Amazing week four
Here is task two i.e. the scavenger hunt for our computer lab tasks. I find scavenger to be a very appropriate word for this task. It definately could not have been called a symbiosis or predator hunt. It was too 'cut and pastey', and I was dismayed by the lack of delicous reward one usually gets for completing a 'scavenger hunt'.

1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=161&gid=49
It seems a new world record was set by Ron Wallace in 2006 for a 1502 pound (approx 745kg) pumpkin. On’ ya Ron!

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?
This one is hard to find out; it seems “Grant Fever” is fading. However, I can tell you that I often see him at the Miami Swimming pool near Pizzy Park (wearing official DT’s).

3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?
www.on-the-matrix.com/africa/giraffe.asp
It is Approx 18 inches. How riveting.

4. How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?
http://www-ksl.stanford.edu/kst/what-is-an-ontology.htm
Ontology defines how something/ concept is understood and how you communicate information about this something/ concept.

5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?
His first released feature film was the comical horror film- Shivers in 1975.

6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?
http://linuxreviews.org/dictionary/Hacker_Manifesto/
January 8 1986.

7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?s=aa9995345b0c739e04c9e7c823356e40&t=24980&page=3&pp=25
Apparently they start with ‘555’ because it is a line that doesn’t exist and so it ensures no one can actually ring and harass.

8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?
http://paleologos.forth-crs.gr/english/npgres.exe?PM=BO#RoutesTable
the cheapest way is by ferry from Heraklion (Crete) to Rodos (Rhodes).

9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?
http://www.gramble.com/music/60speak2.htm
(Drum roll…number 1 was)1 Barry McGuire Eve of Destruction.

10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?
http://live-wirez.gu.edu.au/Staff/Stephen/default.html
Brisbane’s ugliest band- The Black Assassins.