Odd Word Out - read the four words and 3 of them have a relation and 1 of them shouldn't be in there?

Question

1. Naples, Florence, Madrid, Rome
2. Massachusettes, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri
3. Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver
4. Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Dubuque
5. Oats, beets, carrots, squash
6. Plateau, butte, plain, mesa
7. Winnipeg, Alberta, Quebec, Saskatchewan
8.Venice, Rome, Paris, Vienna
9. Gambia, Gabon, Chana, Grenada
10.Sleet, snow, hail, fire
11.Vesuvius, Annapurna, Etna, Mauna Loa
12.Shrimp, scallop, flounder, oyster
13.Leather, wool, silk, cotton
14.Greenland, Guam, Honduras, Bermuda
15.Fir, beech, pine, spruce
16.Copper, iron, bronze, silver
17.Youngstown, Bloomington, Akron, Cincinnati
18.Whale, tuna, shark, halibut
19.Hay, tobacco, cotton, wheat
20.Estuary, bay, cape, gulf
21.Duluth, Erie, Michigan, Ontario
22.Maine, Montana, Minnesota, Maryland
23.Figs, dates, raisons, olives
24.Moor, steppe, tundra, chaparral
25.New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York

Please Answer as many as you can!

Example:

5 oats
10 thunder
16 bronze

Answer 1

1. Madrid,
2. Massachusettes
3. Denver
4. Dubuque
5. Oats,
6. plain,
7. Saskatchewan
8.Venice,
9. Gambia, Gabon, Chana, Grenada?
10. fire
11.Vesuvius, Annapurna, Etna, Mauna Loa?
12.flounder
13.Leather
14.Greenland,
15. beech
16.bronze,
17.Youngstown, Bloomington, Akron, Cincinnati?
18.halibut
19.tobacco
20.cape,
21.Duluth,
22.Maine, Montana, Minnesota, Maryland?
23. olives
24.Moor, steppe, tundra, chaparral?
25.New Mexico,

Answer 2

1. Madrid
2. Massachusettes
3.
4. Dubuque
5. Oats
6. plain
7. Winnipeg
8. Paris
9. Chana
10. fire
11. Annapurna
12. oyster
13. cotton
14. Honduras
15. beech
16. bronze
17. Bloomington
18. Whale
19. Hay
20. cape
21. Duluth
22. Maryland
23. raisons
24.
25. New Mexico

Answer 3

Top of head responses:
1. Madrid - not in italy
2. Mass--not a state
3. Chicago--not a capital
4.
5. Oats
6. Butte--the others are flat
7.
8. Venice
9. Grenada (not in Africa)
10. fire
11. annapurna (not a volcano)
12. flounder
13. cotton (not an animal source)
14. Honduras (not an island)
15. Beech (not a conifer)
16. Bronze (not an element)
17. Bloomington (not in Ohio)
18. Whale (a mammal)
19.
20. Cape (not an inlet of water)
21. Duluth (not a Great Lake)
22.
23. Olives (not a dried fruit)
24. Chaparral (has trees?)
25. New Mexico (not on east coast)

Answer 4

1 Madrid - it's in Spain, the others in Italy
5 oats - all are roots, except oats
6 butte - all are plains, butte is a hill
8 Venice - all the others are capitals, Venice isn't
9 Grenada - the others are African countries (I think you meant Ghana)
10 fire - the others are frozen water
11 Annapurna - all the others are volcano's
12 flounder - it's a fish, the others are shellfish
13 leather - it's skin, the others are fibers
14 Honduras - it's an actual country, the others are territories
15 beech - it has leaves, the others have needles
16 bronze - it's an alloy, the others are pure metals
18 whale - it's a mammal, the others are fish
19 hay - the others are the name of a plant AND the product, hay however is dried grass
20 estuary - it's the mouth of a river, the others are all the same (a coastal shape)
24 moor - it's wet, the others are dry(ish)

phew, that was a lot! don't know everything though.

Answer 5

I really hate these things. Look at #2 the answer is:

Missouri - all others have 3 syllables (answered above)
Minnesota - all others have a double s in the name
Massachusetts - all others are on the Mississippi River
Missouri - all others have some part of them east of the Mississippi River
Massachusettes (sic) - all others are spelled correctly
Mississippi - all others did not secede in the Civil War
Minnesota - all others were involved in the Civil War
Mississippi - All others use vowels other than 'i'
Massachusetts - All others end in a vowel
Massachusetts - all others have more than 10,000 sq. mi. of land area

You get the idea. This type of question really destroys creativity. It puts forth the idea that there is only one way to look at things. This is not a good thing when you are trying to get an education. You need to keep an open mind and teachers need to foster the ability of taking many approaches to a problem.

Answer 6

1. Rome
2. Mississippi
3. Denver
4. Dubuque
5. Oats
6. butte
7. Winnipeg, Alberta,Saskatchewan
8.Venice
9. Gabon
10 fire
11.Vesuvius,
12flounder
13.Leather
14.Greenland
15.Fir
16bronze
17 Cincinnati
18.Whale
19.cotton
20.Estuary
21.Duluth
22.Montana,
23 raisons
24.tundra
25. New Mexico,

Answer 7

1. Madrid (rest are in Italy)
2. Massachusettes ( rest begin with "Mi")
3. Denver (the rest are on East Coast)
4. Dubuque (rest are farther east)
5. Oats (rest are vegetables)
6. butte
7. quebec
8. Paris (rest are Italian).
9. Grenada (rest are in Africa? what is Chana)
10. Fire
11. Mauna Loa (?)
12. Flounder
13. cotton
14. Greenland (climate?)
15. beech
16. bronze
17. Cincinnati
18. shark
19. hay (?)
20. Estuary
21. Michigan
22. Montana (rest are farther east)
23. olives
24. Tundra (?)
25. new mexico (too far west)
hope that this helps

Answer 8

1. Madrid is in Spain. The others are in Italy
12. All are shellfish except flounder.
17, Bloomington isn't in Ohio.
20. Cape is land, the others are water.
14. Honduras isn't an island.
11. All are volcanoes except Annapurna
10. All are types of precipitation except fire.
21. Duluth isn't a great lake.

Answer 9

1. Missouri (the others all have 4 syllables)
10. fire (rest are wintery things)
13. Cotton (the rest come from living organisms)

Answer 10

2 minnisota
8 veinna
5 oats
10 fire
16 bronze
23 figs
13 cotton