2nd Mac Challenge Results and Winner!

Congrats to everyone for your amazing participation this round! My apologies for not getting this up sooner - the craziness called "life" got in the way...

First the answers:
1. raggedy ann
2. bagpipes
3. baroque pearls
4. wooden spatula
5. silk stockings
6. african parrot
7. quill pen
8. caged chickens
9. hammock

I loved all the pictures and the patterns!! Just as a reminder, you received a 1/2 point for unscrambling the item, a 1/2 point for a picture of the item, and a full point for a ravelry link to one of the items. Drum roll please...

We had a total of 28 participants, with 21 perfect scores! Names in blue were one of the first 10 respondents with perfect answers and received an additional point for their clan. Bolded names also received perfect scores and were eligible for the drawing.

Beauchamp:
Bree, Caroline, Ealaisaid, Eilis, Imogene, Isobel, Lady North Facing, Morven, Muirne, Nemetona, and Sineag

Fraser:
Airlie, Fiona, Isla, Jeannette, Jocasta Walkley, Nannag, Phaedra, and Vika

Murray:
Bea, Caireann, Ceana, Dalriada, Eileen, Mordag, Tammy, Toireasa, and Zella

DD#1 drew Fiona Fraser's name - congrats!! (Sorry no pics, camera is AWOL and probably in DD#2's toybox!)

Additional points were awarded to:
Eilis Beauchamp for being the early bird (+1)
Vika Fraser for being the sneaker (+1)
Bea Murray for including a picture of her own chicks hatching! (+1)
Fiona Fraser for being the individual winner (+5)

Totals are:
Beauchamp: 100.5 + 4 (1st responders) + 1 (early bird) = 105.5
Fraser: 61.5 + 1 (1st responders) + 1 (sneaker) + 5 (individual winner) = 68.5
Murray: 77.5 + 5 (1st responders) + 1 (cleverness!) = 83.5

Congrats, and thanks for playing! (And for all the lovely pattern links!)
~Seonag Mac

Fraser Challenge #2

Welcome to this passion-filled section with our favorite daughter and her soon-to-be lover & (hand-fast) husband! We've created 3 games for you to play again, all based on section 9. Same as before, each game allows for 6 points to be earned, but you need only 10 to get a "perfect." Over-achievers (you know who you are! ;)) who answer all 18 correctly do earn an extra point, though.

Answers due by midnight on July 28. Send them to highlandergames at ymail dot com. Happy Puzzling!


Game 1

The Murray's game of Marsali...has been renamed Passionement, in honor of our section's title. Or, without all the duplicate letters:

PASIONEMT

You need only find words beginning with each letter above, (from our paltry 2 chapters - 40 & 41), with the following subjects:

Places
People

3 words for every point.

Game 2

Nannag has created another tricky Jeopardy game for you. The "answers" are below...send us the questions! 1 point for each question.

1. Person who resembles a poisoned white mouse when ill.

2. "Officious" person who looks like a half-roasted pig?

3. Person who is Roger’s aunt, six times removed.

4. Meeting a gentleman who could give Lizzie the current whereabouts of Jamie and Claire was the reward for this virtuous behavior.

5. A fair indication of male satisfaction (according to Roger).

6. Name of the county wherein lies Fraser’s Ridge (as well as a name recognized by knitters internationally.)

Game 3

The last game is a cryptogram -- dinna hate me! I've made it easy -- well loved quotes spoken... 2 points for each quote.

Quote #1 - spoken about Brianna

Z AYSZM LXAS AJYI, UYSOOSU JW GSW'O EYSSPLSO. DZIBJW' URDW MLS OMYSSM, NIZJW ZO TRX NISZOS, DJML LSY PRZM RKSY LSY ZYG ZWU LSY EZPBOJUS JW KJSD RV SKSYTRWS!

Quote #2 - spoken by Roger (please excuse the language!)

YLN CKBDB QKB KBJJ BJUB UKIWJN Z GB, CZQK FIW QBYDZLV IXX ZLQI XWAOZLV LICKBDB YLN DZUOZLV FIWD GJIINF LBAO, YLN -- CKF QKB KBJJ NZN FIW NI ZQ?!

Quote #3 - recited by Roger

F, USKWU AWUWXFQJ, HS DQNW DJWW, IUFQVVQ WGGWV, DS IW XE GQOTZG OWHHWH OFTW. OFDJ XE KSSHL F DJWW WVHSO, OFDJ XE ISHE F DJWW OSULJFY...FV LFRNVWLL QVH FV JWQGDJ, FV UFRJVWLL QVH FV YSPWUDE, LS GSVK QL OW ISDJ LJQGG GFPW.

