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Scavenger Hunt

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In February 2011 we held an e-Scavenger Hunt, welcoming our customers to our new site by having them explore HARVARD.COM. Three lucky winners won gift cards to the bookstore.

Find the questions (and answers) to the scavenger hunt below, and thanks for visiting!

Questions

1) In the book trailer for Super Sad True Love Story, what is Gary Shteyngart's deep dark secret? He can't read! (Watch the video here.)
2) What are "among the funniest things I've read in my life" according to bookseller Alan? The Complete Saki (View all of Alan's recommendations here.)
3) What does the large white Harvard Book Store mug say on the red banner? Caution: Hot. And Literate. (Check out our mugs here.)
4) What is the name of Harvard Book Store's monthly in-store book club? The Harvard Square Book Circle (See the book club's latest selection here.)
5) What book barely made it onto Harvard Book Store's favorite 100 books list? Leaves of Grass was #100 on our list. (View the staff's Top 100 Books here.)
6) What is the full name of our book-making robot? Paige M. Gutenborg (Read about Paige here.)
7) What color handkerchief does Henry Louis Gates, Jr. have in his pocket while introducing Edwidge Danticat? We accepted all variations of "red/orange." (Watch the Danticat event video here.)

8) Name one of the seven books that local author Gish Jen recommends. Gish Jen's recommendations: 36 Arguments for the Existence of God Foreign Bodies Scorpions Too Much Happiness Tocqueville’s Discovery of America In Brown’s Wake The Cookbook Collector
9) What is the name of the local business that assists us with our Green Delivery service? Metro Pedal Power, aka MetroPed (Read about our Green Delivery service here.)
10) What are Harvard Book Store's Used Book Buy-Back hours? Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm (Read all about our used department here.)
11) In what year did Harvard Book Store move from its original location to Mass Ave? 1950 (Read about the history of the store here.)
12) What book do we feature in the "Printed on Paige" section of our December 13, 2010 email newsletter -- accessible via the "Newsletter Archives" page? The Chamber Four Fiction Anthology (Find the December 13 newsletter here and the complete newsletter archives here.)

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