Week 4 - Scavenger Hunt

Complete the Scavenger Hunt questions by using a search engine that isn't Google, and post your answers in your blog:

1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?
2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?
3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?
4. How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean ?
5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?
6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?
7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?
8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?
9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?
10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?

1. 1061 pounds (reference - http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plmay99.htm)

2. Miami Swimming ClubPO BOX 2461BURLEIGH QLD 4220 (reference -http://granthackettonline.free.fr/?page_id=107)

3. A giraffe can extend its tongue for as much as 45 cm (18 in) (reference - http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561060/Giraffe.html)

4. Ontology can be said to study conceptions of reality (reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology)

5. Stereo (1969) (reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cronenberg#Filmography_as_Director)

6. January 8, 1986. (reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Manifesto)

7. In 1994, the North American Numbering Plan Administration began accepting applications for nationwide 555 numbers (outside the fictitious 555-01XX range). This would mean that a consumer from any area code could dial a seven-digit number such as 555-TACO, and the owners of that number could connect the call to the taco vendor nearest to the consumer. However, according to a 2003 New York Times article, the desired functionality requires the cooperation of local phone authorities, and most phone vendors have been reluctant to cooperate, perhaps wary of undermining the lucrative business of selling toll-free telephone numbers. Despite the fact that the service is virtually unavailable so far, most of the available 555 numbers have already been reserved. (reference - http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/16094)

8. By Ferry (reference - http://www.athensguide.com/ferries.html)

9. I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers (reference - http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/topspot/1965.htm)

10. Black Assasin's (reference - http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2005/content/standard.asp?name=StockwellS)