GISHWHES
Gishwhes is a massive global scavenger Hunt that is part silliness, part art, part kindness and 100% fun.
– GISHWHES, Source
G.I.S.H.W.H.E.S (Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen) is a scavenger hunt hosted by Misha Collins.
Contents
Origins
In January 2011, Misha Collins ran a scavenger hunt known as the Rhino Puzzle for fans around the world. At its conclusion he promised to run another scavenger hunt which is GISHWHES - the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen. The items to be collected were to be submitted via pictures, videos or websites.
Misha tantalised fans about the project with an enigmatic video released in September 2011 on the original website gishwhes.com.
2011
Dates: November 18-29, 2011. The hunt commenced on November 18th at 2:12 am Moscow Daylight Time and ends at Tuesday, November 29th at 10:44 am.
Prize: The 2011 winning team joined Misha for a romantic spaghetti dinner in Rome, Italy.
Winning Team: Team #83. Two individual contestants were also chosen to fly to Rome.
Items: Full 2011 List of Items, Full 2011 List of Items
The list included items such as
Photos of:
- An unconventional, but practical, use of Mayonnaise. (9 points)
- Photograph a bust or statue of Nicolae Ceaușescu wearing a sock monkey hat. (14 points)
- A woman wearing a dress (and only the dress) made entirely from bacon. (43 points)
Video of:
- A church choir singing “eye of the tiger” in a church. (32 points)
- Attorneys playing musical chairs. (11 points)
- A parrot onstage at a comedy club doing improv. (15 points)
The entry fee was a donation of minimum $10, or an essay to a topic dictated by Misha.
Misha had consulted with the Guinness Book of World records, and to win the record for the 'Worlds Biggest Digital Scavenger Hunt' 500 teams were required to participate. In the end over 6,200 participants from 65 countries signed up to form 621 teams of 10 people. The Competition now hold the Guinness Book of Records record for the largest photo scavenger hunt.
Items from the hunt
- News report of flying Christmas tree (item #211)
- Flying Christmas Tree (item #211) on Global Calgary Evening News
- A task Misha set in LA (item #21) on November 23rd involving building garden beds at Misha's house by babserella2778
- 3 teams (Team #290, Team #534, Team #535) make it onto the Australian morning news program Sunrise (item #169)
- Team #30: Report on Pasadena Item #21 by lidlesseye
- Team #64: Item #170 Random Act of Kindness
- Team #119: Item #217 iPhone app
- Team #147: Item #170 Random Act of Kindess
- Team #222: Item #218 “Turn your worst nightmare into a delightful interactive children’s website!”
- Team #252: Various items by seamarionette
- Team #254: Item #197 A joust in a library
- Team #315: Item #211 A flying Christmas tree
- Team #387: Item 161, Item #163, Item #167, Item #182, Item #184, Item #187, Item #194, Item #200, Item #202, Item #205, Item #206
Links
2012
Dates: October 30–November 4, 2012
Prize: The 2012 winning team participated in a slumber party at a haunted castle in Scotland with Misha Collins.
