What it Isn't | What it Is | rationale | % Correct |
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a nurse | a doctor | medical staff at a hospital | 91%
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tea | coffee | caffeinated beverages consumed hot | 88%
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an orange | an apple | most popular fruits; proverbially can't be compared | 82%
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a cloudy day | a sunny day | weather forecasts involving sky opacity | 81%
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pepper | salt | common condiments applied to food at the table | 78%
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a lion | a tiger | biggest cats | 77%
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a beard | a moustache | facial hair below/above lip | 69%
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the color green | the color red | primary colors; traffic lights; red-green color blindness | 61%
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Mars | Venus | planets nearest Earth; Roman gods of war/love; symbols men/women | 56%
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a tragedy | a comedy | traditional forms of drama with sad/happy endings | 49%
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anorexia | bulimia | common eating disorders | 49%
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geometry | algebra | branches of intermediate-level mathematics | 48%
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a Macintosh computer | a Windows PC | most common desktop operating systems | 43%
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a marathon | a sprint | longest/shortest style of competitive races | 37%
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the book of Exodus | the book of Genesis | first two (and most famous) books of the Bible | 35%
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the Netherlands | Belgium | the Low Countries; similar size and history, but Protestant/Catholic | 29%
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a Great Dane | a Chihuahua | largest/smallest dog breeds | 27%
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the number 7 | the number 13 | lucky/unlucky prime numbers | 24%
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Germanic languages | Romance languages | major language families of Western Europe | 23%
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Harry Potter | The Lord of the Rings | bestselling series of fantasy novels; and the top two films of 2001 | 19%
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an insect | an arachnid | classes of terrestrial arthropods | 18%
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incandescent light bulbs | fluorescent lamps | common forms of indoor lighting | 17%
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a coupé | a sedan | automobile types: two-door vs. four-door | 14%
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the city of Aleppo | the city of Damascus | major cities of Syria; historically competing sultanates | 11%
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Johannes Vermeer | Rembrandt van Rijn | famous painters of the Dutch Golden Age | 7%
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John Adams | Thomas Jefferson | 2nd and 3rd presidents of the U.S., from opposing political parties | 7%
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quantum mechanics | general relativity | major (but incompatible) theories of modern physics | 3%
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