CONTESTS!

nianell life's giftWIN NIANELL CD!
Nianell
(knee/uh/nell) is an artist exclusive to Mixx 96.1 - at least it seems as if we're the only U.S. station that's discovered the Namibian singer-songwriter and mother of triplets - and her South African CDs are hard to come by. Good news! We have five copies of her Life's Gift CD to give away, as well as a live DVD including Mixx 96.1 hits "Life's Gift," "Isn't It," "Slowly Killing Me," "We'll Find A Way," and "As One." If you'd like to be in the drawing for a CD or the grand prize DVD, just email win@mixx96.com (subject: Nianell) with your name, mailing address, and daytime phone by Thursday, March 11 at midnight. One entry per household; 60-day rule does not apply (you may have won something from us in the last 60 days).


GET CAUGHT LISTENING!
Every day between 10am and 3pm Mixx 96.1 picks a workplace from the "Caught Listening" file. If you're "caught listening to Mixx 96.1," you will claim a prize pack from Color Graphics & Deer Creek Awards and be entered for their monthly new iPod nano drawing, which features an FM radio and video recorder (odds of winning approximately 1 in 20). Winner info will be shared with Color Graphics.

TO ENTER: Email your name and your business name, address, and phone number to win@mixx96.com. Subject: Caught Listening.

Prize packs always include a "Caught Listening to Mixx 96.1" T-shirt and a Color Graphics/Deer Creek gift certificate, and might include DVDs, movie tickets, CDs, concert tickets, or whatever else we can get our hands on.

If you aren't "caught listening to Mixx 96.1," we'll put your entry back in the file for another day.

Each workplace is only eligible to win once a year.

Franchise stores & chain stores must enter individually, e.g. the Subway on Martin Way in Lacey is a different entry from the Subway on Plum Street in Olympia.

"When you want to showcase your business, team, or club Color Graphics and Deer Creek Awards is the place to shop."


WIN A NEW
NETBOOK COMPUTER!

Mixx 96.1 and 4th Dimension Computers, the Olympia area's number one outlet for computers and service, are giving you a chance to win a new netbook computer! 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 Computers, 3929 Pacific Avenue (one block west of Sleater-Kinney), Lacey.

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 April 27, 2010 at noon and the winner will be announced April 29.

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 Mixx 96.1 contest rules, click here.

Netbook Specs
1.6 Intel Atom CPU
10” screen
160gb hard drive
Windows XP Home

 

kaila washington

Fred Gustafson of Color Graphics surprises Kaila Washington with a new iPod. Kaila was caught listening to Mixx 96.1 at TwinStar Credit Union in Lacey

marie scott

Dan Phillips of 4th Dimension Computers pictured with netbook winner Marie Scott. Known for sales and local service, 4th Dimension Computers is at 3929 Pacific Avenue, one block west of Sleater-Kinney, Lacey, 357-5169

"Good Morning Mixx" coffee mugs & t-shirts for our contests provided by our friends at Color Graphics Apparel and Ad Specialties & Deer Creek Awards.


TriBond Archives

3/5 Q: Lions, sharks, practicing Christians
A: They prey/pray

3/4 Q: Wedding reception band, People magazine, matchbooks
A: Covers

2/28 Q: Michelangelo, Franklin, Yertle
A: Turtles (one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja variety, one from the book series by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois, and one by Dr. Suess).

2/26 Q: Cash, Winter, Rockets
A: Johnnys (Johnny Cash, blues guitarist Johnny Winter, Cartoon Network character Johnny Rockets)

2/25 Q: Cars, pinball machines, '70s dance floor
A: They all have bumpers! Remember doing The Bump?

