A School Day in Analogies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Index

The bell rings and you settle into your desk just in time for the teacher to take roll. A roll is a list of names, just as an index is a list of subjects. A bibliography is not a list of subjects, but of sources. Topics is a synonym for subjects.

Answer: Sonnet

"The Raven," a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, is written in ballad format, just as "Death Be Not Proud" (Sonnet X), by John Donne, is written in sonnet format, specifically the English sonnet format. An English sonnet is a 14-line poem in iambic pentameter.

It contains three quatrains and a couplet and rhymes abab cdcd efef gg. A ballad contains four-line stanzas. The first and third lines of a ballad don't rhyme and have four metrical feet. The second and fourth lines do rhyme and have three metrical feet.

Answer: Geometry

Euclid wrote "The Elements," which is a foundational text about geometry and number theory, just as "Kitab al-Jabr" is a foundational text of algebra. The word algebra is even derived from the title of this book, which was written by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in the 9th-century.

Answer: Quarterback

A batter is an offensive player in baseball while a quarterback is an offensive player in football. The other positions are not positions in American football. A point guard is a position in basketball, while a setter is a position in volleyball, and a goalie is a position in such sports as hockey and American soccer.

Answer: Bland

Unpalatable, which means unappetizing, is the opposite of delicious. Likewise, bland is the opposite of piquant, a word which is used to refer to something that has a pleasantly sharp taste. Spicy might also be used to refer to something that has a pleasantly sharp taste.

Answer: Life

Physics is the study of energy, matter, and the interactions between them. Similarly, biology is the study of life.

Answer: William McKinley

John Wilkes Booth assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, just as Leon Czolgosz assassinated U.S. President William McKinley in 1901. Czolgosz was an anarchist who took two shots at the president. The first missed, but the second hit McKinley in the stomach.

He died eight days later due to infection. John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. George Washington was not assassinated, and nor was the Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

Answer: French Horn

A violin belongs to the string family of instruments, just as a French horn belongs to the brass family of instruments. Timpani and tambourines are both percussion instruments. Valve keys are a part of a French horn.

Answer: Vale

Au revoir (literally "to the seeing again") is the most common way to say goodbye in French. Vale means, literally, "be well" in Latin and is the most common way to say goodbye in that language. Goodbye in Italian is addido and in Spanish it is adios. Bonjour is hello in French.

Answer: Station

The school bus makes stops at various bus stops throughout the neighborhood, while a train makes stops at various stations. You can pick up a school bus at your local bus stop, while you can pick up a train at the station. Conductor would fit better with bus driver.