Pointless Prize – Bicycle Bingo

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    cvcalhoun
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    January 15 – Mosque.  Can be a photo of either the building or the sign, but you must identify the building if there is no name shown.

    #1135974
    Indiana
    Participant

    1/14 named pond/lake

    Constitution Gardens Pond, gets 5 star reviews on Google maps

    #1135978

    1/14/2025 BARN

    #1135986
    chill-dad
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    15 Jan 2025. Sign (County Line)

    Catching up from 3 Jan.

    Hooray for Commonwealths and their elevation of cities to county status

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    bikesnick
    Participant

    1/15/2025 – mosque


    McLean Islamic Society (lower level, 1340 Old Dominion Dr, McLean, VA)
    (identified as ‘mosque’ in Google Maps)

    #1135999
    Kbikeva
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    I think what can be confusing (at least to me until I think it through) is that players need to distinguish between the day the item is announced (which might have been 1/1) vs. the day one actually FINDS the item. Once one FINDS it, for example 1/15, one has until the close of business the next day (1/16) to post it.  But just because it was announced on 1/1 doesn’t mean one had to find and post it by 1/2.

    This is different than Scavenger Hunt where one must post it the day it is announced.

    I like the serendipity Bingo allows. I can carry something in the back of my mind and be delighted if it pops up on my ride (and is on my card). For Scavenger Hunt, it’s a more targeted approach because of time sensitivity.

    kbikeva

    #1136002
    Barbara Gusack
    Participant

    Post Office

    #1136003
    Barbara Gusack
    Participant

    Announced on 1/14; found on 1/15.

    #1136008
    JILL WEINER
    Participant

    Jan 11th Bingo— Adas Israel Congregation

    #1136009
    DCAKen
    Participant

    1/15/2025 – mosque

    Islamic Center of Washington DC

    #1136018
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    January 16 – Horse. This must be an actual live horse.

    #1136022
    CBGanimal
    Participant

    Finally I can beat the security of logging on to this forum!  Catching up

    Announced 1/3/2025 found 1/15/2025 sign (county line)

    #1136035
    Srfrjulie
    Participant

    Mosque: First Hijirah Community Center, 4324 Georgia Ave NW. Has great reviews on Google

    #1136040
    CBGanimal
    Participant

    Horse announced 1/16/2025 found 1/16/2025

    #1136041
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    @kbikeva, that is quite deliberate.  For a lot of the Pointless Prizes, you have no chance of winning unless you play every day. So the person who isn’t in a position to do that–or who missed as few days for reasons such as illness or being in a place there are no bikes–may feel it’s not worth bothering. And Bicycle Bingo would be the same if I didn’t allow people to get items called on previous days.  If I did that, missing one day would rule out your ever being able to get the horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row of which that square was a part.

    I wanted a contest that would motivate people to go out more often even if they couldn’t go out every day.  As it is, there are 75 objects, and only 25 of them will be on any one person’s card.  So even a person who doesn’t ride every day will have a chance to win.

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