TOLUNA
A P R I L
M A G A Z I N E
U K
editor's note
Welcome to the April Edition of I hope that you love this edition!
the Toluna Magazine! Easter is Make sure to let me know what
also this month - Bring on the you think in the Community!
chocolate!
Enjoy!
I have the usual blast from the
past mixed with the Best Songs of
the Month! Abbie
You can also see who won the
poem competition! Is your poem
featured? ;)
04 What is Toluna?
06 Blast from the Past
08 Best Songs of the Month
10 Easter baking
12 #CCM
14 #TolunaWins
H E L L O APRIL
I S S U E
16 Toluna Millionaire & Interview
18 #Goodie
19 Women's Week
20 World Poetry Day
24 #TolunaEaster
26 - Crossword
27 - Tutorial Guide
What is
Toluna?
MUSIC
OLD
&
NEW
BLAST FROM
D o y o u k n o w a l l o f t h e s e
RIVERS OF BABYLON - BONEY M.
(14TH APRIL 1978)
B o n e y M . i s a E u r o - C a r i b b e a n V o c a l
g r o u p w h o h a v e h a d m a n y h i t s , s u c h a s
D a d d y C o o l , R a s p u t i n a n d t h e i r
C h r i s t m a s s o n g , M a r y ' s B o y C h i l d ( O h M y
L o r d ) .
T h i s s o n g i s a c o v e r o f t h e 1 9 7 0 s o n g b y
t h e M e l o d i a n s . T h e B o n e y M . v e r s i o n i s
o n e o f t h e t o p t e n b e s t - s e l l i n g s i n g l e s o f
a l l t i m e i n t h e U K .
SOME MIGHT SAY - OASIS
(24TH APRIL 1995)
I h a v e f e a t u r e d O a s i s s o n g s i n p a s t
m a g a z i n e s a n d t h i s i s a n o t h e r o n e o f
t h e i r h i t s . I t w a s r e l e a s e d a s t h e f i r s t
s i n g l e f r o m t h e i r s e c o n d a l b u m , ' ( W h a t ' s
t h e S t o r y ) M o r n i n g G l o r y ? '
T h e p l a n n e d v i d e o f o r t h e s o n g w a s
c a n c e l l e d d u e t o L i a m n o t t u r n i n g u p
f o r t h e s h o o t . I n s t e a d , a m a k e s h i f t v i d e o
w a s c r e a t e d u s i n g f o o t a g e f r o m o t h e r
v i d e o s - t a k e a l o o k !
THE PAST
s o n g s f r o m A p r i l o v e r t h e y e a r s ?
GET BACK - THE BEATLES
(11TH APRIL 1969)
T h e B e a t l e s r e a l l y n e e d n o i n t r o d u c t i o n .
T h i s s o n g w a s p e r f o r m e d a t t h e
l e g e n d a r y r o o f t o p c o n c e r t i n 1 9 6 9 . T h i s
i m p r o m p t u p e r f o r m a n c e w a s t h e i r l a s t
c o n c e r t w h i c h t o o k p l a c e o n t h e
r o o f t o p o f A p p l e C o r p s a t 3 S a v i l e R o w ,
L o n d o n .
T h e c o n c e r t w a s e v e n t u a l l y s h u t d o w n
b y t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n P o l i c e d u e t o t r a f f i c
a n d n o i s e i s s u e s .
ROXANNE - THE POLICE
(7TH APRIL 1978)
E n g l i s h r o c k b a n d ' T h e P o l i c e '
r e l e a s e d t h i s i s a s i n g l e f r o m
t h e i r d e b u t a l b u m ' O u t l a n d o s
d ' A m o u r ' .
E v e n t h o u g h t h i s s o n g d i d n ' t
c h a r t t o o w e l l a t t h e t i m e , i t i s
a l w a y s r e f e r r e d t o a s o n e o f t h e
b e s t r o c k s o n g s o f a l l t i m e a n d i s
o n e o f T h e P o l i c e ' s m o s t p o p u l a r
s o n g s .
BEST SONGS
H e r e a r e s o m e p o p u l a r s o n g s a t t h e m o m e n t .
SUCKER - JONAS BROTHERS
T h e J o n a s B r o t h e r s ' f i r s t s i n g l e i n 6 y e a r s
a n d h a s s e n t a l o t o f t h e i r o l d f a n s i n t o
m e l t d o w n .
T h e b a n d f o u n d f a m e t h r o u g h D i s n e y ,
a p p e a r i n g i n f i l m s s u c h a s C a m p R o c k -
t h e y a l s o h a d t h e i r o w n T V s h o w .
T h e v i d e o a l s o f e a t u r e s t h e t h r e e b r o t h e r s '
s i g n i f i c a n t o t h e r s - y o u w i l l n o t i c e S o p h i e
T u r n e r ( G a m e o f T h r o n e s ) a s s h e i s
e n g a g e d t o J o e J o n a s .
