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Article: Chamber scavenger hunt tests Manitou IQ/Solve 34 riddles to win gifts and a getaway
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- December 4, 2003
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MANITOU SPRINGS - Put your knowledge to the test.
The Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce is holding a scavenger
hunt in which participants must find 34 landmarks around town - from
old and new businesses to historic hotels to off-the-beaten-path
tourist attractions.
Once participants figure out the landmarks by answering 34
riddles, they must go to all of them to pick up a letter of the
alphabet.
Then they must use those letters to spell out a 34-letter phrase
to qualify for a Dec. 19 drawing in which two finalists will win more
than $1,000 in gift certificates and dinners, as well as a two-night
stay at the Alpine Motel on Manitou Avenue.
A sample of some of the riddles:
"From Milwaukee to ...