Pre-College/Youth Programs
Academic Competitions
26th Annual State of Jefferson High School Scavenger Hunt
January 7, 8, 9 and 12, 2009
The 26th annual High School State of Jefferson Scavenger Hunt began Wednesday, January 7th. An adjudication session was held Monday, January 12th on the campus of SOU from 9:00am - 2:00 p.m. Adjudication Judge: Steve Boyarsky of the SOESD
Adjudication Judge: Dave Ingalls, Attorney at Law
Hunt Director: Robert Luaders
Results
In a close contest Ashland High School was declared the winner with 155 points. North Medford and South Medford High Schools tied for second place with 154 points and Grants Pass High School took third place with 148 points.
Ashland High School Scavenger Hunt team.
| Teams | Ashland |
South Medford
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North Medford
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Crater
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Rogue River
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Grants Pass
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| Categories | ||||||
| Bring-Ins |
24
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24
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24
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24
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24
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24
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| Internet |
45
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44
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46
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40
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43
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33
|
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44
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44
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44
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33
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41
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38
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| Audio/ Video |
20
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20
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16
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15
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16
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13
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| Art/Images |
18
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18
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20
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15
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20
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20
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| Performance |
4
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
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| Total Points |
155
1st Place |
154
2nd Place |
154
2nd Place |
131
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148
3rd Place |
132
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Scavenger Hunt 2008-09 Questions
Part I: Internet Questions: Documentation is required for Internet questions.
The source is the URL of the home page or actual page on which your answer appears. Required documentation is a printout of the answer from the specific page and must include a URL. Documentation should refer to the underlined portion of the question, but need not contain the exact wording unless it is a proper name or in quotes. Two valid internet sources are required to challenge the Hunt Director's answer.
Dedicatee - Internet-Based Questions:
(Additional "Dedicatee" questions appear under "Print-based".)
Our dedicatee grew up with a brother who was diagnosed with a brain disorder. This personal family experience directly impacted their choice of career. As an author, artist, musician, researcher, and teacher this individual had a physical life altering event which took eight years to completely recover.
1. What is our dedicatee's name (F & L) (2 points) and specialty (2 points)?
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2. What is the title (2 points) of our dedicatee's book and what is the picture on the cover (2 points)?
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Other Internet questions:
3. What is the wife's name (F & L) on the largest monument in the Historic Jacksonville Oregon Cemetery? (2 points)
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4. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival traces the roots of a movement. What is the name of the movement (2 points) and what is the date (M,D,Y) of the first performance (3 points)?
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5. What is the name (F & L) (1 point each) of the first Medford Oregon Postmaster and what is the name of the cemetery where he/she is buried? (2 points)?
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6. What Oregon community referred to a rival community as “Chaparral City” (2 points) and what was the originally proposed city name of “Chaparral City” (2 points)?
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7. What is the name of Oregon’s most photographed lighthouse (2 points) and from what company was the initial Fresnel Lens ordered (2 points)?
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8. What is the current name of the business in operation in a space that once housed the most popular palindrome in the mythical state of Jefferson? (2 points) What is its street address (2 points)?
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9. Give the date (year) (2 points) and by which means the current border between Oregon and California was established (2 points)?
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10. What is the material in the upper core of the earth (2 points) and what is its connection with South Atlantic Anomaly Region (2 points)?
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11. Name the Oregon facility that was the first in the world to successfully breed a particular type of mammal. (2 points) What is the specific mammal (2 points)?
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12. Who (F & L) is credited for naming the operating system most used today to create Hollywood blockbuster movies (2 points) and what was the originally proposed name of the operating system (2 points)?
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Part II: Print-Based Questions
Each answer requires at least one piece of print-based documentation with two to challenge the Hunt Director's answer. Print-based questions must be originally from copyrighted sources (books, magazines, journals, newspapers or government documents).
Documentation should refer to the underlined portion of the question, but need not contain the exact wording unless it is a proper name or in "quotes". See official rules for more details.
13. It has been called by a modern-day psychiatrist, “one of the soundest methods to restore and maintain good family relationships that any society has ever devised.”
