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by Admin April 25 2009

A. Introduction
 
Win some money to spend in Minneapolis!  Engage in some fun and games for a chance to win gift cards to spend at the finest food, retail and hotel establishments Minneapolis has to offer!  The Clues for Cash! Contest is all about getting out and about in Minneapolis. 
 
We will publish two clues in each edition of the Downtown Journal starting Monday, April 27th, 2009.  Editions of the Downtown Journal are published every other Monday. In addition, we will post clues here on the DRG website on this page below. Players should follow the clues and record all 12 answers on the entry form.  The completed entry form should be brought to The Loop Bar and Restaurant on Thursday, August 6, 2009.  In order to be entered into the drawing,  the entry form must have all 12 answers correct.

“Clues For Cash!“  Seen on WCCO news!  http://wcco.com/consumer/clues.for.cash.2.1005553.html
 
B. Contest Rules

1. You must be 18 or older to compete in this contest.
2. The contest begins on April 27th, 2009 and ends on August 6th, 2009.
3. This is an individual competition.  Contestants may not compete in teams of two or more.
4. Participation in the contest is entirely fee.
5. Contestants must have all 12 answers correct on the published entry form in order to be entered into the drawing for the prize. Contest proctors will verify all answers are correct.
6. The contest ends and a winning entry form will be drawn on August 6, 2009 at The Loop Bar and Restaurant 600 Washington Ave N Minneapolis, MN 55401.
7. Contestants or a contestant representative must be present to win. (Contestant must email representative information to: , before 8-5-09 if you can’t attend)
8. If no contestants get all 12 right, then we will go with all that got 11 right and so on down the line.  All cards will be entered into winning. 
9. Contestants will receive a gift bag for participating in CFC. *While supplies last.

C. Online Participation:

1. Send an email to   to register your name and DRG will then email you an entry form or click the “Download” button below for a copy of the entry form.
2. Follow instructions above 1-7 above.

D. Rules and Regulations

If there is more than one entry form containing all correct answers to the clues, entry forms will be placed in a bowl and a drawing of the winner will be made.
Only one winner will be selected.

E. Clues For Cash - “Can You Crack Them?“

Clue #1:
What’s the number of the store that backdrops a statue of Mary Tyler Moore?

- 700

Clue #2:
The place has changed hands many, many times something remains-fat, naked behinds.

- Harry’s

Clue #3:
You’ll find a girl’s best friend
At this corner store
Pretty things to catch your eye
The initials a butterfly

- JB Hudson

Clue #4:
The term for water
You fall or get tossed into
You might swim or sink
The answer rhymes with think.

- Drink

Clue #5:
An intersection…
Where many theaters sit
One corner houses judges
Another a place we have all hit.

Answer is an “Intersection in Mpls”

- 9th & Hennepin

Clue #6:
Pee Wee Herman hasn’t danced here
But their forte is his background song
It takes a ladder up the wall
To get to them all.

- Barrio

Clue #7:
This downtown fixture
There’s been much to do about
It was once cutting edge
But its tenants want out

- Metrodome

Clue #8:
Inside you’ll find the place
Where a spaceship soars
Along with luxury, style
And many, many doors.

- Graves Hotel / Cosmos

Clue #9:
In the Loop Neighborhood
You’ll find a venue for the care of skin
In its name there’s an allusion
To the potential of hydrogen.

- PH Orem Skin Care

Clue #10:
Modeled after the Washington,
Completed the year of the crash -
It’s a Minneapolis monument
With a tumultuous past.

- Foshay Tower

Clue #11:
From a certain perspective
It sounds like a goof -
Who wants a new home
That doesn’t have a roof?!

- Target Field

Clue #12:
A North Loop hangout
To grab food, beer and gin
It’s name is something
You want to be kept in

- The Loop

See you at The Loop on August 6th, 6:30pm to see who wins!  Announcement will be at 8:00pm.  Must be present to win!

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