Sets of Things
Here is a list of sets of things. This may be useful for puzzlehunts.
General Sources: E Pluribus Unum (MIT Mystery Hunt ’11), Disappearing Act (MIT Mystery Hunt ’10), Breaking Away (MIT Mystery Hunt ’08), Pyramid Trap (CISRA ’12), Wikipedia, Space Monkey Mafia (MIT Mystery Hunt ’13)
Sets of a Reasonable Number (0-26)
Sets of Zero
Null set:
Woohoo, I finished EVERY SINGLE SET in this category!
Sets of One
Sets of Two
Under construction
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_twins_(linguistics)
Rosette group: CYCLIC, DIHEDRAL
Monopoly utilities: ELECTRIC COMPANY, WATER WORKS
Wreckage types: FLOTSAM, JETSAM
Martian moons: PHOBOS, DEIMOS
Redox: REDUCTION and OXIDATION
Sets of Three (also known as Hendiatris)
Source: Triple Sec (Microsoft Puzzle Hunt 12), Ready, Set, Go (MIT Mystery Hunt ’15), Set Match (MIT Mystery Hunt ’03)
Three Patriarchs: ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and JACOB
Angles under 180 degrees: ACUTE, RIGHT, and OBTUSE
Greek Graces (Charites): AGLAEA, EUPHROSYNE, THALIA
Cryptography filler names: ALICE, BOB, and EVE
Pittsburgh rivers: ALLEGHENY, MONONGAHELA, OHIO
Alvin and the Chipmunks: ALVIN, SIMON, and THEODORE
Rough categorization scheme: ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, or MINERAL
Legendary Birds (Pokemon): ARTICUNO, ZAPDOS, and MOLTRES
Three Musketeers: ATHOS, PORTHOS, ARAMIS
Greek Fates (Moirai): ATROPOS, CLOTHO, LACHESIS
Lake Guardians (Pokemon): AZELF, MESPRIT, and UXIE
Three B’s: BACH, BEETHOVEN, and BRAHMS
BLT ingredients: BACON, LETTUCE, and TOMATO
Soldier stuff?: BEANS, BULLETS, and BANDAGES
Song title?: BEG, STEAL, and BORROW
Procedure of excommunication (also, loosely, the Nethack invocation ritual): BELL, BOOK, and CANDLE
Benelux countries: BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, LUXEMBOURG
Song title: BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, and BEWILDERED
phrase: BIRD, BALL, and CHAIN
Winston Churchill’s speech: BLOOD, SWEAT, and TEARS
Macbeth quote: BLOODY, BOLD, and RESOLUTE
Powerpuff Girls: BLOSSOM, BUBBLES, and BUTTERCUP
Bop it: BOP IT, TWIST IT, PULL IT
Trimurti: BRAHMA, VISHNU, SHIVA
Meals: BREAKFAST, LUNCH, and DINNER (SUPPER)
Professions mentioned in “Rub-a-dub-dub”: BUTCHER, BAKER, and CANDLESTICK MAKER
Idiom: CALM, COOL, and COLLECTED
Neapolitan ice cream flavors: CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, STRAWBERRY
Olympic motto (Latin): CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS
Book title: COFFEE, TEA, or ME
Ohioan C Cities: COLUMBUS, CLEVELAND, and CINCINNATI
Roman motto: CONCORDIA, SALUS, PAX
Keyboard shortcut: CONTROL, ALT, DELETE
Coinage metals: COPPER, SILVER, and GOLD
phrase: COULD’VE, WOULD’VE, SHOULD’VE
Printer colors: CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW
Lack of senses: DEAF, DUMB, and BLIND
Portugal revolution: DECOLONIZATION, DEMOCRATIZATION, DEVELOPMENT
Creation Trio (Pokemon): DIALGA, PALKIA, and GIRATINA
Generation IV (Pokemon): DIAMOND, PEARL, and PLATINUM
Three Tenors: DOMINGO, CARRERAS, and PAVAROTTI
Types of pillars: DORIC, IONIC, and CORINTHIAN
Children’s game: DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
West Point motto: DUTY, HONOR, and COUNTRY
Marine Corps insignia: EAGLE, GLOBE, and ANCHOR
field of medicine: EAR, NOSE, and THROAT
Group name / elemental energies?: EARTH, WIND, and FIRE
phrase: EAT, DRINK, and BE MERRY
Three generations of particles: ELECTRON, MUON, and TAUON
Progressive Rock supergroup: EMERSON, LAKE, and PALMER
Bronte sisters: EMILY, CHARLOTTE, ANNE
Enchanter series: ENCHANTER, SORCERER, SPELLBREAKER
Triangles by equal sides: EQUILATERAL, ISOSCELES, and SCALENE
Baltic States: ESTONIA, LATVIA, and LITHUANIA
Three branches of U.S. government: EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL
Three theological virtues: FAITH, HOPE, and CHARITY
Olympic Motto (English): FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER
phrase: FAT, DUMB, and HAPPY
Holy Trinity: FATHER, SON, and THE HOLY GHOST
disinformation: FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, and DOUBT
Lord of the Rings trilogy: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, TWO TOWERS, RETURN OF THE KING
FBI motto: FIDELITY, BRAVERY, INTEGRITY
(Basic) Accidentals: FLAT, NATURAL, SHARP
Metasyntactic variables: FOO, BAR, and BAZ
Basic needs: FOOD, CLOTHING, and SHELTER
corruption: FRAUD, WASTE, and ABUSE
Three-phase traffic: FREE FLOW, SYNCHRONIZED FLOW, and WIDE MOVING JAM
Mark Antony speech in Julius Caesar (Shakespeare): FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN
Tennis point groupings: GAME, SET, and MATCH
Triple Alliance: GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, and ITALY
Axis Powers: GERMANY, JAPAN, and ITALY
phrase: GET IT, GOT IT, GOOD
Traffic light meanings: GO, SLOW, STOP
Carlist motto: GOD, COUNTRY, KING
Gifts of the Magi: GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, MYRRH
Olympic Medals: GOLD, SILVER, and BRONZE
Generation II (Pokemon): GOLD, SILVER, and CRYSTAL
King Lear’s daughters: GONERIL, REGAN, CORDELIA
phrase: GOOD, BAD, and UGLY
Secondary colors (paint): GREEN, ORANGE, PURPLE
Traffic light colors: GREEN, YELLOW, RED
Weather Trio (Pokemon): GROUDON, KYOGRE, and RAYAQUAZA
Jared Diamond book: GUNS, GERMS and STEEL
Noah’s sons: HAM, SHEM, JAPHETH
Ear bones: HAMMER, ANVIL, STIRRUP
phrase?: HAND, FOOT, and MOUTH
Quote from Henry V (Shakespeare: HARRY, ENGLAND, and ST. GEORGE
Ben Franklin quote: HEALTHY, WEALTHY and WISE
Dimensions: HEIGHT, WIDTH, and DEPTH
Seuss phrase?: HERE, THERE, ANYWHERE
Navy motto: HONOR, COURAGE, COMMITMENT
Coast Guard motto: HONOR, RESPECT, DEVOTION TO DUTY
Saying derived from fishing: HOOK, LINE, and SINKER
Triple jump: HOP, SKIP, and JUMP
Duck triplets: HUEY, DEWEY, and LOUIE
Greek Dreams (Oneiroi): HYPNOS, THANATOS, GERAS
Freudian things: ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO
States of Matter (water): ICE, WATER, and VAPOR
no: IFS, ANDS, or BUTS
DotA attributes: INTELLIGENCE, AGILITY, and STRENGTH
Three certainties: INTENTION, SUBJECT MATTER, and OBJECTS
Idiom – in charge of the whole process: JUDGE, JURY, and EXECUTIONER
Triple Crown components: KENTUCKY DERBY, PREAKNESS STAKES, BELMONT STAKES
Methods of transportation: LAND, SEA, and AIR
Three Stooges: LARRY, MOE, and CURLY
Shampoo instruction: LATHER, RINSE, and REPEAT
Song name: LAWYERS, GUNS, and MONEY
phrase: LEFT, RIGHT, and CENTER
French Republic motto: LIBERTE, EGALITE, FRATERNITE
Academic honor code: LIE, CHEAT, or STEAL
Mark Twain quote: LIES, DAMNED LIES, and STATISTICS
Declaration of Independence unalienable rights: LIFE, LIBERTY, and THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy quote (=42): LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, and EVERYTHING
movie phrase: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
Wizard of Oz quote: LIONS, TIGERS, and BEARS
Real estate: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Idiom – “everything”, derived from the parts of a gun: LOCK, STOCK, and BARREL
Movie title: LOVE, HONOR, and OBEY
Movie title: LOVE, VALOUR, COMPASSION
phrase: MAD, BAD, and DANGEROUS
Ear bones (Latin): MALLEUS, INCUS, STAPES
first person things: ME, MYSELF, and I
Book trilogy: MEMORY, SORROW, and THORN
Three Wise Monkeys (Japanese): MIZARU, KIKAZARU, IWAZARU, (SHIZARU)
From the Leviathan: NASTY, BRUTISH, and SHORT
Columbus ships: NINA, PINTA, and SANTA MARIA
Survivor slogan: OUTWIT, OUTLAST, OUTPLAY
Geologic eras (in the Phanerozic): PALEOZOIC, MESOZOIC, CENOZOIC
Leninist/Bolshevik motto: PEACE, LAND, and BREAD
Commonwealth of Nations: PEACE, ORDER, and GOOD GOVERNMENT
Three Levels of Leadership: PERSONAL, PRIVATE, and PUBLIC
Folk group: PETER, PAUL, and MARY
transportation: PLANES, TRAINS, and AUTOMOBILES
Threefold office: PROPHET, PRIEST, and KING
Starcraft races: PROTOSS, TERRAN, and ZERG
DotA Invoker reagents: QUAS, WEX, and EXORT
Legendary Beasts (Pokemon): RAIKOU, ENTEI, and SUICUNE
Things that don’t stop the post office: RAIN, SLEET, SNOW
North Carolina Research Triangle: RALEIGH, DURHAM, and CHAPEL HILL
Three “R” subjects: READING, WRITING, and ARITHMETIC
Common phrase: READY, AIM, FIRE
Common phrase to begin a race: READY, SET, and GO
