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Think of the answer that no-one else did!

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to write words containing a silent b. Answer s

AnswerPoints lamb62 crumb59 bomb50 thumb39 dumb36 tomb35 plumb31 numb29 doubt19 limb12 womb8 debt7 subtle0 Anything else correct and not derived from the words above 0

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to write words containing a silent g. Answer s

AnswerPoints gnome47 sign41 design39 gnat34 gnaw29 gnash28 gnaw19 reign12 foreign5 gnarled1 gnu0 Anything else correct and not derived from the words above 0

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to write words beginning with the prefix bi-. Answer s

AnswerPoint s bicycle84 binoculars51 biceps32 biweekly28 bimonthly24 bilingual19 binary13 biennial2 bigamy0 Anything else correct and not derived from the words above 0

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to write words beginning with the prefix tele-. Answer s

AnswerPoint s television82 telephone77 telescope53 teletext31 telegram23 telegraph21 teleport11 telecommunications7 telephoto3 teleconference1 telepathy1 Anything else correct and not derived from the words above 0

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name punctuation marks. Answer s

AnswerPoints Full stop.99 Comma,87 Question mark ?76 Exclamation mark !62 Speech marks “ “50 Apostrophe ‘47 Colon :32 Semi colon ;29 Dash --22 Ellipsis …16 Brackets ()11 Hyphen7 Quotation marks ‘ ‘3 /0 Anything else correct0

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to write synonyms for went. Answer s

AnswerPoints hurried18 rushed17 sprinted16 hobbled13 ambled9 sailed7 strolled6 jogged4 visited3 biked2 swam1 crawled1 Anything else correct (must be past tense) 0 AnswerPoints walked84 ran78 left64 flew59 moved57 drove54 sped52 travelled44 crept42 approached38 skipped37 hopped32 marched27 rode25 raced22 climbed19

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to write down synonyms for said. Answer s

AnswerPoints questioned67 answered64 spoke61 replied58 asked57 called54 guessed45 announced44 mentioned41 claimed38 complained36 lied32 repeated28 commented25 promised22 agreed19 AnswerPoints warned18 boasted18 admitted16 stated13 revealed9 protested7 murmured6 sighed4 screamed3 urged2 declared1 teased1 Anything else correct (must be past tense) 0