Monday, July 2, 2018

Yet another batch of four sequence puzzles


This is my sixth batch of sequence puzzles that are nasty and hard to solve; yet, each of them has a clear and justifiable solution.






Sequence 1:
Ca, Cl, ??, Er, ??, Po, Te, Th, ??






Sequence 2:
A, G, ?, G, ?, W, V, E, G, E, ?, ?







Sequence 3:
..., 1906, 1912, 1918, 1936, 1938, ????, ????, 1978, ????, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, ...






Sequence 4:
?, ?, ?, R, A, O, T, E, L, A, I, D, L, N, A, S, Y, A, E, D, ...




Answer



Sequence 1 is a list of the:




nine muses of Greek mythology as follows (bold for missing letters):

Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Erato, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania



Sequence 2 is the order of the:



British monarchs as follows (bold for missing letters):

Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II



Sequence 4 is a list of the:



second letters of the abbreviation of US states (bold for missing letters).

The order is alphabetical based on the full state name.

AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD...



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