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History Analogies #4

Can you fill the blanks in these historical analogies?
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First submittedOctober 3, 2015
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Russia is to Soviet Union
Serbia is to Yugoslavia
William is to Mary
Ferdinand is to Isabella
Schönbrunn is to Austria
Versailles is to France
Globe Theatre is to
London
Ford's Theatre is to
Washington
V-E Day is to Europe
V-J Day is to Japan
Hong Kong is to the
United Kingdom
Macao is to Portugal
Betamax is to VHS
HD DVD is Blu-Ray
Fatah is to PLO
Sinn Féin is to IRA
Jim Crow is to the
United States
Apartheid is to
South Africa
Mercury is to Gemini
Gemini is to Apollo
This is to this …
As …
Beheading is to Anne Boleyn
Crucifixion is to
followers of Spartacus
Tommy is to British soldier
Jerry is to German soldier
Greece is to
Modern Olympics
Uruguay is to
FIFA World Cup
Standard Oil is to Gasoline
De Beers is to Diamonds
Eli Whitney is to Cotton Gin
Alfred Nobel is to Dynamite
Königsberg is to Kaliningrad
Danzig is to Gdańsk
Kriegsmarine is to Navy
Luftwaffe is to Air Force
Margaret Thatcher is to
United Kingdom
Golda Meir is to Israel
Ethelred is to Unready
Edward is to Confessor
Lindbergh is to Men
Earhart is to Women
TenThousand
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Level 76
Oct 4, 2015
From Wikipedia: Plutarch, Appian and Florus all claim that Spartacus died during the battle, but Appian also reports that his body was never found. Six thousand survivors of the revolt captured by the legions of Crassus were crucified...
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Oct 5, 2015
D'oh! I knew that. Changed to "followers of Spartacus".
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Apr 23, 2019
That's because they all claimed to be Spartacus. Don't you guys ever watch famous movies?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Oct 25, 2022
most people watch the famous movies you love to tell everyone you hate... not 60+ year old films that most people under 40 have never seen.
sillie
+6
Level 77
Oct 5, 2015
I'll start with the "surprised people didn't know" for this quiz. German soldier?? The least known? Really?
brandybuck96
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Level 83
Dec 12, 2015
I know... I bet people kicked themselves when they saw the answer.
blinky
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Level 58
Feb 9, 2017
During World War I, the British soldiers were nicknamed Tommies and the Germans nicknamed Jerries.
TomatosRaafatos
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Level 73
Oct 13, 2017
Considering that war was so long ago and that those nicknames are primarily limited to british culture I'm not that surprised.
brandybuck96
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Level 83
Jun 15, 2018
^ Except that Tom and Jerry are internationally famous.
dunkinggandalf2
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Level 68
Sep 19, 2023
You might be exaggerating that "internationally famous" part. I did get the answer, but I don't think those nicknames are very commonly known outside the US and UK.
barmanitan
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Level 78
Mar 23, 2024
They mean the cartoons are internationally famous
JackBeNimble
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Level 80
Aug 27, 2018
I tried Hun and Bosch. Too many old boys' comics and annuals in my youth...
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Apr 23, 2019
^ This. In the 1st World War they were more often known as Huns, Boche (not Bosch, the electric goods company) and Feldgrau.

Jerry and Kraut are more WW2 nicknames. In that they are both common male names and a famous cat and mouse combo who waged their own personal WW3, the accepted answer makes the most sense.

Fritz, however, was common in both wars. And yes, he was a cartoon cat who starred in the first cartoon rated X in the USA.

Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Jan 6, 2021
Fritz is an accepted answer, btw.
jajaco2017
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Level 57
Jan 18, 2017
some britons in the second worldwar had a "jerry" (a pot) to piss in
fadeaway6193
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Level 54
Sep 4, 2021
Maybe because the German/Nazi soldiers were known under different nicknames in different countries and regions. I typed in Fritz (still worked as an answer) because this is what they were called in Eastern Europe where I'm originally from. Never heard the nickname Jerry though
DwigtSchrute
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Level 53
Sep 14, 2023
Fritz is also the only common in Greece
burtviile
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Level 90
Oct 21, 2015
I couldn't understand the World Cup question. When I gave up I realized it said "modern olympics" not "mount olympus" as my brain interpreted it as, perhaps I should actually read the clues.
plattitude
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Level 92
Jul 1, 2016
Had a similar experience with Spartacus. Read it as the followers of Socrates, and couldn't remember them being killed...
benjaminmarker
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Level 71
Dec 20, 2019
I still don't get it..
nicolasquiz
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Level 68
Nov 2, 2020
Benjamin, the first modern Olympic games took place in Greece in 1896. The first FIFA World Cup took place in Uruguay in 1930.
thecoolestdude2
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Level 68
Nov 25, 2015
Had no idea what Schonbrunn meant... thought it was referring to the peace treaty of 1809. Those Austrians, palaces everywhere.
Duzza
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Level 32
May 13, 2016
The treaty is named after Schonbrunn Palace in which it was signed
plattitude
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Level 92
Jul 1, 2016
And the analogy still works there. Probably the most famous treaty signed in Austria, and the most famous one signed in France is probably the one signed in Versailles.
artemis05
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Level 70
Jan 10, 2016
I always mess up and spell "Yugoslavia" as "Yugoslovia". Dang it.
Elan
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Level 65
Mar 24, 2016
Perfect level of difficulty. I ot 11/20
onegonecat
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Level 74
Mar 28, 2016
The VE/VJ day question really confused me. I thought it was looking for a continent. I tried Asia, East Asia, Oceania, Australia, etc. before I even considered typing a country when the comparison would logically be a continent
comjag
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Level 90
May 27, 2016
Not at all. VE is victory in Europe and VJ is victory in (or over) Japan.
jamesd
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Level 68
Jul 1, 2016
In the US Navy, V-J Day is officially celebrated as "Victory in the Pacific" Day.
musiac123
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Level 21
Apr 23, 2019
Australia is a country and a continent
blindcartographr
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Level 39
Apr 23, 2019
Nice, what about it. Also, now the continent is more often called Oceania to include the smaller islands and Papua New Guinea.
Qikiq
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Level 86
Sep 7, 2021
I did too, until I realized it was simply stating that E stood for Europe and J stood for Japan.
GreenFriday
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Level 85
Apr 1, 2016
Just wondering, shouldn't it be Washington DC, also isn't it Macau not Macao?
jamesd
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Level 68
Jul 1, 2016
"Macao" is an older traditional Portuguese spelling. "Macau" is the currently accepted Portuguese spelling. The newer "Macau" is slightly more common in English, but both are officially considered acceptable by the Chinese government of Macau. When I was there, about 70% of the street and business signage used the spelling Macau
plattitude
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Level 92
Jul 1, 2016
Agreed, when I lived there in 01, Macao was favored by the older Macanese with Portuguese descent, but Macau was more often used.
thisisnotanaccount1234567
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Level 46
Apr 11, 2018
Washington is the city, DC (District of Colombia) is the administrative division. "Washington, DC" is equivalent to "Ottawa, Ontario".
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Apr 23, 2019
No, Ontario is 1,000 times bigger than just Ottawa. The city of Washington now encompasses every square molecule of the District of Columbia.
richiesyxx
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Level 72
Sep 14, 2023
I the same way, Jacksonville, Florida is exactly the same geographically as Jacksonville County, Florida, the city being coterminous with the county. They are, however, different administrative entities, as are Washington and the District of Columbia.
mace0windu
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Level 68
Jul 1, 2016
2:10 remaingn! Like a boss!
OfTheMountain
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Level 63
Jul 1, 2016
I will probably be quickly rebuked here, but could Amish be accepted for Pennsylvania as well? That was the first one I thought of
jmellor13
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Level 67
Jul 1, 2016
I tried that too. I think the difference is that, at least according to traditional lore, the colonies of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania were "founded" by Puritans and Quakers, respectively. Pennsylvania is named after William Penn, an influential Quaker who established the colony there.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 1, 2016
This was not too hard. Only missed Jerry and Versailles. And only missed Versailles because I had no idea what Schonbrunn was.
IsleAuHaulte
+7
Level 89
Apr 23, 2019
The world traveller? For shame.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Apr 23, 2019
I'm sorry that I let you down. I got them all this time.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Apr 22, 2021
I was actually at Schonbrunn in 2016... and Versailles back in 1999, my first trip overseas. But my visit to the former came about 3 months after I left the above comment.
BiggieSmalls
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Level 73
Jul 3, 2016
Shouldn't Franz be an accepted answer as well as Jerry for the German soldier question? While the Americans typically used the term "Kraut", the british tended to use Jerry or Franz.
Wilbur
+4
Level 45
Jul 3, 2016
I've never heard of Franz (Brit here) we do use Fritz which I tried and was accepted by the quiz.
Swanbabe
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Level 38
Jul 27, 2017
Delectable quiz
AdamH
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Level 72
Aug 14, 2018
The sitcom Good Times caused me to try dynomite several times. I like to think that's the reason I missed Versailles and Apollo.
JackintheBox
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Level 79
Mar 9, 2019
I've been to both Schönbrunn and Versailles - beautiful places!
idontkn1
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Level 90
Apr 23, 2019
Didn't understand Lindbergh and sat on it for at least 2 minutes before it clicked with 20 seconds to go.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Jan 7, 2021
Lindbergh is to men, women and all people realistically.

