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Internet Scavenger Hunt #8 (9 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.
- In what European country are the towns of Wil and Glarus located?
- This woman was the sister of one of Rome's greatest tyrants and the mother of another (at whose hands she died violently). Who was she?
- What is the scientific name of the cashew nut?
- Who wrote the lyrics to the classic song "Star Dust"? (careful here)
- If you ordered "rognons" and "choucroute" in a French restaurant, what would you be served?
- What popular flavouring substance comes from the seedpods of a climbing orchid?
- Who was the real-life Scottish sailor who inspired Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe".
- What kind of wood was supposedly used to build Noah's Ark?
- What temperature would you encounter at Absolute Zero?
- What does the term "stichomythia" mean?