Primary colors (light): RED, GREEN, BLUE
Transportation mnemonic: RED, RIGHT, RETURN
Colors of U.S. flag: RED, WHITE, and BLUE
Primary colors (paint); also, Generation I (Pokemon): RED, YELLOW, BLUE
Three RE’s: REDUCE, REUSE, and RECYCLE
Legendary Titans (Pokemon): REGIROCK, REGICE, and REGISTEEL
New Deal mantra: RELIEF, RECOVERY, REFORM
RPS options: ROCK, PAPER, and SCISSORS
Generation III (Pokemon): RUBY, SAPPHIRE, and EMERALD
Box score in baseball: RUNS, HITS, and ERRORS
Triple Entente: RUSSIAN EMPIRE, FRENCH REPUBLIC, UNITED KINGDOM
Alchemical primes: SALT, SULFUR, and MERCURY
Three Wise Monkeys (English): SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL, (DO NO EVIL)
Three-act structure: SETUP, CONFRONTATION, and RESOLUTION
Rock star life phrase: SEX, DRUGS, and ROCK AND ROLL
Movie title: SEX, LIES, and VIDEOTAPE
Song title: SHAKE, RATTLE, and ROLL
Generic lengths: SHORT, MEDIUM, and LONG
Regular n-D polytope families: SIMPLEX, HYPERCUBE, and CROSS POLYTOPE
phrase: SIGNED, SEALED, and DELIVERED
phrase: SLIPS, TRIPS, and FALLS
Generic sizes: SMALL, MEDIUM, and LARGE
Rice Krispies mascots: SNAP, CRACKLE, and POP
States of Matter: SOLID, LIQUID, and GAS
phrase: SOUP, SOAP, and SALVATION
Python metasyntactic variables: SPAM, HAM, and EGGS
Cutlery: SPOON, FORK, and KNIFE
Three-age system: STONE AGE, BRONZE AGE, IRON AGE
Fire directions: STOP, DROP, and ROLL
Roadway safety slogan: STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN
Three Little Pigs materials: STRAW, STICKS, and BRICKS
phrase: SUGAR, SPICE, and EVERYTHING NICE
Scandinavia: SWEDEN, DENMARK, and NORWAY
Triathlon sports: SWIMMING, BICYCLING, and RUNNING
Imperial Regalia of Japan: SWORD, MIRROR, and JEWEL
Movie title: TALL, DARK, and HANDSOME
Starbucks sizes: TALL, VENTI, GRANDE
Hegelian philosophy: THESIS, ANTITHESIS, and SYNTHESIS
phrase: THIS, THAT, and THE OTHER
game name: TIC, TAC, TOE
Idiom – multiple unspecified people: TOM, DICK, and HARRY
Uniform tessellations: TRIANGULAR, SQUARE, HEXAGONAL
Things fought for by Superman: TRUTH, JUSTICE, and THE AMERICAN WAY
phrase: UP, DOWN, and SIDEWAYS
Julius Caesar conquest quote: VENI, VIDI, VICI
phrase: WAY, SHAPE, or FORM
Three Kingdoms: WEI, SHU, WU
phrase: WHATS, WHYS, and WHEREFORES
outcomes: WIN, LOSE, and DRAW (TIE)
Top three in horse racing: WIN, PLACE, and SHOW
Saying that captures elements of a hedonistic lifestyle: WINE, WOMEN, and SONG
Sons of Cronus: ZEUS, POSEIDON, and HADES
Sets of Four
Sources: Yo Dawg, I Herd You Like Puzzle Hunts (MIT Mystery Hunt ’12), Box Sets (MIT Mystery Hunt ’10), Four-Part Harmony (MIT Mystery Hunt ’05), The Thing (MIT Mystery Hint ’01)
Genetic bases: ADENINE, CYTOSINE, GUANINE, THYMINE
Classical elements: AIR, EARTH, FIRE, WATER
Baldwin brothers: ALEC, WILLIAM, STEPHEN, DANIEL
Typical Math Olympiad problem categorization: ALGEBRA, COMBINATORICS, GEOMETRY, NUMBER THEORY
Quadrant classification: ALL, SINE, TANGENT, COSINE
Four Corners states: ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH
Indiana Jones movies: ARK, TEMPLE, CRUSADE, SKULL
ADSR: ATTACK, DECAY, SUSTAIN, RELEASE
Four winds: BOREAS, NOTUS, ZEPHYR, EUROS
Human elements: CARBON, HYDROGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN
Levels of measurement: CATEGORICAL (NOMINAL), ORDINAL, INTERVAL, RATIO
Humors: CHOLERIC, SANGUINE, PHLEGMATIC, MELANCHOLIC
Provinces of Ireland: CONNAUGHT, LEINSTER, MUNSTER, ULSTER
Tarot suits: CUPS, WANDS, SWORDS, PENTACLES
Printing colors: CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, BLACK
Four Horsemen: DEATH, FAMINE, PESTILENCE, WAR
Rhyme: EENY, MEENY, MINEY, MO
Metamorphism stages: EGG, LARVA, PUPA, IMAGO
Nations composing the United Kingdom: ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND
Geologic Timescales: EON, ERA, PERIOD, EPOCH
Baseball bases: FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, HOME
Years: FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, SENIOR
Brain lobes (also see 5): FRONTAL, PARIETAL, OCCIPITAL, TEMPORAL
Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD): GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS, VESPASIAN
Galilean moons of Jupiter: GANYMEDE, CALLISTO, IO, EUROPA
Four states of matter: GAS, LIQUID, PLASMA, SOLID
Forces: GRAVITY, ELECTROMAGNETIC, WEAK NUCLEAR, STRONG NUCLEAR
Hogwarts Houses: GRYFFINDOR, SLYTHERIN, HUFFLEPUFF, RAVENCLAW
Geologic Eons: HADEAN, ARCHEAN, PROTEROZOIC, PHANEROZOIC
4-H: HEAD, HEART, HANDS, HEALTH
Card suits: HEARTS, DIAMONDS, CLUBS, SPADES
Japanese Islands: HOKKAIDO, KYUSHU, SHIKOKU, HONSHU
Warcraft III races: HUMANS, ORCS, NIGHT ELVES, UNDEAD
4-stroke engine: INTAKE, COMPRESSION, POWER, EXHAUST
Honors: JACK, QUEEN, KING, and ACE
Gang of Four: JIANG QING, WANG HONGWEN, YAO WENYUAN, ZHANG CHUNQIAO
Little Women: JO, BETH, MEG, AMY
Gas Giants: JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE
Gospels: MATTHEW, MARK, JOHN, LUKE
The Beatles: MCCARTNEY, LENNON, STARR, HARRISON
Nonsystematic organic prefixes: METH-, ETH-, PROP-, BUT-
Fantastic Four: MISTER FANTASTIC (REED RICHARDS), INVISIBLE WOMAN (SUSAN STORM), THE HUMAN TORCH (JOHNNY STORM), THE THING (BEN GRIMM)
Times of Day: MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING, NIGHT
The Grand Opus (alchemy): NIGREDO, ALBEDO, CITRINITAS, RUBEDO
Cardinal directions: NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST
Intercardinal directions: NORTHWEST, NORTHEAST, SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST
English rhyme: OLD, NEW, BORROWED, BLUE
Scarborough Fair: PARSLEY, ROSEMARY, SAGE, and THYME
Four Estates: POLITICS, ADMINISTRATION, JUDICIARY, JOURNALISM
Four seasons (Vivaldi): PRIMAVERA, ESTATE, AUTUNNO, INVERNO
Mitosis stages: PROPHASE, METAPHASE, ANAPHASE, TELOPHASE
Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles: RAPHAEL, LEONARDO, MICHELANGELO, DONATELLO
Monopoly railroads: READING RAILROAD, PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, B & O RAILROAD, SHORT LINE
Wagner’s cycle: RHINEGOLD, VALKYRIE, SIEGRIED, TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Seinfeld: SEINFELD, KRAMER, COSTANZA, BENES
Spectroscopic Notation: SHARP, PRINCIPAL, DIFFUSE, FUNDAMENTAL
Voices: SOPRANO, ALTO, TENOR, BASS
Seasons: SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN (FALL), WINTER
Playstation controller symbols: TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, CROSS, SQUARE
Directions: UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT
String Quartet: VIOLIN I, VIOLIN II, VIOLA, CELLO
Rushmore heads: WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, LINCOLN, ROOSEVELT
Sets of Five
American grading system: A, B, C, D, F
English vowels: A, E, I, O, U
Greek Mythology Underworld Rivers: ACHERON, COCYTUS, LETHE, PHLEGETHON, STYX
Angles under 360 degrees: ACUTE, RIGHT, OBTUSE, STRAIGHT, and REFLEX
Battleship pieces: AIRCRAFT CARRIER, BATTLESHIP, SUBMARINE, DESTROYER, PATROL BOAT
Branches of the U.S. Army: AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, MARINE CORPS, NAVY
French mother sauces: BECHAMEL, ESPAGNOLE, HOLLANDAISE, TOMATE, VELOUTE
Birds under par: BIRDIE, EAGLE, ALBATROSS, CONDOR, OSTRICH
Olympic Ring colors: BLUE, YELLOW, RED, BLACK, GREEN
Group 13 elements: BORON, ALUMINUM, GALLIUM, INDIUM, THALLIUM
Bop it Extreme: BOP IT, PULL IT, TWIST IT, FLICK IT, SPIN IT
Settlers of Catan resources: BRICK (CLAY), LUMBER (WOOD), WOOL (SHEEP), GRAIN (WHEAT), ORE (ROCK, STONE)
NYC boroughs: BRONX, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS, STATEN ISLAND
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot): THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD, A GAME OF CHESS, THE FIRE SERMON, DEATH BY WATER, WHAT THE THUNDER SAID
Group 14 elements: CARBON, SILICON, GERMANIUM, TIN, LEAD
Spinal bones (top to bottom): CERVICAL (7), THORACIC (12), LUMBAR (5), SACRUM (5, fused), COCCYX (3-5)
Permanent Members of the UN Security Council: CHINA, FRANCE, RUSSIA, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES
DEFCON Exercise Terms: COCKED PISTOL, FAST PACE, ROUND HOUSE, DOUBLE TAKE, FADE OUT
Space Shuttles: (ENTERPRISE*), COLUMBIA, CHALLENGER, DISCOVERY, ATLANTIS, ENDEAVOUR [*: Enterprise was a prototype space shuttle.]
