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Title: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on November 30, 2011, 10:04:32 AM
Here we go again boys and girls, its that wonderful time of year when we wish joy to all mankind. The traditional GPWizard way of joining all our international members together is to all join in a fun game throughout December.
 
Some say.... that several members have been committed shortly after day 12 and they all now live in a padded cell in Coventry.....and that the games questions are actually written with the blood of a sacrificed lamb..... All we know for sure is its called the GPWizard Advent Competition (2011).   

The Competition (Please read carefully)
Every day for the first 24 days in December a Question or Letter will be placed on the GPWizard Advent Calendar (navigation at the top of the page). Answers to the questions also represent a letter. i.e Answer = Jenson Button then the letter for the day will be either 'J' or 'B'. This will be clearly indicated on the day.

The aim is to collect 24 individual letters and rearrange them into a Christmas sentence.
 
Once you have the complete sentence you will need to PM me with your answer. It is in your interest not to post your answer on the site as members who have not been following the competition will all know your answer.

I will only accept answers received on 24th December.

If you miss a question or letter, then you can still try and complete the sentence, it will just be a little harder for you. There may even be a bonus letter day if you're lucky. Any questions or comments? Please post them below for all to see.

The Prize - Red Bull Racing Sebastian Vettel World Champion Cap
(http://www.gpwizard.co.uk\images\prizes\vettel cap.jpg)
This is not the normal Red Bull cap but the official World Champion Winners Cap as worn by Sebastian Vettel and the team. An official product of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team. Featuring a large graphic print and official team logos.



The Rules
* One Question or letter will be placed on the advent calendar per day.
* Answers to each Question will represent a letter i.e if the answer is Jenson Button then the letter for the day will be either 'J' or 'B' as indicated on the day.
* The completed Christmas sentence must be PM to me on 24th December - all   submissions before or after this date will be dismissed.
* If more than one correct entry is received then the winner will be chosen at random. I cannot accept the first correct answer given as this would be unfair due to the different time zones.

Good luck everyone...you're going to need it!

Wizzo
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on November 30, 2011, 11:07:26 AM
AARRGH,  :crazy:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on November 30, 2011, 11:51:22 AM
That'll look nice right beside my Mark Webber hat.   ;)

...I think Darrell will be burning the midnight oil on this one too so he can have a hat to match his nifty front wing.   :P
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: cosworth151 on November 30, 2011, 12:32:39 PM
Cool cap!!!  :good:

That will be worth going crazy (O.K., crazier than usual) for a month!  :crazy:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Jugirl on November 30, 2011, 06:41:37 PM
Yeah its that time of year again....advent competition  :yahoo: :yahoo:

Rebecca loves your Santa at the top of the board Wizzo  :good:

Ju
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: David on November 30, 2011, 08:30:47 PM
Woo hoo, 24 days if brain melting action!  :yahoo:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: John S on December 01, 2011, 01:18:27 AM
Woo hoo, 24 days if brain melting action!  :yahoo:

.....Or, 24 days of utter confusion and despair.  :crazy: 
Still if I have to lose my sanity it may as well be for a champions hat.  :D

Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Andy B on December 01, 2011, 08:29:03 AM
2130 here in NZ and the calendar still states "Starts tomorrow" in my case that will be 2nd December!!
We are only 13 hours in front of the UKSo surely I should have been able to access it here from 1300 which would be midnight in the UK?
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 01, 2011, 08:52:26 AM
Its always difficult having a competition across many time zones, I will be changing letters randomly between 9pm and 9am UK time so watch out!
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 01, 2011, 09:03:50 AM
Here we go, I'm well stocked up with paracetamol, vallium and medicinal alcohol.  :tease:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 01, 2011, 09:33:15 AM
Its always difficult having a competition across many time zones, I will be changing letters randomly between 9pm and 9am UK time so watch out!

