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Quiz about Colorful Analogies
Quiz about Colorful Analogies

Colorful Analogies Trivia Quiz


The quiz asks for you to solve ten analogies, each of which involves a color in at least part of the question. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by Joepetz. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Joepetz
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
378,236
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
852
Last 3 plays: Guest 23 (8/10), Guest 173 (6/10), aquarius71 (5/10).
Question 1 of 10
1. White tailed deer is to the Americas as... Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Sherlock Holmes is to "A Study in Scarlet" as... Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Chris Wink is to Blue Man Group as... Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Golden delicious is to apple as... Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Yellow Cross is to Sweden as... Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Man in Black is to Johnny Cash as... Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "Green Acres" is to Arnold the pig as... Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Professor Plum is to Christopher Lloyd as... Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. House of Orange is to the Dutch Royal Family as Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Rainbow flag is to gay pride as... Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. White tailed deer is to the Americas as...

Answer: White whale is to Arctic Ocean

The white tailed deer primarily lives in North America but also has a large population in South America. The white whale, also called a beluga whale, lives in the Arctic Ocean and some colder areas in the subarctic. The White-faced saki monkey lives in South America, not Antarctica.

The White stork is indigenous to parts of Africa, Europe and western Asia but not Australia. The white-bellied sea eagle is from Australia, not Africa.
2. Sherlock Holmes is to "A Study in Scarlet" as...

Answer: Henry Fleming is to "The Red Badge of Courage"

Sherlock Holmes is the protagonist in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet" while Henry Fleming is the protagonist in Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage." All of the incorrect choice pair the author with the "red" work that he wrote.
3. Chris Wink is to Blue Man Group as...

Answer: Mike Bloomfield is to Butterfield Blues Band

Chris Wink is a member of Blue Man Group and Mike Bloomfield is a member of the Butterfield Blues Band. Elvis and Bobby Vinton sing "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Blue Velvet" respectively, but those are not the names of bands they were in. Bruce Springsteen is not a Toronto Blue Jay, which is a baseball team not a band. Bruce Springsteen's backing band is the E Street Band.
4. Golden delicious is to apple as...

Answer: Yukon gold is to potato

Golden delicious is a popular variety of apple like Yukon gold is a popular variety of potato. Despite their names, the golden delicious apple is more yellow than gold and the Yukon gold is brown. The potato gets its name for the color inside the food not outside.

Golden berry is not a variety of blackberry. Gold leaf is an edible thin sheet of gold added to desserts to make them luxurious. It has no taste and is not a kind of spinach. Goldfish is a popular cracker snack made by Pepperidge Farm not Nabisco.
5. Yellow Cross is to Sweden as...

Answer: Yellow X is to Jamaica

The cross on Sweden's flag is yellow (on a blue background) just as the "X" on Jamaica's flag is also yellow. The dot on the Japanese flag is red. The bird on Dominica's flag is blue and green and the stars on New Zealand's flag are red and white.
6. Man in Black is to Johnny Cash as...

Answer: Black Dahlia is to Elizabeth Short

Johnny Cash is nicknamed the Man in Black like Elizabeth Short is nicknamed the Black Dahlia.

Joe Louis is nicknamed the Brown Bomber, not the Black Bomber. General Jack Pershing is nicknamed Black Jack, not John F. Kennedy. Richard Skelton is more famously known as Red Skelton, not Black Skelton.
7. "Green Acres" is to Arnold the pig as...

Answer: "Friends" is to Rachel Green

Arnold the pig is a character on the television series "Green Acres" just as Rachel Green is a character on "Friends." Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow, not Peter Parker who is Spider-man, and the show is called "Arrow." Ash Ketchum is a character in the anime "Pokémon" not on the anime "Green Green." Jessica Fletcher is on "Murder, She Wrote" not "NYPD Green" which is actually called "NYPD Blue."
8. Professor Plum is to Christopher Lloyd as...

Answer: Violet Beauregarde is to Denise Nickerson

Christopher Lloyd plays Professor Plum in the movie "Clue," just like Denise Nickerson plays Violet Beauregarde in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." Sheb Wooley sings the song "Purple People Eater" but does not portray it an a movie. Sebastian is Viola's twin brother in the Shakespearean play "Twelfth Night." Charles Schultz created the character Violet Gray for the comic strip "Peanuts."
9. House of Orange is to the Dutch Royal Family as

Answer: House of Windsor is to the British Royal Family

The Dutch Royal Family belongs to the House of Orange like the British Royal Family belongs to the House of Windsor.

The House of Bernadotte contains members of the Swedish Royal Family, not the Japanese who belong to Yamato House or Dynasty. The Norwegian and Danish Royal Families belongs to the House of Glucksburg while the Spanish Royal Family is from the House of Bourbon.
10. Rainbow flag is to gay pride as...

Answer: Rainbow jersey is to cycling champion

The rainbow flag is a symbol of gay pride just as the rainbow jersey is a symbol of cycling champions. The rainbow jersey is traditionally worn by cycling champions and is adorned with the same colors of the Olympic flag.

Rainbow warriors are environmental activists, usually Native American, who claim to be fulfilling a Native American prophecy that a tribe will come to rescue the dying earth and its people from environmental damage. In reality, the prophecy is not Native American but comes from a 1962 book written by researchers of the Hopi. Rainbow Warrior is also the name of a ship used by the environmentalist group Greenpeace.

Jesus is sometime symbolized with a fish but never a rainbow trout. The rainbow codes refer to British secret projects during World War II, each of which had a different color for a code name. The Enola Gay was an American bomber that dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II. It also participated in the bombing of Nagasaki three days later.
Source: Author Joepetz

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