As an adult, I discovered that one of the first things that impressed me about people was their vocabulary. The perfect word, used humbly and as if by accident, is the shortest way to my heart. I realized after some thought that this, too, was about my dad. His command of words became my standard of excellence. There weren’t many people who measured up to his standard, and even fewer who exceeded it. (from the memoir I’m working on)
The words in the quiz below are actual words I’ve learned by listening to the daily conversation of Dr. Halloran and Dr. Dickson. Note the term “learned”: I did not know what they meant when I heard them, so if you don’t know them either, join the crowd. Your results will not be posted publicly…unless you’re on the leaderboard!
I will choose one participant to receive a $20 Target gift card. For now, it will be a random drawing, not just the people with a perfect score.
Update, 2/26/15: You are still welcome to take this quiz, but the drawing is complete! See my next blog post for announcement of the random winner.
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Press the SUBMIT QUIZ button above to enter the drawing. Since this is my first attempt at a quiz, I am keeping my eyes out for technical glitches. Don’t hesitate to leave a comment if something is not user-friendly.
9 thoughts on “Talk Like a Surgeon (#1)”
“Motate” might just be a word after all…..:-)
Maybe so Barb! I forgot about that.
I cheated 🙂 my husband helped me
No problem! That’s why the gift card is going to a random entrant and not the winner!
No problem! The prize gift card goes to a random person, not the winner, so you don’t need to feel guilty!
Oh bother…please don’t look at my answers. I feel as intelligent as the night we played scrabble and couldn’t spell denim.
Please! I haven’t been looking at people’s answers, but I can tell you that no one has gotten a perfect score. That’s why I’m entering everyone in my drawing, rather than top scorers, because it’s a very hard quiz. Pretty sure I wouldn’t have done well. And I also don’t have anything more than very vague memories of you and denim…apparently it impacted you the most!
Ooops! The second quiz that has my name attached was my friend MaryJane! I am not sure what happened!
No problem, I deleted the second Sharon. I’ll make sure you’re both in the drawing. Like I said, I’m trying to figure out the quiz program…several people’s quizzes appeared twice. Gracious, how are you both so smart?