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Results for the May 2000 "May 2000's Contest: Win a Silver Philips Pronto, Wavecom Jr. Video Transmitter, or an IR Light Switch" Contest

36% of all entrants correctly answered the skill testing question, while 23% correctly answered the bonus question.

Skill Tester:
The following two-word phrase has been scrambled! What does it say?


Answer:
A horizontal strip in the center has been mirrored. When we mask that out the words become much clearer:

And the final phrase:

Although 36% correctly answered "COAXIAL CABLE", 21% selected "REMOTE CENTRAL" and 8% guessed "AVsmarts.com". It's not that easy!


Bonus Question:
Approximately how many television sets were sold in the United States as of 1951?

Answer:
  A) 500,000 (35%)
  B) 1,000,000 (26%)
  C) 10,000,000 (23%)
  D) 50,000,000 (16%)

Although the answer may surprise you, according to the 1962 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica over 10,000,000 television sets had been sold in the US alone as of 1951.


The Winners!
Silver Philips Pronto Drum roll, please! Remote Central and AVsmarts.com are pleased to announce that the randomly selected winner of the silver Philips Pronto LCD touchscreen remote control worth $399 is J. S. from New York, USA! He has been contacted by email and informed of his prize.

Wavecom Jr. Our second place winner of the Wavecom Jr. 2.4 gigahertz wireless audio and video transmitter worth $149 is G. F. from Florida, USA! He correctly answered both the skill-testing and bonus questions and has been contacted by email.

2035IR Finally, the third place winner of a 2035IR 500w infrared-controllable replacement wall light switch worth $30 is B. E. from Texas, USA! He correctly answered both the skill-testing and bonus questions and has been contacted by email.

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