Reference data: Groups of `n`

Groups will be ordered in a natural way if one exists (e.g. colours of the rainbow), otherwise alphabetically. Each group member is followed by its crossword-style length, e.g. (7), (9, 2, 6), or (4, 6).

3 items

Triathlon:
1. swimming (8)
2. cycling (7)
3. running (7)
Trivium (liberal arts):
1. grammar (7)
2. logic (5)
3. rhetoric (8)

4 items

DNA bases:
1. adenine (7)
2. cytosine (8)
3. thymine (7)
4. guanine (7)
Galen temperaments:
1. choleric (8)
2. melancholic (11)
3. phlegmatic (10)
4. sanguine (8)
Hippocratic humours:
1. black bile (5, 4)
2. blood (5)
3. phlegm (6)
4. yellow bile (6, 4)
Quadrivium (liberal arts):
1. arithmetic (10)
2. astronomy (9)
3. geometry (8)
4. music (5)

5 items

Great Lakes:
1. Huron (5)
2. Ontario (7)
3. Michigan (8)
4. Eerie (5)
5. Superior (8)
Main islands of Japan:
1. Honshu (6)
2. Hokkaido (8)
3. Kyushu (6)
4. Shikoku (7)
5. Okinawa (7)
Oceans:
1. Arctic (6)
2. Atlantic (8)
3. Indian (6)
4. Pacific (7)
5. Southern (8)
Pentathlon (modern):
1. fencing (one-touch épée) (7, (3-5, 4))
2. freestyle swimming (200m) (9, 8, (4))
3. equestrian show jumping (15 jumps) (10, 4, 7, (2, 5))
4. pistol shooting (6, 8)
5. cross country running (3200m) (5, 7, 7, (5))
Pentathlon (traditional):
1. stadion (short foot race) (7, (5, 4, 4))
2. javelin throw (7, 5)
3. discus throw (6, 5)
4. long jump (4, 4)
5. wrestling (9)
Tastes:
1. bitter (6)
2. salty (5)
3. sour (4)
4. sweet (5)
5. umami (5)
The Famous Five:
1. Julian (6)
2. Dick (4)
3. Anne (4)
4. George (6)
5. Timmy (the dog) (5, (3, 3))

6 items

Chess pieces:
1. pawn (4)
2. rook/castle (4/6)
3. knight (6)
4. bishop (6)
5. queen (5)
6. king (4)
Flavours of quark:
1. up (2)
2. down (4)
3. top (3)
4. bottom (6)
5. strange (7)
6. charm (5)
Nobel Prize categories:
1. chemistry (9)
2. economics (9)
3. literature (10)
4. medicine (8)
5. peace (5)
6. physics (7)
Noble gases:
1. helium (6)
2. neon (4)
3. argon (5)
4. krypton (7)
5. xenon (5)
6. radon (5)
Space shuttles:
1. Atlantis (8)
2. Challenger (10)
3. Columbia (8)
4. Discovery (9)
5. Endeavour (9)
6. Enterprise (10)
UN official languages:
1. Arabic (6)
2. English (7)
3. French (6)
4. Mandarin (8)
5. Russian (7)
6. Spanish (7)
Wives of Henry VIII:
1. Catherine of Aragon (9, 2, 6)
2. Anne Boleyn (4, 6)
3. Jane Seymour (4, 7)
4. Anne of Cleves (4, 2, 6)
5. Catherine Howard (9, 6)
6. Catherine Parr (9, 4)

