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=== Mathematics === |
=== Mathematics === |
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* '''The number 21''' - [[BANG 21]] |
* '''{{w|21 (number)|The number 21}}''' - [[BANG 21]] |
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* '''Squares''' - [[BAPHL 16]] |
* '''{{w|Squares}}''' - [[BAPHL 16]] |
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* '''Triangles''' - [[BAPHL 19]] |
* '''{{w|Triangles}}''' - [[BAPHL 19]] |
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=== Science === |
=== Science === |
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* '''Research institute''' - [[BANG 22]], [[Berkeley Mystery Hunt 2013]] |
* '''{{w|Research institute}}''' - [[BANG 22]], [[Berkeley Mystery Hunt 2013]] |
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* '''Feynman''' - [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2013]] (round) |
* '''{{w|Richard Feynman|Feynman}}''' - [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2013]] (round) |
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* '''Ornithology''' - [[CMU Hunt Fall 2014]] |
* '''{{w|Ornithology}}''' - [[CMU Hunt Fall 2014]] |
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* '''Physics''' - [[BAPHL 2]] |
* '''{{w|Physics}}''' - [[BAPHL 2]] |
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* '''Weather''' - [[CMU Hunt Fall 2012]] |
* '''{{w|Weather}}''' - [[CMU Hunt Fall 2012]] |
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=== Technology === |
=== Technology === |
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* '''Artificial intelligence''' - [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2023]] |
* '''{{w|Artificial intelligence}}''' - [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2023]] |
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* '''Cloning''' - [[CMU Hunt Fall 2009]] |
* '''{{w|Cloning}}''' - [[CMU Hunt Fall 2009]] |
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* '''{{w|Deep-sea exploration}}''' - [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2015]], [[College Puzzle Challenge 2017]] |
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* '''Email |
* '''{{w|Email spam}}''' - [[CMU Hunt Fall 2021]] |
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* '''Medicine''' - [[DASH 11]], [[DASH 5]] |
* '''{{w|Medicine}}''' - [[DASH 11]], [[DASH 5]] |
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* '''Optical devices, vision''' - [[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020]] |
* '''{{w|Optical devices}}, {{w|Visual perception|vision}}''' - [[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020]] |
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* '''{{w|Outer space}}''' - [[CMU Hunt Spring 2015]], [[SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2015]], [[Berkeley Mystery Hunt 2016]], [[Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2017]] |
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* '''{{w|Phonograph}}''' - [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2010]] (round) |
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* '''Trains''' - [[Microsoft Puzzlehunt 14]] |
* '''{{w|Trains}}''' - [[Microsoft Puzzlehunt 14]] |
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* '''Web 2.0''' - [[Huntinality 2022]] |
* '''{{w|Web 2.0}}''' - [[Huntinality 2022]] |
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Revision as of 18:01, 22 September 2023
This is a list of puzzle hunts by theming. Hunts may be listed multiple times if they touch on multiple themes. Fakeout themes are included.
