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 Qwazy Quad Rally, Scav Hunt 2005, item #38. The University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt (or Scav Hunt) is an annual four-day team-based scavenger hunt held at the University of Chicago in May. It is often called the largest scavenger hunt in the world. During Scav Hunt, teams compete to acquire items off a list of approximately 300 items, with each item assigned a point value and evaluated by a panel of judges. Items involve performances, construction, arts and crafts, research, travel and finding obscure objects. Lists typically include at least one item that takes place on the University's main quadrangles while students are in class, a party on Friday night, a cross-country road trip and Scav Olympics, which includes original games and athletic competitions. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ...
Qwazy Quad Rally: Wacky Races against Judges Dick Dastardly and Muttley. ...
Qwazy Quad Rally: Wacky Races against Judges Dick Dastardly and Muttley. ...
A scavenger hunt is a game in which individuals or teams seek to find a number of specific items, or perform tasks, as given in a list. ...
The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
quadrangle is a good name for a mathlete team. ...
Scav Hunt began in 1987, founded by Chris Straus, who organized the list and judged items with Cassie Scharff, Diane Kelly, Nolan McCarty, and Rick Jeffries.[citation needed] Perhaps the most notable item that has yet been completed was from the 1999 list; a breeder reactor in a shed was successfully built on the main quadrangle.[1] The item itself was a joke referring to the "Radioactive Boy Scout" David Hahn. The students irradiated thorium with thermal neutrons and observed traces of uranium and plutonium.[2] A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that breeds fuel. ...
David Hahn (born October 1976) attempted to build a nuclear breeder reactor in 1994 in his backyard shed in Clinton Township, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at the age of 17. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number thorium, Th, 90 Chemical series Actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 232. ...
A thermal neutron is a free neutron with a kinetic energy level of ca. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number uranium, U, 92 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance silvery gray metallic; corrodes to a spalling black oxide coat in air Standard atomic weight 238. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number plutonium, Pu, 94 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance silvery white Standard atomic weight (244) g·mol−1 Electron configuration [Rn] 5f6 7s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2 Physical properties Phase solid Density (near r. ...
In 2002, Scav Hunt was the subject of a documentary titled The Hunt. [3]
The 2007 Scav Hunt was launched at midnight on May 10th, and lasted through May 13th (Judgment Day). In the end, Snell-Hitchcock was victorious over their arch-rival Max Palevsky, and there was much rejoicing.
Judges
The list is compiled by a panel of judges, who also do the majority of preparation for the Hunt and evaluate completed items. The judges begin compiling the list almost immediately after the end of the previous Scav Hunt, and continue to add items throughout the year. Judges, of course, are sworn to secrecy of the contents of next year's list. People who wish to become judges submit an application usually consisting of a sample list and a questionnaire. They are then interviewed by the existing judges. Judges are University of Chicago students, and generally those chosen are previous team captains or perennial participants of the hunt. Actual methods of judge selection, however, are kept secret. Usually, parts of the sample lists of the newly chosen judges are added to next year's list. New judges are generally chosen near the beginning of the calendar year.
Judges and those involved in making the list are the members of the Scavenger Hunt Committee known internally as "Hot Side Hot". This name comes from the original bylaws submitted to the University[4], as Scav Hunt is a registered student organization at the University of Chicago. Those who help organize Scav Hunt without becoming a judge are known as "Cold Side Cold", whose members are not permitted to know the contents of next year's list or other secrets. The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
Notable items - Coax Michael Jordan out of retirement. (4545 points.) This item was not completed.
- A team member's umbilical cord, to be eaten by that team member. (96 points) This item was completed. [5]
- A real live, breathing elephant. 500 pts [6]. This item was completed, with team members also finding two monkeys (one in tiny S.W.A.T. gear) and a team of Hazmat waste removal experts complete with gear and truck.[citation needed]
- A breeder reactor built in a shed, and the boy scout badge to prove credit was given where boy scout credit was due. [500 points] This item was completed.
