Our very own Kevin Mulligan managed to outsmart the Muggles to take top prize in the recently launched Toshiba Tablet Race.

I'll include a shamelessly copied excerpt from the game's website for you here:

At one stage or another we have all dreamed about living the life of a spy. Living a life of mystery, traveling to exotic locations to meet contacts and lets not forget the love interest. As a company with a long history of firsts in the technology industry, the spy genre is pretty close to the heart. Spies and technology have travelled hand in hand over the decades, gracing the silver screen and beyond.

Well, we’ve taken everything you love about the spy genre and we’ve developed an action packed adventure just for you. Now you can be a part of the “movie” by making a 30 second pitch video. We want to know who you are and why you should be chosen as the Toshiba Tablet Race spy. If we like you and think you’ve got what it takes, you’ll be selected as one of the 8 contestants. If you’re one of the lucky 8 you’re already a winner, because we’re giving you a Toshiba Tablet just for participating in the race.

If you’re in it for the grand prize, you’ll need to beat the other teams through a process of time elimination. In the end only one team will remain and that team will win an island holiday, R10 000 in cash and a Toshiba Tablet.

 

If all of this sounds like too much for you, there is always the option to enter our weekly competition. For the first 8 weeks, we’re giving away a Toshiba Satellite Pro and then another 4 weeks of tablet giveaways. So join the Facebook page or follow on Twitter This adventure is for everyone.

Sounds great right? What are the challenges? Well... a spy never knows...

Perhaps if enough of us ask Kevin nicely enough he'll share his 30 sec pitch video with us - let us know on the Facebook page or leave a comment.

Below is a link to the playlist of the entire season's episodes. Now that you've all read the spoiler, you might as well watch it to see if you'd have made the cut.

Happy hunting bunnies...

Mensans! What a wonderful year kick-off event we had at the Smuts-Huis museum on the 26th of January. This year we chose a venue which we hoped our members would find central as well as child-friendly, and looking at the turnout, we certainly believe this paid off. We had about 75 members and partners confirmed to attend and it certainly was a full house when we got the presentation.

We had a presenter from the South African Defence Force who has made it his life's work to uncover every but of information available that tells the story of the late Jan Christiaan Smuts. We were regaled with war-stories and political insight from the time during which Smuts was a Prime Minister, military officer and scholar. Unfortunately we are not able to share the presentation we were shown as the presenter has been approached by a documentary channel to discuss the possibility of turning his work into a filmed series. All the more reason why you should join us when possible! You never know what you will be exposed to.

Everyone had a wonderful time and we certainly set the tone for an involved 2014 yet to come. We would like to thank everyone who helped to make this day possible, to all the committee members, the Smuts-family for allowing us to host the function and to everyone who attended. Thank you all for helping us to launch 2014 in the spirit of renewed friendship.

Please feel free to view the slideshow below - a free Mensa cooler bag to the one who spots Waldo first.

Mensa Pretoria 2014 Kick-Off