Scavenger Hunt!

Competition Closed

Challenge List:

Trivial (1 point):
Dragon.
Sword.
Axe.
Castle.
Spell-Casting.
Armour.
Wand.

Easy (2 points):
Dragon with rider.
Castle under siege.
Warrior with two swords.
Knights jousting.
Lion.
Unicorn.
Any of plate/fork/spoon/cup.

Moderate (3 points):
Monster with rider.
An upside down person.
Warrior with a flaming sword.
A monster eating someone.
Farm animal/s (not horses, dogs etc).
Two castles.
Tiger.
Someone eating.
Someone swimming.
Someone flying.

Hard (4 points):
Humanoid being ridden.
A knife fight.
A monster kissing/hugging someone.
Sea-monster.
One person wearing mostly red and green.
Someone on fire
One person carrying another.

Impossible (5 point):
Dragon riding a dragon.
A poleaxe fight.
Two monsters making out.
Giraffe.
A person wearing mostly red, another wearing mostly green, another wearing mostly black.
Someone juggling three different things.
A monster wearing a hat.

See after the entries for how to play.

Entries
Winners #3 #18 (random)
#24 (best score)

#28 Nick(23) 
Dragon (1), Sword (1), Castle (1), Armour (1), Two Castles (3), Tiger 
(3), Person wearing mostlry red & green (4), Dragon riding a dragon (5), 
Monster wearing a hat (5 - maybe debatable). 

#27 Chris(not sure!)

#25 Ally(26)

1.       Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Axe (1 point), Spell-casting (1 point). Total: 2 points. 2.       Stuff by Terry Pratchett. Farm animals – chickens (3 points), humanoid being ridden – gnome on Vimes’ shoulder (4points). Total: 7 points. 3.       The Aeneid by Virgil. Castle (1 point),Castle under siege (2 points) (note: I took the castle/two castles example from your how to play instructions to mean this counts in both categories; of not please correct as necessary). A person wearing mostly red (lady, top right), a person wearing mostly green (lady, top right), and a person wearing mostly black (man, top centre) (5 points). Total: 8 points. 4.       Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling. Dragon (1 point). Someone flying (3 points). Total: 4 points. 5.       A Mad Tea Party by Jonathan Dalton. An upside down person (3 points). Total: 3 points. 6.       White Wolf by David Gemmell. Warrior with two swords (2 points). Total: 2 points.

#24 Mary(55)

Warhammer Armies – The Empire – 15 pts

Monster wearing a hat (5), Poleaxe fight (5), sword (1), armor (1), warrior with flaming sword (3)

Justice League Version 5, New 52 – 12 pts

Someone on fire (4), Person wearing mostly red, another wearing mostly green, another wearing mostly black (5), someone flying (3)

Magic Treehouse - Lions at Lunchtime – 7

Giraffe (5), Lion (2)

Where’s Waldo – 2010 Calendar – 9

Someone eating (3), Someone wearing mostly red and green (4), Plates, knives, forks (2)

The Practice Effect – 4

Humanoid being ridden (4)

Let’s Find Pokemon Gold and Silver – 8

Monster with rider (3), Dragon (1), Sea monster (4)

#23 Rich(37)

LA HUITIEME COULEUR (10 points) One person carrying another – 4 points Monster with rider – 3 points Dragon with rider – 2 points Sword – 1 point PETITS ET GRANDS (8 points) Giraffe – 5 points Someone eating – 3 points NOEL LIVRE 4 (7 points) One person wearing mostly red and green – 4 points Someone flying – 3 points DRAGONS AT CRUMBLING CASTLE (6 points)A monster wearing a hat – 5 points Dragon – 1 point THE GREAT HUNT (5 points) A person wearing mostly red, another wearing mostly green, another wearing mostly black – 5 points RELIOC TOWER (2 points) Armour – 1 point Spell-casting – 1 point

#22 Susan(34)

Trivial (1 point):Dragon. - Dragonsinger Sword. - First Lord's Fury Castle. - Harry Potter Armour. - First Lord's Fury
Easy (2 points):Dragon with rider. - Dragonsinger Lion. - Cursor's Fury Unicorn. - Harry Potter Moderate (3 points):
Warrior with a flaming sword. - First Lord's Fury Someone flying. - Harry Potter Hard (4 points):Sea-monster. - Cursor's Fury Someone on fire - Dragonsinger Impossible (5 point):Giraffe. - Giraffes A monster wearing a hat.