He wasn't the first to fly the Atlantic, only the first to go alone and much farther than pairs before or Earhart afterwards.

Teegthebeeg
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Level 55
Jan 11, 2021
Hardly much further. Alcock and Brown flew the Atlantic non-stop 8 years earlier in an open-cockpit plane.
idontkn1
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Level 90
Apr 23, 2019
I think Pacific should be an acceptable answer. It is referred to the Pacific theater 95% of the time, not the other theater.
Ferbin
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Level 76
Apr 23, 2019
I find the Ferdinand and Isabella one too vague. There's lots of "Ferdinand" monarchs. Furthermore, the name's translated (hence the quotes), which adds to the confusion.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 23, 2019
Only one who famously ruled as co-monarch with his queen Isabella such that whenever you say his name it is almost always followed by "and Isabella."
ruftytufty
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Level 79
Jan 6, 2021
It's not a precise analogy. Ferdinand and Isabella effectively created the throne of Spain, personally uniting Castile and Aragon while William and Mary both had legitimate claims to the thrones of England and Scotland.
richiesyxx
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Level 72
Sep 14, 2023
They were nonetheless unusual cases of a Queen regnant serving as co-sovereign alongside the King regnant, rather than as a ‘lesser’ Queen consort. That’s enough of a similarity for the purposes of this quiz. There’s a limit to how precise one can be; they are, after all, different people.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Apr 22, 2021
Not everyone is good at analogies.
Ferbin
+1
Level 76
Mar 15, 2024
I got all of them except that one, but sure, I'm not good at analogies.

I guess not everyone is good at not being an insufferably condescending, obnoxious... person, who unrequitedly starts belittling and mocking others. But I also guess some people are just mean spirited and full of spite, and have an exaggeratedly high opinion of themselves.

cwasims
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Level 62
Apr 23, 2019
Surely there's another analogy that's actually about history (not Greek mythology in the Gemini/Mercury one).
ChipOtley
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Level 74
Apr 23, 2019
Nope. Fact - there are only 19 genuine historical analogies.
sumokitty
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Level 82
Apr 23, 2019
I think that question is about the US space program, not Greek mythology (but it's the only one I missed, so I could be wrong!).
RobNobody
+18
Level 76
Apr 24, 2019
Yes, that question is about the US Space Program. Project Mercury (flights from 1959-1963) aimed to put a man in orbit. Project Gemini (flights from 1964-1966) tested out space travel techniques in the relative safety of low Earth orbit. The Apollo program (flights from 1966-1972) took those techniques and used them to put men on the moon.
TomatosRaafatos
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Level 73
Sep 4, 2021
Thank you! I wae scratching my head at that one for a long while.
creslinwest
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Level 69
Sep 4, 2021
Thank you so much for this explanation. I really needed to know what this one was about, it was the one question I got wrong. This is why I love doing this site I have people telling me things I don't know.
Osiris
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Level 62
Apr 23, 2019
I was able to breeze through this quiz for a RARE ace on the first try! I did get a little lucky, though- it accepts Fritz for the German soldier question. I had not heard Jerry before today. I like this site. I still get to learn something new even with a perfect score!
iRDM
+1
Level 76
Sep 14, 2023
neeeeeerd
PrinceEric
+2
Level 56
Apr 24, 2019
Fun fact: There is a Versailles, Kentucky. But you must pronounce it "ver-SAILS"
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Apr 24, 2019
It would be nice if there was a short explanation afterwards.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Apr 24, 2019
Especially since the scores are quite low. It is the best way to learn to see what connection you missed, some might click after seeing the answers but not all
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jun 21, 2019
Which were you not able to piece together?
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Jan 5, 2021
I'm not from the USA, but wouldn't "Jim Crow laws" be a better analogy? Is Jim Crow on its own used to refer to that era of segregation?
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Jan 6, 2021
Yes.
AlexThirkell
+4
Level 75
Jan 6, 2021
Cool.