Winning Team: Team Badwolf
Items: Full 2012 List of Items, Full 2012 List of Items
The list included items such as
Photos of:
- A uniformed Burger King employee enjoying a McDonald’s Happy Meal (33 points)
- Hug a uniformed Veteran (42 points)
- Create a portrait of Jensen Ackles entirely out of skittles doing his pouty “Blue Steel” look. Must be AT LEAST 2 feet by 2 feet (38 points)
Video of:
- Wearing swim flippers and a mask, approach a complete stranger in a public space and then hand them a “seaweed bouquet” with one flower in the middle of it (82 points)
- Three of you dress up like frogs and play “leapfrog” in your local Starbucks or chain coffee shop. We must see patrons and must hear “Ribbit!” each time you leap (31 points)
- Recite “The Raven” to a crow (21 points)
Items from the hunt
- Misha Collins speaks at the event for Item #30 on November 4 by TheGagaDealer
- Team Badwolf (winning team): GISHWHES 2012 playlist by Sterling Bishop
- Team WaywardSunsLovesCheeseCloth: Random Act of Kindness, Item #101
- Team SpottedDick: GISHWHES 2012 Compilation
- Team RobotHead: GISHWHES 2012 playlist
- Team BabySharks: Item #100, Item #101, Item #102, Item #104, Item #106, Item #107, Item #108, Item #111, Item #112, Item #115, Item #117, Item #118, Item #114, Item #119, Item #122, Item #123, Item #124, Item #125, Item #126, Item #127, Item #129, Item #131, Item #133, Item #136, Item #137, Item #138, Item #140, Item #142
Links
- Video from WinchesterBros.com of Misha Collins addressing GISHWHES teams at Second Beach in Vancouver
- Photos from WinchesterBros.com from Misha Collins' GISHWHES event at Second Beach in Vancouver
- Interview with Misha by Guinness World Records
- Interview with Misha by The Huffington Post
- Podcast with Misha talking about GISWHES at the haunted castle in Scotland by Nerdist
2013
Dates: August 11–18, 2013
Prize: The 2013 winning team went on a viking seaplane adventure with Misha Collins in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Winning Team: Team Vatican Cameos
Items: Full 2013 List of Items, Full 2013 List of Items
The list included items such as
Photos of:
- A stormtrooper at a laundry mat folding clothes (56 points)
- A fully dressed nun in her habit going down a waterslide or swinging on a rope into a river (100 points)
- Retrofit a wheelchair and its owner to look like a powerful superhero in a “Gishmobile.” (69 points)
Video of:
- Go to work dressed as a robot. We must see clips of you getting ready in the morning, commuting, and arriving at work and doing your job. We must also see the reactions of people you pass on your commute and/or at work (102 points)
- Have elementary school kids perform the Ukranian Arkan dance or the Greek Kechagiadikos dance – we’re not prejudiced so either is acceptable (63 points)
- A university professor giving a technical explanation of why the telegraph will inevitably be making a comeback (58 points)
Items from the hunt
- Misha Collins speaks at the GISHWHES event Longest Chain of Safety Pins on August 13 2013 (Item #6) by TheGagaDealer
- Team VaticanCameos (winning team): Item #3, Item #7, Item #24, Item #25, Item #33, Item #40, Item #42, Item #44, Item #55, Item #59, Item #65, Item #72, Item #82, Item #86, Item #90, Item #101, Item #105, Item #107, Item #111, Item #115, Item #127, Item #136, Item #148,
- Team SockMonkeyLovesDesireDream&Despair: Item #42, Item #59, Item #123, Item #124
- Team Gishbitches: Item #7, Item #28, Item #44, Item #76, Item #78, Item #96, Item #102, Item #124
- Team AngelofThor'sDay: GISHWHES 2013 Compilation
- Team RobotHead: GISHWHES 2013 playlist
Links
- GISHWHES Winner's Trip 2013 by Vatican Cameos
- Misha talks about GISHWHES on Larry King Now
- Misha Collins and friends worldwide set new record for online hugs (2013) Interview with Misha by Guinness World Records
- Misha Collins and Friends Officially Break World Record for Hugs (2013) by The CW 50
- 'Supernatural's' Misha Collins sets Guinness World Record for most online hugs (2013) by Zap2It
2014
Dates: August 2-9, 2014
Prize: The 2014 winning team was treated to a survivor-style weekend adventure of revelry, mayhem and wondermentation in Croatia on a pirate ship captained by Misha Collins.
