Class Reunion Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt for class reunions and old friend groups meeting again. The photo challenges bring back memories and get people who have not spoken in years talking again. Three [Customize!] challenges are meant for the organizer to add class-specific questions (the strictest teacher, the school song, an iconic moment).
Challenges (18)
Best friend back then
Take a photo with the person who was your best friend at school. Or, if they are not here, with whoever comes closest.
Class photo pose
Recreate the classic class photo pose with the whole group: back row standing, middle row on chairs, front row crouching. Try to keep a straight face until after the photo.
The forgotten name
Ask someone whose name you genuinely forgot what they are called again. Take a photo together and admit you had lost it. Everyone does it, nobody will hold it against you.
Most changed
Take a photo with the person who, in your view, looks the most different since school. Not as an insult, as a compliment to the transformation.
Unexpected career
Find the person whose current job you never could have predicted back then. Take a photo together and have them explain how it came about.
The long-distance traveller
Find the person who now lives the furthest away from here. Take a photo together and write down how many miles they travelled for this reunion.
Deskmate
Find the person you sat next to the longest in class. Take a photo together, exactly the way you used to sit at your desk.
Own kids
Take a photo with someone who is now a parent themselves. If they have photos of the kids on their phone, even better.
Out of touch
Find someone you have had no contact with since school. Catch up for five minutes and then take a photo. You might just rekindle a friendship.
Unexpected match
Find someone you were never really close with during school, but with whom you have a good conversation now. Take a photo together.
The yearbook
Open the old yearbook (or an old class photo on your phone) to your page. Take a then-and-now photo by holding your face up next to it.
The iconic spot
Go to (or recreate) the spot that was iconic for your class: the corner of the schoolyard, the classroom, the spot by the main entrance. Take a group photo there.
Recreate a school moment
Come up with a typical moment from your school days together (a joke, an argument, a photo moment) and act it out for one shared photo.
Old inside joke
Find the person who still tells the same inside joke you all had back then. Take a photo and write the joke down (or at least the explanation).
Reunion final photo
Closing challenge: a big group photo with everyone who is here today. How many names can you still recite from memory? Write it down with the photo.
[Customize!] The strictest teacher
What was the name of the strictest teacher from your class? (Organizers: fill in the correct name under accepted answers, and optionally a second spelling.)
[Customize!] The school party song
Which song was always played at the school party (and everyone still knows by heart)? (Organizers: fill in the song title under accepted answers.)
[Customize!] The iconic school moment
Which event from your school days does everyone remember? (Organizers: come up with a specific event and phrase the question, e.g. "What year did we go on the trip to X?", with the answer.)