# Find the one that doesn't belong **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888 "2010-05-10T07:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/21 "2010-05-12T01:13:49Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > 1. > > a) Maury Wills > b) Ricky Henderson > c) Tommy Harper > d) David Cone > > This is a way wild guess, but I think David Cone is the only pitcher of the group. I think he’s also the only white guy of the bunch. He’s also the only one not known for stealing bases. Besides what’s already been mentioned for #19: Besides “rose”, each is named for the man (Zinn, Dahl, or Garden) who had something to do with discovering or cultivating it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/22 "2010-05-12T01:28:33Z")
I’ve written a few questions like this for a radio show that takes listener submissions. I may have even posted them here, although long enough ago that I doubt anyone would remember the answers. Do you mind if anyone else contributes questions? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/23 "2010-05-13T08:11:41Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > You know, not to be a party pooper, but some of your answers involve us figuring out what you’re thinking at the time. All the Archie answers pretty much fit, and how are a crescent wrench and Phillip’s used exclusively for auto repair? Well, I know they aren’t; but the “crescent” wrench (or “adjustable” wrench, chrome with the little knurled adjustment screw in the head), the Phillips screwdriver, and the thickness gauge (for measuring the gap between points in the ignition systrem) generally are used in auto repair, not plumbing. The basin wrench is not. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/24 "2010-05-13T08:13:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’ve written a few questions like this for a radio show that takes listener submissions. I may have even posted them here, although long enough ago that I doubt anyone would remember the answers. > > Do you mind if anyone else contributes questions? Not at all. go ahead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/25 "2010-05-13T09:31:52Z")
If anyone remembers these from when I’ve posted them before, give everyone else a chance before you post the answers. RA1. a) Charlie Chaplin b) Harpo Marx c) Marcel Marceau d) Kevin Smith RA2. a) Ferdinand Magellan b) Phileas Fogg c) Amelia Earhart d) John Glenn RA3. a) Benjamin Harrison b) Pope Pius XII c) George Lazenby d) Conan O’Brien ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/26 "2010-05-13T12:14:14Z")
RA1: b) Harpo Marx. All the others used their real names as their stage names. RA2: b) Phileas Fogg. All the others were real people. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/27 "2010-05-13T16:39:55Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Well, I know they aren’t; but the “crescent” wrench (or “adjustable” wrench, chrome with the little knurled adjustment screw in the head), the Phillips screwdriver, and the thickness gauge (for measuring the gap between points in the ignition systrem) generally are used in auto repair, not plumbing. The basin wrench is not. No worries, I’m not really complaining (well, I guess I am). I love these puzzles. The Archie and Tool questions maybe had too many variables for me, and I have it on good information that Archie is not a natural redhead.😉 I’ll quit whining and try to come up with my own. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/28 "2010-05-13T18:35:07Z")
RA3: [spoiler]Pope Pius XII The other 3 all succeeded, and then were then succeeded by, the same person Benjamin Harrison - Grover Cleveland George Lazenby - Sean Connery Conan O’Brien - Jay Leno [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/29 "2010-05-13T19:24:56Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > RA1: > > b) Harpo Marx. All the others used their real names as their stage names. > > RA2: > > b) Phileas Fogg. All the others were real people. Neither of those is what I had in mind. There is something very specific that each group shares. > [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > RA3: > > [spoiler]Pope Pius XII > > The other 3 all succeeded, and then were then succeeded by, the same person > > Benjamin Harrison - Grover Cleveland > George Lazenby - Sean Connery > Conan O’Brien - Jay Leno > [/spoiler] Correct. Excellent.[spoiler]When I first though of that question, the last choice was Hugh Downs. Still had to do with the Tonight Show, though. There was an incident in 1960 when Jack Parr quit as the host because one of his jokes was censored. His second banana, Downs, took over for a month, and then Parr came back. But that made it a much harder question. Lots of people know about Parr walking off like that, but few know who took over in his absence. The latest reshuffling of hosts has played right into my hands.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/30 "2010-05-13T19:57:17Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Neither of those is what I had in mind. There is something very specific that each group shares. [spoiler] In group 1, they’re all “silent” actors of some sort. So you’re possibly looking for one who never spoke in a movie ever. In which case I’d say Marx, since Silent Bob usually spoke a bit at the end, Marcel Marceau was the only speaking role in Mel Brook’s “Silent Movie”, and Chaplin spoke in the Great Dictator. For group 2, I don’t know. They all tried their journeys around the world, but whereas Fogg and Glenn made it, the other two died on the way. But Fogg was the only one to use multiple modes of transport.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/31 "2010-05-13T20:48:57Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [spoiler] > In group 1, they’re all “silent” actors of some sort. So you’re possibly looking for one who never spoke in a movie ever. In which case I’d say Marx, since Silent Bob usually spoke a bit at the end, Marcel Marceau was the only speaking role in Mel Brook’s “Silent Movie”, and Chaplin spoke in the Great Dictator. > > For group 2, I don’t know. They all tried their journeys around the world, but whereas Fogg and Glenn made it, the other two died on the way. But Fogg was the only one to use multiple modes of transport.[/spoiler] See, I’d pick Kevin Smith because: The others were known for being silent for a majority of their appearances, while Silent Bob spoke in every movie. RA2. a) Ferdinand Magellan b) Phileas Fogg c) Amelia Earhart d) John Glenn Only one’s a woman??? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/32 "2010-05-13T21:28:00Z")
