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Things That Go Together Quiz #1

Guess what's missing in these famous pairs.
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Last updated: December 5, 2019
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First submittedJanuary 26, 2013
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Average score75.0%
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Famous Pair
Yin & Yang
Bow & Arrow
Salt & Pepper
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Horse & Carriage
Chutes & Ladders
Tea & Crumpets
Fish & Chips
Famous Pair
Needle & Thread
King & Queen
Black & White
Thunder & Lightning
Flora & Fauna
Hammer & Nails
Lamb & Mint Jelly
Night & Day
Famous Pair
Peas & Carrots
Red Beans & Rice
Macaroni & Cheese
Slow & Steady
Pots & Pans
Flotsam & Jetsam
Leaps & Bounds
Nuts & Bolts
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Level 33
Feb 9, 2013
Hi Quizzy, could you please allow the non-American spelling of lightening? I.e. with an e.
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Level 76
Feb 9, 2013
There is no non-American spelling of Lightning. We spell it like that in Britain too.

See http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/lighteninglightning.html

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Level 71
May 27, 2013
lightening would be a difference in tone, no? I was lightening the color of my canvas?
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Level 17
Jul 16, 2014
That is a perfect example, konkydog
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Level 72
Feb 29, 2016
This is the second time I've seen this comment and it still made me laugh
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Level 62
Aug 18, 2019
When I worked for Uncle Sam our coffee machine had “lightener” in lieu of cream. It was as bad as it sounds.
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Level 16
Feb 9, 2013
Has anyone else tried black & yellow? :D
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Level 11
Feb 10, 2013
Me
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Level 65
Apr 12, 2013
No. But, I have tried way too many Black and Tans...
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Level 79
May 26, 2023
I was black and blue trying to figure this one out
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Level 36
Feb 9, 2013
What about nice and steady?
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Level 11
Feb 10, 2013
Tried that too
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Level 60
Feb 9, 2015
me too!
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Level 67
Mar 22, 2020
+1 for nice and steady
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Level 71
Apr 1, 2016
I thought it was 'Sure & Steady'
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Level 51
Mar 22, 2020
☑ ᵀʰᶦˢ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵉⁿᵗ ᶜᵒⁿᵗᵃᶦⁿˢ ᵃ ᶜᵒʳʳᵉᶜᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᵒʳ ˢᵘᵍᵍᵉˢᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᵠᵘᶦᶻᵐᵃˢᵗᵉʳ
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Level 23
Feb 9, 2013
Isn't Chutes and Ladders another version of Snakes and Ladders?
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Level 11
Feb 10, 2013
Yes
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Level 76
Jul 27, 2014
How about "____ and Ladders"; then allow either Chutes or Snakes?
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Level 60
Feb 9, 2015
Never heard of 'chutes and ladders', only snakes. Please accept snakes.
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Level 67
May 19, 2019
So according to you the answer is chutes and snakes?? accepting snakes as an answer makes no sense at all..
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Level 79
Jan 30, 2021
The suggestion is to make us guess the first word instead of the second.
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Level 51
Feb 25, 2017
Never heard of chutes and ladders either.
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Level 68
Mar 5, 2017
Same.
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Level 72
Jun 18, 2017
Yeah another who has never heard of chutes and ladders
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Level 79
Jan 30, 2021
I've always known the game as Snakes and Ladders
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Level 91
Jul 10, 2013
Metes and bounds is a commonly-used expression regarding land measurement, and it is the right size to fit the blank as well.
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Level 84
Feb 9, 2015
My first guess, as well.
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Level 88
Feb 9, 2015
Metes and bounds is far more common and technical than leaps and bounds. It should count.
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Level 68
Feb 12, 2015
I agree that it should be allowed. However as an civil engineer and surveyor I could be prejudiced,
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Level 71
Apr 1, 2016
As the instruction say "Famous Pairs" ..... I would hardly call Metes & Bounds famous by any means, however you measure it.
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Level 44
Nov 2, 2013
Nice quiz. Got them all so I'm going to bed!
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Level 84
Apr 5, 2014
Nothing goes with mint jelly. Ever.
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Level 42
Jun 4, 2015
Lamb and mint sauce in the UK, but close enough to have guessed it right.
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Level 79
Dec 6, 2023
Yeah I think it''s the same as Chutes and Ladders, where you should put the agreed upon word as the hint then take either variant as an answer
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Level 70
Aug 16, 2015
I'd never serve lamb w/mint jelly...but then again, I'd never overcook lamb to the grey stringy mess that it's often served as (w/mint jelly).
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Level 24
Feb 9, 2015
Great quiz, but could you accept "hair and nails." Nails has two meanings, and this would also work.
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Level 67
May 19, 2019
is it a common expression though? otherwise so many things would fit, like fingers and nails..
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Level 41
Feb 9, 2015
I tried Peas and Queues - no luck! (I understand why - no need to point it out)
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Level 69
Jun 20, 2016
I did too, although I tried "qs" and "q's" first before I realized that the fact that pEAS being spelled out didn't fit with where my little brain was going. It would have been a good one to have on this quiz though!
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Level 56
Feb 9, 2015
Mint Jelly and Brisket!
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Level 21
Feb 9, 2015
How do Fish and Chips go together? Lol. To me it wouldn't taste good.
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Level 21
Feb 9, 2015
I still got it, but I still missed Jetsam, Rice, and Lamb. For some reason, I missed the bottom ones.
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Level 83
Dec 10, 2015
Fish and chips is the BEST. You need to come to Britain and buy some right now.
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Level 17
Apr 8, 2019
he means fish and fries for all you 'mericans out there
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Level 59
Apr 2, 2019
Not US "chips", UK chips that would be called fries in US (though not in the fish and chip places I know are there) They should be thicker and chunkier than fries to be good and proper chips though.

