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Other Matters of History
In the illustrious history of ScavHunt, the following have been theme songs:
2023: Akiko Wada, “KANPAI FUNK”
2014(0): The Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones of 2014(0)
2021: Tame Impala, “Elephant”, as covered by The Wiggles
2020: Daði Freyr, “Think About Things”
2019: The Black Eyed Peas, “Pump It”
2018: Ethel Merman, “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” (Disco Album version)
2017: Carly Rae Jepsen, “Store”
2016: Wang Chung, “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”
2015: Hoobastank, “The Reason”
2014(2): Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island, “Everything is Awesome”
2014(1): Quad City DJs, “Space Jam”
2012: Buddy Holly, “You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)”
2011: The Foundations, “Build Me Up Buttercup”
2010: Adriano Celentano, “Prisencolinensinainciusol”
2009: Queen and David Bowie, “Under Pressure”
2008: The White Stripes, “Conquest”
2007: Maldroid, “Heck No! (We Won’t Listen to Techno)”
2006: Scorpions, “Rock You Like a Hurricane”
2005: The Beach Boys, “I Get Around”
2004: Junior Senior, “Move Your Feet”
2003: Kenny Loggins, “Danger Zone”
2002: Andrew W.K., “Party Hard”
2001: The Charlie Daniels Band, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
2000: Positive K, “I Gotta Man”
1999: Vengaboys, “We Like to Party”
1998: Weather Girls, “It’s Raining Men”
The Judges Most Regal
The ranks of Hot Side Hot have, at one time or another, included the following (and if you are not on this list but can prove that you should be, e-mail scavheadjudge@gmail so that we can administer the secret test)
Leo Christensen (2024–)
Will Epstein (2024–)
Isha Mehta (2024–)
Brandon LaCrosse (2023–)
Cole Washburn (2023–)
David Aguilar Hall (2023–)
Lila Melkumova (2023–)
Audrey Scott (2023–)
Brittney Lynn Dorton (2023–)
Gabriela Claire Garcia (2023–)
Ryan Solomon Gold (2023–)
Emma Jean Simpson (2021–)
Joren David Husic (2021–)
Kit Downey (2021–)
Rebecca Greenberg (2021–2021)
Artemie Li Chang (2020–)
Ihna Yoo (2020–)
Jacob Leo Blitz (2020–)
Sabrina Grace Sternberg (2020–)
Destiny DeAnn Reeves (2019–)
Melissa Ariel Walsh (2019–)
Nell Williamson Shaffer (2019–)
Sam Michael Dulys (2019–)
Abbie Louisa Reeves (2018–)
Alexander William Hearn (2018–)
David Maxwell Klinger (2018–)
Gabrielle Lindsey Dulys (2018–)
Joey Steven Valdez (2018–)
Cassandra Miriam Cohen (2017–)
Erin Claire Glynn (2017–)
Eva Judith Brotslaw (2017–)
Michael Aaron Hochman (2017–)
Ori Portland Brian (2017–)
Sihyun Eren Ahn (2017–)
Andrew Isaac Jaffe (2016–)
Julianna Rose St. Onge (2016–)
Udayan Ravi Vaidya (2016–)
Kate Elizabeth Mooney (2015–)
Molly Elizabeth Blondell (2015–)
Reed Benjamin Mershon (2015–)
Ruby Coyne (by birth) (2015–)
William Tahoe de Oliveira Schrader (2015–)
Daniel Petersen Booth (2014(2)–)
Erin Mary Simpson (2014(2)–)
Lily Ling Zhao (2014(2)–)
Emily Natalie Tixier (2014(2)–)
Walker Riley King (2014(2)–)
James Edward Duehr (2014(1)–)
Rachel Alexandra Hwang (2014(1)–)
Lindsey Julia Simon (2014(1)–)
Jeremy Penin Ziring (2014(1)–)
Seth Henry Berlin (2012–)
Peter Bernard Borah (2012–)
Nicholas Christopher Cassleman (2012–)
Michael Jacek Furdyna (2012–)
Andrew William Jordan (2012–)
Kirsten Anne Madsen (2012–)
Catherine Zuul Scharon (2012–)
Alexander Joseph Brandt (2011–)
Samuel Ryan Bowman (2011–)
Rebecca Anne Maurer (2011–)
Julian Schwaller (2011–)
Sarah Margaret Staudt (2011–)
Mary Adelina Coyne (by birth) (2010–)
Grace Hollingsworth Chapin (2010–)
Samuel Raphael Feldman (2010–)
Ezra Deutsch-Feldman (2010–)
Margaret Anne Mallari (2010–)
Leah Zöe Gibson Rand (2010–)
Hyacinth Liu (2010–)
Daniel Tamor Liu Citron (2009–)
Benjamin David Umans (2009–)
Christopher Michael Havlin (2009–)
Daniel Marshall Wade (2009–)
Paul Wilburforth Davis (2009–)
Emily Rachel Watkins (2008–)
William Curran Volk (2008–)
Jennifer L. Crowell (2007–)
Samuel Turner Silk Boyd (2007–)
Jonathan Douglas Williams (2006–)
Patrick Joseph Augustine (2006–2018)
Christian Farrell Kammerer (eternal)
Matthew Lawrence Fink (2005–)
Karl Davis (2003–)
Katherine Anne Lipkowitz
William Smith Deitz
Sebastian Andrew Ellefson (2003–)
Leila Steven Sales
James Daniel Ryan
Kathleen Elizabeth Scanlon (2008–)
Nicholas Paul Poulos (2005–)
Joel Robert Putnam
Steven Gaskins Lucy
Sara Kanwal Rezvi
