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| 1996 || ''Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid'' || After lightning strikes the Crab's Subjunc-TV unit, causing his extremely valuable "I Haven't Tolerance For Prices" coin to vanish, he calls for the teams to aid in the recovery effort. As Achilles and the Tortoise explore the now much more puzzling Subjunc-TV repair manual, teams use both it and the Subjunc-VCR tape to discover where the IHTFP coin has disappeared to.|| Richard Garfield, Skaff Elias, et al || Chaos
| 1996 || ''Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid'' || After lightning strikes the Crab's Subjunc-TV unit, causing his extremely valuable "I Haven't Tolerance For Prices" coin to vanish, he calls for the teams to aid in the recovery effort. As Achilles and the Tortoise explore the now much more puzzling Subjunc-TV repair manual, teams use both it and the Subjunc-VCR tape to discover where the IHTFP coin has disappeared to.|| Richard Garfield, Skaff Elias, et al || Chaos
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| 1997 || Example || Example || Mark Gottlieb || Palindrome [Ainamania]
| 1997 || Example || Example || Mark Gottlieb || Palindrome<sup>Ainamania</sup>
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| 1998 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 1998 || Example || Example || Palindrome<sup>Ainamania</sup> || ACME
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| 1999 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 1999 || Example || Example || ACME || Setec Astronomy
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| 2000 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2000 || Example || Example || Setec Astronomy || Palindrome<sup>PAINTTTNIAP</sup>
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| 2001 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2001 || Example || Example || Palindrome<sup>PAINTTTNIAP</sup> || Setec Astronomy
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| 2002 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2002 || Example || Example || Setec Astronomy || ACME
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| 2003 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2003 || Example || Example || ACME || Kappa Sig
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| 2004 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2004 || Example || Example || The French Armada<sup>Formerly Kappa Sig</sup> || Setec Astronomy
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| 2005 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2005 || Example || Example || Setec Astronomy || Physical Plant
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| 2006 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2006 || Example || Example || Physical Plant || The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight
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| 2007 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2007 || Example || Example || The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight || Palindrome<sup>Dr. Awkward</sup>
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| 2008 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2008 || Example || Example || Palindrome<sup>Dr. Awkward</sup> || The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight
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| 2009 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2009 || Example || Example || Example || Beginner's Luck
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| 2010 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2010 || Example || Example || Example || Metaphysical Plant
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| 2011 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2011 || Example || Example || Example || Codex
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| 2012 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2012 || Example || Example || Example || Manic Sages
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| 2013 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2013 || Example || Example || Example || The entire text of ''Atlas Shrugged''
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| 2014 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2014 || Example || Example || Alice Shrugged || One Fish Two Fish Random Fish Blue Fish
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| 2015 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2015 || Example || Example || Example || Luck, I Am Your Father
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| 2016 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2016 || Example || Example || Example || Setec Astronomy
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| 2017 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2017 || Example || Example || Example || Death & Mayhem
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| 2018 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2018 || Example || Example || Example || Setec Astronomy
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| 2019 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2019 || Example || Example || Example || Left Out
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| 2020 || A Theme Park || After it's announced that Penny Park is going to be shut down due to low turnout and sales, teams are brought on to help generate Buzz by way of solving puzzles. Over the course of the hunt, teams discovered how the park was founded, and how Penny Miller came to be the owner. Eventually, after generating enough buzz, teams discover a secret area underneath the park, where a device could be found to ??? || Left Out || ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈
| 2020 || A Theme Park || After it's announced that Penny Park is going to be shut down due to low turnout and sales, teams are brought on to help generate Buzz by way of solving puzzles. Over the course of the hunt, teams discovered how the park was founded, and how Penny Miller came to be the owner. Eventually, after generating enough buzz, teams discover a secret area underneath the park, where a device could be found to ??? || Left Out || ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈
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| 2021 || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2021 || Example || Example || ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ || Palindrome<sup>Not So Boston</sup>
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Revision as of 22:38, 7 June 2021

The MIT Mystery Hunt is an annual puzzle hunt centered on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has been occurring since 1981. Average team size varies, but has grown along with the size and complexity of the hunt's content over time. The reward for a team completing the hunt first was originally a choice of several prizes presented by the organizer, but has since become a commemorative version of the final Coin, along with the job of organizing and writing the hunt for the next year. As such, winning teams are usually identical to the writing teams for the following year, although sometimes name and roster changes occur between winning and writing.

