In "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" from The Simpsons, Mr. Burns loses all his goods after being defeated in a scavenger hunt by the Rich Texan. He manages to find every time except one: a picture of himself with a smiling child. Becomes Chekhov's Gun when he saves Lisa from an attacking sheep. She returns his gratitude with a picture, which he then uses to get his possessions back.
On Parks and Recreation, Leslie sets up a scavenger hunt for Ben for Valentines Day. This being Leslie, she sets up twenty five clues, all of which are verbose riddles. The very first one even involved a word lock. Ron, who helps Ben figure out the clues, claims to dislike riddles and other such nonsense, but at the end confesses that he likes it and asks Leslie to prepare a hunt for him.