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As I've done alright from other contests recently and my young bloke is having his 17th birthday in a couple weeks, I'm going to run a 'running' contest to celebrate it.
Starting tonight, Tuesday 3rd July and every two days for the next fortnight at approx. 11.00pm Aussie time, I will put up clues to three answers in a particular category which will be named at the time. Some answers will be obvious and easy if you want to cheat with Google, some will seem obvious and not be, and some will be slightly or more than slightly cryptic. Some will require a little research on gtplanet. Some will have more than one obvious answer, and you just have to take the chance on which one.
On some occasions when life happens, the posting of the category and clues may be delayed, so that category will stay open to be answered until the new one is posted. Once I have posted each category, the previous one WILL be closed. This is about a bit of fun, so I don't want any bush lawyers throwing legalities at the thread. If this happens and the fun is taken out of it, I will not hesitate to close it. Please post all answers in the thread in this form:
GtPlanet id: abcdxxxyz
Category 1:
Answer a: xxxx
Answer b: xxxx
Answer c: xxxx
To make it easier, I will post the CLOSING TIMES which are AUSTRALIAN EASTERN STANDARD TIME, which is GMT +10:
Category 1 closes Thurs 5th July
Category 2 closes Sat. 7th July
Category 3 closes Mon. 9th July
Category 4 closes Wed. 11th July
Category 5 closes Fri. 13th July
Category 6 closes Sun. 15th July
Category 7 closes Tues. 17th July 11.00pm SHARP.
The competition will close at 11.00pm SHARP on the night of the 17th July Aussie time, and the winners announced late'ish on Wednesday night the 18th. There will be a running leaderboard posted within 24hrs (ideally) of the closing of each category. I will organise PSN's and FR's of the winners at the completion.
Whilst I am a 'little' more aged than a fine wine, I'll try to get a reasonable spread of clues to give our less than 'old school' players a fair chance. Google evens most things up these days anyway if you are able to use a little intuition and logic. As the answers are going to be posted here and others may have the opportunity to spot YOUR brilliant answer and copy it, I will give a triple point bonus to the first poster of a correct answer which is then posted by further players. All correct answers are worth 1 point.
Hopefully I've covered all eventualities in this, so let's have a bit of fun.
CATEGORY 1: U.S. Television Show
1. "But the sign said all you can eat". A. The Simpsons
2. "Where are we" and 'tribal' - TV show from the '60s A. F Troop...The Indian tribe in this were originally called The Fugawi..as in, "we're the fugawi". Censors figured it out and they had to change to "We're the Hakawi"
3. Peter Gabriel - TV show from the '80s A. Sledge Hammer
Category 2: Movies
1. This 1970's movie shares it's title with a song from one of the highest selling albums of all time A. Heaven Can Wait - song was from Meatloaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" album.
2. Bumblebee A. The Sting....sorry boys, that was evil
3. This movie's clue is in the i.d. or PSN of a member of GtPlanet. A. The Usual Suspects...i.d. here is keyser_sose1, a central character from the movie.
Category 3: Gran Turismo Tracks
1. Bubbling Springs A. Spa
2. Fast Oval A. High Speed Ring
3. Sleepless A. Seattle
Category 4: GT5 Paint Colours
There will be 3 or 4 clues which will point to the answers on this one.
1. Hacienda La Esmerelda; String; Japanese manufacturer A. Beans
2. Mazda; Corkscrew; BMW A. Lagunaseca Blau
3. 2 rock/metal bands; Montreaux; "Now I lay me down to sleep"; Japanese manufacturer A. Deep Purple Metallic
Category 5: Manufacturers in GT5
Clues may refer to either the manufacturer I'm after, or a particular model from that manufacturer. I am only after the manufacturer.
1. Blonde Girl A. Nissan (as in, fair lady...I DID like the Volvo reference though)
2. 1 model, three paints B. Saleen
3. Scorched sword C. Caterham
Category 6. Manufacturers in GT5 - Pt. 2
1. Cross the river A. Ford
2. Alternating current A. AC Cars
3. Premium dude, premium. Dude. Clue...nothing to do with the NCD. Next clue at 10.00pm Aussie time if not guessed. Next clue... ".......Premium dude, Premium. Dude". A. Pontiac
Category 7: Tracks in GT - Pt. 2
1. Brass knuckles A. Suzuka East
2. Physical graffiti A. Nurburgring
3. Around the horn A. Cape Ring
CURRENT TALLY:
Sharky969 - 5 PTS.
Diogo - 4 pts
Ilovegt5 - 4 pt Last
FireEmblem10 - 2 pt
zakyta_4 - 18 pt 1st
Christara321 - 13 pt 2nd
Playnthru - 1 pt
Cryptomaniac - 2 pt
Jonasrulez - 1 pt
300SRT8fan - 1 pt
Tazmanuk - 6 pt
Milldrum - 5 pt
Limey77 - 12 pt 3rd
uktopggear92 - 7 pt
Theace37 - 5 pt
PRIZES:
1st: Level 23 ticket
DLC painted premium car of your choice
5 paints of your choice
Full set of helmets or racing gear of your choice
2nd: Level 15 ticket
Random DLC painted replica of my choice
5 random paints
3rd: Classic Muscle Car OR Historic Rally car ticket - your choice
5 random paints
Full set of helmets or racing gear of your choice.
Last: Random standard car from my garage.
As is obvious, it is going to take 6 days to deliver the prizes, so they will be sent out in two day blocks, with a day interval between each lot of two days.
