# The consecutive number game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020 "2003-07-08T16:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 40
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/781 "2003-09-24T01:44:03Z")
          **710**   In tenpin bowling a _very_ difficult “split” to convert for a spare. If I remember correctly, Mark Roth and John Mazza did this difficult feat on ABC-TV when they televised bowling matches. Although the **7-10 split** is quite difficult, I believe the 4-6-7-10 is the toughest. (I’d better look it up though, before #46,710 appears on this board). ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/782 "2003-09-24T01:55:49Z")
711: Convenience store extraordinaire ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/783 "2003-09-24T02:29:09Z")
[Route 712](http://www.dart.org/maps/712map.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/784 "2003-09-24T07:15:01Z")
Friends episode #713 Rachel breaks Joey’s chair (Rosita) so she buys him a new one; meanwhile Chandler thinks he broke it, so he replaces it with his own identical chair. Joey believes the chair miraculously healed itself, so Rachels keeps the new chair. But Joey is jealous, so he breaks “his” chair so he can have Rachel’s. Mr. and Mrs. Geller are selling their home so Ross and Monica go to pick up their childhood things. Ross’s are fine, but Monica’s have been ruined by flood water. To make it up to her, Mr. Geller gives her his Porsche. Phoebe takes a job as a telemarketer and her first contact (Earl) doesn’t want to buy anything because he’s planning to kill himself. Phoebe convinces him to keep living ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/785 "2003-09-24T07:17:27Z")
Page 714 of the 10[sup]th[/sup] edition of John Bartlett’s _Familiar Quotations_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/786 "2003-09-24T07:20:48Z")
On _Dragnet_, Sergeant Friday (Jack Webb) wore [Badge #714](http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/dragnet.html). ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/787 "2003-09-24T09:59:51Z")
In August, [**715**](http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-08-21-west-nile_x.htm) people were infected with the West Nile virus in the US. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/788 "2003-09-24T11:04:24Z")
Good Morning y’all. **Boyo Jim** ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/789 "2003-09-24T11:14:06Z")
Wrong thread, **Abby** 😉 In the year **716** AD: Theodosius III leads a revolt against Anastasius II and is proclaimed Byzantine Emperor. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/790 "2003-09-24T11:17:16Z")
Heh, Thanks. I wondered why I couldn’t find this one to post. That it’s **716** miles from Columbia, SC to New York, NY. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/791 "2003-09-24T11:18:23Z")
The always cool [Boeing **717**](http://www.airliners.net/open.file/427298/M/) ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/792 "2003-09-24T13:36:28Z")
[Or the always hot Porsche 718](http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/5399/mc-p718.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/793 "2003-09-24T16:47:49Z")
Art lovers can check out the Black Heritage Gallery at [719 Bourbon Street](http://www.blackheritagegallery.com/) in New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/794 "2003-09-24T16:55:29Z")
Violinist Jan Savitt’s dance band used [720 In The Books](http://www.musica.co.uk/musica/screen __PRODUCT/shop__ MUS/affiliate __/category__ PP528007.htm) as its theme. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/795 "2003-09-24T18:00:01Z")
721 AD the Iconoclastic controversy begins. [http://www.iconarts.com/history.html](http://www.iconarts.com/history.html) ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/796 "2003-09-24T18:27:15Z")
The NYC subway system is covers **722** miles. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/797 "2003-09-24T21:21:41Z")
Navy Destroyer DD [723](http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/723.htm) USS Walke ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/798 "2003-09-24T22:12:56Z")
724- The sorta’ reverse of that popular, trite phrase “24-7” ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/799 "2003-09-25T05:34:17Z")
          **725**   725 = 5[sup]4[/sup] + 5[sup]3[/sup] - 5[sup]2[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/800 "2003-09-25T05:39:00Z")
          **726**   factors neatly into 11 \* 11 \* 2 \* 3   The factors only use the digits 1, 2 and 3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=41)