Special Offers Galore, Strange Statues Quiz & Other Oddities
Summer 2010, Vol. 1, No. 5

IN THIS ISSUE
• Summer Scavenger Hunts
• Hunt News: Foursquare, Meetups & Other Insider Offers
• Pop Quiz: Petrified Pooches & Other Strange Statues
• Unique Summer Outings Boost Morale

You can also read this newsletter online at WatsonAdventures.com/culture_sf.html



SUMMER SCAVENGER HUNTS

You won’t be collecting objects (drop that seal!), you’ll be searching for answers to tricky, humorous questions. Bring a team of up to six people or tell us if you’d like us to help you join kindred spirits. To read complete descriptions and buy tickets, click on the name of any hunt, listed in chronological order by the first date a hunt will take place.

See the at-a-glance Hunt Calendar to search by date

The Murder at the de Young Scavenger Hunt
Saturday, June 26, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 14, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Someone, or some thing, has been bumping off museum staffers involved in acquiring an ancient Aztec relic. Is it the dreaded Curse of Itlkilyu? Or is a serial killer on the loose? Your team of sleuths will have to crack a hieroglyphic code and uncover the museum’s secrets to stop the killings. (Please note: This is a new version of our de Young and de Restless Scavenger Hunt. If you participated in that hunt, beware that you may already know most of the answers to this hunt.) Learn more and buy tickets

The North Beach and Chinatown Chase Scavenger Hunt
Saturday, July 10, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 4, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Explore the historic heart of the Barbary Coast and the immigrant culture that has made it thrive. In Jackson Square, you’ll uncover the history of the city’s oldest and handsomest buildings, survivors of the 1906 earthquake. In Chinatown, you may think you’ve left America as you hunt for answers among stores, herb shops, temples and even a fortune cookie factory. And in the North Beach section you’ll find Francis Ford Coppola’s headquarters and check out cafes and bakeries that will make you think you’ve gone to Italy. Along the way, you’ll see the haunts of such writers as Jack Kerouac, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bret Harte and Amy Tan. Learn more and buy tickets

The N*ked at the Art Museum Scavenger Hunt
Saturday, July 24, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Go on a surprising search for n*dity in art through the centuries at the Legion of Honor Museum. You’ll scrutinize provocative paintings, startling sculptures, dazzling decorative objects, unclad athletes, vixen-like Venus, a hunky Hercules, bathing beauties, striking stargazers, sultry Shades and more. No previous experience with art, or n*dity, is required.
Learn more and buy tickets

The Wharf’s Weird Wonders Scavenger Hunt 
Saturday, September 25, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
You may think you know the Fisherman’s Wharf area, but this hunt will have you rediscover it and find hidden history and overlooked oddities. Consider the variety: You’ll uncover the secrets of old ships on Hyde Street Pier, historic photos and gadgets in Ghirardelli Square, bizarre and entertaining coin-operated antique machines at the Musee Mecanique, submarines and a carnival riot of food and souvenir stands. Learn more and buy tickets

Road Trip! Upcoming Hunts in Other Cities
Click on the name of the city to see the complete calendar.
• Boston: The Munch Around Cambridge Scavenger Hunt, July 10
• Chicago: The Field of Screams Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt, July 10
• Los Angeles: The Animal Magnetism Scavenger Hunt at the L.A. Zoo, July 24
• New York: The Revolutionary New York Scavenger Hunt, July 3
• Philadelphia: The Haunted Philadelphia Scavenger Hunt, July 3
• Washington, D.C.: The Haunted Washington Scavenger Hunt, July 3

Ready to Buy Tickets?
Buy tickets online by clicking on a Buy tickets link above, or click on the button below to see the Hunt Calendar. To buy tickets by phone, call 866-811-4111. Please note that there is a $1 surcharge on phone orders.



Questions?
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page first. If you still can’t get no satisfaction, contact us by calling the Hunt Hotline, 877-9-GO HUNT (877-946-4868), extension 22, or by e-mailing us. Please note that, though we follow group visit procedures, we are not affiliated with the museums mentioned above, so please do not call them with questions about the hunts.