7 items

Colours of the rainbow:
1. red (3)
2. orange (6)
3. yellow (6)
4. green (5)
5. blue (4)
6. indigo (6)
7. violet (6)
Continents:
1. Africa (6)
2. Antarctica (10)
3. Asia (4)
4. Australia/Australasia/Oceania (9/11/7)
5. Europe (6)
6. North America (5, 7)
7. South America (5, 7)
Days of the week:
1. Sunday (6)
2. Monday (6)
3. Tuesday (7)
4. Wednesday (9)
5. Thursday (8)
6. Friday (6)
7. Saturday (8)
Deadly sins:
1. envy (4)
2. gluttony (8)
3. greed (5)
4. lust (4)
5. pride (5)
6. sloth (5)
7. wrath (5)
Dwarfs/dwarves:
1. Bashful (7)
2. Doc (3)
3. Dopey (5)
4. Grumpy (6)
5. Happy (5)
6. Sleepy (6)
7. Sneezy (6)
Heptathlon (men):
1. 60 metres (2, 6)
2. long jump (4, 4)
3. shot put (4, 3)
4. high jump (4, 4)
5. 60m hurdles (3, 7)
6. pole vault (4, 5)
7. 1000 metres (4, 6)
Heptathlon (women):
1. 100m hurdles (4, 7)
2. high jump (4, 4)
3. shot put (4, 3)
4. 200 metres (3, 6)
5. long jump (4, 4)
6. javelin throw (7, 5)
7. 800 metres (3, 6)
Liberal arts:
1. arithmetic (10)
2. astronomy/astrology (9/9)
3. geometry (8)
4. grammar (7)
5. logic (5)
6. music (5)
7. rhetoric (8)
Pleiades:
1. Maia (4)
2. Electra (7)
3. Taygete (7)
4. Alcyone (7)
5. Celaeno (7)
6. Sterope (7)
7. Merope (6)
SI base units:
1. ampere (6)
2. candela (7)
3. kelvin (6)
4. kilogram (8)
5. meter/metre (5/5)
6. mole (4)
7. second (6)
Solfège:
1. Do (2)
2. Re (2)
3. Me (2)
4. Fa (2)
5. Sol/So (3/2)
6. La (2)
7. Ti (2)
Taxonomy:
1. kingdom (7)
2. phylum (6)
3. class (5)
4. order (5)
5. family (6)
6. genus (5)
7. species (7)
The Secret Seven:
1. Peter (5)
2. Janet (5)
3. Pam (3)
4. Barbara (7)
5. Jack (4)
6. Colin (5)
7. George (6)

9 items

Greek muses:
1. Calliope (8) — epic poetry
2. Clio (4) — history
3. Euterpe (7) — flutes and lyric poetry
4. Thalia (6) — comedy and pastoral poetry
5. Melpomene (9) — tragedy
6. Terpsichore (11) — dance
7. Erato (5) — love poetry
8. Polyhymnia (10) — sacred poetry
9. Urania (6) — astronomy

10 items

Decathlon (men):
1. 100 metres (3, 6)
2. long jump (4, 4)
3. shot put (4, 3)
4. high jump (4, 4)
5. 400 metres (3, 6)
6. 110 metres hurdles (3, 6, 7)
7. discus throw (6, 5)
8. pole vault (4, 5)
9. javelin throw (7, 5)
10. 1500 metres (4, 6)
Decathlon (women):
1. 100 metres (3, 6)
2. discus throw (6, 5)
3. pole vault (4, 5)
4. javelin throw (7, 5)
5. 400 metres (3, 6)
6. 100 metres hurdles (3, 6, 7)
7. long jump (4, 4)
8. shot put (4, 3)
9. high jump (4, 4)
10. 1500 metres (4, 6)

12 items

Labours of Hercules:
1. Slay the Nemean lion (4, 3, 6, 4)
2. Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra (4, 3, 4-6, 8, 5)
3. Capture the Ceryneian Hind (7, 3, 9, 4)
4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar (7, 3, 11, 4)
5. Clean the Augean stables in a single day (5, 3, 6, 7, 2, 1, 6, 3)
6. Slay the Stymphalian birds (4, 3, 11, 5)
7. Capture the Cretan Bull (7, 3, 6, 4)
8. Steal the Mares of Diomedes (5, 3, 5, 2, 8)
9. Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons (6, 3, 6, 2, 9,, 5, 2, 3, 7)
10. Obtain the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon (6, 3, 6, 2, 3, 5-6, 5, 6)
11. Steal three of the golden apples of the Hesperides (5, 5, 2, 3, 6, 6, 2, 3, 10)
12. Capture and bring back Cerberus (7, 3, 5, 4, 8)

Reference data: Groups of n

Reference data: Groups of `n`