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Groups of Two #3

Can you name the members of these twosomes?
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First submittedFebruary 11, 2014
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Category
Answer
Landlocked South American
countries
Bolivia
Paraguay
Holiest cities of Islam
Mecca
Medina
Founders of Rome
Romulus
Remus
Countries that start with Z
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Major African deserts
Sahara
Kalahari
English cities upon a river
Newcastle upon Tyne
Kingston upon Hull
Main ethnic groups of Rwanda
Hutu
Tutsi
Epic poems attributed to Homer
Iliad
Odyssey
Ingredients in
a screwdriver cocktail
Orange Juice
Vodka
Williams sisters of tennis
Venus
Serena
Category
Answer
Major tributaries of the Nile
Blue Nile
White Nile
Major island chains owned
by Spain
Balearic Islands
Canary Islands
Cities of "A Tale of Two Cities"
London
Paris
Official languages of Cyprus
Greek
Turkish
Southernmost national capitals
Wellington
Canberra
Moons of Mars
Deimos
Phobos
Types of British lawyers
Barrister
Solicitor
Biblical cities destroyed by fire
and brimstone
Sodom
Gomorrah
Droids who appeared in the
original "Star Wars"
C-3PO
R2-D2
Types of rugby
Rugby League
Rugby Union
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64 Comments
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Apr 3, 2014
My own pairs quiz.
90sNostalgia
+11
Level 25
Jun 13, 2014
Maybe add some more spellings for Odessey... odysey... I mean....Odyssey?
cariad
+23
Level 42
May 5, 2015
Why, it's wrong. Would you expect Noo Yawk to be accepted?
Insaniot
+7
Level 61
Oct 2, 2022
New York is made up of a common English word and a one-syllable word that most people could correctly spell just by sounding it out. Odyssey is not like that. It is not common. Few people could sound it out correctly. Some leeway in how it should be spelled would be appreciated by a lot of people that know the answer but not the exact spelling.
Baltimorean
+18
Level 66
Oct 26, 2016
My Latin teacher, Miss Rosebrook, would say "It is very odd to spell Odyssey with two 'd's and it makes me ill when I see the Iliad with two 'l's."
Tomtrific
+2
Level 82
Aug 16, 2017
LOL...........Which my Latin teacher would've told me that years and years ago.
MayaB
+6
Level 73
May 30, 2019
I read this comment a year ago and it apparently stuck in my head, because today I used this heuristic to type the names correctly. It's really helpful.
jennywren21
+1
Level 63
Sep 10, 2024
I misspelled both this and Iliad!
Qikiq
+2
Level 87
Oct 26, 2016
Could someone explain the significance of the quiz picture? Is it a flag? Thanks!
shuriken15
+13
Level 39
Feb 15, 2019
It's called the Wiphala. It's a flag that represents the original people of the former Inca Empire. It's also a secondary flag of Bolivia.
rama2008
+5
Level 67
Jan 22, 2017
For Mars moons - yay Doom!
juicehead
+1
Level 21
Feb 15, 2019
yep haha
ReyFer
+1
Level 64
Mar 26, 2018
Why is it Phobos much more known than Deimos? I mean, the percentages should be about equal, shouldn't they?

Maybe it is because of the spelling, I found myself trying Deymos to work

Sifhraven
+3
Level 72
Dec 14, 2018
I tried about 10 moons but none of them belonged to mars... but I think phobos might be higher because it reminds of phobia. And deimos is not as easily relatable.
RJF
+4
Level 63
Jul 18, 2022
The names of the two moons mean 'fear' and 'panic' respectively. I think you should consider it a good thing if neither is relatable. 😄
AnimalAl
+1
Level 39
Aug 17, 2024
True! That comes from Greco-Roman mythology, where Ares’/Mars’ chariot pullers (?) were named Phobos and Deimos. It’s kind of fitting that Mars has two moons!
martay
+1
Level 70
Oct 2, 2022
Phobia is a word used in English. Most people have a phobia of some kind or are at least aware of several common ones. It's not much of a stretch to remember Phobos.

While I'm sure classicists would drink hemlock to hear it, but Deimos I only know in the context of it being a moon of Mars. That's just pure trivia for me.

