Young Writers Society

Summary: A classic YWS Olympics event 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 or the question thread or they will be deleted and you will be disqualified.

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 Aug 4 at 8 PM EST. (This is a 48 hour event)

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. Let’s start at the beginning. On what exact time and date was YWS officially created?
2. I love chickens, but other birds are cool too. Name ten moderators (current or retired) that have references to birds in their usernames.
3. What type breed of dog is Big Brother?
4. Um, did you know I love chickens? What day was the “Chicken Genre” added officially to YWS?
5. Many maps have been made throughout the years depicting the different regions of YWS. @Omni and @looseleaf have both created fairly popular ones. One @Mea’s map of YWS, which “region” will you find in the southwest?



1. Sometimes your YWS friends are almost like an extended family! Sometimes they are your family! Name five sets of publicly known YWS siblings.
2. What do @SantaYWS and @DreamyAlice both love according to YWS lore?
3. This April, vegetables inexplicably took over YWS, which vegetable was featured in @EllieMae’s avatar and which vegetable was featured in @WeepingWisteria’s avatar.
4. Our moderators are grouped into four wonderful crews. What crew was our newest Global Moderator originally a part of?
5. Which event did @Meshugenah win in the 2012 YWS Olympics?



1. Out of the 25 things to remember when you become a book character, what is the 24th listed item?
2. @fatherfig has changed their username quite a bit, what was their very first username?
3. If you omit the gifts sent by @Aley, @Carlito, and @Lavvie, how many gifts were sent over Christmas in July 2016.
4. What day did YWS’s 10,000th member join?
5. There have been many, many adventures on this site throughout the years – one time we even went on a quest to try to capture a dragon! What is/was the reward bounty for finding Nate the Dragon?



1. What food has been shown to successfully lure a Golden Goose?
2. How many users have exactly 5 gold review stars currently?
3. In Review Month 2023, if you added the number of reviews together of the users who earned “Victory Gold” how many reviews did they write cumulatively?
4. Who is the last knight that won a chest of Gold in the Knights of the Green Room?
5. How many gold medals did Team SPEW earn in their first YWS Olympics?



1. 10 years ago, a cool new avatar trend swept across the site. What was it? Whose avatar still is adorned in this way? Bonus point if you change your avatar to participate in this trendy trend.
2. What was the most significant thing that happened 2017 days ago on YWS according to alliyah?
3. Where is/was Tuddy the Pig hiding?
4. What poem was read by the first caller on the YWS Radio Show of November 2016?
5. How many more reviews did I write than my sister in my very first review day? bonus point for what was the name of the Review Team that won?

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I have a question, it's kinda silly but I don't want to end up making some mistake... so, when I'm sending the answers to @alliyah and if the answers involve some YWS members username am I supposed to put the @ before their name?

No need to put the @ before names, but okay if you doa! And right, PM to me to submit.

I'll also be giving some partial points so if you mispelled someone's name or are one number off, you may still get partial points for being on the right track.

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The answers hath been sent!

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Team Feathered Friends!

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