2015 Puzzle Hunt

The 2015 Puzzle Hunt has ended, and we would like to extend our thanks to all teams who have participated. The puzzles and other pages here will be kept up as an archive of the 2015 hunt for future reference and as a memorial to the work that went into its creation.

Below is a schedule of the events held during the hunt's first week.

There was also a Scavenger Hunt for USC teams to bring in objects to gain a free answer or two.


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After solving all meta puzzles, teams were able to go onto the Final Puzzle.

Event Schedule

Tuesday - Chasing Her Through History - 6:00 pm at HRH B110 - All are welcome, but be sure to bring your best USC historian.

Wednesday - Cornhole Wormhole - 6:00pm at HRH lawn (the green area between the café wing and Sumter St.) - All are welcome, teams of two will play the tournament.

Friday - Movie Night - 7:30pm in HRH B110 - All are welcome

Saturday - Scavenger Hunt Turn-In - 9:00pm to Noon in HRH B110

Latest Corrections

2/24/2015, 11:32pm: 2015 META - Hints have been added. Look near the bottom of the page.

2/24/2015, 11:32pm: 1985A META - Hints have been added. Look near the bottom of the page.

2/20/2015, 6:03pm: 1885 META - Added hints for all the puzzles. Look near the bottom of the page.

2/20/2015, 5:48pm: 1955 META - Hints have been added. Look below the picture. Also, Shuttle Cocks got an additional image

2/20/2015, 5:35pm: 1985 META - Hints are available. Look below the picture.

2/20/2015, 2:14pm: Split Decisions - Changed image.

2/20/2015, 2:08pm: This is Heavy - Changed 69-Across and 32-Down.

2/20/2015, 12:40pm: Sore Losers - Minor grammar corrections.

2/19/2015, 9:56pm: Cocky Konundrum - We have made some grammatical corrections to steps 6, 11, 14, 23, and 24 in order to help clarify our meaning therein.

2/19/2015, 6:03pm: Good, Bad, Ugly - Gregory Jones and Angelina LaFleur have both had their names changed, and Local Information given by Fernandez, Adams, McSamuelson, Hilbert, Wayne, and Travers has been updated.

2/19/2015, 3:00pm: Typecasting's image has been corrected to clue the appropriate answer.

2/19/2015, 1:00pm: Cocky Konundrum is now back and better than ever. To those teams who may have seen it before the initial takedown, be aware that we have made changes to numbers 6, 8, 16, 26.