Jerry928
+4
Level 76
Mar 26, 2018
I entered orange, then oranges, but no cigar - can you accept these please?
fitheach
+5
Level 58
Feb 14, 2019
Do you mean the screwdriver question? If so, then accepting orange or oranges is simply wrong: you don't make a screwdriver by dropping segments of an orange into some vodka!
blizzrd33
+6
Level 80
May 3, 2022
Where I live, it's referred to as a vodka and orange. Yes, I know that it's the juice of the orange but it is commonly described without the word "juice" around here.
partdavid
+1
Level 72
Sep 10, 2024
Agreed, it's pretty standard when communicating drink recipes to leave the "juice" out of a citrus specification, e.g. a French 75 is gin, lemon, simple and prosecco.
mouka93
+1
Level 52
Feb 14, 2019
There are three holly cities in Islam you forgot Jerusalem
joeythelemur
+5
Level 83
Feb 14, 2019
If only this were a quiz of "groups of three!"
Quizzyquizzed
+1
Level 28
Feb 14, 2019
I had never heard of the tale of two cities..... BUT SOMEHOW, I read biblical cities as British cities, guessed London and thought the other must be near by so guessed Paris. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT.
ander217
+7
Level 74
Feb 15, 2019
I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU NEVER HEARD OF A TALE OF TWO CITIES.Try reading the classics.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 85
Nov 16, 2019
Amen to that, ander!! Read it. Watch the Ronald Colman B&W movie version. Something!

"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.....It is a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done. It is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known."

ddddan
+1
Level 80
Feb 25, 2023
In a nutshell 😆
kitsims
+5
Level 83
Apr 29, 2022
So you thought London had been destroyed by fire and brimstone?
roadrage
+3
Level 67
Oct 2, 2022
There was afterall the great fire of London.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Apr 26, 2024
The great brimstone of London is, however, a little less well known.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Feb 15, 2019
I thought of barrista haha, knew it wasn't that but something like it. Couldn't get the right word. Same with Sucre, tried sucra even Sucry. Also stem and stam for seamen (stamper in dutch, so the word is close, but still different, not just anglicised like usual. (Like straat becomes street, huis becomes house etc)).

But the odyssey one bothers me. I wrote odyssee. I know it is an English quiz but it is like an international word. And most countries write it without an y (usually an -ee sound or -ea). And you pronounce it like -see right? Not -say (and it is odyssEUS not odyssEYUS ;) )

InfiniteBulk
+3
Level 67
Feb 2, 2021
One could argue that Jerusalem is one of the most important cities to Islam due to "the night journey". at least make it a type in for Mecca or Medina?
joeythelemur
+2
Level 83
May 4, 2022
I'm no Islamic scholar, but it seems that Mecca and Medina are the obvious choice for the 2 holiest cities. Looking now at the Wikipedia entry (yes, I know, taken with a grain of salt), it actually calls out the 4 holiest sites in order of how they are considered, and Jerusalem is third.

The clue is "Holiest cities in Islam" so QM is clearly looking for the top 2, not "one of the most important".

stevediverse
+2
Level 89
Apr 27, 2022
Most, if not all of the questions in this series are things that have only 2 valid answers.

But the "upon a river" cities are not the only 2. Stratford upon Avon being a pretty famous one.

phalocrocorax
+5
Level 83
Apr 28, 2022
Stratford upon Avon isn't a city, it's a town. There are 52 official cities in England, and the answers given are the only two of those with "upon" in the name. However, it feels a little unfair to exclude Stoke-on-Trent for being merely "on" a river!
FlickerP
+1
Level 74
Jul 18, 2022
Unless the quiz has been changed in the last couple of months, the clues are '...upon Hull' and '...upon Tyne'. Stratford would not work for either of these
Triffid
+1
Level 68
Oct 2, 2022
Most English cities are upon a river! A strange choice for an "only two" category. In any case Kingston-upon-Hull is rarely referred to by that name, but simply as Hull.
JonOfKent
+3
Level 57
Oct 2, 2022
Upon, but not "upon"... you'd never talk about York-upon-Ouse or Plymouth-upon-Tamar. Maybe the clue wants some inverted commas or something
WT2008
+2
Level 77
Apr 28, 2022
For two types of rugby I was thinking 7s and 15s . . .
sumguy
+1
Level 85
Apr 28, 2022
Yeah, I tried Rugby Sevens.
tbolt
+4
Level 77
Apr 29, 2022
For Types of British lawyers I tried "are in jail" or "should be in jail". Neither worked.
mf3
+1
Level 88
May 1, 2022
I tried "solicitor" and "barista". Only one of them worked.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Dec 31, 2022
Is that a joke?
Ant1927
+1
Level 71
May 6, 2022
Accepted R2D2 without the - but not CP3O
Difluzi
+6
Level 82
Oct 2, 2022
A dash will never be required for any type-in, you just mixed up 2 letters.
slanonfire
+1
Level 58
May 20, 2022
Am I the only one who only knew Stratford-upon-Avon as an "upon" town? (Thank you Shakespeare, btw....).
ChaosLord
+1
Level 75
Oct 2, 2022
Not a city, though.
mrputter
+11
Level 83
Oct 2, 2022
For those who, like me, are interested:

