week 4 (2a) scavenger hunt

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

1502lbs. (Lycos search - www.bigpumpkins.com)

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

No idea. He's not listed in the white pages. I'd call his club, Miami Dolphins, but the question says Hackett.

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

Up to 20 inches. (yahoo! search - http://www.enewsbuilder.net/tusker/e_article000662301.cfm?x=b11,0,w)

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

Indexed knowledge of a group of objects related by the nature of their existence (yahoo! search -

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ontology).

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

"Transfer" (1966). (http://imdb.com/name/nm0000343/)

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

January 8, 1986. (excite search -

http://msxml.excite.com/info.xcite/search/web/hacker%2527s%2Bmanifesto)

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

In the old exchange-name telephone number system (think Pennsylvania 6-5000), no English place names contained the combination of the letters J, K, and L -- all assigned to the digit "5" on the phone. So the prefix 555 went largely unused, and Hollywood was encouraged to use it to discourage those darn crank-calling kids. These days, 555 phone numbers are actually being assigned to legitimate businesses, and Hollywood has been restricted to numbers in the 555-0100 to 555-0199 range.

(ask.com search - http://s472216.tblog.com/post/439925 which is an old 1501art student's search)

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

Ferry

(cretetravel.com)

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

"I'll never find another you" by The Seekers

(www.onmc.net.au/topspot/1965.htm)

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

Black Assasins

(live-wirez.gu.edu.au/Staff/Stephen/Default.html)