SAT answer

(read "SAT Question" before reading this entry)

OK, the response to "SAT question" ranged from "huh?" to "what does this have to do with Eric?". I shall explain.

The comedic premise is that, just as any sentence containing "wolverine" is automatically funny, juxtaposing anything serious with "Sponge Bob" is an automatic knee-slapper (translation: the name "Sponge Bob" is funny). "Baghdad", "Sponge Bob", and "Chrysanthemum" - my sides are splitting!

Deciphering the question takes a bit more explanation. You have to think of the words phonetically:

Bag-Dad is to Sponge-Bob as Chrysanthe-Mum is to ???

So, the pattern is:

"object-parent" (bag-dad) is to "object-name" (sponge-bob) as "gibberish-parent" (chrysanthe-mum) is to one of the multiple choice answers.

Let us break down the possible answers phonetically:

a) Doll-Fin (dolphin)
b) Home-Eric (see, it is about Eric!)
c) Lino-Liam (linoleum)
d) Digit-Alice (digitalis)

(note: there are a couple of Dutch words, but no word in the English language that ends with "Keir" or "Keer"; sorry)

As you can see, "Fin", "Eric", "Liam" and "Alice" are all names. "Doll", "Home" and "Digit" are all objects, but "Lino" is gibberish, just as "Chrysanthe" is gibberish. Hence, "Lino-Liam", or "c", is the correct answer.