Friday, November 7, 2008

Introducing Torchard - A Twisted Advertising Game.

RULES: 1. You'll be given a set of clues. 2. You'll have to decode the clues first. 3. If you arrange the first letters of all the decoded clues, you'll arrive at a master keyword, which I shall call acrostic. The number of letters in the acrostic must match the number of clues. 4. Your job will be to identify the acrostic. The acrostic could be an ad agency, an ad man, the name of a commercial etc. 5. Every clue cracked will yield you an apple. 6. If you crack all the clues and the acrostic, you win an Orchard. 7. Answers will have to be posted in the comments section. 8. The first person who gets all the answers right is the champ for that puzzle.

TORCHARD PUZZLE # 1

Clue-1: The headline of a Volkswagen ad about one Inspector Kroner.

Clue-2: Cannes Lions 2007 Film Grand Prix Winner

Clue-3: What the outdoor advertising Oscar is called in America.

Clue-4: Foote and Cone precede him.

Clue-5: The Thai caterpillar commercial was for created for this tea brand.

Clue-6: The Director of the '1984' Apple ad.

Clue-7: The Great Freddy Birdie's art partner.

Clue-8: 'Put a tiger in your tank' was this brand's slogan.

Clue-9: The man who gave FCUK its name.

Clue-10: Famous font designed by Carol Twombly.

What's the acrostic?

Post your answers in the comments section.

Posted bt Anantha

9 comments:

Murali said...

Lemon
Evolution
-
Belding
-
Ridley Scott
Naved Akhtar
ESSO
Trevor Beattie
-

Leo Burnett???

Murali

anantha said...

Murali gets 7 apples. And misses the Orchard by 3 whiskers. The chappie who gets the three apples, wins an orchard.

Anonymous said...

3- Oscar?

10 - Trajan ?

-Deepan

anantha said...

only if you answer all 3 right, in one go, you get the orchard. so i shall not comment on, deepan's answer.

Anonymous said...

uni- president?
-source youtube.

Deepan

anantha said...

full answer kudunga saar. no part points for part answers.

Anonymous said...

LEO BURNETT is the Acrostic

Okie is the outdoor awards
Trixie is the font

Dont know FCUK (I think its some legendary fashion designer Nicole something)& the tea ad is a blank.

harish

Anonymous said...

Lemon
Evolution
OOOA
Belding
ULeaf
Ridley Scott
Naved Akhtar
ESSO
Trevor Beattie
Trajan

Leo Burnett

Naveen

anantha said...

I think since everyone's got bits and pieces, no gets the Orchard. The final solution is:

Lemon
Evolution
Obies (not Orkies)
Belding
Unif Tea (not Uni)
Ridley Scott
Naved Akhtar
Esso
Trevor Beattie
Trajan

Acrostic: LEO BURNETT

Good job by Naveen. Since, Deepan already uttered Trajan (albeit with a question mark), I shall give half an apple to Naveen & Deepan. Harish gets nothing :-)

Final score:
Murali - 7 apples
Deepan - Half an apple
Naveen - Half an apple