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GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   20 May 2020, 05:22
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GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz







The Quiz will start on the coming Friday, 29nd May 2020.

The wait is over, GMATBusters is back with Weekly Verbal Quiz.
  • The Quiz will be Live for 48 hrs.
  • 5 SC Questions will be posted on the forum and we will post a reply in this topic with a link to each question, so bookmark and follow this thread to get the link of questions
  • Important: Winners will be determined based on the number of correct answers and right explanation. you cannot change your explanation once posted.
  • Important: Once posted, revising the solution is NOT allowed
  • Important: During this quiz duration - nobody will be able to to see other users' replies posted in the Question Topic. You can still see and read your post. If you to test how it will work - you can do that in this test discussion.
  • Disclaimer: In the event that more than 4 people tie for first place, then there will be a random draw to select the winners - with the additional stipulation that whoever wins cannot win again the NEXT week (but can compete in later contests).

Prizes: There will be 4 winners each week and we will be providing 1-month access to the Empowergmat account to each of the 4 winners each week. :)

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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   21 May 2020, 15:56
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Hi All GMATers!

EMPOWERgmat is excited to be sponsoring this GMATBuster's GMAT Verbal Quiz Event! To open this challenge up to as many entrants as possible, we've decided to extend the entry window AND offer multiple prizes!

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GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   21 May 2020, 19:35
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Quiz started : 22 May 2020



Ques 1: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-state-board-of-education-has-directed-assessments-of-schools-in-th-324734.html
Ques 2: https://gmatclub.com/forum/research-advises-that-the-ownership-of-a-pet-in-childhood-may-be-so-be-324735.html
Ques 3: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-1900-civil-engineer-john-elfreth-watkins-predicted-the-future-in-h-324736.html
Ques 4: https://gmatclub.com/forum/to-entice-the-most-gifted-painters-some-galleries-are-suggesting-a-la-324737.html
Ques 5: https://gmatclub.com/forum/golf-handicaps-range-from-zero-to-36-4-but-while-some-golfers-have-no-324738.html

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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   21 May 2020, 22:19
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Ques 1: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-state-board-of-education-has-directed-assessments-of-schools-in-th-324734.html
Ques 2: https://gmatclub.com/forum/research-advises-that-the-ownership-of-a-pet-in-childhood-may-be-so-be-324735.html
Ques 3: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-1900-civil-engineer-john-elfreth-watkins-predicted-the-future-in-h-324736.html
Ques 4: https://gmatclub.com/forum/to-entice-the-most-gifted-painters-some-galleries-are-suggesting-a-la-324737.html
Ques 5: https://gmatclub.com/forum/golf-handicaps-range-from-zero-to-36-4-but-while-some-golfers-have-no-324738.html

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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   21 May 2020, 22:26
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u need to post answers in the question post, if still finding difficulty, kindly ask in the same question thread or send the url.

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Quiz started



Ques 1: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-state-board-of-education-has-directed-assessments-of-schools-in-th-324734.html
Ques 2: https://gmatclub.com/forum/research-advises-that-the-ownership-of-a-pet-in-childhood-may-be-so-be-324735.html
Ques 3: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-1900-civil-engineer-john-elfreth-watkins-predicted-the-future-in-h-324736.html
Ques 4: https://gmatclub.com/forum/to-entice-the-most-gifted-painters-some-galleries-are-suggesting-a-la-324737.html
Ques 5: https://gmatclub.com/forum/golf-handicaps-range-from-zero-to-36-4-but-while-some-golfers-have-no-324738.html

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Hi, How can I post my reply? I am not getting the option to post my message under these questions ? Can you help?
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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   21 May 2020, 22:35
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u need to post answers in the question post, if still finding difficulty, kindly ask in the same question thread or send the url.

Anuragjn wrote:
GMATBusters wrote:

Quiz started



Ques 1: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-state-board-of-education-has-directed-assessments-of-schools-in-th-324734.html
Ques 2: https://gmatclub.com/forum/research-advises-that-the-ownership-of-a-pet-in-childhood-may-be-so-be-324735.html
Ques 3: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-1900-civil-engineer-john-elfreth-watkins-predicted-the-future-in-h-324736.html
Ques 4: https://gmatclub.com/forum/to-entice-the-most-gifted-painters-some-galleries-are-suggesting-a-la-324737.html
Ques 5: https://gmatclub.com/forum/golf-handicaps-range-from-zero-to-36-4-but-while-some-golfers-have-no-324738.html

All the best



Hi, How can I post my reply? I am not getting the option to post my message under these questions ? Can you help?



