# Pick the odd one **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2005, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023 "2005-09-23T08:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/21 "2005-09-23T23:33:41Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 1. John Mitchell, John Dean, John Sirica, Charles Colson (and it’s not the name! ) > > One of them didn’t go to law school, but I don’t know which one I think Sirica is the only one who wasn’t on Nixon’s “side” (or on his staff, or something like that) in Watergate. > [@](#): > > 1. Basenji, Abyssinian, Lhasa Apso, Puli > > a Puli isn’t a dog (?) Yes it is, but I think an Abyssinian is a cat. > [@](#): > > 1. Rabindranath Tagore, Jean-Paul Sartre, Knut Hamsun, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn > > heh? que? quoi? wha? I’m guessing all but one won a Nobel Prize (for Literature), but I’m too lazy to track down which one. > [@](#): > > 1. Wine into water; sacrifice at Mt. Carmel; feeding the five thousand; healing the ear of the high priest’s servant > > Mt Carmel Agreed; the others are miracles performed by Jesus in the gospels. > [@panamajack](#): > > 1. George Sand, Georges Bizet, Georges Clemenceau, George Washington > > Sand - not male > Bizet - not involved in politics > Washington - not French Plus, all four of them have never been in Cliff Clavin’s kitchen. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/22 "2005-09-23T23:47:19Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 1. Incus, trapezius, malleus, stapes > > metals of sorts, i think, but I don’t know which one is different The trapezius is a muscle, the other three are bones in the inner ear. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/23 "2005-09-23T23:49:22Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Wine into water; sacrifice at Mt. Carmel; feeding the five thousand; healing the ear of the high priest’s servant > > Mt Carmel > Agreed; the others are miracles performed by Jesus in the gospels. What’s miraculous about wine into water? I do it every night with beer. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/24 "2005-09-24T00:23:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What’s miraculous about wine into water? I do it every night with beer. :smack: Didn’t notice that! If that was intentional on **dougie** ’s part, I want to change my answer. (Mmmm… a mountain of caramel…) ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/25 "2005-09-24T01:11:14Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > San Diego. > > The other three were all relocated there from somewhere else. > > Indianapolis Colts formerly Baltimore Colts, Baltimore Ravens formerly Cleveland Browns, St. Louis Rams formerly L.A. Rams. Actually, the Chargers started in Los Angeles, and moved to San Diego in 1962 ([cite](http://www.chargers.com/history/index.cfm) ). ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/26 "2005-09-24T01:54:54Z")
1. Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, Mark McGwire. Musial does not have over 500 career home runs. 1. John Mitchell, John Dean, John Sirica, Charles Colson (and it’s not the name! 😛 ) John Sirica did not go to jail due to Watergate. 1. Kings, Richmond, Tooele, Bronx Tooele is not a county that is in New York City. 1. Diadem, fedora, peplum, bowler. A peplum is not headwear. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/27 "2005-09-24T05:12:21Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 1. Indianapolis, Baltimore, San Diego, St. Louis > San Diego is not the capitol of it’s state Actually, _only_ Indianapolis is a State Capital. (Annapolis, MD. Sacramento, CA. Jefferson City, MO). Or, perhaps it’s San Diego, because it’s the only one that is NOT the largest city in it’s State. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2005, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/28 "2005-09-24T07:02:48Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > :smack: Didn’t notice that! If that was intentional on **dougie** ’s part, I want to change my answer. > > (Mmmm… a mountain of caramel…) :o God forgive me…I meant \*WATER \* into _WINE!_! :o Incidentally: Musial was the odd one out in that unlike Ruth (1919, etc.), Mantle (1955, etc.), or McGwire (1987, etc.), Musial never lead the league in home runs. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/29 "2005-09-24T13:10:16Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. Yes, the bullfrog is the odd one out; the others are (usually) black. : ) But panthers aren’t black. If you are thinking of a “black panther,” that is actually a color morph of the (African) leopard. Panthers, aka cougars aka mountain lions, etc. are tan. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/30 "2005-09-24T14:29:46Z")
Nor are all mambas black. Check out [this](http://www.whozoo.org/Intro98/kevbrash/greenmamba2.htm) colorful fella. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/31 "2005-09-24T21:41:52Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Nor are all mambas black. Check out [this](http://www.whozoo.org/Intro98/kevbrash/greenmamba2.htm) colorful fella. Yeah…he sure is. 🙂 Howewer, I would be hard put to find other animal names–as varied as a snake, a bird, and a big cat–with whom so many people associate the color black. Can you do better? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/32 "2005-09-24T21:55:26Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > I > I’m guessing all but one won a Nobel Prize (for Literature), but I’m too lazy to track down which one. They all did. Sartre was the only one of the four to decline the prize. Next ten: 21. German silver, sterling, conventional photographic film, hurricane “seeding” solution 22. Wilt Chamberlin, Clyde Frazier, Jerry West, Vlade Divac 23. Belle Poitrine, Bubber, Magdalena Montezuma, Letch Feeley 24. Bisque, Clam Chowder, Vichyssoise, Menudo 25. Romans, Galatians, Titus, Lamentations 26. _Collier’s, Liberty, Scientific American, Quinto Lingo_ 27. Perfective aspect, stem-changing verbs, preterit, personal _a_ 28. Midway, North Africa, Argonne Forest, Britain 29. _Good Times, One Day at a Time, Welcome Back Kotter, The Jeffersons_ 30. Kangaroo, Echidna, Opossum, Wombat ---
