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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 5:18:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm not sure whose turn it is, so I'm leaping in with a quartet.

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt

Which of the Rushmore four is not like the others and why?

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 5:33:23 PM   
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I'm not sure whose turn it is, so I'm leaping in with a quartet.

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt

Which of the Rushmore four is not like the others and why?


Theodore Roosevelt served as a Vice President before becoming President when McKinley was assassinated.

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Oats
CousCous
Barley
Rice


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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 5:39:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

I'm not sure whose turn it is, so I'm leaping in with a quartet.

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt

Which of the Rushmore four is not like the others and why?


Theodore Roosevelt served as a Vice President before becoming President when McKinley was assassinated.



I was thinking of TR, though not for that reason. He's the only one on Mt. Rushmore with either glasses or a mustache. But your answer works too, since TR was the only one to inherit the office. (He wasn't the only one to serve as VP; Jefferson did that too.)

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 5:40:31 PM   
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Oats CousCous Barley Rice


Just a guess: Is couscous the only one that's not a grain?

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 5:47:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		Couscous is made from semolina, so it's a grain too.  But I think couscous is the right answer, because it's the only foreign word in the group...

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 5:50:01 PM   
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Couscous is made from semolina, so it's a grain too. 


I was thinking it was more of a grain by-proudct (a kind of pasta, no?) rather than an actual grain you'd grow. But I'm totally winging it here!

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 5:52:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		The answer is couscous, yes.

The reason it's different is because it's considered two different foods in different parts of the world.  In North America it's considered a pasta.  Everywhere else it's treated as a grain.


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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 5:55:37 PM   
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currents
plums
raisins

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 6:03:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		"Currents" is the odd one out.  It's not a fruit.  ("Currants" would be a fruit.)

I don't exactly follow the logic about couscous, because pasta and grains are by no means mutually exclusive categories, but all right.

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 6:05:36 PM   
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raisins


raisins is the only one not a flavour of Absolut vodka.


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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 6:07:23 PM   
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Currents" is the odd one out.  It's not a fruit.  ("Currants" would be a fruit.)


I meant currants, of course, but wasn't paying enough attention as I typed.

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 6:08:17 PM   
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citron
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raisins


raisins is the only one not a flavour of Absolut vodka.


That's what I was going to say.

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 6:11:34 PM   
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I don't exactly follow the logic about couscous, because pasta and grains are by no means mutually exclusive categories, but all right.


Maybe crop would have been a better word than grain. What I was thinking was that I've heard of people raising oats, barley, and rice--but not couscous.

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 6:11:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hmmm...I went to the Absolut website to check this out...and I can report that they have a very crappy website.

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 6:14:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		I didn't know that about Absolut; cool factoid!

What I was actually thinking was that plums are only one of the four fruits mentioned that are not, ironically, enough, an ingredient in plum pudding.

I currantly () seem to be brain-dead, so would one of y'all please jump in with a new foursome.

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 6:15:29 PM   
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Hmmm...I went to the Absolut website to check this out...and I can report that they have a very crappy website.


LOL! I did the same thing and came to the same conclusion!

And now I need to go stir the plum pudding.

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 6:19:02 PM   
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http://whatscookingamerica.net/Cake/plumpuddingTips.htm (with an explanation of the name)

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What I was actually thinking was that plums are only one of the four fruits mentioned that are not, ironically, enough, an ingredient in plum pudding.

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 10:30:02 PM   
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Mrs Miniver
Maltese Falcon
Casablanca



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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 11:54:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		The answer is Gone with the Wind for THREE reasons:

Gone with the Wind was in Technicolor, and the others were all in black-and-white.

Also, all the titles except Gone with the Wind refer to more than one movie.

Also, Gone with the Wind was released in 1939, and the others were all in the 40's.

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Gone With the Wind
Mrs Miniver
Maltese Falcon
Casablanca

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RE: odd one out? - 12/4/2006 11:57:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		I was going for The Maltese Falcon...all the others won Oscars the years they were nominated. TMF did not. However your answers are all very good as well. GWtW is My fav movie. your turn.


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