Carnaby Street Picture Hunt

Quiz Meetup: Please note the 1.30pm start. Oxford Circus tube exit 8 in Argyll St outside the Argyll Arms.
Quiz road length: 270 metres.
Quiz Finish: O’Neils Carnaby St. Oxford Circus nearest Tube.

Although the famous Carnaby Street became known worldwide for its influence on ‘Sixties’ London – it does have an interesting history that dates back centuries before that.
Before the street was built, a windmill used to stand on the land where Carnaby Street is today. The land surrounding Carnaby Street as we know it today – was once the location for ‘Pest Houses’, where victims of the Great Plague of the 1660’s were cared for – treated and buried in pits when they eventually passed away.
Carnaby Street as we known it today was initially laid out as a street in 1682 by a local bricklayer names Richard Tyler. The street took its name from the first house built on the street – ‘Karnaby House’.
The ***Shakespeare’s Head ***pub halfway down Carnaby Street – was once owned by direct relatives of the great playwright William Shakespeare.
In the late 1700’s the very first female butchers operated from Carnaby Street. --------------------------------------

Picture Hunts are a great new way to get up to speed with slices of London history while sleuthing around the area.

Everyone is presented with twenty partial photos of objects around an area. Your team mission is to find them. Some well known, some well unknown!

This makes Picture Hunts more interesting and challenging, bringing out the best of your teams detecting skills.

You will also have a map of the area. It will be sub-divided into four sections, P, Q, R, S. Each photo will come from one of these.

Four players max per team, but the lower number teams get a point per player start from the biggest team.

For example, four teams of one, two, three and four. Four player team, no advantage, (the biggest and theoretically the more knowledge between them, except it doesn't always work like that). Three player team, one point start. Two player team, two point start. One player team, three point start.

Scores are always close and around the 15-20 points mark. How many players do you want in your team? There's a dilemma!

The clipboard holder enters one of the letters to note its area location. Dead simple, right? 90 minutes to do the hunt.

We have the usual prizes of chocolate, including some great new varieties.
There is also an equal prize for the funniest team name judged by Sue, my glamorous assistant. Names win prizes too! So there’s everything to play for.

We mark up at the quiz finish point.

Hunts are good fun and the proven experience so far is that members get to know each other better after working in teams as you all have to communicate. Great icebreakers. This is what Meetup is all about. Come and join us.

There is a £7 cash/card charge for this event.

Contact number on the day is 07422334411 if your transport is delayed.

If you can’t make it, please cancel using the “Edit RSVP” button. Your consideration is greatly appreciated.
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