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==2011==
 
==2011==
[[File:GISHWHES winners 2011.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2011 winners]]
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[[File:GISHWHES winners 2011.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2011 winners, Team #83]]
  
 
'''Dates''': November 18-29, 2011. The hunt commenced on November 18th at 2:12 am Moscow Daylight Time and ends at Tuesday, November 29th at 10:44 am.
 
'''Dates''': November 18-29, 2011. The hunt commenced on November 18th at 2:12 am Moscow Daylight Time and ends at Tuesday, November 29th at 10:44 am.
  
 
'''Prize''': The 2011 winning team joined Misha for a romantic spaghetti dinner in Rome, Italy.  
 
'''Prize''': The 2011 winning team joined Misha for a romantic spaghetti dinner in Rome, Italy.  
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'''Winning Team''': Team #83. Two individual contestants were also chosen to fly to Rome.
  
 
'''Items''': [http://almaasi.tumblr.com/post/14438420021/gishwhes-2011-list-of-items Full 2011 List of Items]
 
'''Items''': [http://almaasi.tumblr.com/post/14438420021/gishwhes-2011-list-of-items Full 2011 List of Items]
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* Attorneys playing musical chairs. (11 points)
 
* Attorneys playing musical chairs. (11 points)
 
* A parrot onstage at a comedy club doing improv. (15 points)  
 
* A parrot onstage at a comedy club doing improv. (15 points)  
 
'''Winning Team''': Team #83. Two individual contestants were also chosen to fly to Rome.
 
  
  
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[[File:Guiness Book GISHWHES.jpg|right|frame|Misha Collins with the 2011 Guinness Certificate]]
 
[[File:Guiness Book GISHWHES.jpg|right|frame|Misha Collins with the 2011 Guinness Certificate]]
Misha had consulted with the Guinness Book of World records, and to win the record for the 'Worlds Biggest Digital Scavenger Hunt' 500 teams were required to participate. In the end over 6,200 participants from 65 countries signed up to form 621 teams of 10 people. The Competition now hold the Guiness Book of Records record for the largest photo scavenger hunt.  
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Misha had consulted with the Guinness Book of World records, and to win the record for the 'Worlds Biggest Digital Scavenger Hunt' 500 teams were required to participate. In the end over 6,200 participants from 65 countries signed up to form 621 teams of 10 people. The Competition now hold the Guinness Book of Records record for the largest photo scavenger hunt.  
 
    
 
    
 
===Items from the hunt===
 
===Items from the hunt===
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==2012==
 
==2012==
[[File:GISHWHES winners 2012.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2012 winners]]
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[[File:GISHWHES winners 2012.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2012 winners, Team Badwolf]]
 
'''Dates''': October 30–November 4, 2012
 
'''Dates''': October 30–November 4, 2012
  
 
'''Prize''': The 2012 winning team participated in a slumber party at a haunted castle in Scotland with Misha Collins.
 
'''Prize''': The 2012 winning team participated in a slumber party at a haunted castle in Scotland with Misha Collins.
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'''Winning Team''': [http://gogoteambadwolf.tumblr.com/ Team Badwolf]
  
 
'''Items''': [http://almaasi.tumblr.com/post/34624870792/gishwhes-2012-list-of-items Full 2012 List of Items]
 
'''Items''': [http://almaasi.tumblr.com/post/34624870792/gishwhes-2012-list-of-items Full 2012 List of Items]
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* Three of you dress up like frogs and play “leapfrog” in your local Starbucks or chain coffee shop. We must see patrons and must hear “Ribbit!” each time you leap (31 points)
 
* Three of you dress up like frogs and play “leapfrog” in your local Starbucks or chain coffee shop. We must see patrons and must hear “Ribbit!” each time you leap (31 points)
 
* Recite “The Raven” to a crow (21 points)
 
* Recite “The Raven” to a crow (21 points)
 
'''Winning Team''': BadWolf
 
  
 
