Announcing CUSH 2015!

The PCarchs are delighted to be returning to judge this years Scavenger Hunt. The judges have been hard at work preparing the list and we can now let you know that the hunt will be held from9AM on Thursday the 11th until 9PM on Friday the 12th of June.

You can register your teams now by emailing cuscavenger2015@gmail.com with a team name and a list of your team members (up to five).

Attend the event on Facebook, as well as in real life, to keep up to date on the latest news.

Pub Meet!

We hope everyone had fun during the Scavenger Hunt, and we want to see you all again, so we\’re having a pub meet! It will be on the 16th (this Sunday) at 7pm in the Granta (near Darwin college). Hope to see lots of you there!

Scavenger Hunt List 2010

The Judges will be in the Mountbatten room of the Union for judging items, this will be sign posted from the Union entrance and is next to the bar. Ask the nice people at reception if the inner door is locked! Directions to the Union can be found at www.cus.org. Judging will be from 10am to 10.30pm on Wednesday, resume at 9am Thursday and stop at 9pm Thursday evening. The results will be announced soon afterwards (when everything is tallied).

Maximum points available are next to each item, each of these is down to the judges discretion and you may not get them all! Bonus points may be awarded if you particularly impress us.

Please bring along video/picture evidence on a USB, or if you cant, send them to cambridgescavengers@gmail.com

Check the website regularly for updates. Happy hunting!
Category Number Item Points
What\’s brown and sticky? 1 A walking stick 2
2 A lacrosse stick 2
3 A pogo stick 4
4 An insect stick (like a stick insect, but instead of the insect pretending to be a stick, the stick is pretending to be an insect) 2
5 A sticky situation 3
6 Fly paper 3
Rainbow 7 A red 3
8 An orange 1
9 Someone with Jaundice 7
10 Someone who stood for election as a member of the green party (and proof) 4
11 A blue 3
12 Violets 3
13 A cloud 5
14 A pot of gold 8
15 A demonstration of how to catch a leprechaun 4
16 A multicultural rainbow of faiths 1 per faith
Lolitics 17 As many different party signs from the general election as possible 2 per sign
18 A hung parliament 4
19 A coalition 4
20 A spoiled ballot 2
21 I agree with Nick 1
22 A fellow who is a card-carrying member of the BNP or UKIP 10
Lady Gaga – I want.. 23 Your ugly 3
24 A leather studded kiss in the sand 3
25 A bad romance 2
26 A vertical stick 1
27 Love glue 2
28 Paparazzi 2
29 A pair of glasses made of cigarettes 2
30 A bizarre hair do – the crazier the better 3
31 Make us a Lady Gaga parody video 4
Cambridge Lore 32 A formal ticket from Homerton or Girton 2
33 A video of the cyclist who plays metal/rock from a plastic bag on his handlebars 4
34 A Cambridge ghost 2
35 A Senior Wrangler or a \’wooden spoon\’ 10 (if an original)
36 A photograph of Pelby College 5
37 The original sceptre from Trinity Great Gate 12
38 One of the actual scholars who fled Oxford in 1209 (there must be some lurking in the basement of Peterhouse) 800 (interpretations down to judges discretion)
39 A postbox covered in spikes 4
40 A university official, the more regalia the better 6
Acronymic Academia 41 A CHUCOL site 1
42 CATAM coffee 3
43 Scale model of a P\’lodge (with porters) 4
44 A DoS 5
45 A PWF computer with Skype on it 4
46 A UL 3
Full 47 A glass half full 1
48 A full house 1
49 The full moon 4
50 Someone full of themselves 2
51 Full Metal Jacket 5
52 A full monty 6
53 A full and frank disclosure (the kinkier or more gossip-worthy the better) 3
Wii.. can have some fun with this category 54 Red Steel 6
55 A Guitar Hero 2
56 Animals Crossing 3
57 Alone in the Dark 2
58 Super Fruit Fall 2
59 A Wii Fit board 8
On the road again.. 60 Roadkill 2
61 A roadrunner 2
62 A piece of road 3
63 A roadie 4
64 A road to Rome 2
65 A road to nowhere 3
66 The Colossus of Rhodes 6
67 Hit the road, Jack 2
Buzz buzz 68 Unusual honey 4
69 The bees knees 2
70 Someone with hives (and proof) 4
71 A scale model of a hive 3
72 A wireless hub 1
73 A novel explaination of why the bees are disappearing 3
Everybody 74 Body-building protein powder 1
75 Black body radiation 2
76 A body board 3
77 A payre of bodies 4
78 Someone in full body paint 10
79 A three body problem 4
Red Dwarf 80 Holly 1
81 A log cabin made of chocolate fingers 3
82 A hologram 2
83 A space bug 3
84 A red dwarf 2
85 An android 2
86 As many of the space core directives as you can recite (no crib sheet) 1 per directive, max 10
87 I am a fish\’ written 500 times on an exam sheet. Bonus points if handed in and marked. 6
Board and Bored games 88 Bananagram 4
89 Eternity II (massive bonus if solved) 4
90 Mousetrap 2
91 Twister 1
92 The quickest checkmate against a member from another team 4
93 A board game in Arabic 8
Proverbs and Sayings 94 Birds of a feather flocking together 1
95 A stitch in time 2
96 Camp as a row of tents 3
97 Lead a horse to water and make it drink 4
98 A fit fiddle 4
99 Something tougher than a nail 1
100 A needle in a haystack 3
101 A choosy beggar 2
A trip to Addenbrookes\’ 102 A lab coat 1
103 An x-ray 3
104 A doctor 2
105 Safety goggles 1
106 An appendix 4
107 A brain in a jar 6
108 A smallpox victim 10
It´s panto time! (Oh no it isn´t) 109 Magic beans (bonus points if you can grow an actual beanstalk from them) 3
110 A glass slipper 6
111 One of the team dressed as a Panto Dame 4
112 A cat in boots. 4
113 Huff and puff and blow a house down 2
114 Spin me a yarn. No, really. Spin one for me. 5
Lolcats 115 Long cat is long 2
116 Ceiling cat 3
117 I can haz cheezburger plz? 2
118 Physics cat sitting on something soft 2
119 Ninja cat 3
120 Photos of as many college cats as possible (with names and college) 1 per cat
121 O rly? 2
Disney/Pixar 122 A magic lamp 1
123 A Disney Princess 4
124 To infinity and beyond 3
125 A whole new world 3
126 Colours in the wind 2
127 A Heffalump 4
128 A reproduction of the Lion King in less than 2 minutes 5
129 Birds cleaning your room 9
Flora 130 A conker 1
131 A leaf from a ginko tree 1
132 A fig leaf (bonus points if used as a sole garment!) 2
133 A daisy chain 1 point per metre
134 Make us a blackthorn wreath 3
135 Bring us a plant with an amusing scientific name 4
136 A bonsai watermelon 8
137 Give flowers to a tourist and film their reaction 4
138 Make and model your own grass skirt 6
Fauna 139 An origami bird – the more original the better 2
140 A pigeon fancier 3
141 A Ruby Tiger 5
142 Find and photograph a black Pheasant 3
143 A Fawn 5
144 Fawning 2
145 Fauna-cation 1 per event
Praise be to the Lord on High 146 Bring us the pope (without spending £15m) 4
147 Perform a miracle 3
148 Bring us a member of CICCU 1
149 Walk on water 3
150 Re-enact the book of Genesis in under 1 minute 3
151 A piece of a saint 5
152 My Four Little Ponies of the Apocalypse. 4
Freak Show 153 Largest bra – calculated at the end of the contest 2
154 Tallest person and shortest person, must bring own tape measure difference between them/3 (inches)
155 Most interesting birthmark 3
156 Someone with less or more than 20 digits 5
157 Juggling the highest number of balls at once (min.10 seconds) 1 point per ball
Interwebs (a tribute to Team Internet, winners 2007) 158 Prove rule 34 or 35 3
159 A series of tubes 1
160 Win The Game (which, btw, you just lost) 2
161 A roflcopter 5
162 A sign up email for an Assassins guild game 1
163 Find us Charlie the Unicorn 6
Penguins 164 P-p-p-pick up a penguin 1
165 A penguin suit 2
166 A stuffed penguin 2
167 A flipper 3
168 Re-enact happy feet – bonus points if dressed up as a penguin 6
169 Bring us an iceberg 4
Balls 170 Hitler\’s ball 5
171 A snowball 8
172 A globe 2
173 A 2010 *official* world cup football 4
174 As many footballs from previous world cups as possible 2 per ball
175 The biggest ball you can find (compared at the end) 4
176 A Snitch 3
LOTR 177 A gollum impression 2
178 The One Ring 4
179 Bored of the Rings 3
180 Write us something in Elvish (bonus points if done in front of us) 2
181 You shall not pass! 2
182 A scale model of Minas Tirith carved from fudge 8
Tithe my Wok 183 A Wok 1
184 Jabberwocky 4
185 Rudely a-wok-en 2
186 An ewok 3
187 Wok \’n\’ Woll 4
188 An antithesis 3
Down Under 189 A Kiwi (bird) made from kiwi 3
190 A hat with corks 2
191 A didgeridoo 4
192 Perform a tribute to Rolf Harris on the wobble board 6
193 Make us some Superb Fairy Wren cakes 2
194 Sheilas Wheels car insurance policy 6
195 Good Neighbours 2
Geekery 196 Something heavier than metal (and proof) 2
197 A towel 1
198 An accurate model of DNA 4
199 A geek t-shirt 2
200 Write and perform your own geek pop (see www.geekpop.poodbean.com for some ideas) 8
201 Proof that time travel is possible (without a patent or copyright please) 4
Strange, surreal and just plain weird 202 Recreate an acid trip through video or interpretative dance 5
203 Paint a moustache on the Mona Lisa. 3
204 Paint us a familiar scene from Cambridge in surrealist or cubist style 4
205 Explain Scientology to us. Even better, get Tom Cruise or John Travolta to. 3
206 Disprove your own existence 4
Cambridge Stereotypes 207 A pillow fight at New Hall 3
208 Some Kings students planning the next Marxist revolution 3
209 Some camp Petreans 3
210 Some Newnhamites discussing feminism 1
211 A Homerton-Girton relationship (with proof) 5
212 A Johns rugby player 2
Impossible! 213 Get hiccups 6
214 Bring us a Klein bottle 8
215 Prove that the dodo is extant 6
216 Bring us a Higgs Boson 4
Cycling in the shire 217 Bring us chips from a fish and chip shop outside Cambridge (with photo proof that you were there) 6
218 Scale models of Gog and Magog on the Gog Magog downs 6
219 Recite a Rupert Brooke poem at the Orchard in Grantchester (filmed) 5
220 As many bike helmets as possible 1 point per 5, max 8 points
221 Photo of team members at Madingley American Cemetery 2 points per team member
Paper 222 Paper plane 1
223 Rice paper 1
224 Paper chains 1
225 A newspaper editor 3
226 Papyrus 2
227 A wedding invitation 2
228 Two-headed toilet paper mummy 4
This is not an air guitar 229 Papier mache guitar 3
230 World\’s tiniest open source guitar 6
231 Sugar sculpture guitar 4
232 Chocolate guitar 2
233 A \’5-a-day\’ guitar – consisting of more than 5 fruit and veg 6
Bribe the Judges 234 Jammy doughnuts 2
235 Fairy dust 2
236 Butterbeer 2
237 Deep fried Mars Bar 5
238 Everlasting gobstopper 3
239 Turtle burgers (http://zanypickle.com/wp-content/gallery//2010/02/zanypickle_021510_13.jpg) 5
240 A dragon 12
241 Giant peach (extra point if it comes with a James) 3
242 A jar of fireflies 4
243 Fly me to the moon 5
Gothic 244 White face paint 1
245 A spiky dog collar 1 point per cm of spikes
246 Manacles and chains 5
247 A cloak 3
248 A goth in hot weather (must be in Cambridge) Points per sweatiness
Coinage 249 An old penny 1
250 A coin with a hole in it 2
251 An engineers penny 2
252 A £5 coin 4
253 A guinea 6
254 Coins from extinct currencies 1 point per currency
255 A chocolate coin 1
XKCD.com 256 Out of date food that is \’in date\’ but from the wrong year (sealed please!) 4
257 Red spiders 1
258 A boy in a barrel 3
259 A re-enactment of any \’my hobby\’ cartoon (e.g. 174, 37, 79, 451) 1
260 Nerd Sniping 356 4
261 A ball pit with a team member in it 3
262 A top hat 4
263 Sudo make me a sandwich 2
For teh lols 264 Go fly a kite 5
265 Period costume punting 7
266 Pretend to be ducks on kings parade, must include quacking noises (>1min) 4
267 Perform an ABBA song in front of at least 10 members of the public 5
268 Trollolololololol 2
Dancing 269 Perform a raindance 3
270 A belly dancing outfit 3
271 Dancing Queen 2 (100 points if you bring us HRH or a member of Queen)
272 Dancer in the Dark 1
273 Dirty Dancing 3
274 Start a flash-mob dance somewhere in Cambridge 6
275 Giant conga 3

