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Drake Quest : Overview

A campus scavenger hunt based on campus knowledge and basic research skills.

Drake Quest Basics

Drake Memorial Library's Drake Quest is designed to have fun while testing your campus knowledge and sharpening your basic research skills.

Drake Quest will begin Monday, November 1st.  The last challenges will be posted on Sunday, November 7th.  Last day for submission is Tuesday, November 9th. 

There is no deadline for signing up.  

Two to three challenges will be posted daily.  The challenge postings and reply submission will occur at this site.  

Each challenge will be assigned a points value.  You are not required to complete all the challenges.  The winner is the team with the highest points.

Challenges do not need to be completed on the day they are posted.  Participants have until 11:59pm Tuesday, November 9th to complete all challenges.   

Drake Quest Rules

You may participate as an individual or as a team member

Teams are a maximum of four people

All team members must be included in the initial sign up  

All participants must be currently enrolled SUNY Brockport students

There is no deadline for signing up.

To earn points for a challenge, submissions must be entered by 11:59pm Tuesday, November 9th 

Prizes

All participants will receive a rubber ducky of their choice.  The highest scoring teams will receive the below prizes.  

1st Prize

The winning team will have their own reserved collaborative study space, on the main level, during the toughest weeks of the semester, the last week of classes & finals week.  The winning team will simply check-in at the front desk to have the room unlocked, no prior reservation required.   

2nd Prize

Tim Horton's gift set (coffee, green tea & hot chocolate) and hard cover 100 page notebooks

3rd Prize

Salvatore's Large Cheese Pizza 

1st Challenge

The first challenge is your team name. 

The team with the most creative name will earn 10 points. 

The rules for team names are keep it clean and respectful.

After all team names are collected, Drake library staff, from librarians to student workers, will vote on the most creative team name.  

Winning team name will be announced here.  

Congratulations to the scAvenger Hunters for winning the most creative team name challenge.