 | caramba: | Sep 3rd, 2011 at 01:59 GMT | | 6 points    |
| This should be in Science - I'm sure prof sproutcm would love it! But, millions of grams would be tonnes; perhaps change to ounces. Also, there's gold in the clue right after Au. |
 | bazmerelda: | Sep 3rd, 2011 at 11:03 GMT | | 2 points |
Yeah, I wasn't really sure where to put it. It seems to me that all word ladders are put in Just for Fun these days, regardless of theme. I'll move it over to Science for now - Sproutcm or druhutch can tell me to send it back if they prefer. There are still over a million grams in a ton - it just involves an improper metric to imperial conversion - but I might as well change it since it does probably give the wrong implication as it is. Not sure what to do about the gild clue. Does anyone know if gilding can be done with metals other than gold?
How is the time limit for everyone? Most people are scoring very highly at the moment. |
 | AuroraIllumina: | Sep 3rd, 2011 at 13:25 GMT | | 2 points |
| The guideline is one minute per ten words, so four minutes seems to be appropriate. I would suggest editing the clue just below "Au" to say "Cover with a thin layer of [previous rung]". |
| bazmerelda: | Sep 3rd, 2011 at 14:26 GMT | | 1 point |
| Nice thinking! |
 | Sopz: | Oct 29th, 2011 at 18:17 GMT | | 3 points |
| Mass isn't affected by gravitational fields-weight is
maybe change it to "not affected"
otherwise great quiz |
 | sufradley: | Oct 30th, 2011 at 12:39 GMT | | 2 points |
| Nicely done bazmerelda! Glad you’re Editor’s pick – now onto the home page… |
 | MorningBell411: | Oct 30th, 2011 at 19:04 GMT | | 3 points |
| Now I've got the Muse song stuck in my head... |
Game published: Jul 7th, 2012 at 04:03 GMT
 | mason88: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 04:13 GMT | | 1 point |
| I wonder if Bill Nye played this quiz if he'd get a perfect...? |
 | rockgolf: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 05:57 GMT | | 21 points |
| Nah, Bill Nye doesn't know squat about Care Bears. |
 | Xpider: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 06:07 GMT | | 0 points |
| Only missed the last one on Astronomy, but so did about 80% of everyone, so I don't feel as stupid as I probably should. oO |
| Mushu2: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 08:31 GMT | | 3 points |
| Nice quiz, a bit more time would be nice though :) |
| gvigary: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 09:15 GMT | | 3 points |
| A little more testing than the average word ladder, which is a good thing. Very pleased to have dredged up the last answer from the depths of my memory! |
| Bunnylump: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 12:35 GMT | | 5 points |
| Cor that last answer was a stinker!! Good quiz though. :) |
| booklover12: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 15:58 GMT | | 2 points |
| Did I really just try "Worf" for the comet cloud? (Thinking maybe he was named for it?) |
| ezois: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 17:19 GMT | | 4 points |
| That was fun. I have to admit I got the last one by trial and error. Fortunately it was the first letter that changed. |
 | ktappe: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 21:50 GMT | | -1 points |
| What does "Muse single from Showbiz album" mean? Even after seeing the answer I don't know what you were asking. |
| VastEmptiness: | Jul 7th, 2012 at 23:07 GMT | | 3 points |
| Awesome word ladder - don't change a thing. |
Comment below threshold: show it | bainbp: | Jul 8th, 2012 at 02:02 GMT | | -13 points |
| The Moon only refers to the natural satellite of Earth. Other natural satellites have other names. |
 | A_Trep: | Jul 8th, 2012 at 02:40 GMT | | 6 points |
| bainbp: Yes, "the Moon" is our moon, but natural satellites of other planets are also moons. Just as "the Sun" is our sun, stars with systems of their own are suns to those planets and moons. |
 | ArnoldLodgehm: | Jul 8th, 2012 at 10:59 GMT | | -3 points |
| I would assert that a moot point is, more correctly, an arguable point rather than an irrelevance. |
| bazmerelda: | Jul 8th, 2012 at 20:07 GMT | | 5 points |
| @ArnoldLodgehm: Both definitions are correct and are used interchangeably as word ladder clues. Someone will always disagree regardless of which definition is used. The clue I've used here is the definition typically used in North America whereas yours is more common in the UK. Word Ladders often use uncommon or unusual definitions of common words to make them more challenging and fun. |
| featherfish81: | Jul 8th, 2012 at 20:30 GMT | | 2 points |
| I mostly remembered muon because Sheldon is always talking about them on Big Bang Theory. And I'm not ashamed to admit it. |
 | NaturalStateReb: | Jul 9th, 2012 at 20:53 GMT | | 1 point |
| Could use another minute. |
 | physics_king: | Apr 13th, 2013 at 15:34 GMT | | 1 point |
| If you enjoyed this game then you will definitely enjoy Science and nature and highly corrosive physics, science and nature is that harder one. |
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