Scavenger Hunt List 2009

So you think you’re emo…

1. Bring us an emo [3]
2. An emo’s basics: skinny jeans [1 point per colour]
3. Compose a poem expressing your teenage angst [5]
4. Get signed. Well, at least get a team members body signed, by as many bands as possible [1 point for a college-based band, 3 points for a band on a national tour, 10 points for a band on an international tour, 100 points for Sting] Bring photos of the signings.

Classically trained

5. Bring us the complete works of Shakespeare [1]
6. Design a cover for said complete works of Shakespeare. [1 point for each work that is depicted in the cover]
7. Summarise a classical epic poem (such as the Odyssey) in a ten second video [4]
8. Compose an epic poem recounting the composition of said poem [6]
9. Interpretative dance to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons [6] Bonus points if you can actually recreate the season for the judges.

For science… because the world won’t blow itself up.
10. Charcoal rubbings of plaques of deceased scientists [1 per scientist]
11. “Mummify” one of your team members with loo roll (to be done before the judges) in a competition against another team. The quicker team gets the points [3]
12. A clock going backwards. Bonus if this is hamster-powered – no hamsters must be harmed. [5]
13. Attempt to re-create the corpus clock. [6]
14. Create a working papier mache volcano. Limit to points, no limit to size! [8]
15. Help a potato break the sound barrier – careful not to hurt anyone. [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
16. Teleport something. Double points for whatever item you teleport, but we must witness it. [10]

A spaceman came travelling

17. Freddy Mercury merchandise [1 point per item, maximum 3]
18. A Venus fly trap [3]
19. Third rock from the sun [2]
20. A Mars bar [1]
21. A musical instrument made by Jupiter [5]
22. A Sega Saturn [4]
23. Some Uranium [10]
24. A Neptune’s trident [2]
25. A Pluto cuddly toy [1]

Pimp my . . .

26. Rock [1]
27. Bike [3]
28. Suit [7]
29. Punt [10]
30. Girlfriend/boyfriend [12]

Are you local?

31. Foreign food, the more uncommon the better. [1 per item maximum 5]
32. Foreign beer. Bonus points if it’s from the judges’ home countries [1 per item maximum 5]
33. Foreign money, the higher the denomination the more the points [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
34. Foreign flags. [1 per item maximum 5]
35. Foreign postcards, sent from foreign countries. [1 per item maximum 5]
36. Foreign passports. Bonus points if the passport owner accompanies you. [1 per item maximum 5]

Crank it up

37. Take that midnight train. Randomly start some Journey karaoke in a College bar (video proof) [3]
38. Bring us some Hard Rock Café merchandise. The more exotic the location it is from, the more the points. [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
39. Bring us concert tickets from before the year 2000 – the older the better. [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
40. Create a Rick Astley tribute video. [5] Bonus points for included trivia details.

You’ve heard of rick-rolling. We’re making a new thing. It’s called “Toto”ing. Use Hold the Line, obviously by Toto. Awful costumes bring bonus points.
41. “Toto” the judges [3]
42. “Toto” a fellow [9]
43. “Toto” a chapel [7]

Thank you Mr Brown!

