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Capo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:06 am Post subject: Online vocab game - correct answers = free rice 4 the hungry |
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http://www.freerice.com/
I got up to 1000 grains in just a few minutes, test your vocabularly and do something good in your spare time |
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Capo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:12 am Post subject: |
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for info...
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An internet word game has generated enough rice to feed 50,000 people for one day, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
The game, FreeRice, tests the vocabulary of participants. For each click on a correct answer, the website donates money to buy 10 grains of rice.
Companies advertising on the website provide the money to the WFP to buy and distribute the rice.
FreeRice went online in early October and has now raised 1bn grains of rice.
That is enough rice to feed 50,000 people for one day, the WFP said on Friday.
'Viral marketing'
The head of the WFP, Josette Sheeran, said: "FreeRice really hits home how the web can be harnessed to raise awareness and funds for he world's number one emergency."
She said word of the game has spread with the help of internet bloggers and websites like Facebook and YouTube.
"FreeRice really hits home how the Web can be harnessed to raise awareness and funds for the world's number one emergency," she said.
"The site is a viral marketing success story."
FreeRice is the invention of US online fundraising pioneer John Breen.
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ryouga013
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: |
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 I only got a level 33... meh, I got 2000+grains quick enough |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:56 am Post subject: |
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Level 41 for me....must be a genius?
It's great for when you're chatting with people and need some diversion going on, on the side. |
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Cliffhanger
Joined: 07 Sep 2007
Location: Anyang
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| My highest was 37 before going back down and sticking around the 34-35 level. |
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CasperTheFriendlyGhost
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| Does this end? Up to 42, down to 35, and it goes on and on and on... |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| highest level is 50, or so I'm told, I've hit 46 for about a minute or two |
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Craven Moorehead
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmm, fun. I hit 47 and stayed steady. Those crosswords are paying off. |
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