Puzzle Hunt A: Atlantis (February 10-11, 2007)
- Theme: Atlantis
- Participants: 75 teams, 864 players (12 teams finished)
- Hosted by: Buzz Lime Pi and Friends (Chris Battey, Mike Burk, Jeremy Elson, Carrie Emmerich, Nick Emmerich, Jon Howell, Jay Lorch, Evan McLain, Sora Werner, Chase Stephens, Robert Stewart, Michelle Teague, Dana Young, Kenny Young)
- Won by: Death of Dr. Zero
- Awards: Atlantis "Access Tokens" (laser-etched acrylic disc)
- Memorable Events/Puzzles: A puzzle that used an interactive Virtual Earth map to locate items hidden on campus (two members of the organizing team had to fly an airplane over the Microsoft campus with a high-resolution digital camera to get the level of detail down to 3cm per pixel, allowing each puzzle answer to indicate a 6-foot square region where an item was hidden). A puzzle that had you build a quinoa-powered analog computer that produced a phone number.
- Landmarks: The top three teams finished the hunt separated by only 16 minutes. First hunt with automated web answer submission system. First hunt to have a dramatic end-of-hunt spectacle at the closing ceremonies (in previous hunts, end-of-hunt storyline was only seen by finishing teams).
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