My first Puzzle Giveaway!

CV needs to be 1+, so most people should be able to have a go

Sorry about the really bad image editing, I used MS Word because I think it's actually better then MS Paint for this stuff, believe it or not.

If it's too difficult then just let me know and I can add hints here

Ends sometime on the 28th of April for most people :D

Here is le link: http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/1SttOB7Z

(P.S.) as it's my first puzzle, please let me know if I fudged up :D tyty

---EDIT---
Alrighty so it was getting a bit difficult at the end; I knew the last ones were going to be more of a challenge. I don't think my answers are written strangely but obviously I understand now that I need a bit of variation and I've added it to the answers for 7 and 8. Oh and 3, 4, ---EDIT--- 5 ---END EDIT---and 6 are only one word (that might help)

Seems I'm learning more about this puzzle business as we go along!

---EDIT---
Added more answers for the few at the end so you can be less exact again - if you get the answers by now you'll understand what I'm trying to do

My next puzzle will have much more answers, don't worry :D

(if you're having issues with 3, ignore the cushion and the strap thing and focus on what the baby is actually doing, the answer is a compound word)

---EDIT---
Added even more answers :D glhf

---EDIT---
The poll results make me feel less like I'm the only one... Thanks :D

---YET ANOTHER EDIT---
Someone suggested to me an answer for 6 that isn't what I had but was pretty sweet so I added that answer too; they're both really similar but if you were having problems with 6 you might find your previous attempts could be correct (same as most of the others really; I added a lot of answers)

---MORE EDITING---
Added another few answers for Q7, as well as adding to the hint for Q8. The closer we get to the GA ending, the more hints I'll give.

I'll stick to one/two word answers next giveaway haha :D they seemed to work well. All about learning I suppose...

---HINTS HINTS HINTS---
Ok so this thing is ending in about one day, so I'm gonna add some hints here that should steer some people in the right track. I'd also recommend looking through the comments because there are some hints in there too (somewhere).

1) Google 'Futurama' if you don't know it, because you'll need to know who this character is to understand the pun here. The answer also includes a European country.
2) What's the man doing? What's he catching? If I'm fishing for dolphins, I'd be dolphin fishing. If I'm fishing for -- ...
3) The answer is also a verb for something teens often do for parents who'd like a break from these little buggars. Don't add 'ing'.
4) Where's the arrow pointing to, in regards to the word? It's pointing to the -- of the word, making the answer week--
5) The end of the word 'potato' could be extended to include the name for the appendage this potato has grown. (It's a simple matter of adding one letter to the end of the word)
6) What is the light replacing? Add that + 'light' (There's also another answer but I think this hint will be enough)
7) What's the cat on? 'Cat on a --'
8) Where's the ball? It's at some type of function (something you might do in your last year of school) - 'Ball at a --'

Okay, those hints should make this puzzle as easy as 1 2 3 (4 5 6 7 8) :D

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I'm Actually Sick of this Potato Shizz...

Did a new attempt, and now I'm done with 1-5. With the new hints I did maybe 5 guesses on Q6, 10 on Q7 and 20 on Q8. Nothing so far, but I guess the hard part is getting the exact phrase you want. For what I think you want for Q8 I can think of anywhere from 3 to 6 words saying basically the same thing, and those words can be different, so there are many different combinations that could fit... If I'm not completely off, I could be.

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I'm gonna add even more answers seeing as many are struggling to get the wording quite right -- it won't be quite what I want to answer to be, but it'll should easier getting them now

It was supposed to be simple to understand (and I think it is, most people understand what I'm trying to say) but I can see the wording has been an issue -- something to remember for next time! :D

(Thanks to everyone for bearing with me)

9 years ago
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Yes! Solved! Par-tay!

9 years ago
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Haha, the new answer for Q6 was my first guess :)

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Same! :D

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Same!

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Bump for solved!
New answers probably did the trick :)

9 years ago
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Answered half of them, know what another 3 are but can't seem to find the words the OP used to describe them... and no idea about the baby.

