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Tired of quizzes where you get no credit if your answer is just slightly off? Then you'll like the Estimation Quiz.
...if your answer is just slightly off?
OK, great, let's try it. First answer generates
Please answer the question with a number like "42.5" or "123" (no commas, please)
Do you mean "don't answer with any number over 999" or "write large numbers like this: 234785963"? Unclear. Not worth finding out. Bye.
posted by soyjoy at 9:07 AM on August 27, 2004
OK, great, let's try it. First answer generates
Please answer the question with a number like "42.5" or "123" (no commas, please)
Do you mean "don't answer with any number over 999" or "write large numbers like this: 234785963"? Unclear. Not worth finding out. Bye.
posted by soyjoy at 9:07 AM on August 27, 2004
I got half way through. 31 +/. 15
posted by Quartermass at 9:13 AM on August 27, 2004
posted by Quartermass at 9:13 AM on August 27, 2004
What the hell is a carrier bag?
posted by ursus_comiter at 9:44 AM on August 27, 2004
posted by ursus_comiter at 9:44 AM on August 27, 2004
I received 84 points. I was damn close on the UK history questions and right on the money with some of the more general ones, but for the most part I am a crappy estimator.
posted by sciurus at 10:10 AM on August 27, 2004
posted by sciurus at 10:10 AM on August 27, 2004
This is a neat quiz, and seems to give fair scores after factoring in how close you were, and how much slack you gave (ie more slack = lower score). It also seems to consider tossing you a point for at least being in the right order of magnitude.
I got a 33%, but I'm not from the UK, and my least favorite subject is history =P
It'd be awesome if there were more questions, or if this quiz engine were opened for people to build their own quizzes from.
posted by joquarky at 10:27 AM on August 27, 2004
I got a 33%, but I'm not from the UK, and my least favorite subject is history =P
It'd be awesome if there were more questions, or if this quiz engine were opened for people to build their own quizzes from.
posted by joquarky at 10:27 AM on August 27, 2004
I got ripped off! I guesstimated 37 +/- 5 for the number of Counties and got a big 0. 39 is not +/- 5 from 37? I'm a stupid yank I think I should get bonus points for even coming close on that one!
posted by Pollomacho at 10:46 AM on August 27, 2004
posted by Pollomacho at 10:46 AM on August 27, 2004
Hm I got 32%. I was only about 1000 words off on Pride and Prejudice!
posted by synecdoche at 11:01 AM on August 27, 2004
posted by synecdoche at 11:01 AM on August 27, 2004
That quiz was too long. I only got 27%, too, but I couldn't really be bothered with estimating things properly towards the end.
Oh, and a carrier bag is a bag that you carry things in (hence the name). They are made of thin plastic, and given away for free at supermarkets.
posted by reklaw at 11:37 AM on August 27, 2004
Oh, and a carrier bag is a bag that you carry things in (hence the name). They are made of thin plastic, and given away for free at supermarkets.
posted by reklaw at 11:37 AM on August 27, 2004
Oh, and a carrier bag is a bag that you carry things in
As opposed to a bag that you... what? Set things on top of?
posted by soyjoy at 11:55 AM on August 27, 2004
As opposed to a bag that you... what? Set things on top of?
posted by soyjoy at 11:55 AM on August 27, 2004
I got 36% right, having been off on the number of words in Pride and Prejudice by a factor of 10 (Must have been thinking of Sanditon). My only question is how the actual distance from Edinburgh to Cardiff as the crow flies has a 5 mile margin of error. Is this taking into account the distances between city limits and city centers or does the UK just have unreliable crows?
posted by pokeydonut at 9:55 AM on August 28, 2004
posted by pokeydonut at 9:55 AM on August 28, 2004
See, I thought a carrier bag sounded like something plush and upholstered that you'd pay 100+ monetary units for, so my guess was far too low.
posted by ursus_comiter at 9:29 AM on August 30, 2004
posted by ursus_comiter at 9:29 AM on August 30, 2004
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