Webhound's Scavenger Hunt
Go forth and find...
Let's see how much of a webhound you really are! We list 9 questions and give
the site from which you will find the answers (Note: each link will open in a new
browser window. Close it when you are done with the site to return to this
page). You may have to root around in a site to find them.
FOR EACH ANSWER: Include (1) the answer (2) the name [title] of the
page that you found the answer at.
1. Phoenix To Phoenix: Go to: http://www.indo.com/distance/
What is the map distance between Phoenix, Arizona and Phoenix, Illinois? How
long would it take to drive from one to the other?
a) How far is it?
b) http://www.indo.com/distance/
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2. Pi: Go to: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/drmath.middle.html
What numbers are in the 74th and 75th decimal place for the value of pi?
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3. Computer Acronyms: Go to: http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/
Besides being pals in the old cartoon strip "Archie", what do both VERONICA
and JUGHEAD stand for?
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4. Hoover's Online Business Info
Go to: http://www.hoovers.com/
Who is the Chairman of the fast-food chain "Jack in the Box?"
Who are their three top competitors?
5. FindLaw: Go to: http://www.findlaw.com/
Name at least two lawyers in Casper, Wyoming that specialize in Energy Law.
If you cannot find one in Casper, find one in another Wyoming town.
On what street are their offices located?
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6. TravelLang: Go to: http://travlang.com/languages/
If you traveled to Armenia, how would you say, "Nice to Meet you"?
If you needed to ask for vacancies on Malaysia, what would you ask?
What would you say at a birthday party in Iceland?
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7. Rhyming Dictionary: Go to: http://www.rhymezone.com/
How many 5 syllable words rhyme with banana? List them.
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8. Physical Reference Data
Go to: http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html
What is the value of the Josephson constant? What is its formula?
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9. Hobbes' Internet Timeline
Go to: http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
When was "@" sign chosen for use in e-mail? By Whom?
In what year did the number of Internet sites break 100,000? What did Kevin
MacKenzie contribute to the Internet?
Webhound's Scavenger Hunt 1999
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (mcli)
the 'net connection at MCLI is Alan Levine
URL: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/webhound/hunt1999.php