Scavenger Hunt List 2011

.

Category

Item Number

Item

Max Points

.

2011

1

A student protest

4

.

2

A tuition fee

2

.

3

A Clegg effigy

6

.

4

A Justin Beiber effigy

6

.

5

An uprising

4

.

6

The biggest Royal Wedding photograph

3

.

7

Your team's Eurovision entry

8

.

8

An Arab Spring

3

.

9

Demonstration of AV

3

.

10

A ballot paper

2

.

11

A Superinjunction

4

.

12

O'bama's pint of Guinness

3

.

13

An RSA SecureID token

3

.

14

An impossible exam question

3

.

Hipsters

15

Glasses without lenses

1

.

16

Leggings

1

.

17

Chequered shirt (up to 5, must be wearing all of them)

1 each

.

18

Low necked t-shirt

1

.

19

Pretentious band t-shirt

1

.

20

Skinny jeans

1

.

21

Distressed tee

1

.

Royal Wedding

22

The Duke of Cambridge (bonus with his Duchess)

100

.

23

Bunting

2

.

24

Royal Memorabilia

2

.

25

A Carriage

3

.

26

A Grumpy Bridesmaid

5

.

27

Something more important from 29/04

2

.

28

An emergency plan in case Kate said no

4

.

29

A wedding dress

6

.

30

Top hat and tails

4

.

31

A glass slipper

4

.

32

A wedding hat, as preposterous as possible

6

.

33

Stag do photos

2

.

34

Longest dress train

2

.

35

Cartwheeling whilst dressed as a vicar

4

.

Ghostbusters

36

Zener cards

1 per card, max 3

.

37

Demonstration of ESP

5

.

38

Ectoplasmic residue

3

.

39

Fireman's pole

2

.

40

Tobin's spirit guide

4

.

41

Spores, moulds and fungi collection

5

.

42

Levitating book/girlfriend

5

.

43

Edible replica of Stay Puft Marshmellow Man

4

.

44

Sign announcing the end of the world

1

.

45

High voltage laser containment facility

4

.

46

Bill Murry

7

.

47

Total protonic reversal

2

.

48

Twinkie (bonus points if 35' long and 600lb)

3

.

49

Cross some beams!

1

.

50

Jumpsuit

2

.

Student Life

51

Photos of a team member outside a Cambridge pub

1 each, max 6

.

52

Microwave chocolate cake (must be tasty)

5

.

53

Worst Room

2

.

54

Cheapest food

2

.

55

Recipies including baked beans

0.5 each, max 3 points

.

56

Least available free floor space in a room

2

.

57

A traffic cone

3

.

58

A (real) text from last night

2

.

59

Most credit cards belonging to one person

1 each

.

60

Video of fastest complete checkout at a Sainsbury's self-service automated checkout, including receipt

6

.

61

May ball poster

1

.

62

May ball prop

2

.

63

May ball wristband

2

.

64

Ticket to the St John's 2011 May Ball (massive bonus points if we can keep it!)

4

.

65

Cambridge xxxxtreme ironing

6

.

66

Punt racing

3 per punt

.

67

Most people on a punt

0.5 points per person

.

IT Crowd

68

Cuke

4

.

69

Moss's mug

3

.

70

Cradle of Filth, techno style

3

.

71

A stress detector machine (bonus if it works)

4

.

72

New emergency services advert

7

.

73

THE SHOOOOOOOES

2

.

74

Street countdown re-enactment (a proper match, we can judge)

10

.

75

Flammable sea parks model (bonus points if burnt down, with explanation)

8

.

76

Wear an Aunt Irma t-shirt

6

.

77

Grand Designs DVDs (bonus points if you don't have a receipt)

2

.

78

Gay! A gay musical!

6

.

79

Enrol in a German Cookery course

3

.

80

Shithead of the Year Award

3

.

81

A Flappy Duck take away dinner

5

.

82

Have a conversation about football in front of us

4

.

83

The Internet

3

.

Webcomics

84

Memorabilia

4

.

85

A Machine of Death story

6

.

86

An enactment of a Machine of Death story

8

.

87

An original dinosaur comic (we'll provide whiteboard if required)

4

.

88

Dr McNinja

5

.

89

Flute Cop

5

.

Outside the Bubble

90

Name the top ten in the charts

2

.

