Treasure
Hunt Assignment
This is a
competitive assignment, so do not share your findings with classmates, you are
only helping them get a better grade than you. You have to complete the following tasks:
- Use your search engine skills to uncover the answer to as many of the
questions as you can. (Even if you think you already know the answer,
to get credit, you must have uncovered a corroborating source).
- Constructed a bibliographic entry representing the source that provided
each answer. (for example: answer: Keith has twelve
rabbits source:
http://www.keithmurphy.info/biograph.htm
) Don't think I won't check your sources.
Using electronic resources, find the answer to as many
of these questions as possible.
- What are the names of and arts associated with each of the nine muses?
- Who won horse racing's first "triple crown"?
- What is a "dwarf mini-lop"?
- What was the name of Spiderman's first love, and how did she die?
- What model is on the cover of the first Sports Illustrated swimsuit
special?
- Why is it called "Cracker Jack"?
- Who was named college baseball player of the year in 1984?
- How does popcorn pop?
- What is Boomer Esiason's real name?
- Who was H.R. Pufnstuf?
- How did Fort Valley get its name?
- What was the first video broadcast by MTV?
- What was the second???
- How many teeth does a frog have?
- Who, or what, are the Glimmer Twins?
- What was the name of Sir Francis Drake's ship?
- What common liquid has C6H12O6 as it's chemical makeup?
- What current countries are former members of the U.S.S.R.?
- How many 12 cent stamps are there in a dozen?
- What is the meaning of the word "forensics"?
- What prime time television show was the first to feature a married couple
who slept in the same bed?
- What were the first words spoken over the telephone?
- How did the band AC/DC get their name?
- Who wrote "A Junky's Christmas"?
- Who wrote "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"?
- When did "The Young and the Restless" debut?
- Name all the members of the Avengers (comic book version not British TV
show).
- What is the difference between a digital recording and an analog
recording?
- In what play did Shakespeare speak of "the black ram 'tupping the
white ewe"?
- Who was the first actor to portray James Bond?
- Who is really credited with inventing the World Wide Web? (Not Al
Gore).
- What was Tupac's first job?
- What is "paideia"?
- What is Wolverine's proper name?
- To what genus and species do the rabbit belong?
- For what are the San Diego Chargers named?
- How many national championships has the University of Kentucky won in
basketball?
- What is the "eschaton"?
- Why are peanuts sometimes listed as an ingredient for regular M&Ms?
- Do penguins have knees?
- What is "postmodernism"?
- Who created the work known as "Campbell Soup Cans"?
- What are one of the three works believed to have been the first
"novels" ever written?
- Who wrote the famous poem "Daddy"?
- Translate the phrase: digitus impudicus.
- What were thermometers filled with before mercury was used?
- What is the working section of a piano, made up of about 7500 parts,
called?
- In advertisements, why are most clocks showing the time to be 10:10?
- What are the ingredients in a "Twinkie"™?
- What is the current population of Houston County, Georgia?
- What are the names of the moons of Jupiter?
- What does "Qwerty" mean and what are the alternatives to it?
- What is Plato's "allegory of the cave" ?
- What is the national average salary for an assistant professor in English?
- What is the league minimum salary in the WNBA?
- How many eggs is the average woman born with?
- What is Kryptonite made of?
- What was the name of Samuel L. Jackson's character in "Star
Wars: The Phantom Menace?"
- What is the "golden mean"?
- What are "sea monkeys"?
- Who was the original Blue Beetle?
- Which planet did the spacecraft Magellan enable scientists to study
extensively?
- What was the name of the captain of the starship Enterprise before James
T. Kirk?
- What does the T. stand for in James T. Kirk?
- What does the S. Stand for in Harry S. Truman?
- What is the major industry in Carter County, Kentucky?
- What is the number of subscribers to "Playboy" magazine?
- Whose autobiography was entitled "Soul On Ice"?
- What TV evangelist claimed to have healed a car?
- Who were the "wild weasels" and the "angry angels"?
- Name four ways Buffy can slay a vampire.
- Name three songs recorded by the Partridge Family.
- Why is the Bulldog a mascot for the University of Georgia?
- What University has a mastodon as their mascot?
- What is the difference between jetsam and flotsam?
- How do they get the little M on the side of "M&Ms"™?
- Why are there no more tan "M&Ms"™?
- Why is there no longer a crayon color called "flesh"?
- What is play-dough™ made of?
- What's in an "old-fashioned?"
- Who won the 1919 World Series?
- What is Thespis' claim to fame?
- Who played Darth Maul?
- What was the "curse of the Red Sox"?
GOOD LUCK...heh heh heh