2/23 Q: Roman mythology, NASA, 2010 Winter Olympics
A:
Apollo/Apolo (the god, the space missions, and Apolo Ohno - the decorated Olympic speed skater)

2/19 Q: Tony Manero, Danny Zuko, Chili Palmer
A: Characters played by John Travolta (in Saturday Night Fever, Grease, and Get Shorty)

2/17 Q: Political, search, surprise
A: Parties

2/16 Q: A joke, an egg, a whip
A:
Things that are cracked

2/12 Q: Home, email, Gettysburg
A: Address

2/11 Q: The Bounty Hunter, The Break-up, The Good Girl
A: Movies featuring Jennifer Aniston

2/9 Q: 2004 Presidential Race, Rat Pack, Rebel Without a Cause
A: They all have Deans (Howard Dean, Dean Martin, James Dean)

2/5 Q: Baseball Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame, King of the Hill
A: They all have Hanks (Hank Aaron, Hank Williams, Hank Hill)

2/4 Q: Stars, false teeth, bats
A: They only come out at night

2/3 Q: Days, continents, seas
A: There are seven of them

2/2 Q: Groundhog Day, Scrooge, Caddyshack
A: Bill Murray movies

1/29 Q: Snow, moth, volley
A: They all can be combined with "ball" to make a compound word - snowball, mothball, volleyball

1/26 Q: Dentists, carpenters, oil barons
A: They all drill

1/22 Q: Cherry, wine glass, brain
A: Stem

1/21 Q: 30 Rock, a bad used-car salesman, produce section
A: Lemons

1/19 Q: Josh, razz, rib
A: Teasing

1/18 Q: Hospitals, the Seven Dwarfs, Grays Harbor
A: Docs/docks

1/15 Q: Super, Sugar, Orange
A: Football bowl games

1/14 Q: Orlando Bloom, John Denver, Carmen San Diego
A: They all have American cities as part of their name

1/12 Q: Hammer, bolt, computer monitor
A: Hardware

1/8 Q: Hawaii, Acapulco, Germany
A: Locations for Elvis Movies (Blue Hawaii, Elvis in Acapulco, GI Blues)

1/7/10 Q: Richard, Mayumi, Falcon
A: Participants in the Balloon Boy hoax (father, mother, and Balloon Boy himself)

1/6/10 Q: Bankrupt, Lose a Turn, $800
A: Wheel of Fortune

1/5/10 Q: Ransom, Signs, Edge of Darkness
A: Mel Gibson movies

1/4/10 Q: Thumb, Wolfe, Petty
A: Tom

12/31/09 Q: A trumpet, a bull, a car
A: All are/have horns

12/30 Q: Congress, ducks, credit cards
A:
Bills

12/29 Q: A bad golfer, a bad writer, a bad cough
A: Hacks


12/28 Q: Queen, Count, Knight
A:
Terms of royalty

12/24 Q: RP McMurphy, Ann D'Angelo, Cari Palmer
A: Air personalities at Mixx 96.1 wishing you a Merry Christmas!

12/22 Q: Hamlet, Braveheart, Star Trek
A:
They have Williams (Shakespeare, Wallace, Shatner)

12/17/09 Q: The Odyssey, The Simpsons, Barry Bonds
A: Homer

12/15 Q: Flower shop, personal assistant, composer
A: Arrangements

12/11 Q: Shin, soup, funny
A: Bone

12/10 Q: Edward Norton, Robert Downey Jr., and Chris Hemsworth
A: Actors who portray or will portray Super Heroes in films (Edward Norton was Dr. Bruce Banner AKA The Hulk, Robert Downey Jr. was Tony Stark AKA Iron Man, and Chris Hemsworth will portray Thor in 2011).

