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Geography Analogies #2

Can you fill the blanks in these geographical analogies?
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Last updated: February 15, 2019
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First submittedJune 5, 2013
Times taken60,525
Average score65.0%
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This is to this …
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Jerusalem is to Judaism
Mecca is to Islam
Capricorn is to South
Cancer is to North
Hindi is to India
Urdu is to Pakistan
Windy City is to Chicago
Beantown is to Boston
Milan is to Lombardy
Florence is to Tuscany
The Shard is to London
Burj Khalifa is to Dubai
Spanish is to Mexico
Portuguese is to Brazil
Minneapolis is to St. Paul
Dallas is to Fort Worth
Louisiana is to Louis XIV
Virginia is to
Queen Elizabeth
Papua New Guinea
is to Indonesia
Dominican Republic
is to Haiti
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Magyar is to Hungary
Khmer is to Cambodia
Yangtze is to China
Ganges is to India
Range is to Mountains
Archipelago is to Islands
Superior is to North America
Victoria is to Africa
Wembley is to London
Camp Nou is to Barcelona
Copenhagen is to Malmo
Detroit is to Windsor, Ontario
Three Gorges is to China
Aswan is to Egypt
Lighthouse is to Alexandria
Colossus is to Rhodes
Giant Panda is to China
Komodo Dragon is to
Indonesia
Élysée Palace is to
France
White House is to
the United States
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Level 75
Aug 27, 2013
Good quiz - only missed the Barcelona one.
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Level 21
Apr 27, 2019
I'm quessing you're not a spanish soccer fan...
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Level 70
Aug 23, 2020
I don't watch football, and I only got it right because I recognized it as either Catalan or Romanian and guessed major cities that spoke those languages.
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Level 82
Aug 27, 2013
Would have sailed easily to 100% but you had to throw in a sports one... had no idea where Camp Nou is but got it after a few minutes of randomly guessing famous sports cities.
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Level 48
Mar 11, 2016
^This
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Level 64
Mar 11, 2016
Well, it is an important part of culture :)
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Level 82
Mar 11, 2016
Depends on how you define culture.
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Level 82
Mar 11, 2016
and important.
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Level 64
Apr 6, 2016
So how would you define culture? I think any reasonable definition includes sports. More people (and time) are occupied by it than literature, art, and other things that are generally considered part of culture.
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Level 82
May 2, 2018
Some define culture in a way that it only includes things like fine art, music, and literature. Others, mostly anthropologists, define culture so broadly that it includes literally everything that human beings do. If you're defining it the first way, then sports are generally not included as they are considered "low culture" or "pop culture" by most of these types.

I tend to prefer the definition favored by anthropologists myself. But if I was going to be a snob and disallow some human endeavors from being labeled as "culture," personal prejudice would lead me to excluding sports right after reality television.