===Items from the hunt===
 
===Items from the hunt===
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQudSDJGC2w Misha Collins speaks at the event for Item #30 on November 4] by TheGagaDealer
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* Team Badwolf (winning team): [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-wwZhGB33P27APz5xFVbylyBuZZDt4Nj GISHWHES 2012 playlist] by Sterling Bishop
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* Team WaywardSunsLovesCheeseCloth: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16i0n4jAC4 Random Act of Kindness], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYbmgUjYMd4 Item #101]
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* Team SpottedDick: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT93eOzESRw GISHWHES 2012 Compilation]
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* Team RobotHead: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTZRd3nwT3rEXr2JpGdwRk1XhluX0PPfY GISHWHES 2012 playlist]
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* Team BabySharks: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MtzpzYgyWo Item #100], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMnkxQJ3RcU Item #101], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dklfq0EkJM Item #102], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RebkNBQUShw Item #104], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIJoGpJ26_A Item #106], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc--OhdQAhw Item #107], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKWJQVF0bQk Item #108], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkGaBx0jSFM Item #111], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DBIj1mXKbs Item #112], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVP5dh4J-zA Item #115], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBz_vHqEtaA Item #117], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJlZyDDiBgM Item #118], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4BxImQgFT0 Item #114], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aLau-TF9sw Item #119], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_up1ibUtnwM Item #122], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tRnNfzYrew Item #123], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PExvXmwsmyA Item #124], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtdrsZikWw0 Item #125], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J3LOPB1R-Q Item #126], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxLighowBcY Item #127], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTrrY6fq1Yg Item #129], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYsYHG9oj8Q Item #131], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqIcYTFH9KQ Item #133], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0fZHmutsOw Item #136], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-EdAav8GgY Item #137], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZO7Hg__eB0 Item #138], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtmfDLfDcc Item #140], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RhsunCf5fA Item #142]
  
 
===Links===
 
===Links===
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==2013==
 
==2013==
[[File:GISHWHES winners 2013.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2013 winners]]
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[[File:GISHWHES winners 2013.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2013 winners, Team Vatican Cameos]]
 
'''Dates''': August 11–18, 2013
 
'''Dates''': August 11–18, 2013
  
 
'''Prize''': The 2013 winning team went on a viking seaplane adventure with Misha Collins in Vancouver, British Columbia.
 
'''Prize''': The 2013 winning team went on a viking seaplane adventure with Misha Collins in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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'''Winning Team''': [http://vaticancams.tumblr.com/ Team Vatican Cameos]
  
 
'''Items''': [http://almaasi.tumblr.com/post/57994679065/gishwhes-2013-list-of-items Full 2013 List of Items]
 
'''Items''': [http://almaasi.tumblr.com/post/57994679065/gishwhes-2013-list-of-items Full 2013 List of Items]
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* Have elementary school kids perform the Ukranian Arkan dance or the Greek Kechagiadikos dance – we’re not prejudiced so either is acceptable (63 points)
 
* Have elementary school kids perform the Ukranian Arkan dance or the Greek Kechagiadikos dance – we’re not prejudiced so either is acceptable (63 points)
 
* A university professor giving a technical explanation of why the telegraph will inevitably be making a comeback (58 points)
 
* A university professor giving a technical explanation of why the telegraph will inevitably be making a comeback (58 points)
 
'''Winning Team''': VaticanCameos
 
  
 
