{"id":360267,"date":"2010-02-25T13:49:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T18:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2010-02-25T13:49:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T18:49:58","slug":"urban-scavenger-hunt-tests-brainpower-and-daring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/360267","title":{"rendered":"Urban Scavenger Hunt Tests Brainpower and Daring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Urban scavenger hunts have taken off nearly as fast as Wile E. Coyote after Roadrunner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1988\" title=\"start\" src=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/start-201x135.jpg\" alt=\"start\" width=\"201\" height=\"135\" \/>This weekend, one of the Big Daddy\u2019s of them all is coming to Downtown Phoenix. On Saturday, February 27th, CitySolve Urban Race will take you and a team partner on a crazy quilt adventure across the Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Think Trivial Pursuit meets Amazing Race, and you\u2019ve got the essence of this one-day, high-octane adventure. To participate, partner up with a buddy or loved one, then register at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citysolveurbanrace.com\/\" >this site<\/a>. The cost is $50 per person through 5\u00a0p.m. on Friday, and $60 per person on race day.<\/p>\n<p>Check-in begins at 11\u00a0a. m.\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/5017-coach-willies\" >Coach &amp; Willie\u2019s<\/a> and the race begins at noon. Your team will navigate Valley neighborhoods on foot or by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valleymetro.org\/\" >public transportation<\/a>, trying to solve clues built around pop culture, American history, anagrams and more. It\u2019s not all brainwork, since you\u2019ll also take part in all kinds of offbeat experiences like building a house of cards.<\/p>\n<p>So, what will you get for all this? Judging by the photos, a genuinely fun, once-in-a-lifetime adventure that will test your brainpower and daring. And yes, you\u2019ll get your own T-shirt and race number, which entitles you to say, \u201cI took part in CitySolve Urban Race and all I got was\u201d\u2026well, you know the rest.<\/p>\n<p>The top 25 teams will qualify for the national championship, so you\u2019ve got a shot at going for the big prize, which is $5,000. For the Phoenix race, there are prizes for first, second and third place, plus $50 gift certificates for \u201cBest Uniforms\u201d and \u201cBest Tweet,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DowntownPhoenixBlog\/~4\/jCegkB0UEsQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban scavenger hunts have taken off nearly as fast as Wile E. Coyote after Roadrunner. This weekend, one of the Big Daddy\u2019s of them all is coming to Downtown Phoenix. On Saturday, February 27th, CitySolve Urban Race will take you and a team partner on a crazy quilt adventure across the Valley. Think Trivial Pursuit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}