Challenges are open to your creative and family-friendly interpretation. Remember to include your postcard in the challenges whenever possible. Download a printable PDF
Activities (2–7 points)
Participate in event opening and closing Zooms or banter during game play in a variety of ways.
1. Activity (2 points) — Kick-Off Event: June 18 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
2. Activity (2 points) — Closing Event: June 21 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
3. Activity (2 points) — Interact with other challengers on Facebook Event Page
4. Activity (2 points) — Respond to Facebook Post: Is a hot dog a sandwich?
5. Activity (2 points) — Respond to Facebook Post: Is cereal a soup?
6. Activity (2 points) — Respond to Facebook Post: What is your favorite inspiring quote?
7. Activity (5 points) — IF we weren’t the Nittany Lions, what would we be? Draw and name our new mascot.
8. Activity (5 points) — Use AI: “Explain my (job title) to a 5-year-old”
9. Activity (5 points) — Use AI: “What is the antipode of (where I live) and show a picture.”
10. Activity (7 points) — Use AI: Roast your favorite Penn State picture (post both roast and picture).
Music (5–7 points)
Send us a YouTube link featuring music. Official Penn State songs (e.g., “Alma Mater,” “Fight Song,” “Hail to the Lion”) do not count. Please be mindful and keep the lyrics clean.
11. Music (5 points) — A song that makes you happy
12. Music (5 points) — A song that “takes you back”
13. Music (5 points) — Your favorite TV theme song
14. Music (7 points) — Show us a photo (or clip) of your favorite artwork AND share the song that you hear when you see it
Pay It Forward (15 points)
An easy way to give back during the hunt.
15. Pay It Forward (15 points) — Donate a Blue & White Society membership for a student (screen capture/photo of confirmation page with personal ID removed will do).
Photo (5–7 points)
Send us a selfie, groupie, and scenery with or without your Scavenger Hunt postcard. Please keep past photos, screen captures, and AI-generated images to a minimum. Use of these will result in a maximum of 2 points being awarded per challenge.
16. Photo (5 points) — A moment when you crossed an item/experience off your bucket list (or one in progress)
17. Photo (5 points) — Reflection
18. Photo (5 points) — In Your Town
19. Photo (5 points) — A famous landmark where you live
20. Photo (5 points) — Food that made your college experience unique
21. Photo (5 points) — Find a Penn State logo in the wild
22. Photo (5 points) — Find a unique way to spell out PSU
23. Photo (5 points) — Flowers (2 bonus points if the submission is a collage of multiple photos of flowers!)
24. Photo (5 points) — Freeze Frame! Make a silly face
25. Photo (5 points) — Show us your pet!
26. Photo (5 points) — Show us your Penn State colors (BEFORE blue and white!)
27. Photo (5 points) — Penn Stater–owned business
28. Photo (5 points) — Picture with a lion
29. Photo (5 points) — Odd name (street, county, something misspelled, etc.)
30. Photo (5 points) — Something blue
31. Photo (5 points) — Something white
32. Photo (5 points) — Stand in or next to a body of water
33. Photo (5 points) — Stand next to a street sign relating to Penn State
34. Photo (5 points) — Wear your Penn State gear … at a sports stadium/field
35. Photo (5 points) — Find your campus’ founding date in the wild
36. Photo (5 points) — Text your favorite Penn Stater and let them know they’re awesome! (Share screen capture and remove the personal bits)
37. Photo (5 points) — Something your area is known for
38. Photo (5 points) — Order some fries and take a picture with fries in your mouth (add 2 bonus points if employees join you)
39. Photo (5 points) — The “First” thing in your area
40. Photo (5 points) — The “Largest” thing in your area
Video — Lights, Camera, Action! (10 points)
Note: Earned points will be reduced if anything other than a self-created video is submitted.
41. Video (10 points) — Bubbles!
42. Video (10 points) — Fly a kite
43. Video (10 points) — Fold a fitted sheet
44. Video (10 points) — Share a very common fact (example: The most popular use for a chair is sitting)
45. Video (10 points) — Show us your favorite at-home science experiment
46. Video (10 points) — Read something Penn State in your best announcer voice
47. Video (10 points) — Tell us your best bad dad joke (keep it clean!)
48. Video (10 points) — Rock, Paper, Scissors
49. Video (10 points) — Truck toot
50. Video (10 points) — Find a sign, any sign, and do what it says, next to the sign
51. Video (10 points) — Why do you love being a Penn Stater?
52. Video (10 points) — Air guitar band singing nursery rhyme or children’s song
53. Video (10 points) — Slide!
54. Video (10 points) — Wave!
55. Video (10 points) — Story of the oldest thing in your home
56. Video (10 points) — Put as many socks on as you can in 30 seconds (add 2 most-sock bonus points in team category)
57. Video (10 points) — Show us your hidden talent
National Days of Celebration: Choose Your Adventure (2 to 12 points)
Post a video (10 points) or a photo (5 points) relevant to the day we choose to celebrate. Earn 2 bonus points for posting your video or photo on that actual “National Day.”
58. June 19 — Wear a Wristwatch Day, Wear Blue Day, Martini Day
59. June 20 — Ice Cream Soda Day, Vanilla Milkshake Day
60. June 21 — Smoothie Day, Day of the Gong, Wagyu Day