At 9 pm EST, the official "Trivia Challenge" will begin.
The winner will be awarded a copy of the official book of BYC, Raising Chickens for Dummies
This contest will send you on a hunt to various parts of BYC, our sister sites, and even some of our sponsors websites! Hint: A couple of answers may be found in a very specific spot on amazon.com.
A few tips and rules:
1. Open 2 or 3 windows (or use tabbed browsing if you have it). Keep one window open to the contest and use the other windows to search for your answers. The questions will all be posted right here in post #1. (You will be asked to post links, also known as URLs, as answers to some questions).
2. Dont post pictures or custom smilies, and only one or two regular smilies if you really must (we do not want to slow anyone down).
3. Please number your answers so I can more easily find them and tally the score.
4. One point for the correct answer thats it.
5. Dont edit your post once you've answered thats it, no more answers. If you change your mind you can post again. Edited posts will not count.
6. One question will be posted at a time. Whoever answers first with the correct answer will win the point. Whoever wins the most points WINS the book!!
7. Have FUN.... and good luck! ^_^
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**PRACTICE ROUND** (one question to get you comfy with how this works -- no points awarded):
a. Name one of the authors of Raising Chickens for Dummies (first and last name).
TillinWithMyPeeps
Answer: Rob Ludlow
**THE REAL DEAL**
1. Name one of the kitchen gadgets sold in the BYC Store.
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: Wedgey egg slicer
2. How many private messages can Golden Feather Members store as a maximum amount?
eaganchickens
Answer: 250
3. What is one of the kinds of power pictured on the banner at the top of the SufficientSelf forum?
eaganchickens
Answer: Solar power
4. How many breed pages are included on the BYC Main Chicken Breeds Chart? Hint: Go count the rows.
Bleepmunk
Answer: 53
5. Which BYC-recommended business specializes in selling chicken saddles? (Post their .com web address).
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: http://www.hensaver.com/
6. Which BYC member is best-known for her amazing quantity of posts and has earned the nickname Yappy?
LilPeeps
Answer: Debiraymond
7. Which breed of chicken has a buttercup comb? (two words required)
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: Sicilian Buttercup
8. How many posts do you have to have in order for your title automatically change to Chillin With My Peeps?
M To The Maxx
Answer: 150
9. ShopTheCoop.com sells a Hen Condo. What common household item does the Hen Condo resemble?
havi
Answer: trash can
10. What is the name of BYCs two-dimensional mascot?
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: Tudy
11. Which BYC member hosted the Indiana Chickenstock at their home this summer (post their username)?
dixiechick
Answer: Schultz
12. If you want to buy 25 male Silver Gray Dorkings from Murray McMurray Hatchery, how much would it cost (without tax or shipping)?
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: $49.00
13. Find a BYC page featuring the plans for an incubator built out of an old drawer (post the URL).
eaganchickens
Answer: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=16733-old-drawer-incubator
14. Which BYC member is known for her amazingly gorgeous white teeth and shovel-wielding ability?
silkieluver_07
Answer: miss_jayne
15. The BackYardHerds.com forum includes a section for Horses, _____ & _______. Fill in the blank (answer must be in order).
LilPeeps
Answer: Mules & donkeys
16. How many pages does the book Raising Chickens for Dummies have?
LilPeeps
Answer: 408
17. What are two different ways you can do a search through the BYC forum (located on the Index page)?
LittleChickenRacingTeam
Answer: search tab or Google search
18. On average, how many posts per minute are added to the BYC forum?
silkieluver_07
Answer: 5 To find the answer yourself, look here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/about.html
19. What is the minimum number of chicks you can buy from MyPetChicken.com?
LilPeeps
Answer: 3
20. Which moderator has a bread recipe in the Recipes area of BYC named after her (it also makes amazing cinnamon rolls)?
eaganchickens
Answer: gumpsgirl
**ONLY FIVE MORE!**
21. What treat is good for a chickens digestive health?
TillinWithMyPeeps
Answer: Yogurt
22. What is the price of one sheet of Laid in the USA pre-printed egg carton labels from eggcartons.com?
playswithfowl
Answer: $1.95
23. What is one thing you can usually tell by the color of a chickens earlobes?
LilPeeps
Answer: eggshell color
24. Which chicken breed is known far and wide across BYC-land as the most evil breed of them all (beware theyll steal your soul!)?
silkieluver_07
Answer: Silkies (bwa ha ha ha ha)
AND FINALLLLLLLYYYYY... (unless we need a tie-breaker...)
