Contest #416: Aviva/Rexall Tennis Centre, Toronto, Canada

The Aviva formerly Rexall Centre in Toronto, Canada is the home of the Rogers Cup, a major international tennis tournament that is shared every summer by Montreal and Toronto. The stadium holds more than 12,000 spectators.

http://www.rogerscup.com/tournament-info/tournament-history/ Has some history of this event.

The hint referred to the area code for Toronto (416) that was found immediately above the hint in the contest number.

Game, set and two points for the match:

  • rob de wolff
  • Lighthouse
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Eloy Cano
  • Steve J.
  • steve willis
  • Maureen
  • Garfield
  • ArnoudS
  • Phil Ower
  • Chris Nason
  • Max_Power
  • RicardPG
  • mehmet DURMUS
  • Dackelz.HP

Off the net for a point:

  • donaaronio
  • Ben S
  • LawnBoy
  • Andy McConnell
  • Gillian B
  • ashwini agrawal
  • Andy M, USA
  • Jesus Rodriguez
  • Cloudspotter
  • Jason Hattermann
  • Chris Bell

Contest #415: Alcoa Tailings Ponds, Hope Valley, Postans, Australia

Hope Valley is a sub-suburb of Postans, which is a suburb of Perth, in Western Australia. The Postans Alumina plant’s tailing ponds are about 1.5 KM from the plant itself. The odd colors of the water in these ponds comes from the variety of minerals and other contaminants from the aluminum making process.

Those whose answers came fresh included:

  • Paul Voestermans
  • steve willis
  • Eloy Cano
  • Garfield
  • ArnoudS
  • Phil Ower
  • Lighthouse
  • ndrqu
  • Max_Power
  • Mehmet DURMUS

Those who needed their answers wrapped in foil (after the hint):

  • Steve J.
  • Cloudspotter