Colin Alfred McFaul
Lisa Rose Feiertag
Victor Neminis
Patricia Claire Gilbert
Courtney Marie Prokopas
Matthew Richard Kellard
Samuel Jesse Hunt
Kaury Ty (Eisenman) Kucera
Matthew Gregory Dembowski
Moacir Pranas Grigalius de Sá Pereira
Michael Daly Campion
Stephen K. Chan
Stephen Joseph Cicala
Connor Ryan Coyne
Jessica Jalbrzikowski Coyne
Emily Whitman Easton
Thomas Robert Howe
Nicholas Monsour
Jasmine Davila
Daryl Bernard Osuch
Jessica Ruth Plonka
Sonia Maria Rupcic
Michael Donohue
Dennis Brennan (1993–)
Ron Ludwigsen
Bob Hallberg
Stephen Lawrence
Rick Jeffries
Nolan McCarty
Diane Kelly
Cassie Scharff Hallberg
Chris Straus (founder)
2023 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | Sally’s Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Scav Team |
| 2nd | International House | we need a captain and a name |
| 3rd | Valois Bois | SVB: Silicon Valois Bois |
| 4th | Campus North East | Upsilon Nu: Alpha Chapter |
| 5th | South Scav | Our Market Research Shows That Scav Judges Like Really Long Team Names So We Made this Team to Have the Absolute Longest Team Name Ever Renee Granville-Grossman Residential Commons (Formerly Known as South Campus Residence Hall) Scavenger Hunt Team; To ensure the accuracy of this statement, here is appended the entirety of the Epic of Gilgamesh: He who saw the deep, the foundations of the land; who knew the world, was wise in everything! Gilgamesh, who saw the deep, the foundations of the land; who knew the world, was wise in everything! The totality of wisdom, of which he seized all. He saw the secret and uncovered the hidden; he bore a story of before the flood. He came a distant road; he was weary and he was granted rest; he set down on a stele all of his hardships. He built the walls of Uruk-the-sheepfold, of holy Eanna, the exalted repository. See its wall, which is like a strand of wool! View its ramparts, which none can equal! Take the stairwell from those times long past, close to Eanna, seat of Ishtar, which no later king or man could equal! Go up, up to the top of the wall of Uruk, go along, check the foundation and inspect the mudbrick! See if its mudbrick is not kiln-fired, and its foundations were not laid by the seven sages! One šar-area is city, one šar-area is garden, one šar-area is clay pit, one-half šar-area the temple of Ishtar; three and a half šar-area is the extent of Uruk. See the tablet-box of cedar! Release the lock-ring of bronze! Open the door to its secret! Lift the tablet of lapis lazuli, and read out: all that Gilgamesh walked, all of his misfortunes! |
| 6th | Max Palevsky | Max Palevsky Center for Kids Who Can’t Scav Good |
| 7th (tie)
|
Marg’s good time gang | Smart People…On ICE! |
| GASH | ouroboros can have little a ouroboros as a treat | |
| 9th | Burton-Judson | Tim Burton-Judson presents: the Nightmare before Mother’s Day |
| 10th | Woodlawn | We Did Start the Fire: Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, “The King and I”, and “The Catcher in the Rye” Eisenhower, Vaccine, England’s got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana, goodbye… |
| 11th | The German Mafia | Snap, Crackle, POP |
| 12th | Just a silly lil DnD group | Fallcrest Adventurer’s Guild |
| 13th | The Bunge | shimpo and the peristeronic gentlemen |
| 14th | Sourdough | Sourdough: The Final Rise |
| 15th | just me | STREAK |
| 16th (tie)
|
Alums | THE ALL-SEEING LEMON |
| Balls (volleyballs, basketballs, bowling balls, bocce balls, tennis balls, lacrosse balls, waterpolo balls, cue balls, beach balls, soccer balls, ping pong balls, etc) | The Ball Busters | |
| The dumbasses who constantly quote Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure | Don and Rani | |
| some people | THE REAL CHICAGO TEAM |
2014(0) back to top
In-Person Hunt
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | I Do Not Think Therefore I Do Not Am |
| 2nd | Woodlawn East | Woodlawn Yeast: Rise 2 the Top: Our Energy is Infectious |
| 3rd | Burton-Judson | Vito Canceleone and the Woke Mob |
| 4th | GASH | A Million Tiny Teams in a Trenchcoat |
| 5th | Breckinridge | spork stork. spork dork aborkabork. |
| 6th (tie)
|
I-House | Our Scav Means Death |
| Valois Bois | The Breakfast Club | |
| 8th | Yuen | Upsilon Nu |
| 9th
|
Max Palevsky | cliMAX |
| South Scav + kevin; + DGH + Jannotta | Renesme Granville Grossman (you nicknamed our dorm after the loch ness monster?!?!) | |
