San Francisco Treasure Hunts

Prizes, Awards, and Team Scores

Prizes

Winners in each Division

The top five teams in The Beginner’s, Regular, Thinks Faster Than Walks and Master’s Division receive prizes: the first place team gets a cake in the shape of a key, and the four runner-up teams each get a bottle of champagne and an award certificate.

In addition, we award highly coveted prizes for best-named, best Noirish and best-dressed teams. The competition for these is quite fierce so step up your game!

Year of the Dragon (2012) Winners

BEGINNER

1st: The Wonderful Lizards of Oz 7:13:56 17

2ndt: We're Dragon You Down to Chinatown, 7:51:07 17

3nd: Glenn Wiegert 7:56:32 17

4th: Dial N for Norbert 7:58:31 17

5th: Jumping on the Bandwagon 8:00:02 17


REGULAR:

1st: The Girl With the Enter the Dragon Tatoo 7:43:25 16

2nd: Puff Puff Pass 8:14:29 16

3rd: Humboldt Smaug 8:21:25 16

4th: The Bus Drivers 8:22:38 16

5th: Dragon Ball Hunkers 8:27:32 16


THINKS FASTER THAN WALKS:

1st: Girl With the Dragon Hunt Clue 7:13:27 12

2nd: Dragon Our Asses 7:50:03 12

3rd: Draggin 8:24:23 12


MASTER'S

1st: Where There's Smaug, There's Fire. 7:17:18 15

2nd: Get Your Drag-On! 8:23:09 15

3rd: Friday the 13th Part VI 8:40:43 15

4th: Dungeness Dragons 8:50:21 15

5th: You Can Have My Dragon When You Pry it From Our Cold Dead Hands 8:51:36

Year of the Dragon (2012) Scores

NOTE: As specified in the written Instruction sheet that everyone received, teams were required to list the time they were at each clue location on their scoresheet. Teams that failed to include all the times on their scoresheet were disqualified from the prize competition.

Beginner Team Scores

Finish Status Completed Time Team Name

1

On Time

17

7:13:56 PM

The Wonderful Lizards of Oz

2

On Time

17

7:51:07 PM

We're Dragon You Down to Chinatown

3

On Time

17

7:56:32 PM

no team name (Glenn Wiegert)

4

On Time

17

7:58:31 PM

Dial N for Norbert

5

On Time

17

8:00:02 PM

Jumping on the Banddragon

6

On Time

17

8:00:17 PM

Chasing the Dragon

7

On Time

17

8:11:05 PM

A Squared

8

On Time

17

8:11:37 PM

How to train your drag queen 3D

9

On Time

17

8:15:53 PM

Dragon onTails

10

On Time

17

8:19:03 PM

Engineers Don't Know Squat

11

On Time

17

8:19:24 PM

This Dragun For Hire

12

On Time

17

8:20:24 PM

One Puff Cured My Gum Lung

13

On Time

17

8:29:07 PM

Dragon's Flair

14

On Time

17

8:39:25 PM

BSG Fans

15

On Time

17

8:39:34 PM

Goldfinger

16

On Time

17

8:43:28 PM

2 out of 3 Dragons Agree

17

On Time

17

8:44:10 PM

no team name (Julie)

18

On Time

17

8:46:44 PM

Shake, Bake, Eat Cake

19

On Time

17

8:47:21 PM

Dovahkiin

20

On Time

17

8:52:48 PM

The dragon always brings rice

21

On Time

17

8:52:56 PM

Your Ass Be Dragon

22

On Time

16

7:44:44 PM

Drag'net

23

On Time

16

7:45:11 PM

Mushu Impossible

24

On Time

16

8:02:14 PM

Stop Dragon My Heart Around

25

On Time

16

8:10:41 PM

We B Drag-on

26

On Time

16

8:27:43 PM

Our Wagons A Dragon

27

On Time

16

8:30:49 PM

Honnolee Hotshots

28

On Time

16

8:35:10 PM

Crouching Sleuths, Hidden Dragon

29

On Time

16

8:41:14 PM

The show will Drag-on

30

On Time

16

8:48:29 PM

Slamma Jammas

31

On Time

16

8:50:40 PM

Dragon Our Tails Through the City

32

On Time

16

8:52:26 PM

no team name (Martin)

33

On Time

16

8:55:12 PM

Dragon My Ass

34

On Time

16

8:58:09 PM

The Alamediots

35

On Time

16

8:59:35 PM

The Princesses & the Dragon

36

On Time

16

9:00:32 PM

Eyes of the Dragon

37

On Time

16

9:00:44 PM

Dragon With A Girl Tattoo

38

On Time

15

8:16:01 PM

We're Draggin'

39

On Time

15

8:17:43 PM

Ready, Set, BBQ Something

40

On Time

15

8:23:34 PM

Occupy Chinatown...

