June 9, 2013. Special Edition - Grandchildren's Quiz.

June 9, 2013.  Special Edition - Grandchildren's Quiz.  The results are in.  Here are the pictures for easy reference.

The Cobble Team entered first.  If any of the three answers is correct, we have awarded credit.  And we have been generous in grading as grandparents are want to be.  Here are the Cobble answers:

1) staircase, cabin, stairs

2) trash can, trash can, trash can

3) rock pile, rocktower, rocks

4) house made of rocks, railroad, rocks

5) horse poop. . . across the board

6) cavity in tree, hole in tree, tree

7) goose, goose, goose

8) levers on tractor, train, levers

9) fishing pole, fishing pole, fishing pole

10) horseshoe print, horseshoe, horseshoe

11) dead meat in tree, beehive, chicken

 

According to our official scoring, the Cobbles got got 7 of the 10 correct. They missed the tie-breaker. Now, the Thurmond Team submitted the following answers:

 

1. Stairs
2. Trash can
3. Rock carin
4. Well
5. Horse scat
6. Woodpecker hole
7. Goose through an aspen grove
8. Steering wheel for a boat
9. Horse whip
10. Horseshoe print
11. Opossum

The Thurmond Team got 8 of 10, also missing the tie-breaker.  Finally, the Tourtillott Team scored correctly 9 out of 10.  They also missed the tie-breaker.  Their answers follow:

 

1. Stairs  

2. Trash can  

3. Cairn

4. Legs of a sign or map

5. Horse scat  

6. The hole of a woodpecker pecking a tree

7. Aspen trees with a goose in the background  

8. Part of the horse harness

9. A whip for the horse  

10. Horse shoe print  

11. Chicken

 

Here are the correct answers:

 

1. Wooden stairs

2. Trash can

3. Cairn on a cairn

4. Wood bike rack in front of a stone wall

5. Horse droppings

6. Woodpecker hole in a tree

7. Trees with a goose in background

8. Ornamental part of horse harness

9. Buggy whip

10. Horse shoe impression in cement

11. Weathered cattail shaped like a man's face.  Yes, the man has a big nose. 

 

The First Place prize money goes to Lauren and Paige to share.  Second Place goes to Emory and Miles and the Cobbles will split the Third Place Prize.  Annie and I hope you had fun.  We did.  We'll do another sometime.