"In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes." ~ Andy Warhol
This "15 minutes of fame" for every person at some time in their life idea is becoming more and more plausible with the popularity of reality TV.
Your goal for this scavenger hunt is to get the autographs of people who have experienced their "15 minutes of fame."
Instructions:
Divide into two teams (or more if you have a huge group.)
Find a location where there is a lot of pedestrian traffic.
Go out, meet, mingle and try to get as many autographs as you can.
Note:
You might want to have the teams write a bit of information beside each autograph (eg. what newspaper was the person's picture in and for what reason, in what play did the person have the lead role and at what location.)
You may even want to send one member of the opposite team along with each team to verify these "15 minutes of fame" finds.
This hunt will definitely be a challenge. Not everyone likes to be interviewed, but there's still a lot of friendly people out there who will be more then willing to give you their time. Just think ... you'll get to meet new people and learn a little something about those who share your community.
Happy hunting!
15 MINUTES OF FAME SCAVENGER HUNT LIST
A present or former high school MVP
Someone who's sung the national anthem at a public event
Someone who's played the lead in a play
Someone who's had their picture in the newspaper
Someone who's been on TV (part of the audience is acceptable if they were actually shown on screen.)
The winner of a marathon
Someone who's produced their own music CD
A lead singer in a band
Someone who's modeled for a catalogue or other commercial venue
Someone who's saved another person's life
A photographer who's had one of his/her pictures published
The owner/driver of any type of race car
Someone who's voice has been on the radio
The author of a published book
Someone who's done a commercial
Winner is the team who gets the most legitimate autographs or the team who gets the autographs in the quickest amount of time. Since this will be quite the challenge, I would probably choose to set a time limit on this one.
Variation: If you have access to video cameras you could get all of these interviews on camera instead. You could also give bonus points for "famous folks" you come across that may not be mentioned on the list.
Please note: For obvious reasons, this would not be a good game for children.