#21 Daniel(28)

HP and the Deathly Hallows: Sword  (1pt) Cup (2pts) The Sea Hunters: Someone swimming (3pts) Medieval Costume: One person wearing mostly red and green (4pts) HP and the Goblet of Fire: Dragon (1pt) Someone flying (3pts) Breverton's Phantasmagoria: Monster with a rider (3pts), Sea monster (4pts), A monster eating someone  (3pts) African Mammals: Giraffe  (5pts)

#20 Ben (&daughter)(40)

Witches Abroad - 11 points, A person wearing mostly red, another wearing mostly green, another wearing mostly black - 5, Someone flying - 3, Castle - 1, Armour - 1, Wand - 1. The Smartest Giant in Town - 8 points, Giraffe - 5, Farm animal (goat) - 3. Monstrous Regiment - 6 points A monster wearing a hat - 5, Sword - 1. The Tiger Who Came to Tea - 5 points, Tiger - 3, Any of plate/fork/spoon/cup - 2. Night Watch - 6 points, A poleaxe fight - 5, Dragon - 1. Cold War - 4 points, One person carrying another - 4

#19 Ralph (& daughter)(35)
Dragonlance Chronicles - 7 points, Casting spell +1, Armour +1, Sword +1, Dragon +1, Wand (staff ok?) +1, Dragon with Rider +2 / Reavers of the Blood Sea - 5 point Sea monster +4, Axe +1 / A Princess of Mars - 4 points One person carrying another +4 / John Carter of Mars - 3 point Monster with rider +3 / Lions at Lunchtime - 7 points Giraffe +5, Lion +2 / Scooby-Doo and the Scary Snowman - 9 points Monster with hat +5, One person wearing mostly red and green +4

#18 Alison(30)

Dragon = 1 [the walrus and the warwolf], Sword  = 1 [night watch – guard on far left & middle]

Castle = 1 [sword of flame], Spell casting = 1 [sword of flame], Armour = 1 [night watch – all guards]

Wand = 1 [sword of flame], Warrior with 2 swords = 2 [night watch guard below the guy in black on the left]

Unicorn = 2 [sword of flame – tiny horse on left  is a unicorn], Someone swimming = 3 [the grim grotto]

One person carrying another = 4 [the dragon bone chair], A knife fight = 4 [rose of the prophet]

Person wearing red and green = 4 [dragon bone chair – the chap being carried is wearing red and pale green I think], Poleaxe fight = 5 [night watch – lots of poleaxes]

(I won't contest the red and green as this isn't a winning score)

#17 Nick(40)

Walking Dead - Monster wearing a hat (5)

Narnia  - Sword (1) Castle (1) Lion (2) Unicorn (2) Sea Monster (4) Total (10)

JLA - Someone flying (3) One Person wearing red and green (4) A person wearing mostly red, another green, another black (5) Total (12)Thomas - Giraffe (5)

Snuff - Humanoid being ridden (4) Farm animals (3) Armour (1) Total (8)

(I might overlook that Mr Tumble is juggling 6 instead of 3 things, but by "different" I mean different objects. Technically even identical balls are different...)

#16 Andrea(40)  **will need confirming with a higher res photo
Trivial: Dragon, Sword, Axe, Castle, Spell-Casting, Armour = 6 x 1=6

Easy: Dragon with Rider, Castle Under Siege, Warrior with two swords, Knights jousting = 4 x 2 =8 Moderate:  Farm Animals, Someone eating, Someone flying = 3 x 3 = 9 Hard: Sea Monster, One person wearing mostly red and green, One person carrying another = 3 x 4 = 12 Impossible: Monster wearing a hat = 5 x1 = 5
(ruled out  can't see a plate/fork/spoon/cup , the vampire can qualify as person eating or monster eating someone but not both, and while they are fighting with knives it's only a knife fight if both combatants have knives, otherwise you have brought a knife to a sword fight or whatever, it's a sea monster or a person swimming but not both, that's spell casting not a person on fire)