41

On Time

15

8:37:01 PM

Grouchy Tigers Hid in San Fran

42

On Time

15

8:39:00 PM

Dragonian Measures

43

On Time

15

8:53:13 PM

General Gao's Chicks

44

On Time

15

8:55:09 PM

Jayson stole the golden fleece

45

On Time

15

8:58:04 PM

Look What the Cat's Dragon

46

On Time

15

8:59:37 PM

Autodesk Sustainability

47

On Time

14

7:37:07 PM

Gary & Elisa's Dragon Hunt Team - Arrrhh

48

On Time

14

8:48:17 PM

M squared + SG = Victory

49

On Time

14

8:49:53 PM

The Girls With the Dragon Dude

50

On Time

14

8:50:54 PM

Three Dogs and a Goat

51

On Time

14

8:55:25 PM

Cessna Flyer

52

On Time

14

8:56:48 PM

Ballz Dragon

53

On Time

14

8:57:52 PM

By the time the hunt is over ... dragon

54

On Time

14

8:58:37 PM

Dragon's Morning Breath

55

On Time

14

8:58:45 PM

Schmooze

56

On Time

13

8:31:26 PM

N/A

57

On Time

13

8:35:34 PM

The Team With No Dragon Tattoo

58

On Time

13

8:47:42 PM

Smaug Check

59

On Time

13

8:51:54 PM

Brownie & the Dragonauts

60

On Time

12

8:37:34 PM

Totally Clueless

61

On Time

12

8:49:05 PM

Hey Bain, get me out of this thing...

62

On Time

12

8:50:02 PM

One Brick Slays a Dragon

63

On Time

12

8:53:00 PM

The Go! Team

64

On Time

12

8:54:45 PM

How to potty-train your dragon

65

On Time

12

8:56:22 PM

Everybody's Gone Serpent, Serpent USA

66

On Time

12

8:58:32 PM

Girl Scout Dragon Tales

67

On Time

11

8:53:54 PM

Class 13

68

On Time

11

8:59:16 PM

Dragon Slayers

69

On Time

10

8:54:25 PM

Dragon Drop

70

On Time

9

8:56:37 PM

Maroon Fire - Moves Like Dragon

71

On Time

8

8:31:15 PM

Pete's Dragon's

72

On Time

8

8:50:41 PM

T Rex Dragons

73

On Time

7

8:51:18 PM

Dragon Express

74

On Time

6

8:46:55 PM

Sherlock Mao

75

On Time

5

8:15:11 PM

TEAMNAME

76

On Time

5

8:50:49 PM

Laser Chicken

77

On Time

0

6:43:56 PM

Small Town Girls (*NO TIMES LISTED NEXT TO ANSWERS)

78

Late

16

 

Berlusconi in Jail

79

Late

15

9:02:56 PM

Janet & Chelsea

80

Late

15

9:07:15 PM

no team name (Sam)

81

Late

15

9:16:56 PM

Dragonburger

82

Late

15

 

The Dragon Knights of Templar

83

Late

15

 

The Defenders

84

Late

14

9:06:10 PM

no team name (Llewelynn)

85

Late

14

9:16:33 PM

Wat-er ye dragon -- yer heels?

86

Late

13

9:01:08 PM

Drakes Ravens

87

Late

12

9:02:22 PM

City Smug

88

Late

12

9:04:54 PM

Dragon Roll

89

Late

12

9:15:59 PM

Volksdragon

90

Late

11

9:05:27 PM

The Team Without a Dragon Tattoo

91

Late

10

9:05:33 PM

Bottom 1% (*NO TIMES SHOWN)

92

Late

9

9:04:06 PM

Puff the Magic Dragon

93

Late

7

9:01:20 PM

NEKO

Regular Team Scores

Finish Status Completed Time Team Name

1

On Time

16

7:43:25 PM

The Girl with the Enter The Dragon Tattoo

2

On Time

16

8:14:29 PM

Puff Puff Pass

3

On Time

16

8:21:25 PM

Humboldt Smaug

4

On Time

16

8:22:38 PM

The Bus Drivers

5

On Time

16

8:27:32 PM

Dragon Ball Hunters

6

On Time

16

8:28:16 PM

The Maltese Falcoooor

7

On Time

16

8:31:14 PM

Eliot's Lock Ness Mobster

8

On Time

16

8:38:26 PM

Friends of Norbert

9

On Time

16

8:59:26 PM

America's Got Talons!

