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Analogies #12

Can you fill in the blanks in these analogies?
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This is to this ...
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A is to Z
Alpha is to Omega
F is to Foxtrot
B is to Bravo
Week is to Century
Weather is to Climate
Pisces is to Fish
Cancer is to Crab
Ichthyology is to Fish
Ornithology is to Bird
Jail is to Kitchen
Brig is to Galley
A is to Ampere
V is to Volt
Vox is to Voice
Pax is to Peace
Antediluvian is to Flood
Antebellum is to War
Macau is to Portugal
Hong Kong is to
United Kingdom
This is to this ...
As ...
New is to Full
Crescent is to Gibbous
Bride is to Maid of Honor
Groom is to Best Man
Underground is to London
Metro is to Paris
Bigfoot is to United States
Yeti is to Nepal
Colt is to Filly
Stallion is to Mare
Bear is to Stocks go Down
Bull is to Stocks go Up
Mafia is to Sicily
Yakuza is to Japan
Sting is to The Police
Bono is to U2
& is to Ampersand
^ is to Caret
Hermione is to Emma
Harry is to Daniel
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38 Comments
Findlay
+9
Level 81
Aug 15, 2022
Can circumflex be accepted for caret? They appear ostensibly the same.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 15, 2022
Yes, that will work now.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 74
Apr 30, 2024
Missed that one because we call it circonflexe

But my first try was chevron. Should that not also be acceptable?

jm
+17
Level 87
Aug 15, 2022
This analogy doesn't fit the pattern:

Jail is to Kitchen as Brig is to _____

It should be Jail is to Brig as Kitchen is to ___

Analogies should read as definitions: A jail is called a brig on a ship, just like the kitchen on a ship is called the ____

(I got the answer - no spoilers ;-)

Djilas
+3
Level 85
Aug 15, 2022
Nah it's OK, all of these can turned around. The first one is on land, the other on water. You could have Z is to Omega - A is to ____
jm
+8
Level 87
Aug 16, 2022
Jail is to kitchen - there's no connection, so there is no analogy. Literally any word fits. It's like dog is to tree as Dalmation is to oak. So anything works - rudder, crow's nest, anchor, etc.
KatyM
+1
Level 69
Jan 1, 2025
No. Anything doesn't work. Jail is connected to brig because it's the same thing. So, what's the same thing as a kitchen but on a ship?

Your example IS ambiguous as you just took one breed of dog with nothing specific to it, so yes, the answer could be any type of tree. But not so with the clue in the quiz.

buck1017
+3
Level 78
Aug 15, 2022
I don't think that there is a steadfast rule that says that analogies have to read as definitions. That's how they are most commonly shown, but i don't think that's a rule.
blizzrd33
+4
Level 80
Aug 19, 2022
A brig is specific to the US Navy in the context of meaning a jail onboard a ship. However, a brig is also a name of a type of ship, as is a galley. Until I looked up possible other relationships between jail and brig, I only knew of brig as a type of sailing ship, which is actually the derivation of the jail term when the US navy started using old sailing ships as military jails. A very US-centric analogy that is a poor option for a quiz that has vastly more non-US site users than US users.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
Nov 5, 2022
Yeah this error must just have been missed by QM. Change it to jm's suggestion.
Ssssss
+1
Level 69
Nov 15, 2022
Yes, this needs to be changed. It would be more apt if it were Brig is to Jail as Galley is to Kitchen. As it is, as jm says, the words Jail and Kitchen have no connection at all so it doesn't work.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 12, 2024
Sorry but no. This is not an error and is written as intended.
AlexThirkell
+4
Level 74
Apr 18, 2024
Really, it's awful...

These definitional ones shouldn't be mixed. Why not "analogies" like "Jail is to Kitchen as Carcel is to [Cocina]"?

"Vox is to Pax as Voice is to [Peace]" would be awful as well, since the first pair aren't related in any meaningful way.

