School: ______
The Great Computer Challenge 2012
Internet Scavenger Hunt
Level II
Instructions:
Solve all ten problems as completely as possible. Partial answers will be accepted. Note that only the final URLs are required.
This form must be completed for the judges.
Keep these points in mind:
•The URLs are required. Even if you know the answer, you must find the information on the Internet and list the URL where you found the answer.
•Some of the problems may have more than one question.
•Put your school name on each page.
•This document is available on media in Microsoft WORD format. You may use it to copy and paste your answers from the browser to the document. You do nothave to use the document. If you prefer, you may use the printed copy and write your answers in the spaces provided.
•You must turn in a printed version of your completed form for judging – again, you may have written on the form, or you may have used the computer version. Either is fine, but make sure you have a paper document to hand in at the end of the competition.
- How many zeros are in a traditional European Centillion?
Final URL(s):
Answer(s):
600
- What span in time is longer, the time between now and when the tyrannosaurus was alive, or the time between when the tyrannosaurus and the stegosaurus were alive? How long is each span?
Final URL(s):
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Answer(s):
Between now and the TRex is 65-67 million years. Between Trex and Steg is (150 - 67) 83 million years.
- What is the heaviest living organism and how much does it weigh?
Final URL(s):
Answer(s):
Aspen Tree, 6,000 Metric Tons
- What is the Lowest 7 digit prime palindrome found in consecutive digits of pi?
Final URL(s):
1003001 -
Found in Pi 26,452,604
Answer(s):
1003001
- What is the closest black hole from earth? How far away is it?
Final URL(s):
Answer(s):
V4641 Sagittarii, 1,600 times 15 Light Years away: 24,000 light years away
- What is the pro hockey record for winning streak, what team and how many wins was the streak?
Final URL(s):
Answer(s):
Norfolk Admirals, 29
- What was FC Barcelona's home unbeaten streak prior to their loss to Real Madrid of this year, when was their last home loss previously? What is the name of their stadium?
Final URL(s):
Answer(s):
54 Game Unbeaten, September 11, 2010, Camp Nou
- What is the most number of Governors Virginia has had in one year, how many and in what year?
Final URL(s):
Answer(s):
5, 1781
- What is the tallest mountain measured from its base to peak, what mountain and how tall? What is the tallest Mountain Measured from the center of the Earth, what mountain and how far from center?
Final URL(s):
Answer(s):
Mauna Kea, 10,203 m
Mt. Chimborazo, 6,384,404 m
- How many of the longest shoelaces available on Amazon.com would it take to wrap around the Earth's Equator?
Final URL(s):
84 inch boot laces:
Answer(s):
84 inch boot laces
27 Miles larger than average at Equator 7,922: 7,949
Google: Inches per Mile: 63,360 inches / 84 = 754 laces per mile
7,949 * 754 = 5,993,546 laces
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Internet Scavenger Hunt, Level II
Great Computer Challenge, 2012