The competition is in celebration of the movie “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, the second film in the saga. In this film, and the first one as well, the character “Edward Cullen” played by Robert Pattinson, drives a Volvo. In Twilight it was a Volvo C30, in New Moon it’s going to be a Volvo XC60. The winner of the sweepstakes on Volvo’s website is awarded a Volvo XC60 for being the very first person to complete all of the puzzles as they are released. So far the first 3 of 6 phases have been released with the 4th 5th and 6th dates being as follows.
Phase 1 – Available Now!
Phase 2 – Available Now!
Phase 3 – Available Now!
Phase 4 – November 13th, 11:59PM EST :: 2:59AM PST
Phase 5 – November 17th, 7:59PM EST :: 10:59PM PST
Phase 6 - November 22nd, 12:59PM EST :: 3:59PM PST
Puzzle #1:
Watch the trailer in order to put the frames in proper order. The correct order is as follows:
Aro Volturi – White older guy with arms apart.
Bella’s old red pickup truck.
Edward making a sad face.
Edward by his Volvo XC60.
Jacob talking to Bella.
Jessica and Bella.
The ocean shore.
Edward without a shirt on.
Laurent (black guy with red eyes)
Jacob after jumping through a window.
Jane(Dakota Fanning)
11-20-09
Puzzle #2:
The Poem from Romeo & Juliet.
Puzzle #2is a poem from Romeo & Juliet, Act V scene 1 where Romeo is buying poison. It goes as follows:
Apothecary
Put this in any liquid thing you will,
And drink it off; and, if you had the strength
Of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight.
Romeo
There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls,
Doing more murders in this loathsome world,
Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.
Puzzle #3
Puzzle #3: Puzzle: Broken glass table. The table is an oval. Move the pieces that don’t have the family symbol on them to the outside and work on designing the symbol. Once that is done you can easily add the outside pieces.
Puzzle #4
Puzzle #4 is one of the harder ones, a Maze where Bella goes to find Edward.
I’m assuming this is a scene that will be in the movie? Bella is in a courtyard filled with people who are between her and Edward and you must find your way through to get to Edward. Follow the steps I make in the video to find your way, it took me many tries as this puzzles times out eventually.
Hint 1: At the beginning you don’t need to go to the right side of the maze twice in order to reach the center fountain area, I just got lost.
Hint 2: You will find that you move two spaces each time you press an arrow key as long as there is nothing in your way such as a guard or a wall. If you find that you have trouble making the steps because you need to move one space up and then over,try hitting two directions at once such as up and left at the same time.
Watch the video for the solution, but try to complete it first, it’s fun!
Puzzle #5
Puzzle #5 is the “People’s Choice” Volvo XC60 Features.
In number 6(Phase 5 still) you need to label places that are shown in the map. They are as follows:
1) Spratan Ave the address of Forks High School
2) James Island Across from First Beach and the La Push Reservation
3) Lincoln St where Edward saves Bella from the 4 men
Video:
Puzzle #7 :
Maze #2 – Spell stuff
You need to Push the people onto the letter ARO. No other letters can be highlighted. I did them in order, it was easier that way.
Puzzle #8
New Moon Phases of 1918
The hint is: Something that changed Edwards life. Well, in 1918 he became a vampire. Since they give you moons, and the story is called “New Moon” line up the new moon cycles from 1918 according to month, so here they are:
Jan: Sat the 12th (2nd row, last box)
Feb: Mon the 11th (3rd row, 2nd box)
Mar: Tues the 12th (3rd row, 3rd box)
April: Wed the 10th (2nd row, 4th box)
May: Fri the 10th (2nd row, 6th box)
June: Sat the 8th (2nd row, last box)
July: Mon the 8th (2nd row, 2nd box)
Aug: Tues the 6th (2nd row, 3rd box)
Sept: Thrs the 5th (1st row, 5th box)
Oct: Fri the 4th (1st row, 6th box)
Nov: Sun the 3rd (2nd row, 1st box)
Dec: Tues the 3rd (1st row, 3rd box)
325 Responses to What Drives Edward: Volvo Competition hints, answers, and discussion
when you finish the first part it kinda freezes for a second and then puts you into the second phase which is a series of calendars. I don’t want to give away the answer since it is pretty rewarding to solve it yourself but the key is the location and year of a significant event in Edward’s life!
Because I’m sure people want to finish what they started for self satifaction. I do and I’m still locked out… I may not get the car but in the spirit of Twilight I want to finish it.
