could you mention what you are using to separate the odd one out? I used different ways of separating them, like answering saving private ryan because the others aren't war movies.
A couple of these can be answered with different choices and still be correct, the Nile is the only river that flows North on the list also, Neon is the only Noble gas of the four choices.
Chiming in with others who also picked The Nile as running south to north. Also hadn't noted as obmed mentioned it is the only one that passes through several countries.
Also i used 'if the river had a civilization'. So, the nile had egypt, the yangtze had china, and the amazon had lots of amazonian tribes and even some smaller scale cities.
Got it all right, but almost missed the first question. My first thought was that horses are the only ones you don't usually eat, but decided that 4 legs was more important in the end.
Also just a minor point, but isn't Catherine of Aragon usually spelt with a C, not a K?
While it's taboo in places the US and UK, horse meat is eaten in many places in Asia, Europe and the Americas (e.g. Chile, Quebec, Switzerland, etc etc etc). In Japan it's nicknamed sakuraniku because of its colour, and usually served as either sashimi or yakiniku (barbecue).
'The only one that is ...' doesn't really make sense in an odd-one-out quiz - I expect you could find loads of alternative answers for each of the questions if you can say 'the only one that is ...'
I think you are nitpicking just a bit. I wasn't going into irrelevant details like Indiana Jones' clothing or a starting letter. My point was these aren't about right and wrong answers but rather about the point on wiev...
The question isn't "which one is special," it's "which doesn't match the unifying characteristics of the other 3." I think that "not an island country" or "major river that has tributaries" is a little bit more obscure of a unifying factor than "country in Asia" or "longest on continent."
Yea they would definitely be in my top 5 when you d ask me for farm animals. (Something like cow, sheep, pig, horse duck. Then goat then i d have to think hard and will come up with exotic stuff like alpaca and ostrich)
I picked Reagan because I believed (incorrectly) that he was the only one not featured on any US currency. Lincoln, Franklin and Roosevelt are all on some form of US currency.
It seems that the Roosevelt on the dime is Franklin, not Theodore Roosevelt. Bah, humbug.
Update: All four have been on currency. Curses, foiled again.
Can you please fix question 6? PLUTO IS A PLANET and Saturn ISN'T because it has RINGS and planets don't have rings. Also fix question 12 - Ben Frankling is a Precedent because he was the Founding Father of America!
Perhaps, but you could put, say, Eleanor of Aquitane in there instead of Marie and she'd still be the odd one out. "Wives of Henry VIII" is a much more exclusive group than "Female royal consorts of England," despite Henry's best efforts.
Regarding the Geography question -- 3 of the 4 are landlocked, so the answer could have been Florida. Change Manitoba to British Columbia or Nova Scotia?
Great quiz- you might want to switch "Titanic" for some other film - because there are three films nominated for Best Picture in your group leaving "Sleepless" out... I realize that 2 won and 1 was only nominated, but there's still three films nominated for Best Picture and one not... since Tom Hanks is your tie together, perhaps a non-nominated for Best Picture film that doesn't star Tom Hanks?
Here's a helpful strategy: try for find the most-exclusive group that any three of the options can fit into, then choose the option that is left over. This helps avoid wrong answers like:
"Neon, because it's the only noble gas"
Avoided because that would mean the other three's group is "things that are not noble gases," which is not very exclusive at all.
"Sleepless in Seattle, because the other three were nominated for Best Picture"
Avoided because "Tom Hanks movies" is more exclusive than "Best Picture nominees" (~50 vs ~560)
This takes care of the vast majority of alternative answers being offered here.
I could say this should be stickied on top, but people that complain usually don't read the comments (though there are some professional nitpickers that read everything, and like to argue about everything. Why give give up the chance to overanalyze all those comments and argue about every minor detail ;) like hawks they watch and wait till someone makes a tiny mistake and then pounces to pick it apart)
I'm so dumb, I had to Google Jane Seymore to see why Apollo's girlfriend from Battlestar Galactica was a queen. Had she married a king that I didn't know about? Dr. Quinn, Queen of Monaco, or something like that?
Got all but the bottom two. Those were the only two i guessed. Though the astronomy one with slightly more insight than the history. I just couldnt reme ber what ceres was, so had to base my guess on the features/ facts if the other 3
I was right by technicality, but because I didn't select Pluto marked it as incorrect. I chose Uranus because it is the only planet listed that was not named after a Roman god.
I was right, Quiz said I was wrong.
Suggestion, replace Uranus with another planet name or mark Uranus as a correct answer.
No it isnt actually, Ouranus is a Greek God, not a Roman one (Mars, venus etc are Roman) He was the personification of the sky/the heavens and partner of Gaia the personification of earth, together they had the titans (amongst others) and Zeus is the son of one of the titans (Kronos which is Saturn). Jupiter is the Roman version of Zeus. So Uranus is basicly Jupiter's granddad.
A couple of things: In q.2 I suggest changing Turkey to Cyprus, in order to generate some fun comment wars; and in q.17 where it says "Ancient Wonder of the World" I believe that technically the phrase should be "Wonder of the Ancient World" (I know it's almost nothing, but hey).
The Amazon is the only river on the list that doesn't end in the letter E.
Also just a minor point, but isn't Catherine of Aragon usually spelt with a C, not a K?
Japan is the only island country.
Neon is the only element humans don't need.
Yangtze is the only river that has no major tributaries.
The Colossus of Rhodes is the only structure that has been completely destructed.
Who cares?
And yes, I'm a lot of fun at parties.
Not a common farm animal either
>>Marie Antoinette was not married to Henry VIII
She was also the only one from France, not England.
Got them all right, but for the wrong reasons.
It seems that the Roosevelt on the dime is Franklin, not Theodore Roosevelt. Bah, humbug.
Update: All four have been on currency. Curses, foiled again.
- "Neon, because it's the only noble gas"
- Avoided because that would mean the other three's group is "things that are not noble gases," which is not very exclusive at all.
- "Sleepless in Seattle, because the other three were nominated for Best Picture"
- Avoided because "Tom Hanks movies" is more exclusive than "Best Picture nominees" (~50 vs ~560)
This takes care of the vast majority of alternative answers being offered here.I was right by technicality, but because I didn't select Pluto marked it as incorrect. I chose Uranus because it is the only planet listed that was not named after a Roman god.
I was right, Quiz said I was wrong.
Suggestion, replace Uranus with another planet name or mark Uranus as a correct answer.