Hi, I am not getting the "quote" option to post my response. Not sure what's wrong at my end. Here is the URL.

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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   21 May 2020, 22:42
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you cannot quote in a competition mode question. go to the bottom, there is an option to post reply, use that option.
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GMATBusters wrote:
u need to post answers in the question post, if still finding difficulty, kindly ask in the same question thread or send the url.

Anuragjn wrote:
GMATBusters wrote:

Quiz started



Ques 1: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-state-board-of-education-has-directed-assessments-of-schools-in-th-324734.html
Ques 2: https://gmatclub.com/forum/research-advises-that-the-ownership-of-a-pet-in-childhood-may-be-so-be-324735.html
Ques 3: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-1900-civil-engineer-john-elfreth-watkins-predicted-the-future-in-h-324736.html
Ques 4: https://gmatclub.com/forum/to-entice-the-most-gifted-painters-some-galleries-are-suggesting-a-la-324737.html
Ques 5: https://gmatclub.com/forum/golf-handicaps-range-from-zero-to-36-4-but-while-some-golfers-have-no-324738.html

All the best



Hi, How can I post my reply? I am not getting the option to post my message under these questions ? Can you help?



Hi, I am not getting the "quote" option to post my response. Not sure what's wrong at my end. Here is the URL.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-state-bo ... 24734.html
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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   22 May 2020, 06:10
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Hello, Can you please give some information about this quiz?

1) Is algorithm applicable in the quiz?
2) Is first answer advantageous like GMATBusters Quant Quiz 2.0?

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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   22 May 2020, 06:20
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Rules of the Quiz



  • Winners will be determined based on the number of kudos for the right explanation. ( Do not try to ask your friends for kudos escalation, we have means to find out the genuineness of the kudos. :cool: )
  • 48 hours is given so that max people can attempt the quiz, there are no points for an earlier response.
  • After 48 hours, all posts will be revealed, then we will examine the solution and kudos after another 12 hours.
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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   23 May 2020, 02:34
Hi, underlining is missing in the first question
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Thank you for pointing out the same.

Underlined the part as required.

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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   24 May 2020, 09:26
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Results of the Verbal Quiz shall be announced in next 12 hours.


We will count the number of kudos along with the the Correct solution after next 12 hours.

Do not change the explanation provided.

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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   26 May 2020, 07:09
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The Winners of the first Quiz are:



1) NiftyNiffler
2) Raxit85
3) MayankSingh

Congratulations you have received 1-month access to the Empowergmat courses. You all have got all answers right.

Since, Most of the members have not received the kudos, the winners have been decided based on the number of right answers.

For the selection of 4th winner, there will be a random draw : Scheduled at 2020-05-26 20:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +05:30

The result of the draw can be seen at https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1758147SWZXB



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GMATBusters wrote:

Quiz started



Ques 1: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-state-board-of-education-has-directed-assessments-of-schools-in-th-324734.html
Ques 2: https://gmatclub.com/forum/research-advises-that-the-ownership-of-a-pet-in-childhood-may-be-so-be-324735.html
Ques 3: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-1900-civil-engineer-john-elfreth-watkins-predicted-the-future-in-h-324736.html
Ques 4: https://gmatclub.com/forum/to-entice-the-most-gifted-painters-some-galleries-are-suggesting-a-la-324737.html
Ques 5: https://gmatclub.com/forum/golf-handicaps-range-from-zero-to-36-4-but-while-some-golfers-have-no-324738.html

All the best

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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   26 May 2020, 09:04
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The Winner of Random draw is

abcdddddd



Congratulations to all winners


The Winners of the first Quiz are:



1) NiftyNiffler
2) Raxit85
3) MayankSingh

Congratulations you have received 1-month access to the Empowergmat courses. You all have got all answers right.

Since, Most of the members have not received the kudos, the winners have been decided based on the number of right answers.