44. Election signs. [1 per party]
45. Polling card from as many different Cambridge City electoral divisions as possible. [1 per division]
46. Presidents of college politics societies (bring them down in person and with proof that they really are the president) [1 per president]
47. A team manifesto [6]
48. A photo of a team member with Boris Johnson. [9]

To the moon and back

49. A flying saucer. [3] Bonus points if it can fly for more than ten seconds.
50. A toy rocket. [3 points per hundred feet of altitude it can reach]
51. A space worm [4]
52. A scale model of the solar system, Pluto included. [8]
53. Attempt to chat some randomer up exclusively with lyrics from “To the moon and back” by Savage Garden. [4] Massive bonus points if it works.

Butter us up

54. Got ma cheese whiz, boy? Bring us lots of cheese. [1 per cheese] Bonus points for actual cheese whiz.
55. A mix-CD. And it had better be good. [3] Bonus points if you get the judges’ favourite songs
56. Oven fresh ice cream [5]
57. Cook us a three course meal. Bonus points for subsequent courses. There is a minimum to what can constitute a course. A single digestive biscuit will not count, but would be appreciated all the same. Especially if it were chocolate. Cough. [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]

Ye olde beasts of yore – as intrepid explorers, you’ll have no trouble finding us these forgotten legends:

58. A mouse [3]
59. A wyvern [4]
60. An esquilax [5]
61. A manticore [6]

Gwidien and the druid

62. A lance [5]
63. Team heraldic shields, to be wielded at all major events. [6]
64. A steed [9]
65. A suit of armour [11]

WTF?

Bring us:
66. A “dappy” hat [3]
67. A crate of Galahads [6] Bonus points if we can keep the entire crate!
68. A euphonium [5]
69. This is not the greatest item in the world. This is just a tribute. [5]

The box office opens this weekend with:

70. An educational film about the dangers of it raining cats and dogs. [4]
71. A satirical rendition of the Blair Witch Project, filmed. [5]
72. An advert for your very own energy drink. [6]
73. A scene from Toy Story. In costume. [8]

We’re not made of stone

74. Cardhenge [2]
75. Swissrollhenge [3]
76. PBandJhenge [6]
77. Carhenge [7]

Dance monkey, dance – if we tell you to, you have to…

78. Solve a Rubik’s cube in front of us in 90 seconds [4]
79. We need a hero! Perform an unambiguously heroic deed under cover of cape and cowl. [4] Bonus points if your proof comes from the front page of a newspaper.
80. Do the thriller dance outside Great St Mary’s. [5] Numerous bonus points for costumes and/or over ten people doing it.
81. Eat your hat [8]
82. Shave your eyebrows [12]
83. Juggle. Bring us a routine, then see what we throw at you. [6]

It’s got something to do with a river . . .

84. A cup of Cam [1]
85. A paddle [4]
86. Drag punting [6]
87. Invent a new method of transport down the Cam [10] The more people it can hold the more points you get.

Are you trying to seduce me?

Bring us:
88. A slippery nipple [3]
89. A screaming orgasm [3]
90. An AMF [cocktail] [3]
91. A cock soc [3]
92. A todger [3]
93. A vixen [3]
94. A nun [3]

Get down on it

95. Compose a sexy haiku. And by sexy we mean sexual. [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
96. Guess the contents of our seduction cocktail. [1 per correctly identified ingredient]
97. Suck and blow: pass a playing card from person to person with your mouths and the force of sucking and blowing only. [1 per every two members in the chain]
98. Get down on your knees and build a human pyramid [1 per person involved]

Suit up!

99. A white suit jacket [3]
100. A tweed jacket [3]
101. A wetsuit [4]
102. A catsuit [5]
103. A spacesuit [6]
104. A birthday suit [7] Bonus points for hotness

I choose you!
They’ll be back soon enough
105. A pikachu [2]
106. A raichu [4]
107. A mewtwo [4]
108. A pokemon beanie baby [8]
109. All 150 pokemon cards [9]
110. A holographic pokemon card [3]
111. Play an actual game of pokemon cards, for at least 2 minutes, in front of the judges. [5]

Engineer this!

112. A hand held fan [1]
113. A geoliner [1]
114. An engineer’s penny [2]
115. A robot [3]
116. A bridge we can walk across. Must span at least 2 feet. [6]
117. Earthquake simulator – make a building solely out of biscuits and peanut butter, at least eight inches tall, and bring it to us. If it survives the judges’ wrath, points will follow. Bonus ones for imitations of famous buildings.
118. A gyroscope [8]
119. Bring us a superconductor. [12]

Those were the days…

120. A remote control form of transport [3]
121. An Action Man [3]
122. A Polly Pocket [3]
123. A supersoaker [4]
124. An unusual Barbie (must be a real one) [4]
125. Laser challenge [5]
126. A huge game of duck duck goose on the backs. Minimum of 10 people. Photo or video proof required [5].
127. A Mario Kart re-enactment. [7] – more points for daring location.

I’ve had the time of my life…

128. May Ball posters. [1 per ball]
129. May Ball wristbands. [3 per ball]
130. Strawberries and Pimms [3]
131. Bow ties. [1 per item maximum 5]
132. A lady’s way to stay warm during May Ball. Surprise us. Must be classy. [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
133. The most worn high heels. [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges according to state the shoes are in – the more obviously worn the better]
134. The highest heels [Points at discretion of the judges – max 8 points]

Speed up your points development by…

135. …bringing us a frozen banana [4]
136. …showing us an illusion. Points according to how good it is. [PS: Harry Potter magic does not count]
137. …making us blue [4]
138. …making us cringe with awkwardness [4]

Happy Birthday, Cambridge!

139. Cambridge’s 800 book [2]
140. Take photos of plaques marking discoveries around Cambridge. [2 per plaque with maximum of 5 plaques]
141. 800 photographed in as many places as possible [1 per photograph maximum 6]
142. Summarise 800 years of Cambridge University in 800 words [8]

Life inside the bubble

143. College scarves. [1 per college]
144. Photo of more than one group member with a college Dean. [5]
145. Things acquired at formals. [2 per college]
146. College gowns – must be obviously different ones. [2 per gown maximum of 5 colleges]
147. Compose a limerick describing the shield of the university of Cambridge in proper heraldic tones. [4]
148. A doll’s house model of a team member’s college room with as much detail as possible. Complete with photo of said member’s college room for comparison. [12]

Take me literally

149. Sticks and stones [1]
150. Burn the candle at both ends [1]
151. Let us have a cake and eat it [3] – more if it is exceptionally big/delicious
152. You are what you eat [4]
153. A 10 foot pole and something you would not touch it with [6]
154. The pen is mightier than the sword. Proof in a battle against a member of another team. [6] for the winner.

Crunchy!

155. Bank accounts attributed to a single person. [1 per account]
156. A piggy bank [2]
157. Make the most of your pound! (Proof that whatever you made of it did really not cost more than a pound). [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
158. Street credit. [4]
159. A cheque, with a 19XX year prefix. [7]

Brap, brap! Innit bruv

160. Rap for us! [5]
161. Beatbox for us! [6]
162. A Burberry Cap [5]
163. As much Nike as you can find [1 per item]
Bonus points if you can incorporate this all at the same time.

Dare me

164. Film the reaction of any committee member of a university society to the youtube video “Powerthirst”. [The more senior the member, the more points, starting with 3]
165. The Grand Arcade seems a bit dull. Bring the love train to it. At least 10 people and music are required [4] More people will result in more points.
166. Wear your underwear outside your clothes. On King’s Parade. Pose with tourists. Take a video and photos. [10]
167. Get a group of tourists to perform YMCA. Proof in the form of a photo – more points for a video of them actually singing along to it. [5 for photo and 7 for a video] Extra points if they dress up as Village People.
168. Full body fake-tan zebra stripes. [12]
169. A Porter’s Hat [12]
170. Get a copy of the Big Issue signed by seller [6] Bonus points if it’s the guy outside Sainsbury’s (photographic proof required)

“The time has come”, the judges said.

171. Some shoes [1]
172. Some ships [2]
173. Some sealing wax [3]
174. Some cabbages [1]
175. Some kings [1]

Prepare for Emma Watson’s arrival next year and brush up your magic skills! Perform in front of the judges:

176. Wingardium Leviosa [4]
177. Alohomora [4]
178. Engorgio [4]
179. Expecto Patronum [4]
[No points for failure. Use of authentic wands will be rewarded]

Are you fired or hired?

