Can get a Triumph Scrambler if we answer these NZ questions

[JohnJumper]

One of the prizes here is a Scrambler if we can figure out the daily questions. Don’t think many people know about it so we could do pretty well. They all seem to be NZ based about the Telstra ads. The easier one today is Mayor Island but not too sure what the harder one is,

“TC and Bill roared through Tauranga in search of their next destination. “What’s this place called, then?” asked Bill. TC replied, “Just think of Mayfair, only if your nose was blocked.” Which suburb are they looking for? (7 characters)

I want to say Papamoa as that’s near Tauranga and fits the character limit but it doesn’t really fit the question?

link is here anyway: http://www.jointhejourney.co.nz/mark.cfm

[nodrog]

It will be Bayfair.

Fanny

edit. or not

[avgas]

Yep - Bayfair where the shopping center is.

[JohnJumper]

Bayfair yes! I usually know at least the easy one so will try post here each day if everyone else is keen

[rustyrobot]

It's not Bayfair :)
Bellevue?

[JohnJumper]

It's not Bayfair :)
Bellevue?

Thing is it has to be 7 characters

[rustyrobot]

Thing is it has to be 7 characters

TC and Bill roared through Tauranga in search of their next destination. "What's this place called, then?" asked Bill. TC replied, "Just think of Mayfair, only if your nose was blocked." Which suburb are they looking for? (8)

Looks like 8 characters to me. :)

[DMNTD]

It's not Bayfair :)
Bellevue?


“Just think of Mayfair, only if your nose was blocked.”

Yeah nah...

[rustyrobot]

Yeah, I knew I was grasping at straws, but it had already told me it wasn't Bayfair :)

[HenryDorsetCase]

That Scrambler is the same as mine, but theirs needs the Thunderbike exhausts

[rustyrobot]

They just fixed it up, so Bayview works now :)

[Bald Eagle]

They just fixed it up, so Bayview works now :)

No it doesn't.... but Bayfield does

[rustyrobot]

Argh, sorry - "Bayfair" My bad.

[Motig]

Still says wrong answer tho :facepalm: to me even after refresh, I'll try again later.

[Motig]

Ooops ! Yes it does help if I type in the right answer :doh:

[spookytooth]

try mayfeild in bethlehem

[JohnJumper]

TC and Bill roared through Tauranga in search of their next destination. "What's this place called, then?" asked Bill. TC replied, "Just think of Mayfair, only if your nose was blocked." Which suburb are they looking for? (8)

Looks like 8 characters to me. :)

Hmm, shows 7 for me?

[rustyrobot]

Hmm, shows 7 for me?

Yeah, they changed it. Guess they realised it was wrong. At least Bayfair works now anyway.

Thanks for the link to this comp.

[JohnJumper]

Yeah, they changed it. Guess they realised it was wrong. At least Bayfair works now anyway.

Thanks for the link to this comp.

No worries, do you know what time they refresh the questions?

[rustyrobot]

No worries, do you know what time they refresh the questions?

At 9:00am each day.

[Bald Eagle]

New questions, but haven't seen the second ad yet so no idea what they're on about :lol:

[JohnJumper]

Haha yeah, could be a job for mysky. Hold tight

[White trash]

Fucks sake you rookies, how many 3 letter verbs are there?

[nodrog]

Fucks sake you rookies, how many 3 letter verbs are there?

Not many at all really -

http://www.eduqna.com/Words-Wordplay/2796-words-4.html

Fanny

[The Pastor]

anyone got any ideas?

[Bald Eagle]

Lots of ideas but it's a bit annoying not having seen the second ad yet.

[White trash]

"Ski" you fucking retards. :)

[simpy1]

Yeah they give hints on the blog part of the site, and the clue was 'watch at 30 seconds'. You can find the ad on youtube. Guess what, they're skiing.

More of a challenge is the hard question. I've got no clue! The blog says it is somewhere in the BOP, so that helps a little. Surely the 3 letter word is 'bay' or 'hill'....?

