Treasure Hunt 2004
Available points
Category No. Question 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? National Maritime Museum, Greenwich  ("The Adventures of Tintin at Sea") 5   5
Treasure 42 Obtain a business card from a Chinese restaurant whose name begins with the letter "C".   5   5
Treasure 43 Obtain a 1 Euro coin.   10   10
Group/pic 44 Take a picture of one of your team with a real life famous person.   25   25
Group/pic 45 Take a picture of at least two of your team sitting in a black cab.   10   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.   10   10
Fact 47 The lobby of the St. Martins Lane hotel features which board game? Chess 5   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".        
    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. "Cheen Gum Nan Mai Sum Toe Hoh" 20 5 25
    What is the English translation of what is recited to you?  Points for literal translation, 5 point bonus for the moral. Literally : A thousand pieces of gold may not buy you what you like                                            Moral : Money isn't everything.
 
     
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"? A giant "rocking chair" 5   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. Mansion House and South Ealing 15   15
Fact 51 If Newbury Park is "red", Sloane Square is "yellow and green".  What is Waterloo? black, brown, grey … the colours of the tube lines running through the station on the tube map 5   5
Treasure 52 Obtain a business card from a Chinese restaurant whose name begins with the letter "S".   10   10
Group/pic 53 Take a picture of all your team sitting under a palm tree.   5   5
Group/pic 54 Take a picture of one of your team in a golf simulator.   10   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. 03-0117-02614-9936 5   5
Group/pic 56 Take a photo of one team member with at least 4 pigeons perched on them.  The pigeons must be alive!! Trafalgar Square! 15   15
Treasure 57 Obtain a programme guide from the London Palladium.   5   5
Fact 58 In Leicester Square, find the hands of "The Terminator" which lie on a "walk of fame".  What date is shown? 17 May 1993 - Arnie's handprints - brass plate on the ground opposite Odeon cinema 10   10
Fact 59 Who was born on the site of John Lewis in Oxford Street? This will involve the team walking around the building looking for the blue plaque (on one side).  Answer: Byron. 10   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.   25 5 30