Quest Shark Adventures, Houston

In 2006, system programmers created the first room-escape game in Silicon Valley. Fast forward 10 years, and room-escape games had spread all over the world, including to 6400 Southwest Freeway in Houston. That's where Quest Shark challenges teams to solve riddles and clues and complete their mission before the clock runs out. Read on to learn more about a few of Quest Shark's missions:

• Hotel's Secrets: An earthquake has trapped you and your friends in a mysterious hotel full of secrets. It's your job to find them and escape to freedom before the hotel collapses.

• Dali's Workshop: The eccentric artist Salvador Dalí has chosen you and your friends to gaze upon his last masterpiece. Unfortunately, he hid it in his workshop, a place just as eccentric as he was. Can you piece together the clues to locate the artwork?

• The Lost Treasure of Maya: A valuable Mayan relic lies hidden in the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple. Your task is to find the sacred totem of Montezuma, solving the temple's puzzles before it turns into a crypt.

• Zombie's Bunker: Zombies have taken over the city, and you know that the only way to stop them is to get a vaccine from a scientist. You know that the scientist was making the vaccine in his bunker, but you don't know exactly what is waiting for you there. Can you brave the bunker and save mankind?