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Smile Secret Sound #1 of 2018 – WINNER

Congratulations to Alwanda Kalis from Durbanville who won R50 000 for correctly identifying the Smile Secret Sound as “cutting a pizza with a pizza cutter”.
Here it is…

Smile Secret Sound: March

Thursday 1 March

  • The sound the wheels of a drawer make when you pull it out
  • Twisting an ice tray to release the ice cubes
  • Cutting through a head of lettuce on a wooden board
  • Ice being crushed
  • A ball spinning around on a roulette wheel
  • A stone spice grinder

Friday 2 March

  • A glass bottle rolling over sand
  • Someone opening their mail
  • A strong room or safe door closing
  • A rollercoaster starting the ride
  • The washing powder drawer on a front loader washing machine opening and closing
  • Popping ice out of an ice tray

Monday 5 March

  • Unlocking a key chain latch lock
  • Pulling apart two pieces of Velcro
  • A bank bag full of coins being dropped on a table
  • The chain on a racing bicycle when changing gears
  • Cutting open a box sealed with box tape
  • Opening an umbrella

Tuesday 6 March

  • Taking a pie out of the foil packaging
  • Moving a rock with your foot on a sandy floor
  • Pouring a liquid over ice blocks
  • A salt grinder
  • The sound of egg shells breaking
  • Ice being dispensed out of an ice dispenser

Wednesday 7 March

  • A full dirt bag being removed from the bin
  • A spice grinder
  • A vacuum sealer
  • A grinding stone
  • Ice skates on ice
  • A slinky toy going down stairs

Thursday 8 March

  • Closing a wooden bread bin
  • Using an electric arc welder
  • When you scratch on sandpaper
  • Shuffling a pack of cards
  • Cutting paper with a guillotine
  • Crushing of an empty 5-litre water bottle

Friday 9 March

  • Pieces of wood burning and collapsing in a fire
  • An old desktop pencil sharpener
  • A vinyl record player
  • Scrabble letters pouring out
  • A granite pestle and mortar
  • A Harley Davidson starting up

Monday 12 March

  • Tiles cracking
  • Grinding pepper corns with a pestle and mortar
  • Dragging a chain across the floor
  • Spreading butter on a piece of toast
  • Opening and closing a security door, like a Trellidor
  • A biltong cutter
  • A paper punch
  • Cutting a tile with a grinding machine
  • Opening a can by pulling the tab back

Tuesday 13 March

  • Cutting the plastic off a 6-pack on a table
  • Wrapping safety plastic around a suitcase at the airport
  • A pestle and mortar
  • A dome tent popping up
  • Removing an ink cartridge from the packaging and inserting it into a printer
  • Closing a big safe
  • Water running over an ice tray and cracking the ice
  • A chip maker
  • The box of a mig welder and then the fan
  • Putting a chain down on a counter

Wednesday 14 March

  • Windscreen wipers going back and forth
  • Rain falling on a windscreen and the wipers moving
  • Poker chips falling on each other
  • A money counting machine in a bank
  • Defrosting a freezer and the ice drops
  • A manual coffee grinder
  • Opening a wrapper, like a packet of chips
  • Rain falling on a motor car’s roof
  • Cutting paper with scissors

Thursday 15 March

  • The rollers on a curtain rail
  • Putting crisps in your mouth and biting down
  • Munching on a snack
  • Opening a box of easter eggs and pouring them out
  • Removing the film covering on a microwaveable food item
  • A guillotine cutting through a pile of paper
  • Spreading butter on toast with a knife

Friday 16 March

  • Cutting a pizza with a pizza cutter – CORRECT – R50 000 WINNER!

