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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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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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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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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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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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-_-, 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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[-_-] 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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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?

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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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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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