And The Winner Is......

Several years ago my siblings and I decided to make each other gifts for Christmas.  This year the Light Trio decided to do something that would connect everyone together, even if we are States away from each other. We created a National Scavenger Hunt Championship that would take place on a designated day at a designated time span. The goal was to make it so we are all doing something together, even if we are thousands of miles apart.

Here are the specs of the event:
Date: April 16th
Time: 3pm - 6pm est
Teams:
    Team FL - Brandy, Jason, Kaleigh
    Team NM - David, Logan, Madison
    Team NH - Sondra, Kathy, Eryk, Bryan, Amara
    Team MA - Allison, Dad, Margaret

Each team was allowed to use only 1 car and 1 phone to communicate items completed during the hunt.

Here are the final results:

1. Picture at a nearby gas station showing current price of gas (3 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

 2. Picture of something showing where you work (7 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

3. Picture of a trinket from your favorite sports team (5 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

4. Picture of someone getting a haircut at a local salon/barber (10 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

5. Picture of a paper bag at a nearby grocery store (6 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

6. Picture of 3 tourist pamphlets from your town Welcome Center (9 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

7. Picture of a menu from a local ma/pa restaurant (10 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

8. Selfie at a local landmark (8 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

9. Picture of a team member going down a slide (13 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

10. Youtube link of a silly cat video (5 points)
     Team FL

 
    Team NM

    Team NH

 

    Team MA

11. Picture of the front page of the local newspaper (6 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

12. Picture of a grocery bag full of trash your team collects at a nearby park or beach (25 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

13. Picture of a picture of a team member from over 10 years ago (11 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

14. Picture of an autograph from a stranger (20 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

15. Link to your favorite charitable organization (17 points)
    Team FL  https://www.stjude.org/

    Team NM  http://relay.acsevents.org/site/PageServer?pagename=relay

    Team NH  https://www.cff.org/

    Team MA  http://www.jimmyfund.org/

16. Picture of a team member helping a stranger put groceries in his/her car (25 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

17. Link to an informational page about any player on the 1973 New England Patriots team (5 points)
    Team FL  http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5-for-friday-jim-plunkett-raiders-super-bowl-quarterback-081514

    Team NM  http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CunnSa00.htm

    Team NH  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Plunkett

    Team MA  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Plunkett

18. Picture of a team member trying on a funny hat (8 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

19. Picture of a local church (9 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

20. Picture of the whole team (30 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

21. Picture of a food item to be donated to a local pantry (25 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

22. Picture of a license plate from outside your state (5 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

23. Youtube links of an original song AND the cover of that song done by a different band in a different decade (5 points)
    Team FL

                                         


    Team NM

    Team NH

   

    Team MA

24. Link to an informational page about a movie that had a sequel done in a later decade (5 points)
    Team FL  http://www.moviefone.com/2010/06/11/the-karate-kid-1984-vs-2010-side-by-side

    Team NM  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/

    Team NH  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens

    Team MA  http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Original_trilogy#

25. Picture of a bouquet in a local florist (10 points)
    Team FL

    Team NM

    Team NH

    Team MA

Grand total of possible points to attain: 282

Total points received by each team:
    Team FL  127

    Team NM  174

    Team NH   282

    Team MA  282

AHA, we all knew there would be more than one team completing ALL the items on the list, so of course we had to implement a tie breaker.  That's why item #26 on the list was to pick a number between 1 and 30....without giving any reason for that number.  The teams didn't know that for the tie breaker we would actually be dividing the total points they earned by that number they chose (tricky, huh??).

Team NH picked number 20.....282/20 = 14.1
Team MA picked number 2....282/2 = 141

Team MA wins!!!!!   And the grand prize is
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The prize is actually a donation being made in your names to the charitable organization Team MA listed for item #15.

Hope everyone who participated had fun!!!    Love you all immensely!!!!!