Scavhunt
Day two of P-Drive 2K8 featured the V89 Scavenger Hunt! I’m proud of how this one turned out. Here’s the dilemma we had while planning this event: being a Pledge Drive event, we wanted to make money. However, we also didn’t want to discourage teams from signing up if they had to pay to play. Not only that, but if we charged admission we would also need to provide a decent prize, therefore negating any profit we could have made from sign-up fees. Whatever were we to do?
Here’s what we did: instead of charging the participants, we solicited local businesses. For every business willing to donate $200 or more to the cause, we would place a DJ at their location which the Scav Hunters would have to find for a large point value. Businesses would get new traffic, we would get their donations, and the Hunters would get POINTS - everyone wins.
We had ten teams participate, which I feel was a pretty good turnout. The winning team wasn’t even from V89! I’ll paste the Scav List below the cut - the point values are wrong, but I don’t feel like changing them at this point.
- Scav List 2008!
1. A bar of soap carved into V89 {15 points}
2. A receipt from Georgia dated 3/1 {25 points}
3. Family recipe for your favorite dessert {5 points}
4. Any Spanish-language DVD of a popular cartoon {5 points}
5. What does Ralph Nader hate? {5 points}
6. The Cloverfield monster in watercolor {20 points}
7. A 30-second promo for V89 uploaded to Youtube {30 points}
8. Crayon drawing of a V89 mascot (we get to keep it and hang it on our fridge) {10 points}
9. Picture of somebody “pinching the head” of the Shriner on Monroe St. {5 points}
10. A Unicorn {5 points}
11. 5 points for every team member wearing a V89 t-shirt
12. Picture of somebody kissing a puppy or kitten {1 points}
13. 20-sided die {5 points}
14. A signature written in a non-English alphabet {5 points}
15. Denny’s paraphernalia (mug, menu, apron, etc.) {10 points}
16. A V89-related tattoo {10 points for pre-existing, 50 points if received today}
17. A cassingle {5 points}
18. A Burnt Sienna crayon {5 points}
19. Muffin Titties {5 points}
20. A handlebar mustache {5 points}
21. 1 point per lolcat
22. An unseasonal decoration {5 points}
23. A baby tooth {5 points} {+5 w/childhood tooth carrier}
24. An animal-shaped candle {5 points}
25. A screenshot of googling for “love in all the wrong places” {5 points}
26. A do-not-remove tag from a mattress {5 points}
27. A gift from Prometheus {5 points}
28. A Star Wars action figure (sorry: Jar-Jar ONLY) {10 points}
29. A picture of a bald eagle crying {5 points}
30. RAM {5 points}
31. A report card {5 points} {+5 if it’s yours from childhood}
32. A banana sticker {5 points}
33. A trilobyte {10 points}
34. CRY FOR US {10 points}
35. Ten fully inflated balloons {5 points} {+1 for every extra balloon}
36. A Frenchman {10 points}
37. An origami crane {5 points}
38. A copy of The Yeti {5 points}
39. CREEP US OUT {10 points}
40. A tribal mask {5 points} {+5 if you know its country of origin and meaning}
41. A Foreigner belt {15 points}
42. Matching sock puppets {10 points}
43. A mullet {10 points}
44. Delicious candies {5 points}
45. As a team, perform “Bohemian Rhapsody” for us {15 points}
46. A Chick Tract {10 points}
47. Gravestone with team member’s name on it. {5 points}
48. MAKE US LAUGH {10 points}
49. Wha happened? {5 points}
50. Carmen San Diego {10 points}
51. Team name written on an Etch-a-Sketch
52. Picture of a team-member riding child’s mechanical ride
53. Something that rhymes with “bunny.”
54. Anything autographed by William Shatner
55. What’s cooler than cool?
56. Government cheese?
57. Make a s’more on a candle for us
58. Unseasonal candy
59. A personal massager
60. Bake us cookies