Q: How valuable? A: Have you heard of the Star of India? Q: Yes! A: Well, our prizes are nothing like that. The first team to correctly solve the 2010 Post Hunt will win $2,000. The second and third teams win $500 each. Q: What do I get if I don’t win? A: A wild, challenging and entertaining day, and a big old wad of fun for the whole family. Q: What do I have to do to participate? A: Mainly, show up. The Hunt begins at noon on Sunday, June 6, at Freedom Plaza, on Pennsylvania Avenue NW near 14th Street NW in downtown Washington. (See the Hunt Map you’ll find on Pages 18 and 19 of this magazine.) Q: May I bring family, friends, friends with benefits, etc.? A: We recommend it highly. Team thinking is the best way to solve Hunt Puzzles. Your team can be any size. Q: Are children allowed? A: They’re not just allowed; they can be advantageous. Kids often see things their rocket-scientist parents miss. They’ll tug on your sleeve and say something like, “Why does the kangaroo have three legs?” And you’ll say, “Not now! We’re trying to figure out What’s Wrong With the Picture?!” Q: Is there parking? A: There’s plenty of parking available downtown on Sundays, but we still strongly recommend taking Metro. The Federal Triangle station is less than two blocks from Freedom Plaza; the Metro Center and McPherson Square stations are both within easy walking distance. Q: What do I need to bring? A: Two things you absolutely must have: a copy of this issue of The Washington Post Magazine and a cellphone. You should also have a pen and some paper.


Q: Will I need a harpoon? A: Not this year. But if the weather is inclement, you should bring rain gear. The Hunt goes on rain or shine. Q: Is there anything I can do to prepare? A: It will help immensely to familiarize yourself with the entire contents of this magazine. Also, you might want to visit www.washingtonpost.com/posthunt/, where you can review Puzzles from previous Hunts and try to solve the practice Puzzles. Q: Okay, I’m ready for the Hunt. What do I do first? A: Turn to Page 15 and answer the Opening Questions. You should do this before noon on June 6; in fact, we suggest you do it now. We’ll wait here. A: We are twiddling our thumbs while we wait. A: Our thumbs are sore already. Q: I’m back! A: So soon? Q: Those were strangely easy. Also, stupid. A: Yes. From here, the Hunt gets trickier, although in many ways it remains stupid. Q: What will happen at noon? A: Dave, Tom and Gene will be onstage (Dave is the good-looking one). They will deliver a series of numbers that, combined with your answers to the Opening Questions, will tell you the map locations of the starting points for the five Hunt Puzzles. You can go to these Puzzles in any order; they’re all within easy walking distance of the stage. Q: When I arrive at a Puzzle location, how will I know I’m in the right place?


The Essential Info


Answer the five Opening Questions on Page 15. Familiarize yourself with the rest of the June 6 issue of the Magazine.


Dig up some people to hunt with you — family members or friends — and head downtown. Make sure you have the Magazine, a pen or pencil and at least one charged cellphone.


Before noon, arrive at the Hunt Stage in Freedom Plaza (located at coordinates E-9 on the Hunt Map on Pages 18 and 19). At noon, we will make an announcement from the stage that, combined with the answers to the Opening Questions, will give you the map coordinates for the initial locations of the five Puzzles.


Visit the Puzzle sites in any


order you wish. The solution to each will be a number. Each number will correspond to the number of one of the Clues on Pages 16 and 17. These five Clues will be essential to solving the Hunt.


gAther by the Hunt Stage at 3 p.m. The Final Clue will be announced from the stage. Use the Final Clue, along with the five Clues you already have, to figure out what you need to do to win.


After the Final Clue is


announced, either solve the Hunt or decide that you can’t solve it, and relax around the stage area until we present the Hunt winners and all the solutions.


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