Scooby Doo Characters: DAPHNE, FRED, SCOOBY, SHAGGY, VELMA
Protocol Data Units in OSI Model: DATA, SEGMENT, PACKET, FRAME, BIT
Stages of grief: DENIAL, ANGER, BARGAINING, DEPRESSION, ACCEPTANCE
Captain Planet: EARTH, FIRE, WIND, WATER, HEART
Five Pillars of Islam: FAITH, PRAYER, CHARITY, FASTING, PILGRIMAGE
Halogens: FLUORINE, CHLORINE, BROMINE, IODINE, ASTATINE
Five brain lobes (see 4): FRONTAL, PARIETAL, OCCIPITAL, TEMPORAL, LIMBIC
Old Testament books: GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY
D-Day Beaches: GOLD, JUNO, SWORD, UTAH, OMAHA
Great Lakes: HURON, ONTARIO, MICHIGAN, ERIE, SUPERIOR
Tetrominos: I, L, O, S, T (the game Tetris can be found in Sets of Seven.)
Jackson 5: JACKIE, TITO, JERMAINE, MARLON, MICHAEL
Microwave frequency bands: KU, X, C, S, L
Five Dynasties (in the 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms period): LATER LIANG, LATER TANG, LATER JIN, LATER HAN, LATER ZHOU
Hydrogen spectral lines: LYMAN, BALMER, PASCHEN, BRACKETT, PFUND
The Mighty Handful: MUSSORGSKY, BALAKIREV, BORODIN, CUI, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Five Good Emperors: NERVA, TRAJAN, HADRIAN, ANTONIUS PIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
Pnictogens: NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, ARSENIC, ANTIMONY, BISMUTH
Mass Extinctions: ORDOVICIAN, LATE DEVONIAN, PERMIAN, TRIASSIC, CRETACEOUS, (HOLOCENE)
Chalcogens: OXYGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM, TELLURIUM, POLONIUM
Year of the Five Emperors (193 AD): PERTINAX, DIDIUS JULIANUS, PESCENNIUS NIGER, CLODIUS ALBINUS, SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
MTG Basic Lands: PLAINS, ISLAND, SWAMP, MOUNTAIN, FOREST
War of the Five Kings – GoT (ordered by death): RENLY I BARATHEON, ROBB STARK, JOFFREY I BARATHEON, STANNIS I BARATHEON, BALON GREYJOY
RPS expansion (Big Bang Theory): ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, LIZARD, SPOCK
Sega Consoles: SG-1000, MASTER SYSTEM, GENESIS, SATURN, DREAMCAST
Pillars of Islam: SHAHADAH, SALAT, ZAKAT, SAWM, HAJJ
Senses: SIGHT, HEARING, TASTE, SMELL, TOUCH
Nordic countries: SWEDEN, DENMARK, NORWAY, FINLAND, and ICELAND
Tastes: SWEET, SALTY, SOUR, BITTER, UMAMI
Platonic Solids: TETRAHEDRON, CUBE, OCTAHEDRON, DODECAHEDRON, ICOSAHEDRON
Fingers: THUMB, POINTER (INDEX), MIDDLE, RING, PINKY
Atmospheric layers: TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, MESOSPHERE, THERMOSPHERE, EXOSPHERE
MTG elements: WHITE, BLUE, BLACK, RED, GREEN
Five W’s: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY (HOW)
Five Elements (Chinese): WOOD, FIRE, EARTH, METAL, WATER
Sets of Six
Les Six (six French composers): AURIC, DUREY, HONEGGER, MILHAUD, POULENC, TAILLEFERRE
Six drinks that changed the world: BEER, WINE, SPIRITS, TEA, COFFEE, COCA-COLA
Founding EU members: BELGIUM, FRANCE, ITALY, LUXEMBOURG, NETHERLANDS, GERMANY
Alkali earth metals: BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM
Chess pieces: BISHOP, KING, KNIGHT, PAWN, QUEEN, ROOK
Clue weapons: CANDLESTICK, DAGGER, LEAD PIPE, REVOLVER, ROPE, SPANNER (WRENCH)
Wives of Henry VIII: CATHERINE OF ARAGON, ANNE BOLEYN, JANE SEYMOUR, ANNE OF CLEVES, CATHERINE HOWARD, CATHERINE PARR
New England states: CONNECTICUT, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT
Cell Life Cycle: CYTOKINESIS, PROPHASE, METAPHASE, ANAPHASE, TELOPHASE, INTERPHASE
Arimaa pieces: ELEPHANT, CAMEL, HORSE, DOG, CAT, RABBIT
Regular 4-D Polytopes: 5-CELL, 8-CELL, 16-CELL, 24-CELL, 120-CELL, 600-CELL
LOST numbers: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
Trivial Pursuit categories: GEOGRAPHY, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, ARTS & LITERATURE, SCIENCE & NATURE, SPORTS & LEISURE
Food groups: GRAINS, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, MEATS AND BEANS, DAIRY, OILS
Named Noble Gases: HELIUM, NEON, ARGON, KRYPTON, XENON, RADON
Bloom’s taxonomy: KNOWLEDGE, COMPREHENSION, APPLICATION, ANALYSIS, SYNTHESIS, EVALUATION
Simple machines: LEVER, WHEEL AND AXLE, PULLEY, INCLINED PLANE, WEDGE, SCREW
Alkali metals: LITHIUM, SODIUM, POTASSIUM, RUBIDIUM, CESIUM, FRANCIUM
Year of the Six Emperors (238 AD): MAXIMINUS THRAX, GORDIAN I, GORDIAN II, PUPIENUS, BALBINUS, GORDIAN III
Nations comprising the Iroquois Confederacy: MOHAWK, ONONDAGA, ONEIDA, CAYUGA, SENECA, TUSCARORA
Order of Operations: PARENTHESES (BRACKETS), EXPONENTIATION, MULTIPLICATION, DIVISION, SUBTRACTION, ADDITION
US Coins: PENNY, NICKEL, DIME, QUARTER, HALF DOLLAR, DOLLAR
Nobel Prizes: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MEDICINE, LITERATURE, PEACE, (ECONOMICS)
World of Warcraft Item Qualities: POOR (GRAY), COMMON (WHITE), UNCOMMON (GREEN), RARE (BLUE), EPIC (PURPLE), LEGENDARY (ORANGE)
States of Australia: QUEENSLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA
AICPA Code of Conduct: RESPONSIBILITY, PUBLIC INTEREST, INTEGRITY, OBJECTIVITY AND INDEPENDENCE, DUE CARE, SCOPE AND NATURE OF SERVICES
Clue suspects: SCARLET, PLUM, PEACOCK, GREEN, MUSTARD, WHITE
Trigonometric functions: SINE, COSINE, TANGENT, SECANT, COSECANT, COTANGENT
Original D&D skills: STRENGTH, INTELLIGENCE, WISDOM, DEXTERITY, CONSTITUTION, CHARISMA
Linux safe reboot: UNRAW, TERMINATE, KILL, SYNC, UNMOUNT, REBOOT
Quark flavors: UP, DOWN, STRANGE, CHARM, TOP, BOTTOM
Mishnah: ZERAIM, MOED, NASHIM, NEZIKIN, KODASHIM, TOHOROT
Sets of Seven
Sources: Yo Dawg, I Herd You Like Puzzle Hunts (MIT Mystery Hunt ’12), xkcd #1417, Li Ven Se Tt Le (SUMS ’14 III.2), Seven Habits of Highly Effective Prisoners (Puzzle Boat III)
Seven Words You Can’t Say on Television: Ok, you can Google that one yourself.