91

A recent receipt from somewhere at least as far as Girton

2

.

92

A paycheque (not a payslip)

4

.

93

The reality checkpoint

2

.

94

Ironing board

3

.

95

Spaghetti quantity measurer

2

.

96

Marigolds

2

.

97

Oven baking tray

1

.

98

Something from Anglia Ruskin

1

.

99

Something from The Other Place

2

.

100

Something from MIT

3

.

Travel

101

Stamps in a passport

2 per country, max 8

.

102

Foreign currency

1 per currency, max 8

.

103

Photos from famous locations with team members in (at least two)

2 each, max 6

.

104

Beach towel

2

.

105

Sand castle

4

.

106

Improvised native dress

5

.

107

Flip flops

1

.

108

Inflatable crocodile

3

.

109

Travel sized items

1 per item, max 3

.

110

Foreign phrasebook

2

.

111

Travel guides

1 per continent

.

112

Massive summer hat

2

.

113

Most uninviting tourist brochure

5

.

114

Holiday snaps from Girton

6

.

115

Girton passport stamp

8

.

116

Surfboard

2

.

117

Strong suncream

2

.

118

Strong DEET

3

.

119

Postcards

1 per continent

.

120

Suitcase

1

.

121

Trashy souvenirs

2

.

College Life

122

Alcohol

4

.

123

Most college clothing being worn

1 per item

.

124

Most beer mats

4

.

125

Longest Sainsbury's receipt

4

.

126

College-crested crockery

4

.

127

Mr. ASBO

4

.

128

Man in tweed

3

.

129

Your picture at Gardie's

3

.

130

A Footlight

4

.

131

Gowns (points per college)

1 each, max 5

.

132

A doctor's bonnet

3

.

133

A plan to fortify your college against zombie attack

6

.

The Recession

134

Cheapest five course meal (sacrifice quality not quantity)

5

.

135

Best explanation of the recession (bonus points if it involves pipes)

6

.

136

A video on saving money

5

.

137

Someone dressed entirely in newspapers

3

.

138

Cardboard box house (must be able to fit at least one judge)

4 + 2 per judge

.

139

Something made from toilet roll

3

.

Portal 2

140

Combustible lemons

4

.

141

Cave Johnson quotes recited from memory

1 each, max 6

.

142

A weighted companion cube

4

.

143

A personality core

3

.

144

Aperture Science Laboratories memorabilia (doesn't have to be official)

2

.

145

Long fall boots

4

.

146

GLaDOS

4

.

147

An ASHPD (bonus points if it works)

6

.

148

Complete test chambers in co-op, bonus if with another team

1 per chamber, max 5

.

Bible Stuff

149

An Ark

6

.

150

A snake

5

.

151

A fig leaf (bonus points if that's all you're wearing)

2 (bonus +4)

.

152

A plague of locusts

3

.

153

Jesus (points if you beat the judge)

4

.

154

A Biblical family tree

2

.

155

Technicolour dream-coat

6

.

156

The 10 Commandments (bonus points if on stone tablets)

2

.

157

Five loaves of bread and two fish

6

.

158

Walking on water

5

.

159

Demonstrate the Christian Side Hug in front of the judges

2

.

160

Prove the existence of God

4

.

161

Disprove the existence of God

4

.

Christmas in June

162

Crackers

2

.

163

Santa Claus (points for age and girth)

6

.

164

Myrrh

4

.

165

A satsuma

1

.

166

A snow ball

2

.

167

A Snow Ball ticket

4

.

168

Brussel Sprouts

1

.

169

A Christmas card

3

.

170

Some coal

2

.

171

A Christmas postage stamp

4

.

172

Some mulled wine

9

.

173

Pigs in blankets (bonus for quantity)

3

.

174

A stocking (bonus for extra legs)

1

.

175

An ugly Christmas jumper

1

.

176

12 days of Christmas items

4 per item

.

177

Presents in Christmas wrapping paper

3

.

Harry Potter

178

A broomstick

4

.

179

A wand (bonus points if Harry Potter style)

2

.

180

Harry Potter cosplay

8

.

181

Fan fiction set in Cambridge

8

.

182

Invisibility cloak

8

.

183

Marauder's Map of your college

7

.

184

The Deathly Hallows

2

.

