Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Costa Rica Quiz

Here are a few unusual things from Costa Rica. The object of the game is to name that thing and you get extra points if you can guess its purpose or use. Email me at kipplyn@thesummers.com with your answers and the winner will receive a pound of real Costa Rican coffee. Have fun!

#1 is a group of 3 pictures that tell the same story







#2 We also have these in the US, but they have a different use.


#3 common household item (pic stolen from other Tico blog)


#4 What is it?

#5 What is it? What do you do with it?

#6 What is it?

#7 What is it? What is its purpose?

#8 What is it?

3 comments:

Courtney said...

#1 getting apples (or some kind of fruit) out of a tree
#2 to keep the animals OUT instead of IN :)
#3 i have no idea, a trash can, a mailbox (for big packages)?
#4 bees or ants on a plant
#5 a fruit, eat it
#6 some type of contraption used to get water?
#7 gecko, drive you nuts? :)
#8 washer?

see now why i didn't want to 'play' I know nothing! :)

Kipplyn said...

Hey there! You did good! Very close!
#1 Is a man shaking a tree for the kids to catch the guyabas (fruit)
#2 Coffee House- they put all the coffee berries that they pick here for a truck to pick up
#3 Where they put the trash bags for the men to pick up
#4Grasshoppers
#5fruit yes
#6Contraption for hydroelectricity
#7gecko yes! We named ours Fred. He came out every night to eat the mosquitoes and other bugs. He was our friend.
#8Spinner for the washer. There is no spin cycle, so you have to move the wet laundry to a spinner to get the water out!!

You want decaf or caf?? :-)

Courtney said...

haha! i just came back to see if anyone else had responded. thank you so much for the offer, but i don't drink coffee, nor does anyone else that lives in my home. so treat yourself! ;)