2016 Portland Questival Challenge List
All challenges must be verified by photo or video!
Easy=1, Moderate=3, Hard=6, Very Hard=9, Extreme=12
Challenge # Points
Adventure & Fitness
As a team complete an entire fitness class (Zumba, Spin, etc.) dressed in head-to-toe aerobics gear.
(Timelapse)
1
***PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Craft a canoe out of cardboard and float a teammate in it. Must float for 5 seconds
minimum and teammate must stay dry.
2
***PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Do the worm as fast and as high as you can for 10 meters (~30 feet)… time lapse
or slow-motion video preferred.
3
Play a game of ultimate frisbee with a group of strangers that are not participating in the Questival.
4
3
Timelapse footage of your entire team holding a plank as long as possible. Longest plank wins… respect.
5
3
Everyone on the team runs a 40 yard dash at the same time (video submission like the NFL combine). Put
the fastest time in the description.
6
Challenge a stranger to an invisible alligator wrestling competition, have them go first. After their attempt tell
them that there is 'no way you'd be able to beat that' and award them a single branch from a nearby tree as a
championship trophy.
7
Challenge a stranger that is not a questival participant to a 50-100 meter foot race in a public park. Be a good
sport win or lose.
8
Have a teammate do 50 consecutive unbroken pushups and submit a timelapse video of the feat.
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9
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3
6
3
6
Have a teammate hold their breath underwater for as long as they can. Submit timelapse footage and record
the total time in the description.
10
Tandem cartwheel with a teammate as far as you can. (need a lesson? tap this challenge then tap GO >)
11
Throw a football as far as you can or over 'them there mountains' #unclerico. Record the distance in the
description.
12
Find a way to record your fastest fastball pitch, either softball or baseball. Put the MPH in the description and
what you threw.
13
Go to a driving range and hold a team long-drive competition. Record your longest drive.
14
Go to a bowling alley and challenge a group of strangers to a 'bowl off' and go head to head with them.
Losers buy drinks for the winner.
15
As a team do 15 seconds of 'foot fires' in the splash pad at Elizabeth Caruthers Park. Have a stranger film.
16
6
Run, walk or bike along the Willamette River from Steel Bridge to Sellwood Bridge 5 miles. Collage of photos
along the route with totem.
17
9
Make a half court basketball shot blindfolded on a regulation size court.
18
3
Video of a team member slam dunking a basketball on a regulation hoop (if you're short get creative).
19
3
Make a field goal from the 15 yard line... wait for it... with your non-dominant foot.
20
3
Bowl a strike at a bowling alley... then moonwalk backwards and yell Questival.
21
6
Take a team photo from the highest vantage point you can access for free. The higher the better.
22
3
Do a 'track' stand for 10 seconds on a bike. No balance assistance allowed.
23
3
Cross a slackline walking backwards (entire sequence, speed that video up if you must so we can see it all :)
24
3
Ride a unicycle
25
6
Go tandem longboarding while singing Unchained Melody.
26
3
Cool off in a natural waterfall (in = under getting wet).
27
6
Do a backflip off of a rope swing into a pond or lake.
28
9
Jump into a body of water with your clothes on. Bring a towel!
29
3
Perform your best pencil dive off a high dive into a pool (12' or higher).
30
6
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6
Do a quick 250 meter swim. Congrats Swimmer Winner. Post a timelapse of your feat.
31
6
Boulder one problem outdoors.
32
6
Mountain bike on a dirt trail for three miles. Track with an app. (screenshot)
33
3
Community & Cultural
***#cairnrocks PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Build a human cairn with a volcano in the background (in Portland you
can get a view of a volcano from a ton of spots.) @getcairn
34
***PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Impress us with your connections/access to one of Portland's professional sports
teams.
35
Start an impromptu YMCA song outside the YMCA.
36
3
Recreate your favorite Portland sports moment and tag the hero of your story on social media.
37
3
Volunteer at a pet grooming business. Offer to sweep, shave, brush, shampoo, etc. Ask if you can keep the
animal hair "for research".
38
See how long you can hold a consistent singing note and document the entire thing. Make sure it's loud and
that you are in a VERY public place.
39
Visit the Oregon state capitol building and take a video sharing an interesting fact about Oregon.