| 11th | amish paste | the tomatoes |
| 12th (tie)
|
BSD Staff | Best Scavengers Duh (BSD) |
| Doghaus | Doghaus | |
| Non | Non | |
| 15th (tie, in no particular order)
|
West African Research Center | Toubabs |
| The Open Table Between Phoenix and Breckinridge | Milk is Short for Michael | |
| Me | Me | |
| Megamind life | Megamind | |
| College | Toe Beans ?? | |
| just some off-campus pals | ScAVENGERS | |
| Mina’s team | Mina’s the best | |
| NA | Diaspora Dynamites | |
| None | quf | |
| snakes | Medusa |
Virtual Hunt
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sourdough Squad | Fresh Bread: Young and Hot |
| 2nd | Just Me | Streak ?????? |
| 3rd | Some alums and friends, formerly ja ja dingdong & ys | Bananawolf |
2021 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st (tie)
|
Brovo (Breckinridge + Yovovich) | Brovolone.net: Find Hot Kraft Singles in Your Area |
| Snell-Hitchcock | One Man Enters, Five Chickens Leave | |
| 3rd | Burton-Judson | Everburton vs the Suez Canal |
| 4th | I-House | International Horse |
| 5th | Valois Bois | To All Valois I’ve Loved Before |
| 6th | GASH | To F*** Around is Human; to Find Out is Divine |
| 7th | Kenwood/Keller Team Up | kevin; |
| 8th | A Year-Old Loaf of Sourdough | Breckinridge Alumni Sourdough Squad: The Second Rising: Loaves and Fishes |
| 9th | MacStrongin | Bold of you to assume we have pants on |
| 10th | Alumni | Play jaja dingdong!! |
| 11th(tie)
|
Alumni | 🔥streak🔥 |
| South Dorm | South Scav | |
| 13th | Jannotta | Jude Paul’s Scav Race |
| 14th | Wash U | 701 Limt Ave |
| 15th | Red Team | Plurmorant |
| 16th | Unaffiliated | Go Scav Go |
| 17th | Group | MiaoMiaoMiao |
| Teams That Earned Negative Points
|
Salisbury alumni + friends | SCAM SCAV |
| Greenwood | Kasik | |
| Duskmatle & Friend? | Macross before virginity loss | |
| we represent a bunch of cool people :^) | Chopped Dough | |
| Awesome People | Last Minute |
2020 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Breckinridge | what if you wanted to go to study break but god said “sex ed” |
| 2nd | Snell-Hitchcock | Scrappy Doo Found Dead in Miami |
| 3rd (tie)
|
Burton-Judson | “don’t we need a name” and the open poll |
| Gash | Scav Trek: The Prior Generation | |
| 4th (tie)
|
MacStrongin | We are never going to financially recover from this: yeet the rich |
| Valois Bois | Super Blintendo Chalmers | |
| 5th | I-House | We hope this Scav team finds you well in these difficult times. |
| 6th | Alumni | removing your message doesn’t remove your sins @Chris |
| 7th(tie)
|
Max Palevsky | Masked Palevsky |
| Harper Café | Poosy Live Poosy Die | |
| Yeast | The Unbearable Lightness of Sourdough | |
| 8th | Alumni | The Glorious Commonwealth of Ys |
| 9th | Pre-Frosh | The Prom Redeemers |
| 10th | Washington University in St. Louis | 701 Limit Ave |
| 11th | Alumni | Impresario |
| 12th (tie)
|
Pierogi’s Friends | Friends of Pierogi |
| Jannotta House | Jude Paul’s Scav Race | |
| 13th (tie)
|
Duskmantle and Friends | The Sims 4: Get Famous |
| apartment making a team bc quarantine | Where do I obtain wedgie board? Do I have to make my own wedgie or can I buy one from a witch or vegan? | |
| 14th | Alumni | We are Shank |
| 15th (tie)
|
Alumni | Billy Don’t Be a Gyro |
| South Campus | South Scav | |
| 17th | SCAM Scav | A Modern Lifestyle Brand by SCAM SCAV |
| 18th | Unafilliated | Go Scav Go |
| 19th | Alumni | Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Jalapeño Preppers |
| 20th | Alumni | For Shalissa<3 |
| 21st | Earth | Team Dial Direct |
| 22nd | Event Horizon House | Bay Rats |
| 23rd | joey the cats miss you | omega’s wrath hath been unleashed |
| 24th | teammate | forMAT Error |
| 25th | Alumni | 2 bros, sitting in a hot tub, 6 ft apart cause of quarantine |
| 26th (tie)
|
I know a guy who knows a guy…, | Dark Wing Ducks |
| [it me] | Tong of Tongs | |
| Temple of False Prophets | Votaries of Diana | |
| Pritzker School of Medicine | Pritzker School of Medicine Scav Hunt Team |
2019 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st (tie)
|
Breckinridge | Breckcest at Tiffin’s |
| Snell-Hitchcock | International Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta | |
| 3rd | Maclean/Strongin | This is so sad, Alexa play “Strongin Sucks” |