180. The most unusual chocolate bar flavour you can find (and yes, mango-chilli is old news). [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges according to taste and originality]
181. Produce your own team calendar [4]
182. Create a new piece of portable home gym equipment [must be demonstrated to the judges] [8]

Fancy dress?

183. Outfits from every decade of the 20th century. [5 per decade – more for better effort, less for poor effort]

Show us what you’re made of!

184. Embarrassing teen photos of the group [1 point per member] More if it really cracks us up.
185. The worst GCSE results of a current student at the University of Cambridge. Points will be given at the end, when all teams have submitted their best efforts. Or worst.
186. Team members dressed as hunting god[esse]s [4]
187. Light as a feather, stiff as a board. [12 minus the number of lifters you use]

Bring on the clichés!

188. Show us the stiffest upper lip you’ve got [1]
189. Bring us a German and their stash of Sauerkraut (proof that they are actually German). [3]
190. Bring us a French person wearing a beret (proof that they are actually French) [3]
191. A list of blonde jokes (at least 3) told by a team member to a blonde who doesn’t get the punch line. [4] – less if the blonde laughs, more if you tell more jokes.

All creatures great and small

192. Your friends in animal costumes. [1 per animal]
193. Get milk. From as many animals as possible. [2 points per animal and cow doesn’t count]
194. An angry fish [2]
195. An inflatable animal [2 points for each foot in length]
196. A photo of a black squirrel in Cambridge [3]
197. Film and capture a wild haggis in its natural environment [4]
198. Exit, pursued by a bear [5]
199. We’d like to go walking with dinosaurs. The closer to life size the better. [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
200. A scaled recreation of Noah’s Ark [8]

10 reasons why…

201. …you’d rather be at Oxford than St John’s. [1 per valid reason] Extra points if convincingly given by a Johnian
202. …Theology is not a doss subject. [1 per valid reason] Please note that you will have to convince Engineers.
203. …Star Wars is better than Star Trek (or vice versa depending on your preference) [1 per valid reason]
204. … your team should get these ten points [1 per valid reason]

So good they had to name it twice

205. A Bagel [1]
206. A Pretzel [2]
207. A Big Apple [2]
208. A Yankee [3]
209. A yellow taxi [5]
210. A Skyscraper. It will be judged on height – the bigger the better.

A tribute to last year’s winning team

211. A boom [2]
212. A boom box [4]
213. A booming voice [1]
214. A broom [1]
215. A bang [1]
216. A snap [1]
217. A crackle [1]
218. A pop [1]

Old Skool

219. The oldest mobile phone you can find. Points will be awarded based on size and age.
220. A first gen ipod [3]
221. A cassette player [4]
222. A VCR [6]
223. A Sega Megadrive [7]
224. Now That’s What I Call Music CDs [or cassettes]. The earlier the better. [1 per CD and 5 extra for the team with the oldest]

Look twice

225. Celebrity look-alikes [1-5 per lookalike – depending on how much of a likeness there is] Bonus points for Kurt Cobain.

Stick it to you

226. Chopsticks [1]
227. Pimp stick [4]
228. Walking Stick [3]
229. Talking stick [7]
230. Walking and talking with walkie-talkies [3]

Just because we can!

231. A stained sugar-glass window [6]
232. The oldest faculty member you can find [2 point for every 5 years over 60 they are]
233. A tribal dance. War paint and loincloths encouraged [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
234. Identical twins. [3] Bonus points if they are dressed the same.
235. Shoes in every size from 3 to 13. [1 per size]
236. Garden gnome Chomsky [6]
237. Stash from other universities [1 point per item maximum of 5 items]
238. Pregnancy simulator [7]
239. As many Sarahs as you can find in one room [1 point per Sarah]
240. A blue moon [4]
241. Extension lead with most number of plugs [1 point per plug]
242. The leaning tower of pizza [Points awarded at the discretion of the judges]
243. Bring us a bottle of high-proof alcohol. [1 point for every five percent over 50abv]

Scavenger Hunt List 2008

Art Attack!

  • 1. A watercolour [5]
  • 2. A paintball [6]
  • 3. A fingerpainting of your favourite politician [8]
  • 4. Ice sculpture [12]

Super Size This

  • 5. An enormous whisk [4]
  • 6. Oversized cruet [7]
  • 7. A giant foam hand [9]
  • 8. A giant board game [15]

Construction Work

  • 9. Wrought iron [6]
  • 10. Tickets to Bob The Builder Live [16]
  • 11. Cross the Cam with strawberry laces [18]
  • 12. Photos of team members with non-college architectural crests [2 each]

Can I give you my card?

  • 13. An organ donor card [2]
  • 14. A trading card [3]
  • 15. A life-size cardboard cutout of someone [11]
  • 16. A house of cards (not playing cards) [1 per storey]

Dress to impress

  • 17. A stuffed shirt [9]
  • 18. A glove stretcher [13]
  • 19. A video of a team member at the checkout in Sainsbury\’s with underpants on their head [20]
  • 20. A team member wearing as many society t-shirts as possible [1 per shirt]

Ride\’em, cowboy

  • 21. A lasso [5]
  • 22. Rawhide [8]
  • 23. Spurs [12]
  • 24. A ten-gallon hat [1 per gallon or part thereof]

A life of idle domesticity

  • 25. An IKEA catalogue [1]
  • 26. Bathroom scales [4]
  • 27. A dustbuster [9]
  • 28. A garden strimmer [13]
  • 29. An Innovations catalogue [14]

Ear we go again

  • 30. A hammer [4]
  • 31. A stirrup [10]
  • 32. An anvil [19]

Further education

  • 33. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing [5]
  • 34. A graduation hood [7]
  • 35. An ARU student [9]
  • 36. An educational film about the dangers of walking on cracks in pavement [17]

New-fangled nonsense

  • 37. An electronic translator [3]
  • 38. A shortwave radio [6]
  • 39. A non-GSM mobile phone [10]
  • 40. A human being, and a Game Boy which is older than them [15]

Thicker than water

  • 41. A team member\’s sibling [3]
  • 42. Baby photos of the team [3 each]
  • 43. Twins [5 per twin]
  • 44. A note from your mum explaining why you couldn\’t get an item [Value of that item]

Feetal position

  • 45. Toe separators [1]
  • 46. Animal slippers [4]
  • 47. A shoehorn [5]
  • 48. Clogs [6]

Stars of the silver screen

  • 49. Perform your favourite movie theme on comb and paper (bonus points if it\’s the judges\’ favourite movie theme) [5]
  • 50. Reenact a scene from your favourite Steven Spielberg film using toys (bonus points if it\’s the judges\’ favourite Steven Spielberg film) [17]
  • 51. The highest numbered sequel (on DVD) [Points as per number]
  • 52. Stop motion [Up to 20]

Making the world go round

  • 53. A copper coin [4]
  • 54. A banker to hug one of the judges [8]
  • 55. A senior treasurer (not Martin) [9]
  • 56. A gold bar [20]

What is there more handsome?

  • 57. A chef\’s hat [4]
  • 58. A cheese guillotine [7]
  • 59. Cheez Wiz [7]
  • 60. Spy bread [9]
  • 61. Foodhenge [15]
  • 62. Food more than one year out of date [2 points per year, max 10]

Playing with the boys

  • 63. Wing Commander [1]
  • 64. An acrostic [2]
  • 65. A version of Cluedo based around your favourite TV show (bonus points if it\’s the judges\’ favourite TV show) [10]
  • 66. Live Action Pacman [18]
  • 67. A jigsaw made out of biscuits (9 pieces minimum) [20]

This one\’s for the ladies

  • 68. A friendship bracelet [1]
  • 69. A scrunchy [1]
  • 70. Multi-brush mascara [2]
  • 71. Hair straighteners [3]
  • 72. Hello Kitty merchandise which Chris doesn\’t already have [6]

Keep it under yours

  • 73. A tinfoil hat [1]
  • 74. A St Patrick\’s Day hat [2]
  • 75. A hard hat [3]
  • 76. A sombrero [5]
  • 77. A fez [8]
  • 78. A stovepipe hat [10]
  • 79. A policeman\’s helmet with a flashing light on top [12]

These belong in a museum

  • 80. A crystal skull [10]
  • 81. The Sankara Stone [15]
  • 82. The Ark of the Covenant [20]
  • 83. The Holy Grail [20]

