iHOP, 2011 Best Attired (photo by Art Siegel)
The top five teams in The Beginner’s, Regular, Thinks Faster Than Walks and Master’s Division receive prizes: the first place team gets a cake in the shape of a key, and the four runner-up teams each get a bottle of champagne and an award certificate.
In addition, we award highly coveted prizes for best-named and best-dressed teams. The competition for these is quite fierce so step up your game!
NOTE: As specified in the written Instruction sheet that everyone received, teams were required to list the time they were at each clue location on their scoresheet. Teams that failed to include all the times on their scoresheet were disqualified from the prize competition.
| Rank | Time | Team Name | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:00 PM | Little Bunny FuFu Muncho | 16 |
| 2 | 8:30 PM | Hare’b Caen’s Three Dotters | 16 |
| 3 | 8:14:26 PM | Angora Management | 16 |
| 4 | 8:36 PM | Hares Looking at You, Kit | 15 |
| 5 | 8:41 PM | Nutty Banana Insurgents | 15 |
» Full 2011 Beginner Division Results
| Rank | Time | Team Name | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:20 PM | Velvet Team Rabbit | 16 |
| 2 | 7:37 PM | This Gun for Hare | 16 |
| 3 | 7:44:37 PM | Tails of the City | 16 |
| 4 | 7:44:57 PM | The Breeder, Starring Kate Winslop | 16 |
| 5 | 7:48 PM | 7 Rabbits of Highly Effective People | 16 |
» Full 2011 Regular Division Results
| Rank | Time | Team Name | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:53 PM | The Hutch-Hiker | 11 |
| 2 | 8:06 PM | Hareman of the Board | 11 |
| 3 | 8:14 PM | Splitting Hares | 11 |
» Full 2011 Thinks Faster Than Walks Division Results
| Rank | Time | Team Name | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:16:04 PM | Friday the 13th, Part VI | 15 |
| 2 | 7:17:57 PM | Warren Commission | 15 |
| 3 | 7:30 PM | Hopping Our Way to Victory | 15 |
» Full 2011 Masters Division Results
Complete standings from past years have been archived:
» view 2010 (or earlier) archives
We encourage creative naming of teams. To reward that effort, we offer two different awards for best team names in pun and noir categories. Prizes are awarded to the top five team names in each category. In the event that more than one team chooses a winning name, the award goes to the team that registered first. (You register your team name when you buy your tickets).
The Jayson Wechter "I Never-Met-a-Pun-I Didn't Like Award" is given to the teams with the cleverest names, which are often related to the year of the Chinese zodiac. 2012 is the Year of the Dragon (but “Dragon Asses” was used in 2000 and isn’t eligible this time around). If your pun refers to something that might be obscure, please include an explanation of the reference so we won’t overlook it.
Past winners include:
In 2011, Year of the Rabbit: Take the Bunny & Run; The Warren Commission; Don't You Want Some Somebunny to Love?; O Brother, Hare Art Thou?; Bay Area Rabbit Transit.
In 2010, The Year of the Tiger: ...But I Tigress; Black Eyed Paws: I Gotta Feline; Bright Lights, Big Kitty; Fangs for the Memories; Irritable Growl Syndrome
In 2009, The Year of the Ox: Apocalypse Cow; Bar-Ox Obama And Joe Bison 2012; Cattle Stars Galactica; Don’T Ox Don’T Tell; Random Ox Of Kindness; Team Parrot-Oxes; Think Outside The Ox; This Pun Is Ox-Idental; Ox Tale Snoops; Just The Yaks, Ma’Am; The Bull-Ettes; I Herd It Through The Bovine; and 2009’s one-time-only “Best Oxymoronic Team Name” went to Oxymorons
In 2008, The Year of the Rat: Tai Cheese; Ethyl Vermin; Rat@2E; Ratters Guild of American (On Strike Just in Vermin Plaza); Subprime Interest Rats. 2008 also saw a special award for Best Palindrome Name: Oozy Rat In A Sanitary Zoo
In 2007, The Year of the Boar: I Never Sausage A Team; Bacon it to the Streets; Days of Swine & Roses; Hog Day Afternoon; Born to Swill
In 2006, The Year of the Dog: Rex Marks the Spot; Dogged Pursuit; Ni Howl; Asta La Vista, Baby; Spay it Again, Sam.
In 2005, The Year of the Rooster: Poultry in Motion; Cockeyed Optimists; Huntin' Peckers; Capon Crusaders; Marco Pollo.
In 2004, The Year of the Monkey: We are the Chimp-ions; And Darwinners Are; Apes of Wrath; Marmoset Said There'd Be Days Like These; The Counts of Monte Frisco; Monkey See, Monkey Deux; Thelonius Monkeys
In 2003, The Year of the Ram (or Goat): Insufficient Ram; Shearluck Holmes; Goateam.
In 2002, the Year of the Horse: The Hoof Hearted; Those Opposed Who Say Neigh; Glueless; Hoarse Whisperers; The Neighsayers
Demonstrate your knowledge of arcane femmes fatales and G-men from Film Noir history. We're big fans of the genre (in case you hadn't figured that out).
The Best Noirish Team Name is awarded for team names connected with film noir and hard-boiled detective fiction (which can be related to the Chinese zodiac).
Past winners include:
2010 (year of the Tiger): Purrtigo; P.I. Of The Tiger; The Big Cat Nap; Cat On A Hot Tin Sleuth; Cape Fur
2008 (year of the Rat): The Postman Always Brings Mice; The Big Squeak; Plague It Again, Sam; The Erratic Mob
In 2007 (Year of the Boar): Truffles are my Business; The Other White Heat; Play It Again, Spam; Key Lardo; The Pig Sleep
In 2006 (Year of the Dog): Bark Passage; Belgian Malinoirs; Pup Fiction; Great Dain Curs; Big in Heat...
In 2005 (the Year of the Rooster): The Bantam Menace; Rhode Island Red Harvest; The Postman Always Cocks Twice; Coq Au Pinot Noir; Sweet Smell of Cluckcess...
In 2004 (Year of the Monkey): The Continental Ape; The Primate Eyes; Show me the Monkey; No Esc-Ape; The Manchurian Candidapes... and so on.
iHOP, 2011 Best Attired (photo by Art Siegel)
Gumshoe Bunnies, 2011 Best Rabbit-Themed Costumes (photo by Art Siegel)
More of this year's photos available in Art Siegel's 2011 CNYTH Photo Gallery, and in David Gallagher's 2011 CNYTH Photo Gallery.
Scooby Hu Gang, 2010 Best Attired (photo by David Gallagher)
Cape Fur, 2010 Best Tiger-Themed Costumes (photo by David Gallagher)
More and larger 2010 Costume photos (in no particular order) may be found here
Two prizes will be awarded for the best dressed teams, one for the team with a theme related to the year of the Chinese calendar (again, 2011 is the Year of the Hare), and one for any sort of costume. We will be taking photos on site the day of the hunt. Alternatively, teams may submit photos of themselves in their costumes (attach your photo to an email and send to (address will be posted here before the Hunt) - one photo per email). Please don’t forget to include your contact info (or Flickr ID) in the email body so we can reach you. HOWEVER, in order to be considered for an award, teams must be present at the beginning of the Hunt in their costumes.
Winners in this category will have their photos posted on the Treasure Hunt website. Take a look at our Flickr photo set with all the Costume Contest entrants. And for those who missed out - read your packets! We put a note in there stating that photos would be taken up front by the podium...