Finders Keepers

FINDERS KEEPERS 2007

The Sunday Times is running a new Finders Keepers competition, where you can win R1,000,000 (1 million Rand) in 1 lump sum.

I am not going to give the clues away totally, you’ll need to take some time but this list should help trigger things.

Week 4 – inside the

480 – 405THz is Frequency of Red Light AND 625 – 750nm is the Wavelength of Red Light

Click Dinosaur’s Eye – Letters drop out making the word Struggle

Click Award on Left – reveals World Leadership Award

http://www.world-leadership-awards.org/winners.vc?content_id=86

Click Speaker Top Right – plays Simply Red

Click Door Handle – doors open to reveal an Elephant

Click Plaque on top of Cabinet – tells a story about George Markham’s daughter

Click Blue Spot on Carpet – reveals a ticket dated 7 Dec 2007 – this is the day the winner will be decided

Click the Window next to Mandela – opens to reveal a sea scene

Click Nelsons Head – reveals a Seagull on the windowsill

Click Umbrella – reveals a red something, was one in the 3rd week too – this is a sign

Click Chest – opens to reveal the top of Pyramid, a memorial to…

Click Projector – then Cord for Screen – then Screen – movie “The Green Mile” plays

Click Base of Art in Glass Cabinet – reveals inscription on the base of a statue

“The greatness of a nation
consists not so much
in the number of it’s people
or the extent of it’s territory
as in the extent
and justice of it’s compassion.”

– Inscription at the Horse Memorial in Port Elizabeth, for horses killed in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).

Click word Museum on the Poster on Floor – reveals words Freedom / Respect / Responsibility / Civilisation hiding the previous 3 words Democracy / Equality / Diversity

Bonus Clues

From dobroadband – George Markham, Dean of York, his daughter can be seen here / her husband’s heart was ripped apart when she died in India.

Week 3 – which is beneath some

Click Bucket – green paint overflows

Click Caulking Gun – red line comes out making the word “Swing”

Click Toolbox – Opens revealing tools

Click Window Latch – Click again, show monkey hanging from a rope

lick Bottom Drawer – zooms in, Click again, opens revealing Soap

Click Light Switch – displays “To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Mandela

Click Paper Rolls – displays Democracy / Equality / Diversity and conciliation or should be Reconciliation

Click Letter Slot in Door – zooms in, Click again, mail comes, Click again, a letter addressed to Wilson Khayingo comes through

“We are gathered here today to remember and pay tribute to our heroes and martyrs of our struggle, Comrades Vuyisile Mini, Wilson Khayingo and Zinakile Mkaba, who were executed on that fateful day of 6 November 1964, as well as Nolali Mpentse, Daniel Ndongeni and Samuel Jonas who later followed them to the gallows.”

Click Fan – blows a letter onto the floor, Click letter, displays a long story on the struggle against apartheid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qj72CdwyHs show Rope Jumping Video

Ernest Cole’s book is called “House of Bondage”

Bonus Clues

From dobroadband – The little boy’s referring to a rescue in Toy Story / What was used that for a cowboy is obligatory?

From dobroadband – Four of seven Pillars of our Constitution / are in the illustration, outside an institution.

Week 2 – that’s between a line of heroes and the

Click Radio – Plays “Riders on the Storm – The Doors”

Green book on lower left has a piece missing, “google it” reveals

http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/history/hector-pieterson.htm

Missing bit “Walking through the large rust-red door,”

Week 1 – I am inside a

Click Bird – it says “This place is like ”

Click Painting – shows a painting of some arches, Click again, shows Superman

Chest of drawers on far left, Click 3rd from bottom, click again, draw opens revealing Rubik’s Cube

Chest Writing Cabinet – reveals a lamp and the Sunday Times

Click Lamp on top of Writing Desk – turns into a post box

Click Fireplace – fire lights and if you click again Lion Safety Matches displays

Click centre chair’s seat – Boxer appears

Click Carpet – displays coat of arms with “Tu Meliora Spera” below it

The arms of Port Elizabeth were based closely on those of Sir Rufane Donkin, the Acting Governor of the Cape Colony in 1820 – 1821. The whole of the shield is taken from the Donkin family arms except for the two anchors, which were added as a necessary difference and as reference to the port. These arms were formally approved by the City Council in May 1958 and formally granted by Letters Patent from the College of Arms in August 1958. The arms were subsequently registered, unchanged, with the South African Bureau of Heraldry in April 1986 and are described as follows:
ARMS: Gules on a chevron Argent between two Cinquefoils in chief and a Bugle Horn stringed in base Or three Buckles Sable a Chief embattled of the second thereon an elephant statant between two anchors proper
CREST: Issuant from a Mural Crown Gules charged with three annulets Or a three masted ship in full sail proper flying from the main mast a Pennon of the first
MOTTO: TU MELIORA SPERA (Hope thou for better Things).

