Vocabulary test.

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  1. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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  3. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    I cant sphell thaht weal.

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    I us da word in me winders ur i b ritin lic dis.

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  5. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    You're pretty good. I got to level 47, 1120 grains of rice. They finally got to words that weren't even educated guesses between two alternatives, just eeny-meeny-miney-moe.

    I was really embarrassed not to know "lacuna," since Lacuna Coil is one of my favorite rock bands.

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  7. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    It seems a bit patronising to be playing a game to be giving people grains of rice to survive, but I'm sure they don't mind that.

    The best thing about it is that it has a huge base of words.
    Nice site.

    If someone can beat my score, (not by too much please)
    I'll try a longer session.
     
  8. Kadark Banned Banned

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    Does the test ever end? I was bored to tears.

    Oh, and Chris, I read the FAQ: 50 is the highest level you can get to. Good job.
     
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    These sites have to do what they can to maximize the number of hits on their advertisers, because it's they who fund the donations. The Hunger Site is just one click. You can only click once a day, but it's in tandem with Breast Cancer, Literacy, Rain Forest, Animal Rescue and Child Health so you can get all six as fast as you can click.
     
  10. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    Yes, it ends. I'm not sure what the algorithm is. I think I got five wrong so maybe that's it.
     
  11. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Some of those were hard, I got a 46.
     
  12. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    I can see why they have an upper limit. There will only be a couple of hundred words at that level.
    If you learnt all those, you could carry on all day if you wanted to.
    When they have double the amount of words, they mlght increase the number of levels.

    The way it is calculated is that each time you get three words right, you get an extra point.
    Get one wrong and you drop down a point. As your points increase, you get a new batch of words,
    which are of increasing difficulty.

    A simple game, but a huge amount of work has gone into it. The writers must be very happy at its success.


    Another competition.
    See who can get the most grains of rice in
    5 minutes.
    15 minutes.
    One Day.

    http://www.freerice.com
     
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  13. Spud Emperor solanaceous common tater Registered Senior Member

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    Couldn't get past 41 ( and that was after a particularly lucky stretch)
     
  14. iceaura Valued Senior Member

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    Dammit, I just spent 20 minutes trying to break 50, 'til I got a bunch of repeats and felt like I was cheating.

    It ain't an intelligence test, I guess.

    Always read the directions
     
  15. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    The male motto is
    When all else fails, read the instructions
     
  16. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    . . . . and if that fails, ASK for directions.

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    Of course the female motto is: when all else fails, read the map.
     
  17. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Private challenge.
    See how many goes you can remain on 50 without falling back to 49.
    Best so far 4.
     
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  18. Spud Emperor solanaceous common tater Registered Senior Member

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    I was doing well until "humility"
    I picked answer B. Master of the universe ( alias Kremmen)

    Tread boldly men!
     
  19. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Wuchoo talkin' about Willis?
     
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  20. Spud Emperor solanaceous common tater Registered Senior Member

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    Sorry Captain, I feel like ..a.. umm...lost for words...gumby in the presence of your greatness.

    /humbled
     
  21. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Look, Spud, a score of 41 is also very good.
    I'm sure other people will have got the same score, or even lower.
    Why don't you have your own competition?

    Cummon everyone, if you got 41 or less try to defeat (that means beat) Spud.

    If you want to beat me at something, try the world travel iq test.
    I've got the bottom score so far.
    http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=75605


    No questions about Dudlay.
     
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