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From the Ted Talk by David Kwong: Two nerdy obsessions meet -- and it's magic

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Now, Gwen, before we begin, I'd like to point out a pciee of the puzzle, which is here in this envelope, and I will not go near it. Okay? And over here we have a dnawirg of some farm animals. You can see we have an owl, we have a horse, a donkey, a rooster, an ox, and a sheep, and then here, Gwen, we have some fancy art store markers, coorls like, can you see that word right there? Gwen: Cobalt. David Kwong: coalbt, yes. Cobalt. But we have a silver, a red, an emerald, and an amber marker, and Gwen, you are going to coolr this drawing just like you were five years old, one makerr at a time. It's going to be a lot of fun. But I'm going to go over here. I don't want to see what you're doing. Okay, so don't start yet. Wait for me to get over here and close my eyes. Now Gwen, are you rdaey?

Open Cloze

Now, Gwen, before we begin, I'd like to point out a _____ of the puzzle, which is here in this envelope, and I will not go near it. Okay? And over here we have a _______ of some farm animals. You can see we have an owl, we have a horse, a donkey, a rooster, an ox, and a sheep, and then here, Gwen, we have some fancy art store markers, ______ like, can you see that word right there? Gwen: Cobalt. David Kwong: ______, yes. Cobalt. But we have a silver, a red, an emerald, and an amber marker, and Gwen, you are going to _____ this drawing just like you were five years old, one ______ at a time. It's going to be a lot of fun. But I'm going to go over here. I don't want to see what you're doing. Okay, so don't start yet. Wait for me to get over here and close my eyes. Now Gwen, are you _____?

Solution

  1. piece
  2. color
  3. colors
  4. drawing
  5. marker
  6. ready
  7. cobalt

Original Text

Now, Gwen, before we begin, I'd like to point out a piece of the puzzle, which is here in this envelope, and I will not go near it. Okay? And over here we have a drawing of some farm animals. You can see we have an owl, we have a horse, a donkey, a rooster, an ox, and a sheep, and then here, Gwen, we have some fancy art store markers, colors like, can you see that word right there? Gwen: Cobalt. David Kwong: Cobalt, yes. Cobalt. But we have a silver, a red, an emerald, and an amber marker, and Gwen, you are going to color this drawing just like you were five years old, one marker at a time. It's going to be a lot of fun. But I'm going to go over here. I don't want to see what you're doing. Okay, so don't start yet. Wait for me to get over here and close my eyes. Now Gwen, are you ready?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
crossword puzzle 4
york times 3
emerald rooster 3
katy perry 2
morning coffee 2
purple marker 2

Important Words

  1. amber
  2. animals
  3. art
  4. close
  5. cobalt
  6. color
  7. colors
  8. david
  9. donkey
  10. drawing
  11. emerald
  12. envelope
  13. eyes
  14. fancy
  15. farm
  16. fun
  17. gwen
  18. horse
  19. lot
  20. marker
  21. markers
  22. owl
  23. ox
  24. piece
  25. point
  26. puzzle
  27. ready
  28. red
  29. rooster
  30. sheep
  31. silver
  32. start
  33. store
  34. time
  35. wait
  36. word
  37. years