Post Hunt
Encyclopedia
The Post Hunt is an annual puzzlehunt
in Washington, DC. It was co-created by Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry
, along with Gene Weingarten
and Tom Shroder
. The Post Hunt debuted in 2008. The most recent hunt took place on June 5, 2011, with another planned for summer 2012. This is a re-named version of the Tropic Hunt, also created by Barry, Weingarten and Shroder, which had a long run in Miami, FL.
The Washington Post Magazine held a Hunt in downtown Washington DC, attended by about 5,000 people, including dozens who came up from South Florida. For the first time in 10 years, Gene Weingarten, now a columnist for the Post Magazine, joined Shroder, now editor of the Post Magazine, and Barry in designing the Hunt.
The winners of the 2010 Post Hunt were John Sanders, Joe Grossman, Chris Wong, Eric Pilar, Katie Elder, Eana Chung, and Suzanne Schwartz.
The winners of the 2011 Post Hunt were the "Cheesy Burghers" from the Washington, DC area. Team members included Sean Viera, Diana Viera, Alexis Elliott, Kevin Chang, James Auwaerter, Amy Posten and Galen Mullins.
to someone identified in a cryptic way.
Puzzlehunt
A puzzlehunt is a puzzle game where teams compete to solve a series of puzzles at a particular site, in multiple sites and/or via the internet. Groups of puzzles in a puzzle hunt are often connected by a metapuzzle, leading to answers which combine into a final set of solutions...
in Washington, DC. It was co-created by Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry
Dave Barry
David "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.-Biography:Barry was born in Armonk, New York,...
, along with Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingarten is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for both his serious and humorous work...
and Tom Shroder
Tom Shroder
Tom Shroder is an award-winning journalist, writer and editor, who worked for the Washington Post for many years. Shroder is co-author of Fire on the Horizon: the Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster and author of Old Souls: Scientific Evidence From Children Who Remember Previous Lives...
. The Post Hunt debuted in 2008. The most recent hunt took place on June 5, 2011, with another planned for summer 2012. This is a re-named version of the Tropic Hunt, also created by Barry, Weingarten and Shroder, which had a long run in Miami, FL.
The Washington Post Magazine held a Hunt in downtown Washington DC, attended by about 5,000 people, including dozens who came up from South Florida. For the first time in 10 years, Gene Weingarten, now a columnist for the Post Magazine, joined Shroder, now editor of the Post Magazine, and Barry in designing the Hunt.
The winners of the 2010 Post Hunt were John Sanders, Joe Grossman, Chris Wong, Eric Pilar, Katie Elder, Eana Chung, and Suzanne Schwartz.
The winners of the 2011 Post Hunt were the "Cheesy Burghers" from the Washington, DC area. Team members included Sean Viera, Diana Viera, Alexis Elliott, Kevin Chang, James Auwaerter, Amy Posten and Galen Mullins.
Format
The Hunt consists of three parts. Answering the "opening questions" directs Hunters to five puzzle sites scattered through the Hunt area. Solving the five Hunt puzzles—the answer is always a number—indicates the five authentic clues on a list of dozens of numbered bogus clues. Hunters have three hours to solve the puzzles, then at 3 p.m., a sixth and final clue is announced from the main stage. This begins the "endgame", which is by far the most difficult puzzle of the day. Solving the endgame often leads to a phone number, or directs Hunters to go to a certain out-of-the-way location and give a passwordPassword
A password is a secret word or string of characters that is used for authentication, to prove identity or gain access to a resource . The password should be kept secret from those not allowed access....
to someone identified in a cryptic way.