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Three quiet rounds, five things each, and one hidden way to arrange them. Trust your instinct and see how close your order comes to the truth.

Sorta Game puzzle #87 · October 5, 2026

Three rounds of five things, each with a hidden scale to sort them by — then one last guess at the theme tying all three together. Here’s what this puzzle asks.

  1. Round 1

    Order these historic milestones from shortest to longest elapsed time between the individual's death and this landmark posthumous achievement.

    • Gregor Mendel's foundational laws of genetic inheritance rediscovered by European botanists
    • Emily Dickinson's complete, unedited poetry collection published in print
    • The world premiere of Giacomo Puccini's unfinished opera Turandot
    • The Roman Catholic Church's formal papal canonization of Joan of Arc
    • Dag Hammarskjöld's posthumous Nobel Peace Prize

  2. Round 2 · 5 Classical composers

    Order these classical composers from youngest to oldest age at death.

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Franz Schubert
    • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Frédéric Chopin

  3. Round 3

    Order these historical institutions and systems from shortest to longest duration of continuous official existence before their formal dissolution.

    • The military order of the Knights Templar
    • The French Republican Calendar
    • The League of Nations
    • The merchant confederation of the Hanseatic League
    • The philosophical school of the Platonic Academy of Athens

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