Great Ottawa Downtown Scavenger Hunt
This scavenger hunt was created by my good friends Radar and Doozer, who led an adventure camp for Rangers out of Camp Woolsey a few summers ago. While this activity is set for downtown Ottawa, it wouldn't take much to modify it for any major city centre.
The girls were set loose in the Byward Market area of Ottawa, in small groups, each armed with a camera, a cell phone, and change to make an emergency phone call. They had Radar and Doozer's cell phone numbers to call in case of an emergency. The group agreed on a designated meeting place and time, and then off they went! I have it on very good authority that they had a BLAST with this activity!
Complete as many of the following challenges as possible in the time allotted. Remember to STAY TOGETHER and to gather evidence of your accomplishments along the way. Good luck!
1) Find the most expensive shoe in the Bay. What is its make and what does it cost?
2) What is the last item on the McDonald’s menu?
3) How many restaurants are located inside the central building in the Byward Market?
4) How many different kinds of beavertails does the beavertail stand sell?
5) Get the signature of a person named Jennifer, Carol, Nancy or Mary.
6) Find a feather.
7) Find a penny.
8) Find the cats on Parliament Hill (you can ask one of the police officers or security people on the Hill) and take a photo of your group there.
9) Find something blue.
10) Find a pop tab.
11) What is the volume of the largest jug of maple syrup being sold by a street vendor in the market?
12) Find a maple leaf (can be the plant or anything bearing a maple leaf)
13) How many different Robert Munsch books are currently being sold at Chapters (i.e. different titles)?
14) In the fiction section at Chapters, find the author whose last name is latest in the alphabet. Who is it?
15) What is the strangest ornament you can find at the Christmas Shop? Take a picture.
16) Get a disposable cup with a company name on it (i.e. Starbucks) and have an employee sign it.
17) Get a take-out menu from a restaurant of your choice.
18) Find a free promotional pen (must have a business logo on it).
19) Get a newspaper clipping of a women’s event.
20) Find a 1980’s coin of any denomination.
21) Get a family recipe from a local restaurant.
22) Take a photo of an out-of-town licence plate.
23) Get a bank deposit envelope.
24) Find out how much it would cost you to fly to New York City on August 2, 2011. (The cheaper, the better!) Include the flight details.
25) Find the phone number of a payphone booth.
26) How much does it cost for an iced tea at the Lone Star?
27) Get a business card from a hair or beauty salon.
28) Take a picture of a limo.
29) Take a picture with someone (not on your team) who is also in Guiding (at any level).
30) Have someone take a picture of your team spelling out a word.
31) Get a pair of choptsitcks.
32) How many flavours of ice cream are being sold at the Rocky Mountain Chocolatier store?
33) Take a picture with a person who is over 6 feet tall.
34) Take a picture with a person who is being accompanied by at least four children.
35) Take a picture of someone from your group walking a stranger’s dog.
36) Find a receipt for something edible.
37) What two stores sell Giant Microbes? (Hint – one is in the Market and one is in the Rideau Centre.)
38) Take a picture of something that has the name of one of your group members on it.
39) Take a picture of an advertisement for Coke.
40) What is located on the second floor of the main building in the Byward Market?