week4

Q1. What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
Answer. a gas mask. www.yahoo.com

Q2. On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
Answer. 1969. www.yahoo.com

Q3. What is Bill Gates’ birthday?
Answer. October 28, 1955. (www.yahoo.com)

and what age was he when he sold his first software?
Answer. Thirteen (www.baidu.com)

Q4. Where was the World Wide Web invented?
Answer. In 1989, a small group of people led by Tim
Berners-Lee at CERN (formally the Conseil
European pour la Recherce Nucleaire, or the
European Laboratory for Particle Physics)
proposed a new protocol for the Internet and a
system of document access to use it.
(www.baidu.com)

Q5. How does the power of the computer you are working on now compare with the power of a personal computer from 30 years ago?
Answer. Faster, lighter and much more handily. www.baidu.com

Q6. What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
Answer. Weighing in at 8 lb 6 oz www.google.com.au

Q7. When did Queensland become a state? and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?
(1) Answer. 1840. www.yahoo.com
(2) Answer. Tweed Heads is NSW www.google.com

Q8. What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?
Answer. tropical cyclone www.yahoo.com

Q9. Why is is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
Answer. Venice played host to Casanova, perhaps the world's most famous lover, lest that spot is occupied by Lord Byron, who loved Venice nearly as much as Casanova. www.baidu.com

10. What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?
Answer. Band - The Black Assassins, Name - Stephen Stockwell www.yahoo.com