6+10+15+20+5=56

#15 Trevor(46)

Gaminformer  17 points  knife fight 4 points, Someone on fire 4 points, A monster eating someone. 3 points, Castle under siege 2 points,  Humanoid being ridden. 4 points / The Gully Dwarves  12 points A person wearing mostly red, another wearing mostly green, another wearing mostly black. 5 points,  An upside down person. 3 points, One person carrying another.. 4 points / Dragons of spring Dawning 9 points  Spell Casting  1 point, armor 1 point, dragon 1 point, Sword 1 point, Castle. 1 point / Shadow rising 5 points, Any of plate/fork/spoon/cup. 2 points, Someone eating. 3 points / New spring 3 points, 2 castles 3 points

#14 David(28)
(28) Sword-1, Castle-1, Armour-1, Warrior with Two Swords-2, Monster with Rider-3, A Knife Fight-4, Sea Monster-4, Someone on Fire-4, One Person Carrying Another-4, One Person Wearing Mostly Red and Green-4

#13 JR(36)
Outsorcerer's Apprentice = 9 1 - Dragon, 1 - Sword, 1 - Axe, 1 - Castle, 2 - Unicorn, 3 - Two castles / Knife of Dreams = 5 5 - person in red, person in green, person in black / Snuff = 8 1 - Armour, 3 - Farm animals, 4 - Humanoid being ridden / Dragon Hammer = 4 4 - Person in red and green / Conclave of Shadow = 4 1 - Spell casting, 3 - Tiger / House of Steel = 6 2 - Lion (one on banner, one in stone) 4 - Monster hugging someone

#12 Tracey(44)
Never Shake a Rattlesnake:  farm animals (counting the rabbit as well since we eat them) 3 points, 1 x giraffe 5 points, total 8 points

1001 Dinosaurs: someone flying 3 points, upside down person 3 points, plate 2 points,, total 8 points 

Stories and Rhymes: unicorn 2 points, someone wearing mostly red and green 4 points, total 6 points

Silver Kings: dragon 1 point, spell casting 1 point, castle under siege 2 points, total 4 points  

Loosejaw: Sea Monster 4 points, someone swimming 3 points, sword 1 point, monster with rider 3 points, total points 11

Puffing Treasury:  tiger 3 points, 2 castles (chess pieces) 3 points, armour 1 point, total points 7

#11 Marc(37)

1 point - Dragon (Eric), Sword (wandering fire), Castle (summer tree), Spell casting (Eric), Armour (Lord of emperors) - total 5, 2 point - Unicorn (Summer tree) - total 2, 3 points - Monster with rider (girl on black swan - back cover summer tree), Two castles (Wandering fire - one in background on both front and back covers) Someone flying (Summer tree - Boy on unicorn) - total 9, 4 points - monster hugging/kissing person  (Hungry hearts), Sea Monster (Wandering fire) - 8 points, 5 points - Dragon Riding dragon (Bored of the rings), One person in red etc (Lord of Emperors), Monster in hat (Eric - big demon thing in red on the front cover certainly has a red head coverer which I class as a hat) 15 points

(I don't see a dragon riding dragon on Bored of the Rings - I will give you 3 points for the pig though. If this turns out to be a winning score you will need to convince me that there is someone wearing mostly red on Lord of Emperors!)

(close ups of the covers were provided)

#10 James(35)

Sword - 1, Castle - 1, Armor - 1, Castle Under Siege - 2, Warrior with 2 Swords - 2, Monster with Rider - 3, Warrior with Flaming Sword - 3, Monster Eating Someone - 3, Two Castles - 3, Someone Flying - 3, One person wearing mostly red and green - 4, Someone on fire - 4, A person wearing mostly red, another wearing mostly green, another wearing mostly black - 5

(if this turns out to be a winning score I will need to the person in green&red pointed out to me and to consider if the "monster eating someone" is legit!)

