Scavenger Hunt

1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin? How long did it take to grow?

The weight of the world's biggest pumpkin is 693.08903kg and it grew within four and half months (H-Ref 1).

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


If I wanted to contact Lilly Allen I would create an account with Twitter and add her on there. Twitter seems to be overtaking Myspace and Facebook to a certain extent and it's something stars use regularly. You could also create Myspace and Facebook accounts, but I think Twitter would be the best.

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


A giraffes tongue is 46 centimetres (H-Ref 2).

4. How would you define the word 'glycomics'? In your own words, what does it really mean ? What does the term 'seagull manager' refer to?

Glycomics is a term ascribed to the study of carbohydrates and more specifically sugar (H-ref 3)

To my understanding the seagull manager is someone who comes into a workplace and rather than helping as they should creates more havoc and causes a stir within the work environment (H-Ref 4).



5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film? Which of his films Had 'Blondie' in it?

His first feature film was Shivers and was made with the intent to create the first horror film in Canada (H-Ref 5).

Cronenberg's film Videodrome had Blondie in it (H-Ref 6).

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

It was written in January 1986 (H-Ref 7).

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

The use of 555 is used to replace numbers that may be used to call real people. You are able to call numbers with 555 in front of them, however, it is likely to be a directory and therefore you wouldn't be calling a real person (H-Ref 8).

8. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Sydney?

I find this one a hard one to answer because there are so many variants. To drive it would depend on what car you have and how much fuel it uses to determine a cost. To walk it would depend whether you set yourself a budget and got free help on your way and what happens on your way. To determine whether flying is cheapest then you would need to know about the above first.

With this in mind the cheapest way would be to book a ticket on webjet for the 28th of August 2009 and you could get there for $99.00 (H-Ref 9).

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

Single on Decca which was created by a Dutch Band (H-Ref 10).

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

Black Assasins. I found this answer via Yahoo which led me to another new comm tech blog, this person found the info from:http://steveylee.wordpress.com/ (H-Ref 11).



References:

H-Ref 1: World Records 2008 2009
http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2008/10/worlds-biggest-and-heaviest-pumpkin.html
Accessed Tuesday August 26, 2009.

H-Ref 2: SAN DIEGO Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giraffe.html#Photos
Access Thursday August 27, 2009.

H-Ref 3:Griffith University
http://www.griffith.edu.au/science/institute-glycomics
Accessed Thursday August 27, 2009.

H-Ref 4:BNET
http://dictionary.bnet.com/definition/seagull+manager.html
Accessed Thursday August 27, 2009.

H-Ref 5: New York Underground Film Festival
http://www.nyuff.com/2002/realarchive/8th/shivers.html
Accessed Thursday August 27, 2009.

H-Ref 6: http://www.hypercubism.com/pages/blondie2.html
Accessed Thursday August 27, 2009.

H-Ref 7: http://www.mithral.com/~beberg/manifesto.html
Accessed Thurdsay August 27, 2009.

H-Ref 8:Mark Cuccia
http://www.omegarobot.com/article/555.html
Accessed Thursday August 27, 2009.

H-Ref 9: Webjet
http://travel.webjet.com.au/webjettsa/home.aspx?flight_search_action=http%3A%2F%2Ftravel.webjet.com.au%2Fwebjettsa%2Fhome.aspx&TripType=Return&CityFrom=OOL&DateOut=2009%2F8%2F27&CityTo=Sydney&DateBack=2009%2F9%2F4&TravelClass=ECONOMY&NumAdult=1&NumChild=0&NumInfant=0&EntryPoint=Flight&RequestFrom=Outside&x=45&y=18
Accessed Thursday August 27, 2009.

H-Ref 10: Kelu McDonald
http://fever-sea.blogspot.com/
Accessed Thursday August 27, 2009.

H-Ref 11: Erin
http://2716085.blogspot.com/
Accessed Thursday August 27, 2009.