CCGS Scavenger Hunt

Friday, March 11, 2022

CCGS Scavenger Hunt Day Day 5:Thomas Welles (cir. 1590 – 1659/60)
CCGS Scavenger Hunt Day 5: Thomas Welles (cir. 1590 – 1659/60)

This scavenger hunt focuses on the life and family of the 4th (and 6th) Governor of the Colony of Connecticut. Serving from 1655 to 1656, and again from 1658 to 1659, Governor Welles removed first from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 and from there to Connecticut Colony in 1636.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Scavenger Hunt Notes:

  1. Scoring (Answer) 2 points – Correct answer
  2. Scoring (URL where the answer was found) – Sliding scale:
    3 points – URL of a digitized contemporary account of an event (Primary or Original source)
    2 points – URL of a digitized record created later (Secondary or Derivative source)
    1 point – URL of a digitized account further removed from the event (Tertiary source or Authored Work)
    0 points – URL of overview, index, or similar document/webpage (a pointer to an actual source)
  3. All players submitting the most correct answers for each quiz will be eligible for the daily prize drawing.
  4. A player may only win one daily prize, but may still be eligible for the grand prize.
  5. Players submitting the most correct answers (total throughout all daily quizzes) will be eligible for the grand prize drawing.
  6. Players who submit answers after midnight on the day of a quiz will only be considered for the grand prize drawing.