| 4th | Burton-Judson | Mark ZuckerBurton & The Harvard Dropouts |
| 5th | GASH | The GASH 2020 Exploratory Committee |
| 6th | I-House | r/uchicago: AWFUL HOUSING ASSIGNMENT, NOW I DON’T WANT TO GO HERE: I got a single in i-house. From what I gather, an awful dorm, in an awful location, with no culture and now I’m solo. Pretty depressing. Part of me was searching for reasons to pull the trigger on a gap year and reevaluate where I want to go, so I’m taking today’s news as a sign. Am I overreacting? |
| 7th | Max Palevsky | Max Trek: The Final Scavtier |
| 8th | STTR-BBoY | If the Judges Don’t Show Up in Fifteen Minutes, We’re Legally Allowed to Leave |
| 9th | Valois Bois | Scav Life 3: Confirmed |
| 10th | GGRC | South Scav |
| 11th (tie)
|
Duskmantle and Friends | Scrub Daddies |
| Harper Cafe | Pussy Live and Pussy Die | |
| Jannotta | Jude Paul’s Scav Race | |
| 14th | SCAM SCAV | SCAM’S CLUB |
| 15th (tie)
|
#Gravelanche 2020 | TSHIRTTIME |
| Pritzker School of Medicine | Pritzker School of Medicine Scav Hunt Team | |
| 17th | Church of Scientology | mole patrol |
| 18th | one man army | farding and shidding and cumming on top of mansueto’s juicy ass |
| 19th | Track and Field | Scavy McScavface |
| 20th | feet | sandal |
| 21st | Kundling | Astronomers present the first ever image of the K Hole! |
2018 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | Oh Hi Marx |
| 2nd | Breckinridge | Polká Dexys Midnight Beyblade Runner 2001: A Super Mario Snake Odyssey: Rated Arr For Pirates: The Musical: Let It RIP |
| 3rd | Burton-Judson | Marie Curie & the Free Radicals |
| 4th (tie)
|
Maclean/Strongin | Maclean Scav Presents: Brostomp |
| STTR-BBoY | Please Unsubscribe Me From This Mailing List | |
| 6th | GASH | Chicago Murderbirds |
| 7th | Max Palevsky | Max Avengers: Infinity Scav |
| 8th | I-House | IHOP (International House of People-against-acronyms) |
| 9th | 🤒🤰🍆🐍🔛🤰🍆🐻✈️ | 🌵 |
| 10th | Valois | Valois Bois |
| 11th | SCAV Team Six | United States Naval Special Warfare Command |
| 12th | VAST (Virtually A Scav Team) | Alienated Laborers |
| 13th | Queer Scav | Straight Scav Bothers Me |
| 14th (tie)
|
Janotta | Jannotta Proletariat |
| Scampi Scav | GGRC | |
| 16th | Salisbury Cat Alum Mob | SCAM Scav |
| 17th | One Trans, One Team | One Trans, One Team |
| 18th | Harper Cafe | Espresso Patronum |
| 19th | Atlanta Study Abroad | None of your Burt’s Beeswax |
| 20th (tie)
|
One Woman, One Team | One Item, One Team |
| Etc. | UChicago and the Caucasian Office | |
| Josh | Josh is still alive | |
| Say my whole name this year | Melissa Drexler and Oscar the Grouch Star in: Juno | |
| Scavvy McScav Face | Track and Delta Gamma |
2017 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | Egg; |
| 2nd | Burton-Judson | Gordon Ramsay and the Nine Circles of Hell’s Kitchen |
| 3rd (tie)
|
Breckinridge | ”” |
| STTR-BBoY | Northern Alliance for Satellite Assimilation (NASA) | |
| 5th | Max Palevsky | Maxy Python and the Holy Scav |
| 6th | Strongin | The Jeanne Gang: A Well-Constructed Scav Team |
| 7th | GASH | The Scavalry |
| 8th | Queer Scav | The Lavender Scare |
| 9th | Scampi Scav | Scampi Scav Presents: A Series of Mildly Uncomfortable Events |
| 10th | I-House | I-House Scav Presents: Untested Development |
| 11th | Janotta House | One Man, One Team |
| 12th | Humanity | Team Dai-Gurren |
| 13th (tie)
|
BJ | Michael Vick Presents: Nintendogs |
| ”breck deserved it the most” - bobby j zimmer | the satellites deserved it | |
| Atlanta Study Abroad | Jimmy Carter’s Peanut Gallery |
2016 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | Doing Honest Scav in College |
| 2nd | Breckinridge | 100 Years of Solid Dudes |
| 3rd | Burton Judson | Robespierr and the Reign of Cher |
| 4th | BroStoMP FM | Chicago Illuminati Exchange |
| 5th | Max Palevsky | Mad Max P: University Road |
| 6th | Maclean | A River Runs Through It One Last Time: Yippee Ki-Yay Motherfucker |
| 7th | I-Stone | I-Stone Presents: Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Scav |
| 8th | GASH | Belligerent and Numerous |
| 9th | Scampi Scav | Oedipus and the Mama’s Boys |
| 10th | QueerScav | The Other Team |
| 11th | All are welcome in memory of Sean Sullivan | One Man, One Team |
| 12th | Vincent SortofanAdultWoman | what is very obviously just 3 trenchcoats stacked on top of each other pretending to be an adult woman |
