Results

Progress

• Overview
• Team 1: Team 1: Just One More Lane 🛣 (88 pts)
• Team 15: Team 15: TODD (Transit Oriented Development Dudes) (87 pts)
• Team 5: Team 5: Houthi PC Small Group (81 pts)
• Team 6: Team 6: 🪿 (81 pts)
• Team 16: Team 16: The Trainspotters (81 pts)
• Team 12: Team 12: Team Second to Last (75 pts)
• Team 11: Team 11: Teem Tu (65 pts)
• Team 7: Team 7: Directionally Challenged (64 pts)
• Team 10: Team 10: 👺 (61 pts)
• Team 3: Team 3: Faze Bang (55 pts)
• Team 14: Team 14: !Javu? (45 pts)
• Team 13: Team 13: The Poncho People (43 pts)
• Team 2: Team 2: Team Low Battery (35 pts)
• Team 8: Team 8: See Something Suspicious (35 pts)
• Team 9: Team 9: Official Market Manipulation GC (9 pts)
• Team 4: Team 4: N/A (0 pts)

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  Board Games

  Find a place where you can play board games and take a photo with a unique board game that isn’t mainstream.

  1pt

• Marri(ott)-Go-Round

  Visit two Marriott properties. The nearest station to each property must be different. (Keep in mind, this doesn’t mean these hotels are named “Marriott”—they just have to be under the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio.) Send a selfie with you within 10 feet in front of each property, being sure to keep the logos of the properties in your selfie. Also, send the number of nights required to get Bonvoy Platinum Elite and the number of years required to get Bonvoy Lifetime Platinum Elite.

  2pts
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  Street Parking

  Find somewhere with 2-hour free street parking. Take a picture of the sign, as well as at least one vehicle parked there. If there’s no vehicle parked or if the sign isn’t visible face-up, this challenge task isn’t considered completed.

  1pt
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  Out-of-State License Plate

  Find a car in a Sound Transit parking lot or parking garage with an out-of-state plate.

  1pt

• Japan

  Visit all three of the following: A Japanese restaurant named after any city or district in Japan. A lakeside sushi restaurant. A ramen restaurant bearing the name of an island of Japan. Taking a photo in front of the establishment suffices.

  5pts
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  Asian Groceries

  Visit two Asian grocery stores.

  2pts
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  OMF(G)

  Somewhere along the 2 Line is a track branching off to the Sound Transit Eastside Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF). Take a photo of this branch from inside the train.

  1pt
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  Vroom Vroom!

  Visit three car dealerships and take a selfie with at least one car being sold on each of the lots. The brand of the car must be clearly visible on your selfie with the vehicle. At most two dealerships can be on the same street.

  3pts
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  That’s No Space Needle

  Find the tallest building in downtown Bellevue as of 2023. Go within 10 feet of its base and take a selfie with the tallest visible portion of the building (in other words, the camera should be aimed upwards and your faces should be aimed downwards).

  1pt
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  A Handle of Jamo

  Find a handle of Jameson Whiskey, then calculate the total price after Washington State’s spirits sales and liter taxes. Send us the before-tax price and your calculation. (A handle refers to a 1.75L container of liquor.)

  2pts
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  One and the Same

  Find the same product in two different stores. The nearest station to each store must be different. Send us photos of those products and which store you found them in. You need not purchase these products, but may if you wish to do so.

  2pts

• MATM

  Visit and take a video and do the following things. You must be within 10 feet of the building’s outside perimeter of where guests can visit. You also need to tell us the exact location you are at. Microsoft: Go to the new East Campus square and find the Microsoft logo with the 50th Anniversary logo. In front of it, have one team member shout “Developers Developers Developers” for 15 seconds straight, film it, and send that video to us. Amazon: Go to any Amazon building and film someone tipping their imaginary cowboy hat and saying “I want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer, because you guys paid for all this” T-Mobile: Go to any T-Mobile building and film someone list 5 things they hate about AT&T and/or Verizon Meta: Go to any Meta building and film someone sipping on water like a lizard Alternatively, if you have a more creative idea for any of these, do that instead. But if it's not as amusing as the above, you won't get points.

  8pts

• Straight From the Source

  Find the plant where Safeway makes its ice cream. Then, go to a Safeway and find some store-brand ice cream.

  3pts

• Ped Xing

  There are many signs across the Eastside honoring Michael Xing’s cousin Pedro, who’s known as Ped for short. Find three pedestrian crossing signs (with the walking person sign, or better yet, which says “PED XING”), all of which must be at least one mile apart from each other. Take a selfie with each of them and let us know their exact locations.

  3pts
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  Hotpot

  Visit two hotpot restaurants. The nearest station to each restaurant must be different. Take a selfie in front of them and a photo/screenshot of their menu.

  2pts

• Hot Pot

  Visit two cannabis dispensaries and take a selfie in front of the store. (You must be within 10 feet of the storefront.) The nearest station to each dispensary must be at least two stations away from each other. (e.g., If there is a dispensary close to South Bellevue Station, then dispensaries closest to East Main Station don’t count—it would have to be a dispensary close to Bellevue Downtown Station, Wilburton Station, etc.)

  3pts
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  Over-Caffeinated

  Find three coffee shops (which may or may not sell baked goods) within 1,000 feet of each other and take a photo in front of them with the logos clearly visible.

  2pts
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  Bubbly²

  Find a store that sells both alcoholic beverages (such as wine, beer, or cocktails) and bubble tea (including matcha, Thai tea, etc.)

  1pt
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  Edging to the Climb-Max

  Find a climbing gym where it is possible to top-rope. Take a photo outside of it.

