# Which thing on the list doesn't belong? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 15, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360 "2008-05-15T00:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/21 "2008-05-15T15:58:28Z")
4 is not a prime number ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/22 "2008-05-15T15:59:33Z")
[QUOTE=dwc1970] 2 3 4 5 7 [/QUOTE] 4–the only not prime number What Child is This? Ding Dong Merrily On High O Come All Ye Faithful Silent Night ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/23 "2008-05-15T16:27:43Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] Larry Doby Willie Mays-Only one living Jackie Robinson Kirby Puckett [/QUOTE] I guess this is the problem with lists like this; you can find a thousand exclusionaries. Mays is the only living one; Puckett is the only one not to win an MVP Award. And yet neither was what I was going for. I think we need to add hints. Hint: “Honors and Awards.” (And it’s not the MVP Award thing.) > [@](#): > > Canada > France-Doesn’t end in A(ok,I know that aint it) > China > India OK, here’s the hint: “Names.” And it’s not the ends-in-an-A thing. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/24 "2008-05-15T16:40:18Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Canada France China India OK, here’s the hint: “Names.” And it’s not the ends-in-an-A thing. [/QUOTE] Canada was the only one named by picking letters out of a hat. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/25 "2008-05-15T16:44:55Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] Heh, I guess it’s too prosaic to say that the tiger is the only one without spots. [/QUOTE] Uh, no, that’s was it. > [@](#): > > What Child is This? > Ding Dong Merrily On High > O Come All Ye Faithful > Silent Night Ding Dong Merrily on High? Cuz it’s the only one that I’ve never heard of. Pumyra Lion-o Panthro Cheetara Tygra Hint: It’s not the pattern. It should leap out to any Thundercats fan. Willa Berbil Bill Dr. Dometome Turmagar Captain Crackers Hint: Home. I doubt any non-Thundercats fan will get this. But you’re throwing in sports, I can include my own geekdom. =^\_^= ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/26 "2008-05-15T17:17:59Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] Leopard Ocelot Tiger Cheetah Jaguar [/QUOTE] Ocelot, as it’s the only one with three sylables, and don’t let any Jag-war loving Brit tell you otherwise! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/27 "2008-05-15T17:56:23Z")
One of my favorite radio shows, _Says You!_, does questions like this sometimes. Here’s two I submitted, but he hasn’t used (yet). George Lazenby Pope Pius XII Hugh Downs Benjamin Harrison Polyester Centipede Two-by-four Dark side of the moon (Two possible answers for this, neither one easy, I hope.) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/28 "2008-05-15T18:40:05Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Polyester Centipede Two-by-four Dark side of the moon [/QUOTE] Dark side of the moon is the only one where multiples are not inherent in the name. Also, a best selling album. Also, multiple words not connected with hyphens. Not even close, right? This should be easy: Trick Rotten Asphalt Toilet ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/29 "2008-05-15T19:14:32Z")
These are impossible. The heck with it, I’ll give you the answers. [QUOTE=RickJay] Larry Doby Willie Mays Jackie Robinson Kirby Puckett [/QUOTE] Doby is the only name here who wasn’t elected to the Hall of Fame by a writers’ vote. He was selected by the Veterans’ Committee. > [@](#): > > Canada > France > China > India The hint was “names.” Canada is the only country on this list whose official name is in this list. France is technically “Republic of France,” China “People’s Republic of China,” and India “Republic of India.” Canada is, officially, “Canada.” > [@](#): > > The National Football League > The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs > The National Hockey League > The National Basketball Association > (and no, it’s not that one is called an association.) In each case, the “Nation” in “National” meant the USA, except the National Hockey League, which was originally entirely in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/30 "2008-05-15T19:53:59Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] Pumyra Lion-o Panthro Cheetara Tygra [/QUOTE] Pumyra was the only one not introduced in the first season. Going back to comic books… Supreme Apollo Samaritan Marvelman ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/31 "2008-05-15T20:18:33Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] These are impossible. The heck with it, I’ll give you the answers. [Quote=RickJay] Larry Doby Willie Mays Jackie Robinson Kirby Puckett [/Quote] Doby is the only name here who wasn’t elected to the Hall of Fame by a writers’ vote. He was selected by the Veterans’ Committee. [/quote] I was thinking Doby, but because he was the only one ever to manage a major-league club. [Quote=RickJay] The National Football League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs The National Hockey League The National Basketball Association (and no, it’s not that one is called an association.) In each case, the “Nation” in “National” meant the USA, except the National Hockey League, which was originally entirely in Canada. [/Quote] I also considered the Canadian angle, but came up with the NFL, since it was the only listed league never to have a franchise based in your country. **tdn** : “Rotten” is an adjective (except as Johnny’s last name), while the other words in your list are all common (as opposed to proper) nouns. