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Friday 12 August

• Wooden sash windows being raised up and down

• A metal filing cabinet when you unlock it with a key and pull out a drawer slowly

 

Thursday 11 August

• Cutting paper with a guillotine

• Replacing the receiver on an old pay phone

 

Wednesday 10 August

• Plugging in a toaster, putting the bread in, and pushing the lever down

• Loading fresh anthracite into a fireplace and closing the fireplace door

 

Monday 08 August

• Folding a step ladder and putting it away

• Clicking in the buckle of a car seat belt

 

Friday 05 August

• When putting metal forks into the dishwasher’s cutlery basket and it falls over

• A slot machine when it’s being opened

 

Thursday 04 August

• Pulling a knife through a knife sharpener and putting the knife down

• Small paint brushes being thrown on a surface

 

Wednesday 03 August

• Putting a stack of paper in a binding machine, pulling the lever down, and pushing it back up again

• Pool balls being released in a pool table

 

Tuesday 02 August

• Pulling down the handle on an old slot machine

• Somebody moving corrugated iron sheeting across the floor

 

Monday 01 August

• An old skool type jukebox when you insert a coin and the CD or record drops into position

• A rocking chair that is going back and forth

Friday 29 July

• The door of a lift that is closing

• The cord of a vacuum cleaner when it’s retracting into the machine

 

Thursday 28 July

• Putting a broom back in a broom cupboard and closing the door fast

• When you close a sliding security gate with a slam lock

 

Wednesday 27 July

• Pens being thrown onto a table with some of them falling on the floor

• A small aluminium ladder being folded up

 

Tuesday 26 July

• Putting a coin in the slot of a coin-operated pool table and pushing it in

• A latch on the back door going in and out

 

Monday 25 July

• A whole lot of pencils falling onto a table

• Sliding open the chain latch on your front door

 

Friday 22 July

• Putting the pan support on a gas stove

• Sliding an oven dish onto an oven rack and closing the oven door

 

Thursday 21 July

• A metal tape measure that is being retracted

• The drawer of a photocopy machine being closed once it’s been loaded

 

Wednesday 20 July

• The opening and closing of a stapler

• Hangers being moved around in an empty cupboard

 

Tuesday 19 July

• Pulling the string and releasing a Venetian blind

• Unlocking a car’s petrol cap and putting the petrol pump nozzle into the tank

 

Monday 18 July

• A clay pigeon launcher when it launches the clay target

• A steel filing cabinet when you turn the knob and open the door

 

Friday 15 July

• A guillotine when you’re lifting it up, cutting a page, and putting it down again

• When you’re carbonating water in a Sodastream

 

Thursday 14 July

• Jenga blocks falling down

• Putting ice into an ice container

 

Wednesday 13 July

• Putting coins into a vending machine

• The paper towel dispenser in a public bathroom when you pull it and tear off a piece of paper

 

Tuesday 12 July

• Jumping off a diving board into a pool

• Connecting jumper cables to a car battery and closing the bonnet

 

Monday 11 July

• When playing a Pinball game and a new ball gets ejected into the shooting lane

• Putting a dish into some dirty water in a kitchen sink

 

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Friday 08 July

• Removing a keycap from a computer keyboard – CORRECT – R50 000 WINNER!!

 

• Flipping down the feet on the back of your keyboard

 

Thursday 07 July

• Someone typing on a keyboard with long nails

• Untangling the wire of a keyboard

 

Wednesday 06 July

• A floppy disk being entered into a computer and then taken out

• Moving your hand over the keys of a typewriter to make the hammers go up and down

 

Tuesday 05 July

• Wiping a keyboard down with sanitising wipes

• Cleaning your keyboard with a cloth

 

Monday 04 July

• Batteries being inserted into a battery operated keyboard

• Swiping your hand across a keyboard

 

Friday 01 July

• Typing with a typewriter and the paper is going backwards and forwards

• Changing the numbers on a combination lock and then opening it

Thursday 30 June

• An old metal toolbox being opened and closed

• Typing on a keyboard

 