[White trash]

Yeah they give hints on the blog part of the site, and the clue was 'watch at 30 seconds'. You can find the ad on youtube. Guess what, they're skiing.

More of a challenge is the hard question. I've got no clue! The blog says it is somewhere in the BOP, so that helps a little. Surely the 3 letter word is 'bay' or 'hill'....?

First letter of each of the words in quote tags with the exception of the first.

W E S T E R N B A Y

[JohnJumper]

Yeah shit glad you got the western bay one. Gonna try the clean sweep tomorrow

[Latte]

First letter of each of the words in quote tags with the exception of the first.

W E S T E R N B A Y

Whut a klever fullah

[cynna]

sweet i could do with a new bike

[nodrog]

First letter of each of the words in quote tags with the exception of the first.

W E S T E R N B A Y

I think sombody found the same website i did, the one that has all the answers, LOL.

Fanny

[White trash]

I think sombody found the same website i did, the one that has all the answers, LOL.

Fanny

Nah mate, I stared at it for about a fucking hour before I worked it out. I was trying the first letter of all the words except the last, then the second letter, then the first letters in reverse. Almost punched the bloody screen......

[Bald Eagle]

Website and blog seems to be a day behind itself, typical Telco.

[Bald Eagle]

Two easy ones this morning.
Rotorua
and
Lake Taupo

[JohnJumper]

Two easy ones this morning.
Rotorua
and
Lake Taupo

nicely done

[Bald Eagle]

Very annoying TC web page 'blog' is 3 days old.
Not sure what channel they are running the ads on, still only seen the 'fibre network' one. .. or is the opposition telco blind proxy cache not renewing them :lol:

[Bald Eagle]

Todays "hard" question without the benefit of either an up to date blog or any new TV ads is :

Whakarewarewa

no idea what the "easy" question is :lol:

[rustyrobot]

Todays "hard" question without the benefit of either an up to date blog or any new TV ads is :

Whakarewarewa

no idea what the "easy" question is :lol:

Go to the site of the scrambled kiwi. There, you will find out what Rotorua’s first nickname was. (7,4)

The site of the scrambled kiwi = wiki (pedia)

Found it... Sulphur City

[Latte]

Scrambled "Kiwi" = wiki = wikipedia. Rotorua in wikipedia....... eeeeasy.


<edit> Gah, beaten.

[Bald Eagle]

Thanks for that , had forgotten the smell it's been a long time since I visited Rottenrua

[rustyrobot]

May have beaten you to the post here, but I can't log on to TC to enter my answers dammit. Forgot my password after the first day and the 'send me a reminder' function doesn't work :facepalm:

[JohnJumper]

Go to the site of the scrambled kiwi. There, you will find out what Rotorua’s first nickname was. (7,4)

The site of the scrambled kiwi = wiki (pedia)

Found it... Sulphur City

Yep thank god I figured out a hard one today, been struggling with those ones but I got it too. Haha how did you forget your password in the space of a few days?

[rustyrobot]

Ha - I forgot it overnight! Well, I didn't think I had actually, but it's not working. No big deal, I'm going to win a Harley from Pak & Save anyway.

[Bald Eagle]

White
Limestone

[JohnJumper]

Yep this ^ Well I got limestone but thought it could be white or brown

[Motig]

easy=water hard= riff raff.

[Bald Eagle]

+1 nice one

[Motig]

napier pandora.

[Rockbuddy]

nine
norfolk pines

[Bald Eagle]

Telephone exchange
Marton

[JohnJumper]

Nice going my team

[JohnJumper]

I'm gonna get today's one first I can feel it

[Bald Eagle]

Director
Sarjeant Gallery

[JohnJumper]

Director for the first one is a bit lulz

[Bald Eagle]

I'm gonna get today's one first I can feel it

there's always tommorrow.

[nodrog]

Post office.
Paddle steamer.

Fanny

[JohnJumper]

Fanny

Haha nicely done

[Bald Eagle]

The Remarkables
Old Town

[Bald Eagle]

Easy - Who framed roger rabbit
Hard - Taranaki

[cynna]

easy q - who framed roger rabbit

woohoo finally got one

[cynna]

damn too slow.....