Emirates of UAE: ABU DHABI, AJMAN, DUBAI, FUJAIRAH, RAS AL-KHAIMAH, SHARJAH, UMM AL-QUWAIN
Seven Brothers: ADAM, BENJAMIN, CALEB, DANIEL, EPHRAIM, FRANK, GIDEON
Chinese Chess Pieces: ADVISOR, CANNON, CHARIOT, ELEPHANT, GENERAL, HORSE, SOLDIER
Complete Plays of Sophocles: AJAX, ELECTRA, OEDIPUS REX, OEDIPUS AT COLONUS, ANTIGONE, THE WOMEN OF TRACHIS, PHILOCTETES
Logic gates: AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, XNOR, NOT
Layers of the OSI Model: APPLICATION, PRESENTATION, SESSION, TRANSPORT, NETWORK, DATA LINK, PHYSICAL
Countries with Antarctic claims: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, CHILE, FRANCE, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, UNITED KINGDOM
Seven continents: ASIA, AFRICA, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, ANTARCTICA, AUSTRALIA
Seven Hills of Rome: AVENTINE, CAELIAN, CAPITOLINE, ESQUILINE, PALATINE, QUIRINAL, VIMINAL
Seven Sacraments: BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION, HOLY EUCHARIST, PENANCE, ANOINTING OF THE SICK, HOLY ORDERS, MATRIMONY
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: BE PROACTIVE, BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND, PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST, THINK WIN-WIN, SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD, SYNERGIZE, SHARPEN THE SAW
Weasley family: BILL, CHARLIE, PERCY, FRED, GEORGE, RON, GINNY
Group of 7: CARMICHAEL, HARRIS, JACKSON, JOHNSTON, LISMER, MACDONALD, VARLEY
Seven Basic Tools of Quality: CAUSE-AND-EFFECT DIAGRAM, CHECK SHEET, CONTROL CHART, HISTOGRAM, PARETO CHART, SCATTER DIAGRAM, STRATIFICATION
Chakras: CROWN, THIRD-EYE, THROAT, HEART, NAVEL, SACRAL, ROOT
Seven Virtues: CHASTITY, TEMPERANCE, CHARITY, DILIGENCE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, HUMILITY
Social Story Sentence Types: DESCRIPTIVE, PERSPECTIVE, DIRECTIVE, AFFIRMATIVE, CONTROL, COOPERATIVE, PARTIAL
Seven Endless: DESTINY, DEATH, DREAM, DESTRUCTION, DESIRE, DESPAIR, DELIRIUM
Horcruxes: DIARY, LOCKET, CUP, DIADEM, RING, NAGINI, HARRY
Solfege: DO, RE, MI, FA, SO (SOL), LA, TI (SI)
Seven Dwarfs: DOC, GRUMPY, HAPPY, SLEEPY, BASHFUL, SNEEZY, DOPEY
Founding members of The Authority: DOCTOR, SWIFT, APOLLO, ENGINEER, MIDNIGHTER, SPARKS, HAWKSMOOR
Sound of Music Do-Re-Mi comparisons: DOE, RAY, ME, FAR, SEW, LA, TEA
Seven Faces of Dr. Lao: DR. LAO, MERLIN, PAN, SERPENT, MEDUSA, APOLLONIUS OF TYANA, THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
Stars composing the Big Dipper: DUBHE, MERAK, PHECDA, MEGREZ, ALIOTH, MIZAR, ALKAID (order by Bayer designation)
Seven Churches of Revelation: EPHESUS, SMYRNA, PERGAMON, THYATIRA, SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA, LAODICEA
Seven Summits: EVEREST, ACONCAGUA, DENALI, KILIMANJARO, VINSON, ELBRUS, KOSCIUSZKO
Game of Thrones Aspects: FATHER, MOTHER, MAIDEN, CRONE, WARRIOR, SMITH, STRANGER
Coordinating conjunctions: FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO
Seven Archangels (Judaism): GABRIEL, MICHAEL, RAPHAEL, URIEL, RAGUEL, RAMIEL, ZADKIEL
Metals of Antiquity: GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, TIN, LEAD, IRON, MERCURY
Seven Liberal Arts: GRAMMAR, RHETORIC, LOGIC, MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, MUSIC, ASTRONOMY
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA, HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON, STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA, TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS, MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS, COLOSSUS OF RHODES, LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA
Roman Numerals: I, V, X, L, C, D, M
Tetris pieces: I BLOCK, J BLOCK, L BLOCK, O BLOCK, S BLOCK, T BLOCK, Z BLOCK
Musical Modes: IONIAN, DORIAN, PHRYGIAN, LYDIAN, MIXOLYDIAN, AEOLIAN, LOCRIAN
Catholic Epistles: JAMES, 1 PETER, 2 PETER, 1 JOHN, 2 JOHN, 3 JOHN, JUDE
Seven Samurai: KIKUCHIYO, KAMBEI SHIMADA, SHICHIROJI, KATSUSHIRO OKAMOTO, HEIHACHI HAYASHIDA, KYUZO, GOROBEI KATAYAMA
Seven Taxonomic Ranks: KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER, FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES
Chronicles of Narnia: THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, PRINCE CASPIAN, THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, THE SILVER CHAIR, THE HORSE AND HIS BOY, THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW, THE LAST BATTLE
Seven Deadly Sins: LUST, GLUTTONY, GREED, SLOTH, WRATH, ENVY, PRIDE
Sons of Feanor – LotR: MAEDHROS, MAGLOR, CELEGORM, CARANTHIR, CURUFIN, AMROD, AMRAS
Defenders in Seven Against Thebes: MELANIPPUS, POLYPHONTES, MEGAREUS, HYPERBIUS, ACTOR, LASTHENES, ETEOCLES
SI base units: METRE, KILOGRAM, SECOND, AMPERE, KELVIN, MOLE, CANDELA
Brides of the Seven Brothers: MILLY, DORCAS, RUTH, MARTHA, LIZA, SARAH, ALICE
Factors of Enlightenment: MINDFULNESS, INVESTIGATION, ENERGY, JOY, RELAXATION, CONCENTRATION, EQUANIMITY
Days of the Week: MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
Seven Sisters colleges: MOUNT HOLYOKE, VASSAR, WELLESLEY, SMITH, RADCLIFFE, BRYN MAWR, BARNARD
Star classification: O, B, A, F, G, K, M, (R, N, S)
US Bills: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100
Heptathlon sports: 100 METERS HURDLES, HIGH JUMP, SHOT PUT, 200 METERS, LONG JUMP, JAVELIN THROW, 800 METERS
Seven Basic Plots: OVERCOMING THE MONSTER, RAGS TO RICHES, THE QUEST, VOYAGE AND RETURN, COMEDY, TRAGEDY, REBIRTH
Geologic Epochs (in the Cenozoic Era): PALEOCENE, EOCENE, OLIGOCENE, MIOCENE, PLIOCENE, PLEISTOCENE, HOLOCENE
Star Wars films (growing): THE PHANTOM MENACE, ATTACK OF THE CLONES, REVENGE OF THE SITH, A NEW HOPE, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, RETURN OF THE JEDI, THE FORCE AWAKENS
Harry Potter books: PHILOSOPHER’S (SORCERER’S) STONE, CHAMBER OF SECRETS, PRISONER OF AZKABAN, GOBLET OF FIRE, ORDER OF PHOENIX, HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, DEATHLY HALLOWS
Frieze Group: P1 (translation only), P11G (glide reflection), P1M1 (vertical reflection), P2 (180 degree rotation), P2MG (non-horizontal reflection), P11M (horizontal reflection), P2MM (everything)
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professors: QUIRRELL, LOCKHART, LUPIN, CROUCH, UMBRIDGE, SNAPE, CARROW
Electromagnetic spectrum: RADIO, MICROWAVE, INFRARED, VISIBLE LIGHT, ULTRAVIOLET, X-RAY, GAMMA RAY
Colors of the Rainbow: RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, VIOLET