Wednesday 29 June

• An extension ladder being pulled up or down to the required length

• An office printer that is opened up to replace the cartridge

 

Tuesday 28 June

• Coins rolling down inside a change dispensing machine

• Opening and closing a drawer of a metal filing cabinet

 

Monday 27 June

• A hard plastic container with fruit, when you open it, take out some fruit and close it

• An old VHS tape being pushed into a video machine

 

Friday 24 June

• Opening a tin of sardines by pulling off the lid

• A paper towel dispenser in a public bathroom

 

Thursday 23 June

• Removing an empty toilet paper roll from the roll holder

• A marble rolling down a marble run

 

Wednesday 22 June

• Tearing off a piece of tin foil

• Breaking the seal and pulling off the lid of a 2-litre ice cream tub

 

Tuesday 21 June

• A tape dispenser gun when you’re rolling it over a box and cutting the tape off

• Clipping in the buckle of a car’s seatbelt

 

Monday 20 June

• Opening a packet of chips and sticking your hand in the packet

• When a can falls from a vending machine

 

Friday 17 June

• Flicking the arm of a foosball table and kicking the ball

• Inserting a cassette into a cassette drawer and closing it

 

Wednesday 15 June

• Putting batteries in a DStv remote and closing the lid afterwards

• Sticking a petrol pump nozzle into the tank and pressing the lever so the petrol starts flowing

 

Tuesday 14 June

• A vacuum cleaner retracting its cord when you push the button

• Holding a plastic water bottle in your hand and unscrewing the cap

 

Monday 13 June

• An old parking meter when you put in a coin and turn the knob

• The hinge of an oven door when it’s opening or closing

 

Friday 10 June

• Moving the weights on a mechanical scale at the doctor’s rooms

• The arm of a record player going back into position after the record has played

 

Thursday 09 June

• A toy dispenser when the ball rolls down the shoot and you take it from the slot

• A Geiger meter measuring radiation levels

 

Wednesday 08 June

• A safety door when you unlock it and open it

• Fixing a paper jam in the printer

 

Tuesday 07 June

• Assembling a blender and putting the lid on

• Pouring ice into a bucket from the ice dispenser in the fridge

 

Monday 06 June

• Dominoes being dropped on a wooden table and shuffled

• A coin being dropped into an old payphone

 

Friday 03 June

• Flipping a money box around and using a knife to get the money out through the slot

• The Red Bull fridge in a shop when you take one out and the others roll into position

 

Thursday 02 June

• Latches on a guitar case when you flip it up and the hooks fall down

• A coin-operated pool table when you push in the latch to release the balls

 

Wednesday 01 June

• Removing a CD from a CD case and closing the CD case

• A cashier’s till opening and closing

Tuesday 31 May

• When you put a coin in a parking machine and it falls right through

• A lever arch file when you flip up the paper clamp and lift the lever

 

Monday 30 May

• Pressing the eject button an a cassette player, turning the cassette around, and closing the cassette door

• A disposable water bottle being crushed

 

Friday 27 May

• Laying keys down on a glass table top

• Unlocking the latch lock of a door

 

Thursday 26 May

• Tearing a piece of tin foil and then stapling it

• An old credit card machine making an imprint of a card

 

Wednesday 25 May

• Pressing eject on a VHS machine and pulling the tape out

• Selecting and taking a pen from a pen holder

 

Tuesday 24 May

• Opening a tub of yoghurt and removing the protective foil

• Opening a torch and inserting torch batteries

 

Monday 23 May

• Hooking a caravan or trailer onto a car

• Lego being broken down

 

Friday 20 May

• Opening a stapler, replacing the staples inside, and closing the stapler

• A door chain being latched onto the chain holder

 

Thursday 19 May

• When you withdraw money at the ATM and the money comes out of the machine

• Iron balls rolling down a marble machine

 

Wednesday 18 May

• Pressing the eject button on an old tape recorder to make the cassette pop out

• Opening an envelope with a letter opener, taking the letter out and unfolding it

 

Tuesday 17 May

• When you hang up the receiver of an old payphone and the coins drop into the box

• A Lock n Lock Tupperware container with clips

 

