Famous Trios Quiz #2

Guess the missing members of these famous threesomes.
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First submittedFebruary 18, 2012
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Famous Trio
Hop, Skip, Jump
Bump, Set, Spike
Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice
Stop, Drop and Roll
See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil
The Truth, the Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth
Judge, Jury and Executioner
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Wynken, Blynken and Nod
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Ready, Willing and Able
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
I Came, I Saw, I Conquered
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Id, Ego and Super-Ego
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Ready, Aim, Fire
On Your Mark, Get Set, Go
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Core, Mantle, Crust
Athos, Aramis and Porthos
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Level ∞
Apr 14, 2013
Updated!
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Level 80
Jun 14, 2013
I've always known it as paper, scissors, stone (not rock).
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Level ∞
Jun 14, 2013
Really? Just out of curiosity, where do you live?
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Level 55
Dec 1, 2016
In India too we stone-paper-sissors.
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Level 44
Feb 20, 2017
In Germany it's Schere-Stein-Papier (scissors-stone-paper) or Schnick-Schnack-Schnuck.

Annabel Lamb has a song titled "Rock, paper, scissors, matches".

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Level 58
Nov 23, 2018
it's always been stone here in the UK
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Level 40
Nov 1, 2020
It really hasn't
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Level 82
Dec 4, 2022
In the UK here. Have always said 'rock'.

Although in Manchester when I was a kid you also heard 'scissor, pap, brick' which was just weird looking back.

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Level 82
Jun 21, 2013
Gaspar Melchior and Balthazar

Shake Rattle and Roll

Huey Duey and Luey

Larry Moe and Curly (or Shemp)

Germany Italy Japan

Iran Syria and North Korea

red blue green

earth wind and fire

father son and holy spirit

executive legislative and judicial

liquid solid and gas

there are so many of these..

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Level 82
Jun 21, 2013
never heard of Shadrach etc... or eats, shoots, leaves..
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Level 90
Jun 21, 2013
I had to look this one up the first time I heard it. It's based on a misprint in some reference or other that listed under the definition for panda, "Eats, shoots and leaves." The simple typo (inclusion of that comma) changes the meaning from a discussion of the panda's diet, to a description of an armed, homicidal ingrate.
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Level 33
Jun 22, 2013
Eats, shoots, leaves is similar to the Aussie expression eats, roots (meaning having sex) and leaves. Does that clear it up? :)
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Level 65
Aug 30, 2013
Shadrach is one of the three men in the book of Daniel that were thrown in to a fiery furnace as punishment for not bowing down to an idol. They refused to bow to the idol because they were being faithful to God. They prayed, and God kept them from being consumed by the fire. It is a classic Bible story.
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Level 74
Nov 20, 2013
Yep, eating, rooting and leaving is what we Wombats are famous for.
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Level 82
Jun 27, 2018
I recall the Biblical story now. Will have to take the Aussie's word for the other thing.
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Level 78
Jun 24, 2021
Don't. It's an old joke about girl who has a dinner date and one-night stand with a panda. She thinks he's rude when he walks out straight after sex, and he just says he can't help it; it's in his nature, and that she should just look panda up in the dictionary. She duly does, and it states: "Panda: eats shoots and leaves".

Since then it's also been a short unamusing book about the importance of good punctuation by Lynne Truss. It's all a bit prescriptive, and the title of the book is stolen from the old joke.

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Level 82
Dec 4, 2022
'Stolen' is a bit harsh. As far as I know no-one had any copyright on that joke.
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Level 67
Jun 21, 2013
After Joyce: the further, the sum and the holocaust
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Level 27
Jun 21, 2013
For the liquid, solid, and gas, scientists are also calling plasma the fourth state of matter, so that wouldn't work anymore.
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Level 48
May 15, 2014
Nobody knows the first one.
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Level 69
Sep 1, 2016
Liquid, solid, and gas don't really work, as there are four states of matter, not three.
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Level 58
Nov 24, 2016
They are spelled Dewey and Louie.
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Level 76
Apr 26, 2017
I was really expecting hook, line and sinker to find here too.
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Level 65
May 5, 2023
MESHACH TAYLOR, R.I.P.

Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego is a refrain from 'Shadrach', on the awesome Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys, 1980s.

I am unaware of any religious connotations...

though they did refer to the god Sadaharu Oh.

P A N D A

Panda eats the 'shoots & leaves' of bamboo.

Panda eats, shoots up the place, and leaves without paying.

'Eats shoots and leaves' illustrates punctuation, as well as the tragic state of Australian amore, according to a variation listed earlier 😜

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Level 27
Jun 21, 2013
it is hung drawn and quartered, as appose to hanged
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Level 42
Apr 22, 2015
Pictures are hung, people are hanged.
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Level 42
Apr 22, 2015
...and it should be "as opposed to"...
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Level 79
Dec 23, 2020
😂
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Level 14
Nov 19, 2013
I thought it was Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock?? :P
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Level 40
Nov 1, 2020
The rules: Scissors decapitate lizard Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors.
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Level 44
Jan 11, 2014
what is "bump, set, spike"??
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Level 10
Jan 14, 2014
Volleyball
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Level 76
Oct 1, 2022
Volleyball players would probably say "pass, set, kill."
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Level 10
Jan 14, 2014
While I don't expect this to be an accepted answer, I just want to get it out there. For the first one, "Hop, Skip, Jump", even though Hop is the missing word, I've heard "Hop, Step, Jump" before from Shugo Chara, which is a popular kid's anime.
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Level 59
Jun 14, 2014
I've always heard, "on your marks, get ready, go".
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Level 52
Nov 30, 2014
I've always known it as On you're mark, Ready, Set, Go!
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Level 75
Feb 20, 2017
I've heard it as "ready, set, go," or "on your mark, get set, go" but never your combination.
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Level 65
Feb 28, 2015
the good, the bad and the ugly
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Level 48
Apr 26, 2017
So I guess I'm the only one who tried multiple spellings of D'Artagnan before figuring it out.
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Level 84
Dec 22, 2017
You're not the only one.
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Level 69
Nov 17, 2017
Love the inclusion of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Made me smile, thanks!
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Level 50
Nov 18, 2020
Is it possible to include magmatic as a (valid) synonym of igneous?
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Level 67
Aug 12, 2021
I got Ready when guessing ready set go for get set
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Level 64
Aug 29, 2021
In the UK it's stone, paper, scissors. I guessed rock when stone didnae work as I know ye Yanks hae a mad mental way o talkin
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Level 72
Feb 8, 2024
UK born and bred. Always know it as rock, paper, scissors.

Although I was waiting for "lizard, Spock"...

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Level 75
Feb 14, 2024
Jango: I too believe that I have the unearned right to speak for the whole of the UK. It's "Boulder, papyrus, shears".
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Level 82
Dec 4, 2022
I thought 'stop, drop and roll' must be some American sport reference that I had never heard of.

Turns out if I'm ever in a fire I'm probably going to die.

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Level 66
Feb 1, 2024
Gotta love Rach, Shach, and Benny (I grew up on Veggie Tales)