# Odd Man Out **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 13, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277 "2016-06-13T18:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/22 "2016-06-14T13:33:34Z")
A, because is a vowel. G T V are consonants. Next: ☿ ♂ ♃ ♌ ♆ ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/23 "2016-06-14T14:27:41Z")
☿ = Mercury ♂ = Mars ♃ = Jupiter ♆ = Neptune ♌ = umm… the sperm planet? (This is the odd man out.) Repeating mine since no one’s got it yet: Jethro Tull Metallica Nine Inch Nails Queensrÿche Soundgarden ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/24 "2016-06-14T15:39:08Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > = Mercury > > = Mars > > = Jupiter > > = Neptune > > = umm… the sperm planet? (This is the odd man out.) Leo (constellation/sign) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/25 "2016-06-14T15:40:15Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I think they all won the Nobel Peace Prize, except Camus, who won the prize for Literature. Good guess … but not quite. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/26 "2016-06-14T16:48:23Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Good guess … but not quite. Camus for lots of other reasons. Camus was not a citizen of an English-speaking country. Camus was never party to any high level administrative policy discussion in wartime. Is it not true that Camus won the Nobel prize for literature, and all the others for Peace? Remember the rules— an answer only has to be correct, not necessarily the one the poser had in mind. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/27 "2016-06-14T17:59:30Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Jethro Tull > Metallica > Nine Inch Nails > Queensrÿche > Soundgarden Jethro Tull, the others are all bands that were founded in the U.S. > [@septimus](#): > > Aluminum, Iron, Oxygen, Silicon, Tin. I know it’s been answered, but let’s see if I get the original intended answer: Oxygen. It’s symbol is O. The others all have two-letter symbols: Al, Fe, Si, Sn ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/28 "2016-06-14T18:20:44Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Oxygen. It’s symbol is O. The others all have two-letter symbols: Al, Fe, Si, Sn Not my intended answer. … But each of the answers presented here may be better than my intended answer. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/29 "2016-06-14T18:21:37Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > > [@buddha\_david](#): > > > > Jethro Tull > > Metallica > > Nine Inch Nails > > Queensrÿche > > Soundgarden > > Jethro Tull, the others are all bands that were founded in the U.S. Sorry, incorrect (though technically true.) By the way, I’d like to **propose a rule change** for incorrect guesses. If someone makes a guess which is wrong, but technically true, the question-giver should have the option of changing one of his/her items, or add an extra one, so the previous guess is no longer true. (Obviously this will rule out wrong answers and may even give away the correct one, but since the goal is to figure out the list’s criteria, it’s all fair play.) For example, I’ll amend my own list to read thusly: Jethro Tull **Motörhead** Nine Inch Nails Queensrÿche Soundgarden How’s that sound? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/30 "2016-06-14T23:55:07Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Sorry, incorrect (though technically true.) > > By the way, I’d like to **propose a rule change** for incorrect guesses. If someone makes a guess which is wrong, but technically true, the question-giver should have the option of changing one of his/her items, or add an extra one, so the previous guess is no longer true. (Obviously this will rule out wrong answers and may even give away the correct one, but since the goal is to figure out the list’s criteria, it’s all fair play.) For example, I’ll amend my own list to read thusly: > > Jethro Tull > **Motörhead** > Nine Inch Nails > Queensrÿche > Soundgarden > > How’s that sound? I was trying to avoid a lot of back and forth exchanges, to keep it rolling wimp;ly and quickly. I’d prefer that a person can give any answer that is supported by an explanation and is accurate/factual. The poser can then come back and either state what was intended, or can tweak the list in order to force the expected response. Otherwise there will be too many cross-conversatijons going on about each contested list. . But if you guys want to do it, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/31 "2016-06-15T10:16:28Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > _Life is Strange_ is the only video game without a sequel. True, but not what I was going for. For an extra hint one of the series in the set includes installments that don’t fit the theme. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/32 "2016-06-15T17:20:36Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > True, but not what I was going for. > > For an extra hint one of the series in the set includes installments that don’t fit the theme. Is it because _Life is Strange_ is a graphic adventure game, while the others are standard RPGs? (I think FF has a few sequels in that genre.) ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/33 "2016-06-15T17:40:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > George Lazenby > Pope Pius XII > Conan O’Brien > Benjamin Harrison I’ll add a name to mine, although I’m not completely sure she qualifies. George Lazenby Pope Pius XII Conan O’Brien Benjamin Harrison Sarah Chalke ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/34 "2016-06-15T17:58:32Z")
Sarah Chalke is odd man out. Everyone else is male. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/35 "2016-06-15T18:09:10Z")
Okay, then. George Lazenby Pope Pius XII Conan O’Brien Benjamin Harrison Sarah Chalke Diana Muldaur (Muldaur doesn’t quite fit the list quite as well as some of the others, but could get people thinking in the right direction.) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/36 "2016-06-15T18:44:22Z")
George Lazenby was preceded and succeeded by Sean Connery in the role of James Bond. Conan O’Brien was preceded and succeeded by Jay Leno as the host of the Tonight Show Benjamin Harrison was preceded and succeeded by Grover Cleveland as President of the U.S. Sarah Chalke was preceded and succeeded by Lecy Goranson in the role of Becky Conner (on _Roseanne_) Diana Muldaur was preceded and succeeded by Gates McFadden in the role of the chief medical officer of the Enterprise (_Star Trek: The Next Generation_) Pope Pius XII is the odd man out. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/37 "2016-06-15T18:57:25Z")
Alaska California Hawaii Louisiana Minnesota Hint: it has nothing to do with the spelling or pronunciation of the names and it has nothing to do with what their capitals are. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/38 "2016-06-15T19:02:58Z")
Alaska, California, Hawaii & Louisiana are coastal; Minnesota is not. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/39 "2016-06-15T19:15:07Z")
You’re right. I just realized that and was about to clarify. That’s not what I had in mind though. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/40 "2016-06-15T19:21:50Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Is it because _Life is Strange_ is a graphic adventure game, while the others are standard RPGs? Nope. It’s nothing intrinsic to any of the games. In fact, adding Gangan Comics to the list doesn’t change the theme as formulated. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/41 "2016-06-15T19:25:08Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Albert Einstein > Franklin D. Roosevelt > George C. Marshall > Theodore Roosevelt > Winston Churchill > Woodrow Wilson All except Franklin D. Roosevelt were Nobel laureates (Einstein for physics; Marshall, Theodore Roosevelt, and Wilson for peace; Churchill and Camus for literature). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277.md?page=3)