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Old 10-18-2009, 05:41 PM   #4
Papa Schlumpf
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Join Date: June 13, 2007
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Smiley Re: IW Trivia Contest Results - September

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Originally Posted by Variol (Farseer) Elmwood View Post
actually,
please don't come over. I already have enough competition!

I think it might have something to do with the questions being repeated as well. I don't know how anyone can read and answer a question in an average of 3 seconds. I am a slower reader however.
Depends on the question, I suppose. When they're asking for the Roman numeral symbol for '5', you only need a few seconds to read it and answer it. When you have to read a small story just to figure out what the question is (which happens on occasion, unfortunately), it takes a lot longer.

Would be easier if there were no nursery rhyme questions, though. Those are all incredibly easy for native speakers (I assume), but for a non-native, often all you can do is pick a random answer and hope it's the correct one. And let's not even talk about US sports...
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