Visitors to our fair realm

  • 84. A photo of two unrelated groups of tourists taking photos of each other [12]
  • 85. International recognition [15]
  • 86. A citizen of each EU country [1 per country]
  • 87. Photos of team members at milestones in and around Cambridge [3 per milestone]

You must be joking

  • 88. A lolly stick with a joke on [1]
  • 89. A cracker joke [2]
  • 90. The Ha Ha Bonk Book [9]
  • 91. A video of an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walking into a bar [15]

Lost for words…

  • 92. A book with no words [4]
  • 93. Hold a conversation in sign language [10]
  • 94. A non-English Scrabble set [13]
  • 95. Wuthering Heights in Morse code [2 per sentence, max 12]

…and found them again

  • 96. A UL pencil [1]
  • 97. It\’s Raining What Shall We Do? [2]
  • 98. A Choose Your Own Adventure book [6]
  • 99. A book club in an unusual setting [8]
  • 100. Movable type [12]
  • 101. A book bound in vellum [14]

Machinations

  • 102. A lever [1]
  • 103. A wheel and axle [1]
  • 104. A wedge [1]
  • 105. A screw [1]
  • 106. A pulley [1]
  • 107. An inclined plane [1]

We don\’t know what the theme is here either

  • 108. A snowglobe [3]
  • 109. A date stamp [4]
  • 110. A sceptre [7]
  • 111. A cauldron [11]
  • 112. Photos of team members at places of worship in Cambridge [2 per major denomination]

Six easy pieces

  • 113. A boot [1]
  • 114. An iron [2]
  • 115. A dog [4]
  • 116. A top hat [6]
  • 117. A car [8]
  • 118. A battleship [16]

Face the music

  • 119. Emo rock [1]
  • 120. A short opera about your favourite soap (bonus points if it\’s the judges\’ favourite soap) [12]
  • 121. A barbershop quartet [16]
  • 122. A theremin [19]

What rhymes with \’Crocket\’?

  • 123. A rocket [3]
  • 124. A sprocket [4]
  • 125. A locket [5]
  • 126. A docket [6]

Oral fixation

  • 127. Dental floss [1]
  • 128. A spit-valve [6]
  • 129. Tie a cherry stalk into a knot with your tongue [8]
  • 130. A blowpipe [10]

So you think we run this for your benefit?

  • 131. Compose an ode to the judges [10]
  • 132. Bring us cocktails [10]
  • 133. Moist towelettes [10]
  • 134. A cold one [10]

Gardener\’s World

  • 135. Cress [1]
  • 136. A trowel [3]
  • 137. Bonsai [4]
  • 138. A laurel wreath [5]
  • 139. A hanging basket [7]

The continuation of war by other means

  • 140. A photo of a team member with an MP [7]
  • 141. A toy US president [8]
  • 142. A pocket copy of the US constitution [9]
  • 143. A city councillor [16]
  • 144. The entire team dressed as US presidents [20]

Pressing business

  • 145. Pressed flowers [2]
  • 146. A garlic press [3]
  • 147. Make some paper [9]
  • 148. Get a press release published [17]

That\’s a wrap

  • 149. Continental European rap [7]
  • 150. Bubble wrap another team [10]
  • 151. Battle rap another team [2 per rhyme busted, max 16]
  • 152. Gift wrap one of the items [Double score on that item]

We\’re never gonna give you up, Mr Astley

  • 153. Rickroll the judges [6]
  • 154. Rick roly-poly [8]
  • 155. Rickroll a fellow [14]
  • 156. Rickroll the Grand Arcade [20]

For SCIENCE!

  • 157. A Petri dish [1]
  • 158. A microscope slide [2]
  • 159. Prove the non-existence of bees [8]
  • 160. A demonstration of the correlation between snoozing and losing [10]
  • 161. Evidence of the existence of Atlantis [12]
  • 162. A large hadron (diameter greater than 10cm) [17]
  • 163. Calculate g using household objects [5 points per significant figure, max 20]

Dib dib dib

  • 164. A woggle [3]
  • 165. Be Prepared! [5]
  • 166. Do a good deed [10]
  • 167. A clove hitch, a Flemish bend, a monkey\’s fist, a sheepshank [2 per knot]

Tis the season

  • 168. A hot cross bun [2]
  • 169. A Christmas napkin [4]
  • 170. A May Ball wristband [5]
  • 171. A carved pumpkin [12]

Snooker scoring

  • 172. Golf balls (snooker scoring) [Snooker scoring]
  • 173. Rawlplugs (snooker scoring) [Snooker scoring]
  • 174. Membership cards of political parties [Snooker scoring]

Be a good sport

  • 175. A croquet mallet [2]
  • 176. A baseball [3]
  • 177. A lacrosse stick [6]
  • 178. A ski [11]
  • 179. A real tennis racquet [13]

Style and aplomb

  • 180. Shoulder pads [2]
  • 181. A feather boa [3]
  • 182. A fine leather jacket [4]
  • 183. Blue hair [5]
  • 184. An excellent moustache [10]
  • 185. Cocktail monkeys [1 per monkey, max 6]

The labours of Hercules

  • 186. Challenge and beat a member of the public at noughts and crosses [8]
  • 187. An interpretive dance of your favourite dystopia (bonus points if it\’s the judges\’ favourite dystopia) [14]
  • 188. Memorise this list [1 per 10 items]
  • 189. Identify our cocktail [3 per ingredient]

Messing about in boats

  • 190. An inflatable [1]
  • 191. A lifejacket [4]
  • 192. A snorkel [5]
  • 193. A fishing fly [6]
  • 194. A dinghy [9]
  • 195. Walk on water [16]
  • 196. Pimp your punt [18]

Fulfil our whims

  • 197. Chris wants some little badges [Discretion]
  • 198. Martin wants some little badgers [Discretion]
  • 199. Abi wants a kitten [Discretion]
  • 200. Irene wants candy [Discretion]

Weapons effective against…

  • 201. Werewolves [5]
  • 202. Zombies [8]
  • 203. Ghosts [16]
  • 204. Vampires [1 per distinct weapon]

The animal kingdom

  • 205. A dog license [2]
  • 206. A paper dragon [3]
  • 207. A wind-up goldfish [5]
  • 208. An ostrich egg [9]
  • 209. A picture of a team member with a black squirrel [10]
  • 210. A reptiloid [12]
  • 211. Photos of team members at pubs in Cambridge with animals in their names [2 per pub]

For the win

  • 212. A raffle ticket [1]
  • 213. A bingo card [2]
  • 214. A children\’s sport award [4]
  • 215. Find us a prize [12]
  • 216. Break a world record [20]
  • 217. Cheerleaders (including pom-poms) [3 per pom, max 18]
  • 218. An item on a rotating pedestal [Double score on that item]

Schedule 2013

Here is the schedule for this year\’s scavenger hunt (not set in stone yet):

Thursday 13th June

  • 9am-9.30am: The list can be collected from a subset of the judges outside Great St. Mary\’s.
  • 10am: The list is made available online.
  • 11am-5pm: A subset of the judges will be available throughout the day for scoring at the GU, Mill Lane.
  • 5:30-9pm: The judges will be in Newnham Bar.

Friday 14th June

  • 9am –5pm: A subset of the judges will be available throughout the day for scoring at the GU, Mill Lane.
  • 5:30-9pm: The judges will be in Newnham Bar.
  • 9pm onwards: The final scores will be tallied, and a result announced.

