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2018 Greater Moorhead Days Medallion Hunt - Gold Medallion

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Three medallions will be hidden within Moorhead city limits, on public land. Follow the clues for fantastic prizes, including a $500 cash prize from MSU-Moorhead and a grand prize of $1,000 in gift cards from Hornbacher's!

 

Clues will be posted each morning to our Medallion Hunt Clues page and announced daily on Big 98.7, Bob 95FM, and 107.9 the Fox at 8 am.

Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Monday, September 10, 2018
Find Date
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Finders
Name
Dave and Shelley Nelson
Prize
Maximum Prize
Those words are descriptive of the birds on an interpretive panel at M.B. Johnson Park.
Awarded Prize
Those words are descriptive of the birds on an interpretive panel at M.B. Johnson Park.
Location
General Location
Memorial/Riverfront Park
Pinpointed Location
Along the wall by the old bear cage

46.877507, -96.769007

Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Sunday, September 9, 2018, 7:00 PM
Word in the title of a 1914 Robert Frost poem.
The official meaning of the clue.

“Mending Wall.” “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.”

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Clue 2
Published Date
Monday, September 10, 2018, 7:00 PM

Word repeated by one of the principle characters in The Wizard of Oz movie.

The official meaning of the clue.

Bears. “Lions and tigers and bears, oh, my!” is repeated three times just before the Cowardly Lion appears.

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Clue 3
Published Date
Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 7:00 PM

Oh, dear. They didn’t monkey around either.

The official meaning of the clue.

The first zoo in the area had a deer (Homophone for dear.) and other animals including bears and a monkey. It was built near the river. Walls hold up the steep bank near the old American Legion building-turned restaurant.

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