40
9
Find and photograph this statue with your team (tap this challenge then tap GO >)
41
6
Find and take a team photograph with this mural during daylight hours (tap this challenge then tap GO >)
42
6
Visit this Statue during daylight hours and record a 15 second critique (tap this challenge then tap GO >)
43
6
Ride the Portland Aerial Tram
44
3
Watch the planes take off and land from the top of Rocky Butte Park during daylight hours
45
3
Find and photograph a Oregon State Quarter.
46
3
Take a ride on public transport to complete one of your challenges.
47
3
Hug a pseudotsuga menziesii.
48
3
Write a note with 10 things you love about Oregon and leave it for someone else to find.
49
3
Take an artsy team photo outside of Portland Art Museum. Come back another time for a proper visit (tap this
challenge then tap GO for info on free days)
50
Make a 15 second commercial for the state of Oregon or the City or Portland.
51
3
Take a video and tell what the Oregon state motto means to you.
52
1
Take a creative team picture with the state Flag of Oregon
53
3
As a team sing the state song of Oregon. Sing it loud sing it proud.
54
3
Ride a ski lift... skiing down is optional. BUT SUPER FUN.
55
12
Find a wild Chanterelle, the state mushroom of Oregon.
56
6
Shake hands with the mayor of any city in Oregon.
57
9
Visit a local ski resort and take a picture in front of resort sign.
58
6
Take a picture with a current or former player from the Timbers or Trail Blazers.
59
6
Creatively take a photo with your favorite piece of street art that you find during Questival.
60
3
Do a humans of new york style post about someone you meet during the 24 hours of Questival.
61
6
Feed a meal from a street vendor to one of your teammates only using your elbows.
62
3
Do a funky rap with an octogenarian. #difficultylevelCRAZYTOWN
63
6
Find a little free library/tiny library. Borrow a book and leave a book video explaining your selection.
#readingisFUNdamental
64
Cotopaxi Questival book club: recommend your favorite book with brief explanation why.
65
1
Video of your team at the Weather Machine at exactly noon for the daily prediction.
66
6
Find one of the volunteers in downtown Portland collecting signatures for "Save Endangered Animals
Oregon" and give them a high five.
67
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6
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6
1
Food
***PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Go to a public place and eat an onion like one might eat an apple. Pretend that
this is your 'normal' and film others reactions.
68
Order some food and record a review as if you are Guy Fieri while you eat it. Remember to say "money" over
and over to be authentic.
69
3
6
Get two or more teammates/strangers to do the gallon milk challenge. Warning - you might throw up a little.
Timelapse entire challenge.
70
***PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Churn your own butter with a device of your choosing. *denim overalls and/or
bonnet optional but recommended.
71
Shoot a teammate in the back with a cherry tomato propelled by a slingshot. Submit video of happening and
the aftermath.
72
Go to a grocery store and pretend an avocado (or a similar looking item) is a dragon egg from Game of
Thrones. Have a ceremony with a teammate to crown the Queen of the Dragons.
73
Get two or more teammates to do the banana and liter of sprite challenge. Warning - you might throw up a
little. Timelapse entire challenge.
74
Decorate your face like a cake. Frosting, sprinkles, whip cream, etc. Get a teammate to taste your face.
75
3
Share a doughnut with your team... without using your hands.
76
3
Eat at a roadside diner, order the 7th thing on the menu.
77
6
Buy some produce from a local outdoor farmer’s market.
78
3
Play hard boiled egg roulette.
79
3
#chef - kiss or lick a real live farm animal that people might otherwise eat (i.e. pig, cow, chicken, etc.) (ask
permission, don't get bit).
80
#chef - Milk a farm animal (with permission of the owner) and drink the milk.
81
Hold a staring contest with stranger while casually eating a piece of fruit and holding their hand..... don't
break eye contact 15 second minimum.
82
#chef - Make a smoothie using at least 5 different fruits and vegetables.
83
#chef Use kitchenware to perform a boyband song of your choosing, modern or classic. (for an example tap
this challenge then tap GO >)
84
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3
6
Quirky
Visit your favorite Karaoke bar/restaurant spot and sing a song by any Oregon native musician.
85
***PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Recreate 15 seconds of your favorite 80's movie shot-for-shot. The more authentic
the better.
86
***PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Convince a stranger that you think they are a celebrity, get them to sign something
you own/your person (hashtag the 'celebrity's' name in the submission)
87
Complete any other challenge dressed up like your favorite character from Portlandia. Stay in character and
make the costume legit.
88
Choose one teammate to casually walk through Salmon Street Springs splash pad with an umbrella.
89
6
Create your best "Running Man Challenge" video.