For the selection of 4th winner, there will be a random draw : Scheduled at 2020-05-26 20:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +05:30

The result of the draw can be seen at https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1758147SWZXB



Best of luck
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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   26 May 2020, 09:22
Congratulations to every winner!!!

Thank you very much GMATBuster & Empowergmat!!! :)

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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   27 May 2020, 02:48
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abcdddddd, NiftyNiffler, Raxit85, MayankSingh

Kindly send a pm to EMPOWERgmatRichC with a link to this post for the activation of the course.

Happy Learning.

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The Winner of Random draw is

abcdddddd



Congratulations to all winners


The Winners of the first Quiz are:



1) NiftyNiffler
2) Raxit85
3) MayankSingh

Congratulations you have received 1-month access to the Empowergmat courses. You all have got all answers right.

Since, Most of the members have not received the kudos, the winners have been decided based on the number of right answers.

For the selection of 4th winner, there will be a random draw : Scheduled at 2020-05-26 20:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +05:30

The result of the draw can be seen at https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1758147SWZXB



Best of luck
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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   28 May 2020, 09:29
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abcdddddd, NiftyNiffler, Raxit85, MayankSingh

Kindly send a pm to EMPOWERgmatRichC with a link to this post for the activation of the course.

Happy Learning.

GMATBusters wrote:

The Winner of Random draw is

abcdddddd



Congratulations to all winners


The Winners of the first Quiz are:



1) NiftyNiffler
2) Raxit85
3) MayankSingh

Congratulations you have received 1-month access to the Empowergmat courses. You all have got all answers right.

Since, Most of the members have not received the kudos, the winners have been decided based on the number of right answers.

For the selection of 4th winner, there will be a random draw : Scheduled at 2020-05-26 20:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +05:30

The result of the draw can be seen at https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1758147SWZXB



Best of luck
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Thankyou GMATBusters & EMPOWERgmat.
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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   28 May 2020, 19:14
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Quiz Started:


Ques 1: https://gmatclub.com/forum/a-historic-composer-for-western-music-325423.html
Ques 2: https://gmatclub.com/forum/scientists-examining-the-body-fat-of-pregnant-rats-who-ate-junk-foo-325424.html
Ques 3: https://gmatclub.com/forum/outshining-the-panama-canal-or-even-the-empire-state-building-as-an-in-325425.html
Ques 4: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-chicago-the-coyote-population-is-between-2-000-and-325426.html
Ques 5: https://gmatclub.com/forum/according-to-u-s-agricultural-statistics-the-rate-of-honeybee-colony-325427.html
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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   29 May 2020, 00:08
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Quiz started



Ques 1: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-state-board-of-education-has-directed-assessments-of-schools-in-th-324734.html
Ques 2: https://gmatclub.com/forum/research-advises-that-the-ownership-of-a-pet-in-childhood-may-be-so-be-324735.html
Ques 3: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-1900-civil-engineer-john-elfreth-watkins-predicted-the-future-in-h-324736.html
Ques 4: https://gmatclub.com/forum/to-entice-the-most-gifted-painters-some-galleries-are-suggesting-a-la-324737.html
Ques 5: https://gmatclub.com/forum/golf-handicaps-range-from-zero-to-36-4-but-while-some-golfers-have-no-324738.html

All the best




is this also a part of the quiz?
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Re: GMATBuster's Weekly Verbal Quiz [#permalink] New post   29 May 2020, 00:14
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These are last week's Quiz Questions.

This week's quiz questions have been updated here.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmatbuster-s-weekly-verbal-quiz-324543.html#p2523952

ritwikk2 wrote:
GMATBusters wrote:

Quiz started



Ques 1: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-state-board-of-education-has-directed-assessments-of-schools-in-th-324734.html
Ques 2: https://gmatclub.com/forum/research-advises-that-the-ownership-of-a-pet-in-childhood-may-be-so-be-324735.html
Ques 3: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-1900-civil-engineer-john-elfreth-watkins-predicted-the-future-in-h-324736.html
Ques 4: https://gmatclub.com/forum/to-entice-the-most-gifted-painters-some-galleries-are-suggesting-a-la-324737.html
Ques 5: https://gmatclub.com/forum/golf-handicaps-range-from-zero-to-36-4-but-while-some-golfers-have-no-324738.html

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