#9 Brock(35)
One person wearing mostly red and green – 4, Dragon – 1, Unicorn – 2 / Monster hugging someone – 4 / Someone flying – 3, Spellcasting – 1, Lion – 2 / Monster with rider – 3, Sword – 1, Upside-down person – 3 / Sea monster – 4 / Monster wearing a hat – 5, Any of plate/fork/spoon/cup - 2

#8 Charlie(28)

Dragon – 1, Sword – 1, Castle -1, Armour -1, Spell Casting -1, Warrior with two swords – 2, Warrior with Flaming Sword -3, Tiger – 3, One person wearing mostly red and green – 4, Someone on fire – 4, Humanoid being ridden - 4, A monster wearing a hat - 5

(sadly your warrior with two flaming swords can only be counted as warrior with two swords OR warrior with flaming sword)

#7 Florencia(22)

1. Someone Flying. - 3 points. 2. Someone Swimming. - 3 points. 3. Castle Under Siege, Dragon, Sword, Armour. - 2+1+1+1= 5 points. 4. Monster Wearing a Hat (Not human anymore if you consider he came back from the dead to hunt Hell's fugitives...). - 5 points.

5. Farm animals. - 3 points. 6. Monster with Rider (rider's also a monster...), and a Polearm Fight (there are definitely polearms in that image and they are definitely fighting!). - 3 points.

(I've changed polearms to poleaxe for clarity but lances and spears aren't polearms either)

#6 Miguel(31)

1 point: dragon, sword, axe, castle, armour. 2 points: dragon with rider, castle under siege, lion (its face appears on Narnia book), unicorn, someone flying (on a broom and on a dragon). 4 points: a monster kissing/hugging someone (cover is depicting newborn dragons hugged to their mother and about to drink from her chest) <I'm giving you this as 3 points monster eating someone>, someone on fire  and one person carrying another (several of this on Homero--it's tiny, I know). 5 points: a person wearing mostly red, another wearing mostly green, another wearing mostly black (again, Homero cover is tiny).

(if this is a winning score I will need a less blurry image of the Homero cover and an indication of who you think is wearing mostly green)

#5 Midhat(20)
Trivial (1 point) = 6 points Dragon. Sword. Castle. Spell-Casting. Armour. Wand. Hard (4 points) = 4 points One person carrying another. Impossible (5 point) = 10 points A person wearing mostly red, another wearing mostly green, another wearing mostly black. + A monster wearing a hat.
(if this is a winning score I will examine the red, green, black claim more closely)

#4 Steven (20)

1)One person wearing mostly red and green, 2) a person on fire, 3) a warrior with a flaming sword, 4) a dragon with a rider, 5) humanoids being ridden (they all are being ridden by birds), and 6) a tiger. That's 4 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 3 = 20!

#3 Paul (7)
Sword, Axe and Armour 1pt each, Person in red and green 4 PST

#2 Peter (16)
Dragon: 1 point, Sword: 1 point, Castle: 1 point, Armour: 1 point, Castle under siege: 2 points (not sure if this one counts, it's on fire and all that), Warrior with 2 swords: 2 points, Sea monster: 4 points, Someone on fire: 4 points

#1 Jim (11) sword(1)/axe(1)/armour(1)/castle(1)/dragon(1)/dragon with rider(2)/spell(1)/farm animal(3) = 11

How to play:

You have to find as many of these on the covers of books as you can. You can use as many as 6 books in your entry. These must be paper books and be together in the same place.

Send me a photo (or two if you must) showing the covers of the books and let me know how many points you claim to have scored.


You can have multiple "finds" on each book. Any given "find" scores only once (across all books). So for example a book with a mounted knight wielding an axe and a sword against three lions, with two castles in the background would score as follows:

Trivial: Sword, Axe, Armour, Castle  = 4 x 1 point
Easy: Lion = 1 x 2 points     (note, despite multiple examples of castles and lions they only score once)
Moderate: Two castles = 1 x 3 points (two castles is a category on its own)

Total = 4 + 2 + 3 = 9

None of these items will now score again on another cover.

Entries to empire_of_thorns@yahoo.co.uk

One entry per person. ENDS FRIDAY 20th of JANUARY

Prizes:  The top scorer will get a free signed copy of Red Sister and two random entries will get a choice of signed books or other swag from my stash depending on what's available.



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