Apples to Apples Apples to Apples Apples to Apples is a party game originally published by Hasbro, and now published by Mattel. The object of the game is to win the most rounds by playing a "red apple" card (which generally features a noun) from one's hand to best "match" that round's communal "green apple" card (which contains an adjective) as chosen by that round's judging player. The game is designed for four to ten players and played for 30–75 minutes. "Apples to Apples" was chosen by Mensa International in 1999 as a "Mensa Select" prizewinner, an award given to five games each
Apples and oranges (the season with the fashion). At least two tongue-in-cheek scientific studies have been conducted on the subject, each of which concluded that apples can be compared with oranges fairly easily and on a low budget and the two fruits are quite similar. The first study, conducted by Scott A. Sandford of the NASA Ames Research Center, used infrared spectroscopy to analyze both apples and oranges. The study, which was published in the satirical science magazine "Annals of Improbable Research", concluded: "[...] the comparing apples and oranges defense should no longer be considered valid. This is a somewhat startling revelation. It