# 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:** 6
**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 21, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/102 "2016-06-21T05:18:05Z")
Gingham’s the only one whose name isn’t sourced from a location. ---
**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 21, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/103 "2016-06-21T09:50:51Z")
Here’s one that’s like a Rorschach — there’s a reasonable way to make any of the six the odd man out. Top prize to the first good answer I didn’t think of. Beijing London New York Paris Rome Tokyo ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/104 "2016-06-21T12:24:03Z")
For starters, three ways for New York: not a national capital, and never hosted the Olympics. And New York is the oly one that IS a seaport. ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/105 "2016-06-21T14:14:12Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > For starters, three ways for New York: not a national capital, and never hosted the Olympics. And New York is the oly one that IS a seaport. I’d noticed the first two during preparation. Not being a seaport will come as a surprise to London and Tokyo! London was once the largest seaport in the world. ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/106 "2016-06-21T14:41:44Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Gingham’s the only one whose name isn’t sourced from a location. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/107 "2016-06-21T15:43:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Beijing > London > New York > Paris > Rome > Tokyo There’s no Beijing, TX. Not even with an alternate spelling. ---
**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 21, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/108 "2016-06-21T16:15:40Z")
> [@Rhodes](#): > > There’s no Beijing, TX. Not even with an alternate spelling. Wow! I think you win a prize! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/109 "2016-06-21T17:32:59Z")
Only Beijing has changed its name in the past century. Twice. Three times. Four times. Pekin =\> Peking =\> Peiping =\> Beiping =\> Beijing. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/110 "2016-06-21T23:01:59Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Only Beijing has changed its name in the past century. Twice. Three times. Four times. > > Pekin =\> Peking =\> Peiping =\> Beiping =\> Beijing. Technically, the city never changed its name-- just the way it’s spelled in the West changed. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/111 "2016-06-21T23:05:15Z")
Passover Purim Shavuot Sukkot Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/112 "2016-06-22T03:17:58Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Technically, the city never changed its name-- just the way it’s spelled in the West changed. Well, the period when it was Beiping was a change - the second character being changed from ‘capital’ to ‘peace’, for the period when it wasn’t the capital. But, yeah…the b\<-\>p and j\<-\>k thing is just a matter of which transliteration is being used. ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/113 "2016-06-22T03:36:38Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Passover > Purim > Shavuot > Sukkot > Yom Kippur > Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah It’s the only one that can be sung to the tune of _Oklahoma_. ---
**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 22, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/114 "2016-06-22T05:14:41Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Passover > Purim > Shavuot > Sukkot > Yom Kippur > Rosh Hashanah Two answers, but I’ll guess the 2nd was intended. Passover — only holiday name shown in English **Purim — the other five holidays are among the Seven Feasts in Yahweh’s instruction to Moses.** (The Beta Israel of Ethiopia had no knowledge of Purim, a hint that their separation from the Jewish mainstream was very ancient.) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/115 "2016-06-22T08:29:09Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Two answers, but I’ll guess the 2nd was intended. > Passover — only holiday name shown in English > **Purim — the other five holidays are among the Seven Feasts in Yahweh’s instruction to Moses.** > > (The Beta Israel of Ethiopia had no knowledge of Purim, a hint that their separation from the Jewish mainstream was very ancient.) I thought of putting Pesach, but few non-Jews are familiar with the term, while religious Christians usually know what the other holidays are. I guess it’s the way Christian bibles are translated. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/116 "2016-06-22T21:31:02Z")
River running right through the middle of the city: London: Thames. New York: East. (Also Hudson if you count Upper Bay) Paris: Seine. Rome: Tiber. Tokyo: Arakawa and Sumida. Beijing: … again the odd man out. Chaobai and Wenyu may be inside city limits, but are outside of what appears to be the city center. The Tonghui and Nanchang Rivers seem to have been diverted into canals to keep the city center riverless. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/117 "2016-06-22T21:40:14Z")
Dang, I thought I’d found another one. But neither Beijing nor Paris has had a [citywide fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fires). ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/118 "2016-06-22T22:43:30Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Here’s one that’s like a Rorschach — there’s a reasonable way to make any of the six the odd man out. Top prize to the first good answer I didn’t think of. > > Beijing > London > New York > Paris > Rome > Tokyo New York was the only one that wasn’t bombed during WWII. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/119 "2016-06-23T02:15:57Z")
Dwight Eisenhower Susan B. Anthony Benjamin Franklin Abraham Lincoln ETA: And no, it’s not that Susan B. Anthony was a woman. ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/120 "2016-06-23T03:27:54Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Dwight Eisenhower > Susan B. Anthony > Benjamin Franklin > Abraham Lincoln As far as I know, Franklin has never been on a U.S. coin. The others have, although you don’t see Eisenhower or Anthony dollars very often. ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277/121 "2016-06-23T03:36:16Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > As far as I know, Franklin has never been on a U.S. coin. Franklin was on the half dollar from 1948 to 1963. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-man-out/757277.md?page=7)