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WIN A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM!

Mixx 96.1 and 4th Dimension Computer, Olympia's number one outlet for computers and service, are giving you a chance to win a new computer system! If you are not already a member of the the Mixx 96.1 Loyal Listener Email Club, Click here to join and be automatically entered for the next drawing (it's FREE and your info will not be shared or sold). Whether or not you are enrolled in the Loyal Listener Email Club, you may also enter in person (no purchase necessary) by going to 4th Dimension Computer, 1027 4th Avenue E. (corner of 4th and Eastside), Olympia.

You may enter only once by email, but you or one member of your household may also enter in person at 4th Dimension. If more than one person enters via email using the same email address, this will be considered a joint entry. "60-Day Rule" does not apply.

The deadline for the next drawing is June 24 at noon and the winner will be announced June 26.

Employees and immediate family members of Mixx 96.1 KXXO or 4th Dimension are not eligible.

Winner randomly drawn from all eligible entries. All good-faith efforts will be made to contact winner by phone or email. If person drawn cannot be contacted within five days (or longer, at our discretion), an alternate winner will be drawn.

For full contest rules, click here.

System Specs:
CPU has an AMD S754 2600 SEMP chip with:

o 256 megabytes of DDR RAM memory
o an 80-gigabyte super-ATA hard drive
o integrated audio, video, and LAN
o internal IDE CD-RW drive
o internal 56K v.90 PCI modem
o Microsoft Windows XP Home installed
Stereo speakers, PS/2 keyboard, beige case, 17" monitor, Optical mouse


Aaron Lake, shown with Dan Phillips of 4th Dimension Computer, won a new computer from 4th Dimension & Mixx 96.1. Long known for sales and local service, 4th Dimension Computer is an authorized Apple dealer as well. They're at 1027 4th Ave. E. , Olympia, 357-5169

 

Smilin' Jay T-shirts and "Good Morning Mixx" coffee mugs for our weekday contests provided by our friends at
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TriBond Archives

5/8 Q: Jump, Elm, Sesame
A: Fictional streets

5/6 Q: Las Vegas (2000), Miami (2002), New York (2004)
A: Locales for CSI television show

5/2 Q: Maggie, Peggy, Meg
A: Derivatives of Margaret

5/1 Q: Cuba Gooding, Freddie Prinze, Robert Downey
A: They all have famous Juniors

4/25 Q:Tightrope walkers, firefighters, corporate executives
A: They all climb ladders

4/24 Q: School students, circuit breakers, a parent's patience
A: They're all tested

4/22 Q: Beautician's ball, Peter's tail, Whitney's gin
A: Cotton

4/18 Q: Teeth, trees, bottled blondes
A:They all have roots

4/17 Q: Pamela Anderson, Celine Dion, Wayne Gretzky
A: They're all Canadian

4/15 Q: Mats, aluminum lawn chairs, poker players
A: They all fold

4/10 Q: Sweaters, dryers, belly buttons
A: Lint

4/8 Q: Car pool, Lois, Nathan
A: Lane (Car pool lane, Lois Lane, Nathan Lane)

4/3 Q: Fuji, Sony, Toyota
A: Japan-based companies

3/28 Q: Elephant 660 days, mouse 22 days, human 270 days
A: Gestation of normal pregnancies

3/25 Q: The Statue of Liberty, an Olympic relay runner, an unrequited love
A: They all carry torches

3/24 Q: Autumn leaves, traffic signals, chameleons
A: They all change colors

3/20 Q: The Statue of Liberty, an Olympic relay runner, an unrequited love
A: They all carry torches

3/18 Q: New recruits, pistachio ice cream, Stephen King's mile
A: They're all green

3/15 Q: Burn the British, brown cow, rack 'em
A: Diner slang for food orders. Burn the British = English muffin, brown cow = chocolate milk, rack 'em = scrambled eggs

3/13 Q: Walk, Pac, Disc
A: Man (Walkman, Pacman, Discman)

3/11 Q: Boxers before a fight, strangers after a fight, a trained dog
A: They all shake hands

3/10 Q: May Day, April Fool's Day, New Year's Day
A:
All occur on the first day of the month

3/7 Q: Diets, cruises, shopping sprees
A: Things you "go on"

3/6 Q: Step on no pets, madam I'm Adam, never odd or even
A: Palindromes (phrases that read that same frontwards or backwards)

3/4 Q: Supports the body, protects the organs, produces red blood cells
A: Bones

2/29 Q: Medicine, moth, meat
A: ... ball. Medicine ball, mothball, meatball

2/28 Q: Cosmos, Blizzard, Earthquakes
A: Major League Soccer team names

2/27 Q: Tweedledee & Tweedledum, Castor & Pollux, Minneapolis & St. Paul
A: Twins

