Mon, Apr 28, 2008
Contest winners
Last week’s contest about Lucy translations garnered lots of interest — and outstanding entries. Do we have some winners? As Lucy herself would say (as of late), “Yes!”
Photo: Lucy Boyd — getting smarter every day!
First, some observations:
- Two questions received no correct answers: “why-gee” and “box.” (For the complete answers, see below.)
- That final extra-credit question, “why-gee,” we expected was nearly impossible; “wedgie” and “Rosie” were our two favorite guesses.
- Three questions were translated correctly by every entrant: “brella,” “grilla,” and “amiwall.”
- At least one Mozart opera, The Marriage of Figaro, was referenced, as were one spiritual (“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”) and every toddler’s favorite indie band, They Might Be Giants.
- One anonymous entrant <cough> (Grandpa Boyd) <cough> littered his submission with allusions to America’s rail transport system.
- Some of you should schedule a trip to the physician, with all the references to hernias, Flonase, Botox, Tums, and flatulence.
- Our favorite wrong answer: “German for backside” for #16.
But with no further ado, here are the winners:
Bronze medalist (with a score of 10): Sara S.
Silver medalists (tied at 11): Toni R. and Keri M.
Gold medalist (12 correct): Allie B.
Congratulations to all! Even the lamest entry <cough> (Grandpa Boyd) <cough> wasn’t far behind, with 6 correct — so three cheers to all. The winners will receive a special set of Lucy photo stickers, an autographed glossy of the Birthday Girl, and for Allie, a bag of Lucy’s favorite delicacy: M&Ms (the answer to question #11, which she was the only one to get right).
Here are the questions and the correct answers:
- penders = suspenders
- buff-uh-lye = butterfly
- effalunt = elephant
- mitz-itz-itz = Ritz Bitz
- upperdance = underpants
- brella = umbrella
- grilla = gorilla
- may-moe-noe = tomato
- flowcake = snowflake (and the word that inspired this contest)
- punj = sponge
- nums = M&Ms
- checkup = ketchup
- amiwall = animal
- box = fox (as in “Will you eat them with a fox? Will you eat them in a box?”)
- nilk = milk
- high-nee-uh = hyena
- fing-uh-low = flamingo
- blow-lit = blow on it
- extra credit: why-gee = raisin
Finally, it must be admitted that even Mama thinks she might have gotten one or two of these wrong herself!
This post was last modified April 28, 2008 at 8:01 pm
allie b. said,
April 29, 2008, at 9:35 am
i talk the toddler talk.
Kelli said,
April 29, 2008, at 1:24 pm
Congrats to those winners! Wow, that was hard! I started to take the quiz and I was just totally blank…I couldn’t even think of an “educated guess” for most of them. I gave up…but have so enjoyed learning the answers! Very fun idea Boyd family!
Grandpa said,
April 30, 2008, at 11:58 am
Oh yeah? Well, all I can say is that Lucy and I know the truth about the rail references! We share a special code and SHE knows I should have won the top prize. At least our secret code is still a secret.