We’re sure lots of you have seen the mystery challenge on the popular TV program, The Apprentice, in which candidates are asked to identify what an oddly named item might be and then try to source it.
Now, Northumberland Day’s mascot, Northumbear, wishes to bring this challenge
to Northumberland Day, which this year takes place on Sunday, May 29.
We have compiled a list of items to track down. All items can be found in at least one shop, food business, craft or artisan business or other type of enterprise within our county, but do you know where to look? It may be obvious what some are, but where could you buy them? Other things on the list could be something like an unusually named dish. So where would you find that dish on the menu? That could take some working out.
When will you get the list?
On Monday, May 16th, we will release the list of items that we want you to track down. This will be posted here at the website (news section and on this page) and also released via social media. We will keep reminding you of things on the list, via individual social media posts.
Once you know what you are looking for, you need to find somewhere – or the one place (if it is unique) – that has the item in question.
You will have an advantage over the TV contestants, as you will be able to use the Internet and, if we think it necessary, we will provide additional clues on social media.
You will need to fill in the entry form that we will later post here for download, filling in the relevant details for which we ask, but always giving us the name of the place where you could buy, pay for, or see each item.
A prize (to be confirmed) will be given to the first correct entry out of the hat, after the closing date of June 1, 2022, who has tracked down each item on the list, (as long as the items can actually be found at the places they have claimed to be ‘sellers’ of whatever it is).
However, you can enter the second stage to this contest, if you actually buy (or gain the shop owner/patron/owner’s permission to be pictured with any of the items on our list, either inside or outside their shop/venue) and then post that picture of yourself, with the item, on Facebook or Twitter on Northumberland Day (May 29, 2022).
You must tag in @NorthumberlandDay and use the hashtags #NorthumbearsApprentices and #NorthumberlandDay plus the details of the place at which you have found the item.
To enter this second stage of the contest, you can choose to be pictured with any item on the list.
Stage 2 entrants to this contest will be entered into a prize draw. If we receive more than 30 pictures, we will choose a winner from amongst all entrants, who will then win the grand prize of a £200 gift voucher to spend at Langley Castle Hotel. That’s pretty special, so being pictured with an item on the list, at any time between the release of the list on May 16 and Northumberland Day on May 29 (then posting your pic on May 29) could prove very worthwhile.
So head back to this page to grab the list of items, on Monday, May 16 and then get your thinking caps on. This will be a lot of fun!