MacKenzie Challenge, Part II

The MacKenzies' second challenge is based on Section 8, and this section was all about journeys: Brianna's journey through the stones, then to Lallybroch, and then to America; Roger's journey through the stones and off to America to find Brianna. Of course, they probably made a list of things to bring with them.

Your job is to unscramble the items on their list and find a picture so they know what to look for. Scoring: 1/2 point for unscrambling the item and 1/2 point for the image. Be sure to include the image and not just the link for the image. You get a bonus point for including ONE knitting pattern link from Ravelry. (All items are found within Section 8.)

1. gdyareg nna

2. spagpbei

3. qaeurbo aplsre

4. onwdeo ulpasta

5. kils gktsscnio

6. cfnaair tproar

7. luilq epn

8. daegc hnkcseci

9. mkhmcoa

Please submit all answers to highlandergames at ymail dot com by MIDNIGHT (EST) on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21. Be sure to include your swap name, clan name, and ravelry id, so we can properly sort the answers.

Have fun, and good luck on your journey!
~Seonag Mac and your MacKenzie Sisters

Fraser Challenge #1 Answers

Jeopardy:

1. What is “blinking first”?
2. What is crepuscle?
3. Who is Nayawenne?
4. Who is Shelley?
5. Who are Jamie and Willie?
6. What is “My Weekly”? (or My Weekly’s tips for the lovelorn, or “How to Intrigue a Man”.)

Word Search:

jamie fraser
claire fraser
ian murray
jocasta cameron
dougal mackenzie
colum mackenzie
duncan innes
andrew macneill
fionn mac cumhall
john quincy myers
nacognaweto
nayawenne

**fionn mac cumhall is the one that most could not find -- he (she?) was a fairy in one of the tales they talked about in the book**

Letter Suduko:

1 NRY AOL UIM
2 UML IYR NOA
3 IAO NUM LYR

4 MOU YIN RAL
5 AIR OLU YMN
6 LYN RMA IUO

7 OLM URI ANY
8 YUA LNO MRI
9 RNI MAY OLU

**for all those who said that these sukukos were hard -- only one person who attempted it did not succeed in getting a perfect score on it!**

The Fraser Challenge Results are IN!

**editing to add -- the Beauchamp's Nemetona had a sending snafu, so she's being added in -- she earned an additional 10 points for her team! Congrats, ladies!**

Lassies, ye did a braw job of it! We had a total of 28 participants, this round, and of those, TWENTY-TWO "perfect 10" scores! The break-down is as follows:
Murray:
Caireann, Mordag, Tammy, Bea, Eileen, Toireasa, & Zella

Mackenzie:
Aislinn, Catrionia Duncan, Ide, Eadgyth Mac, Isobel, Ceanna, Mrs. Fitz, Dirty Prudentilla Bonney, Imogen, Catriona, Kinley, Ronan, & Seonag
Beauchamp:
Muirne, Sineag, Imogen, Eilis, Ealaisad, Morven, Lady North Facing, Bree, & SuisanBlue text denotes first 10 responders who also had "perfect 10" scores (and thus earn their team an extra point), and bolded lasses are also "perfect 10" scores, who are entered into the drawing.

Additional points are awarded to:

Caireann Murray, for being the early bird
Zella Murray, for being the sneaker, with our best time yet: 11:59pm!! No beating that one!
Caireann Murray, Muirne Beauchamp, Seonag Makenzie & Ide Mackenzie for answering all 18 questions correctly!
Totals are:
Murray: 61 + 4 (first responders) + 1 (early bird) + 1 (sneaker) + 1 (perfect 18) = 68
Mackenzie: 115 + 4 (first responders) + 2 (perfect 18) + 5 (challenge winner) = 126
Beauchamp: 71 + 2 (first responders) + 1 (perfect 18) = 74

****edited to add the drawing information****

22 Names were put in the hat...a very special hat! Knit for me as a surprise by one of the Lallyclickets from the Ladies of Lallybroch, 5 1/2 years ago -- before I knew how to knit!! And the blinking boy in the photo who chose the winner was the one who wore it as an infant. :)

On to the drawing...And the winner is.... Ide Mackenzie!!! Congrats! You've won your clan an extra 5 points! :)

I don't know why he kept blinking like that....lol

-Submitted by Fiona Fraser