Final Scores 2009

  1. 703 – Slay Belles WIN!
  2. 625 – The Politburo
  3. 565 – Pi-Eta-Mon
  4. 560 – Madness?
  5. 510 – The Kittens
  6. 491 – Ruth and the Cake-o-nauts
  7. 439 – Sparta
  8. 404 – The Bavarian Flying Corpse
  9. 367 – Some Assembly Required 2.0
  10. 358 – Decidedly Mediocre
  11. 325 – Captain Ben and his Merry Wenches
  12. 310 – Dave Can\’t Do It
  13. 291 – The Epistemes
  14. 258 – Cheesecake
  15. 234 – Bazalgette and the Englings feat. Liam
  16. 220 – There\’s Nothing Wrong with a Good Tautology
  17. 131 – A-Team
  18. 128 – The Duckings of the Apocalypse

Scavenger Hunt List 2007

Global warming is your problem too

  • A passion fruit [1 point]
  • The least and most carbon neutral bananas, and proof of this fact [3 points each]
  • A poster explaining the dangers of not sharing cars [3 points]
  • Plant a tree [6 points]

The fashionista, they text in TopShop:

  • A high visibility jacket [2 points]
  • Fashion from the \’50s, \’60s, \’70s and \’80s [1 point each]
  • Fashion from the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries [2 points each]
  • A novel alternative to the zip [6 points]

For the Arts students

  • A completed McDonalds application form – we\’ll return it after judging it so you can submit it, no worries [2 points]
  • The most overdue library book [3 points]
  • A trilingual dictionary [3 points]
  • Copies of the same book in more than two languages [1 point per language above two, max 5 points]

A novel approach

  • A complete set of Famous Five books (only Blyton, mind you) [4 points]
  • Burn a book! [1 point]
  • Ban a book! [8 points]
  • Biggles Takes it Rough [2 points]
  • A Raffles book [3 points]
  • A Flashman book [1 point]

Could you sign this for me?

  • An autograph from Neighbours [1 point]
  • An autograph from Tony Blair [4 points]
  • An autograph from Stephen Hawking [8 points]
  • An autograph from a gameshow host [2 points]
  • The deed to someone\’s soul – No need to sign it in blood [1 point]

Leadership qualities

  • A photo of a team member with a world leader [6 points]
  • A photo of a team member with Imre Leader [1 point]
  • A photo of a team member with a lead singer [2 points]
  • A photo of a team member with a scout leader [4 points]

Sugar!

  • A bowl full of only red M&Ms [3 points]
  • A team member completing the Skittles challenge [3 points]
  • A rude word spelled out with Smarties lids [up to 3 points]
  • Candy floss! [1 point]
  • A cake with someone inside it [8 points]
  • Homemade cupcakes – they had better be good [4 points]

From \’round town

  • Animals in Architecture: The Cambridge Information leaflet [1 point per animal, maximum 5 points]
  • A college bursar in their office with a team member [3 points]
  • A team member punting tourists down the Cam [6 points]
  • A rubbing of the Cambridge Brass Rubbing Centre [1 point]
  • Photographs of blue plaques in Cambridge [1 point each, maximum 5 points]
  • A photo with the Cambridge Metal Dude! [3 points]

The writing\’s on the floor

  • Savage Nuneaton [5 points]
  • The Key to the Secrets of the Universe [4 points]
  • High Maintenance Life [2 points]
  • Reality Checkpoint [1 point]
  • Duaea Rotae Hic Relictae Perimentur [3 points]

Legalese:

  • A birth certificate [1 point]
  • A death certificate [2 points]
  • A bronze swimming certificate [3 points]
  • A gay marriage certificate [4 points]
  • A laminated degree certificate [5 points]
  • Make us a wig fit for a judge [6 points]

Saving the world!

  • Legally change your name to a superhero\’s [9 points]
  • Save the world in your superhero outfit! There had better be some footage of your good deeds [7 points]
  • Hug a Hoodie! [2 points]
  • \”By their powers combined I am… Captain Chime Planet!\” A wind chime, a water chime, a fire chime, an earth chime and a heart chime (Bonus points if you can summon a superhero by combining their powers) [1 point for the first, 2 for the second, and so forth]

In today\’s press:

  • The best pun headline [3 points]
  • The best page 3 [3 points]
  • Wednesday\’s cryptic crossword, complete (from a respectable publication) [3 points]
  • Your team in the newspaper [3 points]
  • And, with the leftovers, the best papier mache sculpture [3 points]
  • Get the phrase \”a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest\” onto BBC News\’ Have Your Say [3 points]

Good Music

  • Perform a medley of classic TV theme tunes [1 point per theme tune we recognise, maximum 5 points]
  • Opera glasses [3 points]
  • A string quartet [8 points]
  • Orchestral merchandise [1 point]

Bad Music

  • A ticket to Eurovision [5 points]
  • An original song about your favourite historical figure (Bonus points if it\’s our favourite historical figure too) [up to 5 points]
  • Play a recognisable tune on as many of the following as possible: Wineglasses, spoons, ribs, bottles [1 point each]
  • A new blues song about the Scavenger Hunt [up to 5 points]
  • A re-enactment of your favourite STEPS music video – Bring the original for comparison purposes (Extra points for costumes) [up to 5 points]

Ugly Music

  • A didgeridoo [1 point]
  • Krautrock [1 point]
  • Marillion [9 points]
  • A tattoo of t.A.T.u. [1 point]

Nudge nudge wink wink say-no-more say-no-more

  • Sex up Shakespeare [up to 3 points]
  • A pitch for a porn movie [1 point]
  • A prop from a porn movie [4 points]
  • A fascist porn movie [5 points]
  • Four bankers in a room with no shoes or socks on [4 points]

G\’day, sport

  • A rock. Some paper. Some scissors. Three enter, one leaves [3 points]
  • Beat a college fellow at RPS (best out of 3) [3 points]
  • A team member included in the world ranking of some sport [3 points]
  • An oversized novelty golfball [1 point]
  • Half a golf club [6 points]
  • Something you win when you get a Blue [1 point]

Gotta Catch\’em All

  • A stamp collection [2 points]
  • A collector\’s plate [3 points]
  • A baseball card collection [4 points]
  • A church collection [6 points]

Chips\’n\’dips

  • Chips [1 point]
  • Mr Chips [8 points]
  • Poker chips [1 point]
  • A computer chip [1 point]

Walk like an Egyptian

  • A human pyramid [1 point per person]
  • An inhuman pyramid [5 points]
  • A photo of a team member at the Pyramids [1 point]
  • Pyramid magazine [3 points]
  • Start your own pyramid scheme! [2 points]

The Ayes Have It

  • An I Spy book [2 points]
  • A Magic Eye book [2 point]
  • A human eye (not attached) [8 points]
  • I, Claudius [1 points]

Sitting on the fence

  • A fence [1 point]
  • Offence [3 points]
  • Defence [3 points]
  • A fencer [1 point]

Wooooooooooooo…

  • Woo the judges [judges\’ discretion, maximum of 5 points]
  • Woo! The judges [1 point]
  • Wool [1 point]
  • Woes! [1 point per woe, maximum 3 woes]

Fetch and carry

  • Fetch us a plank! [2 points]
  • Bring us a shrubbery! [4 points]
  • Bring us a bonsai! [3 points]
  • Carry water in a sieve [5 points]

Death and taxis

  • Taxidermy [4 points]
  • Tax evasion [3 points]
  • A model taxi [2 points]
  • Taxi driver [1 point]

His Royal Highness

  • Raspberry beret [2 points]
  • Little red corvette [6 points]
  • Diamonds and pearls [2 points each]
  • Cream [1 point]

Itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny…

  • A microdot [7 points]
  • A microfiche [2 points]
  • A Micro Machine [2 points]
  • Microsoft Office! [1 point]

Seedy

  • Seed [1 point]
  • Secede [10 points]
  • Succeed [2 points]
  • Fail [1 point]
  • Abort, retry, fail? Discuss [up to 5 points]

Building bridges

  • A (new) bridge over the river Cam (Bonus points if we can walk across it without harm) [9 points]
  • A bridge over the river Kwai [2 points]
  • Jeff Bridges [10 points]
  • An Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky bridge [12 points]
  • Cross the Rubicon [10 points]
  • Bridges in Cambridge that vampires can cross [2 points each]

Hit the road

  • A home-made self propelled vehicle [6 points]
  • A home-made steam engine [10 points]
  • Each of the Park & Ride buses [snooker scoring]
  • Pimp your ride [up to 6 points]

Food\’n\’drink

  • A pumpkin [3 points]
  • A napkin [1 point]
  • Genuine ration book [5 points]
  • A new on-the-go meal capable of rivalling the sandwich\’s tyrannical monopoly on the food market (Bonus points if carbon neutral) [up to 4 points]
  • The smallest – and the biggest – teacup ever [3 points each]

Nominae Latinae

  • Nepeta cataria [2 points]
  • Camellia sinensis [2 points]
  • Lavandula angustifolia [2 points]
  • Aesculus hippocastanum [2 points]

Personal statement

  • Your team mascot [3 points]
  • A team member with a demonstrably bad hair day [2 points]
  • Show us your party trick [up to 5 points]
  • Evidence that your dad could beat up my dad [4 points]

Flying The Flag (For You)

  • Capture a flag [2 points]
  • A college flag [3 points]
  • As much of Wuthering Heights in semaphore as possible [1 point per sentence, maximum 5 points]
  • The flag of Derbyshire [4 points]

What the hell were we thinking?

