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I Wisdom - Family History

Welcome to the Wisdom challenges.
Every family has a story – and some are waiting to be remembered.
Dig into the names, dates and stories that shaped your roots.

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Stage 1 -Book

Family History through written or spoken word.

Family History 01

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 01

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Find a story in the the “Really Old News” section of the More to Explore Menu on the family website. Copy and paste it below.

📍 Find your clue on the Really Old News family website page.

Response *

Family History 02

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 02

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Find a story in the the “Really Old News” section of the More to Explore Menu on the family website. Copy and paste it below.

📍 Find your clue on the Family Reunions family website page.

Response *

Family History 03

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 05

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Tell me something about one of your grandmothers.

Response *

Can we share your name/response on our leaderboard? *YesNo

Family History 04

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 04

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Ask an elder family member to tell you something about Grandpa Gurto’s garden. Summarise the answer here.

📍 If you get stuck, you might find out something here where the cousins talk about Grandpa Gurto – Cousins Remember Youtube video.

Response *

Family History 05

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 05

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

What did Sharen put in Grandpa Gurto’s pocket at his funeral?

📍 If you get stuck, you might find out something here: Sharen talks about Grandpa Gurto Click Here Youtube video.

Response *

Family History 06

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 06

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Name 5 different types of fruit that were grown on the Residence St. property in the 40s – 70s.

📍 If you get stuck, you might find ask one of the Juniors, or someone who lived/lives there.

Response *

Family History 07

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 07

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

What was the theme of Mary Moneypenny’s reunion? What year was it? Also what featured prominently at that reunion?

Family Homes 1978

📍 If you get stuck, you might find out something here: Click Here

Response *

Family History 08

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 08

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Read the minutes of ONE of the first 10 family reunions (1972 – 1981) and tell a story about something that happened at the reunion that year

Family Homes 1978

📍 If you get stuck, you might find out something here: Click Here

Response *

Family History 09

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 09

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Why did most of the families travel to Milwaukee in 1972?

📍 If you get stuck, you might have to ask a Junior.

Response *

Family History 10

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Book – 10

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

What was significant about the 1994 Family Reunion?

📍 If you get stuck, you might find out something here: Click Here

Response *

Stage 2 - Owl

Wisdom passed down through the generations.

Words of wisdom 01

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Owl – 01

Player or Team Name *

Wisdom passed through the generations

🔍 Challenge:

Describe a family tradition from the seniors’ generation or earlier.

📍 If you get stuck, you might find out something here: Click Here

Response *

Words of wisdom 02

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Owl – 02

Player or Team Name *

Wisdom passed through the generations

🔍 Challenge:

Ask a member of an older generation (or younger if you are a Junior) what advice would you give to future generations.

Response *

Words of wisdom 03

Identify a nickname of a family member and explain how it came to be.

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Owl – 03

Player or Team Name *

Wisdom passed through the generations

🔍 Challenge:

Share an Italian word or phrase (and it’s meaning) that you’ve heard some of the older generation use.

Response *

Words of wisdom 04

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Owl – 04

Player or Team Name *

Wisdom passed through the generations

🔍 Challenge:

Share an Italian word or phrase (and it’s meaning) that you’ve heard some of the older generation use.

Response *

Words of wisdom 05

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Owl – 5

Player or Team Name *

Wisdom passed through the generations

🔍 Challenge:

Describe a tradition that your branch of the family always follows.

Response *

Words of wisdom 06

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Owl – 06

Player or Team Name *

Wisdom passed through the generations

🔍 Challenge:

Record and upload an audio file telling me something about these people.

Response *

No file chosen

Words of wisdom 07

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Owl – 07

Player or Team Name *

Wisdom passed through the generations

🔍 Challenge:

How is this connected to the family?

Philip R. Clarke (and/or Roger Blough)

Response *

Words of wisdom 08

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Owl – 08

Player or Team Name *

Wisdom passed through the generations

🔍 Challenge:

Ask one of the Juniors to share a memory of the “Old Red Garage”. See if they know who is in the photo?

