Week 5 Tutorial task

Scavenger Hunt

Without using Google or Wikipedia, try to answer the following questions and post your answers to your blog. 

Provide the URL (with the date you accessed it) of where you found the answer.  Describe how you found it.

1. Where was the first University established and in which year?

The first university was established in Takshashila or Taxila or Takshashila (now in Pakistan) in 700BC. This centre of learning was situated about 50 km west of Rawalpindi in Pakistan.

Found trough http://www.dogpile.com I searched for ‘ Worlds first University’, then yahoo answers came up http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110529050424AAcZ1iZ wich lead to http://incredblindia.blogspot.com/2009/02/takshila-worlds-first-university.html  (viewed 28. August 2011)

2. What is Stephen Stockwell's band called and what does he play?  Can you name a couple of their songs?

Stephen Stockwell’s band is called The Black Assassins, he does the vocals and plays keyboard.

 Black Assassins Greatest Hits Includes: Death Take Me Now, Drugs, Azaria, Fuck Me Fuck My Dog, Multinational Corporate Lifestyle, Planet X, SWAPO, Death Comes To Townsville, Run Ronnie Run, ASIO, Pain Barrier, Barricades, Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight.

I used www.dogpile.com, typed in ‘Stepehen Stockwell  + band’ wich lead to: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~toxicoh/blackas.htm (viewed 28. August 2011)

3. What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?

The Bagger 288, built by Krupps in Germany is the biggest moving machine on the planet. Weighing 45,000 tons, it took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 million.

I typed in ‘ World’s biggest machinge’ in www.iseek.com then the website http://www.wonderhowto.com/news/wonderment/worlds-biggest-machine-0113869/ came up, but it didn’t say how much it cost to build the machine, therefore I typed in ‘ The bagger 288 costs’ and this webpage came up http://www.iseek.com/iseek/clean/result.html?tr=http%3a%2f%2fwww.michaelgriswold.com%2fPictures%2fALL%2fbagger%2fbagger.html&tq=http%3a%2f%2fwww.iseek.com%2fiseek%2fsearch.nav.html%3fc%3d1a248ec1az1320fc56de3%26et%3d%26ex%3d(v0)(v3)(x1)(x2)(x3)(x4)(x5)(x6)%26p%3d1%26rs%3d%26rsd%3d&title=Bagger+288&q=the+bagger+costs (viewed 28. August 2011) Wich provided the information I was seeking.

4. Who is Justin Bieber's lawyer, and what is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact the lawyer?
   
   All I could find were news articles about Justin Bieber’s mother looking to hire a lawyer because believes she’s being cut out of his career.

http://www.justinbieberhood.com/post/Justin-Biebers-Mom-Unhappy-Over-His-Career-Hires-Own-Lawyer.aspx (viewed 28 August 2011) via www.yahoo.com

5. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?

The cheapest flights from Gold Coast to Melbourne today is trough Escape Travel or Flight Centre, they are both $89 including tax and fees.

I found this trough www.yahoo.com typed in ‘Cheap flights Gold Coast to Melbourne’ clicked on http://www.airfaresflights.com.au/flights/Gold%20Coast/Melbourne-MEL/ (viewed 28. August 2011) This website shows you the cheapest flights from different Travel agencies.

6. Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?

Hatsune Miku is a singing synthesizer application and its female character, developed by Crypton Future Media. It uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 synthesizing technology.  August 31, 2007 is Hatsune Miku’s birthday.

http://www.exalead.com  I typed in ‘Hatsune Miku Bio’, then ‘Hatsune Miku’s Birthday’
http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/3554  (viewed 28. August 2011)
http://www.animated-meanderings.com/index.php/vocaloid/hatsune-mikus-3rd-birthday/ (viewed 28. August 2011)

7. Find a live webcam in Belarus. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.

Live webcam in Belarus http://www.webcamgalore.com/EN/webcam/Belarus/Minsk/498.html (28 August 2011) via www.yahoo.com
Antarctica Camping http://www.antarcticdream.com/en/book-now.html (28 August 2011) via. http://xaphoo.com

8. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1991?

- (Everything I do I do it for you)

- Waking up the neighbours

-Robin Hood – Prince of Thieves

http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bryan+Adams&titel=%28Everything+I+Do%29+I+Do+It+For+You&cat=s (viewed 28 

August 2011)

9. What type of car is used to make ‘Google Street View’?

The Google Street View car is a type of car that is driving around countries collecting these data with cameras mounted on the roof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gc4N347B_A&feature=related

10. Translate these questions into Spanish and then translate them back into English.
    
    

English: Where was the first University established and in which year?
Spansish:¿Dónde estaba la primera universidad establecida y en qué año?
Back to English: Where was the first University established and in what year?

Englsih: What is Stephen Stockwell's band called and what does he play?  Can you name a couple of their songs?

Spanish: ¿Lo que se denomina banda de Stephen Stockwell y lo que él jugar? ¿Puede nombrar un par de sus canciones?

Back to English: What is known as Stephen Stockwell band and that he play? Can you name a couple of their songs?

English: What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?
Spansih: ¿Cuál es el peso de la máquina más grande del mundo? ¿Cuánto cuesta para construir?

Back to Englsih: What is the weight of the world's largest machine? How much is it to build?

Englsih: Who is Justin Bieber's lawyer, and what is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact the lawyer?

Spanish: ¿Quién es el abogado de Justin Bieber, y lo que es la mejor manera (más rápida, más fiable) ponerse en contacto con el abogado?

Back to English: Who is the lawyer of Justin Bieber, and what is the best way (faster, more reliable) contact with the lawyer?

Englsih: What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?

Spanish: ¿Cuál es la forma más barata de viajar desde la costa de oro a Melbourne?

Back to English: What is the cheapest way to travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?

English: Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?

Spanish: ¿Quién es Hatsune Miku? ¿Qué empresa ella pertenece a? ¿Cuál es su cumpleaños?

Back to English: Who is Hatsune Miku? What company it belongs to? What is your birthday?

English: Find a live webcam in Belarus. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.

Spanish: Encontrar una webcam vivo en Belarús. Encontrar un lugar para alojarse en la Antártida.

Back to English: Find a live webcam in Belarus. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.

English: What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1991?

Spanish: ¿Qué canción era tope de las listas de pop australianas esta semana en 1991?

Back to English: What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1991?

English: What type of car is used to make ‘Google Street View’?
Spanish: ¿Qué tipo de coche se utiliza para hacer 'Google Street View'?

Back to English: What kind of car is used to make 'Google Street View'?

English: Translate these questions into Spanish and then translate them back into English.

Spaninsh: Traducir estas preguntas en español y, a continuación, se traducen en inglés.

Back to English: Translate these questions into Spanish and then translated into English.

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/ (viewed 28 August 2011) via http://xaphoo.com