TWO OF US - LOUIS TOMLINSON
L o u i s T o m l i n s o n g a i n e d f a m e
t h r o u g h t h e b a n d ' O n e
D i r e c t i o n ' b u t h e h a s s i n c e
e m b a r k e d o n a s o l o c a r e e r .
T h i s s o n g w a s r e l e a s e d a s
t r i b u t e t o h i s m o t h e r w h o d i e d
f r o m l e u k e m i a i n 2 0 1 6 a t
o n l y 4 3 y e a r s o l d .
OF THE MONTH
L e t m e k n o w w h a t y o u t h i n k o n t h e C o m m u n i t y .
WHO DO YOU LOVE - THE CHAINSMOKERS
& 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
A m e r i c a n D J d u o ' T h e C h a i n s m o k e r s '
c o l l a b o r a t e d w i t h A u s t r a l i a n b a n d ' 5
S e c o n d s o f S u m m e r ' f o r t h i s s o n g .
T h e C h a i n s m o k e r s h a v e h a d l o t s o f
o t h e r h i t s s u c h a s C l o s e r , P a r i s a n d
# S E L F I E .
5 S e c o n d s o f S u m m e r h a v e h a d o t h e r
h i t s s u c h a s S h e L o o k s s o P e r f e c t , D o n ' t
S t o p a n d Y o u n g b l o o d .
PRETTY SHINING PEOPLE - GEORGE EZRA
G e o r g e E z r a h a s a l s o f e a t u r e d i n
o t h e r m a g a z i n e s a s I f e e l l i k e h i s
m u s i c i s j u s t g e n e r a l l y h a p p y a n d
c a l m i n g .
T h i s s o n g i s a n o t h e r f e e l - g o o d
s o n g ( y o u c a n e v e n t e l l j u s t b y
t h e s t a r t ! ) a n d i t ' s s o c a t c h y a n d
e a s y t o s i n g a l o n g t o !
What's
On This
Month?
E A S T E R B A K I N G - C H E C K O U T
T H E S E F U N R E C I P E S !
WHAT'S
HAPPENING ON
THE COMMUNITY?
WHAT IS CCM?
C O N T E N T C R E A T O R O F T H E M O N T H
To be a CCM, you must create quality content consistently. If you
are CCM for 3 months in a row, you will receive 5000 points. If you
are CCM for 5 months in a row, you will receive 10000 points.
For more information, see the
blog post here.
What is
#TolunaWins?
Watch our video here to find out more!
F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N A B O U T
# T O L U N A W I N S , S E E T H E T O P I C H E R E
Your
#TolunaWins
Here are some wonderful examples from our Community
S H A R E Y O U R # T O L U N A W I N S O N F A C E B O O K
O R T H E C O M M U N I T Y
T O L U N A M I L L I O N A I R E
W h a t i s i t ? T a k e s u r v e y s
0 1
Winners must have answered at least 1
This month, we had a Toluna Millionaire from
survey in the 30 days preceding the
the UK. Many congratulations to andy2107!
draw.
Don't forget to keep on participating in the
B e a c t i v e o n t h e c o m m u n i t y
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Toluna Millionaire - Who knows? It could be
you next! Winners must be active in the community
and have created content in the last 30
I hope to see another UK Member here next days.
month!
To see all details, check the blog post HERE.
P u r c h a s e a t i c k e t
0 3
You can purchase sweepstake entries
To check the daily winners, click HERE.
from our rewards centre. There is no
limit to the number of sweepstake
entries you can collect.
Interview with a Toluna
Millionaire
ANDY2107
How does it feel to be a Toluna Do you have anything in mind
Millionaire and what was your for how you will spend your
initial reaction? winnings?
I couldn't believe it! It didn't even sink in I have spent most of it on Tesco,
until I saw my points balance but it felt good! Amazon and M&S vouchers.
I found out that I was a Toluna Millionaire
when I received messages of congratulations
on my wall. What do you have to say to
other members to
encourage them to join the
When did you join Toluna? Toluna Community?
About 5 years ago I think? Give it a go! I have earned some
good vouchers!
TOLUNA
WEEKLY
#GOODIE
COULD YOU BE THE
NEXT WINNER?
What is it? HOW CAN I WIN?
Every week, one lucky Winner will have a gift sent to To be a #Goodie winner, you
them! Take a look at some gifts that our members have must try and take as many
received in the past! surveys as possible and be an
active member of the
Community. This means that you
have to create topics or polls and
communicate with other
members. It's as easy as that!
The more surveys you do, the
higher chance you have to win!
Check every Wednesday to see if
you're next!