Hopefully I've covered everything.
Starting tonight, Tuesday 3rd July and every two days for the next fortnight at approx. 11.00pm Aussie time, I will put up clues to three answers in a particular category which will be named at the time. Some answers will be obvious and easy if you want to cheat with Google, some will seem obvious and not be, and some will be slightly or more than slightly cryptic. Some will require a little research on gtplanet. Some will have more than one obvious answer, and you just have to take the chance on which one.
On some occasions when life happens, the posting of the category and clues may be delayed, so that category will stay open to be answered until the new one is posted. Once I have posted each category, the previous one WILL be closed. This is about a bit of fun, so I don't want any bush lawyers throwing legalities at the thread. If this happens and the fun is taken out of it, I will not hesitate to close it. Please post all answers in the thread in this form:
GtPlanet id: abcdxxxyz
Category 1:
Answer a: xxxx
Answer b: xxxx
Answer c: xxxx
To make it easier, I will post the CLOSING TIMES which are AUSTRALIAN EASTERN STANDARD TIME, which is GMT +10:
Category 1 closes Thurs 5th July
Category 2 closes Sat. 7th July
Category 3 closes Mon. 9th July
Category 4 closes Wed. 11th July
Category 5 closes Fri. 13th July
Category 6 closes Sun. 15th July
Category 7 closes Tues. 17th July 11.00pm SHARP.
The competition will close at 11.00pm SHARP on the night of the 17th July Aussie time, and the winners announced late'ish on Wednesday night the 18th. There will be a running leaderboard posted within 24hrs (ideally) of the closing of each category. I will organise PSN's and FR's of the winners at the completion.
Whilst I am a 'little' more aged than a fine wine, I'll try to get a reasonable spread of clues to give our less than 'old school' players a fair chance. Google evens most things up these days anyway if you are able to use a little intuition and logic. As the answers are going to be posted here and others may have the opportunity to spot YOUR brilliant answer and copy it, I will give a triple point bonus to the first poster of a correct answer which is then posted by further players. All correct answers are worth 1 point.
Hopefully I've covered all eventualities in this, so let's have a bit of fun.
CATEGORY 1: U.S. Television Show
1. "But the sign said all you can eat". A. The Simpsons
2. "Where are we" and 'tribal' - TV show from the '60s A. F Troop...The Indian tribe in this were originally called The Fugawi..as in, "we're the fugawi". Censors figured it out and they had to change to "We're the Hakawi"
3. Peter Gabriel - TV show from the '80s A. Sledge Hammer
Category 2: Movies
1. This 1970's movie shares it's title with a song from one of the highest selling albums of all time A. Heaven Can Wait - song was from Meatloaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" album.
2. Bumblebee A. The Sting....sorry boys, that was evil
3. This movie's clue is in the i.d. or PSN of a member of GtPlanet. A. The Usual Suspects...i.d. here is keyser_sose1, a central character from the movie.
Category 3: Gran Turismo Tracks
1. Bubbling Springs A. Spa
2. Fast Oval A. High Speed Ring
3. Sleepless A. Seattle
Category 4: GT5 Paint Colours
There will be 3 or 4 clues which will point to the answers on this one.
1. Hacienda La Esmerelda; String; Japanese manufacturer A. Beans
2. Mazda; Corkscrew; BMW A. Lagunaseca Blau
3. 2 rock/metal bands; Montreaux; "Now I lay me down to sleep"; Japanese manufacturer A. Deep Purple Metallic
Category 5: Manufacturers in GT5
Clues may refer to either the manufacturer I'm after, or a particular model from that manufacturer. I am only after the manufacturer.
1. Blonde Girl A. Nissan (as in, fair lady...I DID like the Volvo reference though)
2. 1 model, three paints B. Saleen
3. Scorched sword C. Caterham
Category 6. Manufacturers in GT5 - Pt. 2
1. Cross the river A. Ford
2. Alternating current A. AC Cars
3. Premium dude, premium. Dude. Clue...nothing to do with the NCD. Next clue at 10.00pm Aussie time if not guessed. Next clue... ".......Premium dude, Premium. Dude". A. Pontiac
Category 7: Tracks in GT - Pt. 2
1. Brass knuckles A. Suzuka East
2. Physical graffiti A. Nurburgring
3. Around the horn A. Cape Ring
CURRENT TALLY:
Sharky969 - 5 PTS.
Diogo - 4 pts
Ilovegt5 - 4 pt Last
FireEmblem10 - 2 pt
zakyta_4 - 18 pt 1st
Christara321 - 13 pt 2nd
Playnthru - 1 pt
Cryptomaniac - 2 pt
Jonasrulez - 1 pt
300SRT8fan - 1 pt
Tazmanuk - 6 pt
Milldrum - 5 pt
Limey77 - 12 pt 3rd
uktopggear92 - 7 pt
Theace37 - 5 pt
PRIZES:
1st: Level 23 ticket
DLC painted premium car of your choice
5 paints of your choice
Full set of helmets or racing gear of your choice
2nd: Level 15 ticket
Random DLC painted replica of my choice
5 random paints
3rd: Classic Muscle Car OR Historic Rally car ticket - your choice
5 random paints
Full set of helmets or racing gear of your choice.
Last: Random standard car from my garage.
As is obvious, it is going to take 6 days to deliver the prizes, so they will be sent out in two day blocks, with a day interval between each lot of two days.
Hopefully I've covered everything.
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