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   Erland Sommarskog to All   
   Erland's Occasional Quiz - Odd One Out (   
   14 May 23 23:02:04   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   It's time for one of my occasional quizzes again, and this time   
   it's an "odd one out" with a slightly revamped format.   
      
   For each question there is first a topic for the question. Then you   
   get a list of six items. Five of these items share a common   
   property of some noteworthy, while the sixth item does not have   
   this property. Your task is to spot the odd one. In all questions   
   one item is preceded by three asterisks. This marks that this item   
   is one of the five with something in common.   
      
   When you give your answer, you can, but don't have to, include a   
   motivation for your answer. However, if you don't include a   
   motivation, you answer *must* agree with what I have in mind.   
   If you answer something else that I had in mind, but you leave a   
   motivation, I might still reward you a point, if I find that the   
   motivation is correct and noteworthy enough. Observe that the item   
   marked with asterisks can never be a correct answer - even if   
   there is something apparently odd about it.   
      
   If you give the intended answer with an incorrect motivation, you   
   will still get your point.   
      
   As always, only use your own head. Don't consults wives, brothers,   
   cats, Chat GPT etc.   
      
   I plan to score this on Firday 19th.   
      
   Have fun!   
      
      
   1. Football: Juventus, Manchester United, ***Nacional da Madeira,   
                Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Sporting Lisbon   
      
   2. Kings of England: Edward IV, ***George VI, Henry V, Henrvy VII,   
                        Richard II, Richard III   
      
   3. Chemistry: 2, 8, 18, 32, 40, ***50   
      
   4. Nuclear physics: 2, 8, 20, 26, ***50, 82   
      
   5. Internatonal organisations: Belgium, ***Canada, Finland, Hungary,   
                                  Sweden, Turkey.   
      
   6. Music: Arrival, Joyride, Super Trouper, Voulez-Vous, ***Voyage, Waterloo   
      
   7. Litterature: ***Dodo, Doormouse, Hatter, Mock Turtle, Tigger,   
                   White Rabbit   
      
   8. Mountains: Cotopaxi, Fujiyama, Matterhorn, ***Mount Cameroon,   
                 Mount Erebus,  Mount Rainer   
      
   9. History: ***Bannockburn 1314, Borodino 1812, Kosovo Polje 1448,   
               Lützen 1632, Poltava 1709, Wittenberg 1517   
      
   10. Capitals: ***Berne, Canberra, Dublin, Ottawa, Washington, Wellington.   
      
   11. Airports: ARN, ATL, CDG, NRT, ORD, ***YYZ   
      
   12. City life. See https://wwww.sommarskog.se/temp/Citylife.html.   
       Picture A, Picture B, Picture C, Picture D, Picture E, ***Picture F.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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