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Available points |
| Category |
No.
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Question |
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Answer |
Points |
Bonus |
Total points |
| Fact |
41 |
"Les
Aventures de Tintin en Mer" is an exhibition featuring a cartoon
character. Where is this exhibition
being held? |
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National
Maritime Museum, Greenwich ("The
Adventures of Tintin at Sea") |
5 |
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5 |
| Treasure |
42 |
Obtain
a business card from a Chinese restaurant whose name begins with the letter
"C". |
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5 |
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5 |
| Treasure |
43 |
Obtain a 1 Euro coin. |
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10 |
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10 |
| Group/pic |
44 |
Take
a picture of one of your team with a real life famous person. |
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25 |
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25 |
| Group/pic |
45 |
Take
a picture of at least two of your team sitting in a black cab. |
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10 |
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10 |
| Group/pic |
46 |
Visit
Regent Street, near Liberty, and take a picture of the "golf sale"
man together with the item of treasure obtained from question 13. |
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10 |
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10 |
| Fact |
47 |
The
lobby of the St. Martins Lane hotel features which board game? |
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Chess
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5 |
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5 |
| Treasure |
48 |
Between
3.45pm to 4pm, meet a member of the BCS member, who can be identified as
wearing a checked baseball cap, at the entrance of the Hayward Gallery. Recite the password "The Moon is a
Balloon is a novel by David Niven". |
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He
will then recite to you a phrase in Chinese.
The BCS Organiser is under strict instructions not to communicate
unless the password is correct and the only communication with you will be
the recited phrase. |
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"Cheen Gum Nan Mai Sum
Toe Hoh" |
20 |
5 |
25 |
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What
is the English translation of what is recited to you? Points for literal translation, 5 point
bonus for the moral. |
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Literally
: A thousand pieces of gold may not buy you what you like
Moral : Money isn't everything.
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| Fact |
49 |
On
the corner of Chalk Farm Road and Hawley Street there is a purple shop which
is adorned with a model of a giant "what"? |
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A giant "rocking chair" |
5 |
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5 |
| Group/pic |
50 |
The
names of two London Underground stations include all the vowels in the
English language. Obtain a photo of
all your team at each of these stations, with the station name clearly
visible. |
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Mansion House and South Ealing |
15 |
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15 |
| Fact |
51 |
If
Newbury Park is "red", Sloane Square is "yellow and
green". What is Waterloo? |
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black,
brown, grey … the colours of the tube lines running through the station on
the tube map |
5 |
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5 |
| Treasure |
52 |
Obtain
a business card from a Chinese restaurant whose name begins with the letter
"S". |
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10 |
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10 |
| Group/pic |
53 |
Take a
picture of all your team sitting under a palm tree. |
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5 |
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5 |
| Group/pic |
54 |
Take
a picture of one of your team in a golf simulator. |
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10 |
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10 |
| Fact |
55 |
In
Charing Cross Library (open 11am to 5pm), find "Halliwells Film Guide,
2004" in the reference section.
Look inside the front cover to find numbers beneath a bar code. Then complete the sequence
3-0117-xxxxx-xxxx. |
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03-0117-02614-9936 |
5 |
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5 |
| Group/pic |
56 |
Take
a photo of one team member with at least 4 pigeons perched on them. The pigeons must be alive!! |
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Trafalgar Square! |
15 |
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15 |
| Treasure |
57 |
Obtain
a programme guide from the London Palladium. |
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5 |
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5 |
| Fact |
58 |
In
Leicester Square, find the hands of "The Terminator" which lie on a
"walk of fame". What date
is shown? |
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17
May 1993 - Arnie's handprints - brass plate on the ground opposite Odeon
cinema |
10 |
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10 |
| Fact |
59 |
Who
was born on the site of John Lewis in Oxford Street? |
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This
will involve the team walking around the building looking for the blue plaque
(on one side). Answer: Byron. |
10 |
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10 |
| Group/pic |
60 |
Make
a wearable suit out of today's copy of a broadsheet newspaper, to be worn by
one team member on their arrival at Colindale. 5 bonus points to be awarded for design flair and imagination. |
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25 |
5 |
30 |
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