Can you help me??

[Macabaret]

Hello fine and wise folks of the forum! I find myself in need of help -- help that you just may be able to provide.

I am involved in a trivia contest that will be running in February. Prior to trivia time, each team is given a packet of images. They might be from computer game manuals, online game icons, album liner notes, magazine ads, billboards, restaurant kids' menus, .... There will be questions about these image, though we don't know what, exactly, those questions might be. So, we have to find out everything we can about them.

If you, or someone you know, has any knowledge of the images in the spoiler below, please, please, please send me a message here to let me know. Your help in this matter will result in much appreciation. And, maybe, some internet cookies. ('Cause everyone loves cookies!)

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[Fri]

have you tried reverse-google-image-search those pics?

It might help on at least some, hopefully.

[Rynjin]

#13 looks like a young Charles Manson.

[Macabaret]

have you tried reverse-google-image-search those pics?

It might help on at least some, hopefully.

I have tried. Google found some (which I left out of this thread). Tineye hasn't been any help so far. Neither has Bing and...uhmm...some russian reverse image site that I found awhile back. The question writers for this contest have gotten wise to these tricks and have made the images reverse-lookup-prooof. Grrr!!

[Macabaret]

#13 looks like a young Charles Manson.

It does, doesn't it? Freaky looking man in his later years. But this pic does hold striking similarity to his younger self. I just wish I could find the exact image somewhere.

Of course, if past experience is any indication, the fact that it looks like Charles Manson is probably a good reason to believe that it's actually an early college photo of Mister Rodgers or something.

[Macabaret]

Whoop!!
Visual #10 has been found!
A big thank you to those who have looked (and are continuing to search)!!

One down; thirteen more to go!
It's almost like a hobbit and some dwarves I heard of once....

[Korahir]

#20 looks like a suggestion for Mt. Rushmore of Rock/Pop Music. Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and someone I cannot identify for sure. Possibly Johnny Cash?

#6 Brasso is some kind of polish tin that should be around for ages.

[KillingAScarab]

#20 looks like a suggestion for Mt. Rushmore of Rock/Pop Music. Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and someone I cannot identify for sure. Possibly Johnny Cash?

I believe the one on the far right would be Buddy Holly. I am uncertain the second from the left is Jimi Hendrix, but he does seem to come up during these suggestions for a "Mount Rushmore of Rock" or similar. Being airbrushed on the side of a bus (or possibly an RV), however, might be the more significant clue about it. This might be a specific vehicle.

There's also the history of the process of the renaming of The Six Grandfathers and subsequent carving into Mount Rushmore to consider.

[Macabaret]

Edited again! #20 has been found!

Another big thank you to those who have looked (and to those who are still looking)!

One more week to go until the contest begins. After the contest is over, I'll post the questions and their answers for you guys.

[Fri]

The one with sheet music annoy me. I'm completley tone deaf, but by showing that, and how it's only a small number of notes, I suspect that means it should be something recognizeable. Have you shown it to someone who can read sheet music or play it?

[Macabaret]

The one with sheet music annoy me. I'm completley tone deaf, but by showing that, and how it's only a small number of notes, I suspect that means it should be something recognizeable. Have you shown it to someone who can read sheet music or play it?

I have, in fact. I've shown it to a few professional musicians (and a professional musician in training.) They all say that it's just...weird. It seems almost nonsensical. Like some musical version of Lorem Ipsum or something.

Of course, that being said, it's pretty short. And maybe it's not the melody. Maybe it's a harmony line for something else? Who knows?

No, seriously. Who knows?!? I want to know, too.

[Macabaret]

Aaaaannnnnddddd....
.....#13 is off the board!

Another big thank you to everyone still looking!

[KillingAScarab]

Visual #8 looks so 1980s. Two silhouettes of guys eating ice cream and two with cookies, but the one on the left has a small lunchbox? And they're sitting by the sort of planters you might find around a shopping mall food court, but there's that desk in the background. Something is on it, and I can't tell if it's supposed to be an oversized bell to ring to ask for help, or a display stand. The desk doesn't look like it belongs in a mall, but maybe a hotel lobby. Anyway, if the subjects pictured were in a food court, I would expect them to have chairs.

