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Congrats to all our winners and thanks to all our participants who followed @NewsHouse for our second annual Twitter trivia contest!
Do you like winning stuff? Think you know your way around NewsHouse and Syracuse University? Well then, we have plenty of fun in store for you this month.
The NewsHouse Tweet and Seek will have you searching for clues in our articles, scratching your brain for answers to SU trivia and snapping photos around campus for your chance at winning any of dozens of great prizes.
Photo: Illustration by Luis Rendon
So watch the video above for more details or read on for how you can be play Tweet and Seek 2011!
How to Play Tweet and Seek
- Every Monday through Friday, we’ll tweet out a question from our Twitter account, @NewsHouse, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- The questions will be based on articles on http://www.TheNewsHouse.com, trivia about SU, Block Party or college trivia, or possibly directing you to campus location you'll need to take a photo of and send to us via Twitter.
- Some questions will require you to be on the SU campus to answer, while some will not.
- The first person to correctly answer our tweet by @replying The NewsHouse Twitter account, @NewsHouse, will win. (Example reply: @newshouse Otto the Orange).
- To collect your prize you must be following The NewsHouse twitter account, @NewsHouse.
- You can win only once per week, however, you can win multiple times throughout the entire contest.
- Every time you win, your name gets entered into our grand prize drawing on Friday, April 29: Two tickets to Block Party to see Kid Cudi, Nas, Damien Marley & Tinie Tempah at the Carrier Dome.
Prizes You Can Win
Our daily prizes range from Starbucks gift cards, gift cards to Armory Square and Marshall Street restaurants, clothing from local stores, and much more. On each Friday of April, we will be giving away a higher valued prize.
Here are the Tweet and Seek questions and winners so far.
Tweet and Seek Friends
Prizes and help courtesy of the following folks. Check them out on Twitter, too!
| Question | Answer | Winner |
| What color is the computer case in the Tweet and Seek video? | Pink | @Chelseagirl ($10 Pita Pit gift card) |
| Which agency received the clothes the runners of the Nearly Naked Mile disrobed for? | Westcott Community Center | @GretchenClare (Starbucks gift card) |
| What is the name of the food blog on The NewsHouse? | Hill's Kitchen | @sanaghias (Acropolis Pizza) |
| Name one of four acts that played at Juice Jam 2010. | Mouth's Cradle, Passion Pit, Super Mash Bros., Lupe Fiasco | @blackknight76 (Manny's t-shirt) |
| The @SyracuseU men's lax team supports a young boy with cancer. What's his name? | Jack Tweedy | @nikellelanae (Pastabilities Gift Card) |
| What was @RaRaRiot's final song at @WestcottTheatre on Thursday? | Dying Is Fine | @BEE814 (Some Girls Boutique T-Shirt) |
| In what year did Otto the Orange officially become @SyracuseU’s mascot? | 1995 | @AdamBritten (gift card to Komachi Sushi) |
| Which @SyracuseU freshman tennis player has impressive singles and doubles records this season? | Maddie Kobelt | @kelseyjperkins (Starbucks Gift Cards) |
| Who headlined the 2005 Block Party? | Snoop Dogg | @a_ditk (Starbucks Gift Cards) |
| Who are the founders of the Thumbs Upstate Improv Festival? | JoeBlum and Ken Keech | @nickcicero ($20 giftcard from Tops) |
| What English-language Pakistani Newspaper does Tully Free Speech Award winner Umar Cheema report for? | The News International | @Tori_Ipacs (Gift Card to Pita Pit) |
| In what year were the Crouse Chimes first installed and played for the @SyracuseU campus? | 1889 | @AdamBritten (Starbucks Gift Card) |
| How many yards did @SyracuseU running back Antwon Bailey rush for last year? | 554 yards | @BradSlavin (Manny's T-Shirt) |
| What @HBO series does Block Party headliner Kid Cudi currently have a role in? | "How to Make it in America" | @Mattyjstone (Starbucks gift card) |
| In the @FYPsyracuse production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” what did the “weird kid” wear to help establish his stereotype? | Helmet and Cape | @gretchenclare ($25 gift cart to Blue Tusk) |
| One of Hoagie Haven’s best selling sandwiches is the “Dirty Sanchez.” What are the four main components? | Deep-fried chicken cutlets, mozzarella sticks and fries slathered in hot honey mustard | @Tori_Ipacs (Funk 'n Waffles Gift Card) |
| What were @SyracuseU’s original official colors? | Rose Pink & Pea Green | @AdamBritten (gift cards for cupcakes and Starbucks) |
| In the Office of Student Activities awards ceremony, who won the Class of 2011 Citizenship Award? | Justin Cole | @ARossF9 (Some Girl's Boutique T-Shirt) |
| When was @Nas and Damien Marley's collaborative album, Distant Relatives, released? | May 18, 2010 | @BradSlavin (Gift certificate to NonPareils Cake) |
| Be the first to tweet us a pic of the @Newshouse Twitter bird. | TwitPic | @KaitlinSantanna (J. Michael Shoes hoodie) |
| Grand Prize Drawing | Two Block Party Tickets | @blackknight76 |
Tweet and Seek Friends
 @SyracuseU |
 @Starbucks |
 @UUInsider |
 @Pastabilities82 |
 @PitaPitUSA |
 Tops |
 Acropolis |
 @JMichaelShoes |
 Komachi |
 @Funk'nWaffles |
 Manny's |
 Some Girl's Boutique |
 Nonpareils Cake |
 The Blue Tusk |
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