Hundreds of Mamdani Scavenger Hunt enthusiasts compete for 'not cash' prize [View all]
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s Sunday scavenger hunt was so popular that it ran out of clue cards early on — but undaunted seekers pressed on anyway.
“I wouldn’t be the youngest mayor,” Mamdani said Sunday morning on X, announcing the first clue’s location in a video backed by the “Jeopardy!” jingle. “That distinction goes to someone who was … kind of a star of ‘Notting Hill’? And was a part of an old New York political machine. To begin the hunt, meet us in front of the Gilded Age hall where that mayor spent a *lot* of his time.”
At 2 p.m. sharp, hundreds had solved the initial riddle and were already on line in Union Square, eager to press on.
“Made it to the answer of the first clue: Tammany Hall, Union Square,” read one enthusiast’s post reposted by Mamdani. “This [scavenger hunt] is so f’n clever.”
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