===Items from the hunt===
 
===Items from the hunt===
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh3laTJr7v4 Misha Collins speaks at the GISHWHES event ''Longest Chain of Safety Pins'' on August 13 2013 (Item #6)] by TheGagaDealer
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* Team VaticanCameos (winning team): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Vwks36nDc Item #3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEdswQZw0og Item #7], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZqxzxw8_A Item #24], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUc6szSf35I Item #25], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY_y9vxXxH0 Item #33], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ljJh79zFE Item #40],  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErNJuy73jsY Item #42], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKy2-fy1YOI Item #44], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWnsqo3wT4E Item #55], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8yuAwK35_Q Item #59], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcUMW19y3pw Item #65], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r24_YGMS_5E Item #72], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=admx2eXcNdA Item #82], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVEQ-Lncnbk Item #86], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6elO1-snILI Item #90], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf6kf7RtCKE Item #101], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIZf2jbLhqY Item #105], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3tjcU5e8Gw Item #107], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5n-QdQQp3E Item #111], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idsJhyYWVHE Item #115], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=desvFcCKtqQ Item #127], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUrwPd2NbZE Item #136], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTPdgcHxvd8 Item #148],
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* Team SockMonkeyLovesDesireDream&Despair: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUg5ItAR2Q8 Item #42], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hHyUd8Yhhc Item #59], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpFFAMV16lg Item #123], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im2Zrdryy1s Item #124]
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* Team Gishbitches: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLlxGPrqhV4 Item #7], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbqjfFUVkYE Item #28], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erk-NxcRH-Q Item #44], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_W8giTG0iM Item #76], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNETa42N08g Item #78], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhEuaN7as0 Item #96], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diq-MW3foC4 Item #102], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmZAVSZ6c6U Item #124]
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* Team AngelofThor'sDay: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hGwBV-Ig_0 GISHWHES 2013 Compilation]
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* Team RobotHead: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTZRd3nwT3rH7R3W5XtUlQ3k_0GmLaj0C GISHWHES 2013 playlist]
  
 
===Links===
 
===Links===
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9g9UyZk0bQ GISHWHES Winner's Trip 2013] by Vatican Cameos
  
 
==2014==
 
==2014==
[[File:GISHWHES winners 2014.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2014 winners]]
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[[File:GISHWHES winners 2014.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2014 winners, Team Impala]]
 
'''Dates''': August 2-9, 2014
 
'''Dates''': August 2-9, 2014
  
 
'''Prize''': The 2014 winning team was treated to a survivor-style weekend adventure of revelry, mayhem and wondermentation in Croatia on a pirate ship captained by Misha Collins.
 
'''Prize''': The 2014 winning team was treated to a survivor-style weekend adventure of revelry, mayhem and wondermentation in Croatia on a pirate ship captained by Misha Collins.
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'''Winning Team''': [http://team-impala.tumblr.com/ Team Impala]
  
 
'''Items''': [http://almaasi.tumblr.com/post/93619095170/gishwhes-2014-list-of-items Full 2014 List of Items]
 
'''Items''': [http://almaasi.tumblr.com/post/93619095170/gishwhes-2014-list-of-items Full 2014 List of Items]
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* (slow motion). Set to opera music, stage a water balloon fight between 10 or more participants all wearing business suits (44 points)
 
* (slow motion). Set to opera music, stage a water balloon fight between 10 or more participants all wearing business suits (44 points)
 
* Create a Rube Goldberg machine that includes “Eye of the Tiger”, an image of John Travolta, a toilet plunger, and acorns, among other things (91 points)
 
* Create a Rube Goldberg machine that includes “Eye of the Tiger”, an image of John Travolta, a toilet plunger, and acorns, among other things (91 points)
 
'''Winning Team''': Impala
 
  
 
