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Things That Go Together Quiz #3

Guess what's missing in these famous pairs.
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First submittedJanuary 26, 2013
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Famous Pair
Alpha & Omega
Hide & Seek
Mix & Match
Mortar & Pestle
Ladies & Gentlemen
Catch & Release
Rock & Roll
Near & Far
Savings & Loan
Famous Pair
Room & Board
Cops & Robbers
Drag & Drop
Hunt & Gather
In One Ear & Out the Other
Dinner & a Movie
Open & Shut
Hot & Bothered
Pomp & Circumstance
Famous Pair
Pro & Con
Arts & Crafts
Ball & Chain
Back & Forth
The Birds & The Bees
40 Acres & a Mule
Forgive & Forget
Cereal & Milk
The Carrot & The Stick
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Level 43
Apr 12, 2013
It could equally be rock and chips as well.
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Level 89
Apr 12, 2015
Do you honestly think that rock and chips is equally popular to rock and roll?
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Level 42
Jun 11, 2015
In the chippies of the UK maybe....
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Level 56
Apr 16, 2015
I tried, "a hard place." But to be fair I do that most days. HEYOOOOOH
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Level 41
Apr 12, 2013
How about "Cause and Circumstance"?
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Level 67
Apr 13, 2015
Perhaps you mean "cause and effect"?
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Level 28
May 13, 2014
What the heck is a "pestle"? That should be "Brick & Mortar".
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Level 79
Jan 25, 2015
If it was Brick & ______ you'd be right. But with Mortar & ______, no go.
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Level 47
Apr 16, 2015
Used by pharmacists, right? Or I guess apothacaries, since it's an old phrase?
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Level 72
Feb 29, 2016
yup, you see it in symbols for pharmacy's sometimes. it's also used for cooking. my mom has one, probably the only reason I know the name
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Level 65
May 5, 2017
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true.
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Level 71
Sep 18, 2017
I love Danny Kaye!
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Level 93
Feb 20, 2019
The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!
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Level 93
Feb 20, 2019
they broke the chalice from the palace
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Level 49
Oct 3, 2017
Brick and Mortar? Isn't that the cartoon that everyone's been telling me to watch? ;)
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Level 34
Aug 5, 2018
...it should be pestle and mortar not mortar and pestle...
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Level 54
Nov 13, 2014
40 Acres & a mule???? Never heard that one before!
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Level 35
Dec 28, 2014
Some politician promised former slaves that after the civil war.
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Level 75
Feb 19, 2015
General Sherman and the war secretary met with leaders of the black community, and Sherman then issued a field order to promise former African-American slaves the 40 acres. Promise of a mule came later but both have come to be grouped together. The promise was later withdrawn during Reconstruction. (It's also the name of Spike Lee's film company.)
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Level 72
Nov 19, 2017
That was a new one on me too. I assumed it was an American one, looks like I was right. Though judging by how few got it, it appears to quite an unusual American one.
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Level 79
Jan 25, 2015
A Carrot & A Stick... new to me. Never, ever heard of that.
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Level 75
Feb 19, 2015
Never heard it, either, unless it refers to holding a carrot hanging from a stick in front of mule to get him to move, but that's carrot and stick, not "a" carrot and "a" stick.
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Level 56
Apr 12, 2015
Yes, it refers to an incentive (the carrot) or a threat (the stick). Maybe more of a British phrase - very well known over here>
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Level 86
Apr 13, 2015
We use the same expression in French : "La carotte et le bâton".
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Level 65
Jul 17, 2015
It's pretty well-known here in the US as well, but I've also heard "the carrot or the stick."
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Level 72
Feb 29, 2016
ya It's fairly well known in the U.S. I've seen it used in several places. most recently on an episode of archer.
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Level 74
Apr 4, 2023
It refers to ways of getting someone to do what you want (like getting a stubborn donkey to move) with some combination of positive incentives (luring with carrot) and negative incentives (a smack on the rump with a stick).
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Level 82
Apr 12, 2015
set & match?
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Level 66
Jan 12, 2019
I was stuck on this and couldn't come up with the right answer.
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Level 58
Apr 12, 2015
Near & Dear??
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Level 55
Apr 12, 2015
I didn't get "& Con" because nobody says that. It should be "& Cons" and the answer adjusted accordingly.
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Level 65
Apr 12, 2015
it could also be rock and a hard place or the deep blue sea
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Level 89
Apr 12, 2015
If there were more than one line to indicate the answer then yes, but with only one line then no.
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Level 70
Apr 12, 2015
Only 30% got savings and loan? What does that say about our society??
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Level 65
Apr 12, 2015
In America we definitely prefer one of those over the other.
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Level 65
May 5, 2017
The Neil Bush Silverado scandal, followed by de-regulation.
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Level 66
Dec 17, 2018
that not everybody is from the UK or the US. Im not, still managed to get all but 4 and yes, that was one of the ones I had never heard.
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Level 75
Feb 15, 2024
We don't have 'Savings & Loan' in the UK.
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Level 74
Apr 4, 2023
Very little. Savings and loan institutions barely exist anymore since they all closed or changed form after the big scandal of the 80s and 90s.
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Level 16
Apr 12, 2015
I kept thinking of 'rock and a hard place'.
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Level 66
Apr 13, 2015
Twist and Shout should be allowed
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Level 46
Apr 13, 2015
*Shut
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Level 46
Apr 13, 2015
I've had popcorn and a movie much more often than dinner
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Level 66
Jan 12, 2019
Sure, and so have I. But the expression is "dinner and a movie" since it's a common option for a date.
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Level 38
Aug 10, 2015
catch and throw?
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Level 83
Aug 31, 2016
It's usually throw and catch, I think.
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Level 41
Apr 14, 2018
“Catch and Release”? What does that refer to?
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Level 88
Jan 12, 2019
It's code among fishermen for fillet and release.
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Level 58
Jul 11, 2018
Maybe you should accept ''Catch & Shoot''. It's a well-known basketball term.
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Level 80
Aug 7, 2018
building & loan?
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Level 66
Dec 17, 2018
surprising how low drag and drop is!
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Level 72
Jan 12, 2019
That's the only one I missed. It's something you do without thinking about what it's called.
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Level 88
Jan 12, 2019
Not a lot of Spike Lee fans.
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Level 59
Apr 10, 2020
"Cereal and milk" is not a phrase.
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Level 74
Apr 4, 2023
They are things that go together, but they don't really fit the pattern of common phrases used for the rest of quiz. A weak inclusion.
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Level 75
Feb 15, 2024
Read the title.