9 years ago
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Still stuck at q7,q8. Looks like the keywords are obvious but the words around them not.

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Thought the same thing. Both could work without the cat and the ball so it was too obvious maybe and the asnwer is something completely different.
Edit: Got it. Geez, the hints worked out. Never thought of that. :D

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Hopefully it is the case otherwise I'll give up searching for the right wording.

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Look at the hints and rethink it. Helped me.

9 years ago
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What hints?

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No, I already solved it. :D

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"what" hints, not "want" hints. I was asking because I haven't solved it and you were referring to hints

9 years ago
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Oh, sorry, haha! Misread that.
The hints in this thread by the OP and the hints in the puzzle itself.

9 years ago
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You made me keep trying it. Thanks.

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Bump for solved!

9 years ago
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Bump for solved!
Not that hard actually, I'd like to give a small hint, but I'm probably not allowed to, so I won't. Sorry. :D

9 years ago
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Did 2, 4, 5, 6, so far
I know the answer for 7 but it doesnt work

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I dont understand whats going on :|

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7 and 8 seem like they should be obvious, but none of my guesses work so far. Still, I'm enjoying the puzzle :)

9 years ago
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Bump for finally I can close this puzzle :)

View attached image.
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Nooooo!!!
Heh :)

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Well. I'm through too.

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1,3,7 and 8 :S

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Over a day and 9 people managed to guess the answers? pretty cruel to label this as easy in the description.

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I've changed it now :D

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How is Q7 not "cat walk" ?

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If it was cat walk, I would've just put in a picture of a cat walk, without the cat.

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Yes, but it's a picture of a cat walking down a catwalk (you know, where models walk down during fashion shows).

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even google thinks the answer is catwalk :P (Sorry for the length of the link, and yes I did resort to reverse-googling the image to see if that helped)

https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZisdhkvLErVsWD9RaySEzwIvRmr-2txNkCD628n0y7lCkERCpNlUm_1xxHQTwzyR1RYbACiTFhlpcHIcckNUpLs4XEPPNjmekSClArCJ9Luf_1EEEPsX4l2L001NkganvmhQW9QSpp77xbDyASyYu14qpHi29BmLo9lMpiPk-8B1lvx743P9R7Uh-vtIfIcu8ay-2vLY2divNmugzvhMdSEpLCO4k3ccbRcPIbHRAIH2hnO-TBpCQEh0uuNKVUKGkdR9u7Ax-500cii4bGoUr6kV5Bsy_1A222F1aSyvIYZqzT4e2gQzV8kXrSK9rbxTlJo_1AO9bgFnRuBR8MsGTIguBHfyeldE0V6VXXVOWPo-uV_1ysj8-aPzkFVJvIIKal947FU94m6hDNBi-llK0qrrgYWowZc3kso36sBrB0xc15YCcbFanOKT0UIDWPpBVUQZcMpPbeQOgjKkCy5d7gD8x3J4sOe-Rr8HWzKyegIGAV1_1iF4_19qpdVsbK3Q90PRtgJKtem8jAAfqz3YM8twhnbOT44WAII437GkJ3x5fFUv-i5VAFqC-WeLUj_1-MuVa1NNUXT15HS3VmGzMLux8j53o-YTTemALmthbeDjedBH6P4KmRyTzVGTv70_1yE5AJNHKL2K1wNUHUV06J36EuMcUvj0s5ePnb39FWYlA-BAwfjiRqOAUJrhDJ-te77rPTIA5az5eJRSoa6NjgJzlWlXpesABxpEAvd3jefXvlEFV3kgiGLWYKUgkoe_15uR2vswI9LQf-8P8cf1fbMt8yB1z9gEUWjxbPHsXkDrphLgi33aREgBXr_18CpTi99fsoO1qfDlZ0NPckeDUBQTNbbam5uC90OGYGU5YrwDjcfJtfGhnt7yvPAWXY6TgGd4l3GHlmO-9GTeNiegYXHj8YEV8ozlFjy3WjByxfzhvL0se4maqewdWm_1d2hAQUPrSC3Vz6rAgOUtT9FCof-_11S50p_1u75oT-hip0PERMAZPtz8hl5g4hmbWLluUEbxnTkTKj7qneNIKgXEcPkBXTRuB6JWiqc6D8Ivfrmp09WY309p7rcptiYQRNsEbmzDk65oeFEMuDliyuZy2ilLaf6mDmaLSbd2Y0r8ZRYrvib7i6THpXnJmGurP6zdMOwhCHG0JUOzlSTGgpeBLl0WM_1xzlu9DsqhwU7IpBBNkw--bNwXSeQUS-0i11J_1wLBd5QeSTGEHMpBpLNWbJaHyk19xc8MMX2kZmDGKM06Tczub4ygsyo8krcF4jjXnNhXH-THaCWK8VlUuXuAEoznKumk8qUBP33iJXenDdRO5x7n5-foMbBIOxUN4d1j7noHb4vx6d6DDzkm0sAoLsQX7jzTaqj2xpgGq2YQef-EAN2PPlRlqokaUOIrvsgTaajoR2xl353ImG_1e4PAMuBVsXHtHPAiZ6K6f1BUxvQ2D5IFeKIX20CumTZ4Zx3F9Xx3VHEggSNzr5l8WicPBpTWJdXgf8K5pmj1dFSb5pmGBbQW1Uq6agPVDtmis2p3aP-8

