test your smarts @ FreeRice.com
"Question: What does your vocabulary skill have to do with third world hunger? Until now, not much. But thanks to the good folks at FreeRice.com, now you can help alleviate malnutrition in developing nations by simply testing your vocab skills.
Sounds crazy, but it's working. In the couple weeks since it's launch, almost 200 million grains of rice have been donated. (The rice will be distributed by the United Nations World Food Programme.)
What does "initiate" mean?
A. Strew
B. Nap
C. Begin
D. Engage
If you got that right, you just donated 10 grains of rice to a hungry person in the developing world. It's that easy. For each question you get right, 10 more grains of rice gets donated (thanks to the advertisers on the site). Like the GMAT, as you get more answers right, your questions get harder (but don't fear, they get easier as you answer questions incorrectly).
It's really addictive -- I played till I had donated 1000 grains of rice, then had to stop myself and get back to work. It also appeals to the competitors among us, as your vocabulary skill gets ranked by level (levels range from 1 - 50, with few people topping 48 -- current score to beat is 40).
This is the kind of innovative, creative solution we love to support, so check it out. (And let us know if you top our level 40 rating!)"
-by Rebecca Carpenter from the Razoo GoodHappens Blog
avaD's secret competitive personality #603 resurfaces...ok,so far My level is 41, go beat me you ninnies. poke.poke.go on I dare ya..and nO cheating.;)
see you on the spellingbee courts.ninnies.
Sounds crazy, but it's working. In the couple weeks since it's launch, almost 200 million grains of rice have been donated. (The rice will be distributed by the United Nations World Food Programme.)
What does "initiate" mean?
A. Strew
B. Nap
C. Begin
D. Engage
If you got that right, you just donated 10 grains of rice to a hungry person in the developing world. It's that easy. For each question you get right, 10 more grains of rice gets donated (thanks to the advertisers on the site). Like the GMAT, as you get more answers right, your questions get harder (but don't fear, they get easier as you answer questions incorrectly).
It's really addictive -- I played till I had donated 1000 grains of rice, then had to stop myself and get back to work. It also appeals to the competitors among us, as your vocabulary skill gets ranked by level (levels range from 1 - 50, with few people topping 48 -- current score to beat is 40).
This is the kind of innovative, creative solution we love to support, so check it out. (And let us know if you top our level 40 rating!)"
-by Rebecca Carpenter from the Razoo GoodHappens Blog
avaD's secret competitive personality #603 resurfaces...ok,so far My level is 41, go beat me you ninnies. poke.poke.go on I dare ya..and nO cheating.;)
see you on the spellingbee courts.ninnies.