185

A Chamber of Secrets

4

.

186

As many spells as you can from memory

0.5 points each

.

187

Butterbeer

6

.

188

Snape

5

.

HHGTTG

189

A towel

1

.

190

A pan-galactic gargle blaster

7

.

191

A packet of peanuts

1

.

192

Vogon poetry

5

.

193

A babelfish

2

.

194

Hoovooloo

1

.

195

Someone with two heads

4

.

196

A bowl of petunias

5

.

197

Two white mice

7

.

198

A probability drive

2

.

199

An infinite improbability drive

5

.

200

A heart of gold

6

.

201

Bistromath

3

.

202

A cow that wants to be eaten

6

.

203

Deep Thought

4

.

204

God's Final Message To His Creation

2

.

205

The Guide

4

.

206

A properly labelled book of matches

4

.

Engineering

207

Working, energy productive cold fusion

.

208

A steel rule

1

.

209

Some steel

1

.

210

Something better than steel

2

.

211

Explain why there's no such thing as centrifugal force

3

.

212

Explain why centrifugal force exists

3

.

213

A uniform rod

2

.

214

A point mass

4

.

215

A 4.6 ohms within ± 1% resistor

8

.

216

Bust a myth

6

.

Rocky Horror

217

Pink rubber gloves

1

.

218

Toast

1

.

219

Rice

1

.

220

Meatloaf

2

.

221

Old fashioned rattle

2

.

222

Micky Mouse Hat

2

.

223

Eddie's Teddy

2

.

224

Charles Atlas

3

.

225

Cards for pain

1

.

226

Rendition of science fiction/double feature (bonus if as the usherette or the lips)

7

.

227

The time warp (bonus if in full Transylvanian regalia)

5

.

228

Bring us Dr Frank'n'Furter and his Creation

5

.

229

Fishnets

2

.

Dr. Who

230

8/9th Doctor regeneration

5

.

231

The Eye of Gallifrey

3

.

232

A Dalek

4

.

233

Time Lord robes

6

.

234

TARDIS key

3

.

235

Tom Baker scarf

4

.

236

Doctor Who cosplay

6

.

237

A Sonic Screwdriver

4

.

238

A Weeping Angel

6

.

239

The Rod of Rassilon

5

.

240

Bad Wolf

4

.

241

6 authentic copies of the Mona Lisa

6

.

242

Fish fingers and custard

6

.

243

A recorder

2

.

244

A monocle

4

.

245

A cravat

4

.

246

Psychic paper

4

.

247

Banana daquiri

6

.

248

A Bow Tie (they're cool)

2

.

249

A fez

6

.

250

A stetson

5

.

251

Vashta Nerada

6

.

Computer Science

252

A reasoned argument between vim and emacs (bonus points for correct conclusion)

5

.

253

The source

2

.

254

A python

4

.

255

A ruby

5

.

256

A ruby on some rails

3

.

257

Some Java

2

.

258

The Sea

4

.

259

HAL 9000

5

.

260

A (working) difference engine

10

.

261

Electric sheep

4

.

262

Free (as in beer) beer

4

.

263

Frank King (bonus points if in clock keeper/time lord outfit)

6

.

264

A penguin (bonus points if in Tux pose)

4

.

265

Most twitter followers

2

.

266

Get #cush11 trending

50

.

Recursion

267

Complete the recursion section

n

.

One Liners

268

Your mum jokes (must be original or hilarious)

3

.

269

Most esoteric your mum joke

3

.

270

Proof of fattest mum

3

.

271

Most offensive joke

3

.

272

Most vanilla joke

3

.

273

Funniest inoffensive joke

3

.

274

Least funny offensive joke

3

.

275

Funniest no-soap radio joke

3

.

276

Best innuendo

3

.

277

Best "that's what she said!"

3

.

Eddie Izzard

278

An evil herbivore

4

.

279

A jazz chicken

6

.

280

A tray

1

.

281

A squirrel with a flute

4

.

282

Covered in bees!

6

.

283

A coffee

1

.

284

Cake OR death

4

.

285

A sock in a toaster

4

.

286

An elephant on skiis

8

.

287

A flag

2

.

288

A James Mason impersonation

6

.

Health

289

Hiccup cures

1 each max 3

.

