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Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide Ltd.
12 St. James' Square, London SW1Y 4RB, England
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Company Press Release:
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 | |
MSOWorld.com Launches More Contests With Major Cash Prizes
In its constant search for ways to "Bring Brains Together", MSOWorld.com
has launched more contests on their already popular website. Each of these
new contests will carry a cash prize of $500 - an amount which should be
enough to intrigue even the most jaded "brain".
How many similarities can you think of between Catherine Zeta-Jones and a
plum? Do you have any original ideas for things to do with large
sea-shells? What comes next in this series: G, G, G, G, G, G ... ? What do
all these queries have in common? They are just some of the questions that
might be asked in MSO's newest Creativity competition, conducted by
well-known creativity expert, William Hartston.
MSO Worldwide Ltd. is no stranger to "leading the way" when it comes to
Mind Sports. The company is responsible for creating the Mind Sports
Olympiad, a board game, puzzle, memorization and creative thinking
extravaganza in London England and is attended by thousands of mind sports
enthusiasts from around the world every year. The Fourth Mind Sports
Olympiad will take place at the Alexandra Palace in London, August 19th to
the 28th. An estimated 15,000 people will attend the 10 day event.
"Creativity is, above all else, the ability to look at things in a new
way," said Mr. Hartston, "If you're firmly convinced that the only thing
that can follow six Gs is another G, then your thought processes, while
logical, might perhaps be accused of running too smoothly on conventional
lines."
The Creativity championships during the Mind Sports Olympiad have always
been designed to give entrants an opportunity to express their wildest
ideas. Now MSO Worldwide has extended the same principle to their web
site. Creativity competitions will take place once every two weeks with
valuable prizes for the winners. In addition, participants will also have
the opportunity to vote on the ideas they find to be the most creative,
allowing for a truly interactive web experience.
MSO will also be launching a "Pub Quiz" or Trivia Competition that will
test participants' general knowledge on a huge number of subjects. The
current database contains over 7,000 questions with that number growing all
the time. A new contest will be held every two weeks and each winner will
receive a cash prize.
More details on each contest and further upcoming events, can be found at
the MSO Worldwide web site: www.msoworld.com. The first
Creativity contest will take place on Saturday, March 18th. The first
Trivia competition will begin on Sunday, March 19th.
ABOUT MSO
Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide Ltd. of London, England, is the
organiser of the Mind Sports Olympiad. This annual event encompasses more
than 30 classic games including Chess, Bridge, Backgammon, Go as well as
several mental skills such as Memory Skills, Creative Thinking,
Intelligence and Speed Reading. Players compete for the honour of winning
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, rankings and titles, and for cash prizes.
The company was founded by well known mind sports personalities, Tony
Buzan, Raymond Keene and David Levy. MSO Worldwide's website at
http://www.msoworld.com/ was created to help achieve their goal of
spreading Mind Sports throughout the real and virtual worlds. That web site
is now well on its way to becoming one of the premier mind sports sites on
the web, having recently won a Netscape "Cool Siting" award.
Media Contact:
David Levy, Tel: +44 20 7435 9496 –
E-mail: dlevy@msoworld.com
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