For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ...
Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus †Elephas beyeri †Elephas celebensis †Elephas cypriotes †Elephas ekorensis †Elephas falconeri †Elephas iolensis †Elephas planifrons †Elephas platycephalus †Elephas recki †Stegodon †Mammuthus †Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea...
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David Hahn (born October 1976) attempted to build a nuclear breeder reactor in 1994 in his backyard shed in Clinton Township, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at the age of 17. ...
Past results - 2007
- 1st Snell-Hitchcock
- 2nd Max Palevsky
- 3rd The Fist
- 4th MacPierce
- 2006
- 1st: Max Palevsky
- 2nd: Snell-Hitchcock
- 3rd: The FIST
- 4th: Broover
- 5th: Shoreland
- 6th: Tie- MacPierce/Burton-Judson
- 8th: Broadview
- 9th: Vegan/Co-op/MacLab
- Previous winners
- 2005: Max Palevsky ties with Snell-Hitchcock
- 2004: Snell-Hitchcock
- 2003: Max Palevsky
- 2002: Max Palevsky
- 2001: Snell-Hitchcock
- 2000: Shoreland ties with Snell-Hitchcock
- 1999: Burton-Judson
- 1998: Shoreland
- 1997: Snell-Hitchcock (by default, after Shoreland was disqualified)
- 1996: Vincent House
- 1995: Snell-Hitchcock
- 1994: Snell-Hitchcock
- 1993: Snell-Hitchcock
- 1992: Lower Rickert House
- 1991: MUNUC (Model UN)
- 1990: Palmer House
- 1989: Talbot House
- 1988: Chamberlin House
- 1987: Chamberlin House
Snell-Hitchcock comprises two residence halls at the University of Chicago. ...
Snell-Hitchcock comprises two residence halls at the University of Chicago. ...
The Shoreland The Shoreland is a former hotel in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ...
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A Model United Nations (also known as a Model UN or an MUN) is a simulation education activity focusing on civics, communications, globalization and multilateral diplomacy. ...
External links | University of Chicago | | Academics The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
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Divinity School • Graduate School of Business • Harris School of Public Policy Studies • Law School • Pritzker School of Medicine • School of Social Services Administration The University of Chicago Divinity School is a graduate institution at the University of Chicago dedicated to the training of academics and clergy across religious boundaries. ...
The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, also known as Chicago GSB, or simply The GSB, is one of the world’s leading business schools and the second oldest in the United States. ...
The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies is one of the nations leading graduate schools devoted to public policy research, analysis, and training. ...
The University of Chicago Law School, having recently celebrated its centennial in the 2002-2003 school year, has established itself as a high profile part of the University of Chicago. ...
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The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA) is one of the worlds leading school’s for the training of social worker’s, ranking 3rd (US News) and 1st according to the (Gourman Report). ...
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The College • Argonne National Laboratory • Graham School of General Studies • Fermilab • Laboratory Schools • University of Chicago Hospitals • Yerkes Observatory Many offices and classes of the College are located in the heart of the campus. ...
Aerial photo of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. ...
Fermilabs Tevatron Robert Rathbun Wilson Hall Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located in Batavia near Chicago, Illinois, (Google Sat Map) is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics, operated for the Department of Energy by the Universities Research Association (URA). ...
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (also Lab School and abbreviated UCLS; the upper classes are nicknamed U-High) is a private, co-educational day school in Chicago, Illinois. ...
The University of Chicago Hospitals are a set of hospitals located in Chicago, Illinois. ...
1897 photo of the 102 cm (40 inch) refractor at the Yerkes Observatory. ...
| | Campus The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
| Breckinridge • Burton-Judson Courts • Chicago Theological Seminary • Gerald Ratner Athletics Center • Hutchinson Hall • John Crerar Library • Midway Plaisance • Oriental Institute • Quadrangle Club • Regenstein Library • Robie House • Rockefeller Chapel • Seminary Co-op • Shoreland Hotel • Snell-Hitchcock The front of Breckinridge house Breckinridge House is currently a dormitory serving the University of Chicago. ...