Ok for the final section you need to google the farmers almanac for Chicago in 1918, then each of the grids represents a month of that year in order. you then place each of the “new moons” over the corresponding place on the grid where they would have fallen for that year. As for winning, i finished it at 10:51 pacific time so if anyone beat that then please feel free to say so. Otherwise it doesn’t tell you if you have won just that you need to wait until the 24th to get an email with the results.
thank u jketchum! all i needed was the april 11 to 10 part. i had been staring at it for 20min! UGH. anywys this competition was really diffiuclt, whoever wins deserves it.
go left to right but remember it has to be the cycle in chicago on 1918 or else it won’t work. Also be sure that you look at the grids as though they were actually on a calendar so some of the squares aren’t part of that month otherwise it might screw you up… I’ll try and post the link to help but the one i used isn’t loading anymore…
Did your’s go straight to the next bit then after you wrote ARO? Mine did nothing, couldn’t move bella again or anything
i don’t get it
part 2
I’ve tried placing the new moons on the dates they occured in 2009 and will occur in 2010 but nothing…
everytime i try 2 spell something my men move
I cant figure out the second part! i, sure someone has already won. but i still want to finish!
i WON
the 2nd part is weird…………
ok all the men moved so why hasnt the phase moved on it what is it suppose to spell and all that?
then help the rest of us confused people out! Tressa
tressa you won??
what is a change in edwards life that involves moons?
omg, i dont get the 2nd part? what is it? ive tried alot of different combinations.. arg!
john? i know you know the answer!please!
This is annoying, I can’t get back in now!
when you finish the first part it kinda freezes for a second and then puts you into the second phase which is a series of calendars. I don’t want to give away the answer since it is pretty rewarding to solve it yourself but the key is the location and year of a significant event in Edward’s life!
who changed edward?
i can’t get the second part and i really just want to finish, someone help!
did you really win tressa?
Urgh I did wait and then pressed F5 and that kicked me out
oh well
so chris you won??
you can finish. i sorry it’s over.
just say it chris
I Give up
seriously guys nobody can win anymore so jst tell us what it is. whats the big deal?
=(…I it was fun..but im pretty sure i lost..lol
if you win say me how, im not in usa so the competition is not over for me !
can someone help me with this last puzzle please.
i just want to finsh.
seriously. this is really driving me nuts. at least give a clue as to where to look to find the answer. do u use all the moons
Because I’m sure people want to finish what they started for self satifaction. I do and I’m still locked out… I may not get the car but in the spirit of Twilight I want to finish it.
i have done it phase 6 at 6:08gmt , does any body did it b4 this time
what does ARO stand for?
chris just telll everyone no one cares if they do it themselves
Plot the new moons on the calendar from 1918 — since he was turned in Chicago and most calendars are on universal time you will need to adjust
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/aa_moonphases.pl?year=1918&ZZZ=END
Using the above link and converting for Chicago timezone you will need to change April 11 to April 10 and October 5 to October 3
ok, so I have filled in some of the moons, but, I don’t know what year this is for or if I am suppose to allow for a year change….
Aro is the head Volturi
Just a clue on the last bit,
Please
Ok for the final section you need to google the farmers almanac for Chicago in 1918, then each of the grids represents a month of that year in order. you then place each of the “new moons” over the corresponding place on the grid where they would have fallen for that year. As for winning, i finished it at 10:51 pacific time so if anyone beat that then please feel free to say so. Otherwise it doesn’t tell you if you have won just that you need to wait until the 24th to get an email with the results.
chris,
what month did you start with – left to righ or up and down and where did you put the first moon in i’ve janu 12 1918 saturday?
Fascinating reading your comments, I’m still not able to load the last game!
ok it stopped saying try again and now does nothing – what am i missing
Start with January and work your way across to the right.
thank u jketchum! all i needed was the april 11 to 10 part. i had been staring at it for 20min! UGH. anywys this competition was really diffiuclt, whoever wins deserves it.
go left to right but remember it has to be the cycle in chicago on 1918 or else it won’t work. Also be sure that you look at the grids as though they were actually on a calendar so some of the squares aren’t part of that month otherwise it might screw you up… I’ll try and post the link to help but the one i used isn’t loading anymore…
Any moon phase clues?? What year?
I don’t understand the 6th phase of placeing the moons in a calender (2nd part of phase 6) ..
when i got done it said winner. so there.
My question is why does it have to be the farmers almanac? I found another calendar from 1918 and it doesnt work
I hope someone posts something because i have looked up the almanac to get nothing…
stupid thing keeps telling me i need to log in or register……UGH!!!!! S.O.S
Mallory — Plot the new moons for each month from 1918 — convert the days to the Chicago timezone