Take the 100 Words Quiz!
I recently posted American Heritage Dictionary’s “100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know.” Here’s a quiz you can take to see how well you can define all 100.
I’m using a new program to create and administer the quiz. I’d love to hear your feedback. If it goes well, I’ll start posting quizzes on a regular basis! Just click the link below and get started.
Feel free to post your reactions and (if you dare) your scores!
I got a 32% and I am only in the fourth grade. That’s an excuse for me.
I’d say that’s pretty good, Kevin!
I got a 32% and I am only in the fourth grade.
Only 69% and I used to ace all of the Readers Digest “Word Power” quizzes! Guess it’s old age creeping in, or school is just more sophisticated than in my time B.C. – before computers.
That score is much better than the average, Tamara. 🙂
61% – oh dear! I got irony wrong but then I’m British so I think we have a different definition 😉
97%, I’m not bad at this.
Not bad at all!
it said i only got 69 per cent but it marked seven answers wrong, saying i had put the wrong answers when i know i chose the correct one, so i actually got 76 per cent. and i’m not lying to make myself sound better. it seriously decided to say i gave answers other than i did for seven questions. better check that out. the next most annoying thing is seeing a wrong answer when the correct answer was one you were going to choose and then didn’t. that happened a little too often too.
I’ll look into that, Lynzee. Thanks for the heads up. Even without the errors, your score is impressive. Well done.
72%
I am shocked, as I thought I’d gotten at least half of them wrong. My mum and sis helped a little though.
I am a homeschool graduate.
72% is nothing to be ashamed of!
89%
I’m only in 8th grade 🙂
So, are there two Ryans or just one? I’m confused.
Just one, the other person spells their name “Ryann” and i’m Ryan. Hope that helps 🙂
I guess so, but it’s weird. Same name (different spelling), same score (89%) and both of you guys are in middle school still.
Anyway, well done. You’ve both done better than most adults who have taken the quiz.
89%
I surprised myself and my parents, because i’m only in 7th grade!! I really enjoyed learning some new words today, thanks. 🙂
This was fun even though I only got a 79%. 🙂 I was in a hurry when I took the quiz, so I’ll use that as a partial excuse. I hope you put more quizzes on the site. That’s a great idea.
Glad you liked it, Mary. 79% is fair. Thanks for sharing your score!
75% and I’m not even in high school yet.
Outstanding, Will! Very impressive.
87%. Solid B-plus.
You should post that score on your refrigerator, Paul!
92% Loved the quiz, and I learned a few words!
Pat gets an A. Well done.
93%
Could you post the results after a week or two? You aren’t testing a representative population (and you might on future quizzes ask if someone is a student or a parent/teacher), but I would still like to see how I did compared to everyone else : )
I was planning on posting some quiz results, Marie. I can tell you that 93% is well above average so far! 🙂
I got 80%. I really like the program, would be nice if the quizzes were a bit shorter. I remember that I got taxonomy mixed up with taxidermy. 🙂 Bottom line: Make more quizzes PLEASE 🙂
Thanks for the input JJ. The length is all my fault. I decided to do all 100 words instead of a sampling. I can make them any length I like. I expect most will be much shorter.
80% is good. Well above the average, I would think.
70% – It would have been a lot worse if I didn’t know Latin. What bothered me is that I knew the general meaning of some words, but sometimes two definitions would fall under my understanding. Ah well—live and learn. I wrote down about fifteen words to use in my scribblings. 😀
I didn’t want to trick anybody, but I wanted to make it hard to guess too. 70% is a good score, CJ!
85% and English is my second language! 😀 yeah me!
Good job, Cleo (But you don’t have to rub it in!) 🙂
74%. Acceptable.
Hold your head high, Nancy.
76%… Okay, not as bad as I thought. 😉
Anything above 70% is pretty strong. Heck, I missed 2 and I made the quiz!