Quiz Entry - updated: 2026.07.30
Recall the ten Major-System pegs for 90–99 — the /p/–/b/ decade. Can you name all ten in order and picture a story that links them?
Every 90s peg starts with the /p/ or /b/ sound (9); the second sound is the unit digit (0–9), so 90 = b·s = bus, 91 = b·t = bat, and so on.
90 bus · 91 bat · 92 pawn · 93 beam · 94 bear · 95 bull · 96 beach · 97 book · 98 beef · 99 pipe
Picture story (follow the scenes):
A black bat flapping its wings over a red double-decker bus.
A single white chess pawn glowing in a bright beam of light.
A big brown grizzly bear riding a snorting bull.
An open old book lying on a sunny tropical beach.
A big hunk of raw marbled beef next to a smoking pipe.
Make your own if this one doesn't stick.