Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 A search for buried treasure. 2 A game in which people have to find hidden objects or places, with the help of clues.
WordNet
n. a game in which players try to find hidden articles by using a series of clues
Wikipedia
Treasure Hunt was a popular UK game show, based on the format of the French show La Chasse au Trésor, created by Jacques Antoine. It appeared on Channel 4 between 28 December 1982 and 18 May 1989 and was revived by BBC Two between 16 December 2002 and 2 August 2003.
A treasure hunt is one of many different types of games with one or more players who try to find hidden objects or places by following a series of clues. Treasure hunt games may be an indoor or outdoor activity. Outdoors they can be played in a garden or the treasure could be located anywhere around the world.
Treasure Hunt, called The New Treasure Hunt for its 1970s run, is an American television game show that ran in the 1950s, 1970s, and 1980s. The show featured contestants selecting a treasure chest or box with surprises inside, in the hope of winning large prizes or a cash jackpot.
Treasure Hunt is an adventure module for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) role-playing game, written by Aaron Allston for the 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) rules. The player characters must evolve into their roles as the adventure progresses, beginning as slaves on a galley who become freed after a shipwreck on an island where orcs and goblins contend over a treasure. The adventure received a positive review from White Dwarf magazine.
A treasure hunt is a search for literal or symbolic treasure.
Treasure hunt or Treasure Hunt may also refer to:
- BBC Archive Treasure Hunt, the public campaign to recover lost television productions
- Treasure hunt (game), a game simulating a hunt for treasure
- Treasure Hunt (UK game show), a British television game show
- Treasure Hunt (U.S. game show), a U.S. game show
- Treasure Hunt Series, a line of Hot Wheels toy cars
- Treasure Hunt (module), an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
- Armchair treasure hunt, in which clues for something valuable are hidden in the text or illustrations of a book or other work
- Treasure Hunt (1952 film), a 1952 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs
- Treasure Hunt (1994 film), a Hong Kong action comedy-drama film starring Chow Yun-fat
- Treasure Hunt (2011 film), a Hong Kong comedy film directed by Wong Jing
Treasure Hunt is a 1952 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Martita Hunt, Jimmy Edwards, Naunton Wayne and Athene Seyler.
Treasure Hunt is a 1994 Hong Kong action comedy and romantic fantasy film written and directed by Jeffrey Lau and starring Chow Yun-fat and Jacklyn Wu.
Usage examples of "treasure hunt".
And Congress would give NUMA hell for spending American tax dollars on a treasure hunt in another country.
A general treasure hunt begins all over the Pax system to find this ship.
Most men turn from Jekyll to Hyde whenever the thought of a treasure hunt floods their brain.
With this crusade against your treasure hunt, it's like he has a new cause.
Congress would eat me alive if they learned I sanctioned a treasure hunt with government funds.
Chet promised faithfully to keep his father informed of everything that happened in the treasure hunt from then on.
The seamen of both ships enjoyed the treasure hunt - they were so eager to join one of the digging teams that Southwick grumbled that if there had been any miscreants he'd have made them part of the raft's crew.
Although he would never have said anything to Ramage, he began to think the treasure hunt was over.