25. What four kinds of animals are featured on the BackYardHerds.com forum banner? (No, you do not need to name them in the order in which they appear).
LilPeeps
Answer: Cows, goats, sheep, and horses
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PlaysWithFowl - 6 points
LilPeeps - 6 points
eaganchickens - 4 points
silkieluver_07 - 3 points
Bleepmunk - 1 point
dixiechick - 1 point
havi - 1 point
LittleChickenRacingTeam - 1 point
M To The Maxx - 1 point
TillinWithMyPeeps - 1 point
We have a TIE!
**NOW ENGAGING *~TIEBREAKER MODE~*!!**
A tiebreaker question will be posted to this thread below this point. PlaysWithFowl and LilPeeps, you must reply "Yes" to this thread to tell me you are ready for the question. Then I will post it.
**THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION** (Okay, well, we all know that book is worth a million bucks, no matter what Amazon.com says...):
Where on BYC can you find a recording of Foghorn Leghorn saying, Im no chicken. Thats a chicken.? (Post the URL of the page where you can find a link to the recording).
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We have a winner!!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2764320#p2764320
Congratulations to playswithfowl!!
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Thank you, everyone, for making this contest a success! I had a blast playing "gameshow hostess" for all of you! I was pretty much giggling maniacally to myself the whole time.
*~Stay tuned...until the next episode of....THE BYC TRIVIA CHALLENNNNNNNNGE!!~*
The winner will be awarded a copy of the official book of BYC, Raising Chickens for Dummies
This contest will send you on a hunt to various parts of BYC, our sister sites, and even some of our sponsors websites! Hint: A couple of answers may be found in a very specific spot on amazon.com.
A few tips and rules:
1. Open 2 or 3 windows (or use tabbed browsing if you have it). Keep one window open to the contest and use the other windows to search for your answers. The questions will all be posted right here in post #1. (You will be asked to post links, also known as URLs, as answers to some questions).
2. Dont post pictures or custom smilies, and only one or two regular smilies if you really must (we do not want to slow anyone down).
3. Please number your answers so I can more easily find them and tally the score.
4. One point for the correct answer thats it.
5. Dont edit your post once you've answered thats it, no more answers. If you change your mind you can post again. Edited posts will not count.
6. One question will be posted at a time. Whoever answers first with the correct answer will win the point. Whoever wins the most points WINS the book!!
7. Have FUN.... and good luck! ^_^
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**PRACTICE ROUND** (one question to get you comfy with how this works -- no points awarded):
a. Name one of the authors of Raising Chickens for Dummies (first and last name).
