Win $1,000 on WhitePages.com!

submitted by CPT Contact on Wednesday, March 9 2005 at 6:12 PM

Struggling student? Want to win some extra spending money?

For the next several weeks, residents of North Carolina can enter to win $1,000 per week by finding the names of famous people from North Carolina at www.whitepages.com/win. WhitePages.com has 10 famous names from actors to singers, politicians and athletes.

Here are clues for two of the famous people listed on WhitePages.com:

1. This famous person is a phenomenal woman.
2. This famous person is a professor at Wake Forest University.
3. This famous person spoke at Bill Clinton's presidential inauguration.

1. This famous person likes to compete, but doesn't always win.
2. This famous person will be your bridge over troubled waters.
3. This famous person was a member of the Raleigh Boys Choir.

Visit www.whitepages.com/win to enter and watch for more clues next week!

posted by Maugan on Wednesday, March 9 2005 at 6:23 PM

I fully expect one of you people to win something.

You find the most obscure stuff as it is without $1000 motivating you.

3/9/2005 6:24:46 PM

i figured out those

3/9/2005 7:35:40 PM

for the second one
4. is gay
5. you wish his life was extinguished

both of those are pretty damn easy
how do you get money from this, I don't feel like clicking the link

[Edited on March 9, 2005 at 7:49 PM. Reason : .]

3/9/2005 7:45:15 PM

Maya Angelou and Clay Aiken

but when you find them on whitepages.com they don't have that symbol...what gives!
and where do these clues come from anyway? I don't even see anything about this on the front of whitepages.com

3/9/2005 8:04:44 PM

so what happened to the stories on the front page being about campus events and things related to NC State, lately it's just seemed to serve as further advertising for other sites...isn't that what the ads are for? besides stuff like this just pushes things actually related to NC State further down and off the homepage

who really cares about some other business's attempt to get more visitors and hence more money

just look at the very first story that explains how the frontpage story should work:

Quote :

"We at The Wolf Web want to keep everyone informed of any news that pertains to NCSU students."

http://www.thewolfweb.com/story.aspx?story=3

[Edited on March 9, 2005 at 9:21 PM. Reason : add]

3/9/2005 9:04:53 PM

and especially when this story was submitted by CPT Contact who registered a whole 16 minutes before the story was published...hmm i wonder why she decided to join the site...

[Edited on March 9, 2005 at 9:51 PM. Reason : changed he to she]

3/9/2005 9:50:56 PM

i've only had luck on one other one so far

3/10/2005 12:16:59 AM

do these show up beside the search result, or after you click on the person's name?

3/10/2005 3:23:08 AM

yeah this contest sucks. it doesnt work at all. what a scam.

3/10/2005 8:46:26 AM

talk about inviting stalking

im certain all these celebrities are thrilled that this website is taking people straight to their address and phone number

3/10/2005 11:22:38 AM

what are you people talking about?

I found three last night and entered three times.

3/10/2005 11:28:04 AM

^ what is just one of them? I just want to see what these look like, because I looked up at least 50 celebrities/writers last night for NC and didn't see any type of contest thing

3/10/2005 1:18:34 PM

sorry. i'd tell you, but i really need 1000 bucks right now...

i think they go away after a certain number of people type it in...

lemme test that by going off those from last night...

3/10/2005 1:20:01 PM

nah they're still there

another thing - dunno if this is true, but you may have to be city specific.

and a lot of famous nc names dont appear on the contest...

3/10/2005 1:22:06 PM

ok well, do you have to click on the name and it's on that page? Or is it when you do a search, you can scroll down and one of the names will have this logo beside it?

3/10/2005 4:20:20 PM

gee here I am thinking -

man heres an easy way for these people to MAYBE make $1000 doing what they do anyways - waste time on the internet.

So fucking file a goddamned lawsuit. I swear we can't ever do anything right for you people.

3/10/2005 6:13:03 PM

see the thing is, i know maya angelou is right. and i know clay aiken is right. i found maya angelou's number and address. it wasn't hard, she lives a few houses down from my grandmother, in town and country in winston-salem... i don't understand why that little yellow you found it symbol is not there...

3/11/2005 11:20:02 AM

^it was probably locked out due to everybody finding it, or it was last week's entry. I THINK they are going on one or two famous people per week. I apparently found this weeks or something. Hopefully there aren't a lot of people finding it...

Drovkin, the logo will be beside the name on the scroll page I would assume. The only thing conflicting with that is that the ones I have found have been the single entry for the column, so that's why I was suggesting you might have to enter the city name also.

3/11/2005 11:28:25 AM

i actually found two... they were really easy... still dont have much faith in contests like this...

3/11/2005 11:55:33 AM

OMFG! I WON!!!!


(I'll let you know about the check and scan it for you guys if you want proof.. )

3/11/2005 6:55:30 PM

screw both of you...

3/12/2005 12:42:33 AM

this contest sucks...

how they gonna give clues for 2 people...and then those two people not actually work?

[Edited on March 12, 2005 at 11:03 PM. Reason : chomp]

3/12/2005 10:59:22 PM

Since they change every week, which one did you win with

3/14/2005 9:27:17 AM