Knowing how much boarders enjoy a quiz, here's a vocabulary test against which to measure oneself. Salutary to note that the age groups with the lowest scores are the under 18s and the 20-30 bracket. FWIW, yours truly scored a paltry 4,080 which I expect to be duly slaughtered by the Forum's brainboxes.
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I couldn't get above 3860 - you must have been damned quick on the button! -
3160.
Only did it once...got 'em all right, but must be very s l o w.Comment
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My best was 3760 of four attempts - but, yes, I didn't make a mistake.Originally posted by ardcarp View Post3160.
Only did it once...got 'em all right, but must be very s l o w.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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factitious was one of my words
not come across that beforeComment
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I managed 3720 - it's the interplay between speed and accuracy
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four attempts, and my best was 3760.
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ooh, ooh, got up to 3860 this time.
However on one question I was very slow and still got a speed bonus of 160......Hmmmmm.......Last edited by teamsaint; 18-03-13, 23:35.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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I had bloviate and congeries...Originally posted by mercia View Post
New ones on me!
I abandoned that effort!
Next time I knew them all and I got 3940...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I can't be bovvered
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Show-offOriginally posted by Sir Velo View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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This is hugely skewed, is it not? There's a timing element built in. I'm sat at home, just the wrong end of a bottle of wine and approaching midnight, and not landing a space shuttle, so where does my trigger finger come in to play?!Comment
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I demand a recalibration. I'm sure I'not as nissed a pewt!Comment
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3680, 10/10 right (but at midnight after a 5-hour drive – and don’t we old codgers get a handicap for the speed thingy?). Tut-tut, must try harder tomorrow. (Or maybe not
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3880 ...must try harderComment
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostShow-off
Got to say you had rotten luck with congeries and, what was it, bloviate?
No, my main intention in posting the link was - no, not to show off
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