Showing posts with label Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fun. Show all posts

14 January, 2017

Virtual Archaeology Quiz with Real Prize

What is the first thing you would teach an archaeologist?

After 150 page views with no guesses - and as a tacit acknowledgement of this venal and wicked world -  I am raising the stakes by offering a real prize to a virtual quiz.

**  The Prize  ** 

The Prize is this beautiful and valuable Corinthian oinochoe hand painted in a Wild Goat Style by a real Greek craftsman, with a genuine TPQ date of 550 bc,  it comes complete with lead seal guaranteeing its inauthenticity and Free Worldwide Postage to the lucky winner. 


The Question

What would you would  teach in lesson 1 - paragraph 1 - to your new student or employee about archaeology?
The first steps are an important moment on the path to being an archaeologist, so where would you start?

Or perhaps, what were you taught first on your first day in archaeology?  

Please feel free to confide, speculate reminisce or guess in comments below.

All answers may be marked out of 10 and the first to the correct answer will win the prize [1].


The Prize - a Corinthian oinochoe height 95 mm  [N.109] 


[1] Marked for conformity to the appropriate marking framework draw up in accordance with a subsequent clue provided or in relation the usual regulations, and in particular, those pertaining under the remit of the Sub-committee for Arbitrary Subjectivity as constituted in accordance with the accepted practices of Non-Accountability Policy Commission at the  Examinations Board of Tyneside University, produced in association with Bet-your-life Educational Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of G4S Premium Pedagogy [China] inc. of Panama [2];  Your life may be at risk if fail to choose the correct option.
[2] All apparent acronyms are entirely fabricated from existing letters, which are coincidental with publicly available and locally sourced generic alphabets, and notwithstanding any intrinsic plausibility, are works of fiction and as such are inherent deniable with no intentional resemblance to any existing, co-existing, non-existing or metaphorical abbreviations. 

29 July, 2010

When on Google Earth 96

Having solved When on Google earth 95 over at the Moore Group, correctly identifying the Portuguese colonial fort at of Aguada, Goa, India, built in 1612, TSA is proud to present WOGE 96. Good luck and have fun.

24 April, 2010

When on Google Earth 92 #2

The anonymous winner of WOGE92 has declined to take up their prize, and has suggested re-posting this competition with a new puzzle.

18 April, 2010

When on Google Earth 90

Since I was the first to spot that Heather's WOGE 89 was the Fortress of Al-Ukhaidir, an Abbasid period palace in Iraq, may I welcome you to When on Google Earth 90 at TSA.

18 March, 2010

When on Google Earth 88

Since I found Toyls Myrup's Roman Temple[s] in Lebanon over at WOGE 87, may I welcome you to an entirely legitimate WOGE 88 on TSA. Good luck.

03 July, 2009

When on Google Earth 63

Welcome to When on Google Earth is at Theoretical Structural archaeology for the first time in July, I guessed Heather's knotty WOGE 62 as Gordion in Turkey, I know I am meant to be cooking up something exciting to do with postholes, but its not quite done yet, so while away fixing that, this is something for you to identify, have fun:

01 May, 2009

When on Google Earth 32

Having solved Heather's Roman town,
http://woge20.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-on-google-earth-31.html, bringing When on Google Earth back to Theoretical Structural Archaeology for the third time this week, I am beginning to wonder if I should put it on my CV.

30 April, 2009

When on Google Earth 30

It is with a thinly disguised air of triumph that I welcome you to When on Google Earth 30 at Theoretical Structural Archaeology for the second time this week.