Snooker ball colors by point value: RED, YELLOW, GREEN, BROWN, BLUE, PINK, BLACK (and WHITE for the cue ball)
Seven Layer Dip: REFRIED BEANS, CHEESE, GROUND BEEF, SOUR CREAM, GUACAMOLE, SALSA, OLIVES
CHEM-7 (Basic Metabolic Panel): SODIUM, CHLORINE, BLOOD UREA NITRATE, GLUCOSE, POTASSIUM, BICARBONATE, CREATININE
Elements of Art: SPACE, FORM, TEXTURE, SHAPE, LINE, VALUE, COLOR
The Pleiades: STEROPE, MAIA, TAYGETA, CELAENO, ELECTRA, MEROPE, ALCYONE
Classical Planets: SUN, MERCURY, VENUS, MOON, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN
Scale Degrees: TONIC, SUPERTONIC, MEDIANT, SUBDOMINANT, DOMINANT, SUBMEDIANT, LEADING TONE
Crystal systems: TRICLINIC, MONOCLINIC, ORTHOROMBIC, TETRAGONAL, TRIGONAL, HEXAGONAL, CUBIC
Big Mac ingredients (in jingle order): TWO ALL-BEEF PATTIES, SPECIAL SAUCE, LETTUCE, CHEESE, PICKLES, ONIONS, SESAME BUN
Attackers in Seven Against Thebes: TYDEUS, CAPANEUS, ETEOCLUS, HIPPOMEDON, PARTHENOPEUS, AMPHIARAUS, POLYNICES
Gifts of the Holy Spirit: WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, COUNSEL, KNOWLEDGE, FORTITUDE, PIETY, WONDER
Sets of Eight
Telephone Keypad letter clusters: ABC, DEF, GHI, JKL, MNO, PQRS, TUV, WXYZ (2-9)
Aldohexoses: ALLOSE, ALTROSE, GLUCOSE, MANNOSE, GULOSE, IDOSE, GALACTOSE, TALOSE
Rise of Nations Ages: ANCIENT, CLASSICAL, MEDIEVAL, GUNPOWDER, ENLIGHTENMENT, INDUSTRIAL, MODERN, INFORMATION
Eight-Nation Alliance: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, RUSSIA, UNITED STATES
Ingredients in V8: BEETS, CELERY, CARROTS, LETTUCE, PARSLEY, WATERCRESS, SPINACH, TOMATO
Minesweeper colors: BLUE (1), GREEN (2), RED (3), NAVY (4), MAROON (5), TEAL (6), BLACK (7), GRAY (8)
Monopoly color groups: BROWN/PURPLE, LIGHT BLUE, PINK, ORANGE, RED, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE
G-8 countries: CANADA, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, RUSSIA, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES
Eight is Enough children: DAVID, MARY, JOANIE, SUSAN, NANCY, ELIZABETH, TOMMY, NICHOLAS
Myers-Briggs personality attributes: EXTROVERSION, INTROVERSION, SENSING, INTUITION, THINKING, FEELING, JUDGING, PERCEIVING (these make up 2^4 = 16 combinations)
Hawaiian Islands: HAWAI’I, MAUI, O’AHU, KAUA’I, MOLOKA’I, LANA’I, NI’IHAU, KAHO’OLAWE
Permanent Lucky Charms: HEARTS, SHOOTING STARS, HORSESHOES, CLOVERS, BLUE MOONS, RAINBOWS, BALLOONS, HOURGLASS
Trigrams: HEAVEN, LAKE, FIRE, THUNDER, WIND, WATER, MOUNTAIN, EARTH
Planets: MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE
Brady Bunch: (MIKE, CAROL), GREG, MARCIA, PETER, JAN, BOBBY, CINDY, ((ALICE))
6 kids. 9 including Alice.
Phases of the Moon: NEW MOON, WAXING CRESCENT, FIRST QUARTER, WAXING GIBBOUS, FULL MOON, WANING GIBBOUS, THIRD QUARTER, WANING CRESCENT
Royal Houses of England and Great Britain: NORMAN, PLANTAGENET, LANCASTER, YORK, TUDOR, STUART, HANOVER, WINDSOR
Parts of Speech: NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB, PRONOUN, PREPOSITION, CONJUCTION, INTERJECTION
Order of Adjectives: OPINION, SIZE, AGE, SHAPE, COLOR, ORIGIN, MATERIAL, PURPOSE
USDA Beef grading system: PRIME, CHOICE, SELECT, STANDARD, COMMERCIAL, UTILITY, CUTTER, CANNER
Crayola 8-pack colors: RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, VIOLET, BROWN, BLACK
Holst’s The Planets: WAR, PEACE, MESSENGER, JOLLITY, AGE, MAGICIAN, MYSTIC, RENEWER
Billiard Ball Colors: YELLOW (1/9), BLUE (2/10), RED (3/11), PURPLE (4/12), ORANGE (5/13), GREEN (6/14), MAROON (7/15), BLACK (8)
Sets of Nine
Nine Supreme Court Justices: JOHN ROBERTS, ANTHONY KENNEDY, CLARENCE THOMAS, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, STEPHEN BREYER, SAMUEL ALITO, SONIA SOTOMAYOR, ELENA KAGAN, NEIL GORSUCH
Weight classes: ATOM, FLY, BANTAM, FEATHER, LIGHT, WELTER, MIDDLE, CRUISER, HEAVY
Muses: CLIO, THALIA, ERATO, EUTERPE, POLYHYMNIA, CALLIOPE, TERPSICHORE, URANIA, MELPOMENE
Santa’s Reindeer: DASHER, DANCER, PRANCER, VIXEN, COMET, CUPID, DONNER, BLITZEN, (RUDOLPH)
Fellowship of the Ring: FRODO, SAMWISE, GANDALF, LEGOLAS, GIMLI, ARAGORN, BOROMIR, MERIADOC, PEREGRIN
Essential amino acids: HISTIDINE, ISOLEUCINE, LEUCINE, LYSINE, METHIONINE, PHENYLALANINE, THREONINE, TRYPTOPHAN, VALINE
Clue rooms: KITCHEN, BALLROOM, CONSERVATORY, BILLIARD ROOM, LIBRARY, STUDY, HALL, LOUNGE, DINING ROOM
Circles of Hell – Dante’s Inferno: LIMBO, LUST, GLUTTONY, GREED, WRATH, HERESY, VIOLENCE, FRAUD, TREACHERY
Baseball positions: PITCHER, CATCHER, FIRST BASEMAN, SECOND BASEMAN, THIRD BASEMAN, SHORTSTOP, LEFT FIELDER, CENTER FIELDER, RIGHT FIELDER
Hierarchy of Angels: SERAPH, CHERUB, THRONE, DOMINION, VIRTUE, POWER, PRINCIPALITY, ARCHANGEL, ANGEL
Sets of Ten
Ten Commandments
Ten Articles in the Bill of Rights
Resistor Colors: BLACK, BROWN, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, VIOLET, GRAY, WHITE
Plagues of Egypt: BLOOD, FROGS, GNATS, FLIES, LIVESTOCK DISEASE, BOILS, HAIL, LOCUSTS, DARKNESS, DEATH OF FIRSTBORN
SI prefixes, 1: DEKA, HECTO, KILO, MEGA, GIGA, TERA, PETA, EXA, ZETTA, YOTTA
Shifted Number Row: EXCLAMATION MARK, COMMERCIAL AT, HASH, DOLLAR SIGN, PERCENT SIGN, CARET, AMPERSAND, ASTERISK, LEFT PARENTHESIS, RIGHT PARENTHESIS
5-card Poker Hands: HIGH CARD, ONE PAIR, TWO PAIR, THREE OF A KIND, STRAIGHT, FLUSH, FULL HOUSE, FOUR OF A KIND, STRAIGHT FLUSH, ROYAL FLUSH
IRS service centers: HOLTSVILLE NY (005), ANDOVER MA (055), PHILADELPHIA PA (192), MEMPHIS TN (375), ATLANTA GA (399), COVINGTON KY (459), KANSAS CITY MO (649), AUSTIN TX (733), OGDEN UT (842), FRESNO CA (938)
Heavenly Stems: JIA, YI, BING, DING, WU, JI, GENG, XIN, REN, GUI
Sephirot: KETER, CHOCHMAH, BINAH, CHESED, GEVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD, MALCHUT
ITU numbers: NADAZERO, UNAONE, BISSOTWO, TERRATHREE, KARTEFOUR, PANTAFIVE, SOXISIX, SETTESEVEN, OKTOEIGHT, NOVENINE
Digits: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, ZERO
Decathlon sports: 100 METERS, LONG JUMP, SHOT PUT, HIGH JUMP, 400 METERS, 110 METERS HURDLES, DISCUS THROW, POLE VAULT, JAVELIN THROW, 1500 METERS
Canadian Provinces: ONTARIO, QUEBEC, NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, MANITOBA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, SASKATCHEWAN, ALBERTA, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (Territories brings this up to 13 – NUNAVUT, YUKON TERRITORY, and NORTHWEST TERRITORIES)
Innovation Ages: PREHISTORY, CLASSICAL, MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, EXPLORATION, ENLIGHTENMENT, ROMANCE, MODERN, POSTMODERN, INFORMATION
