Thursday, September 03, 2009

[sequence quiz] put them in order


1. Can you put these in the right descending order: straight, one pair, highcards, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, three of a kind, flush, royal flush, two pair?

2. What points do you get in Rugby Union for: try, penalty goal, field goal, conversion?

3. GDP per capita - put these in descending order, as agreed by the WB and IMF: Luxembourg, Ireland, Sweden, United States, Germany.

4. Put these in order of speed: backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly.

5. What is the generally spoken of order of the importance of pieces: rook, king, pawn, bishop, queen, knight?

Answers

Royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pair, one pair, highcards; try - 5 points, penalty goal - 3 points, field goal - 3 points, conversion - 2 points; exactly that order - Luxembourg, Ireland, Sweden, United States, Germany; freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke [at world record level]; king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, pawn

2 comments:

  1. 5 out of 5.
    I must go and buy a lottery ticket.

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  2. It's a long time since someone scored 5 from 5 what I'm wondering, Bill, is how you knew your poker hands so well. :)

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