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Internet Scavenger Hunt #1 (2 on the difficulty scale)
This hunt is part of a series of Internet Hunts first published in the Times-Colonist newspaper. Please see the main hunt index for background and a full list.
- What is the atomic number of silver?
- What is the Internet country code for Iceland?
- From what poem do the lines "Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer" come and who was the poet?
- What is the name of the bacterium that causes Lyme Disease and after whom is it named?
- What is the first line of The Cask of Amontillado?
- What five wines are made by the Mission Vineyards in New Zealand?
- Which Canadian newspaper maintains a database of the mining industry, and in what year was this newspaper established?
- How do you say "where is the bathroom" in Klingon?
- What is the botanical name of the local plant known as Kinnikinnick?
- What is the URL (uniform resource locator) of the Journal of Molecular Modeling?