Changing letters?  I hope you mean clues...  Too much eggnog last night?  :P
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 01, 2011, 08:09:50 PM
I just hope Wizzo hasn't asked Wats-on for any help coming up with the clues  :o
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Dare on December 01, 2011, 10:09:44 PM
I just hope Wizzo hasn't asked Wats-on for any help coming up with the clues  :o

That's what I was thinking too Scotty
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 02, 2011, 10:59:14 AM
Wizzo says, "This is too easy, perhaps this year will be different". I'm sure it will, NOT.
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: David on December 02, 2011, 08:49:54 PM
Oh there's sumit fishy going on!  :DntKnw:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 02, 2011, 09:04:36 PM
Anyone notice Santa still has the "E" on his belt from the first Advent Competition (the most brutal of brutal competitions)?  We had to find letters hidden 'somewhere on the GPWizard site'.  Can you imagine what it was like hunting through Pit Babe  photos for hours on end?  ....oh, was I supposed to look somewhere else?   ;)
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Dare on December 03, 2011, 12:22:12 AM
iumy nerves couldn't handle another advent like
the first one
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 04, 2011, 04:27:18 PM
I hate anagrams...   :tease:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 04, 2011, 04:46:22 PM
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I hate anagrams...

Thanks for letting me know.....mwhahahahaha  >:D
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Dare on December 04, 2011, 05:13:24 PM
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I hate anagrams...

Thanks for letting me know.....mwhahahahaha  >:D

I had to look up what a anagram was,then I quickly found the answer
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 04, 2011, 06:33:23 PM
Well done Scott, here come some more anagrams.  :nono:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 05, 2011, 11:45:43 PM
Did you get mixed up on your days for the latest one Wiz ? Perhaps you do need a shrink or therapist.  :DD
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Dare on December 06, 2011, 01:52:43 AM
day 5 was a toughie,you sure Wats-on ain't helping?By the
way where's he at?
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 06, 2011, 10:27:51 AM
Did you get mixed up on your days for the latest one Wiz ? Perhaps you do need a shrink or therapist.  :DD

I wonder which letter we are to go 'forth' and find on day 5 (6).  Wizzo's been drinking again...   ;) ;)
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 06, 2011, 05:21:40 PM
Sorry people, today is obviously day 6 of the advent and I have changed this accordingly.

It was a long long day yesterday!  :lazy:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 06, 2011, 05:34:19 PM
It's been a long day trying to sort thid one out too.  >:D
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: David on December 06, 2011, 08:29:40 PM
It's only day 6 and my head is fried!!  :crazy:

I reckon I made up 50% of the worlds Google searches trying to get the answer yesterday. I want my life back!!  :confused:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 06, 2011, 08:37:18 PM
I must have spent 4-5 hrs on google today, still none the wiser.  >:D
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: romephius on December 06, 2011, 09:32:37 PM
The anagram was great... had me scratching my head for about 5 minutes then it came to me.... the name was....... ******* ***********... :P
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 06, 2011, 09:39:26 PM
Hehe, too many asterisks in the first name Rom.  :P  :tease:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 07, 2011, 03:30:32 PM
Found the darned answer to day 6 and now can't I remember what letter was wanted, forgot to note that down.  :fool:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: John S on December 07, 2011, 03:46:00 PM

Found the darned answer to day 6 and now can't I remember what letter was wanted, forgot to note that down.  :fool:

I've got the same problem with day 5.  :'(   Sucks don't it  >:D

Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Dare on December 08, 2011, 11:39:27 PM
day 9

there isn't 5 letters in ugly
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 08, 2011, 11:53:30 PM
Not a clue, not into fish.  :DntKnw:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Jugirl on December 09, 2011, 08:57:45 AM
Crikey i am going to have to phone a friend on this one...fish...noooooo :(

Ju
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 09, 2011, 10:02:54 AM
Apparently our F1 forum has been hacked by some tropical acquarium forum.  Or is this thing called the Niki Lauda fish or something?
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 09, 2011, 10:05:41 AM
He he he

You know I like to throw a couple of curve balls  :tease:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 09, 2011, 10:48:12 AM
Curved balls! That one is an upside down, reverse backflip, all time googly.
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: John S on December 09, 2011, 11:25:06 AM

Day 9 - one of the easier ones. ;)
Only took me 39 mins, :yahoo: good job too I've got to get out and do some Xmas shopping.  :D

Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 09, 2011, 01:58:31 PM
Seriously John?  39min?  Not trying to brag or anything (ok, maybe I am), but I got it on my first hit.  I'd say about 20sec, and that was using my mobile - took me about that long to type out my search parameters.   :P :P :P :P

C'mon Wizzo, bring on the fish  ;)
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 09, 2011, 02:34:20 PM
By the way Wizzo, did you mean the common name, or the latin name?  Oh wait, it still comes out to the same letter!  Never mind...   :crazy: :crazy:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: John S on December 09, 2011, 03:11:08 PM
By the way Wizzo, did you mean the common name, or the latin name?  Oh wait, it still comes out to the same letter!  Never mind...   :crazy: :crazy:

That's the trouble with a speedy performance Scott, there's always the suspicion that you peaked to early. ;) :D :tease: :DD


Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: cosworth151 on December 09, 2011, 03:59:57 PM
The hardest part was that it was the first word in the name. It took me quite a while to find out that The Incredible Mr. Limpet's first name was Harry.  :crazy:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: David on December 09, 2011, 09:08:05 PM
 :confused: :confused: The guts of an hour lookin' at pictures of fish!! :crazy: :crazy:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Dare on December 09, 2011, 09:58:28 PM
:confused: :confused: The guts of an hour lookin' at pictures of fish!! :crazy: :crazy:


I know now for sure that Wizzo and Wats-on have teamed up.
Those cads :'(
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 12, 2011, 10:54:24 AM
Wiz, where did you get that picture of Neil ?  :DD  :DD  :DD
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Jugirl on December 12, 2011, 11:12:04 AM
 :DD :DD :DD

Ian you have just given us the answer.....L ;) hehe

Ju
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Neil.P on December 12, 2011, 11:49:15 AM
You rotten lot :(

Neil.P
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: cosworth151 on December 12, 2011, 01:14:30 PM
Last letter of 1st name: would that be Bernie or the more formal Bernard?
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 13, 2011, 03:17:04 PM
Can I ask for a clarification on Day 12's question?  Are we supposed to actually know the name of the alien depicted in the mask (yeesh!), or the guy wearing the mask?   :DntKnw: :DntKnw: 
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 13, 2011, 04:24:37 PM
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Can I ask for a clarification on Day 12's question?  Are we supposed to actually know the name of the alien depicted in the mask (yeesh!), or the guy wearing the mask
  :DD

The name of the driver wearing the mask.
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 13, 2011, 07:58:10 PM
Don't laugh too hard...could've been Paul.   :P :P

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgg6dh_paul_shortfilms?start=26#from=embed (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgg6dh_paul_shortfilms?start=26#from=embed)

Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Jugirl on December 16, 2011, 09:15:01 AM
I was looking at today's question and when I saw it was a film question I thought "oh no"...but WOW I actually knew this one!  :D

Makes up for last year, I was so gutted I didn't get Back to the Future. I must have seen that film 100 times

Ju
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 16, 2011, 11:42:44 AM
You are wiser than me then Ju, not a clue and I only recognise one person in the pic.  :DntKnw:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: John S on December 16, 2011, 05:29:03 PM

You're ahead of me then Ian, I ain't got a clue on any of them.  :-[ 

Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 16, 2011, 06:25:24 PM
You've got to recognise the guy in the light blue jacket John.
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 16, 2011, 10:02:15 PM
It's actually a bathrobe, Ian  :P
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Dare on December 18, 2011, 02:47:26 PM
Day 18,was there  supposed to be a picture today?
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 18, 2011, 06:46:03 PM
Nope. Do you need one?   :crazy:

I trust everyone is enjoying this years advent.  :tease:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 18, 2011, 08:31:08 PM
Of course we are Wiz, this is always the highlight of the year, having our brains battered to bits.  :fool:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Dare on December 18, 2011, 08:38:21 PM
Difficult Ian,you have a short memory,remember the first contest?
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: John S on December 18, 2011, 08:40:31 PM

I trust everyone is enjoying this years advent.  :tease:

Enjoyment is not a word I would choose Wizzo, :nono:  however it gives me just the excuse I need to have a few inches of scotch whilst I mull, or is it agonise, over each question. .....Hic! - keep em coming.  ;) :D

Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 18, 2011, 09:26:33 PM
I certainly do remember the first one Dare, I'm still trying to pick the bits of my brain off of the wall.  :crazy:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 19, 2011, 12:20:52 PM
Who's a dodgy Wizzo on day 19 then?  >:D
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 19, 2011, 01:00:19 PM
I don't know what you're taliking about Ian.  :DntKnw:

 :P
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 19, 2011, 01:41:14 PM
Of course you don't Wiz.  :tease:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 20, 2011, 01:54:50 PM
Anyone got it yet. DON'T POST IT THOUGH !
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 20, 2011, 02:22:27 PM
You mean todays or the whole phrase?  Today's I got, but I've missed a couple so I don't see the phrase yet.
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: cosworth151 on December 20, 2011, 02:30:46 PM
Do you mean the whole phrase or a nervous breakdown?  :crazy:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 20, 2011, 02:34:14 PM
I remember last year I just stared blankly at the letters without a clue until my kids were in bed and I finally saw it.  I hope I figure it out a bit earlier this year.  If Ian says he knows it, he's bluffing...he's not really that smart, ya know.   :tease: :tease: :tease:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 20, 2011, 03:18:33 PM
You are right Scott, I ain't that smart, not a clue.  :P
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Dare on December 20, 2011, 08:51:29 PM
I remember last year I just stared blankly at the letters without a clue until my kids were in bed and I finally saw it.  I hope I figure it out a bit earlier this year.  If Ian says he knows it, he's bluffing...he's not really that smart, ya know.   :tease: :tease: :tease:

Ian told me he's no slouch at the advent game,I said don't
sell yourself short Ian,your one of the biggest slouches I know ;)
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 20, 2011, 10:02:32 PM
Thats it Dare, I've put a fatwah out on you.  :tease:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 21, 2011, 03:08:41 PM
Don't know about A bonus day, at this rate I'm probably gonna need at least four.
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: John S on December 21, 2011, 03:12:14 PM
Don't know about A bonus day, at this rate I'm probably gonna need at least four.

Are you off on your hols for the next few days then Ian?   :tease:

Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 21, 2011, 05:42:35 PM
Boy, Wizzo's expecting a lot out of us this time - old movie buffs, art historians, and now some kind of mouse names?  Yeesh.
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 21, 2011, 07:24:09 PM
Not to mention fish either eh Scott, if it had been battered I might have recognised it.
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 21, 2011, 11:39:50 PM
Trust me, pm'd Wiz for a letter before I checked day 22.  :fool:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 21, 2011, 11:50:03 PM
As I haven't sent you an answer Ian you can change to another day if you wish.   :D
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Ian on December 22, 2011, 12:01:40 AM
It's ok Wiz thanks, one days the same as another, I'll just have the day I asked for thanks.  :good:
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: John S on December 24, 2011, 01:05:49 PM

Has anyone sent an answer to Wizzo?

I'm still no nearer getting the darn thing than I was on day 2, ......Aaaaargh!  :-[

Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 24, 2011, 01:28:54 PM
Abolutely...no...idea.  Even my son couldn't crack it.

yet...
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 24, 2011, 02:02:22 PM
So far I have only had one correct answer.  :o
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: PG_Gabriel on December 24, 2011, 04:50:21 PM
do we have to have it in before midnight london time? or is it our local time where we live?
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Wizzo on December 24, 2011, 07:05:44 PM
Local time to you is the only fair way, otherwise you may be at work when the deadline expires.  :D
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 24, 2011, 07:46:50 PM
I'm running on Canadian time - West Coast...did I mention that?   8)
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: Scott on December 24, 2011, 10:37:40 PM
I give up  :'(
Title: Re: GPWizard Advent Competition 2011
Post by: PG_Gabriel on December 24, 2011, 11:07:21 PM
This is ridiculous... I'll get it eventually, still got 7 hours.. (I'm in the central time zone)
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