**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/33 "2005-09-24T23:39:59Z")
1. German silver, sterling, conventional photographic film, hurricane “seeding” solution A guess - German silverfish - There’s sterling silver, film is silver, as is the seeding solution, but German silver isn’t. 1. Romans, Galatians, Titus, Lamentations Another Guess - Titus - I assume that’s the only one that not a book of the bible. 1. Midway, North Africa, Argonne Forest, Britain I assume we are talking World War II, as there was a “Battle of Britain”, and I gather a battle of Midway. I’ll guess that there wasn’t a battle of Argonne Forest in WWII, as I gather there was a campaign in North Africa, although I don’t really know that much about WWII. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/34 "2005-09-24T23:53:47Z")
> [@silverfish](#): > > 1. German silver, sterling, conventional photographic film, hurricane “seeding” solution > > A guess - German silverfish - There’s sterling silver, film is silver, as is the seeding solution, but German silver isn’t. Sounds good to me—and if anyone would know, it’d be a **silverfish**. > [@](#): > > 1. Romans, Galatians, Titus, Lamentations > > Another Guess - Titus - I assume that’s the only one that not a book of the bible. It is indeed a book of the Bible. Lamentations is the only one that’s not in the New Testament (or, to be even more specific, Romans, Galatians, and Titus are all epistles of Paul, though modern scholars are doubtful whether Paul actually wrote Titus). > [@](#): > > 1. Midway, North Africa, Argonne Forest, Britain > > I assume we are talking World War II, as there was a “Battle of Britain”, and I gather a battle of Midway. I’ll guess that there wasn’t a battle of Argonne Forest in WWII, as I gather there was a campaign in North Africa, although I don’t really know that much about WWII. Was Argonne Forest a **WWI** battle? > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. Bisque, Clam Chowder, Vichyssoise, Menudo Menudo: the others are all soups. (Or did the singing group name itself after a soup?) > [@](#): > > 1. Kangaroo, Echidna, Opossum, Wombat Hmmm. Kangaroos, echidnas, and wombats all live in Australia; but kangaroos, opossums, and wombats are all marsupials. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/35 "2005-09-24T23:55:27Z")
1. Bisque, Clam Chowder, Vichyssoise, Menudo Vichyssoise served cold; rest served hot? 1. Romans, Galatians, Titus, Lamentations Lamentations is an Old Testament book, the rest are NT 1. Kangaroo, Echidna, Opossum, Wombat echidna is a monotreme, the rest are marsupials ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/36 "2005-09-25T01:23:20Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. Wilt Chamberlin, Clyde Frazier, Jerry West, Vlade Divac Clyde Frazier never played for the Lakers. > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. Midway, North Africa, Argonne Forest, Britain North Africa was a campaign, while the others refer to specific battles. (I think.) > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. _Good Times, One Day at a Time, Welcome Back Kotter, The Jeffersons_ _The Jeffersons_ was set in an upscale neighborhood. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/37 "2005-09-25T06:39:56Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Sounds good to me—and if anyone would know, it’d be a **silverfish**. > It is indeed a book of the Bible. Lamentations is the only one that’s not in the New Testament (or, to be even more specific, Romans, Galatians, and Titus are all epistles of Paul, though modern scholars are doubtful whether Paul actually wrote Titus). > Was Argonne Forest a **WWI** battle? > Menudo: the others are all soups. (Or did the singing group name itself after a soup?) I did indeed list Romans, Galatians, and Titus as books ascribed to Paul. Yes, Argonne Forest was World War I. Baseball star Eddie Grant died in that battle, about a month before the Armistice. ☹ I listed Menudo as a souip; Vichyssoise, like Gazpacho, is traditionally served cold. By “German silver” I meant an alloy which actually contains no silver. And it’s the only one of the four with “silver” in its name! 😛 Now for the thirties: 1. Jimmie Finlayson, Mae Busch, Ben Turpin, Buster Keaton 2. Mercury, gallium, iridium, bromine 3. Lal Shastri, Felix Bandaranaike, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi 4. Vitameatavegamin; stomping the grapes; Kolak and the walnuts; the walk-in freezer 5. Alpha-Bits; Apple Jacks; Honeycomb; Grape Nuts 6. _Naked Came the Stranger; Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask; The Kinsey Report; The Kama Sutra_ 7. Rattlesnake, coral snake, copperhead, water moccasin 8. T-formation; first down; woomik; forward lateral 9. Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas; Iquique, Chile; Iceland; Yellowstone National Park 10. Oliver Ellsworth; Michael Musmanno; Morrison Waite; William Howard Taft ---
**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:** [September 25, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/38 "2005-09-25T09:01:01Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. Vitameatavegamin; stomping the grapes; Kolak and the walnuts; the walk-in freezer Kolak…that was Dick van Dyke, 2 of the others were Lucy, and, thus, I’ll assume the fourth is. > [@](#): > > 1. Alpha-Bits; Apple Jacks; Honeycomb; Grape Nuts Apple Jacks - the only one not named for its shape. > [@](#): > > 1. _Naked Came the Stranger; Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask; The Kinsey Report; The Kama Sutra_ Naked Came the Stranger - Only work of fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/39 "2005-09-25T15:14:05Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. Mercury, gallium, iridium, bromine > 2. Alpha-Bits; Apple Jacks; Honeycomb; Grape Nuts > 3. Rattlesnake, coral snake, copperhead, water moccasin 1. Iridium is not liquid at normal ambient temperatures. 2. Alpha-Bits does not have a non-cereal food in its name 3. Coral snakes are not pit vipers. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023/40 "2005-09-25T15:20:36Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Apple Jacks - the only one not named for its shape. Hey, you may have something there. But also, Apple Jacks is the only one not made by Post (it’s Kellogg’s). > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. Rattlesnake, coral snake, copperhead, water moccasin Of these four venomous North American snakes, the coral snake is the only one that is not a pit viper.—Oops, I see **Biffy** has beaten me to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-odd-one/323023.md?page=3)