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]

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