Any whiskey drinkers out there? Ideate is giving away 2 Bushmills hampers – quick!
by Fred on 17/09/09 at 1:23 pm
23 comments
[NOTE: This giveaway is over. We have 2 winners: Adrian and Nic, well done chaps.] We’re huge fans of whiskey here at the company that I founded with another whiskey drinker (Mike Perk, guy in the pic)*. We’re pretty excited today, since Bushmills, the fabulous Irish Whiskey brand, have just dropped off two hampers of whiskey “merch” for a pair of lucky Ideate readers.
These nice people at Bushmills tell us that they are launching the first South African national Twitter pub quiz. Since Ideate readers have been clinically proven to be smarter than all other blog readers, they’re looking to get you involved. You know you want to – just log into your Twitter account and then saunter over to @BushmillsSA and send a follow request.
How do you win the 2 hampers? EASY!
So (continuing in Ideate’s theme of giving awesome stuff away) all you have to do to win a hamper – including a special edition bottle of Bushmills. a cap and a Levi’s Bushmills branded t-shirt (yehhh baby) – is to give us your best pub quiz question in the comments box below. We’ll draw the two best pub questions tomorrow – go! go! go!
THEN win a classic Jaguar E-Type!
Then, once you’ve finished cleaning up here, then go over to Bushmills and register on the site to stand a chance of winning the Bushmills’ cellar master’s 1969 E-type Jaguar. Yep, you heard me -a classic 1969 E-type Jaguar. If you don’t know what that is, cast your eyes on this number…
Believe me, you want this car.
Back to the pub quiz, while you were looking at the car, I just made up two questions on the fly, just to get your creative juices flowing:
- Who scored the slowest century in test cricket history?
- Which is the best business blog in the country?
So, what are YOUR clever questions? Slot them in the comments and you’ll soon be holding your very own hamper of whiskey goodness.
Oh, and no under 18’s please.
*Out of interest, there is a video floating around of me singing “Angie” at a Korean Karaoke bar in Sea Point at the top of my voice, with Mike laughing hysterically in the foreground. In case you ever get to see it, know that LOTS of whiskey was drunk beforehand – which will help to explain why I sound like Mick Jagger on ketamine.
Fred Roed is the marketing guy in the Ideate crew. He runs a web marketing company called World Wide Creative and loves writing about people out there doing marketing right. View more articles by Fred.
Tags: Mick Jagger, Mike Perk, social networking, Twitter
LouisJvR
Sep 17th, 2009
1. Do butterflies remember life as a caterpillar?
2. What is another word for “thesaurus”?
Now, about that video Fred…..
Braiden
Sep 17th, 2009
1. Whats starts with a “B” and ends in “mills”?
2. What did King James the first get right in 1608?
3. If its been working really well since 1608, should you change it ?
4. Do you want a Bushmills now?
Adri Munier
Sep 17th, 2009
what is a hamper?
in fact; i don’t give a damn, I just want one!
and a Bushmills please;)
see my Wordpress site http://adrimunier.nl scroll to the bottom and you’ll see why!
Adrian
Sep 17th, 2009
1. What does the Cockney rhyming slang term “Gay and Frisky & Fisherman’s Daughter” refer to?
2. Versus which rugby team did the Springboks play in white shorts, for the 1st time?
Art2
Sep 17th, 2009
1. Mudassar Nazar of Pakistan, vs England, Lahore, 1977, 557 mins
2. Ideate (shurely shome mishtake?))
3. My question (now don’t just Google it): “Who first said, ‘Reports of my death have been exaggerated”?
Tyrone
Sep 17th, 2009
What is a baby goldfish called?
What name is Star Wars: Episode V better known?
Nic
Sep 17th, 2009
What is the recipe for a White Russian?
Where would you be able to order a Big Kahuna Burger?
Which professional All Black rugby player married a stripper?
What were the alleged components of the forearm guard of Victor Matfield’s according to Kiwi press?