Winning Team: Team Impala (Interview by GISHWHES-is-coming)
Items: Full 2014 List of Items
The list included items such as
Photos of:
- Find an object that you’re holding onto for all the wrong reasons. Destroy it mightily (17 points)
- Stage a mini-newspaper boat regatta in a public fountain with at least four competing vessels. We must see intense competitiveness and gambling (23 points)
- Suck blood from a doughnut (10 points)
Video of:
- Go through a drive-through at a fast food restaurant in your invisible car. Order, among other things, a Diet Water. You must have a passenger in your invisible car, and you both must be “seated.”(36 points)
- (slow motion). Set to opera music, stage a water balloon fight between 10 or more participants all wearing business suits (44 points)
- Create a Rube Goldberg machine that includes “Eye of the Tiger”, an image of John Travolta, a toilet plunger, and acorns, among other things (91 points)
Items from the hunt
- Team Impala (winning team): Item #21, Item #32, Item #45, Item #63, Item #65, Item #71, Item #82, Item #98, Item #107, Item #114, Item #132, Item #150, Item #152, Item #160, Item #163, Item #166, Item #173, Item #175, Item #181
- Team ThujaArmada: Item 4, Item 9, Item 10, Item 21, Item 40, Item 45, Item 46, Item 70, Item 97, Item 113, Item 132, Item 149, Item 160, Item 161, Item 164, Item 179
- Team KDEs2.0: GISHWHES 2014 Compilation
- Team BoerenkoolLovesCreepyDolls: Item #19, Item #67, Item #98, Item #111, Item #119, Item #135, Item #138, Item #164, GISHWHES 2014 Compilation
- Team Gr9: GISHWHES 2014 Compilation
- Team TheWaywardHuntersLoves33purpleturtlesLovespigpants: GISHWHES 2014 Compilation
- Team JoySandwich: GISHWHES 2014 Compilation
- Team Unmentionables: GISHWHES 2014 Compilation
- Team FreeWill: Various Items
Links
- Misha talks rivalry with William Shatner for GISHWHES by mashable
- Misha and over 800 French Maids break another world record
- Misha Collins and West at GISHWHES 2014 World Record Event by Caitlin McQuinn
- Misha Collins 2014 French Maid Guinness World Records Part 1 Part 2 by Fellowship OfCastiel Yes
- Why were there a couple hundred French maids on Capitol Hill this weekend? by Capitol Hill Seattle Blog
- Interview with Misha by Origin Magazine
- Scavenger hunt for a good cause by CTV London
- GISHWHES '14 Winners: Team Impala Interview by GISHWHES-is-coming
- How to Survive GISHWHES 2014 by MyCastleMyRules
2015
Dates: August 1-8, 2015.
Prize: The 2015 winning team joins Misha Collins on a trip to Costa Rica.
Winning Team: ?
Items: Full 2015 List of Items
The list included items such as
Photos of:
- Kick back in a hammock that’s suspended from trees on opposite banks of a river. (Make sure it’s a safe section of a river to be suspended over.) (71 points)
- Have a tea party with a special needs child or pediatric cancer patient dressed as a character from “Alice in Wonderland.” (46 points)
- Get Taylor Swift or any musician with over 5 million followers to publicly announce she/he loves supernatural (157 points) - Genevieve Padalecki item
Video of:
- Do a dramatic reading of your grade-school report card (22 points) - Felicia Day item
- Design and build a voice recognition device or robot stationed next to a toilet that flushes it when prompted by the voice command, “Crowley.” We must see you speak for 10 seconds prior to saying “Crowley” (you can say whatever you wish for this 10 seconds) but only see the flushing when “Crowley” is uttered. We must see the speaker’s face, the flushing mechanism and the toilet bowl in the video framing the entire time (84 points)
- Gishzoontite! Get a host or reporter on a major network news or talkshow program, to say “gishwhes!” as a fake sneeze (as if they are trying to subtly sneak it on air) (87 points)
Items from the hunt
- Scavenger Hunt Video for GISHWHES 2015 (Item 11) by Northeastern University Police Department
- Weather presenter Alan Longstreet does weather report dressed as a superhero in drag (Item 21) by FOX 2 Detroit
- Team FandomStudios: Item 19, Item 79
- Team The (Sc)Avengers: Item 9, Item 52, Item 87, Item 155
- Team Pigeon MacLeod: GISHWHES 2015 playlist, Item 163 - starring Mark Pellegrino
- Team The Idjits: Item 2, Item 5, Item 10, Item 12, Item 27, Item 49, Item 50, Item 55, Item 58, Item 68, Item 73, Item 76, Item 77, Item 86, Item 98, Item 107, Item 108, Item 110, Item 133, Item 134, Item 136, Item 156, Item 163, Item 167, Item 171, Item 180, Item 196, Item 214, GISHWHES 2015 channel
- Team ?: GISHWHES 2015 playlist
- Team FreeWill: Fake Item - A GISHWHES Proposal
- Team ThujaArmadalovesGhostbusters: Item 2, Item 8, Item 13, Item 24, Item 27, Item 49, Item 55, Item 67, Item 68, Item 77, Item 86, Item 107, Item 108, Item 108, Item 136, Item 167, Item 180, Item 214
- Team Bossfight: GISHWHES 2015 channel
- Team Avengers Initiative: Various items
Links
- GISHWHES 2015 official trailer
- CNN feature on GISHWHES
- Interview with Misha by The Daily Dot
- Interview with Misha by Nerdist
- Misha talks GISHWHES with Zap2It
- GISHWHES 2015 Gets New Mascot by Geeky News
- Here's how 'Supernatural' star Misha Collins is breaking world records by Entertainment Weekly
- Why William Shatner Is Wearing This Civil War Uniform - GISHWHES and William Shatner by Vanity Fair
- Behind the Scenes of Supernatural Star Misha Collins' Amazing Scavenger Hunt GISHWHES by People
- The kooky world of GISHWHES, the epic online scavenger hunt Report featuring participant Rachel Logan by CTV News
- A Guide to GISHWHES 2015 by MyCastleMyRules
World Records
GISHWHES has broken several Guinness World Records. Personalized certificates can be purchased through the The Guinness World Records Store using the provided "ID" and "Code".
