Chrono #18 — the timeline
The seven events from October 18, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1869 | A golden spike completes the transcontinental railroad | US history | 7 years |
| 1876 | Baseball's National League is founded | Sports & games | 8 years |
| 1884 | The Berlin Conference on carving up Africa opens | World history | 23 years |
| 1907 | Picasso paints Les Demoiselles d'Avignon | Arts & culture | 4 years |
| 1911 | Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole (the starting event) | Science & discovery | 6 years |
| 1917 | The National Hockey League is founded | Sports & games | 22 years |
| 1939 | Batman first appears in Detective Comics | Arts & culture | — |
The closest call: Picasso paints Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911), 4 years apart — the pair most easily put the wrong way round. The widest gap: 23 years, between The Berlin Conference on carving up Africa opens and Picasso paints Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Card by card
The line started with Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911). 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.
- A golden spike completes the transcontinental railroad — 1869. One of 2 gaps: it belonged before Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911).
- Batman first appears in Detective Comics — 1939. One of 3 gaps: it belonged after Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911).
- The Berlin Conference on carving up Africa opens — 1884. One of 4 gaps: it belonged between A golden spike completes the transcontinental railroad (1869) and Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911), 42 years apart.
- Baseball's National League is founded — 1876. One of 5 gaps: it belonged between A golden spike completes the transcontinental railroad (1869) and The Berlin Conference on carving up Africa opens (1884), 15 years apart.
- The National Hockey League is founded — 1917. One of 6 gaps: it belonged between Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911) and Batman first appears in Detective Comics (1939), 28 years apart.
- Picasso paints Les Demoiselles d'Avignon — 1907. One of 7 gaps: it belonged between The Berlin Conference on carving up Africa opens (1884) and Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911), 27 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.