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August. Months of the year in descending order. September, August, July, June etc.
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).
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'.
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'!
Zeta. The Greek Alphabet; Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta etc.
Nepal. All the places are present in Asia so Nigeria (Africa), The Netherlands (Europe) nor New Zealand (Oceania) are suitable answers.
Bishop. Rook, Knight, Bishop, King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, and Rook are the 'black' back row on a chess board.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. *
Mississippi. American "M" states in alphabetical order.
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.
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)
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
Adam. All these people appeared in the Old Testament of the Bible. Aaron was the brother of Moses. Abel was the second son of Adam and Eve. Abraham was the founder of the Hebrew people and the father of Isaac. Absalom was the third son of David. Andrew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus who appeared in the New Testament.
Rich man. This comes from a nursery rhyme:
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggarman, thief.
Crow. All are members of North American Indian people.
Marathon. These are all sports whereas marbles, monopoly and matador are all games.
Doe. These are a progressive series of homophones which are words which are pronounced the same way but different in meaning or spelling or both.
D. Progressive Roman numerals: I (=1), V (=5), X (=10), L (=50),
C (=100), D (=500), M (=1000).
31. Just a progressive sequence of days in the months of the year:
January (31), February (28) in a non leap year, March (31) etc.
Hence August is (31)
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.
Triangle. These are all geometric figures therefore 'triangle' appears next. Trichology is the branch of medicine concerned with the hair.
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.
The Acts. The 'Acts of the Apostles' is the fifth book of the New Testament and often shortened to 'Acts'.
Emerald. These are all gemstones. Amethyst is purple in colour whereas beryl can be white, yellow, green, blue or pink. The green variety of beryl is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Citrine is a yellow variety of quartz. Diamonds are usually colourless, although natural pink, purple, yellow, green and blue diamonds do exist, they are extremely rare and expensive. The next in the sequence is emerald which is green in colour. Erbium and Einsteinium are a soft malleable silvery-white and a metallic element respectfully.
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