Largest Photo Scavenger Hunt (2011)
The largest photo scavenger hunt is 'Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen', which was carried out by 6,200 participants and organized by Misha Collins (USA) between 20-29 November 2011.
– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation
Largest Media Scavenger Hunt (2012)
The largest media scavenger hunt is the 'Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen', which was carried out by 14,580 participants and organized by Misha Collins (USA) between 29 October and 5 November 2012.
– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation (ID: 130607-766; Code: egeo2436EG)
Most Pledges for a Campaign (2012)
The most pledges received for a campaign is 92,596, achieved by GISHWHES (USA) for 'Pledges to Commit a Random Act of Kindness' from 30 October to 5 November 2012.
– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation (ID: 130709-948; Code: xstl9182XS)
Largest Online Photo Album of “Hugs” (2013)
The largest online photo album of hugs contains 108,121 photos, and was achieved by GISHWHES (USA) for the campaign 'GISHWHES Hugs The World 2013!' from 11-18 August 2013.
– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation (ID: 130723-1629; Code: vhan8424VH)
Longest Chain of Safety Pins (2013)
The longest chain of safety pins measures 1,091.8 m (3,582 ft 0 in) and was created by Misha Collins (USA), as part of the GISHWHES event at Central Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada on August 13 2013
– Guinness World Records, Certificate of Participation (ID: 131204-7583; Code: jsrp4299JS)
Largest gathering of people dressed as French maids (2014)
The largest gathering of people dressed as French maids is 695 at an event organized by Misha Collins (USA) in Seattle, Washington, USA, on 3 August 2014. At the same event, participants also broke the record for the most participants in a decorated hat competition.
– Guinness World Records, Official Guinness World Records Website
Most people in a decorated hat competition (2014)
The most people in a decorated hat competition is 695 at an event organized by Misha Collins (USA) in Seattle, Washington, USA, on 3 August 2014. Participants also achieved the record for the largest gathering of people dressed as French maids at the same event.
– Guinness World Records, Official Guinness World Records Website
Links
- Misha Collins and GISHWHES: the world's largest media scavenger hunt! (2012) Interview with Misha by Guinness World Records
- Misha Collins and friends worldwide set new record for online hugs (2013) Interview with Misha by Guinness World Records
- Misha Collins and Friends Officially Break World Record for Hugs (2013) by The CW 50
- 'Supernatural's' Misha Collins sets Guinness World Record for most online hugs (2013) by Zap2It
- Misha and over 800 French Maids break another world record (2014)
- Misha Collins and West at GISHWHES 2014 World Record Event by Caitlin McQuinn (2014)
- Misha Collins 2014 French Maid Guinness World Records Part 1 Part 2 by Fellowship OfCastiel Yes (2014)
- Why were there a couple hundred French maids on Capitol Hill this weekend? by Capitol Hill Seattle Blog (2014)
Links
Official
- GISHWHES Official website
- GISHWHES Official Facebook
- GISHWHES Official Tumblr
- GISHWHES Official Instagram
- GISHWHES Official Pintrest
- @gishwhes Official Twitter
- @MissJeanLouis
Unofficial
- GISHWHES LJ community
- Decoding Gishwhes fansite on Tumblr
- Gishwhean fansite on Tumblr
- Gishwhes Network on Tumblr
- Giswhes Unoffical on Tumblr
- Giswhes Is Coming on Tumblr
- Gishwhes tag on Tumblr