Monday, June 15, 2009

The Contest Starts

Kindness meter. Fourteen people have performed thirty-eight acts of kindness. There is now 7 days left to complete sixty-two more acts of kindness. Also welcome to the blog a long time friend of mine and former co-worker Suzie. She posted yesterday on the Happy Birthday/100 Acts of Kindness Thread. She currently is happily married and works as flight attendant.

NOW THE CONTEST!!

You have nailed the sample questions, now it is the real thing. You have to guess what each of the three items mentioned in the twenty-five questions have in common. The one that gets the most of the twenty-five questions right will win their choice of a $25 Starbucks Gift Card, a $25 Home Depot Gift Card, or a stained glass "angel on bridge valued recently at over $100. An eligible participant for the contest is anyone that posted a comment on The Dahn Report between May 27, 2009 and this morning before the official contest started. If you are an eligible participant you have until 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time on June 17, when the contest officially ends, to submit your entry or entries. Eligible participants may enter as many times as they like. If more than one entry ties for first place, all entries tying for first place will be put in a hate and the winning entry will be drawn from those entries.

Eligible particpants for the contest are Dona, Pat, DR, Suzie, Red Whistle, Kim, Bev, Kaye, Mary, Mary Z, and Connie!

EMAIL THE ANSWERS TO WILLIAMJDAHN@AOL.COM

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

QUESTIONS

1. A court room, a dugout, a park.

2. Dr. feel good, chain of fools, Respect. Besides being songs.

3. Julius Caesar, Robert Kennedy, John Lennon. Besides being famous.

4. Eggs, Bricks, Carpets

5. Dick. Ted Turner. Tarzan.

6. A car. A Tree. An Elephant

7. Pinocchio. Geppetto. Jonah.

8. The American Queen. On Golden Pond. The Philadelphia Story. Besides being movies.

9. Judy Resnik. Sally Ride. Kathryn Sullivan.

10. Popeye The Sailor. A Martini. A Greek Salad.

11. Errol Flynn. Sean Connery. Kevin Costner. Actors but that doesn’t count.

12. Florida. A piano. A Jailor.

13. A person. An artichoke. A Deck of Cards.

14. Martin Luther King. Patty Duke. Jack Lord.

15. French. Eskimo. Hershey’s.

16. Sabrina Duncan. Jill Monroe. Kelly Garrett. Besides being women's names.

17. Ducks. Debtors. Congress.

18. A checkbook. A tire. A scale.

19. Porky. Spanky, Alfalfa.

20. A song. A Heart. A Poliecman.

21. Julia Grant. Lucy Hayes. Laura Bush. Besides being women.

22. Samuel Benedict. Sylvester Graham. James Salisbury.

23. Mickey Rooney. Artie Shaw. Frank Sinatra. Besides being actors.

24. Debbie Reynolds. Elizabeth Taylor. Connie Stevens. Besides being actresses.

25. A kite. A dog. A storyteller.

12 comments:

Mary Z said...

Fun stuff. Thanks.

William J. said...

Hi Mary Z

I am glad you enjoyed it!

I really had fun putting it together.

Bill

cd0103 said...

Oh man-- these are hard. Previews were a piece of cake compared to these. Must engage brain now.

Pat said...

Fun stuff, yes. Answers to come when and if I figure out the real stumper. My brain is tired already. {g}

dona said...

Very Fun, Thanks!

Sending answers soon.

William J. said...

Hi Connie

I should have made them even harder!

All you guys are to damned good!!

Bill

William J. said...

Hi Pat

Mary and my Mom both got the one you were stumped on!

It is really fun for me to read the
answers.

You did great!!

Bill

William J. said...

Hi Dona

Waiting for you answers and absolutely loved your email about the acts of kindness

Bill

Lady DR said...

Geez, could we go back and count my answers to the sample questions?!!! I did much better on those.

William J. said...

Hi Dr

Just remember you have until 7 AM Wednesday morning to get the ones right that you originally got wrong, so if you miss one, you just have to do a little more checking!!

Bill

cd0103 said...

Mine just sent. Are you going to let us know if we have one wrong? I have been so busy trying to get out of town I almost forgot.

Those were hard. One was really tough.

William J. said...

Hi Connie

Yes I will tell you the one that you missed!

And have very rewarding and safe trip!

Bill