WEEK 4 TUTORIAL ACTIVITY :)

SCAVENGER HUNT

1. What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
AltaVista
Alan Turing use to wear a gas mask while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park to prevent hay-fever symptoms.

2. On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
AltaVista
The first computers talked to each other in 1969 through a network called ARPANET. The computers were located in California and Utah.

3. What is Bill Gates’ birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?
Answers.com
Bill Gates was born on the 28th of October, 1955 and sold his first software in 1975. (That would make him 20 years old).

4. Where was the World Wide Web invented?
AltaVista
The World Wide Web was invented at CERN.

5. How does the power of the computer you are working on now compare with the power of a personal computer from 30 years ago?
AltaVista and Dell Website
A computer in 1979 had a 8088 8-bit processor.
A computer in 2009 has a 2.60GHz, 800FSB, 2MB processor
You decipher what that means and work out the power differences

6. What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
AltaVista
Ken Holden grew a parsnip that weighed 2.3 kilograms. Mr Holden has also previously grown a cauliflower weighing 3.2 kilograms and carrots weighing 2.7 kilograms.

7. When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?
AltaVista and Queensland Government Mapping and Surveying website
Queensland separated from New South Wales and thus became a state in 1859 (Queensland’s 150 years old) There were many reasons for why the boarders between states are the way they are and these reasons can be found on the Queensland Government Mapping and Surveying website.

8. What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?
AltaVista and Bureau of Meteorology
I can only presume from the information from the BOM page for the history of flooding in southeast Queensland that on the 17th of November 1954, it was raining in southeast Queensland.

9. Why is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
AltaVista and BBC History website
Lord Byron is remembered in Venice because he wrote some of his most famous works including ‘Don Juan’ in Venice.

10. What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?
AltaVista , Revolution Rock Oral History of Brisbane Music website, The Black Assassins’ 10th Birthday Bash CD Launch Party 2005 and picture search
Sirham Chapman played keyboard and did the lead vocals in The Black Assassins. He is none other than my lecturer for New Communication Technologies. Dr Stephen Stockwell.