,2

Q2:

Mystery Novels, early ------------------> recent

1. Murder On The Orient Express

2. Farewell My Lovely

3. The Pelican Brief

4. A Is For Alibi

Spoiler

1,2,3,4 not right

Spoiler

1,2,4,3 is right

Spoiler

Murder 1934
Farewell 1940
Alibi 1982
Pelican 1998

Spoiler

I had seen the Pelican movie on TV a long time ago; usually movies come out a while after books, but this one with a young Julia Roberts must have been made before the presses cooled off, or whatever.

An honest got-wrong.

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Night 7.

a phrase

Oh, good, I think. I usually get phrases.

1. hot

2. the

3. under

4. collar

Spoiler

1,4

oh-my-G-d what have I done

Spoiler

1,3,2,4 of course

[Phil Ken Sebbin]

Alright, I think Fred set me up with a crap question (#3)so watch out. Tough stack altogether though.


Q1
Place these words in order to form a research center.
1. Oceanographic
2.Hole
3.Institute
4.Wood

Spoiler

4213

Q2
Place these characters in the order of there 1st appearance starting with the earliest
1.Dr. Faustus
2.Dr. Doolittle
3.Dr. Zhivago
4.Dr. Jeckyl

Spoiler

1423

Q3
Place these words in order to form a 1997? song
1. Wop
2. That
3. Doo
4. Thing

Spoiler

3124

More explanation of answer

Spoiler

The song is Doo Wop (That Thing) by Lauryn Hill. I am very familiar with the song in fact I would say it is right in my wheelhouse being a fan of hip hop and R&B. But the song is NEVER called "Doo Wop That Thing". It's either one or the other. I think the title comes from the fact the title "doo wop" never occurs in the song so the most often repeated line became an unofficial title.

Anyway, no one said the Phone Game was fair and I want to give as many people fair warning as possible.

3 more chances.

[chad1m]

This is the stack my father got tonight:

Put these words in order to complete a popular slogan:
1) Finger
2) Good
3) It's
4) Lickin'

Answers

3) It's
1) Finger
4) Lickin'
2) Good

Put these famous people in order of birth, starting with the earliest:
1) Mother Teresa
2) Rev. Jesse Jackson
3) Cesar Chavez
4) Clara Barton

Answers

4) Clara Barton
1) Mother Teresa
3) Cesar Chavez
2) Rev. Jesse Jackson

Put these variety shows in order of broadcast, starting with the earliest:
1) Saturday Night Live
2) The Colgate Comedy Hour
3) Laugh-in
4) In Living Color

Answers

2) The Colgate Comedy Hour
3) Laugh-in
1) Saturday Night Live
4) In Living Color

Put these famous people in order of birth, starting with the earliest:
1) Irving Berlin
2) Washington Irving
3) John Irving
4) Amy Irving

Answers

2) Washington Irving
1) Irving Berlin
3) John Irving
4) Amy Irving

Put these Pacific islands in order, starting at Japan and going east:
1) Tahiti
2) The Philippines
3) Fiji
4) Papua New Guinea

Answers

4) Papua New Guinea
2) The Philippines
3) Fiji
1) Tahiti

He took an educated stab in the dark and he's signed up for a call on the 17th for an Aug. 3rd tape date!

[drjoe1e6]

Night 7 of the phone game, the highlight reel.

Q1: One fish, two fish... Dr Seuss is easy for me. Avatar proves it.
Q2: The aforementioned Stevie Nicks / Boy George / Lenny Kravitz / Missy Elliott
Q3: Put these dates in the order they appear on the calendar
1. Groundhog Day
2. Valentines Day
3. Lincoln's Birthday
4. Washington's Birthday

Spoiler

1-3-2-4

Q4: Put these states in the order they entered the union, starting with the earliest
1. Arizona
2. Delaware
3. Ohio
4. Kansas

Spoiler

2-3-4-1, thank you Fred!

Q5: Put these people with rhyming names in the order of their birth, starting with the earliest
1. Evel Knievel
2. Cheri Oteri
3. Jack Black
4. Fay Wray

Spoiler

4-1-2-3

Thank you Fred, for never uttering the words "starting with the most recent" tonight. And for giving a decent spread of decades in Q5!
I'm OTC for July 31.

Congrats to all the BB's whom I am fortunate enough to join on the clock. For the rest, hang in there... the right stack is just one call away.
-Dr Joe

[KillerTomato]

Put these Pacific islands in order, starting at Japan and going east:
1) Tahiti
2) The Philippines
3) Fiji
4) Papua New Guinea

Answers

4) Papua New Guinea
2) The Philippines
3) Fiji
1) Tahiti

He took an educated stab in the dark and he's signed up for a call on the 17th for an Aug. 3rd tape date!

This is the second time I've seen this question, and the answer they want is STILL wrong.

The Philippines are WEST of Papua-New Guinea, AND WEST of Japan. The real order is

Spoiler

4. Papua-New Guinea
3. Fiji
1. Tahiti
2. Philippines

But that said, if anyone ever gets it in the next three nights, remember to get it wrong to get it right. And 'grats to Dad M!

[gsn309]

running out of days.
Out on a guitar question of all things

First q not even sure of his exact answers: order inventions:

1) saw (editing--on 2nd thought I think he said "circular saw")
2) compact disk
3 some sort of tire
4) potter's wheel

Spoiler

4132

Question 2:
Order these parts of a guitar from the top:

1) Sound hole
2) Headstock
3) Bridge
4) Neck

Spoiler

from google images appears to be 2413, i think I reversed the last two choices--not a musician. oh well

[Jeemie]

Back from my vacation in time to report two failures.

Mine:

Q1- Advertising Slogan

1 By
2 Doctor
3 Mom
4 Recommended

Spoiler

4123

Q2- TV Detective Shows Earliest to Most recent

1 Columbo
2 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
3 The Closer
4 Murder She Wrote

Spoiler

1423

Q3- Songs in Order, from Most Recent

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

Spoiler

2431

I knew three of the four songs- knew where the hole in the dates was, and still entered the numbers in wrong (think I interchanged 3 and 4).

Oh well- chalk that up to having just gotten back from vacation

Wife-unit's:

Q1- Event in US History

1 The
2 Gold (she knew it at this point, of course)
3 California
4 Rush

Spoiler

1324

Q2- Singers by birth, from earliest

1 Sting
2 Tina Turner
3 Ricky Martin
4 Adam Lambert

Spoiler

2134

Q3- TV Catchphrases, from earliest

1 Kiss My Grits
2 Pow...right in the kisser
3 Yada Yada Yada
4 Who Loves Ya, Baby

Spoiler

2413

Q4- Army units by soliders, from least

1 Battalion
2 Squad
3 Brigade
4 Platoon

She SWAG'ed

Spoiler

2413

and was on to question 5!

Q5- Cosmetics Companies by founding, from earliest

1 Urban Decay
2 Max Factor
3 Estee Lauder
4 Cover Girl

And she blew it- put Estee before Max

Spoiler

2341

Oh well- three more days!

[Ritterskoop]

A few from tonight....

botanical organization

Club
America
of
Garden

Spoiler

4132

cartoonists by the year of their birth, beginning earliest

Charles Schults
Walt Disney
Matt Groening
Trudeau

Spoiler

2143

medicine cabinet items, beginning with earliest year of introduction

Maalox
Pepcid AC
Advil
Scope

Spoiler

it's not 4321