2/26 Q: French, Hershey's, Eskimo
A: Kisses

2/22 Q: An actor, a crowded amusement park, & a football field
A: They all have lines

2/21 Q: Rubber, wedding, head
A: Band ... rubberband, wedding band, headband

2/19 Q: "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee," "Summer Nights," "Beauty School Dropout"
A: Songs from Grease

2/15 Q: A radio station, a race horse, MTV
A: They all have jockeys

2/14 Q: Eunice Higgins, Nora Desmond, Mrs. Higgins
A: Characters played by Carol Burnett

2/13 Q: Ballroom, billiard room, conservatory
A: Possible places of murder in the board game "Clue"

2/12 Q: Ivan the Terrible, Attila the Hun, Winnie the Pooh
A: They all have "the" for their middle name

2/8 Q: Hammer, anvil, stirrup
A: Bones in the ear

2/7 Q: Lido Deck, Pirate's Cove, Acapulco Lounge
A: The Love Boat

2/5 Q: John Denver, Tony Orlando, River Phoenix
A: They all have city names as their last name

2/1 Q: Scratch, rack, break
A: Pool or billiards terms

1/31 Q: Family, tree, hair
A: Roots

1/30 Q: Little Red Riding Hood, a hot-air balloon, a high school gym
A: They all have baskets

1/29 Q: Straw, sticks, bricks
A: What the Three Little Pigs built their houses out of

1/24 Q: Pouch, leg strap, waistband
A: Athletic supporter

1/22 Q: Bull, hound, sheep
A: Dog

1/21 Q: Chicago, Alabama, Boston
A: Musical groups

1/18 Q: Demon, scorpion, solitaire
Card games

1/17 Q: A heart, a Reebok, and Arnold Schwarzenegger
A: They all pump

1/15 Q: Diana Spencer, Grace Kelly, Pocahontas
A: Princesses

1/10 Q: The Monster, Phantom of the Opera, London After Midnight
A: Lon Chaney movies

1/8/08 Q: Oilers, Jets, Rangers
A: Hockey teams

1/4/08: A book, a stop sign, a ripe strawberry
A: They're all read/red

1/3/08 Q: Saddam Hussein, a delirious person, square root of 3
A: Irrational

1/2/08 Q: A person, a watch, a mountain
A:
They all have faces

12/29 Q: Bus Stop, The Seven Year Itch, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
A: Marilyn Monroe movies

12/28 Q: Spider, hermit, fiddler
A: Crabs

12/27 Q: Frontierland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland
A: Attractions at Disneyland or Disney World

12/26 Q: Quarrymen, Johnny & the Moondogs, the Silver Beatles
A: Former names of the Beatles

12/20 Q: All-Star Invitational, PBA Nationals, ABC Masters
A: Bowling tournaments

12/18 Q: Sprig of laurel, flaming torch, oak twig
A: All depicted on back of a Roosevelt dime

12/13 Q: War hero, new apartment, Christmas tree
A: They're all decorated

12/11 Q: Goolagong, Bueno, Moody
A: Tennis players (Evonne Goolagong, Maria Bueno, Helen Wills Moody)

12/6 Q: Bear, Walrus, Shark
A: Golfer nicknames (Golden Bear = Jack Nicklaus, Shark = Greg Norman, Walrus = Craig Stadler)

12/4 Q: Citius, Altius, Fortius
A:The Olympics Motto (Swifter, Higher, Faster in Latin)

12/3 Q: Rin Tin Tin, Jesus, the first American in space
A: All shepherds/Shepards (Rin Tin Tin was a German shepherd, Jesus looked over sheep, and Alan Shepard)

11/30 Q: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Tale of Two Cities
A: Written by Charles Dickens

11/29 Q: Splash, Stripes, Spaceballs
A: John Candy movies

11/27 Q: World Series champs 1972, World Series champs 1973, World Series champs 1974
A: Oakland Athletics

11/26 Q: Rank, file, diagonal
A: Terms relating to a chess or checkers board

11/23 Q: Manhattan, Rhode Island, New England
A:
Clam chowder

11/20 Q: Trustworthy, obedient, friendly
A: Boy Scouts

11/16 Q: Hardware store, Panama Canal, Jewish deli
A: All have locks (or lox)

