Tutorial Week 4

The task for the tutorial today is to answer a lot of questions, but without using google and I'm not allowed to get all my answers from wikipedia. So, let's see what I can find...



1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin? How long did it take to grow?
-The world's biggest pumpkin was found on September 29, 2007. His weight is 1689 pound. It's really huge!! The world record holder is Joe Jutras. His pumpkin took 5 months to grow up to this size.
(www.yahoo.com)
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=162&gid=50




2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Lilly Allen?
-If you want to contact Lilly Allen just visit her website: http://www.lilyallenmusic.com/lily/
or use twitter...




3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?
-A giraffe’s tongue is 18-20 inches long, that's about 46-centimeter...Wow!!
A giraffe needs about 75 pounds (34 kilograms) of food per day. It' their main activity during the day. They prefer eating leaves from the acadia tree and at the zoo they also love to eat hay, carrots, and leaf eater biscuits.
(www.scroogle.org)
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giraffe.html




4. How would you define the word 'glycomics'? In your own words, what does it really mean? What does the term 'seagull manager' refer to?
-Glycomics is the study of scientific processes including genetic, physiologic, pathologic, and other aspects. It's about the entire complement of sugars. Glycans is really important for the survival and healthy function of a cell. You can use it to get an answer to cancer, infectious diseases, diabetes, inflammation and immune disorders.
(www.scroogle.org)
http://www.griffith.edu.au/science/institute-glycomics
http://www.tower.com/handbook-glycomics-richard-d-cummings-hardcover/wapi/113383396

Seagull manager:
-A Seagull manager doesn't work at an office the whole time. He only has to come into the workplace if there is a problem or if he has to criticize or critique employees. The word was first used in an Marketing article by Michael Madison. It is a management style of interacting- the Seagull manager gives advices, but then he leaves and other people have to deal with it.
-Another funny definition:
'A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.'
http://www.employmentcrossroads.com/2009/02/humor-some-new-business-jargon/
(www.scroogle.org)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seagull_manager




5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film? Which of his films had 'Blondie' in it?
- His first feature film was 'Transfer' (1966). The story is only about two people and their relationships. It is a very short film, only about seven minutes, it is written, shot, edited and directed by Cronenberg.
-'Videodrom' is the film, in which 'Blondie' Debbie Harry is an actor in it.
(www.scroogle.org)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000343/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/




6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?
- Written January 8, 1986, by 'The Mentor'
(www.yahoo.com)
http://www.mithral.com/~beberg/manifesto.html




7. Why do phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555' ?
- Many years ago it was popular in the USA to use exchange names as part of the telephone number. The first 3 letters of the exchange name were dialled followed by numbers. The number 5 on the dial corresponded with the letters JKL, but you can't make all English place names using these three letters, so the solution was the 555 code. And the reason why Hollywood used the 555 code was, cause it was a fictional number and they didn't want to use real numbers. They wanted to prevent real subscribers being harassed by members of the public trying out the numbers quoted on the screen. And another reason is: Hollywood is fake so the phonenumber definitly has to be a fake, too...
(www.scroogle.org)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_(telephone_number).....sorry :)




8. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Sydney?
- I think the cheapest way would be to walk from the Gold Coast to Sydney :)
But probably it's not the most comfortable way.
So if you want to travel by plan you have to pay between 50 and 100 Dollar, depends on the date you want to fly. Or you can take the Greyhound, then you have to pay around 100 Dollar.
Or rent a car.
http://www.greyhound.com.au
http://www.webjet.com.au




9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?
- In week 34 top of the Australian Pop Charts was the song 'I want you back', Jackson 5.
(reference: my neighbour :), i'm sorry, but i couldn't find it...)




10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?
- It's the Brisbane punk band, the 'Black Assassins'.
(www.yahoo.com)
http://live-wirez.gu.edu.au/Staff/Stephen/default.html