Monday 16 May

• A foot-operated sanitiser dispenser

• Crushing an empty Coke can with your bare hands

 

Friday 13 May

• Putting a Nespresso coffee pod into the machine and closing the slot

• Twisting an ice cube tray and popping the ice cubes out

 

Thursday 12 May

• Tearing Sellotape off the Sellotape holder

• Changing the ink cartridge on the office printer

 

Wednesday 11 May

• Lifting a car’s bonnet and hooking in the latch to keep the bonnet up

• Scratching through a cutlery drawer, taking some cutlery out, and putting it on the table

 

Tuesday 10 May

• Putting the air fryer drawer back into the air fryer

• A door key turning inside the lock and being taken out

 

Monday 09 May

• Putting a padlock on a door latch and locking it

• Receiving a new ball and shooting it off in a Pinball machine

 

Friday 06 May

• A 3 hole punch going through a stack of paper and getting stuck

• Loading a CD into the machine when the tray slides in and settles itself

 

Thursday 05 May

• Reloading a rifle

• Putting an old school telephone receiver back on its base

 

Wednesday 04 May

• Putting a coffee capsule into a coffee machine and clipping the lid down

• Putting money into a Gumball machine, turning the knob, and the gumball dropping

 

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Tuesday 03 May

• Pulling a disinfectant wipe out of the container and tearing it off – CORRECT!! R50 000 WINNER!!

Friday 29 April

• Peeling off the silver foil from a coffee tin and putting the tin back on the counter

• Tearing off the foil seal from a tub of vitamins and putting the tub down on a table

 

Thursday 28 April

• The tuning in of a radio when looking for a station

• Pulling out a cable from a laptop through the hole in a desk

 

Tuesday 26 April

• Moving a computer mouse around on a desk without a mouse pad

• An inkjet printer printing a piece of paper

 

Monday 25 April

• A laptop making a noise

• Scratching your head with a pencil and putting the pencil down

 

Friday 22 April

• Tearing off the page of a calendar

• A pencil being sharpened by an electric sharpener

 

Thursday 21 April

• Striking a lighter

• Pulling the plastic film off a sandwich container and dropping the sandwich on a plate

 

Wednesday 20 April

• Pulling wax wrap from the roll, tearing it off against the silver teeth, and putting the box down

• Cutting paper with a hand guillotine

 

Tuesday 19 April

• Turning the knob of an older radio to search for a station

• Putting the handset of a landline phone back on the cradle

 

Thursday 14 April

• Tearing a piece of wood apart

• Beatboxing through an empty toilet roll

 

Wednesday 13 April

• A petrol nozzle being removed and the petrol tank flap being closed

• Brushing your teeth and putting the toothbrush down

 

Tuesday 12 April

• Opening the side pocket of a laptop bag by pulling the Velcro apart

• Spraying shower foam from a can onto your body

 

Monday 11 April

• A plastic label being pulled off a plastic bottle

• A face mask being taken off

 

Friday 08 April

• Somebody cutting paper with scissors

• When a dolphin comes out of the water and makes a noise

 

Thursday 07 April

• A car being towed and ripping off the bumper

• Grinding your herbs and spices with a mortar and pestle

 

Wednesday 06 April

• Two pieces of electrified metal touching each other

• Using a coin to scratch on a scratch card

 

Tuesday 05 April

• Cutting an onion on a wooden board

• Opening and closing the oven door of a four plate stove

 

Monday 04 April

• The last bit of water coming out of a coffee machine

• Toast being buttered

 

Friday 01 April

• Somebody typing on a computer keyboard

• Shaking and squeezing the last bit of lotion out of the bottle

Thursday 31 March

• Taking two wires that are attached to a speaker and pressing them against a AA battery

• Tearing off a piece of paper against a ruler

 

Wednesday 30 March

• Turning the dial to set the timer on your Defy tumble dryer

• Opening a ring pull can by pulling off the lid

 

Tuesday 29 March

• Insulation tape with a gauze backing

• Opening a poster tube, putting loose change inside and shaking it

 

Monday 28 March

• A pool cue being chalked

• Pressing stop and taking a cassette out of a cassette player

 