[Motig]

clear taranaki flyer

[Bald Eagle]

beat me this morning, nice one

[Motig]

Thought you needed a rest as its sunday.

[JohnJumper]

Telstraclear (perhaps too easy :blink: )
New Plymouth

[-df-]

Devon
Wind Wand

[JohnJumper]

Devon
Wind Wand

Cheers mate

[JohnJumper]

23
Spotswood

[Bald Eagle]

fitzherbert avenue
ngati rangitane

[Bald Eagle]

homework
broadway

[Motig]

palmy massey

[Bald Eagle]

+1 :niceone:

[Motig]

leonardo wellington Is it me or are they getting easier?

[Bald Eagle]

the beehive
bucket fountain

[Latte]

bah, beat me to it by a minute :D

[Bounce001]

Te Rauparaha
Queen Elizabeth Park

[Latte]

Te Papa Tongarewa
Cook Strait

[Latte]

1859
Blenheim

[Bald Eagle]

Lake Grassmere
Marlborough

[munster]

Vidal Wines
Winemakers

[Motig]

phone book

horatio nelson

[White trash]

Brightwater

Artichoke

[Latte]

Brightwater

Artichoke

Explain artichoke, I still can't figure out how that would be the answer :(

[White trash]

Explain artichoke, I still can't figure out how that would be the answer :(

Go to the Wiki page for Nelson, look at the list of local historic places. Look for the one that best suits "historic house of sap", Amber House. Click on the link, it refers in there somewhere to it still having a section of its 19th century wallpaper intact and a little picture of a *gasp* Artichoke. Quite a good one today actually.

[Latte]

Nice :D

I was searching wikipedia for Wallpaper,Sap House, vegetable wallpaper.

[Bounce001]

Eureka
Windmill

[Bald Eagle]

eureka
windmill

[Bounce001]

2008

Still having trouble with the 2nd question. Help anyone?

[Bald Eagle]

Got 2008

still working on the funny walk question.

[Bounce001]

Got it!

The 2nd one is Ngai Tahu

[simpy1]

Yep - "examining their uneve<b>n gait, a hu</b>rtling waddle"

[Bald Eagle]

nice work :yes:

[Logpot]

Got it!

The 2nd one is Ngai Tahu

Nice one!

Thanks.

[tnarg]

Awesome. Spent a bit of time on that one. Was thinking some sort of animal.

[Bald Eagle]

Lyttleton
The first four ships

[Bald Eagle]

SuperClubsPLUS
....

[cynna]

2 = riccarton

[Bounce001]

Cheers. Was having trouble with the 2nd one. Brain still asleep today!

[Bald Eagle]

Thanks - good team work. Should have got that as its my home town :facepalm:

[Motig]

road trip :gob:

timaru

[munster]

1839
Bluestone

[Bounce001]

1st is easy - Richard Pearse

Still working on the 2nd one

[Bald Eagle]

Richard Pearse
rangitata

[Banditbandit]

Rangitata ...

[Bounce001]

Cheers for that! :niceone:

[tnarg]

Um so how did you get the answer to this? I must be dumb, I have the answer but cant figure it out.

[Bald Eagle]

elections.govt.nz -- electorate names

[tnarg]

Get it now. Cheers

[Bald Eagle]

The Hobbit
Dunedin

[cynna]

easy ones today - even i managed to get them both

[Bounce001]

Baldwin Street
Otepoti

Easy ones today!

[tnarg]

Even I got that one this time.

[Bounce001]

Aurora Australis

Still working on the 2nd one

[Bounce001]

Got it!

United Kingdom

[tnarg]

Thats a bit sneaky. Thought the answers were about there trip around NZ.

[Bounce001]

Maybe it's because we are part of he Commonwealth and all (blah blah blah...)

[Banditbandit]

The street names in a lot of new zealand towns come from the united kingdom ... Invercargill will be no different ..

