The Great Birthday Scavenger Hunt (2024)

Summary: A classic YWS Activity is the YWS Scavenger Hunt! Continuing the strong tradition started years ago by @Rydia and @Meshugenah… search the site and find the answers to these different trivia questions and see how many points you can earn!

Each and every answer can be found somewhere on YWS – some of the answers are straightforward to find and some are going to be extremely challenging. Try your best to find as many answers as you can, even if you’re not able to answer the majority of the questions you may find yourself in the running for the win – maybe you’ll even find out some new information about the site! Just be sure to read the rules below so you are not disqualified.

Ground Rules:
1. Absolutely no bumping or liking of topics that may be relevant until after the contest is over. If such a topic is found, the posts will be deleted, and the bumper disqualified. It ruins all the fun, so do not do it.
2. You may beg, borrow, or steal, but you may not bully, bribe, or otherwise harass anyone into helping you complete this.
3. You may use any means necessary available to you, but may not do anything illegal - i.e. try to hack into the super duper secret no one knows about it mod castle secret base where we keep all the good chocolate
4. You may not collaborate with other users to find answers - this means you can not work on the scavenger hunt in a public pad or write-in.
5. Do not post your answers in this thread.

How to Enter:
Please send all answers to @alliyah in a PM and then post in this thread saying that you entered! Do not post answers in this thread!

Ends:
Please note this event is open until 11/18/2024 12:00 EST (adjusted to your time zone)

Questions:
If you have questions about how the scavenger hunt works you can post here or send me a PM. There are lots of questions, so even if you are only able to complete a few still try your hand at submitting, you might even win! Don’t post anything in this thread that’s going to reveal the answer to others though.

*PLEASE READ THE RULES ABOVE BEFORE COMPLETING SO YOU ARE NOT DISQUALIFIED. ABSOLUTELY NO "LIKING," COMMENTING ON, OR BUMPING TOPICS PERTAINING TO SCAVENGER HUNT. DO NOT COLLABORATE WITH OTHER USERS. DO NOT POST THE ANSWERS HERE. DO NOT WORK ON IT IN A PUBLIC WRITING PAD. THANK YOU.*


1. How many users have five red review stars currently?
2. Some of the moderator crew names have shifted throughout the years as the site grows and changes… what did Roleplays Crew and General Literature Crew used to be named?
3. Throughout the years YWS has published several Literary Journals, in the paperback version of the first edition, how many pages long was the journal?
4. How many *likes* does the “Egg Post” boast as of today?
5. Oh the sweet feeling of earning a new review star! Such a victory! Two of our users are out collecting piggies instead of stars though – when did pigs become the top tier of the Review Star system?


6. {Question Revised from OG posting} What was the name of the writing site that Nate was prior to YWS that many of the first members came from?
7. Which user briefly had the username “Snugglemuffins” in 2008?
8. Which policy initially restricted alliyah from the main ship during the Great YWS Treasure Hunt?
9. How many YWSers are named in the Official YWS Christmas song contest Winning Song of 2009?
10. What animal was Big Brother almost turned into?


11. One of the unique parts about YWS is the iconic Green Room, home to the elusive Golden Goose and battle ground of the Knights of the Green Room, when did the Green Room officially open?
12. We all love when there’s a chance to have victory gold or dark cyan username colors, what color used to go with the usergroups of Greeters and Instructors back when these were part of the formal usergroups of YWS?
13. Before we called our profile page where people comment a user’s “wall” what was it called?
14. Which contest could users participate in to earn $377,262,653,374.23. Zimbabwe dollars?
15. How much did Tuddy the office pig cost to purchase for the YWS offices without shipping?


16. Who were the first 10 members of YWS?
17. Which planet was YWS’s 15th birthday party held?
18. How many dancing elephants did @niteowl gift YWS for its very first birthday?
19. When YWS turned 10 years old there was a Birthday related writing contest, what is the winning entry called?
20. Which YWS song artist is / was featured in the 20th Birthday Radio Show?

Almost forgot to post oop but I've entered!

entered xD (a while ago, i mean)

Entered! *flails*

Oh, missed that I had to post here. Sent answers to alliyah on Saturday.

oops, forgort to post--sent my answers over on saturday!!

Thank you for all the entries! I will be trying to post the results this weekend / Monday! Thanks for participating, hope you enjoyed!