| 13th | Justice | Dumpling Hell Garden: That’s a Wrap, Y’all |
| 14th | Honk Kong Study Abroad | The University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt Special Administrative Region (Two Countries, One Scav) |
| 15th | WAA | Spring Splash 2k16 |
| 16th | Police Baton Enthusiests | Nancy Kerrigan and the First Case of White on White Police Brutality |
| 17th | Mahmoud Aliamer’s Room | X Men X Teams |
| 18th (tie)
|
Vienna Human Rights Study Abroad | Human Wrongs |
| Wisconsin State Assembly | Avengers Assemble | |
| Srat Starz | OOWTFYB | |
| Tommy Rob | Outrageous Fun |
2015 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | Windows 95 |
| 2nd (tie)
|
Breckinridge | Sophonisba’s Old-Timey Whale Oil Backpeddlers |
| BroStoMP FM | North Campus Alumni Association | |
| 4th | Burton Judson | Burt Judd and Sons’ Automan Empire |
| 5th | Max Palevsky | University of Chicago at Phoenix |
| 6th | GASH | Geezers of the Galaxy |
| 7th | I-Stone | Parks and Wreck Creation |
| 8th | Scampi | Richard J. Daley’s Undead Electorate |
| 9th | Maclean | Stormtruthers: The Death Star Was an Inside Job |
| 10th | Queer | Seriously Trans Rebels Amass Incredibly Gay Hero Team (STRAIGHT) |
| 11th | The FIST | Marvel’s Agents of Achille’s S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 12th | Women’s Athletics Association (WAA) | Spring Splash 2k15 |
| 13th | Burton-Fudson Courts | Burton-Fudson |
| 14th | Physics Grad Students | |
| 15th | UTEP | Team Sexy Balance |
| 16th | Independent Apartments South of 61st | One Man, One Team |
| 17th | Mahmoud Aliamer’s Room | X Men X Teams |
| 18th | MAPSS | |
| 19th | Team Tornado |
2014(2) back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burton-Judson | Mrs. O’Leary and the Holy Cows |
| 2nd | Snell-Hitchcock | Engineering At The Snell-Hitchcock Institute of Technology |
| 3rd | BroStoMP | United Coalition of Pierce Defenders (UCPD) |
| 4th | Breckinridge | ;) |
| 5th | Max Palevsky | Harold’s Phoenix Shack |
| 6th (tie)
|
GASH | Scavving Like It’s 1999 |
| South Campus | Salvador Dali Partons | |
| 8th | Black-I | The Black-I’s |
| 9th | Maclean | Logging, Pimping, and Your Pal Jim Nondorf: A Trainwash to the Stars |
| 10th | Independent | FIST: The New Class |
| 11th | Independent | The Faux-Op |
| 12th | Independent | Pillars of Pure Salt |
| 13th | Independent | Gödel, Escher, Batman |
| 14th (tie)
|
Physics Grad Students | Chicago Mafia |
| Cornell Physics Grad Students | ||
| 16th | Great Oaks Charter School | Ms. McCaffrey’s 6th Graders |
| 17th | Independent | Sarah, Chris, and Ben |
| 18th | Independent | The Cheese Stands Alone |
| 19th | Beijing Study Abroad | The Collective Collective Farm Collective |
| 20th | Columbia Grad Students |
2014(1) back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | BROSTOMP FM | CCCP (Chicago Careers in Career Preparedness) |
| 2nd | Burton-Judson | Bill Nye and the Science Lies |
| 3rd | Snell-Hitchcock | Deformis Sed Winning |
| 4th | Breckinridge | The Milton Friedman Institute for Pornographic Research |
| 5th | Max Palevsky | This Is Not a Drill |
| 6th (tie)
|
GASH | The League of Disorderly Gentlefolk |
| South Campus | The South Will Rise | |
| 8th | International House | The Little Shit Show That Could |
| 9th | Omegatrons | |
| 10th | WHAT | We Have A Team! |
| 11th | Physics Graduate Students | |
| 12th | Athens Study Abroad |
2012 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | Crescat Snellentia Vita Hitchcokatur |
| 2nd | Burton-Judson | Rasputin and the All Tsars |
| 3rd | MacPierce | The Political Action Committee for More America Now (PAC-MAN) |
| 4th | Breckinridge | Ü |
| 5th | Max Palevsky | MPFD |
| 6th | Blintstone | Blint and the Family Stone |
| 7th | GASH (Graduate and Alumni Scavenger Hunt) | The Reprehensibles |
| 8th | South Campus Residence Hall | Sisyphus and the Rolling Stones |
| 9th | International House | |
| 10th | Physics Graduate Students |
2011 back to top
In celebration of our 25th anniversary, we set the world record for the largest scavenger hunt! The item appeared on the List as item 277, though it was not restricted to registered Scav Hunt teams, and it consisted of a scavenger hunt on the Quads. The rules of the event can be found here and a list of the items to be found on the Quads is here.
