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    XL, L, LX, LXX, LXXX ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      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)

    Which is INAPPROPRIATE? Brie, Cheddar, Double Gloucester, Edam, Feta ... Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      Garlic. All are cheeses in alphabetical order so the next could be Gouda (Dutch cheese) or Gruyere (Swiss cheese) or Gorgonzola (Italian cheese). Garlic is a plant whose bulb has a strong odour and a pungent taste. If you got this one wrong, hard cheese (British slang for bad luck).

    Which is INAPPROPRIATE? Arabic, Bengali, Catalan, Dutch, English, French ... Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      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.

    Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Rich man. This comes from a nursery rhyme: Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggarman, thief.

    Sun, Mon, Tues, Wednes, Thurs, Fri, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      Satur. These are all days of the week with the word 'day' missing, therefore 'Sat' is incorrect even though it is often abbreviated for Saturday. In the same context, Wednesday is shown as 'Wednes' and not 'Wed'.

    Ruff, sarong, tuxedo, ulster ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Wimple. A ruff is a circular pleated collar worn by both men and women in the 16th and 17th centuries. A sarong is a draped skirtlike garment worn by both sexes in the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka and the Pacific Islands. An ulster is a man's heavy double-breasted overcoat with a belt at the back, so called because it was first produced in Northern Ireland. A wimple is still part of the habit of some nuns and is a piece of cloth draped around the head to frame the face.

    Rook, Knight, Bishop, King, Queen, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

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

    Radar, redder, refer, rotavator ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Rotor. This is a list of palindromes which are a word or phrase the letters of which when taken in reverse order, give the same word or phrase. Such a word is 'Malayalam', a language of southwest India.

    Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

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

    Partridge, turtle doves, French hens, colly birds, gold rings, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      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 colly birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Note that while some people now sing "four calling birds", the words originally were "four colly birds" which are black birds.

    Our, Who, In, Hallowed, Thy, Thy, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      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'. * Please do not send Correction Notes on this question. It is correct. Editor. *

    Octagon, pyramid, quadrangle, rhombus, spheroid, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Triangle. These are all geometric figures therefore 'triangle' appears next. Trichology is the branch of medicine concerned with the hair.

    Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      The Acts. The 'Acts of the Apostles' is the fifth book of the New Testament and often shortened to 'Acts'.

    Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      Mississippi. American "M" states in alphabetical order.

    Little Dorrit, Martin Chuzzlewit, Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver Twist ...?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Pickwick Papers. All are books by Charles Dickens. 'Persuasion' was a novel title by Jane Austen, 'Pericles' was a play title by William Shakespeare and 'Portrait of a Lady' was written by Henry James.

    Lancelot, Mortimer, Napoleon, Orlando ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Patrick. All are boy's names. Lancelot (Capability) Brown, Mortimer Mouse (the original name for Mickey Mouse), Napoleon Bonaparte and Orlando Bloom. Mickey Mouse's original name was Mortimer but Lillian Bounds Disney, Walt's wife, convinced him to change it to the less formal name of Mickey.

    Islamabad, badger, German, manner, nerves ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Vessels. The next word begins using the last three letters of the previous word. For example Islama(bad), (bad)ger, (Ger)man etc. ner(ves), (ves)sels

    Irish, Java, Kara, Ligurian, Mediterranean ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      North. The list comprises of seas. The Kara Sea is a shallow arm of the Arctic Ocean off the north coast of Russia. The Ligurian sea is an arm of the Mediterranean. The North Sea is between Great Britain and the north European mainland and was formerly called the German Ocean.

    I, V, X, L, C, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      D. Progressive Roman numerals: I (=1), V (=5), X (=10), L (=50), C (=100), D (=500), M (=1000).

    Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      Nepal. All the places are present in Asia so Nigeria (Africa), The Netherlands (Europe) nor New Zealand (Oceania) are suitable answers.

    Gymnastics, hockey, ice hockey, judo, karate, lacrosse ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Marathon. These are all sports whereas marbles, mahjong and matador are all games. Matador is a card game or a game played with dominoes in which the dots on adjacent halves must total seven.

    Fair of face, full of grace, full of woe, has far to go ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Loving and giving. These are words from a nursery rhyme: Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for his living, And the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

    Deuteronomy, Numbers, Leviticus, Exodus, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      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.

    Delhi, England, Guinea, Hampshire, Jersey ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      York. All the following can have the word 'New' in front of them: New Dehli, New England, New Guinea etc. Hence the next of the chosen options in alphabetical order is New York.

    December, November, October, September, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

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

    Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chinook, Choctaw, Cree ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Crow. All are members of North American Indian people.

    Chablis, champagne, chianti ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Claret. Chablis (a dry white burgundy wine), champagne (a white sparkling wine), chianti (a dry red or white wine produced in the Chianti region of Italy) and claret ( a red wine from the Bordeaux district of France). Cassis is a blackcurrant cordial and Curacao is an orange flavoured liqueur originally made on the island of Curacao in the Caribbean. Gaspare Campari was a master drink maker born in 1828 in the province of Lombardy, Italy.

    Carson City, Charleston, Cheyenne, Columbus ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Concord. All are American state capitals: Carson City (Nevada), Charleston (West Virginia) Cheyenne (Wyoming) Columbus (Ohio) and Concord (New Hampshire).

    Butcher, lady, love, lyre ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Mocking. All can be followed by the word 'bird': butcherbird (a shrike), ladybird, lovebird, lyrebird and mockingbird. The lyrebird is an Australian bird, the male of which, spreads its tail into the shape of a lyre during courtship displays. The mockingbird is an American songbird who are noted to mimic the song of other birds.

    Bowl, Botswana, Dodoma, emulsion, popinjay, ... ? Inquizition's 'Sequences' 2 (Inquizition)

      Scooter. All the words have the name of a bird within their name: b(owl), Bot(swan)a, (Dodo)ma, (emu)lsion, popin(jay), s(coot)er, Dodoma is the capital of Tanzania and a popinjay is an excessive talkative person or an archaic word for parrot.

    Born, Christened, Married, Took ill, Worse, ... ?Inquizition's 'Sequences' (Inquizition)

      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.

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