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Post by epaul on Feb 15, 2008 12:08:36 GMT -5
www.freerice.com/index.phpThe kids and I found this last night (on a tip). Perhaps just a few too many oddball words. But fun, and when you get them a second time, you are ready for them. (I can stay above 45, but I haven't hit 50. But a few more times, and I think I will.)
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 15, 2008 12:42:35 GMT -5
I'm stuck on 40. Lots of words I've never heard of, but the root words are a good clue. Oh, and it took 1760 grains of rice to get there.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Feb 15, 2008 12:57:29 GMT -5
I thought I was doing good until I saw the little score at the bottom. I think I went through 8 words & I got one of those wrong. My score finally went from 30 to 31.
Some kid somewhere is not going to get his rice, because I quit early.
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Post by sekhmet on Feb 15, 2008 13:02:31 GMT -5
47 with 4000 grains of rice.
I wonder how the study of Latin correlates with good scores here. I guessed using Latin a lot.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 15, 2008 13:07:32 GMT -5
I think Latin would have helped me a lot. But I only know pig latin, and that wasn't useful at all.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Feb 15, 2008 13:07:58 GMT -5
I guessed that 8 words was a good time to get out.
Although I went to Catholic schools as a kid where I heard a lot of Latin.
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Post by Don Clark on Feb 15, 2008 13:14:22 GMT -5
I'll check this one out later. Carrie is home from school, my fever is up to 102ยบ, and I'm gonna go crash until the big kids get home. A bit leary of trying a new game.....I'm still stuck on "Boomshine".  |
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Post by epaul on Feb 15, 2008 13:16:02 GMT -5
If you don't know the word, and a wild sheep, goat, dog, or turtle is offered as an option, go with the wild sheep, goat, dog, fish, or turtle.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 13:38:00 GMT -5
I couldn't make it past 47.
Sekh, I think you're right, knowing at least some Latin makes some semi-educated guesses possible.
Tom
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Post by Supertramp78 on Feb 15, 2008 13:39:35 GMT -5
42 with 620 grains.
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Post by loopysanchez on Feb 15, 2008 14:20:49 GMT -5
Never could get past 41. Donated 1300 and something grains of rice, though.
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Post by Tim Alexander (fmrly. Camalex) on Feb 15, 2008 15:12:53 GMT -5
I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night and still couldn't get past 40. Consistently at 38/39, highest was 41 and I nenver took Latin -- I was guessing a lot.
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Post by dradtke on Feb 15, 2008 15:39:30 GMT -5
How long does it go on? I was hovering around 46, but I had to quit. Not sure how much rice there was.
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Post by billhammond on Feb 15, 2008 15:44:12 GMT -5
How long does it go on? I was hovering around 46, but I had to quit. Not sure how much rice there was. I was feeling pretty bad cuz I missed one at 43 points, then soothed my ego by reminding myself that in my job, I don't memorize so much as verify -- I look up A LOT of words I am not sure of, which is why my dictionary is so tattered. |
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Post by Ann T on Feb 15, 2008 16:06:09 GMT -5
I got 47 and quit at 3000 grains of rice. How long does this thing go on? Having a medical/bio/science background helps a lot on this.
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Post by theevan on Feb 15, 2008 17:36:16 GMT -5
42 but I had to quit at 400
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Post by theevan on Feb 15, 2008 18:43:02 GMT -5
Hey, where's Prude when you need her? I'll bet she could knock down some serious rice.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 19:08:06 GMT -5
I topped out at 43 before I decided to get something to eat.
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Post by sekhmet on Feb 15, 2008 20:29:25 GMT -5
4000 grains of rice - 49!
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 15, 2008 21:01:22 GMT -5
Hey, where's Prude when you need her? I'll bet she could knock down some serious rice. I was wondering the same thing. |
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