The Providence Transplantations
The Providence Transplantations is a team that participates in the MIT Mystery Hunt. Formed in 2011, the team has generally been in the top 15, and placed 7th in the 2022 MIT Mystery Hunt, its best showing to date. The team is largely based around Brown University, a private Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island. For online hunts, some members hunt on Herrings.
History[edit | edit source]
The team's name comes from the former official name of Rhode Island, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The team username waltkidney is a play on kidney transplant and Walt Disney.
Mystery Hunt performances[edit | edit source]
| Date | Hunt | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-14 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 | 7 | as The Providence Transmutations |
| 2021-01-15 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 | 14 | as The Providence Plant Translations |
| 2020-01-17 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | 14 | as waltkidney |
| 2019-01-18 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2019 | 16 | |
| 2018-01-12 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2018 | 20 | |
| 2017-01-13 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2017 | 15 | |
| 2016-01-15 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2016 | 14 | |
| 2015-01-16 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2015 | 15 | |
| 2014-01-10 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2014 | 14 | |
| 2013-01-11 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2013 | 11 | as waltkidney |
| 2012-01-13 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2012 | 16 | |
| 2011-01-14 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2011 | 16 |
