April 2007 - Posts

AOL's Ramble and Scramble - win a laptop
Saturday, April 28, 2007 11:00 AM

I really need to win a laptop and I am sooo stuck on some of these puzzles! Help! I know you guys will have these solved in about 2.2 seconds!

Of course, I will also be happy if any of you win the laptop - so lets post answers here and ALL enter to win!

The puzzles we are familiar with - check the rules out here then click on Ramble and Scramble button to the left to begin.

We have until June 17th to get our entries in.

Here's what we have so far: (Don't read any further if you want to have a go at cracking these yourself!!! We have ALL the answers now)

 

 

Waffle — Pumping — Age = IRON

Lug — Case — Chest = NUT

Tree — Olive — Out = BRANCH

Screen — Holy — Ring = SMOKE

Parking — Sale — Door = GARAGE

Identity — Purpose — Exhaust = DUAL

Bill-Cart-Pole = UTILITY

Narrow-Artist-Fire = ESCAPE

Minded-French-Door = OPEN

Ball-Luck-Candy = HARD

Bait-Stick-Go = FISH

Air-Congestion-Sign = TRAFFIC

Light-Spots-Flower = SUN

These give us the letters: INBSGDUEOHFTS to unscramble into a phrase = FIND THOSE BUGS

Thanks to Fleur-de-lis, Scoutmom and Oscar for filling in the gaps!

Have Fun!

"Gold Rush Goes Hollywood" in September
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:11 PM
Finally some details
AOL announced today that Gold Rush is making its return this fall, exclusively on AOL (http://www.aol.com). As with the original, Gold Rush Goes Hollywood is co-produced by legendary TV pioneer Mark Burnett. The groundbreaking interactive game lets players turn their pop culture smarts into real gold. The original Gold Rush attracted nearly 11 million users and five blue chip sponsors.

Gold Rush Goes Hollywood is scheduled to launch in September with some exciting new twists and innovations. This years theme is Gold Rush Goes Hollywood and the interactive game and themes will reflect current celebrity trivia and groundbreaking entertainment news. It will build on the success of the first years interactive game and video experiences, by combining them into a daily interactive game show, where everyone can watch and play to win exciting prizes over the course of the seven week period. The video and game-play experiences will be seamlessly connected in an engaging and entertaining new format which takes full advantage of the medium. And, for the Grand Finale, five finalists will literally hunt for gold in Hollywood, where one lucky winner will walk away with the million dollar prize.

I like the finale actually having people hunt.  This should be interesting.  Is it September yet?

If you have a Digg account - Digg!

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Steeple Media - Prometheus - Volvo The Hunt
Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:00 PM

Last year's Volvo - The Hunt Treasure Hunt was absolutely amazing and this year's will prove to be even better.  Prometheus and I decided to join forces and combine our websites to provide you with the most comprehensive tips, hints, and solutions site on the Internet.

Steeple Media will be hosting the official unofficial forums and chat while the main blog content will be found at the official unofficial Volvo - The Hunt 2007 blog.

The official blog can of course be found at http://thehunt07.spaces.live.com/.

We look forward to helping everyone make it through the hunt successfully this year and we know one of you will be the winner of the Grand Prize.  Good Luck and Happy Hunting!



The latest email from ThanksUSA
Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:00 AM

Help us help military families with the gift of education

Dear Friends and Supporters:

USA TODAY has selected ThanksUSA as one of only 25 charities they will feature in their newspaper and on their website for a "Spirit of Giving" campaign in honor of their 25th anniversary.

Please get a copy of USA TODAY and visit their website, www.USATODAY.com, on APRIL 6 to see ThanksUSA recognized.

We want to show USA TODAY and all of their readers that ThanksUSA supporters are motivated, so please visit USA TODAY's website and then link to the ThanksUSA website and make a donation to our scholarship fund. We appreciate any contribution as all funds help us support military families with the gift of education.

We are so appreciative of the support we have gotten from you in the past. We are calling on you once again to make a contribution and help our 10,000 scholarship pre-registrants by making a generous donation to our scholarship fund on April 6 through the USA TODAY website.

Thank you,

The ThanksUSA Team
www.thanksusa.org

Volvo Pirates Of The Carribean Treasure Hunt
Monday, April 02, 2007 11:27 AM

Great news, the signup for the 2007 Pirates of the Carribean Treasure Hunt is right here!  And, we found out about a new game from AOL called the Million Dollar Bill, and more news about Gold Rush.  This has been a fantastic day for online gaming news.  The Pirates of the Carribean Treasure Hunt was by far the greatest hunt online to date.  Even though the prizes wern't as good as AOL's Gold Rush, the game was so much better.

I can't wait to get started on the Volvo Treasure Hunt 2007 Solutions and Answers.  I'll have a forum up and going soon for you as well.  Are you guys/gals excited?

AOL goes for gold with "Million Dollar Bill"
Monday, April 02, 2007 8:34 AM
In addition to another installment of AOL Gold Rush, this year AOL will also be running a new game called Million Dollar Bill.

Sources said AOL has closed a deal for "Million Dollar Bill," an online program that will allow one user to earn the titular prize by matching the serial numbers on any $1 bill to the winning combination.

More details should be announced at the "First Look" event April 17th.

Visit the AOL Million Dollar Bill forum to talk about this game.

Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN0135723820070402

Trivia with Rubik's Cube Instant Wins
Sunday, April 01, 2007 1:34 PM

Hi all,

I have been searching hard and apologies - I still haven't found a new team game to play whilst waiting for GR2!

However, since we have so many trivia freaks here - perhaps you 'd like to add this to your daily rotation:

http://www.recroom.com/Trivia/TriviaIntro.aspx?ContestID=16

Answer a few questions (although it doesn't seem to matter at all if you get them wrong a few times) and you may win a rubik's cube. You can play every day. Sorry - no real skill here. Just the luck of the draw. Void in NY and FL.

 

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