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The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen (GISHWHES, pronounced gish-wes) [1] (shortened to just "GISH") was an annual week-long competitive media scavenger hunt originally held each October or November, but more recently each August. Teams of five to 15 (previously nine to 15 before 2022) competitors earned points for ...
The first Internet Scavenger Hunt was developed in 1992 by Rick Gates. [1] He was a professor at the University of California at the time. He created the hunt to encourage adults to explore the resources on the Internet. [2] Gates distributed the questions to various Usenet newsgroups, LISTSERV discussion lists, and Gopher and FTP sites.
A form of scavenger hunt organized by GISH, described by Guinness World Records as the world's largest "media scavenger hunt", was held annually between 2011 and 2022. Tasks were posted on its website for participants to complete. It had 14,580 participants in 2013, and 55,000 in 2016. [10] [11]
The stated purpose of the puzzles each year was to recruit "highly intelligent individuals", although the ultimate purpose remains unknown. [2] Theories have included claims that Cicada 3301 is a secret society with the goal of improving cryptography, privacy, and anonymity or that it is a cult or religion.
Back before the explosive growth of the World Wide Web, Rick Gates, a student and lecturer at the University of Arizona, was interested in exploring the limits of the Internet database. In September 1992, he created the Internet Hunt, a monthly scavenger hunt for information on the Net. "Net Surf". Wired. 1 April 1993
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The debt ceiling returned on January 2, but Congress has several months to address it before the nation could default on its obligations. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)