Article highlights items from the University of Chicago’s annual Scavenger Hunt

Last week, campus got creative, crafty and downright wacky for the annual University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt, one of UChicago’s most distinctive and time-honored traditions. This year’s list challenged Scavvies to find, build and complete more th...

Business Insider highlights eccentric items in annual Scav Hunt.

The much-beloved University of Chicago tradition and Guinness World Record-holding Scavenger Hunt returned May 8-12, with a list of 318 items as well as a 10-event Scav Olympics competition. Some of this year's more intriguing items: #5: Someone ha...

The much-beloved campus tradition of Scav Hunt returned May 9-13, a year after setting a Guinness World Record as largest scavenger hunt. This year's Scav Hunt list included 351 items as well as a nine-event Scav Olympics competition. Some of this year...

Beloved campus tradition of Scavenger Hunt marks 25th anniversary—and shoots for a world record.

University of Chicago’s 22nd annual scavenger hunt pitted erudition and razorlike reasoning against tasks such as Item 33: Have a potato break the sound barrier.

Every year in May, University of Chicago students and alumni compete in one of the largest scavenger hunts in the world. Dating to 1987, the uniquely UChicago event features hundreds of competitors and quirky list items and has even inspired a new book. Scav this year ended with a tie between Breckinridge and Snell-Hitchcock.