2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 18

Hi All,

I have compiled the Tiger Woods marketing question at the following URL:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YSWC7RQ

Please take the survey, and the one with most votes wins! Good luck all.

I will have to defer a winner on last night’s question until tomorrow as the legend is not on my person.

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Question:

Daniel Pink wrote a great book called “A Whole New Mind” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whole_New_Mind) that I personally found to be very insightful and one that caused me to question my overreliance on left-brained, logical thinking. This question will no doubt infuriate, but I want to mix it up a bit.

Pink recommends reading eight different publications on Design. Send me an image of any one of them (either that you took, or you lifted off the net), and you win.

J

2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 17

Hi Quizzees,

Some VERY creative answers submitted for the Tiger challenge, some complete with images and detailed descriptions! Given the breadth of the submission descriptions, I will have to figure out the best way to soliciting voting input. Initially, I was thinking about Survey Monkey, but don’t know how easy it will be to upload imagery within a multiple choice question ….. Anyway, leave it with me and I will advise as soon as something is posted for voting....

Now, on to today’s question…

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Alright kids, time for a language test! Last year I had you translate a sentence mixed with words from different languages. This year, I am asking you to identify the languages shown in the attached document.

As always, the greatest number correct wins. I would be highly impressed if anyone gets them all, but should that happen, the tie breaker will be the timeline, with the first one in winning. .

Note: I did not create the attached text, so in some cases it may be a bit off if you are fluent in the language, but it should still be close enough to give you an idea.

2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 16

Hey All,

So, the old man pictured seems to have proven challenging. Funny thing is that I can almost guarantee that every one of you knows his work very well.

For example:

I would not, could not, in a box.

I could not, would not, with a fox.

I will not eat them with a mouse.

I will not eat them in a house.

I will not eat them here or there.

I will not eat them anywhere.

I do not eat green eggs and ham.

I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

That’s right, Dr. Seuss!

I saw his Christmas special the other night and realized that despite knowing many of his books, I had zero clue what he looked like.

The only correct answer was offered up by Chris F., who inches closes to taking the overall lead!

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So tonight, I want to see everyone put on their business hats and let their creativity bust free. The theme for tonight’s question was provided by Advent calendar participant Derek.

The Challenge:

You are an entrepreneur and you have a product/service that you think would benefit immensely from having it endorsed byTiger Woods.

The question is, what is your product/service? Please outline the following:

· Product Service Name:

· Product/Service Description:

· Target Market:

· Slogan:

Complicating factor: his family troubles have rocked his ability to focus so much that his golf skills have plummeted. As such, any golf related product/service will be a no go.

Since there is no correct answer to this question, I will compile all the answers submitted and will ask the group to vote for their favourite tomorrow by way of survey.

To give your creative juices tonnes of time, tomorrow’s question will not go out for 24 hours.

Feel free to submit multiple answers, and be enjoy

2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 15

Hey All,

I thought I would send out today's challenge a might bit early, as we have an ad maniac in the group. Hannah got every single ad correct, not only the product, but also the company in nearly all cases.

The answers are as follows:

1. The towel is to promote the use of sunscreen and was created for skin cancer awareness

2. A tire ad for Goodyear tires. Your car will be towed away but your tires will stick...

3. FedEx Kinkos saying that "Office Products now at fedexkinkos.com" promoting their website where you can make on-line purchases.

4. Security Glass Advertisement by 3M.

5. Dettol Instant Hand Sanitizer Advertisement
6. Clorets ad for gum.
7. Burger King promoting really big burgers.
8. Monster.com ad, to help people find th

e right job. Ie, "We help you find the best place for your job."
9. Martial Arts School Advertisement.
10. Bose noise reduction headphones.

In other news, has anyone heard from last year's champion Chris H ... I'm sensing that 2008 was but a flash in the pan....a rare moment of elevated performance?

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We also got a winner for Question #9 last night. X=6 and X=243. Chris F. came through to secure his position in second place.

The x position is always achieved by taking the Factorial (!) of the top number in the square. ! of a number is the number sequentially multipilied by every positive integer smaller than itself. So for 3, 3! = 3*2*1 = 6. The y is achieved by taking the top number and raising it to the power of the lower number.

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I have been asking a lot of you all lately, so today will be simple as can be. Who is pictured in the attached image?