The clues for item 35 (“the puzzle hunt”) can be found here.
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burton-Judson | John D. Rockefeller and the Captains of Injury |
| 2nd | Snell-Hitchcock | The Dark Side of the Quad |
| 3rd | MacPierce | The Rahmones |
| 4th | Max Palevsky | Phoenix Envy |
| 5th (tie)
|
Breckinridge | F.A.S.T. : F.A.S.T. Ain’t a Scav Team |
| South Campus | Scampi People, Dear Judges | |
| 7th | Broadview-Flint | Blintzkrieg |
| 8th | Grad Students and Alumni | Scav All-Czars |
| 9th | CBGB & OMFUG | “Pals” |
| 10th | FIST | Lush Puppies Mk XI;The FIST 1.0; Deleuzean Latkes; Stony Island Turns Off Safe Search;Less Umlaut, More Cowbell!; Rosebud: It’s true, every toboggan in media is a vehicle for philosophical discussion; Sungods have surprisingly good grammar.; Hurry metric frogs! Kronur?;Mathews House; The Bureau of W.H.A.T. (W.E. H.A.V.E. A. T.O.W.E.L. (Wobbuffets Exist, Has Anyone Verified Elsewise? Acronyms Thrice Over: wobBUFfet Elite League! (Wombat overlords, bazookas, bakery, undulating ferrets, fifer, existential turrets, succulent Emacs, xenomorph, interrobang, stalactites, typhoons, Habberdashing, anon, scythe, Abominable nunchucks, yeoman, ottoman, nudity, erupting, Verily, elementary, rudimentary, idealistic fistorobato, idolaters, erudite defenestration, Elephantitis, linguine, swimmy, eviceration, worcestershiresauce, iconic statuesque erronious Alopecia, crapqqbtastic robots, oddity, necrophilia, yossarian marsupials, santorum, Tactics, http://yooouuutuuube.com/v/?width=96&height=96&yt=fYFpZ-2M7P8&flux=1&direction=rand, rampage, impalement, crab-battle, evangelists, Olioliolio!, vitriol, entrails, rabblerabblerabble, We Must Go Deeper, Everything loves its testicles, enter Lusts everlasting, aromas, gaping underwear, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuphemism)));The Last Rainbow Robot Unicorn |
| 11th | University of Wisconsin Law School | Team Rural Jurors |
| 12th | Greek Life (Fraternity and Sorority) | The Greeks |
2010 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | The Hitchcocker’s Guide to the Snellaxy |
| 2nd (tie)
|
BJ & Blackstone | Dr. Scodel’s League of Atrocious Wonders |
| Max Palevsky | Hooked on Phoenix | |
| 4th | MacPierce | The People’s Liberation Front of Scavistan |
| 5th | South Campus | The Glass Panopticon |
| 6th | Breckinridge | Enrico Fermi’s Scarlet Sex Machine |
| 7th | Broadview & Flint | The Blintstones |
| 8th | GASH | Space Fogies |
| 9th | FIST | Lush Puppies Mk X; The F.I.S.T. point Nein; Deleuzean Potatoe Gun; Stony Never Calls Back; Ümläut, M?t??? ?u?kèR; Rosebud: [edited for Spoiler Alert]; It’s 10 PM, do u know where ur Sungodz r?; Hungry Skirt Rumor Force; The Shoreland; The Bureau of Igloos, Coleslaw, Avocados, Nostradamus, Tuesdays, Brevity, Exclusivity, Lists, Irony, Et Cetera, Vagueness, Exterior, Interior, Totality, Seriousness, Not Silliness, Ontology, Truth, Other Stuff, Restrooms, Gallimaufry, Alphabetizing, Ne’er-do-wells, Inundations, Zeppelins, Everymen, and De-alphabetizing (I.C.A.N.T.B.E.L.I.E.V.E.I.T.S.N.O.T.O.R.G.A.N.I.Z.E.D.) |
| 10th | Independent | Team Lanie |
| 11th | Independent | A T-Rex Ate My Team Name |
2009 back to top
The winning submission for item 8 can be found here.
