Happy New Year - 10 Tweets Contest!

Published on Saturday, January 02, 2010

In appreciation of our customers and in celebration of 2010, we’re having a giveaway @surpass at 10 PM EST tonight.

There’s 10 tech trivia questions and only 10 minutes to answer them all. Answer a question first and win the prize! Prizes include a free year of hosting, 3 months free of Netflix, iTunes gift cards, Google AdWords credits, and Amazon gift certificates. Each question will be announced on our Twitter stream along with its unique prize.

When answering a question, you must follow this format to win:
@surpass #sh2010 Question 3: (your answer)

**Only one prize per person. If someone answers multiple questions first, the next unique person to answer will be selected.**

Happy New Year!

UPDATE: The questions, the answers, the winners!

1. 100 years ago in 1910, what was the only wireless communication? Prize: $15 Amazon gift card

2. What movie inspired the name of our monitoring system? Prize: 3 months free of Netflix

3. How many companies have been acquired by Google? Prize: $25 Google AdWords credit

4. What is the most used Linux distribution at Surpass Hosting? Prize: $15 Amazon gift card

5. What secure protocol does the blowfish represent? Prize: $15 Amazon gift card

6. Which famous actor starred in 1980s Compaq commercials? Prize: 3 months free of Netflix

7. Way before the iPod craze, what was the first portable music player? (Oddly enough, it looks like an iPod.) Prize: $15 iTunes gift card

8. What country is launching a nanosatellite this year, for the first time ever? Prize: $15 Amazon gift card

9. In 3010, what will Brian Botano save? This has already been predicted. Prize: 3 months free of Netflix

10. What host was the first to focus on community and absolutely loving their customers? Prize: 1 free year of hosting

#1 Answer: “Wireless telegraph” Winner: @jelew1985
#2 Answer: Antitrust, Winner: @mboylan
#3 Answer: 59, Winner: @zetxek
#4 Answer: CentOS, Winner: @kevin1984
#5 Answer: OpenSSH, Winner: @geeekish
#6 Answer: John Cleese, Winner: @carolicious
#7 Answer: Regency TR-1 http://surpass.it/tr1pod Winner: @WaterlooRoadTV
#8 Answer: Peru, Winner: @Xial
#9 Answer: The human race, Winner: @robmonroe
#10 Answer: Surpass Winner: @hubify

Comments

1. JocelynPosted on Saturday, January 02, 2010

Awesome! I can't wait

2. Kayla SelansPosted on Saturday, January 02, 2010

Jocelyn, you were so close to winning the first question, so close! He got you by half a second!

3. JocelynPosted on Saturday, January 02, 2010

awww man!!! Bummer (well for me anyway) haha, aww well cool contest though

4. KyaPosted on Saturday, January 02, 2010

Oh bum I was too slow. It was a wonderful competition to run and congratulation to the winners! :D

5. JeffPosted on Sunday, January 03, 2010

This was a very unique trivia game. I don't think I have seen any other company utilize an social media tool like this. It's truly a great way in being creative. Keep it up Kayla!

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