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Internet Scavenger Hunt #5 (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.
- According to the religion of ancient Egypt, this god had the head of an ibis and was the patron of scribes and writing. Who was he?
- What English mathematician calculated the value of Pi to 707 decimal places and published his results in 1873?
- What famed philosopher wrote, convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies?
- To which phyllum of the animal kingdom do both crayfish and pillbugs belong?
- Who was the designer of Czechoslovakian Tatra T11 automobile, which was known as "the people's car"?
- Which Beatles song starts, Well, she was just seventeen .?
- What is the name of the imagemap graphic on the NHL web site?
- What does the Latin phrase non illegitimi te carborundum mean?
- What disease was known as the "Black Death" and when did it first make its appearance in England?
- What is clapshot?