10

On Time

15

8:38:08 PM

The Puff That Screams Are Made Of

11

On Time

15

8:40:24 PM

Ereptile Disfunction

12

On Time

15

8:47:20 PM

The super stelar fire breathing groovy bunch

13

On Time

15

8:48:48 PM

Girlz with the Dragon Tutus

14

On Time

15

8:54:20 PM

Slay the Course

15

On Time

15

8:55:33 PM

Quit Dragon Your Feet

16

On Time

15

8:56:35 PM

Bluff the Magic Dragon

17

On Time

14

8:50:57 PM

Enter the Dragon with the Girl Tatto

18

On Time

14

8:54:39 PM

General Ignorance

19

On Time

14

8:54:56 PM

Puffrey the Magic Bogart

20

On Time

14

8:55:54 PM

The Boys & Girls w/o The Dragon Tattoos

21

On Time

14

8:56:57 PM

Kung Pao Komodo

22

On Time

14

8:57:16 PM

The Girl w/the Dragon Tatto (regrets it)

23

On Time

14

8:58:58 PM

Slay It Again, Sam

24

On Time

14

8:58:59 PM

Team Dragyn Knuckles

25

On Time

14

9:00:06 PM

Boy w the Dragon Tatto

26

On Time

13

8:50:29 PM

Dragon Wagon

27

On Time

13

8:56:53 PM

The Dragon Whisperers

28

On Time

13

8:57:37 PM

Dragon Me Through Chinatown

29

On Time

13

8:58:19 PM

We Haight Rabbits

30

On Time

13

8:58:52 PM

Draconic Kludges

31

On Time

13

8:59:22 PM

Gum (shoe) Lung

32

On Time

13

9:00:15 PM

Occupy Great Wall Street

33

On Time

12

8:54:32 PM

The Baby Flying Poops

34

On Time

12

8:56:13 PM

Scale of the Century

35

On Time

12

8:58:32 PM

Touch Of Chaotic Evil

36

On Time

12

8:58:36 PM

DRAT

37

On Time

12

8:59:48 PM

Smaug Alert!

38

On Time

12

8:59:49 PM

no team name (Curtis)

39

On Time

12

9:00:14 PM

The Puff Dreams Are Made Of

40

On Time

11

8:51:47 PM

Xiao looooong baos

41

On Time

11

8:52:09 PM

Bilbo Dragons

42

On Time

11

8:52:33 PM

Gung Hay Kick Ass!

43

On Time

11

8:52:44 PM

Fallen off the Dragon

44

On Time

11

8:55:33 PM

Hungry Dragons

45

On Time

11

8:57:15 PM

The Sleuths with the Dragon Gumshoe

46

On Time

11

8:58:48 PM

Turtle Power

47

On Time

10

8:39:19 PM

Cream Puff Treasure

48

On Time

10

8:52:25 PM

Dragon Crew

49

On Time

10

8:53:26 PM

Doug's Bachelor Party

50

On Time

10

8:57:08 PM

Dragin-On and ON

51

On Time

9

8:26:51 PM

Dragon Fruits

52

On Time

9

8:48:47 PM

Talonted PIs

53

On Time

9

8:57:23 PM

See Dragons

54

On Time

8

8:57:31 PM

(Hand) Cuff the Magic Dragon

55

On Time

8

8:59:18 PM

The Lost Dragons

56

On Time

7

8:57:46 PM

The Lung Goodbye

57

On Time

7

8:57:53 PM

Team Yoshi

58

On Time

7

8:59:44 PM

Xiao Baos

59

On Time

5

8:51:21 PM

King Koopa

60

On Time

4

8:52:01 PM

A Talon for Mordor

61

On Time

4

9:00:08 PM

Ember The Dragon

62

Late

14

9:04:40 PM

"Dragon" Our Feet

63

Late

14

9:16:34 PM

Dragon Breath

64

Late

13

9:06:45 PM

O Dragonian Devil O Lame Saint

65

Late

13

 

Dark & Smaugy Knights

66

Late

12

9:02:04 PM

Smoke Free Dragons

67

Late

12

 

Phoenix from the Flame

68

Late

11

9:03:34 PM

Dragon Tails of the City

69

Late

10

9:02:38 PM

Dragon to the Finish

70

Late

10

9:07:41 PM

no team name (Eric)

71

Late

9

9:01:12 PM

The War on Terror

72

Late

9

9:05:41 PM

We

73

Late

8

9:09:20 PM

no team name (Nancy)

74

Late

8

9:18:04 PM

Dragon Well Green Team

75

Late

7

9:03:24 PM

Draggin the line

76

Late

5

9:08:14 PM

Draco Intellicus

77

Late

3

9:15:50 PM

UHAUL

Thinks Faster Than Walks Team Scores

Finish Status Completed Time Team Name

1

On Time

12

7:13:27 PM

Girl With the Dragon Hunt Clue

2

On Time

12

7:50:03 PM

Dragon Our Asses

3

On Time

12

8:24:23 PM

Draggin'

4

On Time

12

8:40:13 PM

Dragon With The Wind

5

On Time

11

8:54:36 PM

The Wanderers

6

On Time

11

8:56:13 PM

Basilisks

7

On Time

11

9:00:39 PM

Jackie Paper's Puffers

8

On Time

8

8:40:56 PM

Girls with the Dragon Tutus

9

On Time

8

8:41:37 PM

no name submitted

10

On Time

8

8:58:42 PM

Knick Knack Knickerbockers

Masters Team Scores

Finish Status Completed Time Team Name

1

On Time

15

7:17:18 PM

Where There's Smaug

2

On Time

15

8:23:09 PM

Get Your Drag On!

3

On Time

15

8:40:43 PM

Friday the 13th Part VI

4

On Time

15

8:50:21 PM

Dungeness Dragons

5

On Time

15

8:51:36 PM

You Can Have My Dragon WhenYou Pry It...

6

On Time

14

8:41:51 PM

The Thrill of Victory & the Dragony of Defeat

7

On Time

14

8:43:57 PM

Parade Monitors

8

On Time

14

8:54:51 PM

Rats!  Wrong Year!

9

On Time

13

8:27:14 PM

The Paul Drake Detective Agency

10

On Time

13

8:46:33 PM

The Vessel With The Pestle ...

11

On Time

12

8:45:39 PM

Dragon in the New Year

12

On Time

12

8:55:43 PM

Dragonometry

13

On Time

11

8:55:50 PM

Smaug City Diner

14

On Time

9

8:59:32 PM

Dragonia

15

On Time

7

8:57:40 PM

Smoking Dragun

16

On Time

12

8:57:06 PM

Shanghai Kellys (*NO TIMES SHOWN)

Complete standings from past years have been archived:

» view 2011 (or earlier) archives

Special Awards & Contests: Team Names

We encourage creative naming of teams. To reward that effort, we offer two different awards for best team names in pun and noir categories. Prizes are awarded to the top five team names in each category. In the event that more than one team chooses a winning name, the award goes to the team that registered first. (You register your team name when you buy your tickets).

About the Jayson Wechter "I Never-Met-a-Pun-I Didn't Like Award"

The Jayson Wechter "I Never-Met-a-Pun-I Didn't Like Award" is given to the teams with the cleverest names, which are often related to the year of the Chinese zodiac. 2012 is the Year of the Dragon (but “Dragon Asses” was used in 2000 and isn’t eligible this time around). If your pun refers to something that might be obscure, please include an explanation of the reference so we won’t overlook it.

  • BEST PUN TEAM NAME 1st Place:
    The Vessel With The Pestle Has The Puzzle With The Poison,
    The Flagon With The Dragon Has The Clue That Is True.
  • Best Pun Team Name, 2nd Place: Occupy Chinatown: We are the 99 Serpent!
  • Best Pun Team Name, 3rd Place: Everybody’s Gone Serpent, Serpent USA
  • Best Pun Team Name, 4th Place: Dragonian Measures,
  • Best Pun Team Name, 5th Place : The Dragony and the Ecstasy,
  • Best Pun Team Name, 6th Place: Ereptile Dysfunction,

Past winners include:

In 2011, Year of the Rabbit: Take the Bunny & Run; The Warren Commission; Don't You Want Some Somebunny to Love?; O Brother, Hare Art Thou?; Bay Area Rabbit Transit.

In 2010, The Year of the Tiger: ...But I Tigress; Black Eyed Paws: I Gotta Feline; Bright Lights, Big Kitty; Fangs for the Memories; Irritable Growl Syndrome

In 2009, The Year of the Ox: Apocalypse Cow; Bar-Ox Obama And Joe Bison 2012; Cattle Stars Galactica; Don’T Ox Don’T Tell; Random Ox Of Kindness; Team Parrot-Oxes; Think Outside The Ox; This Pun Is Ox-Idental; Ox Tale Snoops; Just The Yaks, Ma’Am; The Bull-Ettes; I Herd It Through The Bovine; and 2009’s one-time-only “Best Oxymoronic Team Name” went to Oxymorons

In 2008, The Year of the Rat: Tai Cheese; Ethyl Vermin; Rat@2E; Ratters Guild of American (On Strike Just in Vermin Plaza); Subprime Interest Rats. 2008 also saw a special award for Best Palindrome Name: Oozy Rat In A Sanitary Zoo

In 2007, The Year of the Boar: I Never Sausage A Team; Bacon it to the Streets; Days of Swine & Roses; Hog Day Afternoon; Born to Swill

In 2006, The Year of the Dog: Rex Marks the Spot; Dogged Pursuit; Ni Howl; Asta La Vista, Baby; Spay it Again, Sam.

