Trivia Challenge: Famous septets

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Each famous seven-sized set has its own hint idea. Hints are shown for each of the seven elements.

Septet A:
doctor
farmer
lawyer
midwife
realtor
soldier
tinker

Septet B:
bullet
pan
spoon
switch
watch
will
wire

Septet C:
blithe
coryzal
demure
moronic
professor
somnolent
splenetic

Septet D:
A felon donated blood.
Dr. Scott awaits you.
Last train to Kyoto.
No dishwashing tonight, honey!
No par is seven.
Teaching the number line.
This hero measures up.

Septet E:
ash
billy
black
good
island
review
weld

Septet F:
Bang! Abandoning flesh orgy.
Do my gaps petrify?
Fat lips meet more.
Host chooses for duels.
Oh alas! Cult amasses uranium.
Palest outfit amazes you.
Pros dare a final hoax.

Septet G:
Anchorage
Djajapura
Kathmandu
Nairobi
Nalchik
Punta Arenas
Santiago

Septet H:
abyss
acquit
amok
blitz
jitterbugger
manhunt
trucker

Septet I:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Celestial Empire
Elephantine Island
Maidenhair Fern
Merovingian Dynasty
Stephen Douglas
Taylor’s Series

Enjoy! … Septimus

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Septet D:

A fe london ated blood.
Dr. Sc ottawa its you.
Last train tokyo to.
No dish washington ight, honey!
No paris seven.
Teaching the num berlin e.
This he rome asures up.

Dunno about the rest.

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Septet C:
blithe - Happy
coryzal - Sneezy
demure - Bashful
moronic - Dopey
professor - Doc
somnolent - Sleepy
splenetic - Grumpy

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Septet E:

Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Black Friday, Tuesday Weld… A little help here?

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Billy Sunday, Saturday Review

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Septet ADo Re Mi Fa So La Ti

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You guys and gals are good! Five septets left to do. (Tom Scud solved Septet D, but exactly why are these a “septet”?)

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Thursday Island. Off the coast of Queensland.

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ooh - I know that one!

Capitals of the G7

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Septet E:

We still have two Fridays (good and black) and no Mondays. Good Monday? Black Monday?

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Black Monday (1987) - Wikipedia

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You young whippersnapper, you! I was thinking of …

[spoiler] 28 Oct '29, worst market day except for the 1987 black monday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_in_the_Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average[/spoiler]

Here are some hints:

Septet F:wonderful old anagrams
Septet G:en route to higher places
Septet H:What about George Carlin?
Septet I:hinter and hintee are neighbors in dictionary

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Septet H: (*after hint was provided)

abyss - piss
acquit - shit
amok - fuck
blitz - tits
jitterbugger - motherfucker
manhunt - cunt
trucker - cocksucker.

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Septet F:

Do my gaps petrify? = A Fried Pygmy Spot

… I got nuthin’.

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Do my gaps petrify? = Doper is Fat Pygmy

= My Doper spy: a gift

= Gyms pay fit Doper.

= Mags typify Doper
OK, at least I am having a ton of fun!

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Septet B:

Lead bullet, aluminum pan, silver spoon, mercury switch, gold watch, iron will, copper wire

Yay me!

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With the hint:
Septet G:

Cities closest to the highest point on the seven continents:
Anchorage - North America
Djajapura - Australia/Oceania (New Guinea actually)
Kathmandu - Asia
Nairobi - Africa
Nalchik - Europe (I guess there must be a mountain in the Caucuses that’s higher than the highest Alp - wouldn’t have figured)
Punta Arenas - Antarctica
Santiago - South America

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Yeah, mount Elbrus is something like 5600 meters, around 800 meters higher than Mont Blanc.

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Septet J

blood
Kahn
lions
penis
punishment
three-toed
William Hart
OK, not very good, but someone had to do it.

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Septet Jblood - lust
Kahn - wrath
lions - pride
penis - envy
punishment - glutton(y)
three-toed - sloth
William Hart - greed
I got five of them from memory.