Existing fiction themes
Literature
- Literature, general - MIT Mystery Hunt 2022, Microsoft Puzzlehunt 16, CMU Hunt Spring 2012, Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt, Puzzle Boat 6, College Puzzle Challenge 2013
- Fairy tales - DASH 3
- Jules Verne - MIT Mystery Hunt 2010 (round)
- 20000 Leagues Under the Sea - MIT Mystery Hunt 2015
- Alice in Wonderland - MIT Mystery Hunt 2014, Microsoft Puzzlehunt 7, CMU Hunt Spring 2007, SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2010, Singapore Puzzle Hunt 2015
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - USC Puzzle Hunt 2016
- Cthulhu mythos - SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2013, Miskatonic University Game
- Discworld - mezzacotta Puzzle Hunt 2016
- Harry Potter - DASH 7, CMU Hunt Fall 2016, Singapore Puzzle Hunt 2016, Harvard Puzzle Hunt 2004, Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2014
- His Dark Materials - Harvard Puzzle Hunt 2008
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - College Puzzle Challenge 2012
- The Hunger Games - The Famine Game
- Library of Babel - Shardhunt
- The Phantom Tollbooth - Caltech Puzzle Hunt 2018
- Where's Waldo? - Puzzle Rojak
- Winnie the Pooh - Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2018
- The Wizard of Oz - MIT Mystery Hunt 2000
Comic books and comics
- Comic books - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 9
- Asterix - MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2013
Movies
- Movies, general - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 15, College Puzzle Challenge 2009 (Movie production)
- Marvel Cinematic Universe - Puzzle Potluck 3, Puzzle Boat 8, Singapore Puzzle Hunt 2020, MIT Aquarium Puzzle Hunt 2018
- Pixar - DaroCaro Puzzle Hunt, SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2018
- Back to the Future - USC Puzzle Hunt 2015, MIT Aquarium Puzzle Hunt 2013
- Batman - QoDE Puzzle Hunt
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - MIT Mystery Hunt 1997
- Get Smart - MIT Mystery Hunt 2013 (round)
- Ghostbusters - Ghost Patrol franchise, BANG 37, BANG 29
- Inception - MIT Mystery Hunt 2016, BAPHL 4, MIT Aquarium Puzzle Hunt 2015
- Indiana Jones - MIT Mystery Hunt 2013 (round), DASH 4
- Inside Out - MIT Mystery Hunt 2018
- James Bond - DASH 8
- The Matrix - MIT Mystery Hunt 2003
- Metropolis - MIT Mystery Hunt 2010 (round)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas - MIT Mystery Hunt 2019
- Ready Player One - Singapore Puzzle Hunt 2018
- The Shawshank Redemption - Singapore Puzzle Hunt 2019
- Sneakers - MIT Mystery Hunt 2013 (round)
- Star Wars - MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2015, Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2015
- Time Bandits - MIT Mystery Hunt 2004
- Tron - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 11, WarTron
- WarGames - WarTron
Television
- General television - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 19, DASH 2
- Game shows - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 3, UMD Puzzle Hunt 2020
- 24 - BANG 24
- The Amazing Race - BANG 16, Puzzle Boat 4, Singapore Puzzle Hunt 2021
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2021
- Beavis and Butthead - MIT Mystery Hunt 1997
- Doctor Who - Doctor When
- Game of Thrones - BAPHL 12
- Gravity Falls - P.I.HUNT 4
- Jeopardy! - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 123, UMD Puzzle Hunt 2020, MIT Aquarium Puzzle Hunt 2017
- The Masked Singer - Carvana Puzzle Hunt 2021
- MasterChef - MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2010
- Mission: Impossible - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 5
- My Little Pony - Puzzles Are Magic
- Scooby-Doo - P.I.HUNT 7
- Spongebob - MIT Aquarium Puzzle Hunt 2022
- Stranger Things - Singapore Puzzle Hunt 2022
- The Twilight Zone - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 18
Musical Theatre
- General theatre - MIT Mystery Hunt 2012, Microsoft Puzzlehunt 20, CMU Hunt Spring 2016
- The Producers - MIT Mystery Hunt 2012
Video games
- Video games, general - MIT Mystery Hunt 2011, Microsoft Puzzlehunt 21
- Text adventures - Harvard Puzzle Hunt 2007
- Age of Empires - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 2
