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Put It in Order

Choose the sequence running from earliest to latest. Discoveries, products and milestones, with dates revealed after each answer.

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1. Order these discoveries from earliest to latest.
- A. X-rays → electron → uranium radioactivity → radium
- B. Uranium radioactivity → X-rays → radium → electron
- C. X-rays → uranium radioactivity → electron → radium (answer)
- D. Electron → uranium radioactivity → X-rays → radium
X-rays were discovered in 1895; uranium radioactivity in 1896; the electron in 1897; radium was announced in 1898.
2. Order these planetary encounters, not spacecraft launches.
- A. Mariner 2 Venus flyby → Mariner 4 Mars flyby → Venera 7 Venus landing → Viking 1 Mars landing (answer)
- B. Mariner 4 Mars flyby → Mariner 2 Venus flyby → Venera 7 Venus landing → Viking 1 Mars landing
- C. Mariner 2 Venus flyby → Venera 7 Venus landing → Mariner 4 Mars flyby → Viking 1 Mars landing
- D. Mariner 2 Venus flyby → Mariner 4 Mars flyby → Viking 1 Mars landing → Venera 7 Venus landing
Mariner 2 passed Venus in 1962; Mariner 4 passed Mars in 1965; Venera 7 landed in 1970; Viking 1 landed in 1976.
3. Order NASA's Great Observatories by launch date.
- A. Compton → Hubble → Chandra → Spitzer
- B. Hubble → Chandra → Compton → Spitzer
- C. Hubble → Compton → Spitzer → Chandra
- D. Hubble → Compton → Chandra → Spitzer (answer)
Hubble launched in 1990, Compton in 1991, Chandra in 1999 and Spitzer in 2003.
4. Order Apple products by public introduction, not shipping date. iTunes means the software, not the Store.
- A. iMac → iTunes → iBook → iPod
- B. iMac → iBook → iTunes → iPod (answer)
- C. iBook → iMac → iTunes → iPod
- D. iMac → iBook → iPod → iTunes
iMac was introduced in 1998 and iBook in 1999. iTunes debuted on 9 January 2001, before iPod on 23 October 2001.
5. Order Sony systems by original Japanese retail release.
- A. PlayStation → PSP → PlayStation 2 → PlayStation 3
- B. PlayStation → PlayStation 2 → PlayStation 3 → PSP
- C. PlayStation → PlayStation 2 → PSP → PlayStation 3 (answer)
- D. PSP → PlayStation → PlayStation 2 → PlayStation 3
PlayStation launched in Japan in 1994, PlayStation 2 in 2000, PSP in 2004 and PlayStation 3 in 2006.
6. Order Austen novels by first British publication, not composition or title-page year.
- A. Sense and Sensibility → Pride and Prejudice → Mansfield Park → Emma (answer)
- B. Pride and Prejudice → Sense and Sensibility → Mansfield Park → Emma
- C. Sense and Sensibility → Mansfield Park → Pride and Prejudice → Emma
- D. Sense and Sensibility → Pride and Prejudice → Emma → Mansfield Park
The publication years were 1811, 1813, 1814 and 1815. Emma appeared on 23 December 1815 despite its title page saying 1816.
7. Order Pixar films by original US theatrical release.
- A. A Bug's Life → Toy Story → Monsters, Inc. → Finding Nemo
- B. Toy Story → Monsters, Inc. → A Bug's Life → Finding Nemo
- C. Toy Story → A Bug's Life → Finding Nemo → Monsters, Inc.
- D. Toy Story → A Bug's Life → Monsters, Inc. → Finding Nemo (answer)
Toy Story opened in 1995, A Bug's Life in 1998, Monsters, Inc. in 2001 and Finding Nemo in 2003.
8. Order Beatles albums by original UK release, not recording dates.
- A. Rubber Soul → Revolver → Let It Be → Abbey Road
- B. Rubber Soul → Revolver → Abbey Road → Let It Be (answer)
- C. Revolver → Rubber Soul → Abbey Road → Let It Be
- D. Rubber Soul → Abbey Road → Revolver → Let It Be
Rubber Soul: 1965; Revolver: 1966; Abbey Road: 1969; Let It Be: 1970. Much of Let It Be was recorded before Abbey Road.
9. Order these writers by Literature Nobel award year, including a declined award.
- A. Camus → Hemingway → Steinbeck → Sartre
- B. Hemingway → Steinbeck → Camus → Sartre
- C. Hemingway → Camus → Steinbeck → Sartre (answer)
- D. Hemingway → Camus → Sartre → Steinbeck
Hemingway was awarded in 1954, Camus in 1957, Steinbeck in 1962 and Sartre in 1964. Sartre declined the award.
10. Order these European treaties by signature date, not entry into force.
- A. Maastricht → Amsterdam → Nice → Lisbon (answer)
- B. Amsterdam → Maastricht → Nice → Lisbon
- C. Maastricht → Nice → Amsterdam → Lisbon
- D. Maastricht → Amsterdam → Lisbon → Nice
Maastricht was signed in 1992, Amsterdam in 1997, Nice in 2001 and Lisbon in 2007.
11. Order these political milestones. Berlin means opening the border crossings; Gorbachev means his Soviet presidential resignation.
- A. Berlin crossings open → German reunification → Mandela released → Gorbachev resigns
- B. Mandela released → Berlin crossings open → German reunification → Gorbachev resigns
- C. Berlin crossings open → Mandela released → Gorbachev resigns → German reunification
- D. Berlin crossings open → Mandela released → German reunification → Gorbachev resigns (answer)
Berlin crossings opened on 9 November 1989; Mandela was released on 11 February 1990; Germany reunified on 3 October 1990; Gorbachev resigned on 25 December 1991.
12. Order players by their first Wimbledon gentlemen's singles title, not first Grand Slam.
- A. Federer → Djokovic → Nadal → Murray
- B. Federer → Nadal → Djokovic → Murray (answer)
- C. Nadal → Federer → Djokovic → Murray
- D. Federer → Nadal → Murray → Djokovic
Federer first won in 2003, Nadal in 2008, Djokovic in 2011 and Murray in 2013.

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