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• the MIT Mystery Hunt
  MIT Mystery Hunt
  
  The MIT Mystery Hunt is an annual puzzlehunt competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As one of the oldest and most complex puzzlehunts in the world, it attracts about 1,000 people annually and has inspired similar competitions at Microsoft Puzzle Hunt, Stanford University, Melbourne University, University of Limerick, and th...
   (Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Cambridge, Massachusetts
  
  Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England....
  , USA), the first of its kind,
• the Melbourne University (Melbourne, Australia, Australia
  Australia
  
  Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
  ),
• the TMOU
  TMOU
  
  TMOU is a logic, strategic, team, interactive, outdoor and night puzzlehunt game held in Brno, Czech Republic. It is held annually at the end of October or at the beginning of November....
   (Brno
  Brno
  
  Brno is the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1243, although the area had been settled since the 5th century. Today Brno has 403,304 inhabitants and is the seat of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, Supreme Prosecutor's Office and Ombudsman....
  , Czech Republic
  Czech Republic
  
  The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
  ),
• the Microsoft Puzzle Hunt
  Microsoft Puzzle Hunt
  
  The Microsoft Puzzlehunt is a quasi-annual Microsoft tradition started in 1999. It is a puzzlehunt in the same vein as the MIT Mystery Hunt or The Game ....
   (Redmond, Washington
  Redmond, Washington
  
  Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, Washington, United States. The population was 45,256 at the 2000 United States Census, with an estimated population of 48,739 in 2006....
  , USA),
• the Miami Herald's Tropic Hunt
  Tropic Hunt
  
  The Herald Hunt, formerly the Tropic Hunt, is an annual puzzlehunt in Miami, Florida. It was co-created by Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, along with Tropic editors Gene Weingarten and Tom Shroder....
   (Miami, Florida
  Miami, Florida
  
  Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....
  , USA),
• the Maze of Games
  Maze of Games
  
  The Maze of Games is one of America's largest annual puzzlehunts, and is held at the Gen Con and Origins International Game Expo gaming conventions....
   (Indianapolis, Indiana
  Indianapolis, Indiana
  
  Indianapolis is the Capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, Indianapolis , Indiana the Unigov, at 795,458 in 2006....
   and Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus, Ohio
  
  Columbus is the Capital , the largest, and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the Geographic centers of the United States, Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County, Ohio, although parts of the city also extend into Delaware County, Ohio and Fairfield County, Ohio counties....
  , USA).

• PuzzleCrack
  PuzzleCrack
  
  PuzzleCrack is an annual tradition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is a weeklong puzzlehunt competition that combines problem-solving with computer hack ....
   (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
  The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public university research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
  , USA)
• College Puzzle Challenge
  College Puzzle Challenge
  
  College Puzzle Challenge is an annual puzzlehunt hosted by Microsoft, inspired by the Microsoft Puzzle Hunt or the MIT Mystery Hunt. However, several key features differentiate College Puzzle Challenge from these events....
   (Multiple Locations, North America
  North America
  
  North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
  ), hosted by Microsoft
  Microsoft
  
  Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
   as a recruiting event on college campuses.

Related puzzle events

• The Game
  The Game (treasure hunt)
  
  The Game is a non-stop 24-48 hour treasure hunt, puzzlehunt or road rally that has run in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle areas since 1973....
   (a puzzlehunt combined with a road rally
  Road rally
  
  A road rally is a car rallying that takes place on the public road. It is a popular sport in the United Kingdom, especially Wales, and has traditionally been the core of the "grass roots" of club-based amateur motorsport....
  )
• Microsoft Puzzle Safari
  Microsoft Puzzle Safari
  
  The Microsoft Puzzle Safari is a one-day team letterboxing event held annually on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington.There are a maximum of four participants per team....
   (Redmond, Washington
  Redmond, Washington
  
  Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, Washington, United States. The population was 45,256 at the 2000 United States Census, with an estimated population of 48,739 in 2006....
  )
• Race In The City
  Race In The City
  
  Race In The City is an event in Toronto that pits teams of two against each other in a fun checkpoint-based tour of the city. At the start of the race teams are given a clue to reach the first checkpoint, as well as a question to answer or a challenge to complete once they get there....
   (an Amazing Race-style event in Toronto
  Toronto
  
  Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
  )

See also