- Among Us - Puzzle Potluck 4
- Animal Crossing - Puzzle Potluck 4
- Civilization - MIT Mystery Hunt 2011 (round)
- Incremental games - Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2018 (Cookie Clicker), Huntinality 2021 (round)
- Mario - MIT Mystery Hunt 2011 (round), Huntinality 2021 (Waluigi)
- Mega Man - MIT Mystery Hunt 2011 (round)
- Portal - CMU Hunt Fall 2017, MIT Mystery Hunt 2011
- Professor Layton - BAPHL 11, Puzzle Potluck 2
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? - MIT Mystery Hunt 1999, CMU Hunt Fall 2007
- Zelda - MIT Mystery Hunt 2011 (round), Harvard Puzzle Hunt 2010
Pokémon
- Pokémon - MIT Mystery Hunt 2018 (round), SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2016, Smogon Puzzle Hunt 1
- Pokémon contests - Smogon Puzzle Hunt 2
- Pokémon Go - Silph Puzzle Hunt
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Smogon Puzzle Hunt 3
Genre themes
- Animated TV show - BAPHL 1
- Bomb Defusal - Quantum Online Puzzle Hunt
- Cyberpunk - MIT Mystery Hunt 1994
- Espionage / global search - MIT Mystery Hunt 2006, SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2011, Burn After Solving
- Fictional sleepers - MIT Mystery Hunt 2016
- Heist - MIT Mystery Hunt 2013, UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021, College Puzzle Challenge 2008
- Horror - MIT Mystery Hunt 2001, Microsoft Puzzlehunt 123
- Fictional magic - CMU Hunt Spring 2010
- Investigative - Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2020
- Medieval - CMU Hunt Fall 2015
- MMO - MIT Mystery Hunt 2021
- Mystery - MIT Mystery Hunt 2008, CMU Hunt Spring 2011, REDDOThunt 2018, SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2014, SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2009, Singapore Puzzle Hunt 2017, Intercoastal Altercations 4
- Parallel universes - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 22, MIT Mystery Hunt 2021, MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2010
- Quests - MIT Mystery Hunt 1993, CMU Hunt Spring 2019, Puzzle Potluck 1
- Sci-fi - MIT Mystery Hunt 2018 (round)
- Sports - BAPHL 18, Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2017, P.I.HUNT 1, Intercoastal Altercations 5
- Superheroes / Supervillains - MIT Mystery Hunt 2005, BANG 23, MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2011
- Time loop / travel - Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2022, Microsoft Puzzlehunt 6, MIT Mystery Hunt 2010, BAPHL 14, CMU Hunt Fall 2018, CMU Hunt Spring 2009, MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2016, College Puzzle Challenge 2016
- Treasure hunting - BAPHL 9, MIT Mystery Hunt 1992, CMU Hunt Spring 2013, Carvana Puzzle Hunt 2019, Harvard Puzzle Hunt 2005
- Zombies - BAPHL 8, BANG 19, CMU Hunt Spring 2014, Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2012
Puzzle metafiction / references
- DASH - BAPHL 19
- Escape from Zyzzlvaria - MIT Mystery Hunt 2009
- Hunt locations - BAPHL 10
- Past hunts - MIT Mystery Hunt 2010 (with references to 1983, 2000, 2009), BAPHL 15
- Puzzle Factory - MIT Mystery Hunt 2023
Hunt Mechanic Themes
- Puzzle construction - See Category:Puzzle construction challenges
- All work and no play - P.I.HUNT 5
- Conlang - Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2019
- Darkness - BANG 28
- Hexominoes - BANG 35
- Jigsaw Puzzles - P.I.HUNT 8
- Lists - Lists of Lists
- Morse Code - BANG 34
- Riddle sequences - P.I.HUNT 9
Non-fiction themes
Animals
- Dogs - MIT Mystery Hunt 2016
- Fish - MIT Mystery Hunt 2015
- Rats - MIT Mystery Hunt 2022
Business
- Corporate culture - MIT Mystery Hunt 2003, CMU Hunt Fall 2011?, REDDOThunt 2020
- Lemonade stand - DASH 6
- Stock Market - Intercoastal Altercations 3
Education
- Back to School - BANG 25
- Camp counseling - Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2011
- Computer Science courses - CMU CS Hunt
- Enigmatology - MIT Mystery Hunt 1998, UMD Puzzle Hunt 2017
- Ivy League - MIT Aquarium Puzzle Hunt 2021
- MIT (fictional) - MIT Mystery Hunt 2021
- MIT (hacking culture) - MIT Mystery Hunt 2018 (round)
- Museum - MIT Mystery Hunt 2023, UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021
- Scholarship applications - MIT Aquarium Puzzle Hunt 2019
