# The SDMB Equation Analysis Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749 "2002-05-18T22:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749/21 "2002-05-19T16:10:23Z")
Looks like you got 'em all. Nice job. And **LindyHopper** … what? ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749/22 "2002-05-19T16:14:04Z")
A couple more for you… [li]99 = B. of B. on the W.[/li][li]3 = L. in “W. W. to B. a M.”[/li][li]24 = K. in P.G.[/li][li]27 = A. to the C.[/li][li]7 = S. in the B. D.[/li][li]46 = H. C.[/li][li]1 = L. to L.[/li][li]300 = P. in a P. G. of B.[/li][li]28 = L. in the W. “A.”[/li][li]270 = E. V. N. to W. a P. E.[/li]There shouldn’t be any repeats there, but I may have overlooked something. ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749/23 "2002-05-19T16:15:10Z")
Oh fudge. Stupid list… ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749/24 "2002-05-19T16:16:48Z")
99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall 28 Letters in the word “antidisestablishmentarianism” ---
**Author:** ![Taran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Taran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taran)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749/25 "2002-05-19T17:23:07Z")
1 Life to Live ---
**Author:** ![Fang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fang)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749/26 "2002-05-19T18:18:17Z")
7 Stars in the Big Dipper ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749/27 "2002-05-19T19:05:44Z")
24 Karats in Pure Gold ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749/28 "2002-05-19T19:34:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yo La Tengo \* > \*\*And **LindyHopper** … what? \*\* Oh, all I meant was the asterisk for the 1/2 part. You know, non-integers and all that. Good one; I never would’ve gotten it. Sorry, I forgot this: ;)😃 Kidding, really. 🙂 **MEBuckner** : The song is from “The Music Man”: 76 trombones led the big parade, with 110 cornets close behind… etc. I wouldn’t have known this, but we used to sing that song in music class in elementary school. It’s one of the thing permanently burned into my brain, even though I’ve never seen the musical all the way through. Oh, and: 3 lifelines in “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” 27 amendments to the Constitution 300 points in a perfect game of bowling 270 electoral votes needed to win a Presidential election [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-equation-analysis-test/109749.md?page=1)