Analogies
Dog is to bark as cat is to this
What is Meow?
In non-military time 20:15 is this on the clock.
What is 8:15 PM?
Titled translation:
K. J. V.
What is the King James Version?
The USS Missouri is an Iowa-class one
What is Battleship?
It's scientific for "stuff"; dust in the atmosphere is the "particulate" type
What is Matter?
A ruler is to length as this is to body temperature.
What is a Thermometer?
The oldest surviving examples of these time-telling devices date from about 1500 B.C. in Egypt
What is a Sundial?
Presiding prefect who beheld the Man:
P. P.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
Rhinoplasty or appendectomy, for example
What is Operation?
Any mix of fuel & an oxidizer, it contains a verb that thrusts you forward
What is Propellant?
Car is to garage as airplane is to this
What is Hanger?
This religious observance is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox
What is Easter?
Book of love:
S. O. S.
Slang for a tornado
What is Twister?
In birds it's also known as the gastric mill
What is Gizzard?
Columbus is to Ohio as Pierre is to this
What is South Dakota?
In 1752 calendars in Britain jumped forward 11 days following the switch to this
What is the Gregorian calendar?
Marketed as an "essentially literal" translation:
E. S. V
What is the English Standard Version?
The Sherman Act of 1890 was meant to combat this type of business
What is Monopoly?
The orientation of a spacecraft's axes relative to earth is this; you may develop a bad one if you get it wrong
What is Attitude?
Foot is to feet as datum is to this.
What is Data?
In the NBA it's continually reset to 24; in men's college hoops, to 35
What is the Shot Clock?
Boat builder's boys:
H, S, & J
Nixon's Spaniel, a game with black and red pieces
What is Checkers?
Rust on steel is an example of the atmospheric type of this
What is corrosion?