Friday 25 March

• Using a mortar and pestle

• Sharpening a knife with a Shogun knife sharpener and putting the knife down

 

Thursday 24 March

• Wedging the tyre tool in between the tyre and rim of a bicycle wheel

• A piece of cloth being torn

 

Wednesday 23 March

• A vocal percussionist that is beatboxing

• Wax paper being torn on the perforated edge of the box

 

Tuesday 22 March

• A Kreepy Krauly in the pool coming up and sucking in air

• Rolling up blinds

 

Friday 18 March

• A roll of sellotape being used to close a box

• Setting a wind-up timer

 

Thursday 17 March

• Grating carrots

• Shaving off a beard with a manual shaver

 

Wednesday 16 March

• The intro part of the song Astronaut in the Ocean

• Moving the hangers around in your cupboard and closing the cupboard door

 

Tuesday 15 March

• Sorting out the change in a cash register and then closing the cash register

• Touching the microphone of a telephone headset with your hand

 

Monday 14 March

• Pulling a garbage bag off the roll and giving it a shake

• Biting into a very crunchy apple very slowly

 

Friday 11 March

• Trying to attach jumper cables to the battery of your car

• Trying to start a car but the engine is kicking back

 

Thursday 10 March

• A speaker with a bad connection when you’re fiddling with the wires

• Spraying Q20 into a lock to lubricate it

 

Wednesday 09 March

• Tearing a piece of fine sandpaper

• Coffee coming out of a coffee machine in a coffee shop

 

Tuesday 08 March

• Searching through a glove compartment and then closing it

• Carving a piece of wood with a chisel and putting the chisel down

 

Monday 07 March

• A polygraph machine’s pencil stroking over paper

• Pushing a fully loaded box over a floor into a skirting board

 

Friday 04 March

• A VHS tape being played out and then coming to an end and stopping

• Spraying whipped cream out of a can as it’s about to run out

 

Thursday 03 March

• A soft-serve ice cream machine dispensing the ice cream into a cone or a cup

• A potato chip slicer when pushing a potato through the blades

 

Wednesday 02 March

• Wallpaper being removed from a surface

• A zip that is being pulled up

 

Tuesday 01 March

• Male and female Velcro that you’re pulling apart from each other

• Opening a can with an old can opener that you have to turn

Wednesday 02 March

• Wallpaper being removed from a surface

• A zip that is being pulled up

 

Tuesday 01 March

• Male and female Velcro that you’re pulling apart from each other

• Opening a can with an old can opener that you have to turn

 

Monday 28 February

• Opening your car door with a key

• Writing with a scratchy pen on a piece of paper and putting the pen down

 

Friday 25 February

• Sucking the last bit of milkshake through a straw

• Cutting a tree and then it cracks and falls

 

Thursday 24 February

• The interference noise an AUX cable makes when it’s being plugged in

• Ripping out an old carpet

 

Wednesday 23 February

• Removing the lid on a cheap plastic container

• Cutting an onion on a wooden board

 

Tuesday 22 February

• Scraping off old paint with a scraper

• Using a paper punch to punch holes in paper

 

Monday 21 February

• A landline telephone making a noise and then being hung up

• Slamming a metal safe door and closing it with a key

 

Friday 18 February

• Grinding pepper with a manual pepper grinder and putting it down

• A vacuum cleaner sucking up dirt down the pipe and into the bag

• Shuffling dominoes on a table in between games

• Unwrapping a sweet wrapper

• Cutting a piece of glass with a glasscutter

 

Thursday 17 February

• Tearing a piece of tape off a Sellotape roll

• The nib of a fountain pen scribbling on paper

• Cutting a piece of cardboard with a Stanley knife and putting it down

• An old skool sellotape dispenser when you’re pulling the tape off the roll and cutting it off

• Putting a parking ticket into the parking ticket machine to pay for it

 

Wednesday 16 February

• Flipping through the pages of a book very fast with your fingers

• Opening a letter with a letter opener

• Cutting a stack of paper with a guillotine

• Tearing a piece of paper with a ruler

• When you print out a piece of paper with a printer and it lands in the tray

 