90
3
Try to fit one of your teammates into a bag/luggage/storage container.
91
3
Pretend to lose a contact lens somewhere 'interesting'. If any strangers pitch in to help, award them with
words of kindness or a 'treat' of your choosing.
92
Go to a public place where music is playing and challenge a stranger to a dance battle. Make it legit. Create
non-monetary stakes. Loser pays up.
93
Perform at an open mic night at a comedy club. Give it your best shot. #youcandoit
94
9
Eat yogurt while doing yoga. #yoyochallenge
95
3
Create a unique Oregon souvenir and give it to Ethan (Cotopaxi staff) at one of the Cotopaxi checkpoints.
Ethan must approve.
96
While at the Portland Saturday Market put on your headphones and karaoke your heart out to your favorite
song, the whole song, BE LOUD and BE PROUD. #singanddancelikenooneiswatching
97
Fly a paper airplane more than 50 feet
98
Get help from strangers and spell "QUESTIVAL" using one human as each of the letters. Questival
participants do not count as strangers for this one.
99
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3
6
Make, then fly a diamond kite constructed with recycled materials.
100
3
Play a real accordion.
101
6
Make large signs and cheer on a random park sporting event, make sure they know you're a fan.
102
3
Select a teammate to run for president of the USA. Make a short video about their platform.
103
3
#keepmeweird - Walk across the street as if you were Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's (using a cross walk)
104
1
#keepmeweird - Mail a potato to a friend. (Yes a potato and no box is needed)
105
3
Create a team logo or crest and draw it on your totem. Make a 15 second video explaining your logo.
106
3
Take a load off and do some urban hammocking in a creative place. Be respectful when choosing a location.
107
3
Go skateboarding or longboarding and hold a limbo contest. How low can you go.?
108
6
Locate a group of 4-10 dogs and give them all a loving walk at the same time.
109
3
#keepmeweird Give a stranger a compliment in your best foreign accent, make them feel bueno.
110
3
Hold a door open for a stranger, sincerely compliment them as they come through the door.
111
3
#keepmeweird - Make a 15 second speech about llamas to strangers on an elevator.
112
6
Challenge a stranger to a bubble blowing contest.
113
3
Find a stranger who has the same middle name as you and provide proof.
114
3
Find and photograph a Mississippi license plate.
115
9
Recreate a famous piece of art using a medium of your choice.
116
3
Create a 15 second Rube Goldberg machine.
117
6
Brush your teammate's teeth for them, turn the water off whilst brushing. (save water, what what!).
118
3
Hug a stranger that is not participating in the Questival for 15 seconds.
119
6
Trade a piece of clothing with a stranger for keeps.
120
3
Lay face down motionless in a public area for 60 seconds or until a stranger comes to check on you.
Timelapse.
121
6
Get llama nail art.
122
1
Fit your whole team on a tandem bike and ride for 15 seconds.
123
3
#keepmeweird - Video a teammate throwing a doughnut hole as fast as they can at another teammate's face
(Protect your eyes!).
124
Write a six-word story about Cotopaxi.
125
1
Give a team-member a mohawk.
126
1
Fit entire team in a phone booth, a real enclosed booth like the kind superman would use.
127
3
Tell your best dad joke in 15 seconds or less.
128
1
Find a wedding party and get a picture with the bride/groom (Be respectful).
129
3
Entire team picture with real live mascot, sorry the Miguel the llama mascot does not count nor do pets.
130
3
Awkward family photo of entire team on a spiral staircase.
131
3
Create your favorite disney characters outfit at a thrift store and try it on.
132
3
Send a net. Save a life. - Donate $10 or more to Nothingbutnets.net/questival. #endmalaria (Screenshot)
133
9
After completing challenge 131, film yourself calling - and making - your most creative, silly or outrageous
trick shot and challenge your friends, family, or coworkers to do the same. #CallYourShot #NothingButNets
(for more info tap this challenge then tap GO >)
134
3
Make a piece of origami out of a dollar and give it to a stranger.
135
3
Write a reverse "thank you note", thanking the refugees in our card writing program for writing thank you
cards - 7938 S 3500 E #700, Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121.
136
6
Collect all of the garbage you create during your 24hr race and take a picture of it in the 23rd hour of
Questival and recycle what you can.
137
9
Pick up 100 pieces of trash at a local park and recycle what you can.
138
6
Collect 50 pieces of trash along a hiking trail and recycle what you can.
139
6
Do a load of laundry. Hang dry instead of using a dryer (energy saver, what what!).
