The Hunt Clues 2019

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Welcome to The Hunt. A grand, beautiful, and life-changing 72 hour competition with a $1000 first
prize. The following are over 100 clues created by your all-powerful Hunt Masters. As a general
rule, the more clues you complete, the more points your team will score. The more creatively you
interpret the clues, the higher potential point value you will achieve. Please take note of the links
provided in column D for some clues. To document your clue progress, please compile your clues
in a PowerPoint or Google Slide presentation and send it to the email huntmasters2020@gmail.
com by 1PM Sunday. For clues that require tangible or in-person submissions, please see
individual clues for specific instructions. Us Hunt Masters love to see what you're up to through
the Hunt. Post pics on instagram and use the hashtag #middhunt2020 and tag your Hunt Masters
at the account huntmaster2020 Please read through all clues before you begin your journey. Have
fun, don't be a d*ck, safety first!
Hunt Clue # Description Point Value Relevant Links Notes
Tag #MiddHunt2020 and
Make an Instagram and update it throughout the Hunt, post an image of a team crest and use the hashtag @Huntmaster2020 in all stories and
1#middhunt2020. Make a Hunt Team LinkedIn Profile, bonus points if you get a job offer. 5 points uploads
2Publish a study abroad blog for a fictional place. 4 points
3Re-edit a childhood classic into a horror trailer. 5 points
4Yeet a Poem 3 points
5“u up?” 8 points
6Model UN Crisis Committee 6 points
7The Spongebob laugh. Everywhere. 2 points
8Write a research paper analyzing the film Elf from a feminist-queer-crip lens. Chicago style citations. 12 points
Emily has had a long day and misses home. Make her some food that reminds her of YOUR home. Bring
9it to the Interfaith House doorstep at exactly 1PM on Friday. (No pork/pig products please). 4 points
10Turn down for what? 7 points
11Peppa Pig Podcast. Minimum 10 minutes, max 15. 12 points
.5 points per fact =
12Tell us your top 5 fun facts from ancient mythology. Bonus points if it’s not eurocentric. 2.5 points
13Document one member of your team wearing sandals the entire hunt. Socks are allowed. 10 points
14Get Like a Prayer to play from the Mead Chapel bell tower carillon. 40 points
15Write Happy Birthday Rachel (and your team name) on the Chromatic blackboard on Jan 24th by 7pm 1 point
1 point for each
member that shows
up to battle, 3 points
for winning, bonus
points for appropriate
16At 6PM Saturday night, there will be a Nerf Battle in Axinn hosted by YAM. Veni, vidi, vici costumes/gear.
Take a break and support your peers! Go see a campus show or sports game. Extra bonus points if you Each event 4 points,
17go to see the Drag Show at 10 this Thursday. up to 12 points
18Paranormal FIC. 10 points
19Create a public shrine. 12 points
20Serve us your best cosplay look. Bonus points for setting appropriate photo shoots. up to 15 points
21Firefly fanfic. 7 points
Part 1: https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=v7zixtgTzMg Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
22Ross soap opera part 3. View Column D for Parts 1 and 2. 10 points v=TDXcWZQJ8rc&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
23Who's wearing your jeans? 7 points v=0XMy9WeI_fw
24Analyze Proctor Dining Hall through a Marxist lens 4 points
25Take a nap in an unconventional location. 2 point
We love plants. We love Pokemon. Catch as many grass-type pokemon as you can on Pokemon Go and 0.25 points per poke,
26name each of them after a vegetable. maximum 5 points
27Recount a legend from Middlebury’s history through baroque gesture. 3 points
Host a party with another team with a playlist entirely composed of covers of the song “I Just Can’t Wait
28To Be King” from the Lion King. 8 points
4 possible points,
clues that are already
29What is this? A crossover episode? +.5 points for every clue you do with another team. joint don’t count.
30Write an article satirizing the Local Noodle. 4 points
31Stranger Things? More like Strangest Things. 4 points
32Start a Cult. +.01 points for each true believer. Max 10 points
33Plant a flag anywhere on campus and document it on instagram. 2 points
34Film a Let’s Play of SCP Containment Breach for 1 hour in a dark room. 3 points
35The MiddKid song, 2020 version. 5 points
36The floor is LAVA! 7 points
37Calculus. Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhh. 7 points
https://www.metmuseum.
38Battell bathtub, but patriotic 5 points org/art/collection/search/11417
39Recreate the Dexter intro. Be creative. 6 points
What's happening in this gif? Write and film a scene to include this in a public area (bonus points for https://giphy.
40sexual tension and for drawing in an audience) 7 points com/gifs/Y1kXHQTETwCuZk5oCK
41Swiper no swiping! 8 points
Have a team breakfast in the dining hall wearing togas. Bonus points for fig leaf crowns and speaking in
42pig latin. 5 points
43Go to the Room of Requirement. 7 points
3 points (bonus
points for a new, legal
44Tie the Knot marraige certificate.)