Hunts

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Year Theme Plot Summary Writing Team/Individual Winning Team
1981 N/A N/A Brad Schaefer Unknown
1982 N/A N/A Brad Schaefer Unknown
1983 N/A N/A Brad Schaefer Holman Reactionary Army
1984 N/A N/A Jean-Joseph Coté Unknown
1985 N/A N/A JIM and DKS Unknown
1986 N/A N/A Unknown Unknown
1987 N/A N/A Unknown Unknown
1988 N/A N/A Eric Albert The Black Seven
1989 N/A N/A The Black Seven Unknown
1990 N/A N/A Unknown [Stephen Rinehart?]
1991 N/A N/A Jan Maessen and Stephen Rinehart [Stephen Rinehart?]
1992 Treasure Hunt Teams were tasked with the recovery of the treasure once belonging to Captain Red Herring, hidden somewhere on Mystery Island. [Stephen Rinehart?] Unknown
1993 A Quest for the Holy Grail N/A Unknown Unknown Team Led By Eric Albert
1994 Cyberpunk (Genre) A mysterious secret society known as IHTFP (Internet Haven For Tender Preservation) exists in the futuristic setting of the 21st century, when cash is illegal. Due to a run-in with the cyber-cops, a member of the society known as H. Acker had to hide a piece of illegal currency on the MIT campus, leaving the teams to find it through a series of puzzles and encrypted messages. Eric Albert (and others) Unknown Team Led By Mark Gottlieb
1995 Clue/Cluedo Mr. Boddy, having come into the possession of the "Unlucky Coin of Eye Aitch Tee-Ef Pea, learns of his impending death at the hands of one of his friends. Teams are invited to his mansion along with these friends, and upon Mr. Boddy's death during this visit, it is revealed that (as heirs to the coin), the teams will have to both solve the murder, and the numerous clues to the coin's whereabouts Boddy has hidden throughout the mansion. Mark Gottlieb The Spanish Inquisition
1996 Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid After lightning strikes the Crab's Subjunc-TV unit, causing his extremely valuable "I Haven't Tolerance For Prices" coin to vanish, he calls for the teams to aid in the recovery effort. As Achilles and the Tortoise explore the now much more puzzling Subjunc-TV repair manual, teams use both it and the Subjunc-VCR tape to discover where the IHTFP coin has disappeared to. Richard Garfield, Skaff Elias, et al Chaos
1997 Example Example Mark Gottlieb PalindromeAinamania
1998 Example Example PalindromeAinamania ACME
1999 Example Example ACME Setec Astronomy
2000 Example Example Setec Astronomy PalindromePAINTTTNIAP
2001 Example Example PalindromePAINTTTNIAP Setec Astronomy
2002 Example Example Setec Astronomy ACME
2003 Example Example ACME Kappa Sig
2004 Example Example The French ArmadaFormerly Kappa Sig Setec Astronomy
2005 Example Example Setec Astronomy Physical Plant
2006 Example Example Physical Plant The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight
2007 Example Example The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight PalindromeDr. Awkward
2008 Example Example PalindromeDr. Awkward The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight
2009 Example Example Example Beginner's Luck
2010 Example Example Example Metaphysical Plant
2011 Example Example Example Codex
2012 Example Example Example Manic Sages
2013 Example Example Example The entire text of Atlas Shrugged
2014 Example Example Alice Shrugged One Fish Two Fish Random Fish Blue Fish
2015 Example Example Example Luck, I Am Your Father
2016 Example Example Example Setec Astronomy
2017 Example Example Example Death & Mayhem
2018 Example Example Example Setec Astronomy
2019 Example Example Example Left Out
2020 A Theme Park After it's announced that Penny Park is going to be shut down due to low turnout and sales, teams are brought on to help generate Buzz by way of solving puzzles. Over the course of the hunt, teams discovered how the park was founded, and how Penny Miller came to be the owner. Eventually, after generating enough buzz, teams discover a secret area underneath the park, where a device could be found to ??? Left Out ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈
2021 Example Example ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ PalindromeNot So Boston
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