Scavenger Hunt questions

1. What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
Answer: In the summer he could be seen riding his bicycle while wearing a gas-mask to prevent hay-fever.
http://www.nels.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/GURPS/WWII/Turing.htm
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2. On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
1969 and BBN had developed and delivered the first IMP to the Network Measurement Center located at UCLA
http://www.nos.org/htm/funda4.htm
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3. What is Bill Gates’ birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?

Born - October 28, 1955
Gates and Allen had sold their first commercially developed software for $3,000 and royalties
http://www.answers.com/topic/bill-gates


4. Where was the World Wide Web invented?
Answer: The World Wide Web (WWW) has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, computer and Internet set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. Invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991, the Web has become a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard to geographic location.
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/berners-lee.htm


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?


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

7. When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?
In 1851 a public meeting was held to consider Queensland's separation from New South Wales. Queen Victoria gave her approval and signed Letters Patent on June 6 1859 to establish the new colony of Queensland. On the same day an Order-in-Council gave Queensland its own Constitution. Queensland became a self-governing colony with its own Governor, a nominated Legislative Council and an elected Legislative Assembly. June 6 is now celebrated by Queenslanders as the day acknowledging the birth of Queensland. On December 10, Queensland's first Governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, officially proclaimed Queensland to be a separate colony from New South Wales.
http://www.about-australia.com/facts/queensland/history/


8. What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?
The heavy October rains over the Darling Downs followed by thunderstorm rains in November maintained fairly high levels in the Condamine and Macintyre rivers , particularly during the first half of the month. The peak height at Surat on 1st was the result of heavy run-off from the October rains. This crest moved slowly downstream and peaked at St George on 4th. Heavy 25 to 75mm rains on the southern Downs during the 3rd and 4th renewed the flooding in the Macintyre River which was still carrying considerable run-off from the October rains. The resultant sharp rises on 4th , 5th and 6th gave the third flood for that stream in 5 weeks. A peak at Goondiwindi on 6th resulted in moderate flooding and temporary dislocation of traffic.
Local flooding due to thunderstorms occurred at isolated places throughout Queensland during the month. The following are examples :- Some 30mm at Dayboro on 5th caused a temporary rise in the Pine River . Approximately 100mm in an hour near Surat caused freshes and another peak in the Condamine River on 9th. A severe storm brought 40mm in 15 minutes to Ingham on 10th , flooding shops and business premises. Up to 50mm of rain fell in 90 minutes at Caloundra , flooding a number of houses on 10th. Source: http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/qld/fld_history/floodsum_1950.shtml


9. Why is is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
In Venice for almost three years. It was in this period that Byron wrote some of his most famous works, including ‘Don Juan’
http://www.venice-estates.com/prestige/va138/byron.html
10. What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?
The Black Assassins, Steve Stockwell
http://www.blackassassins.net/index.html