What is this psychiatrist’s last name (1 point), the method used (2 points) and society accredited (1 point)?
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14. In Germany, Berthold Kaufmann’s house runs on the same amount of electricity used to run a hair dryer. When was this first type of home built in Germany (2 points) and who (F & L) was the designer? (2 points) How many square feet per person are allowed in the design of a passive home (2 points)?
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15. TerraCycle helps companies keep products out of landfills that they have spent billions of dollars making and marketing. What is this process called (2 points) and how many tons of waste avoided the landfill due to TerraCycle creating products with Kraft’s Capri Sun Juice Pouches (2 points)?
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16. This futurist, a pioneer in OCR, AI, speech recognition and electronic keyboard instruments, made what wager, (2 points) with whom (F & L) (2 points) and for what amount (2 points)?
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17. Which Oregon County quietly obtained a permit from Federal regulators to exclusively study six possible “green energy” sites? Name the county, (2 points) and name what type of green energy they are studying (2 points).
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18. A recently discovered Oregon shipwreck near North Bend had several owners. Give the name of the ship when it was owned by the French government (2 points) and the name of the person (F, L) who is credited for ultimately identifying the shipwreck (2 points)?
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19. Name (2 points) and define (2 points) the New Oxford American Dictionary 2007 Word of the Year.
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For additional points name one person (F, L) who is credited for coining the term? (2 points)
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20. Where in Oregon (city and street) was the earliest Chinatown discovered ? (2 points)
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Dedicatee - Print-Based Questions:
21. What instrument does our dedicatee play and what is the title of the song he/she sings? (4 points)
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22. What was the cause of our dedicatee's physical life altering event and the name of its rare form? (4 points)
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Part III: Bring-Ins
"Bring-Ins" must be delivered to the Hunt organizers as soon as your team arrives at SOU. "Bring-Ins: will not be accepted once the adjudication begins.
- Bring a digital picture of you and/or any of your teammates at the highest point in Oregon west of the Cascades. (4 points)
- Bring in two ticket stubs from a single performance of any of the plays held during the 2008 Season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. (4 points)
- Email the Hunt Director a digital photo of your team under your High School's flagpole and report the GPS coordinates before adjudication begins. (4 points)
- Bring in a container of Australia’s answer to peanut butter. (6 points)
- Bring in a clean printed copy of the Western Union telegram that asks for action in protection Chinese immigrants in Oregon. (4 points)
- Bring in the lyrics of the traditional Kookaburra song. (2 points)
Part IV: (Audio/Video) Media Identification
(Clicking on the following links will take you to the selections. Audio files are MP3 format, video files are Flash.)
There are four media selections (audio and/or video) on this web page. You will need two sources to challenge the Hunt Director's answer.
Media 1
What worldwide craze did this song start (2 points) and what is it protesting (2 points)?
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Media 2
Theories on the origin of the word to describe this music genre from the late 1950's includes which greeting phrase? (2 points)
The term in the late 1970's of "______ boy", associated with the second incarnation of the original genre, referred to whom (2 points) and in which country? (2 points)
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What is the title of this instrumental piece (2 points) and group name (2 points)?
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Media 4
Watch and listen to this music video and answer the following questions.
a. Who is the guy that stands up and offers a sandwich? (2 points)
b. What style of music is this associated with? (2 points)
c. What children’s rhyme is part of the song associated with? (2 points)
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Part V: Image IdentificationThere are total of five images below. You will need two sources to challenge the Hunt Director's answer to the question.
What is the title (2 points) and artist (F & L) (2 points) of this painting? Answer: |
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What organization uses this logo (2 points) and what do they do (2 points)? Answer: |
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What is the name of the pictured current fashion trend in Japan (2 points) and to what does the term refer (2 points)?Part VI: Performance
Team spirit and unity are invaluable in accomplishing a common goal. Now is your chance to not only research but demonstrate your findings as a group with the below oral and kinesthetic performance challenge.
1. As a team, sing the first verse of the traditional Kookaburra song. (4 points)
Pitch (1 point), correct melody (1 point), strength (1 point), and enunciation of words (1 point) are all important for full points.
