Overview
This post follows on from the May Name Game post but with a different twist. In my signature below is a GIF containing thumbnail photos of Local Guides here on Connect. You will also see in the body of this post a set of clues about these Local Guides. You challenge, should you accept it, is to firstly name these Local Guides and secondly, match the clues with them.
The Rules & Conditions of Entry
So that we don’t have a bust up at the end, here are the rules of the game!
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Hit this link,
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Add “The Name Game - June, 2023” as the Message Subject
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Add your answers in the form of a list numbered 1 to 8 with your guess for the name (Connect username and not the personal name and without the @) of each Local Guide as they appear from left to right in the GIF.
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Against each of your Local Guide name answers, enter in brackets the letter ID (A,B,C…or H) of the clue from the Who am I clues listed below that you believe best fits that Local Guide. For example, if you think that the first Local Guide is myself and from the list of clues the one having an ID of C best fits me then you would show your answer as follows:
1 - AdamGT (C)
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Select the Send Message button.
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Each name you get right earns you 1 point but you must get the order right so for example if you say that the 2nd person in the GIF is me but in actual fact I’m the 6th person then you don’t get the point.
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If you get all 8 names correct and in the right order you will earn a bonus of 2 points
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For each Who am I clue that you attribute to the right Local Guide you get bonus points as follows:
No of correct
Who am I cluesNo of
Bonus points1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 8 6 13 7 21 8 34 So if you get 1 right you get 1 bonus point. If you get 5 right you get 8 bonus point. If you get all 8 right you get the maximum 34 bonus points. Therefore, as you can see, the maximum number of points you can get in this round of the Name Game is 44 points (10 points for part (a) and 34 points for part (b))!
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If you can’t work it out or are uncertain then at least have a guess. You just never know, you might guess right
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Once your entry is received and checked, your points will be added to the table shown below. Local Guide points to date are also shown in this table and entries will be made in order of submission and total points to date.
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Points are carried forward through to the end of the year and the Local Guide(s) with the highest points at the end of the year will be declared the winner(s) and get the final kudos
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Entry is open to all Local Guides but only one entry per Local Guide is allowed!
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Entries of anyone caught cheating, like copying someone else’s answers or colluding will not be counted and would lead to your instant disqualification from the round
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Entries close at the end of June or when the July Name Game post is posted which ever is the latest.
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These rules can change at any time
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The judge’s (moi’s) decision is final!
Who am I clues. In no particular order…
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My Siberian husky’s name is Lola
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My daughter was born in Geneva, Switzerland.
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I studied Geography at University College London and am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
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I became a Local Guide after health advice from my family doctor
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I’m a Colombian doctor and here’s a photo to prove it. You can see my name on my name badge
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In 2020 I took part in a hunting expedition to hunt down the Loch Ness monster
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A few years ago I mentioned that one of my goals was to become a Connect Moderator
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I’m a cricket fan and was crushed when a world famous spin bowler died
A Summary of the Points to Date
| No | Local Guide | January Points | February Points | March Points | April Points |
May Points |
June Points |
Total Points to Date |
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| 1 | @Trail_blazer | 10 | _ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 84 |
| 2 | @Mo-TravelleerX | _ | _ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 74 |
| 3 | @TerryPG | 10 | _ | 10 | _ | 10 | 44 | 74 |
| 4 | @JustJake | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 73 |
| 5 | @EvaBar | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 73 |
| 6 | @MelTG | _ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 63 |
| 7 | @Mikeinthefalls | _ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 58 |
| 8 | @Stephanie_OWL | 10 | 4 | 10 | _ | 6 | 10 | 40 |
| 9 | @AZ_2021 | _ | 10 | _ | _ | 10 | ? | 20 |
| 10 | @Raggafreak | _ | _ | _ | 10 | 10 | ? | 20 |
| 11 | @Cecilita | 10 | _ | _ | _ | ? | ? | 10 |
| 12 | @Rednewt74 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 10 | ? | 10 |
| 13 | @you | _ | _ | _ | _ | ? | ? | ? |
[Updated at 11:55 am on 1 Ju, 2023 (AEST)]
Notes:
- If you want to be one of the “face” participants in The Name Game, you must be a participant on the Top 100 Leaderboards (hint, hint). To learn more on how to register, see this How-to post by @AZ_2021 .
- Yes we do have leaders but still it’s a close game and there’s still time for anyone to end up the outright winner
- If you think this month’s Name Game was easy then wait until you see next month’s
