We Made Uranium!: And Other True Stories from the University of Chicago's Extraordinary Scavenger Hunt

243 Pages·2018·1.636 MB·English

by  Leila Sales

WE MADE URANIUM!

WE MADE
URANIUM!
And Other True Stories from
the University of Chicago’s
Extraordinary Scavenger Hunt
LEILA SALES
Edited by
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago and London
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
© 2019 by Leila Sales
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in
any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case
of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information,
contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
Published 2019
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 57184- 3 (paper)
ISBN- 13: 978- 0-2 26- 57198- 0 (e- book)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226571980.001.0001
library of congress cataloging-in-publication data
Names: Sales, Leila, editor.
Title: We made uranium! : and other true stories from the University of
Chicago’s extraordinary Scavenger Hunt / edited by Leila Sales.
Description: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018054723 | ISBN 9780226571706 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 9780226571843 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226571980 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: University of Chicago—Undergraduates. | College stu-
dents—Illinois—Chicago—Social life and customs. | Undergraduates—Il-
linois—Chicago—Social life and customs. | Treasure hunt (Game)—Illi-
nois—Chicago. | Chicago (Ill.)—Social life and customs.
Classification: LCC LD936.W46 2019 | DDC 378.1/980977311—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018054723
This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48– 1992
(Permanence of Paper).
This book is dedicated to all the Scavvies and Judges who
make dreams come true.

Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
ITEM 256, 2007: Simon’s a Computer, Simon Has a Brain 7
Sarah Rosenshine
ITEM 24, 2010: The Trainwash 13
Adam Brozynski
ITEM 175, 1987: The First Hunt 18
Diane A. Kelly
List of 12 Trivia Items That Were Challenging in the Age
before Google 23
ITEM 277, 2011: The World’s Largest Scavenger Hunt 27
Ezra Deutsch- Feldman
List of 23 of the Highest- Pointed Scav Hunt Items
of All Time 38
ITEM 240, 1999: The Homemade Breeder Reactor 45
Fred Niell
ITEM 289, 2015: The T- Shirt Cannon 54
Jake Eberts
ITEM 159, 1994: Daddy Issues 59
Jennifer Joos
List of 6 Items That Maybe Weren’t 100 Percent Legal 65
ITEM 161, 2010: Culture Shock 69
Joel Putnam
List of 11 Items Whose Answer Was “Coleslaw” 74
ITEM 42, 2003: The Forbidden Fruit 80
Dave Muraskin
ITEM 32, 2003: We Tempt the Wrath of God 86
Doug Diamond
List of 19 Items That Were Only Slightly Blasphemous,
Honest 92
ITEM 58, 2004: The Girl with the Infamous Tattoo 98
Cristina Romagnoli
ITEM 133, 2004: Does Their Relationship Lack Trust? 103
Nicolle Neulist
List of 16 Items Documenting an Increasingly Esoteric Feud
with Pulitzer Prize- Winning Journalist Mike Royko 110
ITEM 229, 2013: The Final Feast 115
Naseem Jamnia
ITEM 123, 2001: We Were Survivors 125
Connor Coyne
List of 18 Items about Food 133
ITEM 241, 2013: Graceland, Also 139
William Wilcox
ITEM 20, 2008: ScavAir 148
Steven Lucy
List of 30 Pun Items 156
ITEM 293, 2015: Where There Is No Duct Tape 160
Erica Pohnan
List of 14 Items That Animals Could Have Done Without 166
ITEM 238, 1999: We Like to Party 171
Moacir P. de Sa´ Pereira
ITEM 47, 2006: A Party at the End of Days 176
Dave Franklin
List of 10 Items That Referred to The Simpsons and One
That Didn’t 182
ITEM 23, 2002: Relite Niteline 186
Matthew Kellard
ITEMS 282— 83,
2005: Do That 193
Nora Friedman
ITEM 0, 2015: Seriously, This Is a Real Wedding 200
Christian Kammerer
List of 19 Items Dedicated to University of Chicago Faculty,
Lore, and Campus Life 206
ITEM 58, 2003: ShoreTrisLand 211
Leila Sales
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 217
APPENDIX A: A List of Scav Hunt Teams 219
APPENDIX B: Key Locations 221