"Pisces is to Cancer as fish is to [Crab]" again would be the wrong way round.

A-Z / alpha-omega is a nice one, as they're related both ways and could be expressed either way round.

Wolf6120
+1
Level 61
Jan 1, 2025
Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive, actually.
einkelas
+2
Level 71
Jan 6, 2025
This clue really doesn't track - the point of the analogy pairs in this quiz is that the relationships are the same between component parts. For instance, A relates to Ampere the same way V relates to ___; the first component is the first letter (and common abbreviation) for the second component. Mafia relates to Sicily the same way Yakuza relates to ___; the first component is an organized crime entity in the second component.

That pattern doesn't hold for the Jail/Kitchen clue. What exactly is the relationship between a jail and a kitchen? I guess a kitchen is a room in a typical jail? Ok, so then what is the relationship between a brig and _____? They are both rooms in a ship - but one is not contained within the other.

The relationships are not the same within each pair, so this clue does not fit the pattern established in this quiz.

Mookie
+6
Level 82
Aug 15, 2022
I don't understand "week is to century as weather is to climate"

Can someone explain that to me?

loganite
+15
Level 92
Aug 15, 2022
Yeah, that one wasn't really a great analogy. I think its saying a week is a small part of a century and the [current] weather is a small part of overall climate.
TurkeyCookTime
+7
Level 83
Aug 15, 2022
It might also have something to do with the fact that one starts with W and the other starts with C, but that kinda seems "week" to me.
rocamorar
+8
Level 78
Aug 23, 2022
Yeah, it's a very week analogy.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 12, 2024
No, it doesn't have to do with the letters. Weather pertains to the atmospheric conditions in the short term (week). Climate pertains to atmospheric conditions in the long term (century).
Zupity
+3
Level 67
Aug 16, 2022
Consider accepting waning for crescent
plattitude
+10
Level 95
Sep 7, 2022
Disagree, crescent is the state of less than half full, gibbous is more than. Both the crescent and the gibbous can be waning, or waxing.
kapulani3
+2
Level 74
Aug 27, 2022
F is to Foxtrot made me thinking about dances. I kept trying to think of dance that started with B.
Marvo7
+3
Level 63
Nov 5, 2022
I don't understand 'week is to century' as 'weather is to climate'???? What am I missing?
RobNobody
+1
Level 79
Aug 28, 2024
Weather is short term, climate is long term. It's actually pretty directly applicable: looking at the last week tells you the weather, but looking over the last century tells you the climate.
rabble
+1
Level 68
Nov 5, 2022
Is the "Paris Metro", a commonly used term?

Or, is it just pointing out that the London Underground is a metro system

Because I've heard London Underground, Tube, etc., but don't remember hearing a colloquial or formal name for the Paris metro system in my everyday culture.

kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Nov 5, 2022
yes, it is.
Philippelebel
+1
Level 72
Jan 1, 2025
Everyone in Paris calls the underground "le métro".
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Nov 5, 2022
Who is Daniel? Is this a different Emma than the one Jane Austen wrote about?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Nov 5, 2022
I tried Jane Fairfax and Mr. Knightley..
MayaB
+5
Level 73
Nov 5, 2022
Emma is Emma Watson - the actress who played Hermione in the movies. Daniel is Daniel Radcliffe.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Nov 5, 2022
ah... okay that makes sense
musicguy
+1
Level 65
Nov 8, 2022
But Adam Clayton is the bass player for U2, not Bono. That should be acceptable too.
Nathaniel
+1
Level 76
Mar 21, 2023
There are braces in one of the hints
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 21, 2023
Fixed
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 74
Jan 1, 2025
Missed galley and caret
Virtuosa22
+1
Level 51
Jan 5, 2025
Hong Kong is no longer part of The United Kingdom, so this question is invalid. Hong Kong is part of China.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 5, 2025
I'm sorry, but you didn't understand the analogy.
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