  5pts
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  A Tale of Two Theaters

  Find two movie theaters owned by different parent companies. Take a selfie with some of the posters or names of movies they are now showing.

  7pts

• Taiwanese

  Find two Taiwanese restaurants, one of which must be east of Bel-Red Station. Take a selfie with each storefront, being sure to be within 10 feet of them, and send us a photo/screenshot of each of their menus.

  2pts
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  Pocari Sweat

  Find a store that sells bottles of Pocari Sweat and take a photo with it. If you are unable to find any stores, unfortunately this yields zero points. Attempt at your own risk!

  2pts
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  Two City Halls

  There are “two” city halls in Bellevue. Visit the outside of both of them.

  8pts
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  Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai

  Find an Indian Chinese fusion restaurant. On its menu, find Gobi Manchurian. Take a selfie in front of the restaurant and a picture/screenshot of its menu.

  1pt

• It's Raining Rainier

  Find 3 restaurants, cafes, or bars selling Rainier beer, at least one of which must have a Rainier neon sign on the window. Take a selfie with: The neon sign, AND For the other two establishments without neon signs, conspicuous evidence proving they serve Rainier. You don’t need to actually buy any beer, although you are certainly welcome to do so. Groceries, supermarkets, bodegas, drugstores, and convenience stores do not count for the purposes of this task.

  4pts
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  In Bloom

  Do you see cherry blossoms anywhere? If so, stand under them and take a video of you under them while blasting “In Bloom” by Nirvana from the album Nevermind. We should be able to hear “In Bloom” in your video. NOTE: This is not guaranteed. If it’s not blooming, then this task is impossible to complete for all teams.

  3pts

• Tutti Frutti

  Bellevue is home to several blueberry farms which are open for U-Pick. Although it’s not quite blueberry season yet, go within 1,000 feet of a blueberry farm and take a picture of the farm. As us city folk often cannot tell apart a farm from other less notable swaths of vegetation, you must also send us the location where your photo was taken as proof that you were within 1,000 feet of the correct place. (You cannot complete this challenge while riding a train or bus.)

  5pts

• Consulting Life

  Find an office for a major accounting consulting firm which is located right above a bar/brewery. Take a selfie with its logo and a separate selfie with the bar or brewery above which it is located.

  2pts

• Anti-Dote

  Find two coffee shops of the same chain which have locations immediately adjacent to 2 Line stations. Take selfies with each of their opening hours listed near their entrances. Then, at each coffee shop, quietly say one thing you don’t like about that coffee shop. (Film yourself doing so.)

  2pts

• Rainier Expedition Inquisition

  Arjun needs microspikes for summiting Mt. Rainier before all of the snow melts in July. Can you help him find some?

  2pts
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  The Fresh Prince of Bel-Red

  Stage a scene where one team member slaps another. This should be a still photo, not a video. This must be done within 25 feet of the border between the cities of Bellevue and Redmond, and the background must make it evident that you are on/close enough to the border. You can do this while on a train or bus. (It should go without saying that no slapping should actually occur.)

  2pts
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  Two Dick's

  Find a sign that has two different Dick’s logos on it. You need not actually go to those two Dick’s establishments. You can take this photo while riding on a train or bus.

  5pts

• Find Arjun and Jeffrey

  Between 60 and 180 minutes after the game has started, you can find Arjun and Jeffrey somewhere in the game. A clue will be released on the Signal group chat after the game starts. Use this clue to find them and claim points.

  5pts

• Jeffrey’s Bad at Badminton

  Jeffrey wants to get better at badminton. Can you help Jeffrey find a badminton store and then a badminton academy so he can get better? Go to these two locations and send a selfie of you in front of them. Then film a video giving one actual advice to play badminton better.

  2pts
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  Exotic Spices

  Jeffrey wants some exotic Persian spices! Can you find some from a Persian store for him?

  2pts
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  Hold My Chops(ticks)

  Buy a chopstick holder from Daiso for under $5 and send a selfie of you with it, as well as the receipt. Then, bring it with you all the way until the end of the game. You’ll be reimbursed for it up to $5. If you forget to show it at the finish line, your team gets a 10 point penalty. The point penalty is applied automatically when you start this challenge. It will be removed upon successful completion.

  5pts
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  Double Record Holder

  In two distinct bookstores, find the exact same record in each of the stores. Take a selfie while holding the vinyl. You can scout out both stores, or take selfies with multiple candidates in the first store that you think will be in the second store too, or a combination of both.

  5pts

• A Former Staple of Bellevue

  Until 2023, there was a Staples in Bellevue on 140th Ave NE. Figure out what has replaced it, visit it, and snap a selfie in front of it.

  2pts

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  Find Me #1

  2pts
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  Find Me #2

  2pts

• Find Me #3

  2pts

• In A Pickle

  Buy a pickle (it can be sliced in a jar) and send us a photo of it to indicate you’ve begun this challenge. Then, bring it to a pickleball court. Take a photo with your pickle sitting on the pickleball court. You will be reimbursed up to $5 for the pickle or pickle jar. (Reimbursement will not be provided to teams that start this challenge with fewer than 80 points) You must bring the pickle jar to the finish line or you will receive a point penalty. The five-point penalty is applied automatically when you start this challenge. It will be removed upon successful completion.

  5pts

• Book Conduit, Eastside Edition

  Check out a book at the Bellevue Library (and send a photo of it to us to start the challenge), and then return it to the Crossroads Library Connection (and send a photo of the return process). If you do not have a library card with the King County Library System, you will need to sign up for one on the spot. Failure to return the book before the end of the game will result in a 30 point penalty. The point penalty is applied automatically when you start this challenge. It will be removed upon successful completion.

  4pts