The Fright at the Met Scavenger Hunt
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Gaze at your own risk…
…as you explore the art of darkness while searching for skulls and skeletons, hideous monsters, severed heads, horrifying devices, mortifying martyrs, cold-blooded killers, freaky beasts, and other assorted ghouls in the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Your skin might crawl…but your team shouldn’t if you want to win!
Your team’s quest: solve tricky, humorous clues about the creepy sights you uncover. One thing not to be scared of: this is not a trivia game. No previous knowledge of the art or the museum is required. You just need sharp eyes, comfy shoes, and maybe some garlic to ward off…well, just don’t worry about it.
On this Halloween scavenger hunt, you might encounter…
- People raised from the dead, right out of their coffin
- A ghostly creature painted out of a Bible scene
- A glittering container for a saint’s skull
- Satan lurking and winged demons diving
This spooky scavenger hunt is a fun way to celebrate the season with a company outing, private Halloween party, and more!
To dress up or not to dress up? That is the question…
Feel free to come dressed in your Halloween costumes, but please note that the Met will not allow anyone into the museum wearing a mask or face paint.
This game makes for a great NYC Halloween team building activity for friends and fiends alike. Click below to see the public hunt schedule, or contact us about a private hunt for your group—and find more devilish fun in New York City!
The Ghosts of Greenwich Village Scavenger Hunt
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Beware of scare tactics in this eerie adventure!
Armed with only a flashlight, you’ll visit ghost-plagued buildings and secret cemeteries while learning the stories of the restless souls you might disturb. Starring: the spirits of Mark Twain, Aaron Burr, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Thomas Paine, artist John LaFarge, the Shadow, Clement Clarke Moore, Mayor Jimmy Walker, Lee Chumley, Patrolman Schwartz, a few skeletons, and various other apparitions, sudden chills, rustlings, and knockings.
You’ll learn the haunting stories of…
- The converted stable where the restless spirit of Aaron Burr lurks—or perhaps it’s his daughter Theodosia, who died in a shipwreck
- The hundreds or perhaps thousands of bodies buried beneath a popular park
- The woman tickled by a feather at 3 a.m. in a cursed house
- The artist whose mural fell from a church wall the moment he died elsewhere
- 19th-century spirits who still trod the stairs of a theater
- The former speakeasy where the original proprietor jinxed the jukebox
Play this video to learn more…
Leave the salt, iron, and other ghost preventives at home: to win this game, you just need sharp eyes and good teamwork. And if you miss out…it might haunt you for the rest of the week! [Cue sinister laughter.]
Book a private hunt for your group anytime, or join us in October for Saturday hunts for the general public—and find more spooky fun in NYC!
The Ghosts of Greenwich Village Scavenger Hunt for Kids
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Spooky fun for the whole family!
Kids and adults work together to uncover the stories of creepy places and the ghosts that have haunted them. As a team, you’ll follow clues in search of answers to tricky, humorous questions about hidden cemeteries, looming skeletons, the haunted homes of Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain, bats on a building, disturbing door knockers, Harry Potter’s arch-enemy, and plenty of tales that will chill your bones.
Recommended for ages 7 and up. Each team must include at least one adult.
A World of Thanks: A Virtual Gratitude Team Building Game
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Need some good news?
Let’s not forget to look at all that’s right about the world and our history. On this gratitude scavenger hunt, teams roam the internet in search of answers to tricky, fun questions about the many people, places, and moments for which we can be grateful. It’s a virtual appreciation game, so you’ll also come away with a better appreciation for your colleagues.
You’ll follow clues to discover websites around the world that celebrate natural wonders and pioneering people who have given amazing gifts to us all in discoveries and inventions, music, food, art, education, humor, and a cornucopia of other areas of achievement.
This is a great way for any hybrid or remote team to celebrate Thanksgiving (or express gratitude any time of year!) while having fun as a group and reinforcing positive workplace culture.
You’ll search for things to be thankful for, including…
- The wonders of the human heart, as you go through a giant one at the Franklin Institute
- The advances in everyday food, glorious food, as reflected through the mischievous eyes of Andy Warhol
- The amazing sculpting powers of water at the Iguazu Falls in South America
- Marvels of transportation, a Space Shuttle at the Air & Space Museum or fun model trains at Chicago’s Museum of Science & Industry
- Miracles of nature such as chimpanzees and the species-saving arks that are zoos
- Heroes and pioneers such as Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, and Lin-Manuel Miranda
…and much more. There’s even a bonus challenge featuring Americans who lead by example in their work for charities and worthy causes. By the end of this appreciation game, you’ll certainly be thankful you played.
A Kids Edition and an International/ESL Edition are also available. Contact us to learn more.