HUNT NEWS: FOURSQUARE, MEETUPS & OTHER INSIDER OFFERS

Check in with Watson Adventures on Foursquare...and Win

Share your hunting experience and check in with Watson Adventures via our new Foursquare page in San Francisco. Our venue page is brand-spanking new, and we’d love your help to jazz it up with tips, notes about favorite hunt locations and anything else you’d like to share—just click on Add Tip at the bottom of the page. To check in using your phone, do a search for Watson Adventures under Search Venues while logged into Foursquare.

We’ll treat the first three people who post a tip to a free ticket to any public outdoor scavenger hunt that takes place before September 30. If you’re one of the first three to post, send us a note along with your Foursquare name and let us know which hunt you’d like to attend.



Alumni Clubs, Meetup.com Groups and Social Groups Take Advantage of a New Watson Adventures Benefit

Scores of social groups from across the country have organized successful, fun events around Watson Adventures hunts. To show our appreciation, we’re offering special benefits for social groups planning to attend a hunt as a group outing.

If you’re the organizer for a group that has more than 100 people on your mailing list, contact us and we’ll send you the details on our special offer. Be sure to include the formal name of your group along with a link to your official Web site.

Contact us to learn about benefits for social groups

Discover How Watson Adventures Began

Check out the article “Scavenger Hunts Go Highbrow” in Ralph Lauren’s RL magazine to find out how Watson Adventures began with “Mick Jagger”...

Be a Watson Adventures Insider

Stay in the loop with the latest hunt news by visiting Watson Adventures on Facebook and clicking “Like” at the top of the page. Or visit us on Twitter at @watsonscavhunts. You’ll learn about special offers, new hunts, amusing apps, event discounts and much more.

Thanks to a new Facebook feature, you can see which of your Facebook friends also are Watson Adventures fans—just look on the left-hand side of our Facebook page when you’re logged in. And if you’d like to spread the word about our hunts or share discounts, click on Suggest to Friends. Thanks for spreading the hunting spirit!

Winner! Wizards at the Getty Featured in May Photo of the Month

Congratulations to Derick T. for winning our May Photo of the Month Contest on Facebook. Check out his photo of the winning team, “The Moving Staircases Got Us Lost at the Getty,” during the new Wizard School Scavenger Hunt at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

Each month, one lucky winner wins two tickets to any outdoor hunt. To participate, post your favorite hunt photo on our Facebook wall, tag your friends and let us know which hunt it was taken on.




POP QUIZ: PETRIFIED POOCHES AND OTHER STRANGE STATUES

If you’re like us, when the temperature rises, we get the itch to explore. Consider our summer hunts your talcum powder. For this month’s quiz, we’ve posted eight photos of quirky sculptures found on eight of those hunts in eight cities. Your challenge: Match the photo to the hunt. For hints and bonus questions, see the complete quiz on Facebook. (You don’t need a Facebook account.) We’ll acknowledge the correct answers there as people post them.

The Photos

                     
               1                                             2                                          3

       
                             4                                                5                                  6

    
                           7                                                 8

The Hunts

The Conquer Washington Hunt, Washington, D.C.
The Downtown L.A. Movie Locations Hunt, Los Angeles
The Haunted Salem Hunt, Boston
The Loop Movie Locations Hunt, Chicago
The Munch Around the Market Hunt, Philadelphia
The Princeton Prowl Hunt, Princeton, N.J.
The Secrets of Central Park Hunt, New York City
The Wharf’s Weird Wonders Hunt, San Francisco

See the complete quiz on Facebook


UNIQUE SUMMER OUTINGS BOOST MORALE

This summer, boost morale and build teamwork by staging a unique, fun and cost-effective scavenger hunt. Whether you’re planning a large corporate outing, an activity for summer associates or a team-building activity for an individual department, a Watson Adventures hunt will provide an array of benefits and make you the toast of your company—all in a way that is easy on the bottom line.

You can use a Watson Adventures scavenger hunt to...

• Encourage employees to interact in a fun, high-energy environment
• Build teamwork in a dynamic new way, with challenges that engage even the grumps.
• Express appreciation and reward excellent performance.
  
• Re-energize staffers and increase productivity. See How Team-Building Hunts Boost Your Bottom Line.
• Save money compared with what you’d spend on a typical company outing.

You can choose from a large variety of locations to find one that best fits your location and the interests and goals of your company.

Learn more about Team-Building Scavenger Hunts for private and corporate groups by visiting WatsonAdventures.com. You can stay up-to-date on the latest news about our corporate hunts by clicking here and selecting “Corporate Hunt Newsletter.”

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