TAKE SURVEYS
HERE TO INCREASE
YOUR CHANCES!
#WEASK WOMEN'S WEEK
Women's Week on Toluna
In celebration of
International Women's
Day, we wanted to hear
your thoughts on a
variety of different topics
regarding problems that
women face in today's
society.
Watch our video which tells you all about
what our influencers all over the World had
to say.
We heard a variety of You also got to choose
different opinions from the Greatest Living
you all and they Female - watch this space
were very interesting. for the findings and who
Not everyone agreed won.
with each other, but this
is very normal and what Thanks to you all for
makes being part of participating in Women's
Toluna very different. Week!
We have some talented poets on Toluna! See all poems here - go to the next
pages to see the winning poems!
Toluna #WorldPoetryDay
Mother, I miss you - tatts64
5000 points
F r o m m y l i f e y o u d e p a r t e d b u t n e v e r r e a l l y l e f t
I n m y h e a r t y o u ' l l r e s i d e f o r e v e r , h o w e v e r b e r e f t
M y l i f e f e l t s o e m p t y , d e s t r o y e d , w i t h o u t w o r t h
T o s t a n d t h e r e a n d w a t c h y o u r c a s k e t , l a i d i n t o t h e e a r t h
E a c h t i m e I c o m e v i s i t a n d b y y o u r s i d e l a y
M y t e a r s c a n n o t w a s h m y m i s s i n g y o u a w a y
I k n o w I s h o u l d b e s t r o n g , m y g r i e f u n s e e n b y t h e r e s t
B u t m y p a i n a t y o u r l o s s , c a n ' t b e w i t h h e l d i n m y c h e s t
E a c h l e t t e r o n y o u r h e a d s t o n e i s b u t j u s t t h e s e a l
O f h o w m y l i f e I s h o u l d h a v e b e e n a b e t t e r s o n , y o u r v e r y i d e a l
I k n o w y o u f o r g i v e m e , m y s i n s , f a i l i n g s a n d f a u l t s
B u t f o r m y s e l f , m y g u i l t l o c k e d w i t h i n m e , a s i n a v a u l t
Y o u s t i l l c o m e b y , a n d i n m y d r e a m s w e a g a i n m e e t
T o b r i n g y o u r e n d l e s s l o v e , a n d w i t h s m i l e s , g r e e t
M y e m b r a c e a s I h o l d y o u , s o t e n d e r a n d d e a r
E v e n t u a l l y t o w a k e i n s o r r o w a n d t e a r
I l o v e y o u d e a r m u m , I ' l n e v e r f o r g e t
H o w t o b e w i l d a n d f r e e y o u w o u l d a l w a y s m e , l e t
T o f l y f r e e a s a b i r d , a n d e n j o y m y y o u n g l i f e
O n l y t o c a u s e y o u e n d l e s s t r o u b l e a n d s t r i f e
G o d b l e s s y o u d e a r m u m , a n a n g e l y o u ' v e b e c o m e
T o w a t c h o v e r y o u r f a m i l y , f r o m t h e h e a v e n s a b o v e
Y o u r l o v e l i v e s w i t h i n m e , t h e r e s t o f u s a l l t o o a w a r e
N e v e r t o f o r g e t y o u , y o u r l o v e a n d y o u r c a r e
Market Day in Ely city - yvonne7495
3000 points
B u s k i n g , b u s i n e s s c l i n k a n d c l a t t e r
M a r k e t d a y i n E l y c i t y
A p p l e s p e a r s a n d p i t t e r p a t t e r
P e t f o o d t o y s a n d s l i p p e r s p r e t t y
P e o p l e s o l d o n l o o k i n g h a p p y
C h o c o l a t e b a b y i n h i s n a p p y
M a s k i n g b r u q u e n e s s s t i n k a n d s p l a t t e r
W a l l e t s o p e n l i p s a r e p u r s e d
P r i c e s , p a c k i n g , w e a t h e r c u r s e d
O n t h e c o r n e r s o b c o l l e c t i o n s
L i m p i n g , u n l e a r n e d , c a t p r o t e c t i o n s
L a d y c l e a r l y o f f h e r t r o l l e y
P C S O a n d p a n t i n g s p r o l l i e
B l i n d m a n m i s s i n g a l l t h e f u s s
T o u r i s t s s e a r c h i n g f o r a b u s
B u s t l i n g b r i s k n e s s q u i c k a n d q u i c k e r
C r a f t y p l y t h e i r t r a d e i n w i c k e r
H e r e ' s t h e s u n a n d h e r e ' s t h e m o n e y
M o u t h s r e l a x i n g n o w i t ' s s u n n y
C h i p s o n b e n c h e s , c o f f e e i n c l i q u e s
B r i g h t b a l l o o n s a n d p i c k ' n m i x .