Response *

Words of wisdom 09

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Owl – 09

Player or Team Name *

Wisdom passed through the generations

🔍 Challenge:

Ask your parent what particular toy or game they remember having as a child. (If that’s not possible, write down something you may remember that they mentioned, or your own favourite toy as a child.)

Response *

Words of wisdom 10

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Owl – 10

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

What major world event happened during your childhood that you remember well?

Response *

Stage 3 - Lantern

–Shedding light on lesser or unknown family History.

Illuminating the past 01

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Lantern – 01

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

Find out the middle name of an ancestor and explain where it came from.

Response *

Illuminating the past 02

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Lantern – 02

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

Find out the cause of death of one of the seniors and identify whether it was a common cause at the time.

https://wp.gurto.org/index.php/in-loving-memory/

Response *

Illuminating the past 03

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Lantern – 03

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

Who is this and what is the story?

https://wp.gurto.org/index.php/in-loving-memory/

Response *

Illuminating the past 04

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Lantern – 04

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

Explain three features of the family shield.

Response *

Illuminating the past 05

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom – Lantern – 05

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

Identify a family member’s connection to a famous person

Response *

Illuminating the past 06

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Lantern 06

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

Share a memory of a family pet.

Response *

Illuminating the past 07

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Lantern 07

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

When you were a child, what could you buy for $10?

Response *

Illuminating the past 08

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Lantern 08

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

Upload an image of a clothing or hair style that all teenagers had to have when you were at school.

Response *

No file chosen

Illuminating the past 09

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Lantern 09

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What was one of the first movies you saw at the cinema as a child?

Response

Illuminating the past 10

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Lantern 10

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

Who was your favourite teacher? Why? What did they teach?

Response

Stage 4 - Pillar

Identify the ancestors who shape the family

Ancestors 01

Wisdom Pillar 01

Player or Team Name

Challenge

What is the name of the lady in this photo?

ResponseMaria GuiseppinaMaria EmanuellaMaria Angelarosa

Ancestors 02

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Pillar 02

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What is the Italian name of this person?

(Hint: Click the link)

ResponseMaria GiuseppinaMaria EmanuellaMaria Angelarosa

Ancestors 03

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Pillar 03

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What is the Italian name of the lady in this photo?

(Hint: Click the link)

ResponseMariaRosaFilomenaSunda

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Ancestors 04

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Pillar 04

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What is the Italian name of this person?

(Hint: Click the link)

ResponseMariaRosaFilomenaSunda

Ancestors 05

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Pillar 05

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What is the Italian name of this person?

(Hint: Click the link)

ResponseMariaRosaFilomenaSunda

Ancestors 06

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Pillar 06

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What is the Italian name of this person?

(Hint: Click the link)

ResponseMariaRosaFilomenaSunda

Ancestors 07

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Pillar 07

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What is the Italian name of the man in this photo?

(Hint: Click the link)

ResponseGiacomoVincenzoCrescenzoPietro

Ancestors 08

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Pillar 08

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What is the Italian name of the man in this photo?

(Hint: Click the link)

ResponseGiacomoVincenzoCrescenzoPietro

Ancestors 09

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Pillar 09

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What is the Italian name of the man in this photo?

(Hint: Click the link)

ResponseGiacomoVincenzoCrescenzoPietro

Ancestors 10

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Pillar 10

Player or Team Name *

Illuminating the past

🔍 Challenge:

What is the Italian name of the man in this photo?

(Hint: Click the link)

ResponseGiacomoVincenzoCrescenzoPietro

Stage 5 - Key

Unlock the practical skills of family members.

Family skills 01

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 01

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family could work on a race car?

Response

Family skills 02

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 02

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family can make tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes?

Response

Family skills 03

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 03

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family can/could groom a dog?

Response

Family skills 04

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 04

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family could drive an 18-wheeler semi?

Response

Family skills 05

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 05

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family had a business selling these?

Response

Family skills 06

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 06

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family could cut hair?

Response

Family skills 07

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 07

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family could make one of these?

Response

Family skills 08

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 08

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family had/has one of these?

Response

Family skills 09

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 09

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family could make one of these?

Response

Family skills10

Family Quest Challenge

Wisdom -Key 10

Player or Team Name *

Challenge

🔍 Challenge:

Who in the family is a good car mechanic?

Response