CHALLENGES

#1: Head to The Ria Pizzeria (401 Main Street) and pick up one of the small inflated rubber basketballs that are designated for this event. Then, go around the corner to the Kobe mural and take a video of your team successfully completing the Kobe 3-point Challenge! Have one player, with the ball, standing at one end of the mural and the rest of the team members at the other end (approximate distance of an NBA 3-pointer) making basketball “hoops” with their arms in a circle out in front of their bodies. The team member with the ball should take a jump shot and yell “Kobe!” (which is of course the designated thing you yell when shooting some ridiculous shot) and attempt to get the ball through any of their teammates “hoops”. The team members can move around the pavement in order to help get the ball to land through their hoop as long as they remain roughly 24 feet away from the shooter and they keep their hoop in proper form so our HQ can verify it went in. Once you’ve completed the challenge be sure to return your ball to The Ria as you depart.

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#2: Yesterday was National Dog Day! To honor our furry best friends and all the joy they bring us, take a picture of your team performing any variation of the Downward Dog yoga pose, while you are with TWO real-life dogs. After your photo, show both dogs some love before departing. To view some Downward Dog variations click HERE.

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#3: As engineers, trying to calculate an unknown quantity is something you’ve likely become very skilled at over the years. Get to Milk & Honey (438 Main Street). Once inside, talk to a staff member to locate the clear coffee cup filled with beans designated for this event. You are able to hold the cup but cannot open it or dump it. Work together as a team to estimate the total number of beans in the cup. Then take a fun picture somewhere inside the coffee shop with your team members all acting extremely overcaffeinated and submit your bean guess. If you are within 100 beans of the actual amount your team will get two points. If you are not, you will still get one point for your jittery picture. Please note, our HQ will not reveal the actual amount or how many points your team obtained until the event ends.

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#4: Being able to focus while surrounded by distractions is a skill that will help you succeed in your role with Siemens. This challenge will test how well you can do that. Click HERE to get to the brain puzzles, scroll down and then select “Memory”. Then, anywhere along the way have at least two team members achieve a score of 50 or more points. Once you have your two super focused teammates, take a celebratory picture of them while they’re displaying their phone screens and the point totals are clearly visible. If needed, you can take an additional close-up picture of the two devices to clearly show the point totals (for bragging purposes of course).

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#5: Get your team to the International Surfing Museum (411 Olive Ave) and find the mural outside the building featuring eight boards from different eras of the sport. As a team, figure out which board is the oldest model and take a fun picture in front of it with everyone in their best surfing pose acting like a massive rogue wave is about to come crashing down behind you. Make sure someone on the team is pointing to the actual board you believe is the oldest because if you are correct you will get a point. If you are wrong, you will be given one more chance to submit another picture with the correct board. After that, the challenge becomes locked and your team will not be able to get any points for this challenge.

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#6: Anywhere around the area, take a video of your team members all at the same time consuming separate spoonfuls of any brand of hot sauce (the hotter the better). Make sure to show the bottle or packet of hot sauce in the video so everyone knows that it's actually hot sauce you're consuming. Disclaimer, this will likely not be pleasant, which is exactly the point. Because a team that suffers together, grows together.

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#7: Some of the most important skills for Siemens employees are the ability to communicate effectively and work together with others towards a common goal. These skills will also help you successfully complete this challenge. Anywhere on the beach (in sand), have someone take a video of your team as everyone is standing shoulder to shoulder in a tight clump/circle with your backs all facing in and your arms interlocked. Slowly lower the entire interlocked group to the ground until you are in a seated position with your butts on the ground. Then work together to slowly stand all the way back up while remaining interlocked the entire time. To watch a video of a group performing this maneuver click HERE.

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#8: Since yesterday was National Toilet Paper Day (it’s true, look it up), wrap any one member of your team from head to toe in toilet paper (or multiple team members if they want to get in on the fun) leaving as few gaps as possible except around their nose/mouth so they can breathe easily. Then take a fun team picture with your new "mummy” team member!

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#9: This week marked the anniversary of Amelia Earhart becoming the first woman to fly solo across the North American continent and back. To honor her fearless spirit, take a video of your team completing the "Paper Airplane Challenge". Send a team member to the 2nd level of any building, balcony, or parking garage and have them toss paper airplanes out into the air in front of them (not just dropping it straight downward). The rest of your team should be on the ground level below. Any of your team members at ground level need to catch just one plane before it hits the ground. All team members at ground level can be attempting to catch planes, but only one plane needs to be caught.

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#10: Anywhere around the area, take a picture of your team forming a 3-tiered, human pyramid inside of any elevator. You’ll need at least 6 people to properly form 3 tiers, so recruit kind strangers as needed if some of your team members choose to cheer you on instead. The elevator can be stopped at a floor with the door open as long as your pyramid is performed inside the actual elevator.

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#11: Working for a global technology leader that has been driving innovation in electrification, automation, and digitalization for over 175 years, you all have likely used Scotch Tape for just about everything. Well, except this. To honor this incredibly versatile American-made product take a fun team picture after everyone uses Scotch tape to dramatically stretch and distort their faces. To create the proper distortion you’ll need at least 5 pieces of tape per face, although the more the better! For some inspiration click HERE.

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#12: Anywhere around the area find an active military person or a veteran. Then take a video of them watching your entire team doing 10 push-ups, sit-ups or jumping jacks at their feet to honor their strength and courage. After you’ve finished recording, spend a few minutes learning more about their time in the service before you depart, as a small gesture of appreciation.

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#13: Get to any clothing or apparel store and find two different items with enough in stock that every team member can be wearing the same two items in their own sizes. Then take a fun team picture with everyone wearing those items. For example it may be a wacky shirt, and a pair of shorts. Or maybe some cozy slippers and a large sun hat. As long as everyone is wearing the same exact two items but in their own sizes.

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#14: Huntington Beach is considered one of the birthplaces of modern ocean lifeguarding, where organized surf lifesaving began in the early 1900s to protect swimmers drawn to its powerful waves. To honor the many lives rescued worldwide because of the programs, techniques and equipment created here, find any official Lifeguard cross emblem around the area. Once you’ve found one, designate one of your teammates as an “injured victim”. Then take a picture demonstrating the “correct way to carry a victim out of an emergency”, as referenced in the picture found HERE from an old rescuer manual. If you have a lot of people on your team you can divide up and carry multiple “victims” if you want. Or if you have a small team you can recruit strangers to help out if needed. Make sure the lifeguard cross emblem (not just the word lifeguard somewhere) is visible somewhere in your picture and then gently lower your victim back down after you’re finished, just like the original guards would have done.

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#15: When Alexandra “Alex” Scott was just four years old, she created a lemonade stand in her front yard and held her first childhood cancer fundraiser. That day she raised $2,000! She continued to host lemonade stands throughout her community and by the time of her death in 2004, Alex raised over $1 million and inspired a legacy of hope and cures for childhood cancer. To honor those, and their families, who are impacted by childhood cancer, take a proud group picture showing off your hands once every member of your group has gotten their fingernails painted bright yellow (the international color for childhood cancer awareness) using real nail polish. For every team that completes this challenge successfully, our company (Team Building Anywhere) will be donating $25 to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation!

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