[marie_speeds]

What time do they update because I went to answer only to find it was yesterdays!!!

[Bounce001]

What time do they update because I went to answer only to find it was yesterdays!!!

It's usually updated between 8am and 9am.

[marie_speeds]

DeLorean is first

[Bounce001]

2nd one is bluff branch

[Motig]

prohibition of alcohol

stirling point

[tnarg]

Sherlock Holmes

Working on the second one.

[tnarg]

Go it.

Welcome home dad

[Bounce001]

A bit harder toady!

1st one is Balclutha road bridge

Still working on the 2nd one!

[Logpot]

Mount John university observatory

[Banditbandit]

Mount John University Observatory

[Banditbandit]

Mount John university observatory

Snap .....

[Bald Eagle]

mount john university observatory

[tnarg]

Here is the morse code translation.

THIS OAMARU IS VERY NICE INDEED, AND I'M SURE THE SAME CAN BE SAID OF THE OTHER PLACE. YOU KNOW THE ONE. I AM TOLD THEY ARE QUITE THE PAIR.

Answer: Devizes

Just about to start on first one.

[Bounce001]

The 1st one is Forrester

[nodrog]

The second one is Devizes.

Fanny

[Bounce001]

1st one is sperm whale

Still working on the 2nd one

[tnarg]

hot springs

[Bald Eagle]

Seems they forgot how many days there where in November :scooter:

"We'll have questions every day until the end of November. For every question answered during the week you'll go into that weeks draw for great prizes (http://www.jointhejourney.co.nz/mark.cfm#prizes)."

UPDATED: TC
Paul,
We extended by a week due to popular demand and to add in a few tougher ones.
Final questions are Sunday and we'll let everyone know when they can start pinning to the map.
TC

[PuppetMaster]

That Scrambler is in the reception area of the TCL office in Wellington. Weird looking thing.

[Banditbandit]

That Scrambler is in the reception area of the TCL office in Wellington. Weird looking thing.

Yeah ... the originals look better. If I win it I'll swap it for a Thruxton ... got eough bikes to ride ... but a Thruxton playtoy would look good in the garage ...

[Bounce001]

1st one is easy today! One tree hill

Still working on the 2nd one

[Bounce001]

Anyone got it yet?

[nodrog]

Anyone got it yet?

Golden Shears

Fanny.

[Timmeh:P]

Second: Golden Shears :yes:

[Logpot]

Golden Shears

Fanny.

Nice!

Can you explain how you figured it out?

[nodrog]

Nice!

Can you explain how you figured it out?

I am just very smart :shutup:

Fanny

[Logpot]

I am just very smart :shutup:

Fanny

:not:

Question 1 today - no problem

Question 2 - not so much.

[tnarg]

So anyone going to exlain how they got the answer to question two? Tried different code breakers but no luck.

[Banditbandit]

So anyone going to exlain how they got the answer to question two? Tried different code breakers but no luck.

Yeah me too .. I struggled with that one for ages ... Love to know how the answer was worked out ..

[nodrog]

Yeah me too .. I struggled with that one for ages ... Love to know how the answer was worked out ..

Rearange letters backwards, translate each letter into Russian, convert to binary code, divide by 7, translate into english, then use the fifth letter of each word, simple as that.

Fanny.

[Bald Eagle]

Rearange letters backwards, translate each letter into Russian, convert to binary code, divide by 7, translate into english, then use the fifth letter of each word, simple as that.

Fanny.

Didn't you miss a step ? :rofl:

[Bald Eagle]

Rearange letters backwards, translate each letter into Russian, convert to binary code, divide by 7, translate into english, then use the fifth letter of each word, simple as that.

Fanny.

Didn't you miss a step ? :rofl:

[nodrog]

Didn't you miss a step ? :rofl:

Oops sorry, yes I did. You need to poke your tongue out one side of your mouth while doing it. Thanks for pointing that out.

Fanny.

[Banditbandit]

Rearange letters backwards, translate each letter into Russian, convert to binary code, divide by 7, translate into english, then use the fifth letter of each word, simple as that.

