Pay It Forward - Tree Knowledge Competition

[British Red]

Nope it means your scores got worse then better

Now, feel free to keep trying I am, for a few minutes (adopts manly gruff voice), going to wrap choclates in petit four cases

Red

 

[SOAR]

Ok Children in need.

1 Sycamore
2 Hawthorn
3 Elder
4 Ash
5 Walnut
6 Rowan
7 Oak
8 London Plane
9 Lime
10 Scotts Pine.

 

[British Red]

Thanks SOAR. Still not all right I'm afraid.

Still thats 12 sets of answers in....high score will be published after 15........

Red

(ps would you like this chocolate brazil as a consolation prize?)

 

[Mirius]

Alder
Aspen
BlackLocust(falseacacia
Cypress
Elder
FalseAcacia
Fieldmaple
GoatWillow
Hemlock
Holly
HorseChestnut
LondonPlane
MountainAsh
Oak
Pine (I haven't separated out all the species of pine that have been proposed)
SalixIthink,I'mgoingwithpoplar
Whitebeam
Willow
Yew

He didn't actually say that No5 still hadn't been named correctly...

But from your list, you can remove I think
False acaccia - heavily ridged bark
Elder - they don't grow that big!
Holly - grey smooth bark
Horse chestnut - older trees have rough bark with a hammered effect
London Plane - multicoloured smooth bark
Mountain ash - again, don't grow that big I think
Yew - reddish but peeling bark.

 

[familne]

I'll go for:

1.Austrian/Corsican Pine
2.Willow
3.Elder
4.Oak
5.Alder
6.Beech
7.Norway Spruce
8.Plane
9.Sycamore
10.Scot's Pine

Donation to Children in Need

 

[British Red]

Thanks familne

You will be glad to know, that you don't need to treck down the whole country for lunch

Of course it was #13 so it was bound to be unlucky

Red

 

[familne]

Another go:

1.Austrian/Corsican Pine
2.Willow
3.Elder
4.Ash
5.Alder
6.Lime
7.Norway Spruce
8.Plane
9.Sycamore
10.Scot's Pine

 

[Toadflax]

I will do a donation, Mr Red, even if I don't actually submit an entry, 'cos this has been good fun. It will be to one of the Alzheimer's charities, because my poor old Mum has it bad, and hasn't known who I am for about 5 years now and my Dad, who died last year, had hoped to spend his twilight years with her, instead of visiting a nursing home to see the empty shell of a person who looked like my Mum.


Geoff

 

[British Red]

What a great cause Geoff - thank you

Familne - same total score as last time (another nugget of information for Geoffs statistical analysis)

One more and we will get a new "best score"..................

Red

 

[Toadflax]

OK, here goes. Not convinced, but need some more stats to work with.

1 Horse Chestnut
2 Willow
3 Elder
4 Poplar
5 Holly
6 Beech
7 Oak
8 London Plane
9 Lime
10 Scots Pine


Geoff

 

[British Red]

Thanks geoff. Thats 15 tries! And more than 15 pay forwards as a result (including hints)

I'm afraid Geoff that, as you say, you clearly need some more stats

Anyway, the highest score so far is...........


is................................



5/10



Okay a free hint. One tree has been correctly identified, however a single incorrect answer has been given more times than the correct one................


Red

 

[SOAR]

Ok as my wife is giving my donations tommorow heres another.

1 Horse chestnut
2 Hawthorn
3 Elder
4 Ash
5 Walnut
6 Rowan
7 Oak
8 London Plane
9 Sycamore
10 Scotts Pine

 

[Stew]

Well, here's my entry.

I shall make an extra donation to the Edale Mountain Rescue Team, without whom I would probably be paralysed!

Drum roll please......

1 - Horse Chestnut
2 - Alder
3 - Elder
4 - Elm
5 - Pear
6 - Whitebeam
7 - Maple
8 - Sycamore
9 - Lime
10 - Spruce

 

[Matt Weir]

Oh, and as it's a charity based comp I will throw a book into the prize fund if that's OK Red?

 

[Toadflax]

This might be the new version of the Tree ID Book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Collins-Tre...19/ref=pd_sbs_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1195148428&sr=1-6. Price is a little more reasonable.


Geoff

 

[British Red]

Too right Matt - thank you. Such generosity deserves a hint.

The hint (of a statistical nature) is

Total correct answers in first five entries was 16
Total correct answers in second five entries was 17
Total correct answers in third five entries was 19

Red

 

[Stew]

Oh, and as it's a charity based comp I will throw a book into the prize fund if that's OK Red?

What, a tree ID book?

 

[British Red]

Oh btw - thanks for playing stew - great cause.

SOAR - thanks for that - an interesting movement in your trend curve - as a hint it moved either up or down

Neither was spot on though

Red

 

[Toadflax]

Total correct answers in first five entries was 16 (32% correct)
Total correct answers in second five entries was 17 (34% correct)
Total correct answers in third five entries was 19 (38% correct)

Red

I think I may give up tree recognition and take up squirrel hunting!


Geoff

 

[British Red]

Hey - we'll get there! It was never meant to be easy - I've been surprised at which ones people found easy and which ones are tormenting people

Want another mathematical clue?

Red