This contest is now closed. Click here to see the winners.
Most of the readers love a quick quiz on a Friday. The Oscars will take place this year on Sunday March 7. As a way to enjoy it a little more, I thought we would have a competition to see who gets the most winners correct. I have all the usual categories and added a few more difficult ones to make it a little more interesting.
Thanks for playing.
P.S. The contest will close Friday, March 5 at 5:00 PM CST.
This contest is now closed. Click here to follow the stock contest leader board. Good luck to all participants!
First of all, congratulations to Rachel Campbell whose stock pick, Dendreon (DNDN) went from $4.58 to $26.28 — an increase of 473.8%. For winning the contest Rachel will receive $300.00.
2009 was a very interesting year. Only 26 people picked stocks that didn’t go up. Included in the list are some pretty smart and successful people. That list includes: Steve Schlesinger, my dad, Todd Biederman, Ed Case, Greg Horvath and yours truly. Yes I made the list and was MUCH closer to the worst pick than the best – shows what little I know.
To participate in the 2010 contest, here is what you need to do:
Respond to the blog with your stock name and if possible symbol.
State the reason why you picked the stock you did. It’s as simple as that. We’ll do the rest.
A few things to remember:
First prize will be $300.00 for the person whose stock goes up the highest percentage in 2010.
I will get the ball rolling with my choice for the 2010 contest: Omnicom (OMC). With the challenging economy I believe we are poised for a strong 2010!
Take the stock challenge of 2010! Get your entries in today!
Again, the deadline is 7:00 PM CST, January 18th.
This contest is now closed. Click here to see the final results and answers to the quiz.
Time For Some Quick Friday Fun — True Or False?
The contest will close Monday, October 5 at 3:00 PM CDT, and the winners will be announced later that day. As usual, the quiz will be timed as a tie-breaker.
Good luck to all.
This contest is now closed. Click here to see the final results and answers to the quiz.
I grew up watching Lucille Ball in I love Lucy. Once of the funniest scenes ever is when she is working on the chocolate assembly line trying to package the chocolate and gets behind quickly and starts to eat them and hide them. Very funny! Another great scene is when she was squashing the grapes to make wine. Hysterical!
I enjoyed her personality and truly thought that everyone LOVED LUCY!
Well now is your chance to see how much you know about her with a quick quiz. As always the quiz will be timed, rotated and each participant will have different random questions.
Click here to take the “I Love Lucy” Friday Fun Quiz.
There will be a prize for the winner (that will involve something related to Lucille Ball). The contest will close at 3:00 PM on Monday, June 8th. Answers will be posted later that day.
Good luck.
This contest is now closed. Click here to see the final results and answers to the quiz.
Click here to take the True / False Friday Fun Quiz.
The contest will close Friday, March 27 at 3:00 PM CDT, and the winners will be announced later that day. As usual, the quiz will be timed as a tie-breaker.
Good luck to all.
This contest is now closed. Click here for the official leader board and quiz results!
As you know, I have gone to a lot of sporting events over the years. I enjoy everything about the experience–from the opening kickoff or pitch, to seeing kids laugh and smile during the game, to seeing a massive home run or slam dunk.
During the last four years I have been to Texas Stadium almost fifty times to see "America’s Team" play. During that time I have seen some amazing games. Last month I had the opportunity to watch the last game at Texas Stadium. The game featured the Dallas Cowboys and the Baltimore Ravens. I wish the outcome was different since the Cowboys didn’t win their last game at Texas stadium.
As a tribute to the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Stadium and their fans all over the world, today’s post is a quiz about the team and the stadium.
The quiz will be timed in case we have a tie. In addition, the questions will be randomly rotated so not everyone will get the same questions.
And who knows what the winner might get?
The contest ends at 5:00 PM on February 10.
Good luck to all!
This contest is now closed. Click here to follow the stock contest leader board. Good luck to all participants!
First of all, congratulations to Magda Cooling whose stock pick Hawaiian Airlines went from $5.10 to $6.38 — an increase of 25.1%. This was a difficult year with only six people who had a stock that showed an increase. I am sure I am not the only one who wishes they had bought thousands of shares. For winning the contest, Magda will receive $300.00
To participate in the 2009 contest, here is what you need to do:
It’s as simple as that. We’ll do the rest.
A few things to remember:
Like last year we will post a leader board.
First prize will be $300.00 for the person whose stock goes up the highest percentage in 2009.
I will get the ball rolling with my choice for the 2009 contest: Wal-Mart (WMT). With the challenging economy I believe they are poised for a strong 2009!
Take the stock challenge of 2009! Get your entries in today!
Again, the deadline is 7:00 PM CST, January 19th.
Over the past twenty-nine months, we have had over 350 posts. Some of our most popular ones involve contests. Everyone seems to love a contest. Everyone seems to like a challenge and a little competition–and of course a prize.
Over the past few years our contests have included:
The question is, what contest would you like us to add in 2009? And who knows . . . if we start a contest based on your response, there might be a prize involved.
Also what current contest is your favorite that you would like us to continue?
Happy holidays!
I look forward to reading your comments.
The contest is now closed. You can still take the survey to see how you fare, but there will be no prize. Click here to see the winners and view the correct answers.
If you are like me and not only have little kids but a sweet tooth, you probably are rampaging through the kids’ Halloween candy and taking a few for yourself. Ok I will admit it I did this more than a handful of times. I was recently reading an article that mentioned that 35 percent of parents buy and give out their favorite candies on Halloween. About 16 percent choose their kids’ favorites. Sounds like all of us are hoping that we have a bunch of candy bars leftover so we can help ourselves.
The question is how well do you know candy?
Time to take this quick quiz and find out. Yes there will be a prize for the winner. Any ideas what it will be? You guessed it: A surprise package filled with candy!
In the case of a tie this quiz will be timed with the person who gets the most answers correct in the shortest amount of time will be the winner of the candy quiz. This also is our way of hoping participants don’t research the questions on the web.
Click here to take the Candy Quiz.
I hope you enjoyed the candy quiz. Scores will be posted daily. The contest will be closed at noon (CST) on November 20th, 2008. The winner will be announced at 3:00PM (CST) on November 20th.
The contest is now closed. You can still take the survey to see how you fare, but there will be no prize. Click here to see the winners and check the right answers.
I just returned from an Omnicom meeting and there was a very interesting presentation. The speaker was Craig Storti, Director of Communications Across Cultures and he delivered a presentation on Developing Cultural Competence For the Global Workplace. During his very creative presentation, he had a few quizzes that I thought I would share with you.
Click on the link and fill out the twelve-question survey. The entire process will take less than two minutes and I will post the answers in a week.
The highest possible score is 12.
There will be a prize for the person who gets the most answers correct. If there is a tie, we will come up with a tie-breaker.
We will close this contest at 12:00 PM on Monday, June 16.
For me the questions were amazing about how little I knew about people and cultures outside the United States.
I look forward to hearing your comments and seeing if the same is true for you.
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