Scavenger Hunt

World's Biggest Pumpkin:

Ron Wallace holds the record for the world's heaviest pumpkin which weighs 1502lbs
(source: ABC- 49 news. website: http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2006/oct/09/worlds_heaviest_pumpkin_weighed/

Best Way to Contact Grant Hackett:

Contact Michael Wenden, Olympic gold medallist and a coach of the Australian swim team seeing as I know him personally hahaha. Otherwise, submit an enquiry to Swimming Australia on http://www.swimming.org.au/About%20Us/Contact%20Us.aspx, if they tell you they can't do it for you, there probably is no other way. His official fan site shut down in 2002 and there is no other fan site that gives contact information. Alternatively, if you can locate his manager, that would probably get you in touch with him.

Length of Giraffe's Tongue:

According to the Encarta Encyclopedia website, a giraffe can extend its tongue for as long as 45cm or 18 inches. more information can be found here: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561060/Giraffe.html#p12

The Definition of Ontology:

Encarta Answers defines ontology as: "the study of existence: the most general branch of metaphysics, concerned with the nature of being" More can be found at http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=define%3A+ontology\

David Croneberg's First Feature Film

"Stereo" was david Croneberg's first feature film. It went for 65 minutes and was made in 1969. More information on David Croneberg's work including his writing and producing of films can be found on http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000343/ a movie database.

Hacker's Manifesto:

The original Hacker's Manifesto was written on the 8th of January 1986 by 'The Mentor.' The piece remains popular today on hacker websites and can be found in full on http://cybercrimes.net/Property/Hacking/Hacker%20Manifesto/HackerManifesto.html. Cybercrimes is a site made by the University of Dayton's School of Law and hence quite a reliable source.

Phone numbers in Hollywood Films- Why do they ALL start with 555?

The following passage is from http://www.telephonecollecting.org/code.htm (extract from Mark Cuccia in Telecom Heritage Issue 27) responds to the above question: "The answer lies 30 years ago or more when the use of exchange names as part of the telephone number was still popular in the USA. Dials had letters as well as numbers and the first 3 letters of the exchange name were dialled followed by numbers. An example might be CENtral 78978. You dialled CEN 78978 or, using all numbers, 236 78978.

It so happened that 5 on the dial corresponded with J K and L and you can’t make any English place names using any combination of J, K and L as the first 3 letters. So the 555 code was allocated to service levels such as Directory Assistance, Operator, Repair Service, etc.

Due to the "low fill" of the 555 code, Hollywood was encouraged to quote 555 numbers in their productions to prevent real subscribers being harassed by members of the public trying out the numbers quoted on the screen. Generic and satirical advertisements and commercials often used 555 numbers. In the early days of exchange names the prefix KLondike-5 was used as this exchange did not exist. "

Cheapest Way to Get From Crete to Rhodes:

The 2 common ways to get from Crete to Rhodes are via ferry or airplane. There are many companies online that allow people interested to book via the web. Due to different offers and promotions that are constantly changing, no fare has been included in this scavenger hunt. A quick search on a search engine like altavista.com or yahoo.com would provide more than adequate options to choose from. The challenge then is to find the cheapest company on offer at that point in time!

Top of the Australian pop Charts this week in 1965:

The number one song of the pop charts in Australia this week in 1965 was "I'll Never Find Another You" by "The Seekers." this information was found on http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/topspot/1965.htm

Steven Stockwell aka "The Lecturer's" Brisbane Band:

Steven Stockwell our lecturer was involved in the keyboard and vocals of the Brisbane punk band, 'The Black Assassins." His other many qualifications can be found on a Griffith staff website at the following url: http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/staff/stockwell.htm