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Geography Analogies #4

Fill the blanks in these geographical analogies.
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Stars and Stripes is to
United States
Hammer and Sickle is to
Soviet Union
City of Light is to Paris
Eternal City is to Rome
Japan is to Yen
Russia is to Ruble
Reykjavík is to North
Wellington is to South
Knesset is to Israel
Duma is to Russia
Persian is to Gulf
Puget is to Sound
Madrid is to Iberia
Cancun is to Yucatan
Prime Meridian is to 0
International Date Line
is to 180
Cape Agulhas is to Africa
Cape Horn
is to South America
Brazil is to Portuguese
Egypt is to Arabic
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Banff is to Canada
Yellowstone is to the U.S.
Angeleno is to Los Angeles
Filipino is to Philippines
Buenos Aires is to Montevideo
Tallinn is to Helsinki
Central Park is to
New York City
Stanley Park is to
Vancouver
Space Needle is to Seattle
CN Tower is to Toronto
Sears Tower is to
Chicago
Petronas Towers are to
Kuala Lumpur
Oktoberfest is to Munich
Carnival is to Rio de Janeiro
Lough is to Ireland
Loch is to Scotland
Mount Blanc is to France
Mount Fuji is to Japan
Copacabana is to
Rio de Janeiro
Waikiki is to Honolulu
60 Comments
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Level 74
Jul 22, 2013
I don't see how you get specifically from Banff to Yellowstone. There are other national parks in the U.S. Rockies . . . Glacier, Grand Tetons, Rocky Mountain, to name a few.
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Level 34
Jul 29, 2013
Both Yellowstone and Banff are the oldest National Parks in their respective countries.
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Level 70
Jan 19, 2022
Wow, that's a real bit of trivia. I had to go through a bunch of parks before I stumbled on the correct one.
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Level 40
Jan 19, 2022
This quiz was clearly written by a Canadian…
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Level 49
Dec 22, 2023
Or, rather simply, they are the most prominent national parks in their respective countries. Strange comparision, sure, but a valid on nevertheless
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Level 22
Oct 26, 2013
Is it sad if I can't get one? I have no idea how to do this quiz!
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Level 81
Oct 27, 2013
They're analogies. The trick is to find the relationship between the first two things. Then figure out what thing has the same relationship to the third thing. For example.. hat is to head as shoe is to _____. The answer is foot. Because the relationship between the first two things is that a hat is worn on your head. So you need to ask yourself, what is a shoe worn on? A foot. Some analogies are pretty easy so long as you know what the items are that are being related. These above are mostly straightforward... i.e. The Space Needle is in Seattle. Willis Tower is in Chicago. etc. Simple. But not all of them are about location. Japan is not in the Yen.. what's the relationship? Japan uses the Yen as currency. Slightly more difficult, but still pretty easy. Really difficult analogies involve complicated or hard to understand relationships. Like these. Difficulty is scalable which is why they use them on IQ tests
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Level 70
Dec 21, 2014
Tallinn is only nearest to Helsinki if you swim it, if you are walking Riga would be closer..........:o)
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Level 83
Nov 9, 2015
Unless you walked onto a boat.
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Level 56
Jul 3, 2016
What are you talking about? Helsinki is clearly closer to Tallinn than Riga. Also, Buenos Aires and Montevideo are on opposite sides of Rio de La Plata while Tallinn and Helsinki are on opposite sides of the Gulf of Finland.
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Level 85
Aug 19, 2017
So what you're saying is that....Helsinki is actually...closer...to Tallinn...than Riga. Which was kind of the point of the analogy, right?
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Level 81
Jan 26, 2021
I think across a body of water in the connection Don. Maybe it's both.
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Level 62
Jan 19, 2022
Its not the fact they are close geographically... the analogy is that both capitals are connected by regular ferry/boat service.

I have been on the Tallinn/Helsinki one it is not a very fun experience. Especially not in January

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Level 70
Jan 19, 2022
I think's it about there is a Club Meade in Talinn and Helsinki and a Cafe Dread in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Proximity is a more logical conclusion than separation by a body of water, especially when one if a river and the other a gulf.
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Level 76
Jun 26, 2019
I haven't crossed a ton of borders by boat but those two I have (to Colonia, rather than to Montevideo, mind you). That's what made me think of it. I think the bodies of water separating them are part of the analogy. In both cases, you're headed north (or northeast) as well.
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Level 72
Oct 9, 2019
Direction would make more sense to me as a clue. But they arent both north. montevideo-buenos aires is nearly straight to the west, just as tallinn-helsinki is nearly exactly going north. And crossing the body of water does indeed seem to have something to do it it, both of them are ferry rides.
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Level 60
Jan 19, 2022
Yeah, this anology wasn't so clear to me either, was it about the closest other capital or just a capital of a neighboring country or was the water in between involved (which I wasn't aware of in the beginning but only after Helsinki gave me the point), so I just entered all the capitals, that are close to Tallin.

After a look at the map, both are each others closest other capital by far (Riga is about 3.5 times further away) and both are divided by a body of water.

Since Finland and Estonia don't share a land border while Argentina and Uruguay do so (I think a river can count as land border) it is not about the neighboring country.

