Scavenger Hunt List 2006

Note that the items are divided into categories. By obtaining all of the items and completing all of the tasks in a category, you earn one extra point per item. For those items that are the \’best\’, \’most\’ or similar, you only need to make a reasonable attempt to qualify for these bonus points.

Architecture:

  • A spirit level (1)
  • Photos of Cripps buildings/courts/blocks (1 each)
  • A property deed (4)
  • A 5-storey house of cards (6)

Celebrities:

  • A photo of a team member with Stephen Hawking (3)
  • A photo of the team with Matthew Garrett (3 or more)
  • An item signed by someone from a soap opera (3)
  • Play Imre Leader at a board game other than Othello (5)
  • Carmen Sandiego or the location thereof (9)

Clothing:

  • A shoe larger than size 12 (2)
  • A snorkel (2)
  • An \”I\’m With Stupid\” t-shirt (2)
  • Flying goggles (2)
  • A tartan kilt (3)

Communications:

  • A used stamp for a denomination other than 39p or 23p (1)
  • Postcards from each continent (1 each, bonus for Antarctica)
  • A Christmas card to the umpires from the team (2 or more)
  • A letter from an intelligence service (3)
  • A telegram (5)

Computing:

  • COMMAND.COM (1)
  • A modem under 56 kilobaud (2)
  • System Shock 2 (2 – double if you let the judges keep it)
  • A model of the internet (4)

Conspiracy Theory:

  • A book which specifically denies evolution (3)
  • Evidence of time travel other than 1 sec/sec (4)
  • Fake the moon landings (5)
  • Evidence of extraterrestrial life (10)

Criminal Behaviour:

  • A bag marked SWAG (1 or more)
  • A legal controlled substance (1)
  • A lockpick (2)
  • An ASBO (7)

Democracy:

  • A copy of the Magna Carta (2)
  • A polling card (2)
  • A petition signed by 20 members of the public (4)
  • A copy of this list signed by a member of Cambridge City Council (6)

Drink:

  • Alcohol past its sell-by date (1)
  • A bottle of wine more than 5 years old (2 – double if you let the judges keep it)
  • A glass significantly larger than 1 pint (2)
  • A stein (2)
  • The most obscure foreign beverage (3)

Education:

  • Graduation bands (1)
  • A Bodleian Library card (2)
  • A degree certificate (2)
  • A university card from a graduate college (2)
  • Handwritten lecture notes taken in 2004 (2)
  • The World Book encyclopedia (or one volume thereof) (3)
  • A photo with more than one college master (6)

Fauna:

  • A live snail (1)
  • Hello Kitty merchandise (1)
  • Mickey Mouse ears (1)
  • The most photos of team members with different animal species (with Latin name) (3)
  • Build a better mousetrap (4)

Film:

  • A clapperboard (2)
  • A copy of Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (2)
  • A cinema ticket stub for Stealth, or a receipt for the purchase of the DVD (3)
  • A short film by the team about the dangers of piracy (5)

Finance:

  • A receipt for £6.66 (1)
  • A college bill for a negative amount (2)
  • A photo of two bankers hugging each other (2)
  • A coin from a country which no longer exists (3)
  • The cheapest thing bought on eBay today (auction, not Buy It Now) (3)
  • £13.75 in coupons (exactly) (3)
  • Something worth over £2000 (5 – double if you let the judges keep it)

Flora:

  • A bunch of flowers (1)
  • A fake flower (1)
  • A piece of holly (1)
  • A balloon plant (3)

Food:

  • A Cadbury\’s Dairy Milk \”with Creme Egg\” (1)
  • A complimentary mint (1)
  • A non-Cadbury\’s Easter egg (1)
  • Bake us a cake (3 or more)
  • The best non-destructive egg-launcher (5, to be launched from a 1st storey window, throwing allowed)

Free Gifts:

  • A lollipop stick with a joke on (1)
  • A toy from a cereal packet (1)
  • A Ronald McDonald? toy (3)
  • A Hamburglar toy (4)

Geometry:

  • A gelatinous cube (2 or more)
  • A pentagon constructed using compass and straightedge (2)
  • A spirograph (2)
  • A home-made d20 (3)

Heritage:

  • A castle (1 or more)
  • A National Trust membership card (2)
  • A photo of a real coat of arms not from an educational institution (2)
  • A photo of the Viking fish and chip shop (2)
  • A team coat of arms (2 or more)
  • A tapestry (3)

Kitchen:

  • A colourful spoon (1)
  • A lemon juicer (1)
  • A pizza cutter (1)
  • A George Foreman grill (2)

