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University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt Returns

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-find-what-you-don't-look-for dept.

mresolver writes "We've discussed it in previous years, and now the world's largest scavenger hunt at the University of Chicago has returned. The event may be best known for the working breeder reactor students built for the 1999 hunt. This year, some of the 330 list items (PDF) include 3-D (and 4-D) Twister, a hand-built Theremin, a recreation of the Moon landing, the world's largest Newton's Cradle, and hyperbolic crocheting."

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  1. a recreation of the Moon landing by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    a recreation of the Moon landing


    We're gonna need a whole lot of Mentos and Diet Coke for that one!
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  2. i knew it by mastershake_phd · · Score: 4, Funny

    a recreation of the Moon landing

    The moon landing was staged at the university of Chicago!

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  3. Re:PDF sucks by EvanED · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first item on the list is the list itself.

    You don't want them to make it too easy to get, do you?

  4. Re:PDF sucks by RingDev · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well there's your problem! What the heck are you doing trying to print from MY browser?

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  5. Re:Not nowadays... by eln · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ironically, the reactor they built for that scavenger hunt is now powering 75% of North Korea.

  6. Road trip rules by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "May not have received no moving violations or convictions or court-ordered supervision."

    So does that mean you have to have a moving violation to drive?

    Maybe my English parser is broken on Friday.

  7. Re:Harder to find by gurps_npc · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think they exist. >

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  8. Not again by cloudkiller · · Score: 4, Funny

    252. While at Carhenge, drive the earth into the sun! [1,000,000,000 points; 2 points for effort]

    Someone better get homeland security on the phone.

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  9. Impossible task by The+Real+Toad+King · · Score: 2, Funny

    81. Genji 2 has shown us that the Oriental Institute lacks an exhibit on one of the famous battles that actually took place in Ancient Japan. Fix that. [29 points]
    The Giant Enemy Crab will be tough to do, but it'll still be possible. But how can they show the real-time weapon change?
  10. Rubbery by youthoftoday · · Score: 4, Funny

    As the PDF was downloading I was saying to myself 'Please be LaTeX, please be LaTeX'.
    For some reason the fact that they did restores my faith in humanity.

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  11. The best on the list: by slimjim8094 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Number 87:

    Schroedinger's dick in a box [0 or 1 points. Maybe both if you don't open the box]

    Seriously though, its nice to see that universities are still academic, but also just plain fun. Although it's pretty sad that we all get both parts of that joke...
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  12. Hyperbolic Crocheting by sclaughl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Boy that brings back some memories. When I was in college, my crotch was the subject of much hyperbole. Oh crocheting... never mind.