Mohs Hardness scale: TALC, GYPSUM, CALCITE, FLUORITE, APATITE, ORTHOCLASE, QUARTZ, TOPAZ, CORUNDUM, DIAMOND
Magicka elements: WATER, FIRE, LIGHTNING, EARTH, COLD, SHIELD, ARCANE, LIFE, STEAM, ICE
Sets of Eleven
Star Trek: PICTURE, WRATH, SEARCH, VOYAGE, FRONTIER, COUNTRY, GENERATIONS, CONTACT, INSURRECTION, NEMESIS, TREK
Android version foodstuffs: CUPCAKE, DONUT, ECLAIR, FROYO, GINGERBREAD, HONEYCOMB, ICE CREAM SANDWICH, JELLY BEAN, KITKAT, LOLLIPOP, MARSHMALLOW
Ocean’s 11: DANNY OCEAN, RUSTY RYAN, LINUS CALDWELL, BASHER TARR, FRANK CATTON, TURK MALLOY, SAUL BLOOM, REUBEN TISHKOFF, LIVINGSTON DELL, THE AMAZING YEN
Ionian Philosophers: THALES, HERACLITUS, EMPEDOCLES, LEUCIPPUS, ANAXIMANDER, DEMOCRITUS, ZENO, ANAXIMENES, PROTAGORAS, PARMENIDES, ANAXAGORAS
Sets of Twelve
Western Zodiac signs: ARIES, TAURUS, GEMINI, CANCER, LEO, VIRGO, LIBRA, SCORPIO, SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN, AQUARIUS, PISCES (also see Modern Constellations the ecliptic passes through)
Datasaurus Dozen: CROSS, TWO HORIZONTAL, TWO VERTICAL, STAR, FOUR VERTICAL, FIVE HORIZONTAL, NINE DOTS, TWO RINGS, ONE RING, SLANTING DOWNWARD, SLANTING UPWARD, SPARSE
People who walked on the moon: NEIL ARMSTRONG, BUZZ ALDRIN, PETE CONRAD, ALAN BEAN, ALAN SHEPARD, EDGAR MITCHELL, DAVID SCOTT, JAMES IRWIN, JOHN YOUNG, CHARLES DUKE, EUGENE CERNAN, HARRISON SCHMITT
Federal Reserve Banks: BOSTON (A), NEW YORK (B), PHILADELPHIA (C), CLEVELAND (D), RICHMOND (E), ATLANTA (F), CHICAGO (G), ST. LOUIS (H), MINNEAPOLIS (I), KANSAS CITY (J), DALLAS (K), SAN FRANCISCO (L)
Chromatic scale: C / B SHARP, C SHARP / D FLAT, D, D SHARP / E FLAT, E / F FLAT, F / E SHARP, F SHARP / G FLAT, G, G SHARP / A FLAT, A, A SHARP / B FLAT, B / C FLAT
Alchemical Processes: CALCINATION, CONGELATION, FIXATION, DISSOLUTION, DIGESTION, DISTILLATION, SUBLIMATION, SEPARATION, INCINERATION, FERMENTATION, MULTIPLICATION, PROJECTION
Geologic Periods (in the Phanerozoic): CAMBRIAN, ORDOVICIAN, SILURIAN, DEVONIAN, CARBONIFEROUS, PERMIAN, TRIASSIC, JURASSIC, CRETACEOUS, PALEOGENE, NEOGENE, QUATERNARY
Playable characters in Super Smash Bros. 64: CAPTAIN FALCON, DONKEY KONG, FOX, JIGGLYPUFF, KIRBY, LINK, LUIGI, MARIO, NESS, PIKACHU, SAMUS, YOSHI
OS X names: CHEETAH, PUMA, JAGUAR, PANTHER, TIGER, LEOPARD, SNOW LEOPARD, LION, MOUNTAIN LION, MAVERICKS, YOSEMITE, EL CAPITAN
Twelve Angry Men actors: COBB, FIEDLER, MARSHALL, WARDEN, BINNS, BALSAM, KLUGMAN, FONDA, MARSHALL, SWEENEY, BEGLEY, VOSKOVEC, WEBBER
Pentominoes: F, I, L, N, P, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z (Conway naming uses letters O-Z)
Birthstones: GARNET, AMETHYST, AQUAMARINE, DIAMOND, EMERALD, PEARL, RUBY, PERIDOT, SAPPHIRE, OPAL, TOPAZ, TURQUOISE
Twelve Minor Prophets: HOSEA, JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, ZEPHANIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, MALACHI
Twelve Months: JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER
Twelve Olympians (Roman): JUPITER, JUNO, NEPTUNE, CERES, MINERVA, APOLLO, DIANA, MARS, VENUS, VULCAN, MERCURY, (VESTA, BACCHUS)
Herculean Labors: NEMEAN LION, LERNAEAN HYDRA, GOLDEN HIND OF ARTEMIS, ERYMANTHIAN BOAR, AUGEAN STABLES, STYMPHALIAN BIRDS, CREATAN BULL, MARES OF DIOMEDES, GIRDLE OF HIPPOLYTA, CATTLE OF GERYON, APPLES OF HESPERIDES, CERBERUS
Twelve Gifts of Christmas: PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE, TURTLE DOVES, FRENCH HENS, CALLING BIRDS, GOLDEN RINGS, GEESE A-LAYING, SWANS A-SWIMMING, MAIDS A-MILKING, LADIES DANCING, LORDS A-LEAPING, PIPERS PIPING, DRUMMERS DRUMMING
Twelve Apostles: PETER, ANDREW, JAMES, JOHN, PHILIP, BARTHOLOMEW, THOMAS, MATTHEW, JAMES, THADDAEUS, SIMON, JUDAS
Chinese Zodiac: RAT, OX, TIGER, RABBIT, DRAGON, SNAKE, HORSE, GOAT, MONKEY, ROOSTER, DOG, PIG
Twelve Sons of Jacob: REUBEN, SIMEON, LEVI, JUDAH, DAN, NAPHTALI, GAD, ASHER, ISSACHAR, ZEBULUN, JOSEPH, BENJAMIN
Major Chinese Dynasties: XIA, SHANG, ZHOU, QIN, HAN, JIN, SUI, TANG, SONG, YUAN, MING, QING
Twelve Olympians (Greek): ZEUS, HERA, POSEIDON, DEMETER, ATHENA, APOLLO, ARTEMIS, ARES, APHRODITE, HEPHAESTUS, HERMES, (HESTIA, DIONYSUS)
Earthly Branches: ZI, CHOU, YIN, MAO, CHEN, SI, WU, WEI, SHEN, YOU, XU, HAI
Sets of Thirteen
Hawaiian alphabet: A, E, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, U, W, ‘
Playing Card Ranks: ACE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, JACK, QUEEN, KING
Modern Constellations the ecliptic passes through: ARIES, TAURUS, GEMINI, CANCER, LEO, VIRGO, LIBRA, SCORPIO, OPHIUCHIUS, SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN, AQUARIUS, PISCES
Series of Unfortunate Events books: BAD BEGINNING, REPTILE ROOM, WIDE WINDOW, MISERABLE MILL, AUSTERE ACADEMY, ERSATZ ELEVATOR, VILE VILLAGE, HOSTILE HOSPITAL, CARNIVOROUS CARNIVAL, SLIPPERY SLOPE, GRIM GROTTO, PENULTIMATE PERIL, THE END
Thirteen Colonies: DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, GEORGIA, CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, MARYLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VIRGINIA, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, RHODE ISLAND
Actors who played The Doctor: HARTNELL, TROUGHTON, PERTWEE, BAKER, DAVISON, BAKER, MCCOY, MCGANN, ECCLESTON, TENNANT, SMITH, CAPALDI, WHITTAKER
Archimedean Solids: TRUNCATED TETRAHEDRON, CUBOCTAHEDRON, TRUNCATED CUBE, TRUNCATED OCTAHEDRON, RHOMBICUBOCTAHEDRON, TRUNCATED CUBOCTAHEDRON, SNUB CUBE, ICOSIDODECAHEDRON, TRUNCATED DODECAHEDRON, TRUNCATED ICOSAHEDRON, RHOMBICOSIDODECAHEDRON, TRUNCATED ICOSIDODECAHEDRON, SNUB ICOSIDODECAHEDRON
Sets of Fourteen
James Bond novels by Fleming: CASINO ROYALE, LIVE AND LET DIE, MOONRAKER, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, DR. NO, GOLDFINGER, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, THUNDERBALL, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
(Known) Neptunian moons: NAIAD, THALASSA, DESPINA, GALATEA, LARISSA, S/2004 N 1, PROTEUS, TRITON, NEREID, HALIMEDE, SAO, LAOMEDEIA, PSAMANTHE, NESO
Some of My Favorite Things (Sound of Music): RAINDROPS ON ROSES, WHISKERS ON KITTENS, BRIGHT COPPER KETTLES, WARM WOOLEN MITTENS, BROWN PAPER PACKAGES TIED UP WITH STRINGS, CREAM COLORED PONIES, CRISP APPLE STRUDELS, DOORBELLS, SLEIGH BELLS, SCHNITZEL WITH NOODLES, WILD GEESE THAT FLY WITH THE MOON ON THEIR WINGS, GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES WITH BLUE SATIN SASHES, SNOWFLAKES THAT STAY ON MY NOSE AND EYELASHES, SILVER WHITE WINTERS THAT MELT INTO SPRINGS
