1. In Will Wilder: The Relic of Perilous Falls, Will not only discovers
an ancient relic right in his own hometown but he also
discovers that relics carry messages with them. Will is now on
a new global adventure to rescue other relics around the world.
Want to join him?
Get together with your buddies and solve each of the following
relic-related clues together. This is not a test. It’s an exploration
to find the world’s most amazing relics. Each of them are
centuries old and amazingly they are still in existence today.
You won’t believe what you’ll find!
NOTE: Each clue possesses several hints to aid your online or
library research to find the correct answer. Remember, a good
explorer knows that research is key! Bottom line: Trust your
instincts. Verify your facts. And have faith that the answer is
near.
HOW TO PLAY: Answer questions 1 to 8. Then take the circled
letters from your answers and rearrange them in the Solution
Zone to decipher the age-old message of the relics.
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rel • ic (rel’ ik), n. 1. an object esteemed and venerated because
of association with a saint or martyr 2. an object (such as a
piece of clothing or the bone of a saint) that is considered holy
rel • I • quary (re-le-kwer-ē), n. 1. a container that is used to
hold holy objects (called relics)
WILL WILDER’S RELIC RESCUE
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IT’S TIME
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INTERNATIONAL
EXPLORATION!

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Remember: You can use online and library resources to answer each
question. Research is key, explorers!
1. CLUE:
I was an active painter in Rome in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
One of my most famous works of art is a painting called Doubting Thomas,
which can be found in Sanssouci Germany. Who am I?
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2. CLUE:
I am on display at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy
and measure approximately 14.3 x 3.7 feet. My origin is the subject of
much debate among historians and scholars, but one thing for sure is that
radiocarbon dating confirms that I am from the medieval period. What am I?
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3. CLUE:
I am one of the six patron saints of Europe. I was born in 1347 and I died in
1380. And get this! Although I was not decapitated, my mummified head is
guarded closely at the Basilica of San Domenica to this day. Who am I?
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4. CLUE:
Herod’s daughter demanded that my head be brought to her on a serving
tray. What? A serving tray!?? This is how I met my demise. It is said that my
head is safely saved and on display at Amiens Cathedral, one of the largest
classic Gothic churches of the thirteenth century. Who am I?
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3. 5. CLUE:
I am a famous and rare garment said to be housed in Chartres
Cathedral, one of the France’s finest examples of Gothic architecture.
I was thought to have been destroyed in a fire in 1194, but, miracle of
miracles, three days later I was found unharmed in the treasury. What
famous relic am I?
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6. CLUE:
I’m a solid gold arm with two fingers extended toward the sky. I’m
known as a reliquary. I hold items associated with the saints, in this
case, St. Peter the Apostle. And more specifically, I hold an ulna. Yep,
one of the bones in the forearm. Although I’m currently empty, I am
on display at this famous institution in New York City. (You can use
the “short name.”)
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7. CLUE:
I am a reliquary that holds something sharp, something that inflicted
pain. Actually, I hold just a small piece from a larger item. This item
was worn on one man’s head, though not by choice. Although I am on
display at the British Museum, it is a Latin inscription that identifies
my contents. What is the larger item that my small piece is from?
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4. 8. CLUE:
I am a sealed glass vial containing a dark, solid substance. Several
times a year I am displayed to a packed crowd in the Naples Cathedral.
While the vial is being handled during a solemn ceremony, this
solid mass suddenly liquefies before everybody’s eyes. What are my
contents?
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SOLUTION ZONE
Place all your letters here and then unscramble them below to reveal
the message of the relics:
1. __ __ 2. __ __ __ __ 3. __ __ 4. __ __ __ 5. __ __ __ __ 6. __
7. __ __ 8. __ __
FINAL ANSWER CLUE:
Three simple but important things a successful relic explorer must
have and do:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
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See the following pages for the answer to each clue
and the final solution and message from the relics.
S V F A
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5. ANSWERS TO WILL WILDER’S RELIC
RESCUE SCAVENGER HUNT
1. ANSWER:
Caravaggio. My name is Caravaggio and I painted Doubting Thomas
which is currently on display at Sanssouci in Potsdam, near Berlin,
Germany.
2. ANSWER:
Holy Shroud of Turin. This burial cloth has been shown to bear
the image of the face of a man, and that man is said to be Jesus. A
photographer was able to point out a clearer version of the image when
he noticed it looked more detailed in the negative, or reverse. The Holy
Shroud is currently held in Turin Cathedral in northern Italy.
3. ANSWER:
Catherine of Siena. This may be one of the more grisly relics on display
in modern days. Interestingly, although the pious Catherine was illiterate,
she wrote a book called Dialogue of Divine Providence wholly by dictating it.
4. ANSWER:
John the Baptist. The reliquary containing the head of John the Baptist
remained in the Amiens Cathedral until the French Revolution, when
inventory was made of all Church property and treasure and relics were
confiscated. In 1793, representatives of the government demanded that
the relic be buried in a cemetery. But instead, the mayor of the town,
secretly and under fear of death, kept the relic in his house. Once the
revolutionary persecutions had ended, the head of St. John the Baptist
was returned to the cathedral in Amiens in 1816, where it remains to this
day.
5. ANSWER:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin. It said to have been worn by the Virgin
Mary during the birth of Christ.
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RESCUE SCAVENGER HUNTCONTINUED
6. ANSWER:
The Met. This is the short term for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s earliest roots date back
to 1866 in Paris, France, when a group of Americans agreed to create a
“national institution and gallery of art” to bring art and art education to
the American people. Today, tens of thousands of objects are on view at
any given time in the museum’s two-million-square-foot building.
7. ANSWER:
Crown of Thorns. This reliquary was made to house a relic of the Crown
of Thorns, the wreath of thorns placed on the head of Jesus Christ at
his crucifixion.The thorn is displayed behind a crystal window and is
identified by a Latin inscription: Ista est una spinea corone / Domine nostri
ihesu cristi (This is a thorn from the crown of Our Lord Jesus Christ).
8. ANSWER:
Blood of San Gennaro. This relic is an ancient round and flattened
sealed glass vial. During the ceremony, the reliquary is repeatedly picked
up, moved around, and upturned to check whether the liquefaction has
taken place. If it has, the dark mass is seen to flow freely into the vial.
The liquefaction sometimes takes place almost immediately, or can take
hours, even days.
SCAVENGER HUNT ANSWERS:
Place all your letters here and then unscramble them below to reveal the
message of the relics:
1. r v 2. y s h t 3. t e 4. h a i 5. u i v r 6. e 7. f t 8. f a
FINAL ANSWER CLUE:
Three simple but important things a successful relic explorer must have
and do:
Trust. Verify. Have Faith.
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