Win a Prize - Waco Convention & Visitors Bureau, Waco, Texas

Rules: One winning entry will be selected every month. You must enter each month to qualify for that month's drawing. The contest ends at 12:00 noon on the last business day of the month. Entries received after that time will be entered in the next month's contest. All information must be filled out to qualify and you must be over 18 years of age to win. One entry per individual accepted each month. All the answers can be found on our Web Site. For a clue, click on "Hint". Winners will be posted below each month. You must claim your prize if you're a winner. If your name appears as this month's winner, please e-mail Lori Jarvis at lorij@wacocvb.com.

This month's prize:
Waco Throw Blanket

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1. Which school was founded in 1872 and taught such trades as blacksmithing, carpentry, and tanning? (Hint)

2. Where can you walk on a see-through floor to look down upon casts of the Columbian mammoth bones displayed exactly as they were unearthed at the Waco Mammoth Site? (Hint)

3. What environmental project provides habitat to numerous aquatic plants, insects, reptiles, mammals, amphibians as well as many migratory birds? (Hint)

4. Which building, located downtown, includes both a library and a museum loaded with historic artifacts ranging from a lock of Sam Houston's hair to Ben Milam's gun? (Hint)

5. Where can you see tortoises from the Galapagos Islands, orangutans from Indonesia, and birds from Africa? (Hint)

6. There is a place in Waco that is surrounded by the names of the people and organizations that represent the foundation of the community. What is the name of this place? (Hint)

7. Where can you go to find such artifacts on display as a bugle from the Gettysburg battlefield and a peace blanket from Apache Chief Geronimo? (Hint)

Winner for October, 2009:
Edna Meredith
Grand Ledge, Michigan

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