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Quiz time 5

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No unifying theme. Find the word or phrase that best completes the analogy.

1. nanotesla : gamma :: swastika : ?
2. U.S.A. : Chicago :: France : ?
3. U.S. : Zane Grey :: Germany : ?
4. forbidden percussion : banned drum :: pooh-bah : ?
5. Camus : Russell :: Kipling : ?
6. kangaroo, opossum : marsupial :: salmon, sturgeon : ?
7. 4 : hand :: 9 : ?
8. raised : sunken :: cameo : ?
9. mosquito : malaria :: cannibalism : ?
10. 0555505 : LEVEL :: 0001100510001 : ?
11. beer fit for a king : regal lager :: wicked fruit : ?
12. flounder : grass :: rabbit : ?
13. Mg : Black :: Co : ?
14. Japan : 893 :: Sicily : ?
15. Darwin : beagle :: Christian :
16. Kennedy : Idlewild :: O’ Hare :
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bounty   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
span   has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
panjandrum   has been listed 38 times with 2 comments
intaglio   has been listed 17 times with 0 comments
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6 months ago mollusque said:

11 - evil olive

6 months ago sionnach said:

So, what is left unanswered?

France's Windy City.
Germany's writer of Westerns.
A palindromic wicked fruit.
An extreme Nobelist.
The discoverer of Cobalt.
Another palindromic answer.
Italian lowlifes.

These are not hard.

7 months ago sionnach said:

Still unsolved:

2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14.

7 months ago sionnach said:

Mollusque: yes, and yes. Well done!

7 months ago mollusque said:

1 - gammadion
12 - updike

7 months ago sionnach said:

Yea! anadromous it is!

7 months ago mollusque said:

Then: 6 - anadromous.

7 months ago sionnach said:

Mollusque: span and bounty are correct! actinopterygian is not incorrect, but there is another, more specific, adjective I had in mind. (Hint - fresh/salt water)

7 months ago mollusque said:

6 - actinopterygian
7 - span
15 - bounty

7 months ago seanahan said:

16. Orchard Place Airport/Douglas Field, and later Orchard Field. I got the clue right away, but had to look up the exact earlier name.

7 months ago sionnach said:

13 is not blue. (magnesium is not black)

7 months ago trivet said:

Aaah - I couldn't remember which prion went where.

4 - Panjandrum?
13 - blue?

7 months ago sionnach said:

Trivet: yea on 8 and 9, though I think Creuzfeldt-Jacob disease is typically genetic in origin, so that although its natural progression may be very similar to kuru, transmission through cannibalism is not really an issue with CJD.

7 months ago trivet said:

ooooh!
8 - intaglio?
9 - kuru/cjd
16 - tara

7 months ago mollusque said:

How about anagrammatic fruit (lemon and melon)? But, hint taken.

7 months ago sionnach said:

Hmm. What would be a palindromic phrase for a wicked fruit?

Nudge, nudge.

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