Competition 2 - the quiz

(well part 1 of this competition anyway)

To give you all something to do whilst we are travelling and getting over jetlag, I've put together a 20 question quiz, the rules of the game say you can't start posting answers until at least Monday morning 9am (Sheffield time) so you might want to take some time to try to get as many as possible before you post. First person to post the correct answer to each question will get the points for that question. You don't have to do the questions in order. The person with most points by 9am Tuesday morning will win the most fabulous prize...

1. Name this film? "They can die quickly. They can die slowly. But they must die!"
   
2. What German village from New Mexico got crazy once and tried to touch the sun?
   (bonus point what is the out of this world connection?)
   
3. What is the “Mile High Salute”?
   (bonus: and who popularised it?)
   
4. Who decided to call the city “Denver”, why did he choose that name and why didn’t it work?
   
5. What is special about Colfax Avenue in Denver?
   
6. What 1990 film set at Xmas in (or around!) Washington was actually filmed in Denver?
   
7. How did the Denver NBA team get its name?
   (bonus point – name the mascot that went with it)
   
8. What is the Denver connection with a six-foot tall imaginary white rabbit?
   
9. Where?
   
   
10. What famous Denver was better known as Jesse...and for a while Jack?
    
11. What Denver hotel was proclaimed by Elvis as “the best hotel in the world”?
    (bonus: what's weird about its water?)
    
12. What does Denver lay claim to inventing with Louis Ballast trademarking the name in 1935?
    
13. What?
    (bonus: where was in the UK in 1997?)

14. Name the film? "A love story about two people who hate each other. 200 years in the future."
    (bonus: what is the Denver connection?)
    
15. Denver is the 740th most popular name for boys in the US, what does the name mean?
    
16. In August 2008, Denver hosted the National Democratic Convention, when was the last time it was in Denver before that?
    
17. Who?
    
    
18. Who designed the 16th Street Mall in Denver?
    (bonus: what famous Paris landmark did they also design?)
    
19. Margaret or Maggie when alive, she was better known as Molly after she died, which famous Denver resident didn’t go down with the ship?
    
20. In early October, Falcon Heene became Colorado’s famous #balloonboy, but who was #balloonboy2 and why was he in the news?

Competition 1 - flickr keyword

The slideshow on the right of the screen shows images from flickr with a shared keyword - the word is conference, theme or LTA related. Guesses as comments to this post will earn points, a correct guess will change the slideshow (timezone permitting!) There will, of course, be the customary fabulous prizes.

There's always one...

 We will be blogging the Educause conference again this year and hope that you are able to join in. There will be the usual posts about sessions, posts about the LTI travel curse, posts about hot topics, competitions (with a special request for easy ones this year!) and, of course, prizes.