SAMPLE CHALLENGES

Here are a few practice challenges to get you limbered up for the contest.

And don't forget, your training regimen should also include at least 14 days of
carbo-loading, abstaining from alcohol and marital relations, and watching Thigh-Master ads.

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1) Trivia: Common Bond

This question is typical of many in the contest in that you don't necessarily need to recognize everything being referred to, but you may have to think a little about whatever you do know.

What do the following characters from TV shows have in common? Lars Lindstrom Carlton the Doorman John Beresford Tipton Ugly Naked Guy

2) Scavenger Hunt Clue

The scavenger hunt challenges consist of a cryptic clue describing an item of some sort. You'll need to figure out what's being described, and then find somebody by phone that has the item (unless you already have it in your home).

Following the clue is the required evidence to collect. This is a piece of information about the item you'll need to get from whoever you've found by phone, in order to prove you located the item.

Though clearly just to mollify the parents in their zeal our schools claimed it would qualify as a vegetable in a meal. According to the motto, 56 kinds is not enough. There's one more! That's a lot o' this viscous, crimson stuff evidence to collect: the last ingredient

The preceding clue describes a fairly commonplace item. For some of the clues it will be trickier to locate someone that has the item.

3) Trivia: Linked Titles

Create a new movie by overlapping titles. This is best explained by an example:

If the question is

Mark Hamill & Carrie Fisher meet Lea Thompson & Michael J. Fox

then the answer is

The Empire Strikes Back to the Future

Ryan O'Neal & Tatum O'Neal meet Nicholas Cage & Cher

To receive answers for the sample challenges, send a request to samples@unexpected.com.

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