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Pairs #29 (Literature Edition) - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 171 times
- The average score is 13 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Extra Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| Cain | characters | Cain and Abel. The first two sons of Adam and Eve in Genesis 4, one of whom (Cain) murdered the other in a fit of jealousy. | Abel | 98%
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| Harry Potter | novel | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. J. K. Rowling’s second contribution (1998) to her Harry Potter series, later made into a film (2002). | the Chamber of Secrets | 97%
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| James | children’s novel | James and the Giant Peach. Roald Dahl’s 1961 children’s novel that was made into an animated musical film in 1996 and a musical play in 2010. | the Giant Peach | 93%
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| Sodom | places | Sodom and Gomorrah. A pair of cities destroyed by God for their inhabitants’ wickedness in Genesis 19 and in the Quran 15. | Gomorrah | 91%
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| Fire | poem | “Fire and Ice.” A short poem (1920) by Robert Frost that discusses the end of the world. | Ice | 90%
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| Elizabeth Bennet | characters | Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. A seemingly unlikely couple who eventually fall in love in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. | Mr. Darcy | 88%
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| Calvin | title, characters | Calvin and Hobbes. A daily comic strip by Bill Watterson that was syndicated from 1985 until 1995. | Hobbes | 80%
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| Weeping | phrase | “Weeping and gnashing of teeth.” The fate of the unrighteous according to seven New Testament passages. | gnashing of teeth | 69%
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| Fili | characters | Fili and Kili. The youngest dwarves in Thorin’s company — and Thorin’s nephews — in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. | Kili | 65%
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| Abraham | characters | Abraham and Isaac. Principal characters in the biblical story of the binding of Isaac in Genesis 22. | Isaac | 63%
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| Beatrice | characters | Beatrice and Benedick. The happily single woman and the confirmed bachelor who are each duped into thinking the other is in love with them in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. | Benedick | 61%
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| Blood | novel | Blood & Honey. A 2020 novel by U.S. author Shelby Mahurin, the second book in the young adult Serpent & Dove series. | Honey | 56%
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| Gargantua | partial title, characters | Gargantua and Pantagruel. The two giants who figure in The Five Books of the Lives and Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel (c. 1532-c. 1564) by François Rabelais. | Pantagruel | 56%
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| Hermod | fairy tale | “Hermod and Hadvor.” An Icelandic fairy tale collected by Jón Árnason telling of the struggles Prince Hermod and his foster-sister Princess Hadvor had with their evil stepmother. | Hadvor | 48%
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| Fair Katrinelje | fairy tale | “Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie.” A German nonsense fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. | Pif-Paf-Poltrie | 47%
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| Abelard | title, characters | Abelard and Heloise. A 2005 book by Constant Mews about the real life Pierre Abélard and Héloïse d’Argenteuil, who conducted a famous love affair in 12th-century Paris. | Heloise | 46%
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| Dalziel | series name, characters | Dalziel and Pascoe. Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Peter Pascoe, Yorkshire detectives who figure in a series (1970-2009) of novels by Reginald Hill. The novels were adapted into a TV series (1996-2007) originally broadcast on BBC One. | Pascoe | 43%
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| The Dog | fable | “The Dog and the Wolf.” Æsop’s fabled lesson of how freedom is more valuable than comfort. | the Wolf | 38%
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| The Fox | fable | “The Fox and the Grapes.” One of Æsop’s fables, and the origin of the expression “sour grapes.” | the Grapes | 29%
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| Damon | characters | Damon and Pythias. In ancient Greek legend, two men who illustrated the Pythagorean ideal of friendship. | Pythias | 28%
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| The Frog | fable | “The Frog and the Ox” Æsop’s fable about a frog who bursts while trying to inflate himself to the size of an ox. | the Ox | 16%
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| Chanticleer | fable | “Chanticleer and the Fox.” A fable dating from the Middle Ages and cautioning against pride. | the Fox | 14%
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| Hal | characters | Hal and Roger Hunt. Adventuresome teen brothers in Willard Price’s Adventure Series of children’s novels (1949-1980). | Roger Hunt | 12%
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| The Bear | fable | “The Bear and the Gardener.” An ancient Indian fable that warns against foolish friendships. | the Gardener | 6%
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| The Farmer | fable | “The Farmer and the Stork.” Æsop’s fabled warning about the consequences of associating with bad companions. | the Stork | 3%
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