Week 4- Scavenger Hunt

The tutorial task for this week was to find out the answers to the following questions using a search engine that isn't google or wikipedia.

1.What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
A: a gas mask (search.com)

2.On what date did two computers first communicate with each another? where were they?
A: 1969 (yahoo.com)

3.What is Bill Gates' birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?
A:Bill Gates' Birthday is on the 28th of October 1955 and he sold his first software at 13yrs of age. (yahoo.com)

4.Where was the World Wide Web invented?
A:CERN-The European Organisation for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. (yahoo.com)

5.How does the power of the computer you are working on now compare with the power of a personal computer from 30yrs ago?
A:Much faster, smaller and more efficient. (yahoo.com)

6.What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
A: unknown

7.When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed river in New South Wales?
A:June 6 1859 and the Tweed river was a result of a volcanic erruption that occured 20million yrs ago. (altavista.com)

8.What was the weather like in South-east Qld on 17 November 1954?
A:The was heavy flooding and a tropical cyclone (yahoo.com)

9.Why is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
A:For his poetry and because he was a leading figure in romanticism

10.What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?
A:Band-The black assassins. Name-Stephen Stockwell (bing.com)