Why is this picture a trapezoid? Is it part of a series? I want there to be a reason other than the '80s. I could forgive the squares more if the image was also square. I wouldn't be surprised if this was an album cover, but the food makes me think it's taken from a place.

I thought that Visual #6 might be a patch originally, but there's that hole towards the bottom, right above "Save-A-Pack." The design of the can is also interesting. I found this ebay auction of one like it, and on the back it reads "Suppliers of Metal Polish to the Late King George VI." George VI died in 1952, and this site claims there was a period during World War II when a glass bottle was used instead, so that might narrow the range of the design pictured.

[Sholos]

#14 looks like something you'd see on a dentist's poster and in fact is nearly identical to a stock photo you can find by searching 'tooth flooding itself '.

[Macabaret]

My weekend has ended, and with it, the trivia contest I had been involved in. Another big thank you to those who helped find the images here. Your insights were very much appreciated! Here then, are the questions and the answers that were asked during the 50-hour trivia event.

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Asked: Hour 11, Question #4
50 points
What company uses this tiger that teamed up with Dolly Monte to provide energy for a strong america?

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Exxon

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Asked: Hour 38, Question #6
75 points
Give us the title of the publication this ghost is holding.

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Jerome Journal

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Asked Hour 24, Question 1
60 points
What is this an example of, according to it's artist?

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Alpha-bestiary

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Asked: Hour 15, Question #4
50 pts
[In] whose apartment would you find this bear? What is it made of?

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Emmanuel Perrotin, feathers, foam

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Asked: Hour 50, Question #1
250 pts
What is the first and last name of the man who is the manager shown in this image?

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Bubba Moneypenny

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Asked: Hour 24, Question #6
60 points
What magazine published this save-a-pak campaign badge designed around mars bars, Lea & Perrins, and Lyle's golden syrup?

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Nova

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Asked: Hour 29, Question #6
25 pts
What was the tagline attached to this image?

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Let the warm wise Phoenix bird take you under its wing.

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Asked: Hour 32, Question #6
60 pts
Please tell us where these four young men always hang out.

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Crosstown Mall

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Asked: Hour 36, Question #6
50 pts
These notes respresent the song from what bird?

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Dicksissel

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Asked: Hour 24, Question #6
75 pts
What does this wanted woman have in her trunk?

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Faucet

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Asked: Uhmm...at some point it time. I wasn't actually awake for the whole 50 hours and I'm having trouble accessing my team's notes.
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Question: ??

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Asked: Uhmm...at some point it time. I wasn't actually awake for the whole 50 hours and I'm having trouble accessing my team's notes.
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Question: I think the question was: What is the name of this album? (Or something to that effect.)

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Shaken', Not Stirred

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Asked: Uhmm...at some point it time. I wasn't actually awake for the whole 50 hours and I'm having trouble accessing my team's notes.
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Question: ??

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The picture is of Phil Collins. It was posted to Peter Gabreal's tumblr page.

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Asked: Uhmm...at some point it time. I wasn't actually awake for the whole 50 hours and I'm having trouble accessing my team's notes.
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Question: ??

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??

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Asked: Hour 45, Question #1
75 pts
Give the 5 specific strategies these dinosaurs represent.

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1. Actively listen then repeat
2. State needs clearly
3. Examine argument styles
4. Make sure you are fighting about the same thing
5. Give a really good apology

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Asked: Hour 14, Question #1
100 pts
this scruffy haired...usually seen oceanside and pool side...by what name is she better known?

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Yellow piercing ear piercing screecher

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Asked: Uhmm...at some point it time. I wasn't actually awake for the whole 50 hours and I'm having trouble accessing my team's notes.
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Question: ??

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??

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Asked: Hour 18, Question #8
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This original piece of art was created by local artists. What is it called?

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Saint Walleye

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Asked: Hour 21, Question #4
50 pts
Give us the name of the restaurant found in the music world where this image is prominently displayed on the back of Fox's uniform.

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Big Wanda's Killer Burgers

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Asked: Hour 48, Question #6
75 pts
Please give us the name of the 80s band who spent $278,000 on this tour bus when they lived in it for a year and a half during better times.

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Katrina and the Waves