We were given the task of finding out the answers to the below questions using a search engine other than Google - at first a tricky task. My Answers have all been found courtesy of Altavista
1. Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus?
Onel de Guzman
2. What is the world record for the largest watermelon?
A Whopping 97kg
3. How did the Ebola virus get its name?
Through the river which flows through the Dem. Rep. of Congo
4. What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
Chile in 1960, it measured 9.5 on the richter scale
5. In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
1,000,000,000
6. Who is the creator of email?
Ray Tomlinson
7. What is the "storm worm", and how many computers are infected by it?
A type of 'Trojan Horse' virus which is said to have effected between 10-50 million computers
8. If you wanted to contact the prime minister of Australia directly, what would be the most efficient way?
Apart from arranging a meeting, the most effective way would be by fax
9. Which Brisbane-based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of?
The Black Assassins
10. What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words? What are some examples?
Unfortuneately I cannot think of any examples - but in my words, Web 2.0 basically means that now the web is no longer a 'flat platform' but a place in which many people could create and communicate and design - something that Web 1.0 did not allow.
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