290

Cough cures

1 each max 3

.

291

Hangover cures

1 each max 3

.

292

Plague victim

1 each max 3

.

293

Worst artificial skin disease

7

.

294

A doctor's prescription

3

.

The Middle East

295

Magic carpet (bonus points if a judge can fly on it)

7

.

296

Falafel

1

.

297

Hummus

1

.

298

Pitta Bread

1

.

299

Copy of the Shahname

3

.

300

Arabic dictionary

2

.

301

Head of Xerxes

6

.

302

Achaemenid noble dress

6

.

303

Explain the Palestine-Israeli conflict

5

.

304

A new democracy

3

.

305

A Bin Laden conspiracy theory (and defend it to us)

4

.

306

Recite the "Fatiha" (first sura of the Qur'an). Points for accuracy and flair.

8

.

Olympics

307

Egg and spoon

2

.

308

Javelin

4

.

309

Running shoes

1

.

310

Shot put

4

.

311

Medal

3

.

312

An Olympian

5

.

313

Beijing Olympics memorabilia

4

.

314

Ticket to an event

5

.

315

A better logo

7

.

316

Better mascots

7

.

Back to School

317

Dress up in school uniform

4

.

318

Career aspirations

7

.

319

Biggest set square

3

.

320

Entertaining school days story

4

.

321

Worst exam results of a Cambridge student (GCSEs or similar)

6

.

322

An anti-bullying video

7

.

323

Most amusing euphemisms in a pro-abstinence video

8

.

324

Rendition of The Elements

10

.

325

A Naughty Corner

4

.

326

A ball pit

6

.

327

A Where's Wally book (you must be able to find Wally)

4

.

Films in 30 seconds

328

Thor

8

.

329

Harry Potter (all of them!)

8

.

330

Lord of the Rings

8

.

331

The King's Speech

8

.

332

Finding Nemo

8

.

333

Reservoir Dogs

8

.

334

Withnail and I

8

.

335

Star Wars Episode 7

8

.

336

Chariots of Fire

8

.

337

Honey I shrunk the kids

8

.

338

Pirates of the Caribbean

8

.

339

Film clip made from LEGO

8

.

Tell Us A Story

340

Most woe

6

.

341

Most awkward

6

.

342

Best thing that ever happened

6

.

343

Most endearing

6

.

344

Most inspiring

6

.

345

Most comical

6

.

346

Lovecraftian

6

.

347

Strangest

6

.

348

Best party

6

.

349

Angstiest

6

.

Old Things

350

Oldest Varsity hoody

2

.

351

Oldest may ball ticket

4

.

352

Oldest person

4

.

353

Oldest book

4

.

354

Oldest thing (points for accurate geological dating)

4

.

355

Oldest Fellow

8

.

356

Oldest coin

4

.

357

Oldest joke

4

.

358

Oldest pick-up line

4

.

359

Oldest wine

6

.

360

Oldest canned food

3

.

Obsolete

361

A Betamax tape

7

.

362

A VHS tape

3

.

363

A polaroid

3

.

364

A minidisk or player

4

.

365

A floppy disk

2

.

366

Some 35mm (or more archaic!) film

2

.

367

A TV watch

5

.

368

A thermionic valve (vacuum tube)

6

.

369

A cassette tape

3

.

370

A Nokia 3310

5

.

371

A Zip disk or drive

5

.

372

A Vinyl disk (bonus points for music taste)

2

.

373

Gramaphone

8

.

374

A Laserdisk

6

.

375

A ball mouse

2

.

376

A typewriter

7

.

377

A quill

3

.

378

Some obsolete currency

4

.

379

A slide rule

5

.

380

A log table

5

.

381

An HD-DVD

4

.

Games

382

Old consoles

6

.

383

Mousetrap

4

.

384

As many Mario games as possible

1 each, max 6

.

385

Poker chips

4

.

386

Pogo stick

6

.

387

£1,000,000 in Monopoly Money

6

.

388

Level 80 WoW character

4

.

389

Solve a Rubik's Cube

2

.

390

Play hopscotch on King's Parade

4

.

391

Professor Plum in the Library with the Spanner

5

.

Pokemon

392

A completed Pokedex

10

.

393

128 rare candies

2

.

394

Missingno

2

.

395

Things that the towns are named after

3 per item, max 12

.

