Scavenger Hunt

1. Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus?
Onel de Guzman (CNN.com)
2. Who invented the paper clip?
William D. Middlebrook (Ideafinder.com)
3. How did the Ebola virus get its name?
From the Ebola river in Zaire, Africa. (HotBot.com)
4. What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
Chile (Yahoo.com)
5. In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
1073741824 kilobytes (Altavista.com)
6. Who is the creator of email?
Ray Tomlinson (Yahoo.com)
7. What is the storm worm, and how many computers are infected by it?
The Storm worm is a Trojan Horse that opens a backdoor in the computer which then allows it to be remotely controlled, while also installing a rootkit that hides the malicious program. This particular worm also has the ability to update itself, so that updated infections can be fed into the compromised computer.The number of infected computers is uncertain, but it is estimated that between 1,000,000 and 50,000,000 computers have been infected worldwide. (About.com)
8. If you wanted to contact the prime minister of australia directly, what is the most efficient way?
You can email the Prime Minister via a form on the Prime Minister's site. (australia.gov.au)
9. Which Brisbane-based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of?
Black Assassins (Yahoo.com)
10. What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words?
Web 2.0 defines the newer version of the Web and the Internet. In Web 2.0, commonly used sites in the past are now replaced with newer versions of these sites, example from Netscape to Google. Web 2.0 is an attempt to increase user-friendliness and expand the possibilities between users and information on the Internet. (About.com)