You guys won the competition and the funniest
photo for the Halloween Version of
Hometown Discoveries!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Results for Halloween
Congratulations Jose & Natnael
You guys won the competition and the funniest
photo for the Halloween Version of
Hometown Discoveries!
You guys won the competition and the funniest
photo for the Halloween Version of
Hometown Discoveries!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween Edition Answers 2009
Clue #1 It’s a Wrap!
Don’t be too loud with this first clue; you don’t want to wake the dead!
Head to the Origins of Western Culture in the Natural History Museum and you will find a gift that was given to the museum by Minister Cox.
This gift is over 2,200 years old and comes from the country of TEPYG. (unscramble)
What is the country? _________________
It usually resides in a tomb NOT in a museum. What is the purpose of a tomb for this gift?
A) To keep the dead warm under the cold sands.
B) To protect and sustain the deceased’s spirit in the next world.
C) To mark where treasure is for archeologists.
Remember to get a photo of both of you in front of Minister Cox’s gift signing the answer to the question.
Clue #2 Talking Bones!
Have you ever listened to what a skeleton might tell you? Maybe you will this Halloween!
Where should you go in the Natural History Museum if you wanted to “read” a story from someone’s skeleton?
Once you are there, find Forensic File #1.
“Forensic” means to deal with facts in order to understand what has happened.
So what facts were anthropologists able to find out about this person just by investigating the skeleton?
Age:____________
Sex:_____________
Height:__________
They were also able to figure out what happened to this person. What happened?
D) The person was shot and then buried.
E) The person died of cancer and died in the woods alone.
F) The person was stabbed to death and then burned.
Get a photo of both of you in front of this skeleton signing the correct answer.
Bonus: Forensic Anthropology Lab
Be afraid…you are about to handle an actual skeleton!
Head to the Forensic Anthropology Lab in the same section as the answer to clue #2 of the Natural History Museum and complete these three video challenges. (This opens at 11AM)
Bonus Video #1 Shoot a short video in which you show and explain how you were able to figure out the gender of the skeleton. We want to see the skeleton in the video! (25 pts)
Bonus Video #2 Shoot a short video in which you show and explain how you were able to figure out the stature of the skeleton. We want to see the skeleton in the video! (25 pts)
Bonus Video #3 Speed assembly! Head to the floor and film your partner putting together a plastic skeleton as fast as possible. All bones must start in the bin. Give us the thumbs up when you are done! (25 points)
Clue #3 Korean Fidelity
On Halloween we wear costumes that sometimes have hidden meanings. This clue deals with the hidden meanings of wedding dresses.
Head to the Korean Gallery of the Natural History Museum and find the animal that is incorporated into the dress of a wedding party. This animal means that the couple will mate for life and have fidelity or loyalty towards each other. What animal symbolizes marriage in Korea?
G) Ostrich
H) Duck
I) Goldfish
Get a picture of both of you in front of this outfit signing your answer.
Clue #4 Spooky Sonar!
Watch out! You are about to encounter the spookiest Halloween animal yet! Don’t get bitten!!!!!!
Head to the Hall of Mammals and in the Natural History Museum find the 2nd largest group of living mammals that usually fly around on Halloween night!
You must find:
Pteropus Alecto
Here is a riddle that might help you:
Some are known as vampires and others stick to fruit but all of them like baseball because it can’t be played without them.
Get a picture of both of you with this mammal acting like you are scared of it. The Pteropus Alecto must be clearly visible.
Clue #5 Halloween Island
On Halloween we are welcoming the spirits of the past back to Earth. These spirits would be our ancestors, the ones who came and went before us.
Head to the spooky basement of the Natural History Museum but beware of the ancestors you will find there.
Look for the giant Moai who are “ancestors who brought benefits to their living descendants.” What did the people of this Island put in their eyes to bring them alive?
K) Burning pieces of Coal
L) White Coral and Red Scoria Rock
M) Pigeon eggs that would hatch and fly away
Take a picture of both of you standing in front of the Moai signing the correct answer.
Clue#6 Japanese Halloween
Many traditions with Halloween are connected to driving out evil spirits. But the Japanese have another connection with the original Samhain. What is it?
Head to the Freer Gallery of Art and find
The ritual mask from the Edo period (F1905.314)
in gallery # (650-578)/9 = ___
When would this mask be used to perform exorcisms?
N) At the Winter Solstice
O) At the Beginning of Spring festival
P) The night before the New Year celebration
Take a photo of both of you signing the answer in front of this ritual mask.