Fanny.

:weird: Yeah .. I figured it was somerthign that simple ...

[Timmeh:P]

The translation of the code:

"Ivoxanv fa Nzefvdfam - sanv au fsv zmtovw esadve!"

"Welcome to Masterton - home of the angled shores!"

[tnarg]

The 2nd one was easy -Giant Carrot.

About to start on first one.

[Timmeh:P]

First one is: Feilding

[Bounce001]

Thanks. Am a bit brain dead this morning! It must be Friday!

[nodrog]

2nd one is Giant Carrot.

Fanny.

[tnarg]

horse

Waiouru

[Bren]

horse

waiouru

horses................

[Latte]

horse still worked though :yes:

[tnarg]

Read the blog and they made a mistake so guess they sorted it to work either way.
I cant take the credit for the finding the answers, found them on another web site, felt lazy today.

[Bald Eagle]

Final questions:
mercer
easy riders

[Motig]

Thanks to everybody who helped out with answers. Certainly needed help in the last couple of days, just couldn't get my head round them. :facepalm:
I'll enjoy :scooter: on the scrambler :bleh:

[Logpot]

So now we get to place our pins on a map.

Do we just go for it or are there clues or something that we use as a reference

[Bald Eagle]

Just go for it,

it could be some of the locations match some of the clue answers but given there where over a hundred of them it's just a bit of a guessing game.

The other thing is that it doesn't look like there's any zoom feature for placing the pins.

[JohnJumper]

Pin time should be fun for sure

[tnarg]

Good luck everyone. I just placed my pins. Went random haha.
I only got 27 pins as I missed a week and the start of it.

[Bren]

Good luck everyone. I just placed my pins. Went random haha.
I only got 27 pins as I missed a week and the start of it.

Well I only had 12 pins...joined up late....marked some rather obscure places...figure everyone will go for the "popular' spots


It only takes one pin to win it....hopefully my pin on Jerusalem

[Bald Eagle]

48 pins - need to miss Jerusalem then :facepalm:

[SpankMe]

Kept forgetting to do it, so only got 8.

I place the pins and save, but if you go back to the page, the pins are no longer set. :confused:

[St_Gabriel]

Much appreciated for the help folks, I couldnt get half the answers without it. I only saw this thread recently and didnt know about the competition so only have 8 pins to place but as someone said before, It only takes one to win




I place the pins and save, but if you go back to the page, the pins are no longer set. :confused:

I would try again if I were you, I just went back to the page with my pins and they were still there. Is you pins count at zero or at 8? If its zero, I would take it that they have been entered.

[Motig]

Yep its got me confused. Did my pins, saved then just went back to page now and their all back again,

[St_Gabriel]

Just logged out then in again and checked, pins all still placed so dont know what your issue would be, btw im using firefox 3.6.12 if that helps

[SpankMe]

I would try again if I were you, I just went back to the page with my pins and they were still there. Is you pins count at zero or at 8? If its zero, I would take it that they have been entered.


Turned out to be the Chrome beta browser I used. Worked fine in Explorer.

[Motig]

believe we may have fixed the problem. There's a new version of the map on the website, so hopefully you should be able to place without them disappearing. Just to note that it could be that your browser has cached the old version of the map so if you continue to have problems you may need to empty the browser cache.

Good luck


Kind regards

Luke

From Telstraclear

[cynna]

didnt win the scrambler but one of my pins was closest to one of the tshirts....

[Timmeh:P]

didn't win either....

But I was less than 1km away from the $25000 travel... ARGH! Obviously wasn't good enough!

[SpankMe]

So who had a pin closest to the bike which was north of weber. I had one on Takapau.

[Bald Eagle]

Well it was fun anyhow, even though I didn't get a t-shirt.

[nodrog]

So who had a pin closest to the bike which was north of weber. I had one on Takapau.

I had one at Cape Turngain.

Fanny.

[Latte]

Another T-Shirt winner here...... better go buy a lotto ticket :woohoo: