SCAVENGER HUNT!!!


1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?

The weight of the world’s biggest pumpkin is 1262 pounds. That’s 573.64 Kilos!!! This was grown by a lady whose name is Geneva Emmons who lives in Washington Sate. http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/10/102201t_pumpkins.jhtml
I used the search engine yahoo to find the answer to this question. It was the first website to come up on the list of responses.

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?

The quickest way of contacting Grant Hackett is to send an email to gali@granthackettonline.com. http://selina.tblog.com/post/439793
To find this information I used someone’s blog for the answer. I only cheated a little. I used ask.com search engine and found this girls blog. I did use other engines and didn’t find anything.

3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?

A giraffe's tongue is around 18 to 20 inches (46 to 50 centimetres) long!! http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giraffe.html
I used alltheweb.com to find this answer and this was the first link to come up.

4. How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?

A definition of ontology is a study of being and existence in the universe. This means that it studies all kinds of entities on earth and the universe. The definition is pretty much self explanatory. Lol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology
I used yahoo.com search engine for this answer.

5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?

The first feature film that David Cronenberg directed was called ‘shivers’ which appeared onscreen in 1975. http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/11/30/cronenberg/
To find this answer I tried something different and used Alta vista.com and this link was the second one to come up.

6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?

The original manifesto was written by a hacker called Loyd Blakenship, who went by the name of the mentor. It was first written January 8, 1986.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Manifesto
Used yahoo as many links came up when I typed in ‘Hackers Manifesto’.

7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?

The prefix 555 wasn’t used much therefore it became reserved for Hollywood so the viewing public wouldn’t harass the real phone customers. http://www.agsd.ca/sedley/stump/stump.htm
I used ask.com as this was a very unusual question and I thought that an asking search engine would be the best way to go.

8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?

Well I couldn’t find anything! So I’m just going to go with a guess here and say swimming! There are dangers involved, like getting eaten by a shark but I believe it would be the cheapest.
I used Hope’s brain search engine lol

9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?

March 13 to March 26: Eight Days A Week, by the Beatles.
http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Pop-Modern/1965.html
I used alltheweb.com for this very unusual question.

10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?

Stephen played keyboard and vocals for the Brisbane punk band, the Black Assassins. http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/staff/stockwell.htm
I used hotbot.com and it linked me to the Griffith University’s profile on Stephen.