Thank you to everyone who has taken part in the final day of our Christmas Advent Calendar and commented across the series. The correct answer was: 237,000 people that live in Southampton.
Today’s calendar has now closed and our star prize winner is Sharon Cox, who has won £50 worth of vouchers at Trago Lounge.
We also had a number of other students and staff who have won prizes from chocolate Santas to free coffee vouchers:
Carolyn Denton, Chandni Jacob, Sally Hickman, Claire Partridge, Chris Craig, Ed Baird, Aliki Moysiadi, Sarah-Jayne Boulton, Alex Nardiello, Samantha Clark, Andrew Cox, Laura Baker, Daniel moss, Jan Phillips, Kerry-Ann Lee, Laura Messenger, Lynsey Agnew and Rob Donovan.
We will email all the winners separately and let them know where to pick up their prizes – Congratulations.
We hope that you had enjoyed taking part in our Christmas Advent Calendar this December. If you have enjoyed the competition or if you have any pieces of feedback then please let us know by emailing [email protected].
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To bring a bit of extra festive spirit to the University this year, we’ve been offering staff and students a chance to win prizes on each weekday until today, the last day of term.
All you have to do is comment on each individual SUSSED post with your name, email address and answer to our quiz question. Your email address will be kept private and will only be used to send you details if you win a prize.
Friday 11 December
Q: According to the 2011 Census, to the nearest thousand, how many people live in the city of Southampton? (Options updated – previously correct option choices will still be eligible for prizes)
- 237,000
- 246,000
- 254,000
Comment below with your answer and you could win one of our final day prizes:
- The star prize of a £50 meal voucher at Trago Lounge – the Portswood favourite has kindly donated this final prize for our competition.
- A first runner-up will win a University hoodie
- A second runner-up will win a Southampton FC Saints scarf
- A third-runner up will win a delicious chocolate Santa
- Five further runners-up will then receive a free copy of our 2015 One Book, One Southampton, Intuition
- Ten further runners-up will also receive a voucher for a free coffee on campus
Any staff or student who comments with the correct answer will have their name put into a hat. Winners will be drawn at 16:00 today.
For more information about how University researchers are anticipating the challenges of an ageing population, please visit the We Are Connected webpages.
You can view previous Christmas Advent Calendar posts here.