Here is something fun...

Post by **daiv** » Sun May 09, 2010 8:17 pm

Here you go guys, have fun with it:

http://www.cactiguide.com/quiz_start/

eekawill · Post by **eekawill** » Sun May 09, 2010 8:38 pm

this is a fun little game how many pics do you have in the database?

Andy_CT · Post by **Andy_CT** » Sun May 09, 2010 8:44 pm

I got 18/20

hob · Post by **hob** » Sun May 09, 2010 8:46 pm

only 17

Harriet · Post by **Harriet** » Sun May 09, 2010 10:42 pm

16 of 20, I didn't look at the last two close enough!

Tetrazole · Post by **Tetrazole** » Sun May 09, 2010 11:22 pm

That was fun - 20/20. It paid to take time and really look over the photos. The second one, had it not a dried bloom among the stems could have gone either way. The unusual Euphorbia with all the lumps also really required a careful look as there appeared to be a single cycathia on it. The tree-like one was just a guess and with the barrel cactus around it you had to hope that the tree-like plant was the one to focus on.

Could it have more photos added for retakes? If there was a pool of perhaps 100-150 photos a random group of 20 could be pulled up for each quiz. Again, lots of fun.

Thanks for the nice afternoon brain teaser.

Nathan

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Mon May 10, 2010 12:06 am

I got 15 outta 20 but I marked the wrong one on two of them.

I knew the one that was the Pereskia grandifolia was not a cactus. I mean really. How could I hit the wrong button? LoL

Post by **daiv** » Mon May 10, 2010 1:28 am

Glad you guys liked it. I got the idea when Juergen sent me the picture of Euphorbia fruticosa. I knew Euphobia trigona often fooled people, but I thought it would be surely mixed up with Ferocactus.

Nathan,
Mixing it up with different pics is an idea. The way I built it is half dynamic/half static so I'd have to rework it. I might just make a couple different ones since I see they are a hit.

I picked tricky ones on purpose. Too many more and it might start to become obvious.

apacholek10 · Post by **apacholek10** » Mon May 10, 2010 1:33 am

love the game Daiv thanks! I did the worst so far, 14 out of 20...better than I thought though!

John C · Post by **John C** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:45 am

That was fun! I got 19 out of 20. Plant #15 got me

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Mon May 10, 2010 5:09 am

I got 19/20! That was very fun.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon May 10, 2010 5:54 am

What a great selection of tricky photos. 20 out of 20, but Euphorbia gymnocalycioides almost got me. I had to stare for a while to realize there were no areoles. I think the hardest pic of all is Pereskia grandifolia.

peterb

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Mon May 10, 2010 5:56 am

20/20

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Mon May 10, 2010 6:28 am

I got 15/20. Not too bad for a relative beginner.

I cry foul on the Pereskia grandifolia, however. There are so many plants in that pic that I wasn't sure which one I was supposed to be looking at!

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Mon May 10, 2010 7:15 am

this quiz is HARD, I got 16/20, #4, #9, #15 & #16 were wrong. 15 is tricky indeed, looks so much like sedum.