Scavenger Hunt! (Week 4)

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1. What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
A gas mask. -yahoo.com

2. On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
1988 but couldn't find where - "history of computers communicating"- answers.com -http://historyofcomputercommunications.info/

3. What is Bill Gates’ birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?
28th October 1955 -ujiko.com & http://www.mahalo.com/bill-gates
1975 he first sold his software making him 20 years old ujiko.com & answers.com

4. Where was the World Wide Web invented?
Somewhere near Geneva, Switzerland- HotBot- ideafinder

5. How does the power of the computer you are working on now compare with the power of a personal computer from 30 years ago?

6. What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
8 lb 6 oz grown by Norman Craven answers.com-http://www.vintageassessments.com/vd/rawf_2003.html

7. When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?
1851 - Queensland government site. I couldn't find the answer to why the tweed river is in NSW.

8. What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954
My Grandpa says it was a fine day.


9. Why is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
He is named after a well known hotel in Rome ujiko.com

10. What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?
Altavista gave me the name THE BLACK ASSASSINS to investigate. So I entered THE BLACK ASSASSINS into altavista again and came across the band's website. While looking over the images I recognised the new communication technologies lecturer- Stephen Stockwell and his alter ego Sirhan Chapman.

First thing's first- google is the best search engine around. Finding the answers to the scavenger hunt was pretty tricky. For the answers I did find, I used some of the websites suggested – yahoo, altavista, ujiko, hotbot; and some I already knew, answers.com and the Queensland government website. Some of the websites were confusing and tough to use like alltheweb.com, the internet archive and A9. After I finished my homework, I did a vanity search on myself in google and was a little bit surprised to find “27 results”. Turns out its all a load of facebook and name database garbage. Phew- no nude photos.