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Level 66
Nov 10, 2023
What an awful narrow-minded take, sports are culture - you clearly haven't visited Barcelona or you would know!
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Level 74
Jan 1, 2024
Don't rise to kalbutternut's bait - he feels himself far above us plebs, in oh so many, many ways.
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Level 78
Mar 2, 2021
If you tend to prefer the definition favo(u)red by anthropologists, then you are accepting the inclusion of major world sports. Otherwise, you would be a snob, as you put it, and you are not, as you assert by including the sentence "But if I was (sic) to be a snob...etc".
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Level 69
Apr 25, 2019
ok, we get it, you don't like sport :)
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Level 62
Apr 25, 2019
Surely anyone with half a brain knows that, it’s probably the second most famous stadium in Europe after wembley
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Level 82
Apr 26, 2019
Unfortunately I have both halves of my brain still, so I am interested in things other than soccer.
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Level 67
Sep 23, 2023
Couldn't be more edgy
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Level 66
Nov 10, 2023
Americans upvoting this comment just to bash the world's biggest sport just cos it isn't mainstream there yet lmao
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Level 75
Apr 27, 2019
Apparently I don't even have half a brain because I've never heard of Wembley or Camp Nou. I'm happy for those of you who knew the answer.
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Level 74
Sep 23, 2023
Your assumption is that everyone cares.
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Level 21
Apr 27, 2019
Camp Nou is the home of the best soccer team in the world!
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Level 29
Aug 27, 2013
Superior is to North America ... ah, largest lake. Got it now (ugh).
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Level 53
Mar 11, 2016
The horrendous thought of entering "Inferior" has made me seriously question my ethics
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Level 69
Mar 12, 2016
I have to admit I tried it, while realising the answer as I did so
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Level 55
Mar 13, 2016
You're not alone, my friend.
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Level 65
Jul 17, 2019
posterior didn't work either.
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Level 72
Sep 23, 2013
How about allowing Rhodos for Rhodes?
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Level 45
Mar 11, 2016
No, because it should be Rodos (no H). Rhodos is a goddess.
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Level 54
Jun 9, 2022
Rhódos (with an "h") is the latinized version of the ancient greek word for the island. Rodos is modern greek.
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Level 28
May 26, 2014
That Queen Elizabeth question was good.
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Level 66
May 2, 2018
that was the only one I missed.
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Level 75
Jul 16, 2014
I enjoy the ingenious thinking that's created these questions!
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Level 46
Jul 23, 2014
Lighthouse to Pharos!
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Level 59
Jul 6, 2015
My only complaint is that Malmo/Copenhagen has more water separating them than Detroit/Windsor. But I sure did learn a lot by pulling up maps and locating all the places named in the ones that I missed.
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Level 67
Sep 11, 2015
Got stuck on Queen Elizabeth until I realised it was Elizabeth I rather than the current Queen.
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Level 83
May 6, 2016
That clue should probably say "Queen Elizabeth I".
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Level 82
May 18, 2016
She was just Queen Elizabeth in her day. The regnal number is retrospective.
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Level 83
Jul 21, 2016
I've only ever heard her called Queen Elizabeth I. I think the retrospective thing might be an American thing.
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Level 63
Sep 23, 2023
The retrospective thing is definitely not just an American thing, do you ever hear someone talk about Queen Anne I?
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Level 74
Jan 1, 2024
There has yet to be a Queen Anne II, so no need to distinguish between two. (Also applies to Stephen, John and Victoria, for those of you who do pub quizzes.)
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Level 69
Mar 12, 2016
I can't believe how many answers I got just by guessing random American cities... anyway, PNG to Indonesia is a tad iffy, because PNG is basically entirely on its island while Indonesia is mostly off it, while DR and Haiti are both almost entirely on their single island... a better analogy might be Ireland to UK, (island of Ireland), East Timor to Indonesia, or even Turkey and Cyprus (debatable)... or, if just changing it to half half island sharing, perhaps Cyprus & North Cyprus (once again debatable) or something. Also, for Yangtze, is it meant to be longest? I would say the Yellow River has had more impact on China, and various stats it could be based off (length within? population in basin? area in basin? arbitrary significance to?) are debatable
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Level 82
May 18, 2016
Why is Ireland to UK different? PNG is mostly on New Guinea, Indonesia mostly off it. The Republic of Ireland is mostly on Ireland, the UK mostly off it. And how is East Timor-Indonesia any different? Or are you saying the relative proportion of the island each possesses? Because the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua are together roughly the same size as Papua New Guinea. East and West Timor are likewise roughly the same size. By contrast the Dominican Republic is quite a bit larger than Haiti and the Republic of Ireland is much larger than Northern Ireland. But yeah, I'm not really sure what you're getting at but I think the question is fine.
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Level 62
Apr 25, 2019
It seemed obvious to me, and it seems that 75% of quiz takers agree. I don't see how any of your examples fit any better than the existing question. Also- there are only two American cities. Perhaps there was an update?
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Level 20
Mar 14, 2016
This quiz was fun.
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Level 30
Mar 17, 2016
Great quiz. Tough and well thought-through!
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Level 58
May 2, 2018
I would suggest Punjabi be accepted too. Hindi is the most commonly spoken language in India and Punjabi is in Pakistan.
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Level 60
Apr 25, 2019
But Pakistan doesn't even recognises it's most language
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Level 79
Feb 29, 2020
Your comment doesn't make sense.
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Level 72
Mar 23, 2020
Gosh you are right @beekash, I didn't realise this: not only should Punjabi be accepted as an answer, actually it is the right answer, the best answer to the question. Hindi has the most native speakers in India, Punjabi the most in Pakistan.
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Level 60
Apr 25, 2019
Just got an interesting fact about Elizabeth I, guess what it said.
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Level 75
Jan 6, 2021
That there exists a conspiracy theory that Elizabeth I was actually a man?

(or maybe about Virginia)

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Level 21
Apr 27, 2019
Kept on spelling archipelago 'archipielago'...😢😢😢
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Level 67
Jun 26, 2019
for me it was archipelego
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Level 78
Mar 2, 2021
Can someone explain the Minneapolis one to me please?
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Level 62
Apr 14, 2021
St. Paul is the twin city to Minneapolis, as they are both major cities in the same urban area, just how Dallas and Fort Worth both make up the Metroplex.
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Level 49
Nov 21, 2021
Did it with 1:04 left! The Barcelona thing was a complete guess, though.
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Level 64
May 29, 2022
This is when it pays to be a Windsor citizen
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Level 53
Oct 28, 2022
...lord save my soul, i almost put "inferior" for africa
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Level 46
Sep 23, 2023
What's the deal with capricorn and cancer and why do most people know this?
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Level 55
Sep 23, 2023
Anyone with an atlas or globe or basic geographical knowledge will know exactly what they are, especially those who live in countries that the tropics pass through i.e. Australia, Brazil, Mexico etc etc
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Level 60
Nov 5, 2023
Malmö is spelt wrong, it should be with Ö, not O, its two different letters. Please change the spelling because it honestly hurts me looking at it.