Law and Order:

  • A sheriff\’s badge (1)
  • A superhero costume (modelled) (2 or more)
  • A homemade security alarm (4)
  • A bullet (5)

Literature:

  • An Agatha Christie novel (1)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorceror\’s Stone (2)
  • A D&D Player\’s Handbook from before 3rd Edition (3)
  • A book in a non-Indo-European language (3)
  • A book first published between 500 and 1500AD in its original language (4)
  • Recite a poem about a hunt of greater than 10 lines (5)

Monorail:

  • A monocle (2)
  • Someone called Monica (2)
  • Something from Monaco (2)
  • A magnetic monopole (10)

Music:

  • Wind chimes (1)
  • A NOW! album with a prime number (2)
  • A sitar (2)
  • A Grade 5 or above music certificate (3)
  • Compose and perform a song about an event during the hunt (5)
  • Two NOW! albums with twin prime numbers (6)
  • 99 red balloons (floating in the summer sky) (9)

Naughty:

  • A pack of pornographic playing cards (2)
  • A photo of the entire team in a bathtub (2)
  • A candle longer than 2 feet (60 cm) (3)
  • The scariest (clean) underwear (3)
  • A job for Michael Richards (10, must be an offer of employment for at least 8 hours at minimum wage)

Paper:

  • The Epoch Times (1)
  • A copy of the Big Issue more than a month old (2)
  • A giant origami (3)
  • The Ewok Times (4)

Pastamancy:

  • A photocopy of some pasta (1)
  • 100 pieces of pasta, individually labelled \’knife\’ (4)
  • A 50cm bridge, made only of spaghetti and glue (4)
  • A map of the London Underground made of pasta (4)

People:

  • A photo of a parent of a member of another team (3)
  • Two people with the same birthday (with proof) (4)
  • A foreign tourist (who you don\’t know) (6)
  • Someone who has appeared on the Honours List (8)

Pirate:

  • A metal hook (1 or more)
  • A plank (1)
  • An eyepatch (1)
  • A letter of marque (6)

Planet:

  • A visa from a country other than the USA (2)
  • A katamari greater than 20cm in diameter (4)
  • Have the team\’s contribution to climate change computed by the Cambridge Carbon Footprint (4)
  • Samples of Earth, Wind, Fire, Water and Heart (5)

Rainbow:

  • A red key (1)
  • Parma violets (1)
  • A yellow ribbon tied around an old oak tree (2)
  • An indigo plant (3)
  • An opaque orange Lego brick (3)
  • A blue suede shoe (4)
  • A green snooker ball (4)

Religion:

  • Rosary beads (2)
  • A photo of the entire team with an official of a recognised non-Christian religion (3)
  • Jesus\’ face on a piece of toast (3)
  • A bishop\’s mitre (8)

Science:

  • A Cartesian diver (1)
  • A big magnet (1 or more)
  • A boiling tube (1)
  • An inanimate carbon rod (2)
  • An animated carbon rod (4)
  • Soap you made yourself (7)

Sean Connery:

  • A poster from a Sean Connery film (2)
  • The soundtrack to a Sean Connery film (2)
  • The best 5 anagrams of Sean Connery films (5)
  • Sean Connery (9)

Sport:

  • A photo of a team member canoeing (2)
  • A photo of Live Action Noughts & Crosses (3)
  • 3/4 of a golf ball in one piece (4)
  • Memorabilia from the last three soccer World Cups (4)
  • A World Cup ticket stub (5)

Supermarket Sweep:

  • A labelled product without any English text (2)
  • A photo of a giant inflatable in a supermarket (2)
  • A photo of the entire team in a supermarket trolley (3)
  • A receipt from a Sainsbury\’s other than Sidney St (3)
  • The most photos of distinct Co-ops (3)

Toys R Us:

  • A flexible pencil (1)
  • A rusty nail (1)
  • A spinning top (1)
  • A decoder ring (2)
  • A toy with a string you can pull so it speaks (2 or more)
  • A marionette (3)

Transport:

  • A photo of a number plate which spells a word (1)
  • A unique part of a bicycle (not chain/brake handles/pedal) (1 each)
  • A model train, made of train tickets (4)
  • A working steam engine (7)

X-Treme:

  • The object fulfilling the most criteria on the list (1 each)
  • A photo of a team member extreme ironing (3 or more)
  • The largest ice cube (3)
  • The person whose name is last in alphabetical order (surname, forename) (3)
  • A photo of the view from Castle Hill at dawn (4)

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