140
1
Contact the nonprofit of your choice and schedule a time to go in and volunteer with them after the Questival.
(Please if you complete this challenge make sure to honor your commitment). #integrity
141
6
Mail a postcard to your senator or representative local or national.
142
3
Mail a postcard to a veteran.
143
3
Donate healthy canned food to the homeless shelter of your choice. Minimum two items per teammate.
144
3
Donate a box of gently used clothing to Goodwill, Salvation Army, or other nonprofit serving those in need.
145
3
Perform a random act of kindness. Include a short text explanation in your comment. Do something
meaningful and make it count!
146
3
1
Service & Environment
Personally thank a current/former professor/teacher/coach for the impact they have had on your life. Phone,
facetime or skype.
147
3
Skype, Hangout, or FaceTime with a family member or significant other. Tell them you love them, and tell
them about your day.
148
3
Plant a tree.
149
3
Plant a flower in a place where it will be appreciated.
150
3
Create a 15 second informational video about the work of one of Cotopaxi's grantees.
151
6
Give flowers to a stranger you see on the street.
152
3
Share some stories with someone living in an elderly home. Tell us a little about it.
153
3
Donate blood while wearing dracula teeth.
154
6
Follow Cotopaxi on Instagram - @cotopaxi. (screenshot)
155
1
Follow Cotopaxi on Twitter - @cotopaxi. (screenshot)
156
1
Like Cotopaxi on Facebook. (screenshot)
157
1
Like Cotopaxi Questival on Facebook. (screenshot)
158
1
Follow the Questival on Instagram - @CotopaxiQuestival. (screenshot)
159
1
Subscribe to Cotopaxi on YouTube. (screenshot)
160
1
Snap us a pic of your Questival adventures via Snapchat! Our username: @gearforgood. (screenshot)
161
1
Add a snap of your adventure to your Snapchat story (screenshot).
162
1
Take a picture with a current or former player from a professional sports franchise.
163
6
Get a celebrity with over 5,000 followers to tweet/retweet something with our hashtag and Twitter handle,
@cotopaxi (prove with screenshot).
164
6
Get 50 likes on a single post and document (prove with screenshot).
165
1
Get 100 likes on a different single post and document (prove with screenshot).
166
3
Post a photo from Questival to your blog (Screenshot).
167
3
Get a major league athlete or celebrity to say "Cotopaxi makes Gear for Good."
168
12
Social Media
Survival & Camping - MUST BE DONE IN NATURE AWAY FROM YOUR HOME!!
***PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Video of a teammate catching a fish outdoors in nature from a lake or stream. Not
in a store or from an aquarium. Most impressive catch wins.
169
***PRIZE CHALLENGE*** Carve a llama figurine out of wood and bring it to Cotopaxi staff member. Figure
must be approved. BEST FIGURE WINS!
170
While camping sing a pop song around your campfire.
171
3
Make a commercial for a cologne/perfume based on the scent of campfire. Channel your inner Chanel™.
172
3
Come up with a SUPER clever way of roasting one of your marshmallows for your s'more.
173
3
Document/photograph at least 4 different types of wildlife during your campout, each unique/from separate
animal families.
174
Make a homemade "ghillie suit" and attempt to sneak close to an animal in nature….OR a teammate and
scare the stuffing out of them.
175
Catch a crawdad in a creative/new way. (I.e. bacon on a piece of string works…)
176
3
Catch a fish outdoors using something other than a fishing pole.
177
6
Camp overnight in a car. (Only one camp overnight challenge may be completed per team)
178
1
Camp overnight in a tent in the wilderness (no yard camping and only one camp overnight challenge may be
completed per team)
179
Cook a meal over a campfire.
180
6
Make a tin foil dinner over a campfire.
181
6
Start a campfire without matches, a lighter, or starter fluid (fire must be contained inside a legal fire pit).
182
6
Make s'mores over a campfire add an extra ingredient and share your recipe in the caption.
183
3
Recite a Cotopaxi rap around a campfire.
184
3
Draw a picture of a llama w/ charcoal from your campfire.
185
3
Video a 15 second scary story around a campfire.
186
3
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Dowse a campfire.
187
3
Document the largest spider you can find. Not from a store or cage/terrarium.
188
9
Howl at the moon as a team at midnight.
189
3
Make a 15-sec video showing what to do with a heat stroke victim.
190
3
Make a 15-sec video showing how how to treat a snake bite.
