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U of Chicago Scavenger Hunt List - 2004

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the distributed-approach dept.

nightsweat writes "The list of items and tasks for the 2004 version of the infamous University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt (or scavhunt for short) is up as a PDF. As a veteran of the first hunt in 1985, I'm glad to see the youngsters carrying on the madness. Some of the highlight items - the URLs of the blogs of the judges, five pages of Queer Eye for Doctor Doom, A McDonald's Sad Meal, Mrs Potatohead giving Mr. Potato head, Eudaemonia (300 points!), and a permanent tattoo that says 'Sorry about the syphilis, can we still be cousins?'"

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  1. Hope it's less than 33 ft... by pyite · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This event truly sucks. Teams must provide a giant straw which reaches from the ground to Ratner's upper deck. The team who can suck up a litre of water the fastest wins. You provide the bucket.

    Anyone know the distance of this? It might be impossible if it's greater than 33 ft.

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    1. Re:Hope it's less than 33 ft... by gunnk · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The trick to this one is "you provide the bucket". Bring a tall enough bucket and this one is easy...

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    2. Re:Hope it's less than 33 ft... by Natchswing · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Only if you're continuously sucking up water. it's the 33ft column that's difficult to maintain. If you're pulling 5ft of water up a distance of 33ft it's not that difficult. If the straw is small enough or you suck fast enough it can be done.

    3. Re:Hope it's less than 33 ft... by haystor · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Everyone seems to be assuming a constant width. How about a a straw with a greater width up near the top? I'd make it so the water would be drained before reaching the wider part.

      A real tall bucket.

      Several places to sip from.

      A sealed bucket, pressurized.

      A straw that goes all the way to the top then back to the bottom. Suck from the bottom and bleed it out at the top.

      How about an old fashion pneuatic tube that sucks a whole liter bottle up from the bottom?

      Numerous ways to do it depending on how you want to interpret the wordings.

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  2. Re:I'm over here! by mallardtheduck · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think that would be herbiality...

  3. Re:Unrealistic Item by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They're not married!

    It's Mrs. Potatohead and Mr. Potato.

  4. Re:the scary thing is... by mykepredko · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "a college student"?

    I bet you can find legions of them dumb enough to get the tat. I'm willing to bet that the winner will be the person willing to devote the most square footage for it.

    myke

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  5. Re:Item #183 is impossible. by cheesekeeper · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You give up to easily. It just involves a bit of trickery. No one said you couldn't get a job at the gas station... or just dress up like you have one.

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  6. Re:Item #183 is impossible. by way2trivial · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, in certain high crime areas, it is legal for stations to have customers pump their own gas in the middle of the night.

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  7. To Clarify... by gunnk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Say the distance to the top is 40 feet. Bring a 39 foot tall bucket and fill it to the top. Stick your 40 foot straw into it (thus reaching the ground). The water level in the straw will be (approximately) the same as the water level in the bucket. Just suck it the remaining foot.

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  8. Re:actually by Gog · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The straw must be able to reach that height. There is nothing that mentions the height of the drinker. Or of the bucket...

    Gog

  9. Never specified *which* gas. by raygundan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Note that the item doesn't say "gasoline" specifically, either. It says "pump your own damn gas in new jersey."

    The solution is as simple as:

    1. Go to new jersey
    2. Acquire pump
    3. Use it to pump a damn gas of your choice. (Air is handy)

    Hell, just breathing there probably counts as "pumping a gas."

    I'd be more worried about fulfilling the "damn" part of the requirement-- you may have to curse the gas, or coerce the gas into comitting a sin before pumping it.

  10. Even simpler solution. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Go to Big Five or SportsMart. Buy a new jersey. Put it on. Pump gas in own state.