In Search of Aphrodite
“In Search of Aphrodite” was the “name” of the treasure hunt i conducted on 4th March, here in Amdocs. Though the actual treasure hunt had nothing much to do with Aphrodite, the build-up and the pre-puzzles were “themed” in a way.
This edition of the hunt (the last one was in November 2005) was much longer and it went for almost 8 long hours. Imagine going without food for 8 hours while being constantly battered with crazy puzzles! This was what the 40 participants went through.
We also had some “activities” which the teams had to do to get a particular clue eg: make 20 points within 3 attempts on a dart board, pot 3 balls on a pool table within a specified time etc. One activity was to build a cube from letters such that each side had a 4 lettered country name. This was to break the monotony of puzzle-solving.
I am going to convert most of the clues of the two treasure hunts into a web-friendly form and make it into an online hunt. Will update as soon as that is done.
This edition of the hunt (the last one was in November 2005) was much longer and it went for almost 8 long hours. Imagine going without food for 8 hours while being constantly battered with crazy puzzles! This was what the 40 participants went through.
We also had some “activities” which the teams had to do to get a particular clue eg: make 20 points within 3 attempts on a dart board, pot 3 balls on a pool table within a specified time etc. One activity was to build a cube from letters such that each side had a 4 lettered country name. This was to break the monotony of puzzle-solving.
I am going to convert most of the clues of the two treasure hunts into a web-friendly form and make it into an online hunt. Will update as soon as that is done.
Two photos from the event .
The runners-up : Sanjay, Nikhil and Ligy
