Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I appear to have gotten 44/50, pretty much my usual. A couple I should have had and blanked, a couple no chance, and a couple I could have guessed right but didn't.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
"boiling a liquid & then condensing the vapor" in the clue seems to point only to distillation.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I think Madonna would be ok.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Ditto. What's really frustrating is that there were several more I knew but just couldn't get out in time. Only a few i had no chance on whatsoever.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Got 41/50, missing: Arno, John the Baptist, Alchemist, Distillation, Andrea Bocelli, Chalet, Otis, La Raza / Labor Relations and John Tyler.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Thanks, Big Daddy!
One possible correction: "Our" in #26. Our/hour are homophones.
Also, the answer to #36 is "La Raza".
One possible correction: "Our" in #26. Our/hour are homophones.
Also, the answer to #36 is "La Raza".
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Isn't synapse the process and neuron the cell? I could be wrong. FTR I'm taking tomorrow's test.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I hope they accept Browning only.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Seemed harder than usual, mainly because I started by missing 5 of 19 (and it felt a little worse) before 16 in a row put me back on track. A slow finish put me at 40. My last 7 or 8 tests have all been 39 to 42, so I guess that's what I end up with no matter what test.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Got 39 out of 50.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
What's the verdict on 'ours' instead of 'our'?
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Argh...I thought I got 35, but that was when I thought Harrison was the right answer. Now I see I only scored 34. That is painfully disappointing.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I had to check back on the question to verify this, it says "homonym of a period of time". If it said "time period", then your/yore might be a perfectly cromulent response, but for "period of time" I think it needs to be our/hour. But who knows, they could be generous!berto wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:54 pmor 'Our'BigDaddyMatty wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:48 pm This is what I have as the correct responses. Feel free to correct.
26. Your
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Likely to be a BMS on the show, but I think the online test questions are scored somewhat generously.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I'm kicking myself for missing chalet given that there is a Chalet Street right down the street from my childhood home, and in a neighborhood with multiple Swiss-themed street names.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Doesn't technically match the clue as "a period of time" points to singular rather than plural but on the show they generally don't neg for a singular/plural disagreement unless the category is something like "4 letter words" or "ends with -ur", so you should be fine here.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I'd neg it for the exact reason you stated.jeff6286 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:06 pmDoesn't technically match the clue as "a period of time" points to singular rather than plural but on the show they generally don't neg for a singular/plural disagreement unless the category is something like "4 letter words" or "ends with -ur", so you should be fine here.