Odd-One-Out Answers (2002)

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September 2002

September 2002 - ONE
- King
- Queen
- Knight
- Bishop
- Priest

September 2002 - TWO
- Meriadoc Brandybuck
- Peregrin Took
- Frodo Baggins
- Odo Proudfoot
- Samwise Gamgee

September 2002 - THREE
- Symphony No. 6, by Beethoven
- The Rite of Spring, by Stravinsky
- Night on the Bare Mountain, by Mussorgsky
- Also sprach Zarathustra, by R. Strauss
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice, by Dukas

September 2002 - FOUR
- metal
- year
- house
- brigade
- bulb

September 2002 - FIVE
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 8
- 40

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October 2002

October 2002 - ONE
- 30
- 60
- 40
- 15
- love

October 2002 - TWO
- Red
- Dead
- Man
- North
- Black

October 2002 - THREE
- Petunia
- Minerva
- Severus
- Albus
- Rubeus

October 2002 - FOUR
- abhors
- almost
- biopsy
- chintz
- wronged

October 2002 - FIVE
- most shops
- some envelopes
- late husbands
- spacecraft launch timetables
- PCs (the computers not the constables)

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November 2002

November 2002 - ONE
- red
- green
- blue
- amber
- red and amber

November 2002 - TWO
- Ryde
- Ramsey
- Shanklin
- Ventnor
- Sandown

November 2002 - THREE
- Julius Caesar
- Augustus Caesar
- the god Janus
- the number six
- the number seven

November 2002 - FOUR
- bikini
- binoculars
- biceps
- bicycle
- bigamy

November 2002 - FIVE
- The following sentence is the odd-one-out.
- The odd-one-out sentence is the only false statement.
- This sentence is the odd-one-out.
- There are an even number of words in the odd-one-out sentence.
- All these five sentences are true.

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December 2002

December 2002 - ONE
- card
- tree
- egg
- cracker
- pudding

December 2002 - TWO
- Graeme
- Tim
- Bob
- Jacob
- Ebenezer

December 2002 - THREE
- December 25th
- Christmas Day
- St. Stephen's Eve
- The first day of the last week of the calendar year
- The date in the year 0 AD on which Jesus was born

December 2002 - FOUR
- Joseph and Mary make their lonely way to Bethlehem, with Mary on a donkey and Joseph on foot.
- Arriving late at night, they trudge the streets looking for accommodation until one friendly innkeeper takes pity on them.
- Jesus is born in a stable and lays quietly in the hay amongst the animals.
- Some local shepherds, following the advice of an angel, come to see the baby lying in the manger.
- Later the same night, three kings, called Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar, visit the stable to see the baby.

December 2002 - FIVE
- "Shall I strike sir's match for him?"
- "I'm afraid that island isn't marked on the chart, miss."
- "Don't forget to pack socks, shirts, mac and brolly."
- "Outwardly I duel, yet inwardly I am at peace."
- "Green ginger wine? I can never resist its charms!"

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