Armchair Treasure Hunt 2016
| Title: | Whisky and Beer |
| Setters: | Steve Hames & Roger Thetford |
| Themes: | Whisky, Beer & Iain Banks |
Results, Prizes and Special Awards
There were 28 entries this year, with just one "virgin" team venturing where others fear to tread.
The scoring is explained in detail in the solution document. In general, and following the usual ATH scheme, the number of points awarded for a correct answer is equal to one more than the number of teams who got the question wrong or failed to answer it. In some of the collections (e.g. the song titles) there is one point per item. The spreadsheet gives the gory detail.
A team can only win one prize.
| Team Name | Captain | Virgin | Pitstone Ticket | Beer Ticket | Points | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apopheniacs Anonymous | Mark Abbott | 1611 | Best solution, Dave Harding Trophy. SpecSavers nomination for getting closest to treasure without seeing it (twice). |
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| 2 | Jell's Team | Richard Ellis | 4 | 4 | 1599 | Second best solution | |
| 3 | Simon Long, Katherine Jones, Chris Lancaster | Simon Long | 6 | 6 | 1527 | Third best solution | |
| 4 | Twelve Pack | Noel Aitchison | 1458 | Best Solution from the US | |||
| 5 | Bruce Hindsight | Francis Davey | 1 | 1 | 1453 | First to treasure, Pablo Memorial Trophy | |
| 6 | Lady Strange and the Earl of Yarborough | Paul Barden | 2 | 2 | 1441 | ||
| 7 | Team Poirot | Anne Traynor, George Roberts et al | 5 | 1384 | |||
| 8 | Alcoholus Lubricatum | Chris Andrews | 3 | 3 | 1367 | ||
| 9 | The Pathfinders | Matt Hulbert | 7 | 5 | 1327 | ||
| 10 | Banks for the Memories by The Culture Club | Andy Marr | 1254 | ||||
| 11 | Dave Kee team | Dave Kee | 1244 | ||||
| 12 | Psychologicals | Eagle-eye | 1207 | ||||
| 13 | Six Pack | Richard Roper (the Frog) | 1067 | ||||
| 14 | The Eh? Team | Tony Newman | 1013 | ||||
| 15 | Stragglers | Bart Bramley | 999 | ||||
| 16 | Chiltern Fellowship | Jon Wallis | 966 | Been to site, but not found treasure award | |||
| 17 | Famous Five | Brian Mills | 926 | Most Dedicated Travellers | |||
| 18 | The Slow Learners | David Thomas | 824 | Most inventive set of wrong answers | |||
| 19 | Quinta Essentia | Bernhild, Frank, Roswitha and Sven | 789 | "No native speakers" award | |||
| 20 | The Non-Linear Thickets | Sean Blanchflower | V | 773 | Best Virgin Entry | ||
| 21 | Team Sociemetry | Adrian Rose | 707 | ||||
| 22 | f.ds | Wolfgang Leyrer | 655 | ||||
| 23 | Gareth Hartwell's Team | Gareth Hartwell, Geoff Dunn et al | 598 | ||||
| 24 | I'm Spartacus | Adam Butler | 557 | ||||
| 25 | A Series of Unlikely Explanations | Mike Wood | 442 | ||||
| 26 | The Red-Faced Lionness | Liz Colclough | 408 | Best solo entry | |||
| 27 | Rickrolling | Hamish Walke | 315 | ||||
| 28 | David Williams | David Williams | 264 |