The categories with the greatest correct response percentage difference between the two answers (that is: where the largest number of people know one answer but not the other).

(as of Oct 1, 2022)

Category% Difference(response breakdown)
Major African deserts38%(Sahara @ 97% vs. Kalahari @ 59%)
Holiest cities of Islam32%(Mecca @ 90% vs. Medina @ 58%)
Major island chains owned by Spain23%(Canary @ 67% vs. Balearic @ 44%)
Ingredients in a screwdriver cocktail18%(Vodka @ 75% vs. Orange Juice @ 57%)
Types of British lawyers13%(Barrister @ 50% vs. Solicitor @ 37%)
JonOfKent
+1
Level 57
Oct 2, 2022
I wonder why the massive difference between solicitor and barrister?
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Apr 26, 2024
I always just call solicitors "lawyers", (then I thought of "advocate") and Barristers are the ones that you specify in day-to-day speech
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Oct 3, 2022
Some Americans (like me) have heard the term barrister, but never solicitor. I guess most of the differences there is attributable to Americans (and maybe other non-Brits).
unfinishedsenten
+5
Level 47
Oct 2, 2022
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think barristers don't exist in Scotland, so maybe British lawyer doesn't quite work? I think its advocate in Scotland...
MrToad
+4
Level 65
Oct 2, 2022
You are right. The equivalent of barrister in Scotland is advocate, so the quiz should refer to English (or English and Welsh) rather than British.
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Apr 26, 2024
Argh I tried "advocate" !!! I've lived in both Scotland and England so I was *technically* correct from my personal sphere...
freehuggs
+2
Level 62
Oct 2, 2022
There are several droids in the original Star Wars. There's a whole scene where Luke and his uncle go to buy droids. It is obvious of course which two droids are being referred to here but perhaps it would be better to specify two droids who are named on-screen, or two droids to have appeared in every episodic Star Wars film
kinjapan
+1
Level 72
Sep 10, 2024
The only two droid main characters in the original Star Wars film. I thought the same thing. R5-D4 and Tredwell have even moved on to get bigger parts in The Mandalorian.
partdavid
+2
Level 72
Sep 10, 2024
The question doesn't say "main characters" or "named characters" but I suppose it's implicit in the fact that only two droids who appear have names (in the film) and therefore can be an answer.
JudgeRudy
+1
Level 67
Oct 3, 2022
Thought about trying Wachati and Wachutu for the Rwandan ethnic groups. You know, just in case.
fixypants
+2
Level 84
Dec 9, 2022
What about Rugby Sevens?
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Apr 26, 2024
Is a variant of Union...
Philippelebel
+2
Level 66
Sep 10, 2024
I was wondering the same as I just attended some rugby sevens games at the Olympics!

Turns out it's very close to rugby union (15), except that the games are much shorter and of course the teams are smaller. A person who is used to watching the 15 man version can instantly understand what is going on and know the rules.

Rugby league has very different rules, so it's a different beast altogether, like Australian rules Football or American Football.

irishbluejay
+1
Level 52
Jun 10, 2024
There are more than two English cities on a river. Stratford-Upon-Avon for example
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 6, 2024
Towns, not cities.
partdavid
+1
Level 72
Sep 10, 2024
Wheelchair rugby is also a type of rugby, but does not fit the fill-in-the-blank.
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