# Trivia Challenge: Famous septets **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 9, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632 "2009-12-09T20:51:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/1 "2009-12-09T20:51:33Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/2 "2009-12-09T20:57:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/3 "2009-12-09T21:57:00Z")
Septet C: blithe - Happy coryzal - Sneezy demure - Bashful moronic - Dopey professor - Doc somnolent - Sleepy splenetic - Grumpy ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/4 "2009-12-09T23:40:09Z")
Septet E: Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Black Friday, Tuesday Weld… A little help here? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/5 "2009-12-09T23:46:27Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Septet E: > > Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Black Friday, Tuesday Weld… A little help here? Billy Sunday, Saturday Review ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/6 "2009-12-09T23:59:27Z")
Septet ADo Re Mi Fa So La Ti ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/7 "2009-12-10T02:11:47Z")
You guys and gals are good! Five septets left to do. (Tom Scud solved Septet D, but exactly why are these a “septet”?) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/8 "2009-12-10T02:13:35Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Septet E: > > Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Black Friday, Tuesday Weld… A little help here? > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Billy Sunday, Saturday Review Thursday Island. Off the coast of Queensland. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/9 "2009-12-10T03:26:40Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > You guys and gals are good! Five septets left to do. (Tom Scud solved Septet D, but exactly why are these a “septet”?) ooh - I know that one! Capitals of the G7 ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/10 "2009-12-10T06:35:35Z")
Septet E: We still have two Fridays (good and black) and no Mondays. Good Monday? Black Monday? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/11 "2009-12-10T07:07:35Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Septet E: > > We still have two Fridays (good and black) and no Mondays. Good Monday? Black Monday? [Black Monday (1987) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_%281987%29) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/12 "2009-12-10T09:01:39Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > [Black Monday (1987) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_%281987%29) 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]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_in_the_Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average%5B/spoiler%5D) 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 ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/13 "2009-12-10T10:49:39Z")
Septet H: (\*after hint was provided) abyss - piss acquit - shit amok - fuck blitz - tits jitterbugger - motherfucker manhunt - cunt trucker - cocksucker. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/14 "2009-12-10T19:24:22Z")
Septet F: Do my gaps petrify? = A Fried Pygmy Spot … I got nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/15 "2009-12-10T19:38:05Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/16 "2009-12-10T19:46:01Z")
Septet B: Lead bullet, aluminum pan, silver spoon, mercury switch, gold watch, iron will, copper wire Yay me! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/17 "2009-12-10T19:54:11Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/18 "2009-12-10T20:05:00Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > With the hint: > Septet G: > > Cities closest to the highest point on the seven continents: > Nalchik - Europe (I guess there must be a mountain in the Caucuses that’s higher than the highest Alp - wouldn’t have figured) Yeah, mount Elbrus is something like 5600 meters, around 800 meters higher than Mont Blanc. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/19 "2009-12-10T21:12:08Z")
Septet J blood Kahn lions penis punishment three-toed William Hart OK, not very good, but someone had to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632/20 "2009-12-10T21:45:12Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632.md?page=2)