The Grab ’n’ Go Halloween Scavenger Hunt
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Happy Halloween!
Whether you want festive fun or a chance to show off your costume before you go party, a spooky Halloween scavenger hunt is a mummy-rable—sorry, memorable—adventure for all. You might have to discover weird new uses for food, dig up a skeleton, ward off a vampire, use your bodies to spell “BOO!,” do your best zombie impression, and more.
Teams fan out to tackle such challenges as…
Take unusual team photos
Get your creative juices flowing and your haunted side showing as you come up with clever ways to complete fun “photo op” challenges. Everyone has to get into the picture (except the ghoul holding the camera, of corpse).
They’re designed to give you room to have fun while also delivering dramatic visuals (not just shots of people standing around like a bunch of stiffs). You might have to do the Monster Mash in a crowded place. Or rise from the dead in a funny way. Or pretend to go trick-or-treating.
Participants use their own smartphone cameras and send the images to our photo-sharing site. You’ll get to see the other players’ pictures and download them afterward.
Find or create unusual items
You’ll also have to procure or concoct unusual items, often with a tricky twist. Can you find or draw a creature that represents your team spirit? How about a food menu featuring blood and bone? A haunting Halloween mask? Something inflatable with a terrifying message written on it? You’ll be shocked—and occasionally horrified—by the results that come from devilishly good teamwork.
Crack a code to decipher a mystery message
Your haunted hunt materials will include a bizarrely coded message. What the H-E Double Hockey Sticks does it say? To crack the creepy code, you’ll need to solve crafty, fun puzzles, possibly involving a few twisted trivia questions, an intriguing message from beyond the grave, a musical phone call, and other surprises. Can you piece together the key that unlocks the mystery message?
Locate the Hunt Host for a bone-tingling bonus challenge
At a dead-signated spot in the hunt area, the Host will be waiting to treat you to a tricky, icky visual puzzle. It’s a monstrous good time, and you’ll want to do your best if you hope to stay alive…to win the game, that is!
The Halloween Trivia Slam
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Is Ghost Hunting a Trivial Pursuit?
How are you at conducting a seance? Because your team will have quite an edge in this Halloween trivia game if you can consult with spirits, goblins, ghosts, specters, vampires, and other things that go bump in the night.
During this “Halloween trivia pub quiz” your team will tackle a variety of challenges. You might be asked to…
- Identify movie monsters by their dating profiles.
- Ponder ridiculous DIY costumes and decide “Who Wore It Best?”
- Recall characters from Halloween episodes of classic TV shows.
- Name famous haunted places.
- Recognize the slogans of Halloween candy.
You might want to come appropriately attired for the surprising photo challenge round, testing your teamwork and creativity.
Host Your Game In-Person or Online
In select locations, the game can be played almost anywhere—such as your office or a room in a restaurant. Our Host will lead you through the game, which you’ll play using our browser-based app, which provides hints when you’re stuck.
A Virtual Edition is available via Zoom. At the start, our Host joins you to go over the rules, then teams head into breakout rooms. You’ll use our browser-based app (nothing to install!) to receive and answer questions. After each round you’ll rejoin the Host to hear the answers, get score updates, and get in some banter.
A Kids Edition is also available for ages 10 and up.
Dying to get in on the fun of Halloween games? Contact us to learn more…before time runs out!
Virtual Ghost Hunt: The Haunted Online Scavenger Hunt
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Caution: There’ll be ghosts in your machine
…when you use your computer to join us for a poltergeist-plagued online scavenger hunt. On teams, you’ll go for a virtual walk to and within haunted places and learn the stories of their ghosts. You’ll meet our host on Zoom, then your team will go into a breakout room and use our browser-based app to follow a trail of clues across surprising websites, in search of answers to tricky questions.
We’ve taken our decades of real-world “haunted scavenger hunts” and translated them into an online quest—with new ghost-plagued places and blood-chilling tales.
Along the way, your team will…
- Visit Philadelphia’s creepy Eastern Penitentiary and its bygone (or are they?) prisoners
- Wander among crowded tombs in a cemetery haunted by a someone who was accidentally buried alive
- Learn the chilling fate of Giles Corey at the Salem Witch Trial Memorial
- Sneak into the White House in search of the presidents whose ghosts have been spotted there
And those are just a few of the escapades and tales your team will enjoy on this online scavenger hunt. And in October, the game is perfect for your virtual Halloween party!
Or are you looking for a Kids Edition? Step this way…
Also available: The Halloween Trivia Slam, which proves that answer tricky questions associated with the holiday is not a trivial pursuit. (See what we did there?)
To join the fun, all you need is a good internet connections, reliable teammates, and a bit of courage. Click below to get into the game…before it’s too late.