Sandy Wood
Brain Game: By the Neck
by Sandy Wood - September 9, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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A certain group of readers will have no problem with today’s Brain Game; and I’m sure they’ll make themselves known. For the rest of you, good luck:

What’s the last letter in this sequence?

E, A, D, G, B, ?

Here is the SOLUTION.
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Comments (12)

  1. \E.\ Don’t think math or patterns, though! Sandy is right, you’ll know this already or you won’t.

    posted by mike on 9-9-2009 at 8:24 am

  2. Got that one quick. Just remember “Every Animal Does Go Bathroom Easily.” It’s not the best grammar, but I made that up when I was 9. So gimme a break. :-)

    posted by Mark on 9-9-2009 at 8:40 am

  3. Oh wow. I’m a guitarist, but math geek too… I was definitely looking for a math pattern.

    posted by Joshua Murray (WordFlyer) on 9-9-2009 at 9:18 am

  4. It should actually read ‘e’. EAGDBe is how it typically appears in notation.

    posted by Jim on 9-9-2009 at 10:40 am

  5. GRAHH! I should have known that.

    posted by Steven on 9-9-2009 at 10:54 am

  6. Thats a good one. Actually it should read EBGDAE because on a guitar the #1 string is the smallest/bottom string.

    posted by Jeremy on 9-9-2009 at 1:12 pm

  7. I am so bad at these.. sheesh

    posted by Lee on 9-9-2009 at 2:35 pm

  8. Easter Bunnies Get Drunk At Easter!!

    posted by Rasmussen on 9-9-2009 at 4:08 pm

  9. The one I learned was: Eat A Darned Good Breakfast Early

    posted by Dov on 9-9-2009 at 4:10 pm

  10. As a piano player, my first thought was the lines on the treble clef (E,G,B,D,F). Then I thought guitar.

    Looking back, the title of the quiz (By the Neck) was a valuable clue as well.

    posted by Bill on 9-9-2009 at 6:21 pm

  11. My guitar teacher taught me Eat A Dead Green Bug Everyday.

    posted by Ryan on 9-9-2009 at 6:39 pm

  12. Right answer, wrong reason… the final letter of “this sequence” is “e”

    posted by Liz on 9-10-2009 at 3:00 am

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