October Contest: Pensieve Diving
Contests
Posted by: Mel
October 04, 2011, 03:20 PM
For this month's contest we are going Pensieve diving! On each of the
five Saturdays in October we will provide you with the description of
one place and object pair as observed by our muggle friends. Your job
will be to figure out both parts: the location and the item of focus.
These ambiguous clues are all that our poor muggle friends could
articulate and so are rather confusing. Here's an example of what we
mean:
This location is a combination of one of Hagrid's favorite meal
ingredients, a tennis racquet maker, and a topographic projection. If
you need a hint Mr. Weasley can guide you along. Here you will find an
object that had two uses in life. In both cases its sole purpose was to
carry you on your way.
Answer (highlight to read):
Stoatshead Hill, boot portkey
Oh, one more thing. We were able to identify the wizard whose memories
were in the Pensive. You guessed it, Harry Potter. A location can be
any place mentioned in J.K Rowling's books that Harry has been to
personally. Accordingly, the object will have been mentioned in the
books as being at that location.
Winners will receive one of three handcrafted wands donated by Wizard Wood Wands
(changed monthly) and 50 MyLeaky points.
Full rules can be found here. Clues will be posted on Saturdays and answers to the clues should be e-mailed by the following Friday. Follow our Facebook page if you need reminders about when clues are posted! Good luck!
18 Comments
79302 Points
Oh joy another contest!
4852 Points
Wow! Kinda complicated!
By a “tennis racquet maker,” do you mean a company that produces tennis racquets, or a piece of machinery that is responsible for turning them out? Sorry, I am a total literalist.
And what do you mean “If you need a hint Mr. Weasley can guide you along”?
4133 Points
Hmmm a little complicated…
558 Points
confusing, but okay!
139 Points
hmmmmmm, yes very confusing, but sounds like lots of fun!!!! Maybe I’ll get the hang of it after a couple of them :p
139 Points
hmmmmmm, yes very confusing, but sounds like lots of fun!!!! Maybe I’ll get the hang of it after a couple of them :p
139 Points
oooooooooooooooops sorry this posted twice……silly computer
10471 Points
How interesting! But what I want to know is why is it 50 MyLeaky points? It’s been 200 for the past few months, if I recall correctly. . . . O.o XDD
310 Points
PotterAcumen, The tennis raquet maker is only for the example, not one of the actual memories, so you don’t need to worry about what it means. It’s just to give you an idea of what the clues will be like. The actual memory clues will be posted in the Contest Corner here http://www.leakylounge.com/index.php?showtopic=75067
If the Leaky Lounge continues to have technical problems, we will post the memories to solve on our facebook page here
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/LeakyCauldronContests
In regards to the points, in general, we have different points for different rankings. 1st -3rd and Honorable Mention all receive points. Because we have more than one winner for this contest and there are no rankings, we give everyone with all the correct answers the same number of myLeaky points. So in a way, the winners are sharing the points. We have no way of knowing how many people will get all the correct answers, but to give 200 points to each person is a bit much. We also give out more than one wand for the contest, so it’s basically a matter of sharing the “prizes” among all the winners. I hope that makes it more clear.
Good luck to all who enter! We hope you enjoy solving the clues!
Songbird, Leaky Contest Staff
74 Points
Sounds like fun and interesting! Perhaps a little too indepth for my knowledge of HP, but good luck to those who enter! :D
@songbird: Okay, thank you very much! I’m still a little confused, but I’ve got the general idea, and I’m sure I’ll get the hang of it soon enough.
Can the “what” part of the clue be a living creature, or just an inanimate object?
27 Points
how do we enter? where are the clues posted???
Oh joy another contest!