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/32 "2008-05-15T20:21:46Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] Pumyra was the only one not introduced in the first season. Going back to comic books… Supreme Apollo Samaritan Marvelman [/QUOTE] Correct. She, Bengali, and Lynx-o showed up as hostages in ‘Thundercats, Ho!’ before be inducted as full-fledged Thundercats. Marvelman - the only one not based on Superman, being based on Captain Marvel instead. Grrr, I want to do a Quantum Leap one, but I don’t have the discs with me. Um… Deadpool Batman Superman Wonder Woman Phoenix Hint: Phoenix should make the connection easy. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/33 "2008-05-15T20:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] Deadpool Batman Superman Wonder Woman Phoenix Hint: Phoenix should make the connection easy. [/QUOTE] I can see several here: Deadpool - the only costumed identity not used by multiple people (Batman has been used by Bruce Wayne, Jean Paul Valley, and Dick Grayson, Superman by Kal-el/Clark Kent, the Eradicator, Hank Henshaw, and the Kid/Kon-el/Connor Kent, Wonder Woman by Princess Diana, Artemis, Donna Troy and Cerce (and Cassie Sandsmark, in a potential future), and Phoenix by Jean Grey, Rachel Grey, and Rachel Summers, who, IIRC, is different from Rachel Grey). Phoenix - the only one without an equivalent character in The Other Company (Deadpool has Deathstroke the Terminator (and the unnamed Anti-matter version of same), Batman has Nighthawk (and Hawk-Owl), Superman has Hyperion (and Sentry), Wonder Woman has Power Princess). Phoenix again, as the only one with extrinsically granted powers. Batman as the only non-powered character. Batman, again, as the only one who’s human within their universe’s classification. Any of these the one you’re going for? \<\_\< (And you’re correct on Marvelman.) Oh, and going back to Green Arrow, Robin, Superman and Speedy, I have another odd-man out for that one - Speedy’s the only one where at least one bearer of the name hasn’t died and come back to life. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/34 "2008-05-15T20:39:00Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] **tdn** : “Rotten” is an adjective (except as Johnny’s last name), while the other words in your list are all common (as opposed to proper) nouns. [/QUOTE] True, true. But not the answer I was looking for. Hint: In this case, Rotten is not an adjective. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/35 "2008-05-15T21:19:03Z")
Chartreuse Jade Kelly Lime Olive Teal ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/36 "2008-05-15T21:56:20Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] I can see several here: Deadpool - the only costumed identity not used by multiple people (Batman has been used by Bruce Wayne, Jean Paul Valley, and Dick Grayson, Superman by Kal-el/Clark Kent, the Eradicator, Hank Henshaw, and the Kid/Kon-el/Connor Kent, Wonder Woman by Princess Diana, Artemis, Donna Troy and Cerce (and Cassie Sandsmark, in a potential future), and Phoenix by Jean Grey, Rachel Grey, and Rachel Summers, who, IIRC, is different from Rachel Grey). Phoenix - the only one without an equivalent character in The Other Company (Deadpool has Deathstroke the Terminator (and the unnamed Anti-matter version of same), Batman has Nighthawk (and Hawk-Owl), Superman has Hyperion (and Sentry), Wonder Woman has Power Princess). Phoenix again, as the only one with extrinsically granted powers. Batman as the only non-powered character. Batman, again, as the only one who’s human within their universe’s classification. Any of these the one you’re going for? \<\_\< (And you’re correct on Marvelman.) Oh, and going back to Green Arrow, Robin, Superman and Speedy, I have another odd-man out for that one - Speedy’s the only one where at least one bearer of the name hasn’t died and come back to life. [/QUOTE] You missed it unless I’m wrong: Batman’s never died. I was sure Ms. ‘I’m dead, I’m alive’ would be a give away. _shrug_ You are obviously the bigger comics geek and I bow to your superior knowledge. =^.^= And nobody’s going to try my second Thundercats one? > [@](#): > > Willa > Berbil Bill > Dr. Dometome > Turmagar > Captain Crackers > Hint: Home. I doubt any non-Thundercats fan will get this. Captain Crackers was the only one not from Third Earth. Alright, some more Thundercats Cheetara Tygra Panthro Alluro Hint: Tygra’s connection comes from The Anoinment Trials and was never seen again. Jaga Grune Torr Claudus Hint: It’s not based on evil or age. Grune Lynxana Captain Shiner Pumm-ra Hint: Canon-ness ---
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[QUOTE=twickster] Chartreuse Jade Kelly Lime Olive Teal [/QUOTE] Traditionally, chartreuse is a shade of yellow, not green. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/38 "2008-05-15T22:12:12Z")
Cougar Puma Jaguar Mountain Lion Panther ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/39 "2008-05-15T22:18:52Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] You missed it unless I’m wrong: Batman’s never died. I was sure Ms. ‘I’m dead, I’m alive’ would be a give away. [/QUOTE] Batman’s died, although, unlike Superman and Wonder Woman, he only did it once, and didn’t stay that way long (during the Obsidian Age arc of Kelly’s run on JLA - the entire roster of the JLA at the time died). (Also, Earth-2 Batman died - and stayed dead - but going to alternate earths is dirty pool in this case.) On the legacy character note… Nightwing Green Lantern Flash Wildcat Dr Light Speedy (I can see two valid answers to this one, bonus points for guessing both.) And a little bit more obscure…maybe: Spider-Girl Chameleon Captain Marvel Sandman Cyclone Iceman ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360/40 "2008-05-15T22:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] Cougar Puma Jaguar Mountain Lion Panther [/QUOTE] Jaguar is the only one that isn’t a name for _Puma concolor_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thing-on-the-list-doesnt-belong/449360.md?page=3)