A few days ago, Dropbox began its annual contest Dropquest, an internet scavenger hunt that leads to participants getting free cloud storage.  DropBox describes the contest:

Dropquest is a multi-step scavenger hunt that has you solve a list of puzzles (inspired by the likes of MIT’s mystery hunt or notpron [though not nearly as time/effort-consuming]). Everyone who completes Dropquest will get at least 1 GB of space (even if you participated last year).

Apparently, it’s not just for super techies. “We were very surprised by the cross-section of participants,” says Dropbox designer Jon Ying.  Last year, nearly half a million from all over the world completed the inaugural Dropquest and the top finishers were a fashion consultant and a graphic designer.

Prizes are listed as follows:

• 1st place (1): Dropbox employee hoodie, LIMITED EDITION Dropbox Hack Week t-shirt, Dropbox drawing signed by the entire Dropbox team, invitation to help write the next Dropquest, 100 GB for life!
• 2nd place (10): Dropbox employee hoodie, Dropbox t-shirt, 20 GB for life!
• 3rd place (15): Dropbox t-shirt, 5 GB for life!
• 4th place (50): 2 GB for life!
• 5th place (100): 1 GB for life!

Dropquest started on Saturday May 12th and quickly had a winner, but according to Dropbox’s last update on Twitter, there were still plenty more prizes to give out.

“We’ve got a whole trove of ideas and puzzles that will require a discerning eye and tons of creativity to solve, and many of this year’s puzzles will require you to go several layers deep (think Inception),” says Ying.

Author’s note: Personally I find Dropbox indispensable.  If you don’t already have an account sign up for FREE.