the bittersweet symphony of life

Date of Hunt:
22 March 2009

Distance:
19 km

Duration:
3 hours

Extension of Time: 
A grace period of 15 minutes on the condition that there will be a penalty of 2 points for every 5 minutes delay or part thereof. After the extension time, answer sheets will not be accepted and teams will be disqualified.

Scoring:
There will be 30 questions and 3 treasures. Each question will carry 2 marks while each treasure will carry 5 marks.

Questions

Questions will be in sequence in ascending order.

Tulips

*Click to enlarge* Bear in mind that Question 19 has been dropped

Treasures

Treasure 1
This consumable you must figure out
is part of a code used in the United States
and is also a fastener of some sort
Bring one unopened and of a flavour
that reminds you of the forever fields
the Fab Four sang about long ago

Treasure 2
This recording tool you have to give
must be of one who operates a machine
and conducts ships in and out of ports
Always the first in a TV series,
it must be filles with a broken leg
of the colour of our crime busters.

Treasure 3
A writing implement that is full of lead
An ancient warrior’s head it always bears
For full points get me the type that sounds like
the first two words of Hamlet’s monologue

Answers under the cut!

WHO WAS 68 BEFORE AND 54.8 AFTER?
Answer 1 :
Hafizah @ Mayfair
Reasoning:

CANCEL APPROVED PERMIT TO SEE MARC’S WIFE
Answer 2 :
Japlo
Reasoning:
Marc Anthony’s wife = J.Lo
Cancel ap from Japlo to get JLo

MOBILE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
Answer 3:
Clinic handphone
The wordings on the red circle on the yellow sign. 1 mark if you give the name of the shop (Nober Star Communication) instead.

HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS HANNAH OR TERESA?
Answer 4:
YB Shoe Shop
Reasoning:
Yang Berhormat Hannah Yeoh and Teresa Kok

CURRENCY TO BEND
Answer 5:
EuroFlex
We didn’t get this cause it was super small! It’s on the box against the green wall. Can you spot it?

DOES IT BELONG TO LARRY, STEPHEN OR CAROLE?
Answer 6:
King’s Confectionary
Reasoning:
King Larry, Stephen King, Carole King

CRAZY TWAIN WITH ONE OF SAURON’S MINIONS
Answer 7:
Winocrat
Reasoning:
Sauron’s minion = orc
rearrange twain and orc to get winocrat

FOUND IN ART IS AN INSPIRATION
Answer 8:
Artisan
Reasoning:
Hidden in the question.

ADD CENT TO THIS TO SEE THE MOON
Answer 9:
Cres Wellness
Reasoning:
Cres+cent = moon

A RIOT BREAKING OUT AFTER THIS PRODUCES A FIGHTER
Answer 10:
Glad Sounds
Reasoning:
a riot = iator
gladiator – iator = glad

START WITH LIFESTYLE OF HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
Answer 11:
Be Lohas
Reasoning:
First letter of every word = lohas
But no picture cause we couldn’t find it. However, there’s a Be Lohas in the picture for question 5

SOME SAY IT’S NOT SKIN DEEP BUT FROM WITHIN
Answer 12: True Beauty

BILL’S OR IS IT IN NEW YORK
Answer 13:
Kedai Peralatan Dapur Buffalo
Reasoning:
Buffalo Bill and Buffalo is in New York. (Actually we didn’t know all these. I only know New York has famous buffalo wings ngeks)

A CLEANER WITH CAPONE
Answer 14:
Vimal (couldn’t find the sign)
Reasoning:
Vim cleaner + Al Capone
This one was funny. Our answer was that recycle bin at the side of the road. Cleaner with cap on wtf.

SAINT LEAVES BEHIND THE BEGINNING OF ECSTATIC ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE
Answer 15:
Estee Laundretee
Reasoning:
Estee – eee = st = saint

EMIRATES, REEBOK OR JJB
Answer 16:
Stadium Curryhouse
Reasoning:
Shiu Kao’s specialty! He was the only one who knows about football.

OK. RIGHT
Answer 17:
Yaya

A CHILL WAS FELT WHEN I LEFT
Answer 18:
Gold Chilli
Reasoning:
Chilli – i = Chill
We didn’t spot this cause we weren’t even at the correct road swt.

A MARXIST WITH A DRINK AND A HALF GERMAN
Answer 19:
Red Ginger
Reasoning:
Question was dropped cause there was an error with the ‘tulips’. Anyway
Marxist = red, Drink = gin, Half german = ger

LEE, WEN OR BROWN
Answer 20:
Premier Cleaning Services Sdn. Bhd.
Reasoning:
Lee Hsien Loong, Wen Jiabao, Gordon Brown are all premiers.
Shiu Kao said Lee Chong Wei. I said James Brown. Who is Wen then? Don’t care la put celebrity only.

THE FIRST BORN JOINS IN TO REVEAL THESE SOUTH AFRICANS
Answer 21:
Boers
Reasoning:
First Born = first letter of “Born”, i.e. “B”
Adding “B” to the sign “OERS” = “BOERS”
Boers were the descendants of Dutch settlers of South Africa.

90% APPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS
Answer 22:
Nineten properties (very small font)
Reasoning:
90% = 9/10

I HEARD WE ARE VICTORIOUS
Answer 23:
V-Win.com

ON REFLECTION YOU WILL SEE A NAIL
Answer 24:
K.Lian Auto Accessories
Reasoning:
Reflected nail is lian

THE REASON THE APPLE FELL ON NEWTON’S HEAD
Answer 25:
Gravity Hair Design

FRIENDS’ MONICA’S RICHARD ONCE PLAYED THIS ROLE
Answer 26:
Magnum
Reasoning:
In the TV series, “Friends” , the character Monica has an opthomologist boyfriend, Dr. Richard Burke, a role played by Tom Selleck. In the 1980’s there was this popular TV series call “Magnum PI” with Tom Selleck playing the main role.

PANICKING, OUR FRIEND RAN
Answer 27:
RI Kawalan
Reasoning:
Panicking – anagram indicator
our – indicates that answer is in BM as in “our national language”
friend = kawan
ran = lari
“kawan” + “lari ” when you rearranged it can give you “RI KAWALAN

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR’S CATCHPHRASE, “TO … AND BEYOND”
Answer 28:
Infinity Internet Point

MAXWELL ABOVE OUR CHAIRMAN
Answer 29:
Smart Sim (couldn’t find it)
Reasoning:
Maxwell = get smart
Our = BK Sim (some high pangkat fella in the committee)

 SHE IS IN AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Answer 30:
Ashen Enterprise (couldn’t find)
Reasoning:
A + SHE + N
Aircraft Carrier = USS Enterprise

LOOK BACK TO SEE AGAIN
Answer 31:
Lapas Niaga
Reasoning:
Again backwards is niaga. This is more of spoting that small font. We rounded the area so many times!