Also you say you wouldn't do that but I direct you to the potato question

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Probably because to get the main image, I did in fact google 'cat walk'. And, believe it or not, that forms part of the answer.

But it's not just 'cat walk' -- there is one other thing happening there

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Bump for solved!

9 years ago
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Stuck on 7 and 8

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I spent another day pondering this. I've got everything except 7 & 8, with probably over a hundred guesses on each. Are they phrases?

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How have you had so many guesses? I have a fitting answer for both and I really can't see how it could be anything else. Well done on being able to keep thinking through. I get stuck :s

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My frustration lead me to put in what I thought was a ridiculous answer for Q8 and it turned out to be right. So I used the same logic on Q7 and got through. And then I found out I already had the game. I'm exhausted with nothing to show for it.

Well I've got the satisfaction of finishing it anyway. Otherwise I would be haunted by this puzzle. Bump for solved.

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The answers are pretty silly; if you can't tell that's kinda the point. Can't say they're not deducible though.

I like your taste of games too :D my next puzzle will be easier hopefully, well as easy as I hoped this one would be.

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Got everything but 7&8. 1-6 made sense to me, the last ones apparently not.

Edit: finally got it, the last two are very different from the rest imo. Though all in all it was an enjoyably puzzle

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If I do a puzzle like this again (which i hope i do) I'll refrain from Qs like 7 and 8 and stick to ones like 1-6. I think those ones were good and they didn't seem to cause much grief :D

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Bump for finally solved! I agree - Q7 and Q8 were different from the rest which were enjoyably challenging rather than frustrating.

Anyway, thanks very much for the giveaway, and for relieving the frustration with some helpful hints!

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Whats the hint for 8? I don't see any hints for it

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I added to the existing hint - I can't see them for some reason but when I saw a friend's version of my puzzle they showed for her, so I assumed they work. Let me just check again :D

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that fixed it, thanks.

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Compound words will get you some of them, but not all. 1 and 2 are two word answers, but they shouldn't be all too difficult. The rest are all one word answers except 7, which is between 4 and 7 words, and 8, which is between 4 and 6 words. For the longer answers I basically added an 'a' at the beginning, (e.g. a blah walking on a blah), but the 'a' is not necessary, it was just to allow for varying answers.

Those parentheses might have been a big hint ;)

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GOLD

Okay, without this I would have never got q7 and q8. Thanks for the hints, now I'm just stuck at q6... it's supposed to be just 1 word?!?

edit: Got it, again, took me a while to get the hint :P

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Only 8 left. I have some ideas, but none of them work :/

Ah, now I get it. It was easier than I thought.

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Closed 9 years ago by DevenC.