# Items for a digital camera scavenger hunt **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 7, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167 "2007-05-07T23:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/1 "2007-05-07T23:00:41Z")
I have this idea for a get-together centered around a scavenger hunt. Rather than the destructive, potentially illegal, bring stuff back hunt, I thought it would be fun to have one with digital cameras instead. So, for example, an item to find would be “a woman wearing a trench coat”. There should be point values, too, depending on the difficulty of finding the object. For example: 1. New Volkswagon Beetle (1 pt) 2. Old Volkswagon Beetle (3 pt) etc… So you, gentle dopers, any ideas for this hunt and suggested point values? Evening on a weekend is the likely time if that makes any difference. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/2 "2007-05-08T00:39:43Z")
Partly stolen from the Simpsons (or perhaps Family Guy), a speed limit sign not ending in 5 or 0 (10 points). ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/3 "2007-05-08T00:44:46Z")
Depending on the area you are having the hunt in, you can look for odd or interesting landmarks - stained glass windows, iron gates or fences, advertising signs or what have you. Sounds like fun! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/4 "2007-05-08T04:04:23Z")
A bunch of people from my church group got an event like this together a few months back. A lot of the pictures were things that it’s hard to get, but creativity was encouraged. For example, one of the items was a picture of the team with a tiger. Obviously, this isn’t an easy picture to get literally; however, full points were awarded for a picture of the team with a box of Frosted Flakes (featuring Tony the Tiger.) A few of the things on the list and random ideas I’m throwing out there: -Someone on the team kissing a cow. -A picture with [local celebrity/common friend of many people involved in the hunt] -The longest hair you can find on a man -The most people in uniforms in one photo -A picture of the team buying the single cheapest item they could find in Wal-Mart (the team with the cheapest item gets additional points.) -A picture of a male member of the team asking a random stranger for a tampon ---
**Author:** ![daere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@daere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daere)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/5 "2007-05-08T04:29:27Z")
-A picture of a pizza with anchovies on it (that was not ordered by anyone involved in the scavenger hunt). -A picture of a local unusual headstone/monument or a headstone with an unusual name – like something that starts with an “X.” (But first make sure that nobody involved is prone to any kind of vandalism.) -A picture of a dickie or a snood – but don’t tell them what either one is. You may get alot of creative attempts on this one. [QUOTE=pulykamell] …a speed limit sign not ending in 5 or 0. [/QUOTE] Do these actually exist, or was the Simpsons/Family Guy pulling a whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/6 "2007-05-08T12:23:50Z")
[QUOTE=daere] Do these actually exist, or was the Simpsons/Family Guy pulling a whoosh? [/QUOTE] I’ve seen signs for 17 MPH and 8 MPH. Now granted, they aren’t official highway signs, but a local county park tries to keep people from speeding through its parking lots by placing nontraditional speed limit signs up. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/7 "2007-05-08T12:35:33Z")
A picture of senior citizens kissing (not as easy to coerce as young people kissing). Green shoes. Three bald men standing in close proximity to each other. A crying baby. A man in uniform. A kid on a skateboard. What a fun idea! I’m going to have to steal this one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/8 "2007-05-08T13:00:33Z")
A rose bush or tulip or daffodil or Forsythia or (any variety of flower likely to be in bloom in your area at the time of the scavenger hunt). Or a maple tree, and oak treee, etc. A Lutheran church, Baptist Church, etc. A church with a steeple. Bonus points for the oldest church (newest church, best stained glass window, etc.) An in-ground swimming pool, an above ground swimming pool, a child’s plastic swimming pool. A boat–or various types of boats, depending on your proximity to water appropriate for boats. A fisherman, bonus points for a fisherman who has just caught a fish. Weird clothing–picture of a person wearing a tux, or a ball gown, or a team mascot costume. Water fountain. balloon. balloon animal, hot air balloon, helium filled balloon, helium filled balloon up in the sky gettin away from small child A kite. A kite in a nontraditional shape ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/9 "2007-05-08T15:21:28Z")
[QUOTE=daere] Do these actually exist, or was the Simpsons/Family Guy pulling a whoosh? [/QUOTE] The last time I saw them was multiple 26 mph signs in a gated subdivision of Lake Geneva. I seem to recall seeing a 6 or 7 mph sign somewhere in the Chicago vicinity as well. They are out there, but I don’t think they exist on public roads. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/10 "2007-05-08T15:41:44Z")
When I worked as a hotel desk clerk, I had a group of guys come in doing this type of scavenger hunt. They needed a picture of me (“a hotel clerk”) kissing one of them. Any one, my choice. I was happy to oblige by kissing a cutie on the cheek; they looked like they were having fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/11 "2007-05-08T15:58:04Z")
I like the open creative ones, probably because those are the ones I am good at. My favorite was the largest tail. People came back with pictures of dogs or cats, we came back with a picture of a fisherman acting out the “I caught a fish\<-----------------------\> this big” Puns are my friend. Another task was a flower. So I went to the grocery store and took a picture of an aisle full of flour. Largest tale (tail) Biggest thing the group can carry. Authorized Personnel Only – A shot of the group in an off limits area. The photo must include the person who let you in. No trespassing. Now I know what I am going to be thinking about all day. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/12 "2007-05-08T23:05:30Z")
Flashing boobs. This takes a modicum of salesmanship, and you can claim that you aren’t a perve, it’s just the contest rules. You have to further define that no one’s boobs in the contest are allowed, unless you’ve only invited women with terrific racks. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/13 "2007-05-09T16:52:31Z")
Excellent, We could even do a SDMB photo hunt! Ask for something that is not perfectly defined. “something white, wet and smooth” could get you a pic of a toilet bowl, Moby Dick, a jar of mayo in a kitchen sink or someone’s butt. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/14 "2007-05-09T18:56:58Z")
My parents used to tell me that their hunts always included a frisbee cat, and my Dad was the only one that ever found one. A frisbee cat is a roadkill cat that has been dried and flattened out from being in the road, to the point that you can throw it like a frisbee. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/15 "2007-05-09T23:35:05Z")
A dog sniffing a dog butt. 1 point A dog licking it’s balls. 3 points A cop eating a doghnut. 5 points ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/16 "2007-05-11T16:28:41Z")
An optical illusion. Somebody in mid-jump. A scene with a swimming fish in the foreground and dry things in the background. A picture of the back of the camera you’re using to take the picture. Something people can’t see (like the glow of a remote control infrared LED). A view from someplace people can’t get (like the rear of a mailbox). A view of the inside of a refrigerator using a candle or flashlight without the refrigerator light on. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/17 "2007-05-12T15:13:22Z")
Anything (street, school, business, park, etc) that contains the name of a president. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/18 "2007-05-12T15:28:20Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] A dog sniffing a dog butt. 1 point A dog licking it’s balls. 3 points A cop eating a doghnut. 5 points [/QUOTE] I’d give the cop/doughnut thing one point. Too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-for-a-digital-camera-scavenger-hunt/403167/19 "2007-05-12T20:54:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I’d give the cop/doughnut thing one point. Too easy. [/QUOTE] To easy to find a cop that will let you take a picture of them eating a doughnut?