Inquizition's 'Sequences' 1

Answer: August

Months of the year in descending order. September, August, July, June etc.

Answer: Garlic

All are cheeses in alphabetical order so the next logically would be gorgonzola. Garlic is a plant whose bulb has a strong odour and a pungent taste therefore is unbefitting to the sequence

Answer: Satur

These are all days of the week with the word 'day' missing, therefore Wednesday is shown as 'Wednes' and not 'Wed'.

Answer: Effort

(AA)rdvark, a(BB)ey, a(CC)ept, a(DD)er, (EE)rie therefore e(FF)ort. If you chose 'effort' you got 10 points for 'effort'!

Answer: Zeta

The Greek Alphabet; Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta etc.

Answer: Nepal

All the places are present in Asia so neither Nigeria, The Netherlands or New Zealand are suitable answers. Oceania is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean which includes Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea as well as over a thousand smaller islands.

Answer: Bishop

Rook, Knight, Bishop, King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, and Rook are the 'black' back row on a chess board.

Answer: Greenland

Bengali is the language of a member of people living chiefly in Bangladesh and in West Bengal. Catalan is a language of Catalonia, a region of northeast Spain. Gaelic is any of the closely related languages of the Celts in Scotland and Ireland. Greenland is the world's largest island.

Answer: Virgo

Signs of the Zodiac in order. The next few would be: Leo (Jul 24 - Aug 23), Virgo (Aug 24 - Sep 23), Libra ( Sep 24 - Oct 23) and Scorpio (Oct 24 - Nov 22) etc.

Answer: Sleepy

The seven dwarfs appear in alphabetical order. Doc was the leader of the dwarfs in 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs'. Memorable songs from the 1938 feature film include "I'm Wishing", "Whistle While You Work", and "Heigh Ho".

Answer: Geese

From the traditional song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas':
12 lords a-leaping,
11 ladies dancing,
10 pipers piping,
9 drummers drumming,
8 maids a-milking,
7 swans a-swimming,
6 geese a-laying,
5 gold rings,
4 calling birds,
3 French hens,
2 turtle doves, and
a partridge in a pear tree.

Note that while many people now sing "four calling birds", the words originally were "four colly birds" which are black birds.

Answer: Albatross

This is a golf related sequence where a bogey is a score of (1) stroke OVER par on a hole. Par is an estimated standard score for a hole that a good player should make. A birdie is a score of (1) stroke under par for a hole. An eagle is a score of (2) strokes under par for a hole and an albatross a score of (3) strokes under par for a hole.

Answer: Mars

This is a progression of planets in our solar system that get closer to the sun: Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus and Mercury.

Answer: Died

From the nursery rhyme 'Solomon Grundy':
Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on a Tuesday,
Married on a Wednesday,
Took ill on a Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
This is the end of Solomon Grundy.

Answer: Come

This comes from 'The Lord's Prayer' with every other word omitted.
OUR (Father), WHO (art) IN (heaven),
HALLOWED (be) THY (name),
THY (Kingdom) COME,
Thy will be done etc.

The words in brackets are missing therefore the answer is not (Kingdom) but 'COME'.

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Answer: Mississippi

American "M" states in alphabetical order.

Answer: Genesis

Books of the Old Testament of the Bible in descending order. Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Old Testament, Numbers is the fourth, Leviticus the third, Exodus the second and Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament.

Answer: XC

Roman numerals: XL = 40, L = 50, LX = 60, LXX = 70, LXXX = 80 so we next require 90 which is XC (X is 10, C is 100) XC is (100 - 10) = 90.
CX is (100 + 10) = 110. L (= 50), D (= 500)

Answer: Pride

The seven deadly sins in alphabetical order are: envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth and wrath (anger).

Answer: 1,706

The formula is (4x + 2) or (4 times the number and add 2).
(4 x 1) + 2 = 6, (4 x 6) + 2 = 26 etc. Therefore (4 x 426) + 2 = 1706