Problem of the Day Part X

It's been a while since I asked any questions. Before I give out new questions I have to give some answers to the last two problems.

Part VII

1. A notable doctor had no table and was therefore, not able to operate

2. My lighter is lighter than my wallet.

Carly G. got both for 9 points.

Part IX

I'll be honest, these were vague and pretty hard. You kind of had to know the answers as it would have been hard to figure them out.

1. Elijah Wood was first seen on the screen in Back to the Future II (playing a video game in the future) and later appeared in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

2. Tim Robbins appeared in Top Gun after Goose (Anthony Edwards of ER) dies in an accident. He replaced Goose as Maverick's (Tom Cruise) flying navigator.

No one even attempted these. Guess they were too obscure.

There has been a lead change in the points race. It's not too late for anyone else to jump in the fray...

I'm going back to patterns this week. I'm hoping they are more difficult than the first ones I gave. Each one will be one point for each blank that I have and one point for the way you found it out:

1) 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, ___,___

2) 77, 49, 36, 18, ___

3) 3, 3, 1, 2, 4, 3, ___, ___

That's 8 points in total up for grabs. Email pieceofdust@gmail.com with your answers.

Problem of the Day: Part I

Being a teacher, I have several “Problem of the Day” lists and I thought I could do some sort of contest on my blog. This is how it will work. Each Tuesday I will post a question on the blog. Anyone who thinks they know the answer can guess what the answer is. The first person to get the right answer each week will get one point (or one point for each question asked). I will keep a running total within the blog (I may even post it on the sidebar if you're lucky) and at the end of a few months I will give a prize to whomever is leading. You will need to mention your name when posting your responses. Since this will be a long running contest, I will have to think of a good prize. I will work on that, but I wanted to get the contest started this week. So here is the first problem:

We start with patterns. The following letters and numbers represent a logical sequence. It is your job to figure out what that sequence is and to give me the next two letters. I am giving three problems this week, so three points are up for grabs.

1. o, t, t, f, f, s, ____, ____

2. j, f, m, a, m, j, ____, ____

3. 8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, ____, ____

Please explain how you came up with the answers or you won't get the points.

Good luck!