45Tell a powerful story using only stock photos. 7 points
8 points, +15 points if
your plane threads
46Fly a paper airplane from the MAC to Bihall. the needle
47Share the love. Get another college to make their own Hunt. 10 points
https://images.firstwefeast.
3 points (bonus com/complex/image/upload/c_limit
Dramatic reenactment of the kimchi slap. (Friendly note: negative points for throwing food in dining points if actual kimchi ,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto,
48halls) used) w_768/tfmluentjseubdrwwtqf
3 points (6 for six
Discover the secrets of hexaflexagation and make a cool one for us. Bonus points if you make one with sides, bonus for BIG https://www.youtube.com/watch?
49six sides. or cool materials) v=VIVIegSt81k
50Unnecessary censor of a Spring 2020 course catalogue description 4 points
51Kermit Kontent 5 points
52Our Golden Years. Throwback to Middle School. 7 points
Having a summer birthday usually means spending your birthday without your Midd friends. Let's change
53that! 4 points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
54Re-enact Dog of Wisdom with the largest number of people possible 5 points v=D-UmfqFjpl0
.5 points for each
55Birdwatching! Take as many photos with as many Canada Goose jackets as you can find. selfie
1 point for posting
meme. 5 for winning
the most likes.
Possible bonus points
Make a meme. Post it to Middlebury Memes for Crunchy Teens and tag the Hunt Masters. Whoever gets for making the
56the most likes wins. Huntmasters laugh
57Create found poetry from admissions pamphlets, bonus points for artwork 5 points
Tornado Warning! There’s a twister coming this way! Stay tuned and get as far underground as you can -1 point for Team
when the Hunt Masters send out the warning to your Team Captain. Get the captain of your team to a Captains in a non
safe location within 2 minutes. Stay there until the Hunt Masters give the all clear signal. Provide tornado-proof
photographic evidence with a time stamp in your final PowerPoint. Bonus points to the team that finds the location, no positive
58lowest location. Weather reports predict windy conditions every day this week. points, just survive
59Reenact Emika from Terrace House on an unsuspecting MiddKid 3 points https://i.redd.it/o2w62o087fu31.gif
60Who needs healthcare when you have _______! 5 points
61Open-toed shoes: the BiHall horror story 3 points
Aggregate Demand Curve (AD) of the total number of goods and services produced by the squirrels of
62Middlebury. Herfindahl Index of these squirrel-run NESCAC firms in the squirrel-run NESCAC industry. 5 points
Perform an original sonnet about your favorite Middlebury breakfast potato (crispy cubes, potato wedges,
tater tots, potatoes o'brien, hashbrowns, etc). Bonus points for sonnet appropriate attire, location, and
63props. You may not combine this sonnet with other poetry clues. 12 points
64Human Jenga 9 points
65Hunger Games: Feb edition. May the odds be ever in your favor. 11 points
66Alexander Twilight and Bella Swan 6 points
67Look mom, no hands! 6 points
68Make a plan to solve Middlebury's socioeconomic diversity problem. 2 points
69Agent 69, operation bihall. 6.9 points
Don’t ghost everyone for 72 hours. Give your mom or dad a call. Explain to them what the Hunt is using
70only song titles. Film it. 4 points
71A shoe. up to 20 points
72Sportcast commentary of a Soviet-era silent film. 4 points
Create a neopets account, make a Hunt themed neopet, earn 10,000 neopoints for child support, then
73promptly abandon it to starve forever. 7 points
Crash an Atwater party for five minutes singing Africa by Toto, in unison. Bonus points if you can drown
74out the party’s music with your singing. 7 points
1 point per attendee,
5 points for non-
alcoholic beer pong
champ; -10 points for
each substance
Who says religious people can't get TURNT?! Stop by MOSAIC Interfaith House for an alcohol-free rager brought to the house
75Friday at 9:00pm and see how you fare in some party games. Make sure to document attendees! (sorry, we halal y'all)
76Ahoy, matey! 12 points
News has arrived that aliens are harbored in the construction site formerly called Monroe Hall. Middlebury
77News reporting live. 11 points
78#ASMR #Mukbang #Storytime #Apology video 10 points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
79Attack on Titan in Bihall. Bonus points for swords/gear outfits. 7 points v=XMXgHfHxKVM
80Write and perform a diss track about your own college major(s) 8 points
81The year is 1517. You are Martin Luther. Write your 95 theses to Middlebury. 7 points
Evan is cold and misses the Florida heat; knit (or crochet if you fancy) him something to warm his heart.