- Standardized testing - Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2022
- University - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 2023, Miskatonic University Game
Entertainment
- Birthday Party - Teammate Hunt 2020
- Camping - EC Puzzle Hunt
- Gambling / casinos - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 8 (Las Vegas), College Puzzle Challenge 2014, College Puzzle Challenge 2004
- Magic (real-life) - College Puzzle Challenge 2018
- Rubik's cube - MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2019, MIT Mystery Hunt 2013 (round)
- Theme Park - MIT Mystery Hunt 2020, Teammate Hunt 2021, CMU Hunt Spring 2017
- Toys - Teammate Hunt 2020
- Vacation - CMU Hunt Spring 2020, REDDOThunt 2022, College Puzzle Challenge 2015
- Zoo - Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2019
Art
- Rene Magritte - CMU Hunt Spring 2022
Board games
- Board games, general - Puzzle Boat 7
- 20 Questions - MIT Aquarium Puzzle Hunt 2016
- Clue - MIT Mystery Hunt 1995, Microsoft Puzzlehunt 4, Puzzle Potluck 2, P.I.HUNT 3
- Dungeons & Dragons / tabletop RPG - MIT Mystery Hunt 2017, BAPHL 20
- Monopoly - MIT Mystery Hunt 2002, CMU Hunt Fall 2022
- Settlers of Catan - MIT Mystery Hunt 2018 (round), Harvard Puzzle Hunt 2009
- Trivial Pursuit - BANG 7, Puzzle Potluck 3
Music
- Pop music, general - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 17
- Rock band tour - BAPHL 6
- Elvis Presley - MIT Mystery Hunt 1997
Sports
(Also see Genre Themes/Sports heading for hunts with a fictional sports theme (usually puzzleball or similar)
- Baseball - BAPHL 21
- Motorsport - BAPHL 5
- Olympics - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 1, Carvana Puzzle Hunt 2020
Food
- Food, general - BANG 15
- Candy - Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2022
- Cookies - Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2018, Harvard Puzzle Hunt 2006, Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2016
- Food Pyramid - Purple People Eaters Puzzle Hunt
History
- Alchemy - MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2014
- American history (fictional) - BAPHL 7
- Archaeology - BAPHL 3, DASH 9
- Colonial America - USC Puzzle Hunt 2013
- Humboldt expedition - MIT Mystery Hunt 2010 (round)
- Oregon Trail - CMU Hunt Fall 2020
- Prehistory - CMU Hunt Spring 2023
- Pirates - BAPHL 13, CMU Hunt Spring 2021, CMU Hunt Spring 2008
- Presidents - BANG 14
- Vikings - BANG 26
- Wild West - DASH 10, DASH 1
- Witch hunts - MIT Mystery Hunt 2010 (round)
- Wonders of the World - College Puzzle Challenge 2005
Non-fiction literature
- Godel, Escher, Bach - MIT Mystery Hunt 1996
Paranormal
- Anomaly - CMU Hunt Fall 2019
- Conspiracy theories - Berkeley Mystery Hunt 2015
- Psychics - CMU Hunt Fall 2008
Religion and Tradition
- Apocalypse - CMU Hunt Spring 2018, MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2012, SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2012, College Puzzle Challenge 2010
- Halloween - BANG 13, Inexact Puzzlehunt, P.I.HUNT 6
- Hell, Seven deadly sins - MIT Mystery Hunt 2007
- Holidays - MIT Mystery Hunt 2019, BAPHL 12
- Luck - BANG 20
- Zodiac - BANG 12
Mythology
- Mythology, various - Labor Day Extravaganza franchise
- Atlantis - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 10
- Greek Mythology - MIT Mystery Hunt 2010 (round)
- Knights of the Round Table - BANG 17
- Phoenix - DP Puzzle Hunt
STEM topics
Mathematics
Science
- Research institute - BANG 22, Berkeley Mystery Hunt 2013
- Feynman - MIT Mystery Hunt 2013 (round)
- Ornithology - CMU Hunt Fall 2014
- Physics - BAPHL 2
- Weather - CMU Hunt Fall 2012
Technology
- Artificial intelligence - MIT Mystery Hunt 2023
- Cloning - CMU Hunt Fall 2009
- Deep-sea exploration - MIT Mystery Hunt 2015, College Puzzle Challenge 2017
- Email spam - CMU Hunt Fall 2021
- Medicine - DASH 11, DASH 5
- Optical devices, vision - Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020
- Outer space - CMU Hunt Spring 2015, SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2015, Berkeley Mystery Hunt 2016, Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2017
- Phonograph - MIT Mystery Hunt 2010 (round)
- Trains - Microsoft Puzzlehunt 14
- Web 2.0 - Huntinality 2022