BTW: Margareth Thatcher.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 7, 2021
Fixed the Thatcher misspelling.
blizzrd33
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Level 79
Jan 6, 2021
In Australia, it has always been referred to as Victory in the Pacific, not V-J. V-E is to V-P would be a better analogy. Or conversely, V-G is to V-J would also be better than the current choice.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jan 7, 2021
I'm not making up new terms, I'm using existing terms which are V-E Day and V-J day. There is no V-G day.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Sep 19, 2023
What about Va-jay-jay Day?
Cooldrive
+1
Level 63
Jan 7, 2021
"Asia" would be more in line than "Japan."
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 7, 2021
The J in V-J Day stands for Japan, not Asia.
ZooTuber3000
+1
Level 52
Mar 25, 2021
I believe it's Macau not Macao?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Apr 22, 2021
It's both.
JohnK
+2
Level 69
Aug 17, 2021
Missed Blu-ray because I was looking for something that won a format war by being worse, but cheaper (like VHS did), not by being better (like Blu-ray did). I didn't think to try a weaker analogy, and just look for format war winners. D'oh!
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 4, 2021
Though Betamax had slightly better picture and sound quality, the fact that in 1975 the max recording time was only one hour I think doomed them from the start. This, and the fact that they didn't have whoever Apple hired to do their advertising and thus had a hard time convincing consumers that they ought to pay twice as much for a product that did less of what they wanted, made it pretty obvious Beta would lose from the onset.
Qikiq
+1
Level 86
Sep 7, 2021
I worked for Toshiba during the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray wars and I can tell you the HD-DVD was actually of equal quality. Sony threw so much money at promotion for Blu-Ray in order to avoid another Betamax debacle that HD-DVD never stood a chance.
ctleng76
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Level 65
Sep 14, 2023
Technically you could get more time out of it than one hour, but that was at a slower recording speed which meant worse quality than at standard speed. When the HD-DVD and Blu-ray war started, Sony was determined not to lose another media format war.
Freedom84
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Level 62
Sep 4, 2021
Didn’t work when I wrote

Japan and Uruguay, weird

GlassMonkeyCode
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Level 67
Sep 14, 2023
You've got to type them separately, then it will work
Seanthesheep
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Level 66
Sep 4, 2021
Maybe this is a bit of a stretch but I feel like Kraut should be accepted for Jerry. I knew the question was referring to nicknames for soldiers but I've never heard of German soldiers being referred to as Jerries.
Islandcarver
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Level 79
Sep 4, 2021
I don't think Kriegsmarine is the correct name, unless you are referring strictly to Nazi Germany. Today, the navy is simply called Marine or Deutsche Marine, while the air force is the Luftwaffe.
martay
+1
Level 70
Mar 20, 2023
The quiz is called "History Analogies". Fair or not, my brain goes directly to Goering and Nazi Germany when I read the word "Luftwaffe".
jennraven
+1
Level 68
Sep 4, 2021
I definitely tried crucifixion for the Sparticus question. Maybe I put crucified?
lemmons
+2
Level 86
Nov 2, 2021
The "to" is missing from the DVD clue
Koopa
+1
Level 77
Mar 15, 2022
I was under the impression that apartheid was official (name and practice), whereas Jim Crow laws were unofficial (practice only, not official name).
HyddenRizz
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Level 66
Sep 30, 2022
Why did I think Schoenbrunn was a bread???
TjizzleDizzle
+1
Level 67
Sep 14, 2023
Had 'm all, except the Gemini and Spartacus things. Pretty surprised given how difficult it said it might be.
Julotek
+1
Level 60
Sep 14, 2023
Just a little word missing here :

"HD DVD is 'to' "

Amilcar
+2
Level 65
Sep 14, 2023
Fatah's relationship to the PLO and Sinn Fein's to the IRA are not analogous. The PLO is an umbrella organisation of which Fatah is the largest constituent group. Sinn Fein is a political party closely aligned with the IRA.
PitifulExcuse
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Level 55
Jan 24, 2024
If you hadn't already done so, i was going to say exactly this.
eliasnice
+1
Level 38
Sep 14, 2023
could RAF be accepted in the luftwaffe question?
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