LandPony Scavenger Hunt 2013
Welcome to the LandPony Scavenger Hunt 2013!
How does it work?
Tackle the ten challenges listed below.Mail everything to me at [email protected] (preferably with your forum nick name)
The deadline is Sunday morning 9 am in Germany (Feb. 17th), i.e., Saturday night in the U.s. (e.g., 3 am EST, midnight in L.A.).
Important: You may form teams and submit as a team. (Then you mustn't submit replies on your own/with other teams.)
The LandPony (or the team of LandPonys) with the most points wins!
The prize:
The winner can call themselves "LandPony Scavenger Hunt 2013 Winner".All particpants and lurkers can have fun without being on an expensive boat trip.
The challenges:
1. Name your five favorite JoCo songs. (5 points)2. Name the five JoCo songs that have the largest total number of letters in the title. (Only letters from a to z count, no blanks/apostrophes etc.; e.g., "Better" scores 6 letters; 5 points)
3. Write a seven-sentence disaster story about the sinking of the Freedom of the Seas. (5 points)
4. Come up with a question you would like to ask Jonathan Coulton. (5 points)
5. Find five JoCo songs that have a food item in the lyrics. (5 points)
6. Find five JoCo songs that mention an animal in the lyrics (5 points)
7. Write a ten-sentence concert review of a JoCo concert you've attended - or if you haven't seen him live, write a review of the JoCo show of your dreams (ten sentences; 5 points)
8. Find five JoCo songs that have a woman's first name in the lyrics. (5 points)
9. Find five JoCo songs that have a man's first name in the lyrics. (5 points)
10. Record a cover version of a Joco song! (No previously released versions, only new recordings count; partial songs count; 5 points)
You get one bonus point for each song you name (or cover) that is not named (or covered) by anyone else.
I won't publish the individual answers, but you can post yours here after the deadline!
Comments
Getting your submission in one email makes it much easier to organize things. Posting your answers to 1, 3, 4, 7, and 10 already is no problem whatsoever.
His submission was really great. I think it would have won even if there had been other entries. Yes, it looks like all forum members are/were on the cruise. Or my challenge was crap. Anyway, hooray for Mark!
1. Name your five favorite JoCo songs. (5 points)
- Space Doggity
- Down Today
- Big Bad World One
- I Crush Everything
- Code Monkey
2. Name the five
JoCo songs that have the largest total number of letters in the title.
(Only letters from a to z count, no blanks/apostrophes etc.; e.g.,
"Better" scores 6 letters; 5 points)
- Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance (25)
- Christmas with You Is the Best (25)
- Christmastime Is Wunnerful (24)
- Christmas Is Interesting (22)
- Camp Bachelor Alma Mater (21)
- Je Suis Rick Springfield (21)
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis (21)
- Millionaire Girlfriend (21)
(four-way tie for fifth)
3. Write a seven-sentence disaster story about the sinking of the Freedom of the Seas. (5 points)
The colossal squid rose from the depths, fez and mustache at the
ready, and embraced the ship eagerly. As the hull of the Freedom of the
Seas began to yield to its embrace, water quickly rushed in. Tabletop
games quickly grew soggy. Sea Monkeys leapt overboard and clung to
flotsam. Floating wooden doors comfortably accommodated couples.
Ukuleles bobbed forgotten in the water. As the ship sank beneath the
waves, the Sea Monkeys noticed that the squid wore, clinging damply to
its tentacles, the fanciest pants any of them had ever seen.
4. Come up with a question you would like to ask Jonathan Coulton. (5 points)
Suppose
you had a time machine and could go back in time to just after you quit
your day job to have a chat with your past self. What would you say,
with that past self as your audience, was the coolest part of your
success to date?
5. Find five JoCo songs that have a food item in the lyrics. (5 points)
- Big Bad World One (crudite)
- Code Monkey (Fritos)
- Pizza Day (pizza)
- IKEA (meatballs)
- I'm Having a Party (Fudgie the Whale)
6. Find five JoCo songs that mention an animal in the lyrics (5 points)
- Seahorse (seahorse)
- First of May (shar-pei)
- My Beige Bear (bear, mouse, cat, monkey, snake, dog, cow)
- Skullcrusher Mountain (ponies, monkeys, wolves)
- Octopus (octopus)
7.
Write a ten-sentence concert review of a JoCo concert you've attended -
or if you haven't seen him live, write a review of the JoCo show of
your dreams (ten sentences; 5 points)
I flew from Boston to the Best.
Concert. Ever. show in San Francisco. It was the first time I'd been
to a concert with professional-grade cameras running; they provided a
bit of a distraction at first, but one got used to them. There was, if
such a thing is possible, a higher concentration of nerds than is
typical at most JoCo shows, whether because it was in San Francisco or
because the spectacle had drawn a wider audience. There was a sense of
community, much like a con, long before a meatspace community started to
grow around the cruises. Paul and Storm opened. Jonathan played all
the standards. Andy Bates secured his place in history. Jonathan
clearly pulled out all the stops, such as they were at that relatively
early date, to get various guests to appear. I got to watch Kristen
Shirts playing ukulele and Jonathan playing Rock Band with Merlin Mann,
Leo Laporte, and Veronica Belmont. The cake was not a lie.
8. Find five JoCo songs that have a woman's first name in the lyrics. (5 points)
- Betty and Me (Betty)
- The Future Soon (Laura)
- Sibling Rivalry (Joan, Jane)
- Madelaine (Madelaine)
- Tom Cruise Crazy (Katie)
9. Find five JoCo songs that have a man's first name in the lyrics. (5 points)
- Je Suis Rick Springfield (Rick)
- Dance, Sotarios Johnson, Dance (Soterios)
- Re Your Brains (Tom, Bob)
- Mandelbrot Set (Benoit)
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis (Kenesaw, Joe)