12/8 Q: Lizard King, Dr. Winston O'Boogie, The Boss
A: Nicknames for rock stars - Jim Morrison (Lizard King), John Lennon (Dr. Winston O'Boogie), & Bruce Springsteen (The Boss)

12/3 Q: Cadillac Escalade, a few transgressions, a car accident
A: Tiger Woods

12/1 Q: Phone, date, cook
A: Books - phonebook, datebook, cookbook

11/25 Q: Brick Tamland, Brian Fantana, Champ Kind
A: Characters in the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

11/24 Q: Basketball, Buckingham Palace, prison
A: Guards

11/20 Q: Nerf factory, cappuccino bar, rabid dog
A: Foam

11/19 Q: Football players, hidden treasure, Roman numeral 10
A: All represented by X's

11/17 Q: The Color of Money, The Departed, The Aviator
A: Martin Scorsese movies

11/13 Q: Gas station, show store, bike shop
A: They all have pumps

11/12 Q: Bonanza, Highway to Heaven, Little House on the Prairie
A: Michael Landon

11/10 Q: Chicken, gold, pretzels
A: Nuggets

11/6 Q: Cake, cards, glass
A: Things that are cut

11/5 Q: A salad, a golf course, a box of crayons
A: They all have greens

11/4 Q: Spray, house, finger
A: Paint

11/3 Q: A bridle, a comic, a drill
A: They all have bits

10/30 Q: Trick or treat bag, Key West, prison
A: They all have bars

10/29 Q: 4/15/1912, 10/29/1929, 5/6/1937
A: Catastrophic events (Titanic sunk on 4/15/1912, the stock market crashed on 10/29/1929, and the Hindenburg airship caught fire & crashed on 5/6/1937).

10/27 Q: John & Joan, Julia & Eric, Elizabeth & Andrew
A:
Brother & sister actors - John & Joan Cusack, Julia & Eric Roberts, Elizabeth & Andrew Shue

10/26 Q: Dean Cain, Tom Welling, Christopher Reeve
A: Actors who played Superman

10/22 Q: Stink, time, hydrogen
A: Bomb

10/20 Q: Rough, birdie, cup
A: Golf

10/15 Q: Cheers, snickers, guffaws
A: Sounds made by an audience

10/13 Q: Martin Luther King Jr., James Earl Jones, Patty Duke
A: They all have royalty in their names

10/8 Q: London 1666, Chicago 1871, San Francisco 1906
A: Fires

10/6 Q: Flash, credit, library card
A: Card

10/2 Q: Shells, elbows, bow ties
A: Pasta

10/1 Q: White, out, full
A: House

9/29 Q: Roller coaster, compact discs, auto racing
A: They all have tracks

9/28 Q: Trash cans, toilets, eyes
A: Lids

9/25 Q: Little Bo Peep, Hickory Dickory Dock, LeAnn Rimes
A: Rhymes, Rimes

9/24 Q: Navy vessel, sandwich, fill-in person
A: Subs

9/22 Q: Wedding cake, crying person, sports stadium
A: Tears/tiers

9/18 Q: Lawn chairs, road maps, paper airplanes
A: They all fold

9/17 Q: Ryan, Rivers, & Romo
A: NFL quarterbacks

9/15 Q: Frazier Crane, Hank McCoy, Stinky Pete
A: Characters played by Kelsey Grammar

9/10 Q: Farrell, Firth, Powell
A: Colin

9/3 Q: Beauty pageants, tennis tournaments, trials
A:
Judges (alternate answer: courts)

9/1 Q: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ian Fleming, Bram Stoker
A: Creators/authors of fictional characters - Tarzan, James Bond, Dracula respectively

8/28 Q: Little Boy Blue, Hickory Dickory Dock, LeAnn
A: Rhymes/Rimes

8/27 Q: Dart, airline, stairwell
A: Flight

8/20 Q: George Reeves, Matt Murdock, Jack Ryan
A: Characters played by Ben Affleck