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | Mendicant Cingulata |
| 2nd | Burton-Judson | Ron Paul Presents: Ron Paul’s Ruff Riders |
| 3rd | Max Palevsky | Dinosaurmageddon |
| 4th (tie)
|
MacPierce | John Boyer’s Science Warriors |
| Shoreland | Team Ragnarok: Burn This Mother Down | |
| 6th (tie)
|
Blint | |
| GASH | Those meddling adults | |
| 8th | Breckinridge | Davin Reed is People! |
| 9th | FIST |
LPMIX: FISTPA: DPF: BS-SM: Ümläut Ümläut Àccènt Gràvè, REGR, SGIUZ, YUHR, The New Dorm |
| 10th | Hooverstone | Agent Claus and his Christmas Joneses |
2008 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | The Army Dillo |
| 2nd | Max Palevsky | The Audacity of Pope |
| 3rd | Burton-Judson | The War of Southern Aggression |
| 4th | MacPierce | The University of Chicago School of Engineering |
| 5th | Shoreland | The Untouchables |
| 6th | GASH | FOGIES |
| 7th | FIST | Heroic Furry Gut Monks II FIST: The Federation of Independent Scavhunt Teams |
| 8th | Broadview | Vandelay Industries |
| 9th | Broover | Scav Trek V: The Vinyl Frontier |
2007 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | Psycho Refraction Party |
| 2nd | Max Palevsky | T.A.C.O.S. |
| 3rd | F.I.S.T. | LPMVII: TFISTPS: DPH: BSD-TS: No ____, All Ümläüt, RSTFS: Vagrant Sun Gods |
| 4th | MacPierce | Team Samosa: The Llama’s Revenge |
| 5th (tie)
|
Broover | Scav Trek 4: TLSODR, f/ G”BTPOC”H, and S”HVAIBOM”B, BTYB the PTPYLC and JJATRC: HID—B?IHKH! |
| Burton-Judson | BJ and the Logical Phalluses | |
| 7th | Shoreland | Antepenultimatum |
| 8th | Broadview | Unicornicopians |
| 9th | Scavengers: The ScavDocumentary Crew |
2006 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Max Palevsky | Team WOMBAT for Great Justice! |
| 2nd | Snell-Hitchcock | Snells Like Hitchcock Spirit |
| 3rd | F.I.S.T. |
LPMVI: TFISTPC: DPR: BSR-DSIA: Even Less ____, Even More Ümläüt, Rosebud |
| 4th | Broover | P9FOS: SRvGB!, an ATOHTLTG, SBTUofCDOHM and More! |
| 5th | Shoreland | Housing Sold Me Out |
| 6th (tie)
|
Burton-Judson | The Foot |
| MacPierce | Northern Empire of Unfastened Pscho Schoolmates | |
| 8th | Broadview | The New and Improved Rocket Widgets (© Guinness) |
| 9th | Vegan/Co-Op/MacLab | The Seitanists |
2005 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st (tie)
|
Snell-Hitchcock | Armadillo of Darkness |
| Max Palevsky | Team Fluffy, Destroyer of Worlds | |
| 3rd | F.I.S.T. |
LPMV: TFISTPQ: DPR: BSDS(A): Less ____, More Ümläüt! |
| 4th | Shoreland | The Emperor Strikes Back |
| 5th (tie)
|
Broover | |
| Pierce | ||
| 7th | Broadview | Untitled |
| 8th | Vegans/Co-Op | |
| 9th | Burton-Judson | REVOLUTION! |
2004 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | Hitchcapocalyptic Death Snell |
| 2nd | Max Palevsky | Phoenix, Bitch |
| 3rd | F.I.S.T. | Lush Puppies Mk IV: F.I.S.T., Trios: Deleuzean Potato Reloaded: Billmire’s Scrod Does Stony |
| 4th | Shoreland | The Emperor’s New Outfit |
| 5th | Broover | Sophonisba Does Gary: The Davin Reed Experience |
| 6th | Pierce | |
| 7th | Vegans | G-SPrOuT |
| 8th | Burton-Judson (sans Vincent) | No-names |
| 9th | Vincent |
2003 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Max Palevsky | Phoenix Does Dallas |
| 2nd | Shoreland | The Outfit |
| 3rd | Snell-Hitchcock | Snell My Hitchcock: Fuckin’ Yeah |
| 4th | F.I.S.T. | The Lush Puppies Mk. III: The F.I.S.T. Deux: The Deleuzean Potato |
| 5th | Pierce | Team Verna |
| 6th | Hoover | Team Bara: The Universal Truth |
| 7th | Burton-Judson | REVOLUTION! |
| 8th | Commuters/Max Mason | |
| 9th | Fire Escape | Tom Bennett’s All-Star Acolytes |
2002 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Max Palevsky | Phoenix Rising |
| 2nd | Snell-Hitchcock | Institutionalized Failures |
| 3rd | Pierce | Notorious Amphioxous Posse |
| 4th | Lush Puppies | Lush Puppies Mk II: The F.I.S.T. |
| 5th | Shoreland | The Avengers |
| 6th | Hoover | Broover |
| 7th | Burton-Judson | BJ Shower Power: Mario Twins to the Rescue |
| 8th | Commuters/Max Mason | |
| 9th | Broadview | The Hunting Broads |
2001 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | |
| 2nd (tie)
|
Woodward Court & Maclean | Phoenix Burning |
| Pierce | Riotproof 151 | |