11/15 Q: Flounder, octopus, chameleon
A: They all change colors

11/13 Q: Belly Bumper, Double Runner, Flexible Flyer
A: Sleds

11/8 Q: Rank, file, diagonal
A: Terms relating to a chess or checkers board

11/6 Q: Trap, cross-body, double-team
A: Football blocks

11/1 Q: Prairie dog, guinea pig, porcupine
A: Rodents

10/30 Q: Cradle, pin, fall
A: Wrestling terms

10/25 Q: Big Bill Tilden, Little Bill Johnston, Don Budge
A: Early 20th century tennis stars

10/23 Q: Drooper, Fleagel, Snorky
A: Banana Splits characters

10/18 Q: Phonograph, alkaline batteries, cinescope
A:Thomas Edison inventions

10/12 Q: Andrew Squiggman, Lenny Koslowski, Frank De Fazio
A: Characters on the "Laverne & Shirley" TV show

10/11 Q: The Killer Bees, The Whiners, The Cone-Heads
A: Saturday Night Live skits

10/10 Q: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Band-Aids, Dr. Pepper
A: Barry Manilow wrote jingles for them

10/9 Q: A bad child, an electrical wire, an icy plane
A: They're all grounded

10/5 Q: Lady Jane Grey, Mary Queen of Scots, Marie Antoinette
A: Queens who lost their heads (all beheaded)

10/4 Q: Single, over and under, side-by-side
A: Types of Shotgun barrels

9/28 Q: Pete Rose, The Beatles, assassins
A: Hits

9/26 Q: New England, Rhode Island, Manhattan
A: Chowders (usually clam)

9/25 Q: A book, a ripe strawberry, a stop sign
A: They're all red/read

9/20 Q: Conqueror of Greece, conqueror of Persia, conqueror of Egypt
A: Alexander the Great

9/18 Q: Cris Evert, John Henry, Carry Back
A: Racehorses

9/13 Q: Connie, Casey, Sparky
A: first names of major league baseball managers (Connie Mack, Casey Stengel, Sparky Anderson)

9/11 Q: 4, 9, 16
A: Squared numbers (2 squared, 3 squared, and 4 squared respectively)

9/7 Q: Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, Shiloh
A: Civil War battle sites

9/6 Q: Beanpole, stringbean, toothpick
A: Nicknames for thin people

8/30 Q: "Too Tall," "Sweetness," "The Refrigerator"
A: Football player nicknames - "Too Tall" Jones, "Sweetness" (Walter Payton), "The Refrigerator" (William Perry)

8/29 Q: Rubber, head, wedding
A: Bands

8/28 Q: An actor, a crowded amusement park, a football field
A:They all have lines

8/27 Q: French, Eskimo, Hershey's
A: Kisses

8/24 Q: Spirit of St. Louis, Spruce Goose, Comet
A: Nicknames of airplanes

8/21 Q: Striker, winger, sweeper
A: Soccer positions

8/20 Q: Moth, meat. medicine
A: Ball

8/17 Q: John Wilkes Booth, Laurence Olivier, Ronald Reagan
A: They were all actors

8/14 Q: Nurse Chapel, Chekhov, Sulu
A: Star Trek characters

8/13 Q: Swimming, cycling, running
A: Triathlon events

8/9: Tire drill, grass drill, sled drill
A: Football practice

8/8 Q: Frosty the Snowman, Popeye the Sailor, General Douglas MacArthur
A: Each smoked a corn-cob pipe

8/7 Q: Baseball, softball, fungo
A: Bats

8/3 Q: A handsome man, a beautiful woman, a banana
A: They have appeal (or a peel)

8/2 Q: Pinch shot, corner kill shot, wallpaper shot
A: Racquetball shots

7/31 Q: Little Red Ridinghood, Elvis, Superman
A: They all wear capes

7/30 Q: C-note, G-note, frog skin
A: Slang terms for money

7/27 Q: Cards, chess, prom
A: They all have queens

7/26 Q: Dull Knife, Red Cloud, Black Hawk
A: Native American chiefs

7/25 Q: Fleet, Rear, Vice
A: Admirals

7/24 Q: Kite, storyteller, dog
A: Tails/tales

7/23 Q: Mr. Robinson, Gumby, Buckwheat
A: Eddie Murphy characters

7/19 Q: Phone, date, cook
A: Books - phonebook, datebook, cookbook

7/3 Q: Huckleberry Finn, Tom Jones, David Copperfield
A: Novels

6/27 Q: Story, bank, fortune
A: They all have tellers - storytellers, bank tellers, and fortune tellers

6/22 Q: lamb, rubber, vulnerable
A: Bridge terms (the card game)

6/21 Q: Fiddler Pig, Hyper Pig, Practical Pig
A: The names of the three little pigs in the Walt Disney version of The 3 Little Pigs

6/19 Q: Nat Turner, Dred Scott, Sally Hemings
A: Famous slaves. Turner led a slave rebellion, Scott sued for his freedom, and Hemings may have fathered one or more of Thomas Jefferson's children.

