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E: 31/01 ? Win Grants whisky glasses.

weeowens
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edited 4 January 2011 at 4:10AM in Game Over Archives
Grants Whisky



These are new questions from this one last month so I presume it is this months comp but the terms have not been updated.

terms

Only one successful quiz entry per person, per month is allowed. No third party entries, bulk entries or entries submitted by agents will be accepted.
3. All entrants must register at https://www.grantswhisky.com using the form on the registration page or through the Promotion entry form.
4. The deadline for submitting entries in connection with the Promotion is 23:59 on Friday 31 December 2010 (Greenwich Mean Time).?
5. Each month, there are 100 prizes (the “Prize”) in total for the entire global prize draw promotion.
6. The Prize is a pair of Grant’s whisky tumblers.

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  • weeowens
    weeowens Posts: 81,990 Forumite
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    edited 4 January 2011 at 4:53AM
    William Grant came a long way in the whisky industry. What was his first job in a distillery back in 1886

    answer............Bookkeeper (source)

    To become a Master Blender takes skill and talent, as well as ambition. Brian Kinsman spent 10 years as an apprentice before taking over the role in which year

    answer.............2009 (source) .



    In 1909, Charles Gordon single-handedly started sales of Grant’s in Australia and the Far East. How many representatives were selling Grant’s worldwide by 1914?

    answer..............60 (source)


    In 1963, another Charles Gordon oversaw the building of our Girvan distillery in record time. What did he do to check that work was always progressing

    answer............ Lived on site in a caravan (source)


    Over the last 11 years how many times has Grant’s been named Distiller of the Year in the industry’s biggest international competitions

    [STRIKE]answer............ five (source)[/STRIKE]See post #3 below re correct answer.I'm not sure but I must have misread the source
  • weeowens wrote: »

    Over the last 11 years how many times has Grant’s been named Distiller of the Year in the industry’s biggest international competitions

    answer............ five (source)


    I thought the answer was 5 too, but it was rejected :huh: Kept getting a message to try again.

    Tried a few combinations and the site finally accepted '8' as being correct answer, but the source info doesn't appear to back this up. :think:.

    Did your entry go through successfully, weeowens?

    Thanks for the great competition btw :D :T,
    A big thank-you to all who post competitions :j
    7 weeks comping : 14 wins so far :D
    £10 SD voucher, Models Own Make-up, 442 mag sub, a body mitt, packs of tights, a book win, 3 x No7 mascaras, Holiday & Travel Show Tickets, £5 FruPud voucher, £10 TV Easy win, a free film download, 1 unit measure cup, Kettle Crisps, saucy knickers :p.

  • weeowens
    weeowens Posts: 81,990 Forumite
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    edited 4 January 2011 at 4:57AM
    I've not had time to enter yet.Sorry about the wrong answer.I must have misread the source info but it seemed correct?Cheers for spotting it.I'll highlight it above.

    Edit .........

    Just entered with 8 as the answer & it was all correct.Cheers again.
  • crin
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    when I entered using the answers above I got ' good try, you didn't get all the answers right but you can try again'

    thanks for posting
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  • dawnie1972
    dawnie1972 Posts: 2,428 Forumite
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    I put 8 as the last answer and it says i've entered all questions correctly.
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  • funkycat06
    funkycat06 Posts: 394 Forumite
    says ive been entered :D
    Wins in 2011 -Pepsi Adventure Day ,Years magazine Subscription ,Dorset Cereals .Rimmel London lasting foundation ,Britney spears goodie bag and launch party tickets,
    Wins in 2012 -Red Letter Days voucher,fortnum and mason hamper, case of Bulmers Cider, ascot tickets, NKOTBSB tickets , jewellery
    2013 and the winning streak continues!
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