Clue #7 Magical Animals
In the original Halloween, the Celts wore costumes with animal heads to tell fortunes. Check out this magical animal and find out its powers!
Head to the Freer Gallery of Art and find gallery # (127-99)/2 = _________
Find the creature that has wings, is part lion and part unicorn.
What is it called and what does it do?
Q) A Bartjok and it helps grow food.
R) A Chimera and it averts and protects from evil
S) A Demoktos and it spreads healing power to all.
Take a photo with both of you in front of this magical creature signing the answer.
Clue #8 Spectral Security
Protecting the tombs of ancestors was important to the Chinese and that is why they tried to scare off evil spirits much like the Celts had to protect their crops from the spirits on Halloween.
Head to the underground lair known as the Sackler Gallery of Art to find the Arts of 6 Dynasties and Tang in China.
Find the piece of artwork that best fits 4 of the 5 descriptions below.
Which description does not fit?
T) Grimacing Human and Bestial Face
U) Most Admired Object from the Tang in China
V) Blood Sucking Fangs
W) Flaming Mane
X) Wards off Evil Forces
Take a photo of your team in front of this piece of artwork signing the answer that does not fit.
Clue #9 Animal Undertakers
The Celts wore animal costumes to tell the future but in parts of Africa animals also symbolized life and death.
Head to the African Art Museum to take in the animal exhibit but beware, some animals are not what they seem to be!!!!
What animal is actually a coffin? _______________
Now read about this animal and how this animal has been used in “masquerades.” This animal is also a symbol of the cycle of life and death and longevity (meaning to live a long life).
What country believes that this animal is a metaphor for Change? __________________________________________________
Now find two Face Masks from this country right next to each other. One from the Wee people and one from the Baule people. Take a photo of both of you looking through these masks.
There is your Halloween Costume with a mask finally!
Clue # 10 Final Resting Place
Halloween was combined with Roman holidays to remember the passing of the dead. Now we must pay tribute to a very important person who is no longer with us.
Head to the Smithsonian Castle to find out who is buried here. That is right! Someone is actually buried inside the Smithsonian Castle. To find him you must go to the Crypt which means a burial place. Who is it?
X) George Washington our 1st President
Y) James Smithson founder of the Smithsonian Institution
Z) Wilbur Wright who was the first American to fly
Snap a photo of both of you signing the answer in front of the tombstone which shows his face (profile).
Don’t be too loud with this first clue; you don’t want to wake the dead!
Head to the Origins of Western Culture in the Natural History Museum and you will find a gift that was given to the museum by Minister Cox.
This gift is over 2,200 years old and comes from the country of TEPYG. (unscramble)
What is the country? _________________
It usually resides in a tomb NOT in a museum. What is the purpose of a tomb for this gift?
A) To keep the dead warm under the cold sands.
B) To protect and sustain the deceased’s spirit in the next world.
C) To mark where treasure is for archeologists.
Remember to get a photo of both of you in front of Minister Cox’s gift signing the answer to the question.
Clue #2 Talking Bones!
Have you ever listened to what a skeleton might tell you? Maybe you will this Halloween!
Where should you go in the Natural History Museum if you wanted to “read” a story from someone’s skeleton?
Once you are there, find Forensic File #1.
“Forensic” means to deal with facts in order to understand what has happened.
So what facts were anthropologists able to find out about this person just by investigating the skeleton?
Age:____________
Sex:_____________
Height:__________
They were also able to figure out what happened to this person. What happened?
D) The person was shot and then buried.
E) The person died of cancer and died in the woods alone.
F) The person was stabbed to death and then burned.
Get a photo of both of you in front of this skeleton signing the correct answer.
Bonus: Forensic Anthropology Lab
Be afraid…you are about to handle an actual skeleton!
Head to the Forensic Anthropology Lab in the same section as the answer to clue #2 of the Natural History Museum and complete these three video challenges. (This opens at 11AM)
Bonus Video #1 Shoot a short video in which you show and explain how you were able to figure out the gender of the skeleton. We want to see the skeleton in the video! (25 pts)
Bonus Video #2 Shoot a short video in which you show and explain how you were able to figure out the stature of the skeleton. We want to see the skeleton in the video! (25 pts)
Bonus Video #3 Speed assembly! Head to the floor and film your partner putting together a plastic skeleton as fast as possible. All bones must start in the bin. Give us the thumbs up when you are done! (25 points)
Clue #3 Korean Fidelity
On Halloween we wear costumes that sometimes have hidden meanings. This clue deals with the hidden meanings of wedding dresses.