2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 14 Leaderboard

Hi All,

As of today, here is the Quiz leader board. Rob is certainly leading the charge, but with a dozen questions left, everything remains very much up for grabs.

2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 14

Hi All,

Can you believe it, we are more than halfway done this year’s quiz! A mere twelve more days and we will be wrapped!

At the end of the day, anyone can still win!

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I have yet to get a completely correct answer for question #12. To help things along I want to clarify one point. The numbers within one square do not connect to the numbers in any other square, and so the way the squares are laid out matters not at all.

Also there is no requirement for all numbers within a square to connect to each other through a relationship.

As a general hint, most people are hitting the mark on y, but x is proving troublesome.

This question will remain open until further notice ……..

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Answering within 30 minutes of the question going out was Hannah! It seems Hannah was at work and had a bit of time to kill ;).

The sum of the three symbols in the vertical column was 16, and the symbols were valued at 5, 4, and 7 respectively for the square, the star, and the triangle. If you want a copy of a possible solution, let me know and I will forward it along.

Below is a brief bio for Hannah.

I moonlight at the clock shop enjoying Vern's quiz as the whole store ticks away. My attached picture is me wishing for warmer weather!

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I finally stepped through all the Question #9 answers, and we have a new winner yet again, in Winnie. Missing only a single entry and providing full names for all entries, Winnie cleaned house, although special mention goes to Varina who was a very, very close second.

Couple of funnies worth noting --- the quiz was based on pairs, so “sugar cubes”, “bow” , “tusk” weren’t winning entries ;) Also, snakes have heads, chutes do not ;).

Here is a bio for Winnie.

Winnie is a Canadian transplant in California, dutifully spreading the exotic Canadian language of aboots, passta and soarys to our Southern neighbours J Winnie was an Edmonton girl who hated the cold and mutinied for warm(er) San Francisco. Chris H added Winnie when he couldn’t steal her answers as his own anymore. Winnie joined the advent calendar mid-way last year and tied for 3rd place; she hopes to leverage her quirky mix of engineering brawn and creative wit to better her standing this year with a strong showing!

And now for today’s question……

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Have you ever seen an advertisement that, for whatever reason, really hits home? Something that makes you appreciate the art of advertising? Well, that is the theme of tonight’s question.

Pictured in the attached file are a series of images. Your goal is to guess what is being sold and/or what message is being conveyed. Although no additional prizes are to be awarded, take a stab at the companies behind the ads.

Rules are as standard, guess the product /theme and you’ll get a point for each correct image. In the event that a tiebreaker is needed, first one in wins.

Cheers!

2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 12 + 13

Hey Everybody,

Another great round of answers yesterday.

In terms of a solution, in short, A and B can’t solve the riddle as they know too little. D could solve it if B and C had the same coloured hats as he would then conclude that his was a different colour. But, in this case, B and C have different coloured hats. So, C ultimately steps up and saves the group from frying and is able to do so specifically because D says nothing. It takes C a bit to step through the reasoning,

so that is why two minutes sneak by before he says anything.

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Question #11 was won by Aaron, whose bio is found below.

Aaron, a prominent business man and entrepreneur who dabbles in the solar industry in between jet setting to exotic locals to meet beautiful women and dine on exquisite dishes. This Christmas and new years, you can find Aaron amongst the wallabees, bbqing shrimp, golfing, and fishing off the southern coast of Australia for 6 weeks where his brother and family live. Although he is single and looking for someone special to share his days in Toronto with, women particularly from Virginia seem to find him alluring (even though they lead double lives). He is known to participate in many international advent quizzes but has yet to pull off an extraordinary performance. This year promises to be his best yet and he assures he will be able to take Rob down....

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The images in Question #9 have been posted to the photo album located here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=vernsadventcalendarquiz&target=ALBUM&id=5413490170352236225&authkey=Gv1sRgCOO-naT6wKqMUg&feat=email

The winner will be announced later today … still have a few sheets to review.

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A combination of b-day activities and a volleyball tournament has me one day behind in quiz questions, so today you get two at once, both of which can be found in the attached jpg.

Note: Question #12 asks for the values of x and y

Note #2: Question #13 asks for the value of the question mark, that is the sum of the three symbols shown.

Happy puzzling!