Tutorial 3' Scavenger Hunt Questions

1. What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
He would strap a gas mask to his face.
Altavista.

2. On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
October 29, 1969 called the ARPANET. They were interconnected between UCLA's School of Engineering and Applied Science and SRI International (SRI) in Menlo Park, California. I used Altavista.

3. What is Bill Gates’ birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?
28 October 1955, and first sold his software in 1975.
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4. Where was the World Wide Web invented?
At CERN, Geneva.
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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?
in 1979 computers were on a 8-bit microprocessor technology, and in 2009 2.60GHz, 800FSB, 2MB processor
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6. What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
2.3kg
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7. When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?
1859, and the tweed river is is NSW for various reasons found at:
www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/estuaries/inventory/tweed.shtml
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8. What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?
presumably raining as to the usual weather at that time
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9. Why is is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
He wrote famous poems including Don Juan there.
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10. What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?
The black assassins, real name Stephen Stockwell
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