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Re: Picture This C

Postby EASTstroudsburg13 on Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:54 pm

In the Picture This Words Wiki, there are several lists of possibly used words. This:http://eezway.org/PicThisQuiz/index.php is also another good link for identifying pictures and getting ideas. (Link taken from the archived threads, they're really quite good for research. :) )
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Re: Picture This C

Postby kikiwalls on Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:51 pm

I absolutely love this event---it is so much fun! my advise to fellow competitors would be simply to practice tons of words with your teammates. you can find plenty of practice words in the glossaries of science textbooks and science dictionaries. and also, don't forget to simply have fun with the event!!
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Re: Picture This C

Postby rizzyz on Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:35 am

I remember making tons of flashcards and stealing tons of college science books just to read through the glossaries. If anyone just wants to practice some science vocabulary (or any kind really) and help the world while they're at it, http://www.freerice.com/subjects.php is a great site to check out. It's not specifically oriented for Science Olympiad, but it's fun and it's good practice.
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Re: Picture This C

Postby kikiwalls on Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:21 pm

rizzyz wrote:I remember making tons of flashcards and stealing tons of college science books just to read through the glossaries. If anyone just wants to practice some science vocabulary (or any kind really) and help the world while they're at it, http://www.freerice.com/subjects.php is a great site to check out. It's not specifically oriented for Science Olympiad, but it's fun and it's good practice.


yeah that is a good site...my classmate's dad made the website
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Re: Picture This C

Postby zoproeg on Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:47 pm

On average, how many words on a test do you NOT KNOW at all?
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Re: Picture This C

Postby rizzyz on Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:03 am

zoproeg wrote:On average, how many words on a test do you NOT KNOW at all?

I'm not sure. I guess it really depends on the test. If it's a state-type test, I'll know all but one or two, but if it's a national-type test, I might know half or so.
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Re: Picture This C

Postby ravensrunner14 on Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:31 pm

so last year..my team and i had NOOOOO clue what we were getting ourselves into.but we went in there and ended up getting 3rd!! it was AMAZING!! i absolutely looooove this event!! :D
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Re: Picture This C

Postby violet17 on Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:49 pm

I've never done Picture This before and i was wondering: does just one person draw and the other two guess or does it swich around, ie. could you have different people drawing for different words? I'm guessing not, but, hey, you never know.
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Re: Picture This C

Postby EASTstroudsburg13 on Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:56 pm

It rotates, so one person draws for one word and the other two guess, and then the next person around goes, and then so on. So it does switch around, but you don't get to choose who gets to draw what if that's what you were asking. And I'm pretty sure all people have to draw equally, and you can't have only one person draw.
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Re: Picture This C

Postby [-_-] on Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:12 pm

Are we allowed to use symbols such as & or + to denote "and" ? Same with the symbol @ ? " for inches?
Do we have to define centimeters as cm? We didn't do that last year by accident but I don't think we were docked points.
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Re: Picture This C

Postby walkingstyx on Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:11 pm

-_-, you are not allowed to do any of those things in this event, Picture This, but most of them are irrelevant questions anyway. I believe you are looking for the Write It Do It forum.
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Re: Picture This C

Postby rockhound on Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:41 pm

[-_-] wrote:Are we allowed to use symbols such as & or + to denote "and" ? Same with the symbol @ ? " for inches?
Do we have to define centimeters as cm? We didn't do that last year by accident but I don't think we were docked points.


You are not allowed to use the + symbol to represent the word "and". It can only be used to extend words.
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Re: Picture This C

Postby Flavorflav on Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:50 am

EASTstroudsburg13 wrote:In the Picture This Words Wiki, there are several lists of possibly used words. This:http://eezway.org/PicThisQuiz/index.php is also another good link for identifying pictures and getting ideas. (Link taken from the archived threads, they're really quite good for research. :) )

That link seems to be dead. Did you happen to save it?

For those of you who have been in competitions, what kind of scores are you getting and how do they translate into places?

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Re: Picture This C

Postby EASTstroudsburg13 on Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:57 pm

These are examples from last year, so they probably are approximately the same, depending on the difficulty of the word lists.
rockhound wrote:This was posted in the PA 2009 thread about how teams did in PA at the State tournement.

GoldenKnight1 wrote:Re: Pennsylvania 2009

For Picture This the list of words have been posted with the other sample Picture This words.

The following are the ranks and number of words correct. Tie breakers between teams have not been shown.
1st place-21 words
2nd place-18 words
3rd place-14 words
4th place-13 words
5th place-11 words
6th place to 8th place-9 words
9th place to 10th place-8 words
11th place to 12th place-7 words
13th place-6 words
14th place- 5 words
15th place to 22nd place-4 words
23rd place to 29th place-3 words
30th place to 33rd place-2 words
34th place-1 words
35th team was a No Show


I wish my team had done better than 4 words.
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Re: Picture This C

Postby Flavorflav on Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:29 pm

EASTstroudsburg13 wrote:These are examples from last year, so they probably are approximately the same, depending on the difficulty of the word lists.
rockhound wrote:This was posted in the PA 2009 thread about how teams did in PA at the State tournement.

GoldenKnight1 wrote:Re: Pennsylvania 2009

For Picture This the list of words have been posted with the other sample Picture This words.

The following are the ranks and number of words correct. Tie breakers between teams have not been shown.
1st place-21 words
2nd place-18 words
3rd place-14 words
4th place-13 words
5th place-11 words
6th place to 8th place-9 words
9th place to 10th place-8 words
11th place to 12th place-7 words
13th place-6 words
14th place- 5 words
15th place to 22nd place-4 words
23rd place to 29th place-3 words
30th place to 33rd place-2 words
34th place-1 words
35th team was a No Show


I wish my team had done better than 4 words.


Wow. That's a helluva spread. Thanks for the info.
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