Week Four - Scavenger Hunt

ok So we have this crazy task to find the answers to these questions:

1. What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
2. On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
3. What is Bill Gates’ birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?
4. Where was the World Wide Web invented?
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?
8. What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?
9. Why is is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
10. What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?

Easy? Well we have to find the answers WITHOUT the use of Google or Wikipedia.

Answers:

1. Alan Turing wore a gas mask while bike riding in the park to avoid Hay Fever.
(http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/)
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3. 28th of October 1955 (http://www.who2.com/billgates.html) He started the business in 1975 (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/default.aspx?tab=biography)
4. The world wide web was invented in Switzerland in 1990 (http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/inventedwebwhere.html)
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6.The heaviest Parsnip on record is 8 pounds 6 ounces (http://newsdurhamregion.com/article/114524)
7.June 61859 is considered to be Queensland offical birthday (http://www.qld.gov.au/about-queensland/history/)
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9.Lord Byron is still remembered in Venice perhaps because of his numerous affairs with married aristocrates(http://englishhistory.net/byron/chronology.html)
10. Sirhan Chapman played in a band by the name of the "Black Assassins". (http://web.revolutionrock.com.au/oral-hist/index.php?id=36)