# Free Rice update

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-rice-update/468298>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-rice-update/468298 "2008-10-17T00:52:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-rice-update/468298/1 "2008-10-17T00:52:11Z")

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Dunno if people have been over to [Free Rice](http://freerice.com) in awhile, but I checked the other day and they’ve added some stuff. You can now jump levels if you want, no matter where you are in them. They also added different [subjects](http://freerice.com/subjects.php), like different languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish), chem, geography, art, and even Eng grammar (though it’s pretty easy).

For people new to this, it’s a site where if you answer questions correctly, grains of rice get donated to hunger relief.

Plus, 1 correct answer now gives 20 grains of rice instead of 10 (though I’m pretty sure that changed long before the other additions).

Just thought I’d share. Go donate some rice!

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-rice-update/468298/2 "2008-10-17T01:00:46Z")

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Thanks for the update! I’m gonna go play!

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-rice-update/468298/3 "2008-10-17T02:18:10Z")

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You’ve just made my inner grammar nerd very happy!

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**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-rice-update/468298/4 "2008-10-17T09:29:53Z")

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There is also a math section with times tables up through twelve. I encourage my students to use it for multiplication practice.

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**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-rice-update/468298/5 "2008-10-17T10:27:47Z")

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Wooo! I did so well on the French section…I remember a lot of vocab, it’s very encouraging. 🙂

I got up to about 6000 grains, yay.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-rice-update/468298/6 "2008-10-17T11:59:41Z")

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I literally opened this thread expecting to see a plea to help pry Condoleezza away from the clutches of the Republicans. Sorry. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-rice-update/468298/7 "2008-10-17T12:15:47Z")

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I’d forgotten about that site. Thanks!