Numbers 2 - Spot More Odd Ones Out Quiz

Answer: "Two fat ladies" in British bingo calling

The British bingo nickname "Two fat ladies" represents the number 88. 11 is represented by "legs".

If one member of a cricket team is injured, a "twelfth man" is allowed to field in their place, but not bat or bowl.

There were 17 numbered missions in the American Apollo Space Program, of which six landed successfully on the moon.

Matt Smith was the 11th actor to "officially" take on the title role of the BBC TV programme "Doctor Who". He was succeeded in 2013 by Peter Capaldi, who thus became the 12th Doctor.

Answer: Inches in a yard

There are twelve inches in a foot, but thirty-six inches in a yard.

Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys" was a science fiction movie starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt.

The Chinese zodiac also has twelve signs, although these are based on animals rather than star constellations,

The song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" first appeared in English as long ago as 1780, and is thought to be of French origin.

Answer: Colours of a rainbow

A rainbow is commonly said to have seven colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. A common mnemonic for these (at least for those who know their English history) is "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain".

The US flag has seven red stripes, interspersed by six white ones, representing the original thirteen colonies that first declared their independence from Britain.

As long ago as the thirteenth century, English bakers began to provide 13 loaves of bread instead of 12 (a normal dozen), to avoid being accused of short-changing their customers by selling undersized or hollow loaves.

The 2001 film "Thirteen Ghosts" is a loose remake of a 1960 original.

Answer: Companion Members of the Order of the Garter

The Order of the Garter is the UK's highest order of chivalry, and no more than 24 people can become Companions of the Order at any one time, plus the reigning monarch and the Prince of Wales.

The Catholic "Stations of the Cross" represent 14 stages in the narrative of Christ's crucifixion, from his condemnation to death to the laying of his body in the tomb.

The "stone" as an informal unit of weight was originally based on use of an actual lump of stone, but in England this was not standardised until 1389, in the reign of King Edward III, when it was set at 14 pounds.

There are a number of varieties of sonnet, with different patterns of rhyme and meter, but the consistent feature is that they should all have 14 lines.

Answer: Moons of Mars

Mars only has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos. The planet in our solar system with the most is Jupiter, with at least 67.

There are two codes of rugby football, the other (rugby league) being played with thirteen players on each team.

The Russian composer Shostakovich wrote his first symphony in 1925 at the age of 19, and his final completed one (the fifteenth) in 1971.

The inspiring concept behind Jamie Oliver's restaurant "Fifteen" is that it provides employment and training for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Answer: "... Days Later" in a 2002 movie

The movie, directed by Danny's Boyle, is "28 Days Later". In it, the main character wakes up after 28 days in a coma to find that a deadly virus has infected most of the population of the UK, turning them into raging killers.

A chess set includes eight black and eight white pawns.

Neil Sedaka first released "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" in 1961.

The choir "The Sixteen" gave its first public performance in 1979, and specialises in early music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, with occasional forays into modern repertoire.

Answer: Age at which Richard II became King of England

Richard II succeeded to the throne of England at the age of ten, following the death of his grandfather, Edward III.

A prime number is a number greater than one that can only be divided by one and itself. The first six prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 and 13. After 17, the next five are 19, 23, 29, 31 and 37.

Booth Tarkington's light-hearted novel of youthful love, "Seventeen", was first serialised in the "Metropolitan Magazine" in 1914, and published in full two years later.

The haiku is a short poetic form that originated in Japan. In its standard English form, it has three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third.

Answer: Books in the New Testament

There are 27 books in the New Testament of the Bible.

The minimum voting age for UK national elections was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1970.

Smaller courses may have only nine holes. Golfers sometimes refer to the clubhouse bar as the "nineteenth hole".

Australian Rules football superficially resembles rugby, in as much as it is a full-contact sport played with an oval ball, but is played on an oval-shaped pitch more similar to a cricket ground.

Answer: The answer to the "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything"

In Douglas Adams' "Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy", the answer to the "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything" is 42.

"Notorious Nineteen" is the nineteenth novel by Janet Evanovich to feature the bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum. It was preceded by "Explosive Eighteen" and followed by "Takedown Twenty".

Adele's debut album "19" appeared in 2008, coming into the UK album charts at number 1.

"K19: the Widowmaker" is a 2002 movie starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, about a reactor leak on board the first Soviet ballistic missile nuclear submarine.

Answer: Ruby wedding anniversary

A ruby wedding anniversary is reached after forty years of marriage. In most lists, twenty only gets you to china.

In the game of "Twenty Questions", one player thinks of an object, and the other players are allowed to ask him twenty questions, to which he must answer either "yes" or "no", in order to work out what the object is.

Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" is one the composer's most important early works, and was first performed in 1941 in Carnegie Hall, New York, by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the English conductor John Barbirolli.

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