Competitions (NO ASKING FOR VOTES)

awanderer

remeneerb wrote: »

To be honest, i think it's really hard - i need most of the answers - anybody prepared to help??!!

I really love this thread as its posters are not selfish and share information about competitions they could keep to themselves and have more chance to win:).

However,I do not think it is very fair for people who don't participate to the thread otherwise, to only post to ask for more information, or even for other people to do the research for them:(.

remeneerb

Fair enough, i see your point, it's just that i did do ages of research on that competition and am stuck on a few - never mind

sasser

I really love this thread as its posters are not selfish and share information about competitions they could keep to themselves and have more chance to win.

However,I do not think it is very fair for people who don't participate to the thread otherwise, to only post to ask for more information, or even for other people to do the research for them.

Oh look, it's the thread police :rolleyes:

awanderer

remeneerb wrote: »

Fair enough, i see your point, it's just that i did do ages of research on that competition and am stuck on a few - never mind

I didn't mean to be rude. It's just that I love doing crosswords and sometimes some of them were really hard (specially for me as I am not a native English speaker). When they were hard I had to do more reasearch but on the other hand, I knew I had more chance of winning (a weekend away in general). Now every week, the same 4 or 5 people go to the same websites and ask for the answer to almost every clue. The result is, if I type the clue on my computer, I am given directly all the answers as are thousands of other people and when before winning those weekend away was about doing some research, now it's almost impossible as it has become a lotto:(.

remeneerb

No, i don't think you're being rude. I completely see your point. I think this thread is also very good and i think everyone is really generous sharing information and i completely understand how annoying it is to do lots of work and then others just cheat their way in. Good luck, i hope the hard work pays off!!

awanderer

sasser wrote: »

Oh look, it's the thread police :rolleyes:

No it is only me giving my opinion about what I believe is respect, courtesy and common sense;). Anybody can post those answers here, I have no power to allow or prohibit any post neither do I wish to do so:D. I believe that apart the 2 spoken about before by other poster, the answer to those questions are very easy to find so wether all the answers to that competition are given here or not will probably not make any difference:).

eliza64

1. (a) A moveable feast
2. (b) University of Ulster
3. (c) €60,000
4. (b) The first three of God’s Ten Commandments
5. (c) Christopher Walken
6. (c) Lionel Messi
7. (b) Cak
8. (c) Jedward
9. (a) Scantily-clad glamour models
10. (c) Jealous Guy
11. (c) Boyle, Co Roscommon
12. (a) Brendan Gleeson
13 (c) He told the Garda there was a bomb in the nightclub
14. (c) Irish “citizens” considered persons of interest by police in Dubai
15. (b) Asthma
16. (a) The 1916 Easter Rising
17. (b) Chile
18. (c) Easter Egg
19. (c) Fifth Avenue
20. (a) To be continued

The answers I gave I am not sure about 3 or 12. I am never going to get the 9 minutes of my life back that I had to spend watching lady gaga on utube.

remeneerb

Hi, listen thanks a million for that - i have to say it was very kind of you to post the answers. I also spent ages on no 3 - couldn't find it anywhere, i'll do a bit more research and if i can get a confirmation, i'll post it here....

Good luck to everyone and thank you eliza64, you deserve to win the prize so i hope you do

remeneerb

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2010/0403/1224267344363.html

Another quiz i spotte, unfortunately i can't do it - too hard for me but good luck to anybody who can!!

sasser

No it is only me giving my opinion about what I believe is respect, courtesy and common sense. Anybody can post those answers here, I have no power to allow or prohibit any post neither do I wish to do so. I believe that apart the 2 spoken about before by other poster, the answer to those questions are very easy to find so wether all the answers to that competition are given here or not will probably not make any difference

On any other competition websites, when people post competitions, they generally post the answer too. When I post competitions with questions, I will post the answer as well, and I hope others will to save me the effort of looking for the answer.

sasser

I am never going to get the 9 minutes of my life back that I had to spend watching lady gaga on utube.

Eoineo

I just won a Cushelle Koala.

remeneerb

lucky u, i've been playing for weeks and no win

Eoineo

remeneerb wrote: »

lucky u, i've been playing for weeks and no win

Me too, it's the first time I've won. You know you can enter up to 5 times a day yes?

remeneerb

No, i didn't know that - i thought it was only once a day - thanks for that, i've gotta up my game!!

Eoineo

A couple of new competitions for you:

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Note- Site requires subscription

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remeneerb

Thanks a mil, are these open to irish residents do you know?

Eoineo

Yes they both are. I only post competitions that are open to ROI applicants.

If anyone is interested, the Cushelle competition started only open to UK entrants but recently was extended to include ROI.

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remeneerb

Eoineo wrote: »

Yes they both are. I only post competitions that are open to ROI applicants.

If anyone is interested, the Cushelle competition started only open to UK entrants but recently was extended to include ROI.

Thats great thanks!

Claregirl

eliza64 wrote: »

1. (a) A moveable feast
2. (b) University of Ulster
3. (c) €60,000
4. (b) The first three of God’s Ten Commandments
5. (c) Christopher Walken
6. (c) Lionel Messi
7. (b) Cak
8. (c) Jedward
9. (a) Scantily-clad glamour models
10. (c) Jealous Guy
11. (c) Boyle, Co Roscommon
12. (a) Brendan Gleeson
13 (c) He told the Garda there was a bomb in the nightclub
14. (c) Irish “citizens” considered persons of interest by police in Dubai
15. (b) Asthma
16. (a) The 1916 Easter Rising
17. (b) Chile
18. (c) Easter Egg
19. (c) Fifth Avenue
20. (a) To be continued

The answers I gave I am not sure about 3 or 12. I am never going to get the 9 minutes of my life back that I had to spend watching lady gaga on utube.

I did a quick trawl through the newspaper archives and found the following:

Junior Ministers earn some €54,000 each year on top of their basic TD’s salary of €100,000.

Government ministers other than the Taoiseach, the secretaries general of Government departments, and the heads of the country’s top universities will face deductions of 15 per cent. The new ministerial salaries will be €191,417; that of a secretary general will be €242,540 (some €20,000 higher than the Taoiseach), and that of university heads will be €202,117. The salaries of judges will remain unchanged because of a provision in the Constitution that prohibits their salaries from being lowered.

I would say answer based on this should be 40,000. Hope this helps I felt kinda guilty coz I never post comps - when I find them I rush to post them here to find I'm always beaten to it:D

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ciaglen

Hi Guys

Does anyone know the correct answer for teh Allianz Direct Ipod touch competition - www.allianz.ie/competition

Ive had a look on the website but still not 100% sure?

Thanks

Ciara

Twixster

ciaglen wrote: »

Hi Guys

Does anyone know the correct answer for teh Allianz Direct Ipod touch competition - www.allianz.ie/competition

Ive had a look on the website but still not 100% sure?

Thanks

Ciara

I ticked them all except the bungee jump one, although they could very well cover this as well!

milkycoffey

I won that camera that I posted last week!
I'm so freaking delighted!:D

Fudge74

Congrats Milkycoffey that's brilliant. Delighted for ya

remeneerb

Fair play, enjoy it!

Fudge74

Twixster wrote: »

I ticked them all except the bungee jump one, although they could very well cover this as well!

I did the same Twixster!

carolireland

Well done Milkycoffey. Congratulations.