TillinWithMyPeeps
Answer: Rob Ludlow
**THE REAL DEAL**
1. Name one of the kitchen gadgets sold in the BYC Store.
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: Wedgey egg slicer
2. How many private messages can Golden Feather Members store as a maximum amount?
eaganchickens
Answer: 250
3. What is one of the kinds of power pictured on the banner at the top of the SufficientSelf forum?
eaganchickens
Answer: Solar power
4. How many breed pages are included on the BYC Main Chicken Breeds Chart? Hint: Go count the rows.
Bleepmunk
Answer: 53
5. Which BYC-recommended business specializes in selling chicken saddles? (Post their .com web address).
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: http://www.hensaver.com/
6. Which BYC member is best-known for her amazing quantity of posts and has earned the nickname Yappy?
LilPeeps
Answer: Debiraymond
7. Which breed of chicken has a buttercup comb? (two words required)
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: Sicilian Buttercup
8. How many posts do you have to have in order for your title automatically change to Chillin With My Peeps?
M To The Maxx
Answer: 150
9. ShopTheCoop.com sells a Hen Condo. What common household item does the Hen Condo resemble?
havi
Answer: trash can
10. What is the name of BYCs two-dimensional mascot?
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: Tudy
11. Which BYC member hosted the Indiana Chickenstock at their home this summer (post their username)?
dixiechick
Answer: Schultz
12. If you want to buy 25 male Silver Gray Dorkings from Murray McMurray Hatchery, how much would it cost (without tax or shipping)?
PlaysWithFowl
Answer: $49.00
13. Find a BYC page featuring the plans for an incubator built out of an old drawer (post the URL).
eaganchickens
Answer: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=16733-old-drawer-incubator
14. Which BYC member is known for her amazingly gorgeous white teeth and shovel-wielding ability?
silkieluver_07
Answer: miss_jayne
15. The BackYardHerds.com forum includes a section for Horses, _____ & _______. Fill in the blank (answer must be in order).
LilPeeps
Answer: Mules & donkeys
16. How many pages does the book Raising Chickens for Dummies have?
LilPeeps
Answer: 408
17. What are two different ways you can do a search through the BYC forum (located on the Index page)?
LittleChickenRacingTeam
Answer: search tab or Google search
18. On average, how many posts per minute are added to the BYC forum?
silkieluver_07
Answer: 5 To find the answer yourself, look here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/about.html
19. What is the minimum number of chicks you can buy from MyPetChicken.com?
LilPeeps
Answer: 3
20. Which moderator has a bread recipe in the Recipes area of BYC named after her (it also makes amazing cinnamon rolls)?
eaganchickens
Answer: gumpsgirl
**ONLY FIVE MORE!**
21. What treat is good for a chickens digestive health?
TillinWithMyPeeps
Answer: Yogurt
22. What is the price of one sheet of Laid in the USA pre-printed egg carton labels from eggcartons.com?
playswithfowl
Answer: $1.95
23. What is one thing you can usually tell by the color of a chickens earlobes?
LilPeeps
Answer: eggshell color
24. Which chicken breed is known far and wide across BYC-land as the most evil breed of them all (beware theyll steal your soul!)?
silkieluver_07
Answer: Silkies (bwa ha ha ha ha)
AND FINALLLLLLLYYYYY... (unless we need a tie-breaker...)
25. What four kinds of animals are featured on the BackYardHerds.com forum banner? (No, you do not need to name them in the order in which they appear).
LilPeeps
Answer: Cows, goats, sheep, and horses
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PlaysWithFowl - 6 points
LilPeeps - 6 points
eaganchickens - 4 points
silkieluver_07 - 3 points
Bleepmunk - 1 point
dixiechick - 1 point
havi - 1 point
LittleChickenRacingTeam - 1 point
M To The Maxx - 1 point
TillinWithMyPeeps - 1 point
We have a TIE!
**NOW ENGAGING *~TIEBREAKER MODE~*!!**
A tiebreaker question will be posted to this thread below this point. PlaysWithFowl and LilPeeps, you must reply "Yes" to this thread to tell me you are ready for the question. Then I will post it.
**THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION** (Okay, well, we all know that book is worth a million bucks, no matter what Amazon.com says...):
Where on BYC can you find a recording of Foghorn Leghorn saying, Im no chicken. Thats a chicken.? (Post the URL of the page where you can find a link to the recording).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We have a winner!!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2764320#p2764320
Congratulations to playswithfowl!!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you, everyone, for making this contest a success! I had a blast playing "gameshow hostess" for all of you! I was pretty much giggling maniacally to myself the whole time.
*~Stay tuned...until the next episode of....THE BYC TRIVIA CHALLENNNNNNNNGE!!~*
