Help feed hungry by playing a word game

g under p
g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
edited October 2007 in A Moving Train
It's a word game in which for each right answer, 10 grains of rice are donated through the UN for the hungry. Expand your vocabulary, do some good, and waste time knowing that you're not really wasting time.


Click on FREE RICE

Now I'm stuck after 5 right, gotta guess now.

Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    I surprised myself with some good guessing and gave 200 grams of rice. :)

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    That's pretty addictive....I 'gave' 210 grains...too bad it wasn't grams.
    :cool:
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    just got another 50 randomly clicking answers quickly...then got this message:
    "Sorry, we are unable to process rice donations so fast.

    Please click BACK on your browser and try again."

    I think you could donate more and skip all that pesky learning by going that route.

    edit: now that I read the FAQ and understand howt he vocab level works I'm all hooked on seeing how high I can get it, cool lil program....nice link :)
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    g under p wrote:
    I surprised myself with some good guessing and gave 200 grams of rice. :)

    Peace

    Ooppps I meant to say 200 grains then I was too tired to go on last night.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Snake
    Snake Posts: 2,605
    Now Im at 370. I got like 5 or 8 wrong though.
    Pirates had democracy too.

    "Its a secret to everybody."
  • Snake
    Snake Posts: 2,605
    Well im finished with: 1010 grains of rice, and vocab level 30. Well thats about 2/3 of a bag eh? Cool site, but how do they donate rice when we answer questions right?
    Pirates had democracy too.

    "Its a secret to everybody."
  • T-Case
    T-Case Posts: 186
    i gave 450 and had a level of 29
    PJ at MSG in 2008! Mission Accomplished

    The band all knows. We're too afraid to mention.
    Don't want to be part of Frank's luncheon.
    Lose weight. Be safe. Where's Mike McCready?
    My god he's been ate!
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    700 with a level of 38. It's fun, but time-consuming. Maybe I'll shoot for 500 a day or something.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    If they have all this damn rice, why don't they just donate it instead of waiting for people to guess words? That seems like a joke.
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    floyd1975 wrote:
    If they have all this damn rice, why don't they just donate it instead of waiting for people to guess words? That seems like a joke.
    From the FAQ's:
    If FreeRice has the rice to give, why not give it all away right now?

    FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 10 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.
  • ScotInAmsterdam
    ScotInAmsterdam Posts: 1,004
    I've hit vocab level 46(I predominately oscillate around 40), and I've donated multitudinous 1000's of viands. I think I've unequivocally become fanatical.

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