8/11 Q: Steve Wozniak, William Tell, Waldorf salad
A: Apple

8/7 Q: A cut of steak, a western wagon, actor Norris
A: Chuck

8/6 Q: Greek architecture, newspapers, financial spreadsheets
A: Columns

8/5 Q: Light, blue jeans, memories
A: Things that fade

8/4 Q: The books, the road, the ball
A: Things you hit

8/3 Q: Sherwood, Petrified, Gump
A: Forest/Forrest

7/31 Q: Roller coaster, compact disc, horse race
A: Tracks

7/30 Q: Radio, car engine, guitar
A: Things that are tuned

7/29 Q: Earth, Goose, Nature
A: Mothers

7/28 Q: Intel, poker, potato
A: Chips

7/23 Q: Rooster, beehive, barbership
A: They all have combs

7/21 Q: Batman, BeeGees, Mrs. Doubtfire
A: They all have Robins (Batman & Robin, Robin Gibb of the BeeGees, Robin Williams plays Mrs. Doubtfire)

7/20 Q: Ladder, mountain, fish
A:
Scales (one scales a mountain and a ladder, and a fish has scales)

7/16 Q; Scarface, Broadway, Kellogg's
A: Tonys (Tony Montana = Scarface, Tony Awards on Broadway, Tony the Tiger, spokestiger for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes)

7/14 Q: After a bath, before a boxing match, during graduation
A: Times you wear a robe

7/9 Q: Woody, Buzz, Mr. Potatohead
A: Toy Story characters

7/7 Q: 1976 Academy Awards, The Bullwinkle Show, Colorado
A: Rocky

7/6 Q: Jellies, Slides, flip flops
A: Footwear

7/3 Q: Travolta musical, bacon byproduct, Homer's home
A: Grease/Greece

7/2 Q: Grace Kelly, Pocahontas, Diana Spencer
A: Princesses

6/30 Q: Conscription, rough copy, air current
A: Draft


6/26 Q: Bar, fire, genetic

A: Codes

6/25 Q: Salad bar, golf course, box of crayons
A: Greens

6/24 Q: Nail biting, knuckle cracking, nuns' outfits
A: Habits

6/23 Q: Brushes, rollers, spray guns
A: Painting tools

6/22 Q: Turkeys, envelopes, ballot boxes
A: Things that are stuffed

6/19 Q: Nixon presidency, 3M, a hardware store
A: Tape

6/18 Q: Space shuttle Challenger 1983, Forrest Gump, Peanuts comic strip
A: Sallys - Sally Ride, the first woman astronaut in space; Sally Field, who played Forrest's mom; and Charlie Brown's little sister

6/16 Q: Dennis Rodman, Joan Rivers, Clint Black
A: Celebrity Apprentice

6/12 Q: Paul Bunyan, Baseball Hall of Fame, maternity ward
A: They all have Babes/babes (Babe the Blue Ox, Babe Ruth, babes in arms)

6/11 Q: Garden vegetables, rested horses, rude kids
A: Fresh

6/9 Q: Tuxedos, movies, cars
A: Rentals

6/5 Q: Ball, name, hint
A: Things you drop

6/4 Q: Hair stylists, rebels, sea winds
A: They all make waves

5/28 Q: Dog paws, football players, office supply stores
A: Pads

5/26 Q: Michelle Obama, Sally Ride, Eve
A: First ladies. Michelle Obama is First Lady, Sally Ride was the first woman in space, and, biblically speaking, Eve was the first lady

5/21 Q: Money-making plant, culinary herb, pristine condition
A: Mint

5/19 Q: When Harry Met Sally, Michael, Sleepless in Seattle
A: Written & directed by Nora Ephron

5/15 Q: Hyenas, vultures, dumpster divers
A: Scavengers

5/14 Q: Ichabod Crane, Willy Wonka, John Dillinger
A: Characters played by Johnny Depp

