Analogies and More Trivia Quiz

Answer: Stratocracy : Military

The analogy is the name of a type of government to "who" rules.
Just as Plutocracy is a government by the wealthy, Stratocracy is a government by the armed forces.
Autocracy is a government by a single person, holding great power.
Timocracy is a government based on principles of honor and military glory.
Ochlocracy is a government by the masses, or a mob rule.

Answer: Pollution is to acid rain

The analogy is what causes something to what it causes.
Solar radiation causes a sunburn, as pollution causes acid rain. By comparison, electricity powers a light bulb. Filet mignon is made from cattle (beef). Some opera singers suffer from obesity.

Answer: Enlightenment

The analogy is famous person to the time period when that person lived.
Francois Marie Arouet, also known as "Voltaire", was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris. The Enlightenment occurred during the 1700s. Romanticism was during the early 1800s. The Reformation was during the 1500s. Existentialism became a more common term during the 1900s.

Answer: Fronton

The analogy is a sport to the location where it is played or takes place.
A velodrome is an overall indoor bicycle track (where cycling occurs), and a fronton is the court where jai alai is played.
The incorrect options are all terms related to jai alai: rebote and lateral are types of shot, while frontis is the name given to a specific wall of the court.

Answer: (tele : (call : phone))

The "analogy" here is patterns of connecting words together. If you were to draw an arrow at the first part, then you would get a pattern showing you the words catatonic, gin and tonic. By following this pattern, the second part becomes epicenter, front and center.

Using the same idea with a slightly different pattern, the second part of the analogy shows you a pattern that leaves you with the following: paramilitary -> military dictatorship. Using this pattern on the 4 possible answers yields the following:

telephone, phone call;
forward, ward psycho;
demiman, man god;
dispair, pair locate.

Telephone and phone call are the obvious choice as the only pair where both parts make sense as real terms.

Answer: France

The analogy is older name for a country/region compared to a more modern name. As Caesar wrote, "Gallia omnia in parters tres division est."

Answer: Newton is to Gravity

Da Vinci was an artist, Lincoln was a lawyer, Eisenhower was a general, Hitler was an artist, and Newton DISCOVERED gravity.

The difference is that the other three choices describe each individual's occupation.

Answer: legerdemain is to sleight of hand

Dictionary.com defines "littoral as "on a coastal or shore region", fortuitous as "happening by chance", munificent as "very generous", and legerdemain as "sleight of hand", but verdant is not loving.

The correct answer indicates a word and its definition.

Answer: fatuous is to foolish

Dictionary.com defines the following: juju as an "object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers". Chagrin is defined as "acute vexation or embarrassment". Taciturn is "not apt to talk or speak". Tortuous is "marked by repeated turns and bends", and fatuous is "weak; silly; stupid; foolish".

The correct answer indicates a word and its definition.

Answer: bleak

The analogies are antonyms. Dictionary.com defines effulgence as a flood of light, or great luster. Obstreperous is defined as noisily defiant. Bleak would mean lacking luster or shine just as obedient is most certainly not defiant.