6/7 Q: Noah Webster, Horace Mann, John Dewey
A: Educators

6/5 Q: year, mattress, car
A: They all have springs

5/25 Q: fire, trapjaw, leafcutter
A: Ants

5/24 Q: major, minor, little
A: league

5/22 Q: Baseball games, trash dumps, and blue jeans
A: They all have flies

5/10 Q: Philadelphia, New York, Annapolis
A: Former capitals of the United States (Washington, D.C. is the current national capital)

5/8 Q: House, finger, war
A: paint - housepaint, fingerpaint, warpaint

5/3 Q: Coffee, Donut, T
A: Mister - Mr. Coffee, Mister Donut, Mr. T

5/1 Q: Courtroom, dugout, park
A: They all have benches

4/30 Q: Horton Hears a Who, Hop on Pop, Green Eggs & Ham
A: Dr. Seuss

4/26 Q: Patrick, Norris, Smythe
A: National Hockey League divisions

4/25 Q: Frog skin, c-note, g-note
A: Slang for American currency. Frog skin is $1, c-note is $100, and g-note is $1,000.

4/24 Q: Florida, a piano, a jailer
A: Keys

4/5 Q: Lloyd, Jeff, Beau
A: Bridges

4/4 Q: Buster Brown's dog, Muhammad Ali, full-cut underpants
A: Boxers

4/3 Q: Bluff, brag, flinch
A: Card-game terms

4/2 Q: Spike, dig, set
A: Volleyball terms

3/29 Q: Shells, wagon wheels, bowties
A: Types of pasta

3/27 Q: Tony Stark, Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker
A: Super heroes' alter-egos. Tony Stark is Ironman, Bruce Wayne is Batman, and Peter Parker is Spiderman

3/26 Q: Field point, blunt point, broad point
A: Arrowheads

3/22 Q: Chameleon, octopus, flounder
A: They can all change color

3/15 Q: Rank, file, diagonal
A: Chess terms

3/13 Q: Toilets, trash cans, eyes
A: Lids

3/9 Q: Kansas, Toto, Heart
A: Musical groups

3/8 Q: Falcon, mule, goat
A:Military mascots. falcon is Air Force, mule is Army, and Goat is Navy.

3/6 Q: Brains, lungs, ears
A: They all have lobes

2/27 Q: Hook, set, bank
A: Basketball shots

2/21 Q: Sluggo, Mr. Hand, Spot
A: "Mr. Bill Show" on Saturday Night Live

2/20 Q: Penguin, kiwi, ostrich
A: Flightless birds

2/16 Q: Webhead, Wall Crawler, Spidey
A: Nicknames for Spiderman

2/15 Q: Guinea pigs, prairie dogs, porcupines
A: Rodents

2/13 Q: Black, white, green
A: Types of tea

2/9 Q: Firemen, stopper, closer
A: Terms for relief pitchers in baseball

2/8 Q: John Cocktosten, Dr. Rosenrosen, Harry S. Truman
A: Aliases of the offbeat detective Fletch, played in the movies by Chevy Chase

2/2 Q: Little Red Ridinghood, a hot-air balloon, a high school gym
A: Basket

2/1 Q: Groundhog Day, first birthday, peekapoo
A: Lucy (Ann's dog)

1/30 Q: Venus flytrap, butterwort, pitcher plant
A: Carnivorous plants

1/25 Q: Walrus, Shark, Bear
A: Golfers - Craig Stadler (Walrus), Greg Norman (Shark), Jack Nicklaus (Bear)

1/24 Q: Super Mex, Fuzzy, Chi Chi

A: Golfers - Lee "Super Mex" Trevino, Fuzzy Zoeller, and Chi Chi Rodriguez

1/23 Q: Fleegle, Drooper, Snorky
A: Banana Splits characters

1/19 Q: Snakes, snails, puppy-dog tails
A: "What little boys are made of"

1/18 Q: Lincoln, Douglas; Kennedy, Nixon; Less Filling, Tastes Great
A: Debates

1/9 Q: Developer, stop bath, fixer
A:
photography darkroom supplies

1/5/07 Q: Otter paw, beaver tail, bear paw
A: Snowshoes

1/4/07 Q: Bolo, parang, barong
A: Knives or swords

1/3/07 Q: Kangaroo, Crunch, America
A:
Captain

1/2/07 Q: Pocahontas, Grace Kelly, Diana Spencer
A: Princesses

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