Very Tricky Analogies

That's great. :) You nailed or came very close to those you mentioned. Gerald Ford's middle name is Rudolph, same as the famous reindeer; though some don't realize that Stephen Cleveland went by his middle name. Wednesday is named after Woden/Odin, ruler of Asgard. Any others that you want me to spoil just ask.

I'm just going to throw this one out there because I'm surprised nobody (other than myself) has gotten it so far. I put it at the top because I thought it was easy. Hong Kong Phooey is quicker than the human eye, just as Superman is faster than a speeding bullet.

Glad you enjoyed it. Is the answer to the one you gave St Augustine?

Also, "his mother" will work as well as his mother's name which is Jocasta

I'm very happy you enjoyed the quiz. :)

The Muhammad one is very simple. The noble prophet handled his child bride with the utmost care and respect, acting in a way that was perfectly selfless and reverent and in no way sought to exploit anyone's innocence or naivety for his own base gain. His motives were pure and driven by love and duty. Michael Bay has handled the Transformers franchise and by extension the fond childhood memories of a generation in much the same way. and I'm sure that those beloved characters that Bay has taken such careful stewardship of would give their consent to how they have been treated every bit as much as a 6 year old is able to consent to marriage and its consummation therein.

No, you got it. But if you're talking about earliest construction then credit is often given to the Equitable Life Building (1870) in New York for being a skyscraper. Chicago's Home Insurance Building (1884) was built later. That's one way to measure "oldest" skyscraper. Another way would be to measure the length of time the buildings remained standing. Currently I think the record for longest-standing skyscraper in the world also goes to New York, and specifically to the iconic Flatiron Building which was constructed in 1902 and still stands today. The Woolworth Building, also in New York, is for various reasons also often classified as the world's first skyscraper. It was finished in 1913 and is still standing today as well.

ok

I will also now take "your mom"

Temperature works for Death Valley. Low coldness would seem to be the opposite of low temperature, wouldn't it?

and what do you mean it's silly to ask for the mythical place instead of the "phsyical" one? When was Odin ruler of Denmark? That's never happened. Augustus Cesar was ruler of Rome. Odin ruled in Asgard.

If you were born in 2004, probably nothing. That one doesn't apply to you.

Honolulu and Hobart are the southernmost major cities in their respective countries, that's actually what I was going for, though capital cities of most well-known island territory also works for the analogy.

Thanks and I'm happy you enjoyed it. I think the obscurity and strangeness of some of these preclude it from ever being considered as a featured quiz, if the very high level of difficulty didn't do it.

sick good? or sick bad?

The villain of one was Kaiser Soze, the villain of the other was the Mandarin. Kaiser rolls, mandarin oranges.

If the answer and hint were flipped I'd allow "duck" as a type-in.

just "Jocasta" would have worked.

I don't know and I'm sure the data is out of date by now.

Alcohol is an English word derived from the language that among cities where it is most commonly spoken, Cairo is the most populous.

Camouflage is an English word derived from the language that among cities where it is most commonly spoken, Paris is the most populous.