Scavenger Hunt

Here we go this should be interesting!

1) Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus?
Former student of the Philippines' AMA Computer College, Onel de Guzman was the creator that 'spread the love' through a virus sent via email.
- http://computerbytesman.com/lovebug/index.htm

2. Who invented the paper clip?
Johan Vaaler
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpaperclip.htm

3 How did the Ebola virus get its name?
The virus gets its name from a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it was first recognized."
http://ebola.emedtv.com/ebola-virus/from-what-place-did-the-ebola-virus-get-its-name.html

4 What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
Chile is the country that has had the largest recorded earthquake to date which occured on the 22nd of May in 1960.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/10_largest_world.php

5 In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
There are 1,073,741,824 kilobytes in a terabyte.
http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/calculate/

6 Who is the creator of email?
Ray Thomlinson was the God who created email in 1971.
http://www.yahooanswers.com

7 What is the storm worm, and how many computers are infected by it?
The Storm Botnet is a distributed computer network consisting of computers remotely controlled without their owner's knowledge. Up to 5 million infected.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/virusdescriptions/a/stormworm.htm

8 If you wanted to contact the prime minister of australia directly,what is the most efficient way? Call Kevin Rudd - Phone (02) 6277 7700
http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm

9 Which Brisbane based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of? Stockwell played keyboard for The Black Assassins i believe.
http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/staff/stockwell.htm

10 What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words?
Web 2.0 referes to a second generation of Internet based networking sites and tools with the main purpose of connecting and sharing. Putting it in 'teenage' terms, that means sites like Myspace and Facebook, Chatrooms, Wikipedia, Online Dating services, all are good examples.
http://www.yahooanswers.com

Alot of Interesting Quesitons, learnt alot and discovered other means of getting info apart from google and Wiki.