B o h o c o t t o n s t h i n a n d b i t t y
B u n t i n g s c a r v e s b e d e c k t h e c i t y
S o m e w h e r e a f i d d l e b e g i n s t o s i n g
A f i d d l e r w h o n e v e r b u y s a t h i n g
S a w i n g d e f t l y w i t h h i s b o w
A t u n e t h a t n o o n e s e e m s t o k n o w . .
kazelliec
1500 points
S h e s i t s a n d w a i t s f o r t h e p h o n e t o r i n g .
W h o ' s c a l l i n g t o d a y ? W h e n w i l l i t s i n g ?
S h e t h i n k s a b o u t n a p p i n g o r w a t c h i n g T V
O r f i n i s h i n g t h a t r u g t h a t i s l o n g i n g t o b e .
S h e d e c i d e s o n h e r b o o k t h a t s h e ' s c u r r e n t l y r e a d i n g .
F o u r w e e k s s o f a r . I t ' s t i m e t h a t s h e ' s n e e d i n g .
I t ' s t a k i n g h e r s o l o n g t o g e t t h r o u g h t h i s b o o k .
N o t f o r l a c k o f i n t e r e s t b u t t i m e f o r a l o o k .
S h e p i c k s i t u p a n d s i t s d o w n t o r e a d .
H o p i n g t h e r e i s n ' t a n y o n e i n n e e d .
S h e g e t s t h r e e p a g e s i n a n d t h e p h o n e s t a r t s t o s i n g
K a r e n ? A r e y o u b u s y ? W h e r e a r e y o u ? A r e y o u i n ?
C a n y o u l o o k a f t e r t h i s o n e ? I n e e d t o g o h e r e ,
a n d o n F r i d a y , t h e m b o t h . I t ' s a b u s y s o c i a l y e a r .
S h e c l o s e s h e r b o o k a n d p u t s i t a w a y .
S h e w o n d e r s w h a t m e s s s h e ' l l b e c l e a r i n g t o d a y .
P a i n t o r p l a y d o u g h , s p i l l e d d r i n k s o r c r u m b s .
T h e t h i n g s t h a t t h e y d o w h e n t h e y ' r e n o t w i t h t h e i r m u m s .
A u n t y K a r e n ' s h o u s e i s a l w a y s b u s y .
S o m a n y k i d s c o m e t o p l a y .
A n d a l t h o u g h s h e l i k e s a b i t o f p e a c e a t t i m e s ,
S h e w o u l d n ' t h a v e i t a n y o t h e r w a y !
G E T R E A D Y F O R . . .
#TolunaEaster
FUN CONTENT We have lots of fun content in store for you on the Community
INTERESTING CONTENT We have lots of interesting information for you too
COMPETITIONS Are you ready to earn lots of extra bonus points?
#TOLUNAEASTER
WHAT TO DO
ON EASTER
WEEKEND?
You have an extended weekend, are you
unsure about what to do? Look no further!
G O O N A N I D Y L L I C W A L K
April is a lovely time for weather and it's perfect for walks - not too warm but
not too cold either! Walks are so lovely and calming and a great way to clear
your head. If you have a dog then this is perfect too.
G A R D E N I N G
The weather brightening up means that it's time to get your gardening gloves
out again! Whether you have a large garden to take care of or just a small
array of potted plants, it is so relaxing and the results definitely pay off! If
you're feeling a little more adventurous, why not have a go at growing
vegetables?
E A S T E R E G G H U N T
No matter how old you are, everyone loves an Easter Egg Hunt! They are great
fun and you can feel like a kid again! Whether you set one up or take part in
one, they are great fun! There will be several Easter Egg Hunts taking place all
over the country but you could even conduct your own in your garden or your
house.
V I S I T A F A R M
Spring is the perfect time to visit a farm - it's lambing season! This is a great
time and they are so cute to watch! Also, it's always a good time to visit a
farm!
B A K E S O M E E A S T E R R E C I P E S
There are lots of Easter Recipes that you can make - whether it's something as
simple as cornflake buns with mini eggs on top or easter egg rocky road - the
possibilities are endless! If you have leftover Easter chocolate then feel free to
consult the recipes in the magazine ;)
Have a go for 500 points!
Easter Crossword
How to enter?
Just create topics with #TolunaCrossword as the
title with your answers. You can either printscreen
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and fill the answers in using Paint (for example),
or just list the answers. Deadline - 24th April
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1. You tend to spend time with
these people at Easter
2. Young bird associated with
Easter 22
4. Toluna has an initiative about Across
this coming up 3. There is always lots of this
5. The Easter ...... delivers the at Easter!
eggs! 5. Hot cross...
6. You can collect eggs in your... 7. The season that Easter
takes place during
8. You can hunt for these
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