A hundred fans were selected to participate in the Simpsons marathon, which was also a contest to determine which fan could last the longest into the marathon.
He ran a contest to determine the site's mascot.
The political direction of the country may be up for grabs until November, but the right has scored an interim victory — if that's the word — in a weeklong contest to determine "the least credible history book in print" just concluded by the History News Network.
While it is a district the Democrats say they can win in November, the party is locked in a harsh contest to determine who will be the nominee there, the 34th State Senate District.
The elections committee for a union representing academic student employees in the University of California system voted unanimously on Tuesday to resume counting votes in a statewide contest to determine the union's leadership, after scores of demonstrators occupied union offices in Berkeley and Los Angeles.
Some could easily beat you to your goal if you had to, say, arm-wrestle or engage in a trivia contest to determine who goes first.
During early 2008 , Eveparticipated in a "Diva Competition" contest to determine the top Diva on SmackDown, participating in a bikini contest, an obstacle course, and an arm wrestling competition before being eliminated.
Ponder beat the Twins' catcher/heartthrob Joe Mauer in a Minneapolis radio contest to determine the region's hunkiest athlete.
And in this year's first round, Korea was trounced by Japan 14-2 in an important early game, and later won 1-0 only in an essentially meaningless contest to determine second-round seeding.
Of course, shame can also be a negative social force, crushing freedom and well-being, and in free societies there is a continual contest to determine the attributes, acts or attitudes that ought to be considered shameful.