OK, how about this, then… RA2. a) Ferdinand Magellan b) Phileas Fogg c) Amelia Earhart d) John Glenn [spoiler]Magellan He went around the world in a boat, The other three got their fame from traveling by air, at least part of the time. Although, apparently this applies only in the movie version of _Around the World in 80 Days_, according to Wikipedia. It’s been many, many years since I read the book myself [/spoiler] or even better yet, this occurred to me on preview [spoiler]Earhart The other three circumnavigated the globe. She didn’t quite make it [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/33 "2010-05-13T21:32:15Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [spoiler] > In group 1, they’re all “silent” actors of some sort. So you’re possibly looking for one who never spoke in a movie ever. In which case I’d say Marx, since Silent Bob usually spoke a bit at the end, Marcel Marceau was the only speaking role in Mel Brook’s “Silent Movie”, and Chaplin spoke in the Great Dictator. > > For group 2, I don’t know. They all tried their journeys around the world, but whereas Fogg and Glenn made it, the other two died on the way. But Fogg was the only one to use multiple modes of transport.[/spoiler] Eactly right on group 1.There are recordings of Harpo Marx’s voice, but from what I’ve been able to find, they are audio only, never on film. Or, in one case, the four are hiding in barrels singing in four-part harmony. No one seems to know if it’s Harpo singing, but even if it is, he can’t be seen at the time. Still no one has the answer I’m thinking of for group 2. Maybe it’s not as good a question as I thought, but I’ll give you a hint.All four of them did, or tried to do, the same thing; but one of them went about it a different way. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/34 "2010-05-14T19:48:06Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > No worries, I’m not really complaining (well, I guess I am). I love these puzzles. The Archie and Tool questions maybe had too many variables for me, and I have it on good information that Archie is not a natural redhead.😉 > > I’ll quit whining and try to come up with my own. How do you figure that? Archie’s mother Mary is usually shown with red hair. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/35 "2010-05-16T02:25:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Still no one has the answer I’m thinking of for group 2. Maybe it’s not as good a question as I thought, but I’ll give you a hint.All four of them did, or tried to do, the same thing; but one of them went about it a different way. Glenn did it in space. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/36 "2010-05-16T04:17:01Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Glenn did it in space. No. It doesn’t look like anyone is going to get it.Magellan is the odd one out. Fogg, Earhart, and Glenn all made their circumnavigation attempts by travelling to the east. Magellan went to the west. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/37 "2010-05-16T23:23:35Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > No. > > It doesn’t look like anyone is going to get it.Magellan is the odd one out. Fogg, Earhart, and Glenn all made their circumnavigation attempts by travelling to the east. Magellan went to the west. I thought it was Fogg since he was the only fictional character Or Earnhart since she was the the only one of the four to solo across the Atlantic Or Glenn because he was the only one to do it without touching land or water during the trip. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/38 "2010-05-16T23:28:56Z")
13 a) bacon Only food not allowed on Catholic fast days ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/39 "2010-05-17T06:47:16Z")
😛 15(c) and 20 (b) 15(c) was by Edith Bunker in _All in the Family._ The other quotes were from _M_A_S_H.\* 20 (c) is a part on an automobile. The other three are parts of San Francisco cable cars. 🙂 Ten more: 21. a) Trochlear b) Hyoid c) Vagus d) Oculomotor 22. a) Lettuce b) Cheese c) Onion d) Jalapeño 23. a) Dir b) Sind c) Kutch d) Northwest Frontier 24. a) Lavrenti Beria b) Giorgi Malenkov c) Aleksei Kosygin d) Andrei Gromyko 25. a) Snaffle bit b) Horn c) Escutcheon d) Lariat 26. a) _Common Sense_ b) _Profiles in Courage_ c) _The Federalist Papers_ d) _The Crisis_ 27. a) Abducted from a party in New York b) Stranded in an Iowa confield c) Fighting on Mt. Rushmore d) Alone and apprehensive in a fruit cellar 28. a) Interrnational Declaration of Human Rights b) The Reform Act of 1832 c) Magna Charta d) The Union Act of 1702 29. a) Plato b) Killer c) Junior d) Zero 30. a) Chopped onions b) Turmeric c) Mustard d) Sweet pickle relish ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/40 "2010-05-17T07:05:30Z")
The odd one out in No. 20 was (b), which was the dashpot. :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888.md?page=3)