As a Maker Faire sponsor, Laughing Squid has a few extra tickets, so I thought it would be fun to have a little ticket giveaway contest.
Here’s how it will work:
1) I’ll ask some triva questions in this blog post about about a few of the Makers who will be at the Maker Faire.
2) The first person who leaves a comment on this blog post with the correct answer, will win a free ticket to the event. It’s an actual printed ticket (not electronic) and it is good for one day’s admission to the event, either Saturday, April 22nd or Sunday, April 23rd.
4) I’ll contact the winners for their mailing address so I can send them their ticket via US Mail. Make sure you include a working email with your answers in the comments. If a winner lives outside the Bay Area, then we may need to make other arrangements for their ticket.
5) The contest will run today, Tuesday, April 18th and Wednesday, April 19th.
Ok, on to the questions:
Question #1
Maker: Cyclecide Bike Rodeo
Question: What Mexican city has Cyclecide traveled to in the past for a giant pyrotechnics festival?
Answer: Tultepec
Winner: David Nichols
Question #2
Maker: Evolution Control Committee
Question: Who is the artist that did the song that was sampled by ECC for “I Want A Cookie”?
Answer: Sammy Davis Jr.
Winner: M G Feitel
Question #3
Maker: Power Tool Drag Races & Robogames
Question: What unique food item was sold at both the Power Tool Drag Races and Robogames?
Answer: Either hot dogs or grilled cheese sandwiches, cooked with an iron.
Winner: rajbot
Question #4
Maker: The Crucible
Question: What was the original address of The Crucible before it moved to its current location?
Answer: 1035 Murray Street, Berkeley, CA or 1036 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Winner: Brian Walsh
Ok, you guys are pretty good. Time to crank it up a notch and make things a bit more difficult. I’m also swiching the format around to “guess the Maker”.
Question #5
Question: Which Maker created a shirt made out of computer cooling fans to wear at Burning Man?
Answer: Mikey Sklar
Winner: Michael Williams
Question #6
Question: Which Maker was involved with developing a toothbrush that can allow the person using it hear a song through vibrations of the teeth and jaw?
Answer: Andrew Filo
Winner: Michael
Question #7
Question: Which Maker installed a motion detector near the Golden Gate Bridge to keep track of the number of suicide attempts?
Answer: Natalie Jeremijenko
Winner: Michael
Question #8
Question: Which Maker is bringing something to Maker Faire that is powered by a 12 horsepower engine that uses propane gas?
Answer: Lindsay Lawlor (Electric Giraffe)
Winner: Edwardo Martinez
Question #9
Question: Which Maker has a daughter who is also exhibiting at the Maker Faire, at the PTDR table?
Answer: Michael Shiloh and his daughter Yasmine
Winner: Eddie Codel
Ok, I think we will end the contest here, which will give us enough time to send out all the tickets to the winners. Thanks for playing!
Here Are A Few Related Posts You Might Enjoy:
- Maker Faire Bay Area 2008 Ticket Giveaway
- Maker Faire Austin 2008 Ticket Giveaway
- Maker Faire: King of Fling Catapult Contest
- RoboGames 2008 Ticket Giveaway
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Tultepec?
#2 Brownie Dementoid
#3 Cold Cats
;>
Honestly, who was sober enough at PTDR to remember the food?
#4 1035 Murray St in Berkeley
Crucible was in Berkeley on Ashby, and using a good search engine I got
The Crucible, 1036 Ashby, Berkeley.
I went to one of their open houses (thank you, squid list) and I still have both eyes and all my fingers.
#3: Hot Dogs, iron’ed flat :)
#2 Cookie Mongoloid
Sammy Davis Jr.?
Both 1035 Murray St or 1036 Ashby Ave are correct, just either sides of the building. Brian wins that one because he replied first.
just kidding on the first comment. a push for cookie mongoloid publicity :-)
#2 is really sammy davis, jr. with an assertiveness seminar.
Sorry Jen, M G Feitel was just a bit quicker on #2. More questions coming soon.
#5 Mikey Sklar
#7 Eric Steel who made the movie The Bridge
I’m going to say that #7 wasn’t the filmmaker, Eric Steel, but was instead the inventor of the Suicide Box, Natalie Jeremijenko.
#6 is Andrew Filo, whose other projects include a working rocket belt and a working, full-sized, “lost in space” robot.
#8 Lindsay Lawlor
#9 I’m guessing Michael Shiloh and his daughter
answer for question 9 Jim Mason
9: Todd Harrison
Todd Harrison and his daughter Veronica, on the Surf and Turf, devoloped and assembled a pool heater using copper tubing on a bbq grill.
Good guesses, but we are specifically looking for a Maker whose daughter will be involved with a different table than their father, in this case the Power Tools Drag Races table.
Dave Caulkins
Thanks!, that was fun!
Cost of faire too high $12 + parking $7 = $19 —– call me cheap but your over what I will spend.