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April's and May's Contest, 2009 Two Part Riddles Contest
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post Apr 1 2009, 12:41 AM
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2009 Two-Part Riddles Contest

*Addendum for May's part is here or scroll down.*


Due to the great feedback we got from the last one and the level of enjoyment everyone had, the two-part riddles contest is back for 2009!

Part One will occur during the month of April. You are invited to submit a riddle that relates to a person, place or thing found in the Harry Potter books. The contest team will select the best riddles from the entries to have 10 riddles to post. We will also write and post riddles to fill in any needs. From these 10 riddles, a new riddle will be posted in the Contest Corner each Monday and Friday at 9am EDT during the month of May (see schedule below) for Part Two of the contest. All contestants' riddle entries used in May (this excludes riddles created by the contest team) and all people who submit correct answers for all the riddles will be placed into a drawing for one of three Wizard Wood Wands.

General Rules:

  • There is a strict PG-13 rating for all riddles
  • All work must be original
  • All decisions by the judges are final
  • Anyone 13 and older may enter the contest including staff members who are not involved in the judging process
  • Please refer to our FAQ if you are not sure of something
  • If you have any questions not answered on the FAQ, or would like to discuss this contest, please come to the Contest Corner forum on The Leaky Lounge.

April's Part One Rules:

During the month of April, the Contest Team is asking for people to submit riddles. To help you create your riddles, here are a few sources to help you along: write your own riddle worksheet (PDF, requires Acrobat Reader) and writing riddles from ehow.com.

  • The answer to each riddle must relate to a person, place, or thing found in books 1-7 of Harry Potter. Please ensure that these riddles are solvable (test them out on friends!), do not have obscure Harry Potter related answers, and, most importantly, are actually riddles (e.g. not trivia questions).
  • Please keep riddles no longer than 75 words.
  • There is no particular format that is desired for the riddles.
  • You may submit up to 3 riddles.
  • All riddles must be e-mailed to contests@the-leaky-cauldron.org by April 22, 2009 at 11:59 pm (EDT) with "Riddle Entries" in the subject line of the e-mail. Please copy-paste the riddles into the body of the e-mail with the answers and include a name to be used for authorship (real name or Leaky Lounge name).
  • All entries that do not include the answers and name for authorship will be disqualified.
  • The authors of all riddles used in the second part will be automatically placed into the drawing for one of three Wizard Wood Wands.

May's Part Two Rules:

Every Monday and Friday at approximately 9am EDT through the month of May, the Contest Team will post a riddle on the Contest Corner to be answered via e-mail.

  • All answers must be e-mailed with "Riddle # Answer" in the subject line to contests@the-leaky-cauldron.org before the next riddle is posted (see schedule below). Please also submit a name (real name or Leaky Lounge name) to be used for tracking and site announcement (if you should win) purposes. Please replace the # with the riddle number (e.g. Riddle 1 Answer, Riddle 2 Answer, etc).
  • Please do not post your answer in any form or way on The Leaky Lounge. All attempts or answers will be removed with the person notified as to why the post was removed.
  • All answers submitted will be recorded and kept throughout the month for each person who enters.
  • Answers to the riddles will be posted after the new riddle has been posted.
  • To be eligible for the drawing of a Wizard Wood Wands, you must have all 10 riddles answered correctly. If you miss a deadline, your list of answers will not be counted towards a full list of correct answers. You are encouraged to still submit answers after a missed deadline in case there is no one with a full list of correct answers. If no one submits and/or answers 10 riddles correctly, the next highest amount correct will be used for the drawing of the three Wizard Wood Wands.

Schedule of Posted Riddles:
All riddles are posted on Monday and Friday at 9am EDT or 2pm BST.

