AnswerThonTM

Flex your intellectual muscles, promote worldwide knowledge-sharing and win great prizes! Share what you know and be named a WikiAnswers AnswerThon Champion.

The FIRST PLACE winner will receive a $1,000 Amazon gift card.

The SECOND PLACE winner will receive a $500 Amazon gift card.

Three THIRD PLACE winners will receive a $250 Amazon gift card.

Thirty RUNNERS UP will receive WikiAnswers merchandise.

Make sure to review the rules below before starting the AnswerThon.

• Each contest participant must be a registered WikiAnswers.com® user. Users must be logged-in during the event in order to qualify for recognition or a prize.
• For an answer to count towards the goal, it must be at least three sentences long and represent an honest, best effort to directly answer the question. Sentences of one, two or three words will be disqualified. Sentences must be readable English and use acceptable grammar and spelling. Irrelevant comments (i.e. "Good luck" or "Hope this helps") will also be omitted, and signatures are not allowed.
• All standard WikiAnswers rules apply, including the prohibition of cutting and directly pasting information or plagiarizing from this or other sites (see the full Plagiarism Policy). You can research and use snippets of content you find, but the answer must be sufficiently original to be called your own.
• An answer must either address an unanswered question or replace a completely incorrect existing answer. Deleting a valid or short answer and rewriting does not count toward your total.
• The winners' answers will be reviewed for compliance by a panel of judges comprised of Answers Corporation staff. Judges' decisions are final and binding.
• Participants must be 13 years of age or older in order to compete in the event. Employees, consultants or Board members of Answers Corporation and affiliated companies, and their immediate family members, are not eligible to enter the contest. WikiAnswers volunteer Supervisors may participate.
• Winners will be contacted via their WikiAnswers Message board and/or e-mail, no later than November 1st, 2009. Winners will be listed on WikiAnswers and the no.stupid.answers blog, and may also be published in our newsletters and a press release. Upon notification, winners will have 5 days to respond in order to claim their prize. Failure to respond via e-mail means that the winner has forfeited his/her prize and the judges may award it to another qualified participant.
• Winners may not request substitutions of prize winnings. All winners are responsible for any and all taxes and/or fees associated with the prizes.
• Answers Corporation will NOT gross up any prize amounts to cover possible taxes. Winner will be responsible for any local, state and/or Federal taxes conferred upon any prize amount, as well as any other incidentals or costs associated with claiming the prize.
• This contest is governed by the laws of the State of New York, United States. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. By participating in this contest, you agree to be bound by the terms of these rules, by the Community Guidelines, the Terms of Use and Answers Corporation's decisions, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this contest. Return of any prize/prize notification may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Potential prize winners may be required to sign, notarize and return an Affidavit or Declaration of Eligibility, a Liability/Publicity Release, an I.R.S. Form W-9, and provide any additional information that may be required by Answers Corporation. Answers Corporation is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prizes.
• Answers Corporation reserves the right to disqualify any contest participant for a breach of these contest rules, the Community Guidelines and/or the Answers.com Terms of Use. Participants may also be disqualified for tampering or attempting to tamper with the contest entry process or the operation of the contest, or for acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTEST PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY PROPERTY OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, ANSWERS CORPORATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
• To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this Contest are hereby excluded, and you expressly waive any and all such rights.
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• Answers Corporation is not responsible for the policies, actions, or inactions of others, including your school, that might prevent you from entering, participating, and/or claiming a prize in this contest.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Answers Corporation and/or any affiliate company of Answers Corporation will not be liable for any warranty, costs, damages, injury or any other claim in whatever shape or form, incurred by any participant as a result of participating in the contest and/or as a result of usage of any prize. Answers Corporation and/or any affiliate company of Answers Corporation will not be liable for any losses arising out of, in connection with or resulting from the contest and its promotion by Answers. Answers Corporation reserves the right to alter any contest rules at any time and for whatever reason. If, for any reason, the contest is not capable of being conducted as described in these rules, Answers Corporation shall have the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest.

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