Monday, April 11, 2011

Treasure Hunt for the Treasure State

In celebration of National Library Week, Missoula Public Library will be a gateway to the scavenger hunt organized by the Montana State Library. Visit this blog and read the questions for the day. You will then find the answers by using the electronic resources available online at the library's website http://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org

Answers will be submitted electronically by going to http://mymontanalibrary.org/treasure/ and filling out the online submission form.

There are 4 separate contest categories: Elementary School, Middle School, High School and Adult. Each category will be awarded 2 prizes with winners announced on April 29th. Statewide prizes include six Apple iPods, which will be presented to the winners in the middle school, high school and adult categories. Two pizza parties will be provided for the winning elementary school classrooms. The prizes for the contest are provided by Gale, part of Cengage Learning, the vendor that provides the electronic resources used for the Treasure Hunt for the Treasure State.

The questions for Monday, April 11, 2011 are:

Elementary: Where does the Lewis’ woodpecker like to hang out in the summer?

Middle School: What makes people who are called Heyoka special?

High School: Who is considered the father of Magical Realism?

Adult: What are the estimated sales of Montana Coffee Traders?

Submit your answers at My Montana Library

Have Fun!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

you don't have the correct answer listed in the selections for the adult question.

Missoula Public Library said...

Thanks for the heads up. we're forwarding this issue to the State Library for correction.