Click Cabinet next to Clock’s handle – Get TV with white noise

Click Clock – zooms in, showing clock stuck on 7 minutes past 8, click on the hour hand and the clock runs backwards to 3 minutes past 7

HOW THE TREASURE HUNT WORKS

For four weeks starting from 4th November, you can access the Finder’s Keepers Treasure Hunt on this website where many more clues are available and the illustration is interactive. However, you should be able to work out the answers by the rhymes and clues and with the help of the unique extra clues in the Sunday Times magazine and main body.

Each week we will publish an illustration with clues in the Sunday Times magazine. The treasure is hidden in a secret hiding place which is described in the sentence on the entry form. Simply register online with your name and a password. This will give you access to the entry form, extra clues and will keep a record of your own secret notes.

The answer to each weeks clues will enable you to complete the sentence and thereby determine the secret hiding place.

To open the main clue, click on the WEEK 1 clue button on the title page of the website. Beware, some of them may be red herrings! Explore all the clues and have fun finding out all the interesting information.

Please ensure that your sound is switched on for a better interactive experience on the website.

EXTRA CLUES

Extra clues can be found
• special clues in the main section
of the Sunday Times each week of
the competition
• on www.finderskeepers.co.za
• on www.dobroadband.co.za
• in The Times newspaper, Monday to Friday for the duration of the competition.

The Times is a new daily newspaper that is delivered free of charge exclusively to Sunday Times subscribers. To subscribe to the Sunday Times, and get The Times at no extra charge call 0860 946 946 or sms the word Times to 33084.

HOW TO ENTER

The ENTRY FORMS are available to those who have registered.
Register by clicking the ENTRY FORM button and following the easy steps.
Entries are submitted by using the entry forms on the website only.

You may enter up to 5 times. You may enter the same answer 5 times or 5 different answers. Although you will be able to record and change your answers on the same entry form, you will only be able to submit your final entries in week 4. Be sure of your entries as once you have submitted in week 4 you can not change your answers. You will be notified by email once we have received your entries. No postal entries will be accepted.

CLOSING DATE

Entries must be in by midnight on Thursday, 29th November, 2007.

Five correct entries will be drawn.
The 5 finalists will be flown to the hiding place somewhere in South Africa. Here they will take part in the final stage of the treasure hunt.

RULES

1. This competition is free and open to everyone.
2. The Prize is One MIllion Rand payable in one lump sum and subject to the tax laws of South Africa.
3. The Prize is not exchangeable.
4. No purchase is necessary. If you have missed past weeks clues, they are accessible on the website.
5. Clues and entry forms are available on www.finderskeepers.co.za.
6. Entries are only submissable on the Finder’s Keepers website.
7. Only entries received before the exact closing time of the competition as detailed above will be considered.
8. The judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9. If you are drawn as a finalist, you will be notified on Friday 30th November, 2007. You must be prepared to travel to the mystery hiding place on Friday 7th December, 2007, where you will compete as one of 5 finalists for the R1million treasure. (We will transport you there).
10. If a minor is drawn as a finalist, he / she must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
11. The finalist agrees to appear on national television and be prepared to be photographed for promotional purposes, at no cost to the organisers or sponsors of Finder’s Keepers.
12. In the event of there being no winner by the closing date, further clues will be published in the Sunday Times, The Times and on the Finder’s Keepers website on 9th December and the winner shall be the first correct entry drawn thereafter and no finalist stage will be held.
13. Entrants must be resident in South Africa, Namibia or Botswana.
14. The finalist selection process will be audited by the appointed firm of attorneys.
15. The winner will be published in the Sunday Times and on the Do Broadband website on 9th December.
16. Employees of Johncom, Telkom, agencies or consultants involved in organising this competition and their immediate families or partners may not enter the competition.
17. Any tax implications as a result of the prize will be the winners responsibility

OLD FINDERS KEEPERS

An old gripe I had with a competition that the Sunday Times was running that I thought I would post as an example of false or deceptive advertising.

Remember please that South Africa has 11 official languages, so there are a vast majority to whom English is a second or third language.

Fraud is defined basically as: deception for personal gain.

The competition was to discover where R1,000,000 (one million rand) was hidden somewhere in South Africa.

The part I was pissed off with was the fact that the actual prize was not R1 million cash but rather R50,000 over 20 years. Ask any actuary or accountant and I am sure you will find that R50 000 over 20 years does not amount to R1,000,000 in todays money.

They said “Sunday Times and its partners in the competition went to great expense before launching the competition to obtain legal advice from lawyers who specialized in advertising and promotions to ensure the competition was lawful and fair.”

I on the other hand said that this was tantamount to fraud / deception of the South African public, especially the uneducated masses. To clarify the matter I asked to take them up on their offer in reverse. For them to pay me R1 million today and I would repay them R50,000 a year for 20 years. Needless to say I heard nothing from them after that.

I also asked for an apology to be printed to the South African people.

Inspired by – my blood pressure goes through the roof when anyone takes advantage of another, especially those they should be looking out for. Bully’s