82Bring your special something to the Innovation Hub by 1PM on Sunday. 6 points
Julie is searching for her Lipstick Prince/ss. Create a lipstick out of unconventional ingredients and make
83a demo video wearing it. Bonus points for including a cheesy pick-up line that makes her blush. 4 points
84Be aware that wheat and wheat by-products are now malevolent and violent supernatural forces. 4 points
.2 points for each
person that learns the
85Show us a cool secret handshake. shake
Imitate the distinguished nineteenth century white man in the portrait above the door inside the Abernethy .3 points per team
86Room with each team member. member
87Amum-Her-Khepesh-Ef (be respectful please, he's far from home) 6 points
Send your best racer to the Interfaith House this Thursday at 7PM (This clue might have flashing
88lights and require the use of eyes and both opposable thumbs. Legs not required.) up to 10 points
Julie craves affection. Write her a love letter. However, Julie is currently in India, so slip it under Scott
89Powell's door. Remember to scan it and upload it to your PowerPoint. 4 points
This clue is active immediately. Black Hunt flyers wih white question marks are distributed about campus.
Gather as many as you can before other teams do. Bring your flyers to the Innovation Hub before 1pm on
90the last day of the Hunt. .1 point per flyer
Analyze the historical, cultural, and aesthetic significance of something in the museum gallery that is not a
91museum piece. 5 points
92Educational children’s sock puppet show performed in the Grille at peak drunk hour. 11 points
93Have a romantic spaghetti dinner in an elevator. Bonus points for live music and formal attire. 11 points
94Bring the Trump Freedom Girls to the Democratic primaries. 6 points
95Ska and/or Punk in Painter Basement. 7 points
96Remake the song "Can I get a box" with a Midd to-go carribeener and to-go box. 5 to15 points
97Recreate Donald Trump’s infamous McDonald’s dinner, but without going to McDonalds. 4 points
98Tell us about your favorite word. Convince us to also love this word. Word. 3 points
99Have a high noon standoff at the Ross hallway outside the dining hall 4 points
100Fairies in the greenhouse. 9 points
101Discourse civilly 8 points
102The caucasity! 5 points
Plank. The Hunt Masters will send a text to Hunt Captains at a random time of day. Photographic
evidence of an impressive plank must be posted to your team's Instagram within 5 minutes with a time 5 points, 1 point if not
103stamp. on-time
104Live-Action Potter Puppet Pals. 6 points
105Reinvent an American family classic as Regietheater. 8 points
106Take a shower dressed to the nines. Fully clothed and with full make up on. 2 points
107Perform choreography to Missy Elliot's "Lose Control" for a tour group 7 points
108Be edgy 3 points
The Hunt Masters need some good tunes. Make us a spotify playlist. Email it to huntmasters2020@gmail.
109com. up to 10 points
110Roaring 20s, more like rawring 20s 4 points
111Show us the weirdest story you can find in an undigitized campus article from special collections 5 points
112Boxers or Briefs? 3 points
113Make a non-heteronormative version of a Dixie Chicks song and submit it to us via MP3. up to 12 points
114SANTA!? 8 points
In the famous 15th century painting, "The Garden of Earthly Delights" there is music printed on the butt of
115a tortured soul in hell. Do with this information what you will. 7 points
116Abolish gendered spaces on campus. 4 points
1 point per language,
bonus points if taught
by professor AND
117Learn how to say "nothing but net" in every language offered at Midd filmed
118Before and after makeup transformation, Tik Tok style 10 points
119Dodgeball at the Pepin Gymnasium at 11 AM Saturday. 5 points
120Rube Goldberg Machine 5 points
121Boots n’ cats ‘n boots n’ cats n’ bts n cts n bts 4 points
Dance party at the Pizza Parlor on Club Penguin (RIP). Server? Marshmallow. Time? 10PM on Saturday.
Attire? Black, white, and naked. 0.5 points for every member of your team that throws a snowball at the 0.5 points per team
122Hunt Penguin. member. https://cprewritten.net/
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124Swish and flick. 5 points
125Powerpuff Panthers 3 points
Thanks, I hate it. Make something that is both the best and worst thing we have ever seen. If your thing is
126tangible, bring it to the innovation hub by 1 PM on Sunday 3 points
10 points for the team
who cracks it first. 5
We've hidden an encrypted message within this Google spreadsheet. Be the first to decipher it and DM it points for just
127to the HUNTmasters. Follow the rainbow, honey. cracking it.
Commons Clues
Brainerd: Represent the mermen in the Brainerd House Bathroom any which way you want to. 10 points, $50 to the
best team
Cook: Word has it Battell is getting a long-needed renovation. Put your architectural design skills to use to 10 points, $50 to the
design the future Battell of your dreams. best team
10 points, $50 to the
Ross: Create and sing a Ross commons song. best team
Atwater: Name all the Atwater CRAs/CRDs that there have been since the decentralized Commons came 10 points, $50 to the
into being in 1999. best team
Wonnacott: Please create a renaissance style portrait of a pensive squirrel. Bring your portrait to the 10 points, $50 to the
Innovation Hub by 1PM on Sunday. best team
Presidential Clue: Two new kittens, Kasha and Chai, have joined the Patton family. Please build a kitten 20 points, $100 to the
playhouse for them. best team