208 Another chance to make odds even (*)

Can you identify the odd man out in each of the following lists?

1. Sicily, Britain, Madagascar, Turkey, Helgoland

2. Chicken, fly, mosquito, ladybird, wasp

3. Salmon, partridge, haddock, trout, plaice

4. Rain, wind, snow, umbrella, sunshine

5. Robin, mistletoe, plumpudding, stockings, eggs

Congratulations, you've done it

Solution:

1. Sicily, Britain, Madagascar, Turkey, Helgoland

Turkey: all the rest are islands

2. Chicken, fly, mosquito, ladybird, wasp

Chicken is a large bird that is often kept for its eggs or meat (Huhn): all the rest are insects (Fliege, Moskito, Marienkäfer, Wespe)

3. Salmon, partridge, haddock, trout, plaice

Partridge is a brown bird with a small tail that some people hunt for sport or food (Rebhuhn): all the rest are fishes (Lachs, Schellfisch, Forelle, Scholle)

4. Rain, wind, snow, umbrella, sunshine

The umbrella or sometimes brolly is an object that you use to protect yourself from the rain or from hot sun: all the rest are weather items.

5. Robin, mistletoe, plumpudding, stockings, eggs

Eggs have nothing to do with it: all the rest are Christmas symbols.

Footnote:

*to make odds even = Ungleichheiten beseitigen