more odd one outs

[scampibubble]

Can anybody solve these brainbusters?

London, clock, hebrides, surprise

david, gregory, martin, nicholas

socrates, octavius, hanibal (sic), dante

papua new guinea, morocco, liberia, grenada

iceland, paraguay, germany, thailand

thanks in anticipation!!

[pquinlan]

There were popes gregory, martin and nicholas, but no david

[mike b]

Hebrides is Mendelssohn overture, others are Haydn symphonies

[mike b]

Iceland, Paraguay & Thailand flags are red/white/blue, Germany isn't

[Andy Cheever]

Iceland, Paraguay, Germany original country names. Thailand not original (was Siam)?

[pldcav]

I'd go for Gregory, others are all Charles Dickens novels (Copperfield, Chizzlewit, Nickleby)

[pldcav]

Whoops, Chuzzlewit !!

[mike b]

PNG, Liberia and Grenada have English as a national language, but not Morocco.