Scavenger hunt

Week four tutorial tasks... Savenger hunt.

1- What is the height of the world's largest tree? and how long did it take to grow?
Hyperion (a coast Redwood in California) standing 115.5m tall was named the worlds largest living tree in 2006.

http://purpleslinky.com/trivia/science/worlds-tallest-and-largest-trees/ (accessed 20th August 2009)

2- What is the best way to contact Madonna?
You can contact Madonna through her Facebook page listed below
http://www.facebook.com/madonna (accessed 20th August 2009)

3- What is the age of the oldest ever captive elephant? is this age older than in the wild?

Grandpa Lin Wang, the worlds oldest Asian elephant in captivity died in Taipei yesterday. He was 86 years old. This is compared to the average life expectancy for elephants in the wild being 45 years.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/2003/02/27/35337/Oldest-Asian.htm (accessed 20th August 2009)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98129620 (Accessed 20th August 2009)

4- How would you define the world 'Glycomics'? In your own words what does it mean? What does the term 'seagull manager' refer to?
The definition of Glycomics is considered: The systematic study of the structure and function of the complete set of glycans (the glycome) produced in a single organism and identification of all the genes that encode glycoproteins. In general terms this means the study of sugars in molecules inside an organism (living thing)
The term seagull manager refers to "A manager who only interacts with employees to criticize their work or when a problem arises".

http://www.find-health-articles.com/msh-glycomics.htm (accessed 20th August 2009)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Seagull+Management (accessed 20th August 2009)

5- What was David Cronenberg's most recent film?
Cronenberg's most recent feature, Spider (2002),

http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/cronenberg.html (accessed 20th August 2009)

6- When was the original 'Hackers' released?
The movie 'Hackers' was first released in 1995 directed by Ian Softley.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(movie) (accessed 20th August 2009)

7- Why do phone numbers in Hollywood start with '555'?
the answer lies 30 years ago with 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.

http://www.telephonecollecting.org/code.htm (Accessed 20th August 2009)

8- What is the cheapest travel from Gold Coast to Cairns?
A flight through jetstar will cost $109 dollars

http://book.jetstar.com/Select.aspx (accessed 20th August 2009)

9- What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1970?
up around the bend/run through the jungle by Creedance Clearwater Revival.

http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1970/1970.html (accessed 20th August 2009)

10- Which Birsbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and Vocals?
the Punk band, Black Assassins is the Brisbane band with Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals.
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~toxicoh/blackas.htm (accessed 20th August 2009)