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Dragons
ALD by the Numbers
100

This Western Slope city is famous for its peaches

What is Palisade

100

Based on Maggie O’Ferrell’s novel, this film about Shakespeare's family was nominated for best picture at the Oscars in 2026.

What is Hamnet?
100

The original ALD district mascot and it's name.

Who is Tales the Raccoon?

100

Fictional dragon written by Tolkien

Who is Smaug (also acceptable: glaurung, ancalagon the black, scathe the worm, goustir, lhamthanc, crysophylax dives)

100

The year Arapahoe Library District began.W

What is 1966

200

Colorado is the only state in US history to turn down this major international sporting event.

What is the Winter Olympics

200

Published in 1992, this is the first title in Mary Pope Osborne’s popular series that follows time traveling siblings Jack and Annie.

What is Dinosaurs Before Dark?

200

ALD's first library.

What is the Bookmobile?

200

According to the title of Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri popular 2012 picture book, dragons love this delicious dish.

What is Tacos?

200

The CLiC code for Douglas County 

What is C 116?

300
You can drive to the top of this Colorado 14er that recently had a name change.
What is Mount Blue Sky?
300

This actor played the only spiderman who didn't have to make his own webs.

Who is Tobey Maguire? 

300

This popular literary retelling was the winner of 2025 KO Book Madness. 

What is James 

300

Fictional Golden Dragon from a popular Colorado authors book.

What is Andarna

300
The year that Koelbel opened.

What is 1992?

400

This Cultural establishment houses the fossils that inspired the mascot for the Colorado Rockies.

What is the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

400

This 2025 epistolary novel, which tells the story retired lawyer Sybil Van Anterwerp, currently has 200+ holds on it.  

What is the Correspondent?

400

This is the official name for Jane DeDecker’s much loved statue that many children sit with and greet on their way into the Koelbel Kids area.  

What is Goodnight Moon

400

First aired on PBS in 1999 this show follows Max and Emmy as they explore a dragon land, accessed with a magic rainbow scale.

What is Dragon Tales?

400
The number of picture book categories (not including the new books)

What is 11 (bonus points to name each one)

500

This is the official name for the iconic sculpture commissioned by the Denver International Airport and created by Luis Jimenez in 2008.

What is Blue Mustang?

500

This is the fictional Canadian Hockey team that appears in a popular HBO show.

What is the Montreal Metros

500

Monthly library newsletter created in 1980

What is Tracings

500

This year was the most recent Year of the Dragon in the 12 animal cycle of the Chinese Zodiac.

What is 2024?

500

Per our November 2025 team meeting notes, this was the anticipated lead time for a new meeting room wall, in number of weeks.

What is 32 weeks