Head to the Korean Gallery of the Natural History Museum and find the animal that is incorporated into the dress of a wedding party. This animal means that the couple will mate for life and have fidelity or loyalty towards each other. What animal symbolizes marriage in Korea?
G) Ostrich
H) Duck
I) Goldfish
Get a picture of both of you in front of this outfit signing your answer.
Clue #4 Spooky Sonar!
Watch out! You are about to encounter the spookiest Halloween animal yet! Don’t get bitten!!!!!!
Head to the Hall of Mammals and in the Natural History Museum find the 2nd largest group of living mammals that usually fly around on Halloween night!
You must find:
Pteropus Alecto
Here is a riddle that might help you:
Some are known as vampires and others stick to fruit but all of them like baseball because it can’t be played without them.
Get a picture of both of you with this mammal acting like you are scared of it. The Pteropus Alecto must be clearly visible.
Clue #5 Halloween Island
On Halloween we are welcoming the spirits of the past back to Earth. These spirits would be our ancestors, the ones who came and went before us.
Head to the spooky basement of the Natural History Museum but beware of the ancestors you will find there.
Look for the giant Moai who are “ancestors who brought benefits to their living descendants.” What did the people of this Island put in their eyes to bring them alive?
K) Burning pieces of Coal
L) White Coral and Red Scoria Rock
M) Pigeon eggs that would hatch and fly away
Take a picture of both of you standing in front of the Moai signing the correct answer.
Clue#6 Japanese Halloween
Many traditions with Halloween are connected to driving out evil spirits. But the Japanese have another connection with the original Samhain. What is it?
Head to the Freer Gallery of Art and find
The ritual mask from the Edo period (F1905.314)
in gallery # (650-578)/9 = ___
When would this mask be used to perform exorcisms?
N) At the Winter Solstice
O) At the Beginning of Spring festival
P) The night before the New Year celebration
Take a photo of both of you signing the answer in front of this ritual mask.
Clue #7 Magical Animals
In the original Halloween, the Celts wore costumes with animal heads to tell fortunes. Check out this magical animal and find out its powers!
Head to the Freer Gallery of Art and find gallery # (127-99)/2 = _________
Find the creature that has wings, is part lion and part unicorn.
What is it called and what does it do?
Q) A Bartjok and it helps grow food.
R) A Chimera and it averts and protects from evil
S) A Demoktos and it spreads healing power to all.
Take a photo with both of you in front of this magical creature signing the answer.
Clue #8 Spectral Security
Protecting the tombs of ancestors was important to the Chinese and that is why they tried to scare off evil spirits much like the Celts had to protect their crops from the spirits on Halloween.
Head to the underground lair known as the Sackler Gallery of Art to find the Arts of 6 Dynasties and Tang in China.
Find the piece of artwork that best fits 4 of the 5 descriptions below.
Which description does not fit?
T) Grimacing Human and Bestial Face
U) Most Admired Object from the Tang in China
V) Blood Sucking Fangs
W) Flaming Mane
X) Wards off Evil Forces
Take a photo of your team in front of this piece of artwork signing the answer that does not fit.
Clue #9 Animal Undertakers
The Celts wore animal costumes to tell the future but in parts of Africa animals also symbolized life and death.
Head to the African Art Museum to take in the animal exhibit but beware, some animals are not what they seem to be!!!!
What animal is actually a coffin? _______________
Now read about this animal and how this animal has been used in “masquerades.” This animal is also a symbol of the cycle of life and death and longevity (meaning to live a long life).
What country believes that this animal is a metaphor for Change? __________________________________________________
Now find two Face Masks from this country right next to each other. One from the Wee people and one from the Baule people. Take a photo of both of you looking through these masks.
There is your Halloween Costume with a mask finally!
Clue # 10 Final Resting Place
Halloween was combined with Roman holidays to remember the passing of the dead. Now we must pay tribute to a very important person who is no longer with us.
Head to the Smithsonian Castle to find out who is buried here. That is right! Someone is actually buried inside the Smithsonian Castle. To find him you must go to the Crypt which means a burial place. Who is it?
X) George Washington our 1st President
Y) James Smithson founder of the Smithsonian Institution
Z) Wilbur Wright who was the first American to fly
Snap a photo of both of you signing the answer in front of the tombstone which shows his face (profile).
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