191
3
Make a sandcastle complete with towers and a moat.
192
3
Find a birds nest with eggs in it IN NATURE. NOT EGGS YOU BOUGHT FROM A STORE. Real bird eggs.
193
3
Eat a worm #doubledareyou.
194
6
Eat two crickets #doubledareyou.
195
6
Eat three beetles #doubledareyou.
196
6
Whittle yourself a utensil.
197
3
Make a 15-sec video teaching an outdoor skill (backpacking, hiking, camping, cooking, etc).
198
3
Eat a meal made from plants and insects you gather in the wild.
199
6
Tie a bowline knot in a 15 second video.
200
3
15 second video on how to tie a figure eight
201
3
15 second video on how to tie a munter hitch
202
6
Filter water from a natural source and drink it.
203
6
Prepare and eat an MRE or Mountain House meal #CampEats.
204
6
Catch a lizard and give it a kiss.
205
6
Watch a sunrise. Take a break and enjoy the moment.
206
6
Watch a sunset. Take a break and enjoy the moment.
207
3
Skip a rock at least 7 times.
208
3
Share a campsite with another team. Two totems required in the submission.
209
6
Share a meal with another team over a campfire. Two totems required in the submission.
210
6
Swap shoelaces with a member of a different team. Two totems required in the submission.
211
3
Challenge another team to a 150 foot potato sack race. Two totems required in the submission.
212
3
Double dutch jump rope with two other teams. Three totems required in the submission.
213
3
Play a pickup game of your favorite sport with complete strangers. Other questival participants do not count
as strangers for this one.
214
Teamwork
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Travel & Hiking
Take a Photo with a real live peacock.
215
6
Visit a town with a population below 500. Take a picture by the population sign.
216
3
Drink water from a freshwater spring.
217
3
Cross a state border. Take a picture at the border. Look as depressed as possible that you have crossed said
border. #CharlieBrownteampic
218
3
Cross the border into Canada or Mexico. Take a picture at the border. No, consulates do not count.
219
13
Car karaoke as a team to your favorite song. Tag James Cordon @JKCorden & @latelateshow
220
6
Hike Beacon Rock and take a photo or video of your team celebrating at the summit.
221
9
Bike to Mosier Twin Tunnels take a team photo at mile marker 72 in the tunnel - 14 miles RT
222
12
Hike to Punchbowl Falls and take a team photo at the falls. 3.8 miles RT
223
9
Hike the dune near Pelican Brew Pub in Cannon Beach and sled down.
224
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Take a photo at the summit of Mount Tabor - 2 miles rt
225
6
Hike Alpha trail and give the huge douglas fir tree a hug - 1.3 miles
226
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1 - TIMEFRAME (7am-9am) - "Patient Lava Lamp"
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2 - TIMEFRAME (12pm-2pm) - "Ceramic Salesperson"
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4
Cotopaxi Checkpoint Challenges
3 - TIMEFRAME (5pm-7pm) - "Hotdogs or Legs"
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***Prize Challenge*** (5pm-7pm) - Location and challenge To be announced
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***Prize Challenge*** (5pm-7pm) - Location and challenge To be announced
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***Prize Challenge*** (5pm-7pm) - Location and challenge To be announced
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***Prize Challenge*** (5pm-7pm) - Location and challenge To be announced
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***Prize Challenge*** (5pm-7pm) - Location and challenge To be announced
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COMPLETE 2 of the 3 COTOPAXI CHECKPOINT CHALLENGES - Submit team photo with all passport
stamps visible.
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COMPLETE ALL 3 COTOPAXI CHECKPOINT CHALLENGES - Submit team photo with all passport stamps
visible.
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Festival
Visit NothingButNets.net learn a fact about malarya then Visit the Nothing But Nets booth and make a 15
second video sharing your new found knowldege.
237
Play Giant "Beer" Pong at the Festival with another team.
238
3
Play Llama "Cornhole" at the Festival with another team
239
3
Take a selfie or a team picture with Miguel the Llama
240
3
Make a snapchat post at the festival and use The Questival geofilter. (Screenshot)
241
3
Stop by the Krave Jerky booth and take a team photo in the photobooth. #KRAVEbetter
242
3
Participate in Couple Skate with someone you've had your eye on. :)
243
3
Buy a snack at the snack bar, or at the food truck and share it with a friend.
244
3
Have a teammate skate their heart out (or attempt to) on the rink floor and get a photo/video
245
3
Complete the kickoff challenge
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