===Items from the hunt===
 
===Items from the hunt===
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* Team Impala (winning team): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym19kdRfAT8 Item #21], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQVRVhNMaOQ Item #32], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrtcTGGkKsI Item #45], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6hM8SaMq6w Item #63], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui4YO5ysCH8 Item #65], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8co0xuX8tW4 Item #71], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz4H1H2v73I Item #82], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS81QlGW4IY Item #98], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCmJkCfTuJU Item #107], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z2CP4nCrtc Item #114], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk8gGAaCgCs Item #132], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZZwbklCE8c Item #150], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpLDAC8BC2s Item #152], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7nxdvVw0UA Item #160], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4SNQNpJWR0 Item #163], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFbnmFXuuqY Item #166], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNOc1qocjOs Item #173], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEgDPKiPR14 Item #175], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXg2PlvegUQ Item #181]
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* Team KDEs2.0: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ_lLVxIGWE Various items]
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* Team BoerenkoolLovesCreepyDolls: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKxm8pFpDeI Item #19], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUuTkxVGqs Item #67], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o97We9yUTg Item #98], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7IBhIShBAo Item #111], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcQleHn8Vm0 Item #119], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ShzdUqbjw4 Item #135], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5qGWzXGmgc Item #138], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEiON7jmlE8 Item #164], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKeCMSsG2KY GISHWHES 2014 Compilation]
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* Team Gr9: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFfJeSZeZ9E GISHWHES 2014 Compilation]
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* Team TheWaywardHuntersLoves33purpleturtlesLov­espigpants: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC0mmm6ZYsM GISHWHES 2014 Compilation]
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* Team JoySandwich: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c479wBWsO84 GISHWHES 2014 Compilation]
  
 
===Links===
 
===Links===

Revision as of 11:58, 25 July 2015

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Gishwhes is a massive global scavenger Hunt that is part silliness, part art, part kindness and 100% fun.

– GISHWHES, Source

G.I.S.H.W.H.E.S (Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen) is a scavenger hunt hosted by Misha Collins.


Origins

In January 2011, Misha Collins ran a scavenger hunt known as the Rhino Puzzle for fans around the world. At its conclusion he promised to run another scavenger hunt which is GISHWHES - the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen. The items to be collected were to be submitted via pictures, videos or websites.

Misha tantalised fans about the project with an enigmatic video released in September 2011 on the original website gishwhes.com.

2011

2011 winners, Team #83

Dates: November 18-29, 2011. The hunt commenced on November 18th at 2:12 am Moscow Daylight Time and ends at Tuesday, November 29th at 10:44 am.

Prize: The 2011 winning team joined Misha for a romantic spaghetti dinner in Rome, Italy.

Winning Team: Team #83. Two individual contestants were also chosen to fly to Rome.

Items: Full 2011 List of Items

The list included items such as

Photos of:

  • An unconventional, but practical, use of Mayonnaise. (9 points)
  • Photograph a bust or statue of Nicolae Ceaușescu wearing a sock monkey hat. (14 points)
  • A woman wearing a dress (and only the dress) made entirely from bacon. (43 points)

Video of:

  • A church choir singing “eye of the tiger” in a church. (32 points)
  • Attorneys playing musical chairs. (11 points)
  • A parrot onstage at a comedy club doing improv. (15 points)


The entry fee was a donation of minimum $10, or an essay to a topic dictated by Misha.

Misha Collins with the 2011 Guinness Certificate

Misha had consulted with the Guinness Book of World records, and to win the record for the 'Worlds Biggest Digital Scavenger Hunt' 500 teams were required to participate. In the end over 6,200 participants from 65 countries signed up to form 621 teams of 10 people. The Competition now hold the Guinness Book of Records record for the largest photo scavenger hunt.

Items from the hunt

Links

2012

2012 winners, Team Badwolf

Dates: October 30–November 4, 2012

Prize: The 2012 winning team participated in a slumber party at a haunted castle in Scotland with Misha Collins.

Winning Team: Team Badwolf

Items: Full 2012 List of Items

The list included items such as

Photos of:

  • A uniformed Burger King employee enjoying a McDonald’s Happy Meal (33 points)
  • Hug a uniformed Veteran (42 points)
  • Create a portrait of Jensen Ackles entirely out of skittles doing his pouty “Blue Steel” look. Must be AT LEAST 2 feet by 2 feet (38 points)

Video of:

  • Wearing swim flippers and a mask, approach a complete stranger in a public space and then hand them a “seaweed bouquet” with one flower in the middle of it (82 points)
  • Three of you dress up like frogs and play “leapfrog” in your local Starbucks or chain coffee shop. We must see patrons and must hear “Ribbit!” each time you leap (31 points)
  • Recite “The Raven” to a crow (21 points)

