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Internet Scavenger Hunt #11 (7 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 island blew up in August, 1883, spreading dust and debris for thousands of miles and provoking earthquakes and tidal waves that caused tremendous destruction and loss of life?
- What is the meaning of the word pizzicato?
- What popular food product is obtained from a highly poisonous root that locals call manioc?
- At what age did Mahatma Gandhi marry and what was his wife's name?
- When and where was the first Blue Bird school bus made?
- Who was the last reigning queen of the Hawaiian Islands and how did her rule end?
- What alcoholic beverage consists solely of equal parts Scotch and Drambui?
- What is the name of the smallest bone in the human body?
- What travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second?
- What two mammals lay eggs?