Tuesday 15 February

• A sculpture being carved out of wood with a sculptor’s tool

• Sealing a box with a buff tape gun and cutting the tape off

• Tearing the Velcro strips apart when removing the armband of a blood pressure monitor

• Cutting through a hard vegetable with a sharp knife and hitting the cutting board

• Scraping out the inside of a pumpkin

 

Monday 14 February

• Throwing beans from a packet into a bucket

• The last bit of water when a toilet cistern fills up just before the valve closes

• Shredding cardboard in a paper shredder

• Sharpening a pencil with a handheld pencil sharpener

• Trying to tune in a police scanner or walkie talkie

 

Friday 11 February

• Putting your hand into a box of Kelloggs and taking out a handful

• The needle of a record player when it gets to the end of a song

 

Thursday 10 February

• Cutting off a piece of carpet with a carpet cutter and closing it afterwards

• The last bit of a milkshake being sucked through a straw

 

Wednesday 09 February

• A root canal procedure when the dentist uses a file to clean and shape the roots of your teeth

• The suction tool at the dentist

 

Tuesday 08 February

• Using the built-in ice dispenser of a fridge

• Writing with chalk on a blackboard

 

Monday 07 February

• Pushing a straw through the hole in the lid of a takeaway cup

• When you start arc welding by tapping the two pieces of metal together

 

Friday 04 February

• The sound of the printer’s needle on the paper of a polygraph machine

• An old pressure cooker when steam is being released from the valve

 

Thursday 03 February

• Using a ratchet

• A piece of packaging foamalite being pushed into a box

 

Wednesday 02 February

• Testing if a microphone is on by scratching on it with your fingernail

• Cutting wrapping paper by gliding through it with scissors

 

Tuesday 01 February

• A mechanical can crusher

• When you’re cutting a piece of material and it rips

Wednesday 02 February

• Testing if a microphone is on by scratching on it with your finger nail

• Cutting wrapping paper by gliding through it with scissors

 

Tuesday 01 February

• A mechanical can crusher

• When you’re cutting a piece of material and it rips

 

Monday 31 January

• Slicing through the top of a muesli bag with scissors and then putting the scissors down

• A page being torn in front of a microphone and then the microphone is being put down

 

Friday 28 January

• A sliding bolt on a door that is sticking when you try to open and close it

• The sharpening of a knife

 

Thursday 27 January

• A box cutter cutting through a carpet and then being put down on a counter

• Using a handheld steamer to steam your clothes

 

Wednesday 26 January

• Tuning an old radio to try and find 90.4 FM

• Inserting a cassette into a cassette player and then closing it

 

Tuesday 25 January

• Defrosting the freezer by scraping off the ice with a scraper

• Popcorn busy being popped

 

Monday 24 January

• Plugging an old microphone with a cord into a socket

• A gate that’s being rolled on a rail and then comes to a stop

 

Friday 21 January

• Somebody slurping the last bit of cooldrink with a straw

• When you’re frothing milk and the steamer is going in and out of the milk

 

Thursday 20 January

• Changing the numbers on the combination lock of a safe before you open it

• Paint being scraped off a wall with a paint scraper

 

Wednesday 19 January

• A roll-on deodorant when you put it on, put the lid back, and put it back on the shelf

• Opening a letter with a letter opener and then putting it on a table

 

Tuesday 18 January

• A radio without signal

• Plugging your headphones into the radio

 

Monday 17 January

• Pulling an old nail out of a piece of wood

• Someone trying to open the lock of a door

 

Friday 14 January

• Pulling masking tape off a box to open it.

• Tearing a piece of cling wrap and putting it on a bowl

Thursday 13 January

• Switching a mic on and getting that crackling sound

• Twisting an ice tray

Wednesday 12 January

• A printer, printing paper

• A tile cutter, cutting tile

Tuesday 11 January

• A piece of scotch tape being pulled off the roll

• When you arrive at the end of the page of an electronic typewriter

Monday 10 January

• Tightening a screw in wood

• An aerosol can for some kind of foam