In 2005, The Year of the Rooster: Poultry in Motion; Cockeyed Optimists; Huntin' Peckers; Capon Crusaders; Marco Pollo.

In 2004, The Year of the Monkey: We are the Chimp-ions; And Darwinners Are; Apes of Wrath; Marmoset Said There'd Be Days Like These; The Counts of Monte Frisco; Monkey See, Monkey Deux; Thelonius Monkeys

In 2003, The Year of the Ram (or Goat): Insufficient Ram; Shearluck Holmes; Goateam.

In 2002, the Year of the Horse: The Hoof Hearted; Those Opposed Who Say Neigh; Glueless; Hoarse Whisperers; The Neighsayers

About the Best Noirish Team Name Award

Demonstrate your knowledge of arcane femmes fatales and G-men from Film Noir history. We’re big fans of the genre (in case you hadn't figured that out).

The Best Noirish Team Name is awarded for team names connected with film noir and hard-boiled detective fiction (which can be related to the Chinese zodiac).

  • BEST NOIR-ISH TEAM NAME, 1st Place:
    The Puff That Screams are Made of
  • Best Noir-ish Team Name, 2nd Place: This Dragun for Hire
  • Best Noir-ish Team Name, 3rd Place: A Talon for Mordor
  • Best Noir-ish Team Name, 4th Place: Crimson Komodo

Past winners include:

2010 (year of the Tiger): Purrtigo; P.I. Of The Tiger; The Big Cat Nap; Cat On A Hot Tin Sleuth; Cape Fur

2008 (year of the Rat): The Postman Always Brings Mice; The Big Squeak; Plague It Again, Sam; The Erratic Mob

In 2007 (Year of the Boar): Truffles are my Business; The Other White Heat; Play It Again, Spam; Key Lardo; The Pig Sleep

In 2006 (Year of the Dog): Bark Passage; Belgian Malinoirs; Pup Fiction; Great Dain Curs; Big in Heat...

In 2005 (the Year of the Rooster): The Bantam Menace; Rhode Island Red Harvest; The Postman Always Cocks Twice; Coq Au Pinot Noir; Sweet Smell of Cluckcess...

In 2004 (Year of the Monkey): The Continental Ape; The Primate Eyes; Show me the Monkey; No Esc-Ape; The Manchurian Candidapes... and so on.

Special Awards & Contests: "Best-Dressed"

2012 Costume Contest Winners

Get Your Drag On - Winners of the 2012 SF Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt Best-Attired Award!
Get Your Drag On, 2012 Best Attired (photo by David Gallagher)

Girl with Dragon Tutus - Winners of the 2012 SF Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt Best Dragon-Themed Costumes Award!
Girls with Dragon Tutus, 2012 Best Dragon-Themed Costumes

More and larger 2012 Costume photos (in no particular order) may be found here. They load a bit slowly so don't be alarmed (or in a hurry).

2011 Costume Contest Winners

iHOP - Winners of the 2011 SF Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt Best-Attired Award!
iHOP, 2011 Best Attired (photo by Art Siegel)

The Gumshoe Bunnies - Winners of the 2011 SF Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt Best Rabbit-Themed Costumes Award!
Gumshoe Bunnies, 2011 Best Rabbit-Themed Costumes (photo by Art Siegel)

Two prizes will be awarded for the best dressed teams, one for the team with a theme related to the year of the Chinese calendar (again, 2011 is the Year of the Hare), and one for any sort of costume. We will be taking photos on site the day of the hunt. Alternatively, teams may submit photos of themselves in their costumes (attach your photo to an email and send to (address will be posted here before the Hunt) - one photo per email). Please don’t forget to include your contact info (or Flickr ID) in the email body so we can reach you. HOWEVER, in order to be considered for an award, teams must be present at the beginning of the Hunt in their costumes.

Winners in this category will have their photos posted on the Treasure Hunt website. Take a look at our Flickr photo set with all the Costume Contest entrants. And for those who missed out - read your packets! We put a note in there stating that photos would be taken up front by the podium...

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