Pauline Epistles: ROMANS, 1 CORINTHIANS, 2 CORINTHIANS, GALATIANS, EPHESIANS, PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, 1 THESSALONIANS, 2 THESSALONIANS, HEBREWS, 1 TIMOTHY, 2 TIMOTHY, TITUS, PHILEMON
Sets of Fifteen
Actinides: ACTINIUM, THORIUM, PROTACTINIUM, URANIUM, NEPTUNIUM, PLUTONIUM, AMERICIUM, CURIUM, BERKELIUM, CALIFORNIUM, EINSTEINIUM, FERMIUM, MENDLEVIUM, NOBELIUM, LAWRENCIUM
Lanthanides: LANTHANUM, CERIUM, PRASEODYMIUM, NEODYMIUM, PROMETHIUM, SAMARIUM, EUROPIUM, GADOLINIUM, TERBIUM, DYSPROSIUM, HOLMIUM, ERBIUM, THULIUM, YTTERBIUM, THULIUM
Rugby Union positions: LOOSEHEAD PROP, HOOKER, TIGHTHEAD PROP, NUMBER-4 LOCK, NUMBER-5 LOCK, BLINDSIDE-FLANKER, OPENSIDE-FLANKER, NUMBER-8, SCRUM-HALF, FLY-HALF, LEFT-WING, INSIDE-CENTRE, OUTSIDE-CENTRE, RIGHT-WING, FULLBACK
Sporcle categories: SPORTS, GEOGRAPHY, MUSIC, MOVIES, TELEVISION, JUST FOR FUN, MISCELLANEOUS, HISTORY, LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, SCIENCE, GAMING, ENTERTAINMENT, RELIGION, HOLIDAYS
Billiard Ball colors: YELLOW, BLUE, RED, PURPLE, ORANGE, GREEN, MAROON, BLACK, STRIPED YELLOW, STRIPED BLUE, STRIPED RED, STRIPED PURPLE, STRIPED ORANGE, STRIPED GREEN, STRIPED MAROON
Sets of Sixteen
Myers-Briggs personality types – see Sets of Eight for the pairs of personalities
Crayola 16-pack colors: RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, VIOLET, BROWN, BLACK, CARNATION PINK, RED ORANGE, YELLOW ORANGE, YELLOW GREEN, BLUE GREEN, BLUE VIOLET, RED VIOLET, WHITE
Sets of Seventeen
Wallpaper group: P1 (translations only), P2 (four 180 degree rotation centers), PM (parallel reflection axes), PG (glide reflections parallel axis), CM (parallel axis reflection and glide reflection), P2MM (2 perpendicular reflection axes, 180 degree rotation), P2MG (reflections, 180 degree rotation, glide reflection), P2GG (180 degree rotation, perpendicular glide reflection), C2MM (perpendicular reflection, 180 degree rotation, P4 (90 degree rotation), P4MM (90 degree rotation, four reflection axes), P4GM (90 degree rotation, two reflection axes), P3 (120 degree rotation), P3M1 (120 degree rotation, reflection on rotation), P31M (120 degree rotation, reflection not all on rotation), P6 (60 degree rotation), P6MM (60 degree rotation, reflection)
Sets of Eighteen
Pokemon types: NORMAL, FIRE, WATER, GRASS, ELECTRIC, ICE, FIGHTING, POISON, GROUND, FLYING, PSYCHIC, BUG, ROCK, GHOST, DARK, DRAGON, STEEL, FAIRY
Sets of Twenty
Human Amino Acids: ALANINE, ARGININE, ASPARAGINE, ASPARTIC ACID, CYSTEINE, GLUTAMIC ACID, GLUTAMINE, GLYCINE, HISTIDINE, ISOLEUCINE, LEUCINE, LYSINE, METHIONINE, PHENYLALANINE, PROLINE, SERINE, THEONINE, TRYPTOPHAN, TYROSINE, VALINE
Countries with single-letter international license plate codes: AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CUBA, GERMANY (D), SPAIN (E), FRANCE, GABON, HUNGARY, ITALY, JAPAN, CAMBODIA (K), LUXEMBOURG, MALTA, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, QATAR, SWEDEN, THAILAND, VATICAN CITY, ZAMBIA
Sets of Twenty-One
Formula One Races (varies by season, but 21 in 2018): AUSTRALIA (MELBOURNE), BAHRAIN (SAKHIR), CHINA (SHANGHAI), AZERBAIJAN (BAKU), SPAIN (MONTMELO), MONACO (MONTE CARLO), CANADA (MONTREAL), FRANCE (LE CASTELLET), AUSTRIA (SPIELBERG), UNITED KINGDOM (SILVERSTONE), GERMANY (HOCKENHEIM), HUNGARY (MOGYOROD), BELGIUM (STAVELOT), ITALY (MONZA), SINGAPORE (SINGAPORE), RUSSIA (SOCHI), JAPAN (SUZUKA), UNITED STATES (AUSTIN), MEXICO (MEXICO CITY), BRAZIL (SAO PAULO), UAE (ABU DHABI)
MIT Numbered Departments: CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (1), MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (2), MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3), ARCHITECTURE (4), CHEMISTRY (5), ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (6), BIOLOGY (7), PHYSICS (8), BRAIN AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE (9), CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (10), URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING (11), EARTH ATMOSPHERIC AND PLANETARY SCIENCE (12), ECONOMICS (14), MANAGEMENT (15), AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS (16), POLITICAL SCIENCE (17), MATHEMATICS (18), APPLIED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (20), HUMANITIES (21), NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (22), LINGUISTICS AND PHILOSOPHY (24)
Sets of Twenty-Two
Monopoly Properties (not counting railroads or utilities)
Amino Acids including those encoded by stop codons: ALANINE, ARGININE, ASPARAGINE, ASPARTIC ACID, CYSTEINE, GLUTAMIC ACID, GLUTAMINE, GLYCINE, HISTIDINE, ISOLEUCINE, LEUCINE, LYSINE, METHIONINE, PHENYLALANINE, PROLINE, PYRROLYSINE, SELENOCYSTEINE, SERINE, THEONINE, TRYPTOPHAN, TYROSINE, VALINE
Hebrew Letters: ALEPH, BETH, GIMEL, DALETH, HE, WAW, ZAYIN, HETH, TETH, YOD, KAPH, LAMED, MEM, NUN, SAMEKH, AYIN, PE, SADHE, QOPH, RESH, SHIN, TAW
Major Arcana: FOOL, MAGICIAN, HIGH PRIEST, EMPRESS, EMPEROR, HIEROPHANT, LOVERS, CHARIOT, STRENGTH, HERMIT, WHEEL OF FORTUNE, JUSTICE, HANGED MAN, DEATH, TEMPERANCE, DEVIL, TOWER, STAR, MOON, SUN, JUDGEMENT, WORLD
Sets of Twenty-Three
23 Chromosome pairs in humans (they’re just named Chromosome 1 … 22 and X/Y)
Sets of Twenty-Four
Greek Letters: ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, DELTA, EPSILON, ZETA, ETA, THETA, IOTA, KAPPA, LAMBDA, MU, NU, XI, OMICRON, PI, RHO, SIGMA, TAU, UPSILON, PHI, CHI, PSI, OMEGA
Crayola 24-pack colors: RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, VIOLET, BROWN, BLACK, CARNATION PINK, RED ORANGE, YELLOW ORANGE, YELLOW GREEN, BLUE GREEN, BLUE VIOLET, RED VIOLET, WHITE, VIOLET RED, SCARLET, DANDELION, GREEN YELLOW, CERULEAN, INDIGO, APRICOT, GRAY
Sets of Twenty-Five
Kinsey Millhone: ALIBI, BURGLAR, CORPSE, DEADBEAT, EVIDENCE, FUGITIVE, GUMSHOE, HOMICIDE, INNOCENT, JUDGEMENT, KILLER, LAWLESS, MALICE, NOOSE, OUTLAW, PERIL, QUARRY, RICOCHET, SILENCE, TRESPASS, UNDERTOW, VENGEANCE, WASTED, X, YESTERDAY (RIP Sue Grafton – Z would be for ZERO)
People “Done too Soon” (Neil Diamond): JESUS CHRIST, FANNY BRICE, WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, HUMPHREY BOGART, GENGHIS KHAN, H.G. WELLS, HO CHI MINH, GUNGA DIN, HENRY LUCE, JOHN WILKES BOOTH, ALEXANDER KING, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, RAMAR KRISHNA, MAMA WHISTLER, PATRICE LUMUMBA, RUSS COLOMBO, KARL MARX, CHICO MARX, ALBERT CAMUS, E. A. POE, HENRI ROUESSEAU, SHOLOM ALEICHEM, CARYL CHESSMAN, ALAN FREED, BUSTER KEATON
Sets of Twenty-Six
English Letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