| 4th | Shoreland | |
| 5th | ||
| 6th | The Lush Puppies | The Lush Puppies |
| 7th | Burton-Judson | The Absolut Clergy |
2000 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st (tie)
|
Snell-Hitchcock | Snell My Hitchcock |
| Shoreland | Shoreland Scav Hunt Team: Knights of the Cause Shoreland | |
| 3rd | Woodward Court | Biohazard |
| 4th | Pierce | OCD |
| 5th | Burton-Judson (sans Mathews) | Atliens |
| 6th | Breckinridge | Not Team Evil |
| 7th | Mathews | Mr. Serious |
| 8th | Max Mason | Max Factor |
| 9th | Maclean | Logging, Pimping, and Your Pal Jim |
1999 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burton-Judson (sans Mathews) | The Ruff Ryders |
| 2nd | Mathews | Piratechnics |
| 3rd | Shoreland | SHT |
| 4th | Pierce | Pierce P.H.U.Z.Z. |
| 5th | Snell-Hitchcock | |
| 6th | Woodward Court | The Ward |
| 7th | Max Mason | |
| 8th | Breckinridge | Team Evil |
| 9th | Broadview | Stolen Nuclear Goods |
| 10th | Moose Party ‘99 | |
| 11th | Maclean | |
| 12th | Maroon |
1998 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shoreland | |
| 2nd | Burton-Judson | Viagra Falls |
| 3rd | Woodward Court | The Accommodators |
| 4th | Snell-Hitchcock | |
| 5th | Mathews | Shailer Trash |
| 6th | ? | Mighty MoFo DangerRangers |
| 7th | Pierce | The Collective |
| 8th | SigEp | |
| 9th | Breckinridge | Ninja Death Squad |
| 10th | Max Mason | |
| 11th | Harvard Crimson |
1997 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock | |
| 2nd | Salisbury, Vincent, & Coulter | Heaven’s Gate |
| 3rd | Woodward Court | Redemption |
| 4th | Pierce & Max Mason | |
| 5th | MUNUC, Maroon, & Blackstone | Coalition HOPE |
| 6th | Maclean | Team Evil |
| 7th | Mathews | Rice Dream |
| 8th | Dodd-Mead | |
| 9th | ? | Adiabatic Bulk Modulus |
†The Shoreland team was disqualified this year for a hacking incident.
1996 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) | Team (Name) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vincent | |
| 2nd | Snell-Hitchcock | |
| 3rd | MUNUC & Blackstone | MUNUCSTONE |
| 4th | Salisbury | Mad Cows |
| 5th | Max Mason |
1995 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) |
|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock |
| 2nd | MUNUC |
| 3rd | Lower Flint |
1994 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) |
|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock |
| 2nd | Wick |
| 3rd | Breckinridge |
1993 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) |
|---|---|
| 1st | Snell-Hitchcock |
| 2nd | Vincent |
| 3rd | Breckinridge |
1992 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) |
|---|---|
| 1st | Lower Rickert |
| 2nd | MUNUC |
| 3rd | Vincent |
| 4th | Chamberlin |
| 5th | Upper Rickert |
| 6th | Dodd-Mead |
| 7th | Mathews |
| 8th | Salisbury |
| 9th | Blackstone |
| 10th | Hitchcock |
| 11th | Talbot |
| 12th | UC Sci-Fi |
| 13th | Tufts |
| 14th | Michelson |
| 15th | MacLean |
1991 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) |
|---|---|
| 1st | MUNUC |
| 2nd | Wick |
| 3rd | Vincent |
| 4th | Michelson |
| 5th | Chamberlin |
| 6th | Lower Rickert |
| 7th | Upper Flint |
| 8th | Dodd-Mead |
| 9th | Filbey |
| 10th | Shorey |
| 11th | Tufts |
| 12th | Mathews |
1990 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) |
|---|---|
| 1st | Palmer |
| 2nd | Shorey |
| 3rd | Vincent |
| 4th | Chamberlin |
| 5th | Max Mason |
| 6th | Tufts |
| 7th | Filbey |
| 8th | Mathews |
| 9th | Lower Rickert |
| 10th | Michelson |
| 11th | Henderson |
| 12th | Upper Flint |
| 13th | Thompson |
| 14th | Lower Wallace |
| 15th | Blackstone |
| 16th | Hitchcock |
| 17th | Commuters |
| 18th | Bradbury |
| 19th | Dudley |
| 20th | Linn |
| 21st | Talbot |
| 22nd | Wick |
| 23rd | Sci-Fi Club |
| 24th | Compton |
| 25th | Lower Flint |
| 26th (tie)
|
Ryerson Astronomical Society |
| Breckinridge | |
| 28th | Coulter |
1989 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) |
|---|---|
| 1st | Talbot |
1988 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) |
|---|---|
| 1st | Chamberlin |
| 2nd | Hitchcock |
| 3rd | Lower Rickert |
1987 back to top
| Placement | Team (Affiliation) |
|---|---|
| 1st | Chamberlin |