Which rockstar famously said ‘i get up on the stage to get some f**king peace and quiet’?
What is the song ‘Jeremy’ from Pearl Jam about?
Which ‘philosopher’ said: ‘If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain’?
What are Cosmo Kramer and George Costanza’s real names?
Who dropped the ball in the last move of the game that may have led to the Springboks putting 100 points on Wales?
p.s. I love Bushmills
Jason
Sep 17th, 2009
1. What is the difference between a Bourbon, Scotch and Irish Whisky?
Bartek
Sep 18th, 2009
Why most of manholes on the streets are round (circular)?
Nic
Sep 18th, 2009
Nice one Bartek!
I’ve been told this one before, is it that the circle is the only shape that can fit through itself or can’t fit trhough itself?
Not sure if you would want to be able to drop a manhole cover through a manhole or if you wouldn’t want to… Not my line of work.
If you told your boss you couldn’t come to work because you were suffering from crapulence, what would the problem be?
Gerhard Pieterse
Sep 18th, 2009
1. True or false? The phrase “I is …” can be used in a proper structured English (UK & USA) sentence?
Tiaan
Sep 18th, 2009
I’ve have some nice ones…
I can post the answers here after the comp.
Here we go:
How many Nobel prizes have South Africa won?
What is “Die rooi valk”?
What is South Africa’s direct link to the Ferrari Formula 1 car?
Chantal K
Sep 18th, 2009
Which alcoholic drink is named after a family that once owned vast areas of land in eastern North America?
Which month is named after a two-faced god?
Who was technically the last Tsar of Russia becoming king in 1721?
Dirk
Sep 18th, 2009
Crazy Rugby Law: If a kick at poles end up on the crossbar, will it be judged over or not? I know the answer does anyone else. It happened once in rugby years ago between the All Blacks and the Boks.
Craig
Sep 18th, 2009
Question 1: How many blondes can you fit on the back seat of your e-type Jaguar?
Question 2: How much bush can a bush mill mill?
NicholasG
Sep 18th, 2009
What did the one dung beetle say to other as it walked over to the bar counter?
JVenter
Sep 18th, 2009
What International rugby team sponsored by Jaguar, received its name in error during a rugby tour to South Africa in 1965?
Which Danish word accurately describes the colour of Culom Egan’s 1969 E-type Jaguar.
(Hint: It also accurately describes Fred in the that infamous video clip made one fateful Korean evening in Sea Point!)
Bartek
Sep 18th, 2009
For all you thinkers out there:
What is the next number in the sequence – 1, 2, 6, 42, 1806, ___? (don’t google it, think first)
Although it is not a quiz question I thought you might want to strech your brain.
Z Viljoen
Sep 18th, 2009
1. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of what?
2. Which SA hotel was voted number 1 hotel in the world, 2009 by Travel+Leisure magazine?
coda
Sep 18th, 2009
@Bartek: trick questions/brain twisters do feature in pub quiz questions, well, the one I attend anyway… so here’s mine:
When does 2 + 11 = 1 ?
JBagley
Sep 18th, 2009
I’ll give this a go, although I doubt I’ll win – there are some great questions here!
Which vegetable did Sir Walter Raleigh bring to England?
In a nursery rhyme, who ran away with the spoon?
Fred
Sep 18th, 2009
Okay, the Ideate authors’ votes are in. We have 2 winners:
Adrian for “Gay and Frisky & Fisherman’s Daughter” which is just too damn bizarre not to be taken seriously.
Nic for all his quiz questions, but we specially dig the “Jeremy” one (it was a rat or a mouse, wasn’t it?)
Congratulations! The 2 hampers are yours.
Special mentions go to Bartek, Chantal and Craig, who were also close in the running, sorry guys.
Jaco
Oct 13th, 2009
Pub Questions:
1. What’s the best Irish or Scottish?
2. What is the correct spelling of Whiskey….Wisky….Whisky….Why???