Riddle #1 - Fri, May 1
Riddle #2 - Mon, May 4
Riddle #3 - Fri, May 8
Riddle #4 - Mon, May 11
Riddle #5 - Fri, May 15
Riddle #6 - Mon, May 18
Riddle #7 - Fri, May 22
Riddle #8 - Mon, May 25
Riddle #9 - Fri, May 29
Riddle #10 - Mon, June 1

Fri, June 5 - All entries are due by 9am EDT or 2pm BST

This post has been edited by mjk: Apr 30 2009, 08:43 PM


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i want to answer for riddle 1 ...... but before that i want to know whether i should write the answer in email only or i should answer in some format like word or pdf and add attachment to mail?

will this format be ok?
name:
screen name:
my answer :

and another question...i am able to allowed to send only 1 answer or 3 answers ????


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- mjk   April's and May's Contest   Apr 1 2009, 12:41 AM
- - SiriusBSirius   You said that we can enter up to three riddles. Ca...   Apr 2 2009, 04:18 PM
- - Ravenclaw_Runner92   Sorry, but is it okay if one of my riddles is like...   Apr 2 2009, 06:56 PM
- - FredFan   QUOTE(SiriusBSirius @ Apr 2 2009, 05:18 P...   Apr 3 2009, 12:35 PM
|- - Ravenclaw_Runner92   QUOTE(FredFan @ Apr 3 2009, 04:35 PM) We...   Apr 3 2009, 11:09 PM
- - mjk   I just wanted to let everyone know that you may su...   Apr 3 2009, 09:59 PM
- - mjk   May's Part Two Information Get ready...get set...   Apr 30 2009, 08:39 PM
- - beewell   Where do I find the riddles? I have looked everyw...   May 1 2009, 08:18 AM
|- - mjk   QUOTE(hbp will be betterthan tdk @ May 1 2009...   May 1 2009, 09:37 PM
- - songbird   I'm so excited for this contest! It was s...   May 2 2009, 11:02 AM
- - mjk   Apologies to all! The answer and author of Rid...   May 5 2009, 12:24 PM
- - songbird   Are we allowed to discuss the riddles for which th...   May 15 2009, 08:47 AM
|- - Ravenclaw_Runner92   QUOTE(songbird @ May 15 2009, 11:47 AM) A...   May 15 2009, 04:09 PM
- - songbird   Well, I'm glad it wasn't just me that had ...   May 16 2009, 01:11 PM
- - onespeedonly   I was stumped by Riddle 4 as well. I ran out of ti...   May 17 2009, 08:08 PM
- - mjk   So sorry! We've all been really busy and I...   May 18 2009, 02:16 AM
- - songbird   Well, that makes sense. I guess I was just thinki...   May 18 2009, 06:39 AM
- - songbird   If we submit an answer to a riddle and then realiz...   May 22 2009, 03:56 PM
- - lizziebennett   I'm a little curious to find out how many peop...   May 22 2009, 11:24 PM
- - mjk   Songbird, we'll go ahead and allow changes as ...   May 24 2009, 02:17 AM
- - songbird   ok, thanks! I probably won't need to corr...   May 24 2009, 06:28 AM
- - mjk   You make that sound like you want the contest over...   May 26 2009, 07:04 PM
- - songbird   Sorry! It's not so much I want the contes...   May 28 2009, 04:55 AM
- - mjk   I've posted the last 3 percentages of people w...   Jun 5 2009, 09:13 PM
|- - Bandersnatch   QUOTE(mjk @ Jun 6 2009, 03:13 AM) If you ...   Jun 7 2009, 07:27 PM
- - songbird   Is it the same four people as last time? (if I...   Jun 6 2009, 01:50 AM
- - Amber Wigs   It's been such fun, I'm sad the contest is...   Jun 6 2009, 06:16 AM
- - lizziebennett   This contest is awesome. A must for next year. Its...   Jun 9 2009, 06:29 PM
- - mjk   Thank you to everyone who participated! The re...   Jun 9 2009, 08:32 PM
- - onespeedonly   Congratulations to Amanda Bettens, Claudia Corneli...   Jun 9 2009, 09:15 PM
- - Amber Wigs   Congratulations to the winners, and a HUGE thank y...   Jun 10 2009, 03:30 AM

 

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