# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/161 "2003-07-16T09:44:59Z")
A great mathematician was in a coma and one of his friends, also a mathematician, came to see him, he was told by the people before him that there was no reply coming from him and his family was losing hope. Suddenly the man of numbers had an idea: he approached the bed and got closer to his unmoving friend, he said close to his ear: “The square of twelve?” The frozen man automatically opened his mouth, and slowly replied: **144**! [sub]I could swear I read about this tidbit, in a history of math book, but now I cannot find the names of the mathematicians![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/162 "2003-07-16T10:01:45Z")
That was odd, how did my 136 skip so far ahead. It’s the damn board gremlins I’m tellin ya. 145 (I hope): Number of seconds I tried to think of something for this number. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/163 "2003-07-16T14:00:40Z")
146 RBIs for Ken Griffey Jr. in 1998 ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/164 "2003-07-16T14:58:17Z")
1. First [website](http://www.eurekadab.org/) when Googling for “147”. ---
**Author:** ![kookiecanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e495f1/32.png) [@kookiecanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kookiecanuck)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/165 "2003-07-16T15:09:46Z")
1. Average number of hours in the lifespan of fruitfly that has been given hormone treatment ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/166 "2003-07-16T15:21:08Z")
**1 4 9** : 1[sup]2[/sup], 2[sup]2[/sup], 3[sup]2[/sup]. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/167 "2003-07-16T15:30:14Z")
150: psalms in the Book of Psalms. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/168 "2003-07-16T16:29:38Z")
151…the Bacardi that burns… ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/169 "2003-07-16T19:44:59Z")
1. Divisible by 2^1, 2^2, 2^3. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/170 "2003-07-16T20:41:00Z")
[http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/newyear/history.htm](http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/newyear/history.htm) the Roman senate, in **153** BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/171 "2003-07-16T20:55:58Z")
154: the number of games in a major-league baseball team’s season, up until 1961. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/172 "2003-07-16T20:58:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by moejuck \* > \*\*152. Divisible by 2^1, 2^2, 2^3. \*\* But hardly unique in that respect. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/173 "2003-07-16T21:16:34Z")
155-- the number that is on the speed limit sign just up the road from my house. ( it is supposed to be 55, but someone with a can of spray paint has given us permission to drive a little faster.) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/174 "2003-07-16T23:14:11Z")
156 pounds makes you a middleweight boxer (over 154 to 160 pounds) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/175 "2003-07-17T15:19:32Z")
157 AD Britain was declared a Christian nation by Lucius. Darn, missed 155 AD: When **Polycarp** was martyred, as they didn’t have the Pit in those days. ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/176 "2003-07-19T18:02:37Z")
Alfa Romeo 158 Gran Prix race car [http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/images/alfa158.jpg](http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/images/alfa158.jpg) to view a pic just click ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/177 "2003-07-19T18:21:06Z")
159: at LEAST the number of hits I got trying to Google to get something interesting on 159. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/178 "2003-07-19T22:18:12Z")
160 - I used to know something important about it, but I can’t remember what it was. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/179 "2003-07-20T04:52:38Z")
161 - upside-down it’s 191!\* (Boy, I’m looking forward to 181!) \*Well, not in this font, but you know what I mean… ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/180 "2003-07-20T12:24:52Z")
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