My best score so far was 950. 
300 for me, havenāt been out in a while. Also, I had to think, and that hurts.
not that smartā¦ only 450 here
700 first time, 150 second time.
300 first time, 550 second time.
Itās not fair having Estonian, Finnish, and Hungarian as choices in the same round.
Oh my word! I misread the title as āThe Great Linguine Gameā. 
I was pleased that I made a 450.
Yes, but I had to guess several answers. And I didnāt want to embarrass myself by playing again in case I didnāt score as high.
450ā¦ well, its 450!
Hmmm. 500. It does get tougher as it goes, doesnāt it?
- I think I might have had a better score if Iād been able to read the samples rather than listen.
So, how many different linguini can you distinguish?
Well itās definitely not a matter of smarts, but of exposure. And considering my own background in linguistics, I should probably have done better.
The interesting question for me is: What is the test actually testing?
Itās reasonable to assume that no one will have heard all the languages presented to the point of identifying them. But what people can identify is the general phonological impression. And overall phonology is something that is shared among related languages or, more broadly, a Sprachbund of languages.
So if you know that Mandarin is tonal, then itās easier to guess at Cantonese or Vietnamese. Arabic helps you guess Farsi or Kurdish. Swedish helps you guess Icelandic. Itās when, as Charlie said, youāre given choices in the same family or Sprachbund that youāre screwed. 
Yes, having to choose between Punjabi and Urdu, or Polish and Ukrainian, is a bit much to ask of the non-speaker. On the other hand, they often repeat the same clip (or use different clips from the same speaker). I was able to score 1050 once, but it played me the same Finnish clip 3 times.
450
ā¦ mind you, I donāt know how many languages Iād be able to distinguish.