Items from the hunt

Links

2013

2013 winners, Team Vatican Cameos

Dates: August 11–18, 2013

Prize: The 2013 winning team went on a viking seaplane adventure with Misha Collins in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Winning Team: Team Vatican Cameos

Items: Full 2013 List of Items

The list included items such as

Photos of:

  • A stormtrooper at a laundry mat folding clothes (56 points)
  • A fully dressed nun in her habit going down a waterslide or swinging on a rope into a river (100 points)
  • Retrofit a wheelchair and its owner to look like a powerful superhero in a “Gishmobile.” (69 points)

Video of:

  • Go to work dressed as a robot. We must see clips of you getting ready in the morning, commuting, and arriving at work and doing your job. We must also see the reactions of people you pass on your commute and/or at work (102 points)
  • Have elementary school kids perform the Ukranian Arkan dance or the Greek Kechagiadikos dance – we’re not prejudiced so either is acceptable (63 points)
  • A university professor giving a technical explanation of why the telegraph will inevitably be making a comeback (58 points)

Items from the hunt

Links

2014

2014 winners, Team Impala

Dates: August 2-9, 2014

Prize: The 2014 winning team was treated to a survivor-style weekend adventure of revelry, mayhem and wondermentation in Croatia on a pirate ship captained by Misha Collins.

Winning Team: Team Impala

Items: Full 2014 List of Items

The list included items such as

Photos of:

  • Find an object that you’re holding onto for all the wrong reasons. Destroy it mightily (17 points)
  • Stage a mini-newspaper boat regatta in a public fountain with at least four competing vessels. We must see intense competitiveness and gambling (23 points)
  • Suck blood from a doughnut (10 points)

Video of:

  • Go through a drive-through at a fast food restaurant in your invisible car. Order, among other things, a Diet Water. You must have a passenger in your invisible car, and you both must be “seated.”(36 points)
  • (slow motion). Set to opera music, stage a water balloon fight between 10 or more participants all wearing business suits (44 points)
  • Create a Rube Goldberg machine that includes “Eye of the Tiger”, an image of John Travolta, a toilet plunger, and acorns, among other things (91 points)

Items from the hunt

Links

2015

Dates: August 1-8, 2015.

Prize: The 2015 winning team joins Misha Collins on a trip to Costa Rica.

Items: ?

Winning Team: ?

Items from the hunt

Links

World Records

Misha Collins with Guinness World Records certificates

GISHWHES has broken several Guinness World Records. Personalized certificates can be purchased through the The Guinness World Records Store using the provided "ID" and "Code".


Largest Photo Scavenger Hunt (2011)

The largest photo scavenger hunt is 'Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen', which was carried out by 6,200 participants and organized by Misha Collins (USA) between 20-29 November 2011.

– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation

Largest Media Scavenger Hunt (2012)

The largest media scavenger hunt is the 'Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen', which was carried out by 14,580 participants and organized by Misha Collins (USA) between 29 October and 5 November 2012.

– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation (ID: 130607-766; Code: egeo2436EG)

Most Pledges for a Campaign (2012)

The most pledges received for a campaign is 92,596, achieved by GISHWHES (USA) for 'Pledges to Commit a Random Act of Kindness' from 30 October to 5 November 2012.

– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation (ID: 130709-948; Code: xstl9182XS)

Largest Online Photo Album of “Hugs” (2013)

The largest online photo album of hugs contains 108,121 photos, and was achieved by GISHWHES (USA) for the campaign 'GISHWHES Hugs The World 2013!' from 11-18 August 2013.

– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation (ID: 130723-1629; Code: vhan8424VH)

Longest Chain of Safety Pins (2013)

The longest chain of safety pins measures 1,091.8 m (3,582 ft 0 in) and was created by Misha Collins (USA), as part of the GISHWHES event at Central Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada on August 13 2013

– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation (ID: 131204-7583; Code: jsrp4299JS)

Links

Links