They are then served with fish dipped in batter and deep fried.

That is how fish go with chips, salted of course. Vinegar, Mushy peas and sauce optional.

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Level 43
Feb 9, 2015
I tried salt and sweet, salt and sugar, salt and spice... forgetting that pepper existed. I also managed to miss black and white.
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Level 55
Feb 11, 2015
Did anyone try spelling it Salt 'n' Pepa?
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Level 76
Feb 11, 2015
how about Black & Decker?
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Level 85
May 28, 2015
That was my first thought too.
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Level 28
Feb 13, 2015
I've never heard of Chutes and ladders so I didn't get this one. It should give ladders and accept snakes.
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Level 56
Jun 16, 2015
Like deniseread, I love the international element of these quizzes. But being a Brit I'll never see the appeal of PB&J!!
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Level 55
Jul 10, 2015
I got Chutes and ... as a guess. Something about it sounds like a game. But if you think about it, it's possible to imagine "Chutes and ..." as an alternative version of the board game for British people, but what do Americans think when they hear that we call it "Snakes and ...."? The answer to your question is, yes, we draw various snakes on the board which you slide down.
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Level 41
Aug 6, 2016
I've never heard of peas and carrots. In our house it always used to be peas and sweetcorn.
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Level 68
Aug 21, 2016
Yes, in New Zealand you can buy peas and corn together. Never heard of chutes and ladders here.
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Level 22
Oct 19, 2016
What about peas and corn? That was the simple rule at the dinner table - You can't leave the table until you've eaten your peas and corn.
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Level 22
Mar 11, 2017
How can I get Flotsam and Jetsam, despite not remembering ever hearing it, but can't get peas and carrots? I thought it was corn...
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Level 74
Mar 11, 2017
I put lamb for the peas one and surprisingly got the mint jelly one....
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Level 40
Aug 28, 2017
You forgot - a wop bop a do bop, a wop bam boom.
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Level 66
Oct 27, 2017
Missed the mint jelly one, probably because I don't eat lamb.
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Level 11
May 31, 2018
I had never heard flora and fauna
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Level 71
Oct 12, 2018
Common expression for Plants & Animals, but I've never heard of Peas & Carrots, Red Beans & Rice and Chutes & Ladders. (I've heard of Snakes & Ladders)
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Level 67
May 19, 2019
really? I seriously never have been more surprised ( no offence). I don't think there are many pairs that are more, I dont know, taguht/wellknown/gong together. Cant really describe it butmit is one that is allways said in the same breath. Unlike black, that can be used in many ways. But with flora the fauna is allways there ( even if it is not mentioned).

sorry for the bad explanation :D

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Level 63
Oct 12, 2018
lamb and mint jelly? um... what?
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Level 82
Oct 15, 2018
What about king and country? As in "for king and country."
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Level 82
Mar 22, 2020
Also "nice and steady"
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Level 77
Apr 19, 2024
I second King and Country; it sounds quite stilted to say "king and queen" as a standalone statement like the others. It lends itself much more to using the definite article beforehand, as in "the king and the queen," whereas "king and country" is like all of the other entries in the quiz which need no article.
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Level 67
May 19, 2019
never heard of the lamb peas and beans ones. Must be a regional thing. But peanutbutter and jelly and tea and crumpets is regional too I guess, but I did guess those. But they are more talked about/mentioned in popculture I guess.
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Level 59
Aug 12, 2019
I kept thinking of nails on your hands and kept trying hair. Why do I think like that LOL.
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Level 65
Jan 9, 2020
Nice & Steady?
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Level 67
Mar 22, 2020
Me: yin... and tonic! Huh, no? Respells tonic... huh? Oww. (Not sure how yin is pronounced in english, but this time I read it as gin.. I have plenty of excuses! Not english speaker, the sun is just up, got quite the fever and didnt get much zzz, and I guess I could use a drink haha
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Level 68
Mar 22, 2020
I thought it was ‘Knots & bolts’
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Level 64
Mar 22, 2020
Well the one that got me was Peas & ..., as in Northern England it is firmly Peas & Gravy!
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Level 74
May 10, 2020
I feel like a lotta things can go with peas. Peas & Beans, Peas & Corn are both pretty usual. Nothing special about peas & carrots.
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Level 77
Oct 26, 2020
I tried Salt & Vinegar (goes with Fish & Chips)
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Level 37
Oct 7, 2022
Love the Adams Family reference.
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Level 52
May 15, 2023
Addams