A Winter s Trail EDDIE THE SEAGULL EDWARDS LONG LOST TREASURE SUITABLE AFTER DARK NO WALKING! GREAT FOR FAMILIES ARMCHAIR TRAIL

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1 A Winter s Trail EDDIE THE SEAGULL EDWARDS LONG LOST TREASURE 1 0 THEME DURATION PUZZLE SUITABLE AFTER DARK GREAT FOR FAMILIES NO WALKING! ARMCHAIR TRAIL

2 2 0 1 8 0 1 4 0 1 7 0 8 0 CAN YOU FIND EDDIE THE SEAGULL EDWARDS LONG LOST TREASURE? So Eddie did win gold!

2 CAN YOU FIND EDDIE THE SEAGULL EDWARDS LONG LOST TREASURE? So Eddie did win gold! And to celebrate the 2014 Winter Olympics we want to share the clues which we have recently uncovered which will lead you to his buried Treasure. This is not a normal Treasure Trail though; we have set you an extreme winter sporting challenge. Eddie s gold is hidden somewhere in the world and we want you to tell us where. To do this you will need to solve some clues about the Winter Olympics then put some skis on and go exploring. For all those who can t ski, don t worry, you can do this from the comfort of your armchair and see a place that others would normally pay thousands of pounds to see. If you get stuck, don t worry, as we have got our very own, overly enthusiastic skiing hero come commentator Shaun Magnolia Off-white to give you some hints along the way To find where we have hidden the Treasure, you need to find the answers to these 9 questions about the Winter Olympics. You can find all of the answers on the WIKIPEDIA webpage for the Winter Olympics. Winter_Olympic_Games Each time you get an answer, follow the skier for that clue on the back page and enter the digit indicated in the box you reach on the answer grid. This will complete a sequence of numbers coordinates to a wintry place.

What is the number of the games currently being held in Sochi? The 230 athletes competing for the USA in the 2014 Winter Olympics are wearing outfits designed by Ralph Lauren.

3 What is the number of the games currently being held in Sochi? The 230 athletes competing for the USA in the 2014 Winter Olympics are wearing outfits designed by Ralph Lauren. In the Games held in St Moritz for the first time, how old was the youngest person to win a gold medal? Vanessa-Mae, the popular violinist is taking part in the 2014 Winter Olympics, not as a violinist, of course, but as part of the skiing team for Thailand. What was the number of the Olympics held in Chamonix? Finding it too tricky? Try using the 'Find Tool' - press Ctrl and the F key (or Apple and the F key on a Mac). What is the total if at the Turin Winter Olympics, you add together the number of competing nations to the number of disciplines? The gold medal at Sochi actually contains only 6 grams of gold, and 525 grams of silver, and takes about 18 hours to make. What is the last digit on the value of the Eastern German stamp? What is the total if you add together the number of events in the following sports: Bobsleigh, Curling and Luge? The city of Sochi was a favorite haunt of none other than Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union ( ), who had a holiday home in the city. In the only games to start on January 30th, more than 600 competitors took part. How many more?

The average temperature in February for Sochi is 8.3 degrees Celsius, making this the warmest ever Winter Olympics. How many sports were played in the games opened by King Harald V?

By the time the opening ceremony was aired, costs had ballooned to more than USD 51 billion, making Sochi the most expensive Olympics ever. How many medals has Alberto Tomba won in his 3 Olympics?

google.co.uk). Now pick up the gold Google man (as seen below) and drop him on the green marker arrow for this location (not the red pin!). You will notice he has become a skier.

4 The average temperature in February for Sochi is 8.3 degrees Celsius, making this the warmest ever Winter Olympics. How many sports were played in the games opened by King Harald V? Russia had originally estimated the games to cost close to USD 12 billion. By the time the opening ceremony was aired, costs had ballooned to more than USD 51 billion, making Sochi the most expensive Olympics ever. How many medals has Alberto Tomba won in his 3 Olympics? Having filled in your answers on the grid on the back page. Enter this sequence of numbers including the commas and full stops and minus sign into the search bar in the GOOGLE MAPS website (maps.google.co.uk). Now pick up the gold Google man (as seen below) and drop him on the green marker arrow for this location (not the red pin!). You will notice he has become a skier. You now need to ski down the mountain to find the treasure. Find a hill called Mathew's Traverse. The best way to do this is to enlarge the map element of google maps - to do this click on the arrow at the bottom of the screen as shown in the picture opposite. You should now have half a screen with the map, and half the screen with the piste, as shown opposite. To get to see all the ski runs, you will need to zoom in on the map, using the + sign - as shown opposite.

You re nearly there - now ski for a minute or so, you will pass the odd skier and eventually you will go round a long bend to the left and through a pass with

Little do they know that we hid the treasure under the larger wooden 'Welcome sign to where? Submit your answer on the following webapge treasuretrails.co.uk/comp.

5 You re nearly there - now ski for a minute or so, you will pass the odd skier and eventually you will go round a long bend to the left and through a pass with red rock on your right. Just past here you will see a group of skiers around a junction. Little do they know that we hid the treasure under the larger wooden 'Welcome sign to where? Submit your answer on the following webapge treasuretrails.co.uk/comp.html The Answer Grid , x x x x x x x x x x x Clue 2 Digit 2 Clue 1 Clue 8 Clue 6 Clue 3 Clue 5 Clue 4 Clue 9 Clue 7 Digit 2 Get the kids out and do a Treasure Trail this half term! Clue 2

Shaun White - Winter Olympics 2018

Shaun White - Winter Olympics 2018 Shaun White is an Olympic snowboarding champion from the United States. He is going to be in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Facts about Shaun White Born on September 3rd, 1986 in the state of California. At