396

Pokemon cosplay

4

.

397

Pokemon LARP

6

.

398

Play Pokemon TCG in front of us

6

.

399

A level 255 Snorlax

4

.

400

A level 0 Snorlax

4

.

401

Charizard Pokemon Card (bonus points if shiny)

5

.

402

Ancient Mew Pokemon Card

5

.

403

Team Rocket song

6

.

404

A Pokedoll

4

.

The Past

405

Frock Coat

4

.

406

Sword Stick

8

.

407

Cobblestone

3

.

408

Corset

3

.

409

Hansom Taxi

10

.

410

Pipe

4

.

411

Penny Farthing

7

.

412

Pocket Watch

5

.

413

A message in a bottle

2

.

The Future

414

Tomorrow's newspaper

8

.

415

Hover car

6

.

416

Hoverboard

6

.

417

Your future self

4

.

418

A Laser

3

.

419

A Cambridge graduation certificate

4

.

420

A space suit

6

.

421

A square melon

5

.

422

A monkey butler

6

.

423

Diet of pills

4

.

424

Soylent Green

4

.

Blast from the Past

425

Your favourite item from a past year's list

max 10

.

Sherlock

426

Nicotine patches

3

.

427

The pink phone

3

.

428

A Jade hairpin

4

.

429

Analyse a judge as Sherlock (bonus points for lack of tact)

5

.

430

Lucky cat

4

.

431

Jim Moriarty's number

1

.

432

Riding crop

3

.

433

An ASBO

5

.

434

Lipstick

1

.

435

Human eyeballs

4

.

436

Wedding ring

2

.

437

Chinese tea pot

3

.

438

Watson's revolver

3

.

439

Remix of theme song

6

.

440

Carl Powers' shoes

2

.

441

London A to Z (bonus points if cipher included)

4

.

Playing Dirty

442

A photograph of another team doing anything on the list

That item's points

.

443

Dastardly prank on another team

10

.

444

Duel with another team, at dawn, on a bridge. As properly as you can. NERF guns ideal. Video evidence required.

15 for winners, 10 for losers

.

445

Pirate punting

7

.

446

Bribery cake

7

.

447

Bribery afternoon cream tea (massive bonus if punted from Grantchester, with proof)

6

.

448

Bribery brownie

3

.

449

The single item that fits as many list items as possible

1 per list item

.

Botany

450

Watering can

2

.

451

Ginko leaf

3

.

452

Red weed

4

.

453

Hellebore

4

.

454

Venus fly trap

6

.

455

Triffid

6

.

456

Cactus

2

.

457

Rose

3

.

458

Money tree

4

.

459

Green thumb

2

.

460

Longest daisy chain

0.2 points per daisy

.

461

Four-leafed clover

5

.

462

Gnome (bonus points for fishing rod)

6

.

463

Rake

3

.

Films

464

The One Ring (bonus if real)

4

.

465

The Golden Compass (Alethiometer)

6

.

466

A White Whale

4

.

467

Girl with a Dragon Tattoo

6

.

468

The Angry Inch

4

.

469

The Moulin Rouge

5

.

470

The Fifth Element

5

.

471

A Clockwork Orange

6

.

472

The invisible man

7

.

473

The Black Pearl

5

.

474

Flux capacitor

6

.

475

Mosquito in Amber

4

.

Scott Pilgrim

476

Play "We Are Sex Bob-Omb" to the judges

10

.

477

An incredible bass solo

4

.

478

Rollerblades and goggles

4

.

479

An unopened Amazon package

4

.

480

Vegan shepard's pie

6

.

481

A mithril skateboard

4

.

482

A hole in the moon

4

.

483

Infinite sadness

3

.

484

Have a bass battle, bonus if with another team

8

.

485

Battle amp to amp, bonus if with another team

10

.

486

Ramona's bag

2

.

487

A fighting robot

3

.

488

A glowing head

2

.

489

The Power of Love

4

.

490

The Power of Understanding

5

.

491

A 1-up

2

.

Love nor Money

492

Love

5

.

493

Respect

5

.

494

Friendship

5

.

495

Forgiveness

5

.

496

Happiness

5

.

497

Talent

5

.

498

Immortality

5

.

499

Peace

5

.

500

Honour

5

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