Chrono #10 — the timeline
The seven events from October 10, 2026 in order, with their years, the gaps between them, and where each card belonged as it was dealt.
The timeline
| Year | Event | Subject | To the next |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | The first Nobel Prizes are awarded | Science & discovery | 18 years |
| 1919 | Alcock and Brown fly nonstop across the Atlantic, the first to do it | Inventions & technology | 36 years |
| 1955 | Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat | US history | 12 years |
| 1967 | Thurgood Marshall joins the Supreme Court | US history | 13 years |
| 1980 | Pac-Man arrives in arcades (the starting event) | Sports & games | 13 years |
| 1993 | Czechoslovakia splits in two | World history | 21 years |
| 2014 | Russia annexes Crimea | World history | — |
The closest call: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat (1955) and Thurgood Marshall joins the Supreme Court (1967), 12 years apart — the pair most easily put the wrong way round. The widest gap: 36 years, between Alcock and Brown fly nonstop across the Atlantic, the first to do it and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat.
Card by card
The line started with Pac-Man arrives in arcades (1980). The six cards came out in this order — each the one with the most room around it among those left, so the early ones are footholds and the last are the squeeze.
- The first Nobel Prizes are awarded — 1901. One of 2 gaps: it belonged before Pac-Man arrives in arcades (1980).
- Russia annexes Crimea — 2014. One of 3 gaps: it belonged after Pac-Man arrives in arcades (1980).
- Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat — 1955. One of 4 gaps: it belonged between The first Nobel Prizes are awarded (1901) and Pac-Man arrives in arcades (1980), 79 years apart.
- Alcock and Brown fly nonstop across the Atlantic, the first to do it — 1919. One of 5 gaps: it belonged between The first Nobel Prizes are awarded (1901) and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat (1955), 54 years apart.
- Czechoslovakia splits in two — 1993. One of 6 gaps: it belonged between Pac-Man arrives in arcades (1980) and Russia annexes Crimea (2014), 34 years apart.
- Thurgood Marshall joins the Supreme Court — 1967. One of 7 gaps: it belonged between Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat (1955) and Pac-Man arrives in arcades (1980), 25 years apart.
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About Chrono
Chrono is Noggin’s timeline puzzle, on the second shelf: events dealt one at a time into a growing line, six cards a day, outside the daily line-up. How to play Chrono, or play today’s.