I heard of kicking the bucket so I was trying to think of expression with bought, that meant the same thing, but couldnt think of any. Never heard of it before.
@svitapeneela: 'Bite the bullet' is a common expression (in the US at least) but it doesn't imply dying - it refers to suffering through a painful or unpleasant situation.
"Bought the farm" dates back to WW I, iirc, when, if a soldier was killed, the survivors' benefit paid by the government was often used to pay off the mortgage of the farm back home.
Nothing to do with this quiz, but I'm wondering why my point total dropped by three from yesterday. I don't usually pay attention to that, but I did yesterday. Does this happen to others?
These are good overall, but this one is not an analogy: Tolstoy is to Dostoyevsky as War is to Crime. They are not the same relationship (famous Russion authors/Famous books)
It should be Tolstoy is to War as Dostoyevsky as is to Crime. (First words of their famous novels).
Thanks. I used to teach analogies back when they were on the SAT. The rule of thumb - make a sentence, then use the same words to make a sentence with the other set. That's one way to discover the analogy. I've done about 9 of these so far - good stuff.
aeneas is, objectively, not the greatest hero of troy. achilles is known as greece's greatest hero, and hector fills that role in troy while aeneas fled the fighting to sail for italy
I'm gonna be pedantic, but this is JetPunk after all.. While I agree that Hector is objectively the greatest Trojan hero, it's a bit reductive to say that Aeneas "fled the fighting to sail for Italy" (besides the fact that "Italy" did not exist as such at that time). Albeit a minor character in the Iliad, he is a principal lieutenant of Hector, and participates to several attacks, including against Achilles. He is commanded by the gods to flee Troy only after the city was lost and burning after the horse trick. But yes, Hector would be the clearly correct answer here.
Very good quiz, though I hope you don't mind me saying so, a bit on the hard side for non-US residents. But great nonetheless! I hope this is constructive.
I think it could go either way. Others have been Batman, too, though not to the degree of Miles Morales (or let's say Wally West as the Flash). You could read the analogy as "X is the originating and iconic secret identity of Y" or you could read it as "X is the secret identity of Y", but both are valid readings, I think.
The Wednesday/Friday analogy has nothing to do with being a resident of the US or American. It's a Christian/Catholic thing. Ash Wednesday begins Lent, and Good Friday is (near) the end of it. It's especially observed throughout the Americas, the Philippines, and still in some parts of Europe, Australia and NZ.
Friday Wednesday one got me. I thought it was the black wednesday/ good friday. Both are related. Kind of working with very little information here and multiple possibilities are open.
I only got the "bought the farm" one because of an achievement in Cookie Clicker titled "bought the farm"... (seriously I didn't encounter that expression outside of Cookie Clicker)
Half right I guess ;)
It should be Tolstoy is to War as Dostoyevsky as is to Crime. (First words of their famous novels).