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2012 Summer Scavenger Hunt



The Summer Arts Scavenger Hunt is a fun summer activity and a chance to win a Kindle Fire e-reader! All members of the U-M community are invited to play — faculty, students, staff, and friends!

We've posted a question each week in May, June, July, and August. All the answers answers can be found online, but some require the clever use of a search engine. So type up your answers and email them in!

See complete contest rules

Now It’s time to submit your answers! Send your all your answers for the Summer Scavenger Hunt questions to arts@umich.edu before midnight on Sunday September 9th! See complete rules below.

The Questions

2012 Summer Scavenger Hunt
  1. (May 3) Q: In what year was Angell Hall completed? Who was the Detroit Architect who designed the building? What other famous UM structure was built that same year? Which was initially more costly to build?

  2. (May 10) Q: What Jazz musician is playing May 10th at the Ark? In what U.S. city was she born? What famous alternative rock band also originated in this city, and played from 1980-2011? On what music label did this band release it’s first single?

  3. (May 17) Q: What play is currently being performed at The Performance Network? What famous artist is the central figure in this play? In which U.S. City did the artist's family settle after emigrating from Russia? What IFC short-based comedy series is based on the residents of this city?

  4. (May 24) Q: Where is the Ann Arbor Ballet Theatre performing on May 26th? What architectural firm designed this theatre? What unique architectural feature can be found at this theatre, at the back of the stage? What event is commemorated at an Atlanta museum, titled with this same term? What IFC short-based comedy series is based on the residents of this city?

  5. (May 31) Q: What performer is headlining the Ann Arbor Summer Fest Mainstage on June 5? What sequence of numbers were featured in one of this performer's hit songs? According to the lyrics of Sesame Street's rendition of this song, what place have the chickens just returned from? A 2011 Oscar-winning film is named after that same place; who are the two main characters in that film? What IFC short-based comedy series is based on the residents of this city?

  6. (June 7) Q: What musical is being performed June 7-10 by the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre? In what serial publication did the lead character of that play first appear? What is the lead character's profession in this musical? Who composed the ballet version of this musical in 1959?

  7. (June 14) Q: What famous R&B/soul/gospel singer is performing on the Ann Arbor Summer Festival Mainstage on June 16th? Where did this artist place on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time? What famous travel route is associated with this number? What musician was nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance in 2007 for a song by that travel route's name?

  8. (June 21) Q: What American photographer is featured in a show at UMMA called The Flatness of Ambiguity? What famous English painter shared this artist's surname? What artist was awarded the annual prize named after this painter in 2011? In what artistic medium does this prize-winner work?

  9. (June 28) Q: What Musician is playing the Ann Arbor Summer Festival Mainstage on Saturday June 30th? In 2006, whose famous concert album did this artist re-perform at Carnegie Hall? In what year was that original concert album released?

  10. (July 5) Q: From what country does July 6th's Ann Arbor Summer Festival Mainstage performer Circa originate? In what year was this Commonwealth federated? Which french rock group has a song titled with that same year? This band's 2009 album title plays on the name of what famous composer?

  11. (July 12) Q: Who's playing at the Ark on July 12th? In what city was this artist raised? What artist is performing at the Peace Center in that city on July 17th? When is this artist making a tour stop in Michigan?

  12. (July 19) Q: Of the four Art Fairs currently happening in Ann Arbor, only three include "Ann Arbor" in the title. What street is included in the title of the one that doesn't? What movie theater is located on this street? What film is scheduled for that theater's midnight show on September 15th? In what city was the director of this film born?

  13. (July 26) Q: Who is the curator for the Flip Your Field exhibition currently at UMMA? What country's art is her specialty? What artist from this country in the 17th century was the inspiration for the film Girl With a Pearl Earring? What actress played the lead in that film?

  14. (August 2) Q: Who wrote the play currently showing at Performance Network? What well-known sitcom was set in a town by the name of this playwright's first name? In what state was that fictional town? What is the real largest city in that state? In what year did this playwright move to that city to be a graphic artist and study playwriting?

  15. (August 9) Q: What band is headlining at the Ark on August 9th? What historical figure has the first part of this band's name as his last name? Who directed the 2004 film by this same name? In what year was the recording company by this same name created?

  16. (August 16) Q: What exhibition is up in the Project Gallery at UMMA? From what country does this artist come? What language department on campus co-sponsored this exhibition? How many metropolitan areas in the world are larger than this country's capitol? In what year did this capitol city host the Olympic games?

  17. (August 23) Q: Who is headlining a multimedia performance at Kerrytown Concert House on August 24th? What is the show she's performing in called? Where was the singer born and raised? What was this city named when the French founded a settlement there in 1701?

  18. (August 30) Q: What film is playing at the Michigan Theater on Tuesday September 4th as part of the Bell's Summer Classic Film Series? What musician starred in a 1986 film whose title is the second word of Tuesday's film? What alter ego did this musician take on in his musical career during the early 70s? Who created the comic strip that shares its title with that alter-ego's first name?

Complete Rules

  • All answers are due by Sunday, September 9 at midnight.
  • The Grand Prize, a Kindle Fire e-reader, will be awarded at random from among those who submit the highest number of correct answers.
  • Other prizes will be awarded to runners-up.
  • The winner(s) will be notified upon selection.
  • Value of prizes may vary; no prizes are redeemable in cash.
  • Chances of winning depend upon number of entries received and increase with the number of correct answers submitted.

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