2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 22

Hi all,

So last night’s quiz was a bit rough it seems. I guess it might have helped had you seen the entire picture in each case – that is, the one with the significant monument left in place.

Take a look at the newest album … you might fair a little better J

http://picasaweb.google.com/vernsadventcalendarquiz/WhereInTheWorldsCompletePicture#

I will provide answers tomorrow night, but Rob managed to win the quiz with all answers save one – well done!

With this win, Rob takes a commanding lead in this year’s quiz heading into the final three days…. but fear not, there is still time!

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Tonight’s challenge is about embracing new technology and the task at hand is simply to invite me to my first collaborative Wave. Please use “vernsadventcalendarquiz@gmail.com” for the invite.

2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 21

Hey All,

The answer to last night’s question was ‘F’. Here is the logic:

· Big squares become small squares in moving from one pattern to the next.

· Similarly, small squares become big squares.

· The exception involves triangles (damn triangles!). If a triangle is attached to a small square in the original, the triangle disappears and the square does not change size.

· If the triangle is attached to a large square, the triangle stays in place, and the square shrinks as expected.

The quick hand last night was Chris F, which moves him into a tie with Rob for the overall lead in the quiz.

Still working on Q#19….

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Okay, so today’s question comes to you as an idea from Chris Fares. As such, Chris, you are out of tonight’s competition J - but don’t let that stop any of you from throwing ideas my way ;).

So, as many of you are world travelers, I thought I would test your abilities to recognize certain places.

http://picasaweb.google.com/vernsadventcalendarquiz/WhereInTheWorld#

Have a gander at the following images, and tell me where they are. Standard rules apply – first one with all correct wins, otherwise the one with the most correct wins. The tiebreak, as always, will be the timestamp.

To make things interesting, tonight is a Daily Double -- winner gets two drinks!

2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 20

Hi All,

Tiger survey results are finally tallied! 33% of the votes submitted went to the TiPhone option (#1), so our winner is Der

ek. Well done buddy, that was an extensive submission – worthy of an MBA assignment any day! See the attached image for a breakdown of the survey results.

Attached is the latest leaderboard. With only 5 days left, and the potential for a daily double this week, it really is anyone' s game!

I am still stepping through Q#19 answers, but should have something for th

e group tomorrow in terms of a winner.

And now, for Question #20........

------------------------------- Question #20 -------------------------------

Tonight’s question, quite shamefully, is not

my own – it has bee

n lifted directly from a book I stumbled upon. The question is outlined in the attached image.

Ciao all,

2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 19

Hey All,

Just a quick reminder to vote on the best Tiger Woods question at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YSWC7RQ

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So I hope you all consider A Whole New Mind, it really is a wicked read. In terms of design mags recommended by Pink, he lists the following:

· Ambidextrous

· Dwell

· HOW

· iD

· Metropolis

· O Magazine

· Print

· Real Simple

Last night’s quiz was won by Rob with it, he takes one step closer to clinching his victory this year.

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I finally compiled the results from Question #17, and it was very close between Hannah and Chris, but in the end, Chris wins out by a nose. The correct answers are as follows:

Arabic

Bulgarian

Mandarin Chinese

Cantonese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Estonian

Farsi

Finni

French

German

Hindi

Hungarian

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Lao

Lebanese

Lithuanian

Norwegian

Filipino

Polish

Portuguese

Punjabi

Russian

Rumanian

Sierra Leone

Singhalese

Slovenian

Spanish

Turkish

Vietnamese

Yiddish

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Hey there word lovers, time to have some fun! How many other English words can you make using letters in the following word:

Logophile

Note: Each new word needn’t necessarily use all the letters in logophile.

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