5/12 Q: Givens, Hood, Batman's sidekick
A: Robins

5/8 Q: Schemer, story, cemetery
A: Plots

5/7 Q: Shark, lion, person of faith
A: They all prey/pray

5/6 Q: South American river, female fighters, Kindle
A: Amazon

5/5 Q: State Patrol officers, box offices, travel agencies
A: Tickets

5/1 Q: Highway Bowling, bikes, eyeglasses
A: Frames

4/30 Q: Gas station, shoe store, bike shop
A: Pumps

4/28 Q: Tent, horseshoes, baseball
A: Things you pitch

4/23 Q: A basketball team, a football team, Shakespeare
A: Plays

4/21 Q: Bank robbers, belts, thumb tacks
A: They hold things up

4/16 Q: Poop, a popular pencil, February
A: #2

4/7 Q: Reduce your debt, find a date, "Is your computer safe?"
A: Spam

3/31 Q: Chimney, winter woe, what the bird did
A: Flue/flu/flew

3/30 Q: Pretzels, bread sticks, rye chips
A: Gardetto's

3/26 Q: Boundless belief, country music Hill, funny Ford
A: Faith (faith, Faith Ford from Murphy Brown, Faith Hill)

3/24 Q: Me, myself, you
A: Pronouns

3/20 Q: Little tongues, bowties, angel hair
A: Pasta

3/19 Q: Brown cow, rack 'em, burn the British!
A: Diner order terms - brown cow (chocolate milk), rack 'em (scrambled eggs), burn the British (toasted English muffin)

3/17 Q: Hem, baste, tack
A: Sewing terms

3/13 Q: Madrona tree, family tree, bank
A: They all have branches

3/12 Q:Horseshoe pitch, bogus player, phone noisemaker
A: Ringer

3/10 Q: Skipper, monarch, swallowtail
A: Butterflies

3/6 Q: Darling deer, big bucks, bread
A: Doe/dough

3/5 Q: "I'm Flying," "I've Gotta Crow," "I Won't Grow Up"
A:Songs from "Peter Pan"

3/3 Q: Spanish, electric, folk
A: Guitar

2/26 Q: Willard Scott, Burt Reynolds, Howard Cosell
A: Topees

2/20 Q: Dancing Kelly, wacky Wilder, pool of heredity
A: Gene

2/19 Q: Store employees, lines on paper, walker's stick
A: Staff

2/17 Q: Craps, natural, box cars
A: Dice terms

2/13 Q: Time, doctors, obedient dogs
A: They heal/heel

2/12 Q: Crocheters, fishers, bad golfers
A: They all have hooks

2/10 Q: Wonton, matzoh ball, gnocchi
A: Dumplings

2/6 Q: Butte, mesa, plateau
A: Land formations that are flat on top

2/5 Q: Birdman of Alcatraz, Count of Monte Cristo, Rapunzel
A: Prisoners

2/3 Q: Corona, Perfecto, Panatela
A: Cigars

1/30 Q: Mira Sorvino, Candice Bergen, Angelina Jolie

A: Daughters of show business dads (Paul Sorvino, Charlie Bergen, and Jon Voight respectively

1/29 Q: The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina
A:
Stories by Hans Christian Andersen

1/28 Q: Lousy performers, outhouses, sweaty armpits
A: They all stink

1/27 Q: Marx, Wright, Mario
A: Brothers

1/23 Q: Pictures, Roger Rabbit, diplomas
A: Framed

1/22 Q: Panty hose, colors washed in hot water, cold noses
A: They all run

1/20 Q: 44, Michelle, Illinois
A: Barack Obama

1/15 Q: Virgin Mary grilled cheese, grandpa's ghost cane, haunted rubber ducky
A: All sold on E-Bay

1/13 Q: Christmas tree, dressing-room door, perfect book report
A: They all have stars on them

1/9 Q: Peach seed, Pendulum place, Achilles actor
A: Pit/Pitt (peach pit, Pit & the Pendulum, Brad Pitt)

1/8 Q: Nova, nebula, comet
A: All found in outer space

1/6 Q: Javelin, discus, boomerang
A: Things that are thrown

1/2/09 Q: Babies, soldiers on stomachs, crabs
A: Things that crawl or creep

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