  • Snakes on a train [1 point]
  • Solid Snake in a cardboard box [2 points]
  • Big fish, little fish, cardboard box! [1 point each]
  • Largest cup-size bra possible [3 points]
  • Fax me, baby [4 points]

Things that sound the same

  • A thimble [1 point]
  • A thurible [4 points]
  • Propaganda [1 point]
  • Propagandhi [2 points]

They do things differently there

  • A picture of your favourite US president – made out of pasta [up to 5 points]
  • A lantern [1 point]
  • The best gravestone [3 points]
  • A Frenchman, surrendering [2 points]
  • None of this modern nonsense: A passport stamped by the original Axis of Evil [6 points]
  • A confectionery castle [3 points]
  • A chunk of the Berlin Wall [5 points]

Toys and games

  • Monopoly set from outside the UK [2 points]
  • A Transformer [2 points]
  • Megazord! [3 points]
  • A pawn [1 point]
  • Design your own board game: KERPOW!? [up to 4 points]
  • Live action Tetris [5 points]

I feel pretty! Oh so pretty!

  • An oil painting [2 points]
  • Perform a makeover on a team member, complete with before and after photos [4 points]
  • The best celebrity lookalike you can find [3 points]
  • Largest ponytail [3 points]
  • Largest My Little Pony (bonus points if NIB) [3 points]

Mythical creatures

  • A fairy [1 point]
  • A gelatinous cube [1 point]
  • An owlbear [10 points]
  • A toy dragon [1 point]
  • A Care Bear [2 points]
  • Your pokemans. Show them to us [1 point]

My Politics. Let me show you them.

  • A protest banner [3 points]
  • A Green Party membership card [2 points]
  • A French voting ballot [4 points]
  • T-shirts with revolutionary figures on them [1 point per figure, maximum 5]
  • Craft an elaborate conspiracy theory and demonstrate how the Scavenger Hunt is actually controlled by Rept(il)oids [up to 5 points]
  • An MP [9 points]

Leap of faith

  • The highest-ranking religious official you can find (cannot be combined with next item) [3 points]
  • A scientologist (cannot be combined with previous item) [3 points]
  • Meditate in Sainsbury\’s [3 points]
  • Tell our fortunes [up to 3 points]

SCIENCE: It works, damnit

  • A working model volcano [up to 5 points]
  • Freeze something in ice [2 points]
  • Encase something in jelly [2 points]
  • A fossil [1 point]
  • A complete set of Star Trek movies, minus the bad ones (We\’re not telling you which ones are the bad ones) [1 point per good one, -1 point per bad one]
  • As many Isaac Newtons as possible [1 point each]

Film puns

  • 12 monkeys [2 points]
  • Fried green tomatoes [3 points]
  • A girl with a pearl earring [1 point]
  • A labyrinth (massive bonus points for David Bowie in the flesh) [4 points]

The World Is Not Enough

  • People whose surnames are geographical places (Bonus points for Paris Hilton) [1 point each, maximum 5 points]
  • A hat from each continent [1 point each]
  • Carmen Sandiego [10 points]
  • Ye olde mappe of Cammebridge, beinge a complete descripteion of yon fair citie and environs, and ye felle beasts which dwelle thereine [up to 5 points]

Fabulous Prizes!

  • A prize from a gameshow [3 points]
  • Gunge [2 points]
  • Points win Prizes! So Nectar points must win… [1 point per thousand, maximum 5 points]
  • A lottery ticket for Wednesday\’s draw (to be provided before the draw) [1 point]
  • A Nobel Prize [9 points]
  • A Fields Medal [9 points]

MAKE $$$ IN YOUR SPARE TIME!!!1!

  • A new reality TV show [1 point]
  • Survey at least twenty members of the public, presenting your results and methodology. You must ask at least these questions: What is justice? What\’s love got to do with it? What\’s she gonna look like with a chimney on her? Who would win in a fight between Superman and Batman? What is the time? [7 points]
  • Get your team mentioned on a celebrity blog [5 points]
  • Advertisement for a new dessert [2 points]

Education, education, education

  • GCSE coursework [3 points]
  • A ticket to the Millennium Dome exhibition [6 points]
  • Learn conversational Esperanto [5 points]
  • MENSA membership [3 points]

The Manly Category

  • Manly stubble [up to 3 points]
  • Manly scrabble [6 points]
  • A chainsaw [4 points]
  • A boxing glove [1 point]

Make like a tree and leave

  • A family tree that includes both George W. Bush and Kate Bush [4 points]
  • A phylogenetic tree of pasta [4 points]
  • A Lego palm tree [2 points]
  • A shoe tree [2 points]

Rules

How It All Works

Essentially, the scavenger hunt is all about trying to find stuff and do things. The list itself will remain secret until the start of the event, but once revealed it\’s down to each team as to exactly which items and tasks they choose to attempt. There is a scoring system, but the main point of the whole exercise is to have fun!

Disclaimer

In taking part we remind you all that you are adults and responsible for your own actions. We strongly discourage the use of any illegal means for the purposes of acquiring items or completing tasks. This includes making a nuisance of yourselves to the general public. We will also not be impressed by underhand tactics, particularly involving members of other teams. Please remember this is just for fun, there is no need to get carried away and do something you will later regret.

Risk Assessment

  • Significant Hazards – We do not believe that the activities of the Scavenger Hunt: present any significant hazards, require the use of any equipment that requires special safety training, require the use of or result in the production of harmful chemicals, fumes or dust, require you to enter a dangerous or confined space.
  • Control Measures – At all times consider your own safety and that of the public. No Scavenger Hunt items will require you to endanger yourself or any member of the public.
  • If any danger should present itself or an accident should occur, contact the emergency services. If you feel that we have neglected an aspect of your safety, please inform us immediately.

Teams

Teams should consist of up to five players. Obviously, there\’s not much we can do if you have a small team and lots of friends helping out on individual items. In fact, this is encouraged. However, if any items mention \”a team member\” or \”the entire team\”, then we\’re going to insist on exactly that. Substitutions will be considered should a team member have to miss a significant portion of the scavenger hunt, due to examinations for instance.

Money

We intend you not to have to spend any more than you would usually do having a fun day out. Whilst some things can easily be obtained through financial means, we really don\’t want you spending money on things you can\’t afford, so buy at your own discretion.

Getting Items

Many of the entries in the list will be items. These are typically worth a static number of points. It is worth noting that we haven\’t the time or inclination to fully detail each entry, so try to get the most obvious thing implied by what is written. We are usually pleased with good fakes however, and these can score most of the points the actual item would get you. Additionally, if you can bring us something that is not the item we intended, but in some way makes a pun or play on words with what was written, kudos, we\’ll probably give you the full points.

Unless otherwise noted, we want you to physically bring us the item in order to score the points, not just a photograph or movie. Please refrain from emailing those items that we will accept as photographs or movies – bring them to us in a copyable format! USB memory sticks preferred. When you are bringing items to score, please tell us the item number to make it easier for us to give you the points.

Those items that include a superlative adjective (largest or longest for instance) will be ranked at the end of the hunt and then the points stated will be awarded to the best item in its category. The second item will score one fewer point, the third two fewer points and so on.

We will not keep any of the items you bring us unless specified, or you want us to. Items left behind at the end of the hunt will be taken or thrown away at our discretion. We will publish photographs and movies unless you don\’t want us to — tell us when you give us the photographs and videos!.

Tasks

Some of the list entries will be simple tasks. Where possible, having them performed in front of us is preferable, but if not video or photographic evidence will usually be accepted (via a USB memory stick if possible).

Tasks are scored in a variety of ways: some give your team a static number of points, some give points based on a ranking in some way, as with the superlative items above. Finally, there are some tasks in which there is an element of creativity and a qualitative judgement is required. In these cases, we will score out of a stated maximum and you should feel free to use flattery and persuasion to obtain more points for your efforts.