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Chicago Theological Seminary is an ecumenical seminary of the United Church of Christ. ...
The Gerald Ratner Athletics Center is a $51 million state-of-the-art athletics facility within the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood. ...
Interior of Hutchinson Hall Hutchinson Hall at the University of Chicago is modelled, nearly identically, on the hall of Christ Church, one of Oxford Universitys constituent colleges. ...
The John Crerar Library at the University of Chicago is recognized as one of the best libraries in the country for research and teaching in the sciences, medicine, and technology. ...
Midway Plaisance is a linear park located near Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois approximately 5 miles from the downtown Loop area. ...
The Art-Deco doors of the Oriental Institute Head of a bull that once guarded the entrance to the Hundred-Column Hall in Persepolis The Oriental Institute (OI), established in 1919, is the University of Chicagos archeology museum and research center for ancient Near Eastern studies. ...
Quadrangle Club is the name of the faculty club at the University of Chicago. ...
The Joseph M. Regenstein Library is the main library of the University of Chicago, named after industrialist and philanthropist Joseph Regenstein. ...
The Robie House The Robie House, as featured on a USPS stamp The Robie House is a residential masterpiece designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1910. ...
Rockefeller Chapel is the tallest building on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. ...
Seminary Cooperative Bookstores, Inc. ...
The Shoreland The Shoreland is a former hotel in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ...
Snell-Hitchcock comprises two residence halls at the University of Chicago. ...
| | History The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
| Chicago Pile 1 • George Herbert Jones Laboratory • Metallurgical Laboratory • Notable Faculty and Alumni • Old University of Chicago • Stagg Field On December 2, 1942, the worlds first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction took place in the worlds first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile Number One, shortened as CP-1, built on a racquets court under the abandoned west stands of the Alonzo Stagg Field stadium on the University...
The George Herbert Jones Laboratory, at 5747 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is a facility building of the University of Chicago. ...
The Metallurgical Laboratory or Met Lab at the University of Chicago was part of the World War II–era Manhattan Project, created by the United States to develop an atomic bomb. ...
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The University of Chicago, now known as the Old University of Chicago, was a Baptist college founded in 1857 by Stephen Douglas. ...
Stagg Field was a stadium in Chicago, Illinois. ...
| | Sports and Traditions The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
| Maroons • Big Ten Conference • Wave the Flag • O-Week • Scavenger Hunt • Summer Breeze • University Athletic Association The University of Chicagos intercollegiate sports teams are called the Maroons (after the color), and they compete in the NCAAs Division III. They are primarily members of the University Athletic Association and were co-founders of the Big Ten Conference in 1895. ...
The Big Ten Conference is the United States oldest Division I college athletic conference. ...
Wave the Flag (For Old Chicago) is the fight song for the University of Chicagos athletic teams, the Maroons. ...
Note: For the 1972 famous album of duo Seals and Crofts, see Summer Breeze (album) For the eponymous famous song, see Summer Breeze (song). ...
The University Athletic Association (UAA) is an athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA) Division III. Member teams are located in Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and New York. ...
| | Student Organizations The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
| The Chicago Maroon • Chicago Weekly • The Midway Review • Doc Films • FOTA • Hype • The Second City • University Theater • WHPK-FM The Chicago Maroon, known as the independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892, is a semi-weekly publication with a circulation of 7,500. ...
Doc Films, or the Documentary Film Group, is on record with the Museum of Modern Art in New York as the longest running student-film group in the United States, founded in 1929 at the University of Chicago. ...
The Second City Logo The Second City is a long-running improvisational comedy troupe based in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, with offshoot troupes in other cities, most notably Toronto. ...
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