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Same... or Different?

Decide whether these two things are different... or just different names for the same thing.
Quiz by kaderschaufel
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Last updated: April 7, 2022
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First submittedFebruary 17, 2022
Times taken31,320
Average score68.2%
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1. New York and Newark
Same
Different
2. Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Same
Different
3. Uluru and Ayers Rock
Same
Different
4. Yellow River and Huang He
Same
Different
5. Pony and Baby Horse
Same
Different
6. Donkey and Ass
Same
Different
7. Lamb and Baby Sheep
Same
Different
8. Guangzhou and Canton
Same
Different
9. Dhaka and Dacca
Same
Different
10. Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque
Same
Different
11. Pharos of Alexandria and The Great Library of Alexandria
Same
Different
12. Chennai and Madras
Same
Different
13. Dead Sea and Sea of Galilee
Same
Different
14. Cougar and Puma
Same
Different
15. Collar Bone and Scapula
Same
Different
The scapula is the shoulder blade. The medical term for the collar bone is the clavicle.
16. Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali
Same
Different
17. Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee
Same
Different
18. Buddha and the Dalai Lama
Same
Different
19. John the Baptist and John the Apostle
Same
Different
20. Mary Magdalene and Mary, mother of Jesus
Same
Different
21. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and North Korea
Same
Different
22. Dwayne Johnson and The Rock
Same
Different
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Level 84
Apr 7, 2022
Taking this quiz, I wished I had a New Yorker looking over my shoulder - just to click "same," and watch them get totally triggered!
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Level 70
Apr 7, 2022
SO true
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Level 90
Apr 7, 2022
I'm a New Yorker, and if I saw you do that, I wouldn't get triggered, I'd just think you were ignorant.
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Level ∞
Apr 7, 2022
Also confusing is that there is a nearby placed named "Nyack".
+7
Level 87
Apr 7, 2022
Where the Three Stooges live.
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Level 28
May 20, 2022
as a new jersian i wouldve gotten triggered, as newark is a city in nj
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Level 78
Apr 4, 2023
Looking over your scapula?

D'oh !

+12
Level 88
Apr 7, 2022
I got them all right except for Dhaka/Dacca. I've never seen Dacca in my life, so I took guess...
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Level 75
May 18, 2022
Never seen Dacca either.
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Level 66
May 18, 2022
Would've been interesting to see Dhaka and Dakar as the one used is similar to Chennai/Madras, Guangzhou/Canton etc.
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Level 77
Apr 8, 2022
4% of quiz takers thought Jackie Chan was Bruce Lee? That’s just straight up illogical.
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Level 32
Apr 11, 2022
b r u h
+12
Level 62
May 18, 2022
And Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali being the same person is? 🤷‍♂️

If you’ve no interest in those fields of knowledge, then answering questions on them amounts to no more than just random guesswork.

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Level 75
May 18, 2022
This one had a few points of more general historical and political significance.
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Level 77
May 18, 2022
Well why would a famous Hong Kong person with an anglicized first name change it to a different anglicized first name? AND change their last name to another common Hong Kong name? Not to mention that they’re both obviously stage names, so why would someone have two well-known stage names?
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Level 77
May 19, 2022
I think there are many logical scenarios where a Clay becomes Ali or vice versa. Religious conversion, keeping ethnic or religious background private in your stage name, etc. if you don’t know them, it’s 50/50. I think this is not the case with Chan and Lee.
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Level 76
May 19, 2022
I have no interest in boxing yet knew the Ali one. It's called general knowledge.

As for the Lee/Chan one, I also have no interest in their movies, but one's been dead for decades, the other one's still alive. I'd say this one's a lot more obvious.

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Level 84
Apr 8, 2022
Nice quiz! Fun questions.
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Level 32
Apr 11, 2022
12/22, idk.
+1
Level 75
Apr 17, 2022
Super quiz, some really good options here and I did much worse than I expected to! Bruce Lee/Jackie Chan seems a little out of place though perhaps...

Big cats always especially confuse me - mountain lions/cougars/pumas/jaguars/leopards/panthers :S

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Level 50
Apr 25, 2022
Guangzhou and Canton should be different, Canton is the province while Guangzhou is a city in Canton (aka Guangdong)
+1
Level 79
May 5, 2022
Read the last bit in the toponymy section (link).
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Level 65
May 18, 2022
Ghangzhou got massively expanded but the change of name is the same as Peking to Beijing, an update of the rules of transliterating chinese.
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Level 56
May 18, 2022
Got the average score, fun!
+12
Level 66
May 18, 2022
People from Dubai don't like the Flintstones.

But people from ABU! DHABI! DOOOOOO!

+2
Level 41
May 18, 2022
Great quiz
+1
Level 62
May 18, 2022
Good quiz idea and great questions. I guessed there may be some tiny differences between donkeys and wild asses due to domestication, but fair enough, they're the same thing.
+1
Level 72
May 18, 2022
What about Will Farrell and Chad Smith? Are they the same or different? https://brobible.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/will-ferrell-chad-smith-drum-off.png?resize=650,384
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Level 77
May 18, 2022
I had no idea what the last question was about.
+2
Level 69
May 18, 2022
Little too much Christianity biased for my taste
+3
Level 32
May 19, 2022
I was rather expecting it to be even more so: If "Virgin Birth" and "Immaculate Conception" had been one of the questions, it would be a trap for an amazing number of people who think they're the same.
+1
Level 92
Oct 4, 2022
Really, 2 questions makes something too biased? This quiz is far more zoologically biased, one should complain about that instead.
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Level 55
May 20, 2022
Are not Pumas and Cougars different things? Cougars are a species of puma they are not the same thing.

Donkeys are not asses, ass is the common name for the sub-genus Equus Asinus and donkeys are the subspecies Equus Africanus Asinus.

So donkeys are asses but asses aren't donkeys and the same goes for cougars and pumas.

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Level 72
May 30, 2022
Dwayne Johnson, who knew? One of the worlds most influential people apparently and I had never heard of him.
+3
Level 50
Jul 14, 2022
You must of been living under the rock that prevents you from seeing the famous people
+1
Level 63
Oct 2, 2023
"While donkeys have been domesticated, there are still wild asses. They include the African wild ass, the onager and the kiang. The domestic donkey is called ass or donkey, but wild asses are rarely called donkeys."

An ass is not always a donkey but a donkey is always an ass

https://www.animalwised.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-donkey-a-mule-and-an-ass-188.html

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Level 53
Oct 7, 2023
I feel silly for not knowing that Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary were two different figures in Christianity.
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Level 52
Mar 20, 2024
There is an old famous politician named Cassius clay in American history and that confused me