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Colonial Quest Adventure Race:

Do you have it in you?

September 4, 2009 at 7pm


Race into the night through some of GW's local neighborhoods. Grab a team, solve the clues, answer the trivia and choose your path without getting caught.

How to play the game:


...It's simple, the quest begins in Kogan Plaza (rain or shine) where your team will check in and receive your identification as participants and your quest map.

...There are 8 check points in the boundaries given on your map that you must make it to in order to complete the quest. The Quest ends in the Hippodrome where players and chasers can enjoy free bowling, billiards and food as the prizes are awarded.

                               Sound easy?

...It's not! To get to each check point you must solve the clue given to you at your current check point first. As you reach each location, there will be friendly GW faces waiting for you with challenges, trivia questions, and possible prizes.

                            Still sounds simple?

...there is a catch! There will be members of GW's staff waiting along your path ready to take you out of the quest by tagging you. Should you get caught by one of these "chasers" then you join the chasing team.

**No transportation other than the metro and your feet can be used to compete in this quest (i.e. no, bikes, buses, cars, 4-RIDE, etc.)**

Prizes will be awarded to top teams, top individuals, top chasers and most creatively dressed team. Prizes will also be awarded for various tasks throughout the Quest.


Sign up your team online NOW and check in at 6:45 on Kogan Plaza on the day of the race. Make sure that you download the GW Waiver HERE, and upload it below, email it to welcome@gwu.edu, or drop it off at the Student Activities Center, MC 427 or the quest will not begin for you.

GW Waiver