NEW SOUND ANNOUNCED – SMILE SECRET SOUND #2-2018
Monday 19 March

  • Flipping a page and stamping the next one
  • A wooden drawer being closed
  • Punching paper

Tuesday 20 March

  • A train riding on tracks
  • Cutting through an apple with a knife on a wooden board
  • Opening blinds

Wednesday 21 March

  • A guillotine cutting paper
  • Pushing a straw through the lid of a take-away cup and the straw hitting the bottom
  • A Rubik’s Cube

Thursday 22 March

  • A paper punch going down and coming back up
  • Putting your credit card into an ATM
  • Paper being cut by a guillotine

Friday 23 March

  • Biting into a Granny Smith apple
  • A library book being stamped
  • An old ink-pad stamp

Monday 26 March

  • Opening a car door
  • A date stamp
  • Hitting a bass drum and cymbal on a drum set

Tuesday 27 March

  • Sealing a box
  • An apple being cut on a wooden board with a sharp knife
  • Opening a box

Wednesday 28 March

  • Cutting through a potato on a wooden chopping board
  • A wooden cupboard being closed and locked
  • Bouncing a ping pong ball into a paper cup

Thursday 29 March

  • Pressing a button on a desk phone
  • Opening and closing a door

 

Smile Secret Sound: February

Secret Sound Guesses – February
Thursday 1 February

  • Dominoes standing up and then falling over
  • Putting paper through a shredder
  • Putting a pot on the stove when there’s water underneath

Friday 2 February

  • Bubble wrap being popped
  • A block and chain
  • Pasta rolling through a pasta machine

Monday 5 February

  • Cutting through a watermelon with a knife
  • A Yankee pump action screwdriver
  • Something falling out of a vending machine

Tuesday 6 February

  • A wall-mounted manual coffee grinder
  • Shuffling dominoes
  • Pushing the button on a vape or e-sigarette

Wednesday 7 February

  • Putting a bag of groceries down on a counter
  • A pestle and mortar
  • The sound of grinding glass

Thursday 8 February

  • A comb-binder for binding books
  • A knife cutting through vegetables on a chopping board
  • When a tree falls after chopping it down
  • Rubbing two stones together

Friday 9 February

  • Pulling on the plastic packaging inside a cereal box
  • A ring-binder machine
  • Unwrapping, biting and chewing a Crunchy chocolate
  • Riffling a deck of playing cards

Monday 12 February

  • The crackling of burning wood on a braai fire
  • Sucking the last bit of cool-drink in a can through a straw
  • Dragging a suitcase with wheels
  • Tearing cling film off from the roll

Tuesday 13 February

  • An old manual credit card machine
  • A metal chain being put on the ground
  • Ice cubes into cold water
  • Himalayan pink salt grinder

Wednesday 14 February

  • Closing up a box with box tape
  • Unfolding the silver sunshield for the windscreen of your car
  • A Venetian blind pulled up or let down

Thursday 15 February

  • Letting pages run through your fingers
  • Ice crushing from an ice dispenser
  • Cutting through paper with scissors

Friday 16 February

  • A combine harvester
  • Turning the lever on a gum-ball machine
  • A packet of noodles being crushed

Monday 19 February

  • The plastic bag dispenser for fruit and veggies
  • Coal briquettes being dispensed from the bag
  • Sharpening a knife on a stone
  • Crushing salt and coriander in a pestle and mortar

Tuesday 20 February

  • Wiggling ice cubes out of a tray
  • A pestle and mortar
  • An emergency tool bag pulled out the boot of a Hyundai Tuscon
  • Cutting celery ribs on a wooden board

Wednesday 21 February

  • The wheels of a skateboard
  • Packing billiard balls in the triangle and dropping the 8-ball in
  • Dropping venetian blinds fast

Thursday 22 February

  • Cutting through an onion on a wooden block
  • Cutting through a slice of toast
  • Removing a pot plant from its pot

Friday 23 February

  • A packet of nuts and bolts emptied onto a table
  • Crumpling up an envelope that’s been opened
  • Opening and unrolling a roll of tin foil

Monday 26 February

  • The sound of someone getting out of a car
  • Sizzling sound of meat on the braai
  • Ice being crushed by an ice pick
  • Ice cubes being dropped into a glass
  • The sound you hear in between songs on a record
  • The balls being released from inside a pool table

Tuesday 27 February

  • Pushing a potato through a chip cutting machine
  • Putting ice blocks into a glass
  • Putting crushed ice into a glass
  • The needle on a record when the record stops

Wednesday 28 February

  • A wooden roller-top desk being closed
  • A hand towel dispenser
  • A manual potato masher being pushed down
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