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Level 53
Jul 3, 2016
I've been to Stanley Park a few times and it still didn't register D: It's such a mundane name to me that it isn't as iconic or easily recognized as Central Park. Still, got a solid 15.
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Level 81
May 12, 2018
I just guessed random large Anglophone cities until I got it.
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Level 50
Jan 19, 2022
haha i said blackpool which is a town
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Level 71
Jun 27, 2019
Also: "On June 18, 2014, Stanley Park was named "top park in the entire world" by TripAdvisor, based on reviews submitted." (Wikipedia)
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Level 72
Oct 9, 2019
You think the word "Stanley" is more mundane than "central" ??? Really??!
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Level 81
Jan 26, 2021
Liverpool also works for Stanley Park. It is the 110-acre park that separates the two football grounds, Goodison Park and Anfield.
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Level 70
Jan 19, 2022
Do a google search and you'll see how many Stanley Parks there are. Instead of mundane, maybe he meant common.
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Level 69
Jul 3, 2016
For the life of me, I couldn't figure out the Reykjavik one (only one I missed). When the answer came up, I felt stupid. :)
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Level 74
Jul 5, 2016
CN Tower is in Guangzhou, China.
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Level 73
Mar 25, 2019
Anyone tell Toronto? Should I?
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Level 81
Jun 26, 2019
Is that the same as the Canton Tower? I don't see any suggestion that CN Tower is used for that tower on the wiki page.
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Level 66
Dec 29, 2016
Well that makes perfect sense why 'Phillipino' didn't work, what the hell was I thinking?
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Level 46
Jun 26, 2019
I used to hang out with some folks of philippine heritage who called themselves "Pilipino." I couldn't get past that.
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Level 79
Dec 19, 2019
I learned from Ron Josol that Filipinos pronounce F's as P's
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Level 27
Jun 26, 2019
Amen brother. I tried it too and eventually just gave up.
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Level ∞
Jan 5, 2021
Philipino will work now.
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Level 34
May 12, 2018
Agree with Banff = Yellowstone comments - an unlikely answer. Typed loads of high altitude US cities.
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Level 69
Oct 9, 2018
Well, there was only one comment; did you read the explanation as well? Both are the *first* national parks in their respective country. That is not random, unspecific, or vague in the least. Folks' lack of knowledge does not make a question a bad one – it's the opportunity to learn something new! Otherwise, why would you be on site like this – just so you can always know every answer because the questions are all super easy? That sounds dull and pointless… and you do know there's no prizes, right? ;-)
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Level 48
Oct 14, 2018
i am from Australia and i got that one easily.. the Russian one stumped me
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Level 27
Jun 26, 2019
"just so you can always know every answer because the questions are super easy?"

*cough kalbahamut cough*

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Level 72
Oct 9, 2019
Actually lack of knowledge sort of made me get that one. A few months ago I had never heard of bannf, but came across it on this website and apparently known for its park. That is all I know about it, well and that it is in canada. So the only logical answer would be the most known national park in america.

For analogies you can always go obscure, like if one city has 3 bronze statues with a pigeon and then looking for other cities that has that aswell, but usually it is the most simply and recognisable answer.

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Level 56
Jan 7, 2019
I couldn't get past rubel for the spelling. Sigh.
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Level ∞
Jan 5, 2021
Rubel will work now.
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Level 20
Apr 18, 2019
That one question you get right cuz you live in Hawaii lol
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Level 68
Jun 26, 2019
Thanks for accepting Liverpool for Stanley park
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Level 45
Jun 26, 2019
YNWA
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Level 56
Jun 26, 2019
Yeah I was happy to see that as well, had no idea about Vancouver's Stanley Park
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Level 50
Jun 27, 2019
Blackpool also has a Stanley Park.
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Level ∞
Jan 5, 2021
I suppose that can work now as well.
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Level 72
Oct 9, 2019
Surprised myself and got all but knesset/duma still dont know it, thought it might be food at first.. And stanley park was a guess.
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Level 73
Jan 7, 2020
To be pedantic, Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point of Africa, not Good Hope
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Level ∞
Jan 5, 2021
Changed it to that.
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Level 50
Apr 13, 2020
Stanley Park is in Blackpool to haha.
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Level 69
Oct 22, 2021
I appreciate you calling it the Sears Tower and not the Willis Tower
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Level 68
Oct 27, 2021
Can you accept ‘Transnistria’ for ‘Soviet Union’?
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Level 66
Jan 19, 2022
It's in Moldova, not the whole Soviet Union.
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Level 46
Jan 19, 2022
I have seen DUMA spelled DOUMA, I believe on this site (words starting with "D" quiz either #1 or #2).
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Level 72
Jan 19, 2022
I think the connection between Banff and Yellowstone is too nebulous. To me, Banff is a town. Banff National Park is a park. If you just say Banff, though, the first thing I think of is the town. It's Canada's #1 ski restort town, set in the Rocky Mountains, surrounded by Banff National Park, incorporated in 1885. Aspen Colorado is the USA's #1 ski resort town, located in the Rocky Mountains, surrounded by White River National Forrest, incorporated in 1881. Once I tried Aspen and it didn't work, it was hard to get Banff town out of my head, so I ran out of time guessing different things like Snowmass, Lake Tahoe, Sonora, Reno, etc. I'd say that the low percentage of correct answers reinforces my observation. Maybe give the clue as Banff National Park rather than just Banff to make it less guessworky. You'd still have to have the same knowledge to get it right.
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Level 95
Jan 19, 2022
Hong Kong's Stanley Park is arguably more famous than Vancouver's
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Level 64
May 6, 2023
Love that the quiz was updated in 2021, but "Sears Tower" is still there. Don't change that please. :)
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Level 60
Nov 28, 2023
You have { } around Mount Blanc in the hint section, fyi.
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Level 61
Dec 22, 2023
It's 'Mont Blanc', not Mount.
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Level 67
Dec 23, 2023
Thank you for accepting Blackpool for Stanley Park, was pleasantly surprised!