Scoring and Prizes

Most of the scoring system has been described above. However you should remember that we\’re really very easily impressed and if we feel you\’ve gone beyond the call of duty for a particular item or task, we will not hesitate to award bonus points. We will try to update the scores as often as possible on this website during the event.

Submitting items and tasks for scoring will only be permitted during certain hours, so that we can all get some sleep. We encourage you to visit or email us at regular intervals with updates on your progress.

This year there will be a small prize for the winner and possibly for anyone else who impresses us! However, you should aim to be taking part for the fun of it, and perhaps to show off your talents to everyone else playing.

Website

Following previous years\’ successes, we\’re hoping, to be able to put photographs of interesting items, videos of tasks and the like up on this website as soon as we get them. So to reiterate, keeping us updated on your progress is the best thing you can do to impress us! Be sure to check out our Twitter feed regularly as we may post secret items!

Scavenger Hunt List 2004

0 points.

  • A pile of bottlecaps.

1 points.

  • A magnetic letter of the alphabet.
  • A 5 1/4 inch floppy disc.
  • A wooden egg.
  • A globe (+1 if it\’s out of date.)
  • A 2p stamp.
  • A reel of light blue cotton.
  • A metal crown.
  • A death card from a tarot deck.
  • A yellow smiley badge.
  • A fob watch.
  • A bottle or can of root beer.
  • A pez dispenser (+2 points if it\’s a WB character.)
  • A 10ml measuring cylinder.
  • A union jack paper plate.
  • A photo of a team member wearing a traffic cone.
  • A Kendal mint cake.
  • A metal whistle.
  • Fluffy Dice.
  • Smartie lids spelling a 3 letter word (+2 for a 6 or more letter word.)
  • A photo of a shop sign containing the word \’metro\’.
  • A balloon animal.
  • Compose this sentence entirely out of letters from the Argos catalogue.
  • A list of all 150 pokemon, in felt-tip pen.
  • A pair of rainbow socks.
  • A 10W lightbulb.
  • A \”worm/snake in a can\”.
  • A nock.
  • Write an \’amusing\’ short story (max 500 words.)
  • A rubber duck
  • A piggy bank (must be pig shaped.)
  • Something that goes \”moo\” (must not be a human.)
  • A kaleidoscope. (+2 if it\’s homemade.)
  • A computer program to either output all primes up to an input \”n\”, or output the word \”cheese\” each with a 50% probability.
  • Photograph of the Lion King 2 on DVD for sale in a shop.
  • Photo of a smiling horse.
  • A plastic slinky.
  • A pair of compasses.

2 points.

  • Any Encarta disc.
  • Photo of a \”welcome to Cambridge/Cambridgeshire?\” sign.
  • A chess piece over four inches tall.
  • A multicoloured pingpong ball. (at least 4 colours)
  • A model of any sugar molecule.
  • A four-leaf clover.
  • A photo or screenshot of level 19 in lemmings.
  • A valentines card.
  • A quill pen.
  • £15140 monopoly money.
  • A business card for the team.
  • Evidence of a score of 100000 points (beginner) on a point-blank arcade machine. (+4 if 150000 points with 0 continues)
  • 3 different beermats for the same beer.
  • Evidence of a completed 1000 piece jigsaw (+2 if you bring it along.)
  • A \”paintbrush\” drumstick.
  • Photo of a team-member fighting a crocodile.
  • A published leaflet entitled \’Red Pages\’.
  • A polystyrene plane.
  • A pair of sunglasses with mirrors at the edges to let you look behind you.
  • Photograph of the whole team in a tree
  • A peacock feather.
  • Write and perform an original song, about cake. (+3 possible depending on quality.)
  • An origami dragon
  • Photograph of the \”Bead Shop\”.
  • A roadsign, of any size.
  • Any Beatles track that would qualify to be on \”Short Music for Short People\”.
  • A Russian doll.
  • A wooden tennis racket.
  • A map of the moon.
  • A fireman\’s hat.
  • Photograph of a shop called \”Roll on Blank Tapes\”.
  • A bottle of Cwella.
  • Make an advertising poster for the film \”Return of the Revenge of the Second Coming of the Undead Ninja Killer Bunny Pirates from Mars II.\” (digitally reanimastered.) (+2 possible for quality)
  • A laminated copy of this list.

3 points.

  • A proof or theorem by Gödel, a picture by Escher, and some music by Bach.
  • A non-circular CD.
  • A non-black vinyl record.
  • Photos of at least 5 sundials in Cambridge.
  • A rag magazine.
  • A prodigal Sorcerer.
  • Thunderbird 1.
  • A photo recognisably containing both Homerton and Girton. (you don\’t need to be in this one.)
  • Photos of 5 different full-size college coats of arms.
  • A tamagotchi.
  • A pokeball, (not a picture of one)
  • A love heart that says \”fax me\”
  • A scarecrow of an assassin (+3 possible for quality.)
  • The name of any shop in Cambridge selling a monkey on a tricycle. (See example.)
  • Photograph a sign offering buy one get one free in Subway.
  • Photograph of the team dressed as superheroes. (+3 possible for quality.)
  • A pop-cork gun.
  • A poison letter sent to a team member, older than lent 2004.
  • A drivers license, with points on it.
  • An expired UL library card.
  • Photographs (before and after) of a set up 200 piece domino rally.
  • A speedstacks cup.
  • Autographs of three different bedders.
  • A ruler that measures something other than cm or inches.
  • Photograph of a team member hugging a banker.
  • A photograph from the board in Gardies. .
  • A photograph of a model railway.
  • The answer to puzzledonkey 1.1.10

4 points.

  • Proof of ownership of any stocks or shares.
  • The (entire) frontpage of a newspaper over a year old.
  • A book token that was awarded to a team member for something.
  • Evidence of any decent etch-a-sketch picture drawn by a team member.
  • A subutteo referee.
  • A flyer for Robinson may ball.
  • A football programme from the 2003-2004 season.
  • A tour T-shirt for any band containing a female member.
  • A losing Saturday lottery ticket.
  • An ASNaC.
  • A photograph of the entire team with a Japanese Tourist.
  • A length of string composed of one piece of string of each colour of the rainbow, tied together with different knots.
  • An Advent calendar (+2 if containing chocolates.)
  • Build a device that makes a \”plink\” noise 10 times after a suitable item is dropped in the top.
  • Photo of the team having a tea party in an obscure location.

5 points.

  • A poster (at least A2) of the Mandelbrot set.
  • A conker.
  • A cinema ticket stub for pirates of the Caribbean.
  • A real (i.e. made of cloth) EU flag.
  • Photographs of all the other teams.
  • Evidence of an unsupported 2ft tall stack of pennies. (+3 for every extra foot up to 11 points)
  • The autograph of Rory McGrath?.
  • A Zoid.
  • A Cadbury’s crème egg.

6 points.

  • A letter of rejection for an undergraduate course, from any university.
  • An Oxford University scarf.
  • A musical domino.
  • A book of matches from a holiday inn.
  • A Netto shopping bag.
  • A left-handed can-opener.
  • Half a golf ball.
  • A working periscope made from a Pringles tube.
  • A series 1 pog.

7 points.

  • A Michelin Man.
  • A jelly sandcastle.

8 points.

  • A Major Morgan.

9 points.

  • Photographs of a team member shaking hands with Riley, Hobson and Bence. (3 points for each, +1 if you get them all to sign the book.)

Bonus awards.

(most of these are purely objective. So what?)

  • The team with most oversized item on the list. (+1)
  • The team with the \’nicest\’ jelly sandcastle. (+1)
  • The team with the most obscure version of any item on the list. (+1)
  • Any team that returns with a 5 or more point item signed by a dean of any college. (+3)
  • The team with the \’prettiest\’ list of pokemon. (+1)
  • The team with the best balloon animal (+1)
  • The team with the best story behind how they obtained any item. (+1)
  • The team with the best faked item. (note: faked items don\’t score points.) (+1)
  • The team with the funniest photograph. (+1)
  • The team with the best team business card (+1)
  • The team with the most amusing story (+1)
  • The team with photographs of the largest number of different bike shops in Cambridge. (+1)
  • The most obscure tea party (+1)