1941-1956 US Phonetic alphabet: ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, DOG, EASY, FOX, GEORGE, HOW, ITEM, JIG, KING, LOVE, MIKE, NAN, OBOE, PETER, QUEEN, ROGER, SUGAR, TARE, UNCLE, VICTOR, WILLIAM, X-RAY, YOKE, ZEBRA
Police code: ADAM, BOY, CHARLES, DAVID, EDWARD, FRANK, GEORGE, HENRY, IDA, JOHN, KING, LINCOLN, MARY, NORA, OCEAN, PAUL, QUEEN, ROBERT, SAM, TOM, UNION, VICTOR, WILLIAM, X-RAY, YOUNG (YELLOW), ZEBRA
NATO Alphabet: ALFA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, DELTA, ECHO, FOXTROT, GOLF, HOTEL, INDIA, JULIETT, KILO, LIMA, MIKE, NOVEMBER, OSCAR, PAPA, QUEBEC, ROMEO, SIERRA, TANGO, UNIFORM, VICTOR, WHISKEY, XRAY, YANKEE, ZULU
1927 ITU alphabet: AMSTERDAM, BALTIMORE, CASABLANCA, DENMARK, EDISON, FLORIDA, GALLIPOLI, HAVANA, ITALIA, JERUSALEM, KILOGRAMME, LIVERPOOL, MADAGASCAR, NEW YORK, OSLO, PARIS, QUEBEC, ROMA, SANTIAGO, TRIPOLI, UPSALA, VALENCIA, WASHINGTON, XANTHIPPE, YOKOHAMA, ZURICH
Gashlycrumb tinies: AMY, BASIL, CLARA, DESMOND, ERNEST, FANNY, GEORGE, HECTOR, IDA, JAMES, KATE, LEO, MAUD, NEVILLE, OLIVE, PRUE, QUENTIN, RHODA, SUSAN, TITUS, UNA, VICTOR, WINNIE, XERXES, YORICK, ZILLAH
Rogue monsters: AQUATOR, BAT, CENTAUR, DRAGON, EMU, VENUS FLYTRAP, GRIFFIN, HOBGOBLIN, ICE MONSTER, JABBERWOCK, KESTREL, LEPRECHAUN, MEDUSA, NYMPH, ORC, PHANTOM, QUAGGA, RATTLESNAKE, SNAKE, TROLL, UR-VILE, VAMPIRE, WRAITH, XEROC, YETI, ZOMBIE
Playable Characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee: BOWSER, CAPTAIN FALCON, DONKEY KONG, DR. MARIO, FALCO, FOX, GANONDORF, ICE CLIMBERS, JIGGLYPUFF, KIRBY, LINK, LUIGI, MARIO, MARTH, MEWTWO, MR. GAME & WATCH, NESS, PEACH, PICHU, PIKACHU, ROY, SAMUS, SHEIK, YOSHI, YOUNG LINK, ZELDA
Sporadic Groups: MATHIEU11, MATHIEU12, MATHIEU22, MATHIEU23, MATHIEU24, JANKO1, JANKO2 = HJ, JANKO3 = HJM, JANKO4, CONWAY1, CONWAY2, CONWAY3, FISCHER22, FISCHER23, FISCHER24 = F3+, HIGMAN-SIMS, MCLAUGHLIN, HELD, RUDVALIS, SUZUKI, O’NAN, HARADA-NORTON, LYONS, THOMPSON, BABY MONSTER, FISCHER-GRIESS MONSTER
Sets of A Lot (27+)
27 (Known) Uranian moons
27 books in the New Testament: {4 Canonical Gospels}, ACTS, {7 Catholic Epistles}, {14 Pauline Epistles}, REVELATIONS
28 Monopoly properties
28+ Ubuntu version names: WARTY WARTHOG, HOARY HEDGEHOG, BREEZY BADGER, DAPPER DRAKE, EDGY EFT, FEISTY FAWN, GUTSY GIBBON, HARDY HERON, INTREPID IBEX, JAUNTY JACKALOPE, KARMIC KOALA, LUCID LYNX, MAVERICK MEERKAT, NATTY NARWHAL, ONEIRIC OCELOT, PRECISE PANGOLIN, QUANTAL QUETZAL, RARING RINGTAIL, SAUCY SALAMANDER, TRUSTY TAHR, UTOPIC UNICORN, VIVID VERVET, WILY WEREWOLF, XENIAL XERUS, YAKKETY YAK, ZESTY ZEPUS, …
28+ current European Union states
29 colors in Joseph’s Technicolor Dreamcoat (lyrics)
32 Mexican states
32 crystallographic point groups
32 teeth in the adult body
33 letters in the Russian alphabet (maybe more used for other Cyrillic languages)
34 Chinese provinces and things
36 Hexominos
39 Playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
42 Risk territories
~42 Antipopes to the Catholic papacy
45 U.S. Presidents (CLEVELAND counts twice)
46 Japanese hiragana (Can be ordered by the Iroha) [+2 mostly obsolete]
47 Japanese prefectures
50 U.S. States
50 default subreddits
51 languages on the Wikipedia logo
51+ (58+?) Playable characters in Smash 4
62 Goosebumps books (Original Series)
62 (known) Saturnian moons
62 things mentioned in Weird Al Yankovic’s “Hardware Store”
64 I Ching Hexagrams
67 (known) Jovian Moons
69 Love Songs (album by Magnetic Fields)
72 Engraved names on the Eiffel Tower
80 elements with stable isotopes
88 Constellations
91 places mentioned in “I’ve Been Everywhere, Man” (Johnny Cash)
92 Johnson solids
92 elements up to Uranium
95 printable ASCII characters
95 Theses of Martin Luther
100 members of the U.S. Senate
102 elements in the Tom Lehre r song “The Elements”
100+? Members of the Delian League
100+? Minecraft blocks (probably more. I never bothered to count.)
~118 Chemical Elements
140+ League of Legends Champions
~145 X11 colors
151 Generation I Pokemon
154 Shakespearean Sonnets
175+ Nancy Drew Books
190+ The Hardy Boys Books
193-206 (or so) Countries
200+ Crayola colors
206 bones in the human body
214 Chinese radicals (Kangxi dictionary)
254 stable nuclides
256 1-D local cellular automata
266+ Catholic Popes
288 primordial nuclides
~300 things in DSM-IV / DSM-5
(366) The French Revolutionary calendar names EVERY SINGLE DAY a different thing!
435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives
600+ NANP area codes (and probably less than 720)
700+ Pokemon (and counting)
~5500 described number of mammalian species
~7000 languages in the world
Sets of Way Too Many (>9000)
~10^4 described number of avian species
~5*10^4 Chinese characters
~6.5*10^4 described number of chordate species
~8*10^4 ZIP codes
~10^5 English words
~2.6*10^5 (2^18) 2-D local cellular automata
~3*10^5+ OEIS sequences
~4*10^5+ estimated number of plant species
~6*10^5+ Minor Planets
~1.1*10^6 (about 17*2^16) valid Unicode codepoints (~1.4*10^5+ assigned)
~1.7*10^6+ databased number of species on Earth
~2*10^6 lower bound estimate of the number of species on Earth (upper bound ~10^12)
~1.7*10^7 (2^24) Expressible Hexcode colors
~4.3*10^9 number of IP addresses in IPv4
~8*10^9+ number of humans on Earth
~10^12+? Stars (Maybe about 1000 or so named)
~1.8*10^19 number of IP addresses in IPv6
Infinite Sets
Infinite Numbers, in general.
Many sequences of numbers are infinite, go see OEIS
Number of times: ONCE, TWICE, THRICE, QUARCE, QUINCE, SENCE, SEPTENCE, … (DROD speak for 4+. If you’re a normal person just say “FOUR TIMES”, “FIVE TIMES”, etc.)
Base systems: UNARY, BINARY, TERNARY, QUATERNARY, QUINARY, SENARY, SEPTENARY, OCTAL, NONARY, DECIMAL / DENARY, UNDECIMAL, DUODECIMAL, TRIDECIMAL, TETRADECIMAL, PENTADECIMAL, HEXADECIMAL, HEPTADECIMAL, OCTADECIMAL, NONADECIMAL, VIGESIMAL, …
Polygons: TRIANGLE, QUADRILATERAL, PENTAGON, HEXAGON, HEPTAGON, OCTAGON, NONAGON (ENNEAGON), DECAGON, UNDECAGON (HENDECAGON), DODECAGON, TRIDECAGON, TETRADECAGON, PENTADECAGON, HEXADECAGON, HEPTADECAGON, OCTADECAGON, ENNEADECAGON, ICOSAGON, …
Powers of Ten words: ONE, TEN, HUNDRED, THOUSAND, MILLION, BILLION, TRILLION, QUADRILLION, QUINTILLION, SEXTILLION, SEPTILLION, OCTILLION, NONILLION, DECILLION, UNDECILLION, DUODECILLION, TREDECILLION, QUATTRODECILLION, QUINDECILLION, SEXADECILLION, SEPTADECILLION, OCTODECILLION, NONADECILLION, VIGINTILLION, …
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