"All i do is sit at the typewriter and start hitting the keys, Getting them in the right order - Thats the trick. "

So I was about....three quarters of the way through the scavenger hunt after a two hour period at uni today when I had a sudden hypoglyceamic thingy (that Diabetics get. Take note damn it :] ) that caused me to cancel out of the whole ordeal. Looking back I have NO idea what I did or how I did it. So here I am, trying yet again to fulfill the weekly task. At least I have learnt how to sign in this time. And I have a large amount of wine. This makes every ordeal far more entertaining (take it from the alcoholic.This will appear hilarious to me now.In retrospect I shall be kicking myself..Hence why they created the 'Edit blog' selection, I presume. :] )
Anyhoo, to the hunt. This involves no use of Google or the WICKED wikipedia :O :O :O (c'mon it's a useful yet unreliable resource. I'm not foolish enough to reference it, yet the lecturers will proceed with their damning of the site.)

1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin? How long did it take to grow?

Apparently the lucky guy is one Joe Jutras from North Scituate, Rhode Island who grew a pumpkin weighing 1689 pounds. Steroids much? Ah well, the steroid pumping folk of Rhode Island seem amiable enough.

Look at the amiable fellow :] he looks like he should be on The Castle :] Also, no mention of how long it took. It looks like he hand-crafted it out of paper-mache, don't expect too much P:

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Lilly Allen?

Most reliable way of contacting 'Lilly' Allen? I thought this was some kind of terrible trick but then I realised that she is actually better known as 'Lilly' Allen on many sites. If we're talking the singer, this might suffice, if you were to contact her agent and/or manager...Another way could be just....taking the easy way out...

3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue? According to San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes, a giraffe's tongue varies from 46 to 50 centimetres long. Holy hell. They could do Gene Simmons justice..

4. How would you define the word 'glycomics'? In your own words, what does it really mean ? What does the term 'seagull manager' refer to?

How would *I* define the word glycomics? 'The name of a building on campus?'....'something to do with blood sugars?' ....Griffith has informed me that it is something like how sugar functions in the body. So blood sugars was a good guess, yeah? I win P:

A 'seagull manager? One of those bossy administrators who flies about cawing, pecking passers-by and stealing their chips? The definition made by one Gareth Branwyn in Wired 4.09's Jargon Watch column is: 'A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, poops all over everything, then leaves"....well that seemed self-explanatory but it is fun to imagine...

5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film? Which of his films Had 'Blondie' in it?

Gosh. Ok. I'm gunna go out on a limb (I love IMDb :] ) and say Transfer in 1966 was his first film, his first feature being Stereo in 1969. Yee... And Blondie wasn't that big til like late 70's early 80's was she? ..... I don't know I wasn't alive then dammit.... Ah. Deborah Harry, you wench, you. Answer: Videodrome.

6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?

According to this site, it was January 8, 1986

7. Why do phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?

Because they're fake? Because that's their number code thing? Oh right, this is a RESEARCH task not a 'foolishly state what you think the answer might be' task..Ok, according to 'Ask Yahoo!' the reason it was used was because it was reserved especially for movies so that fans that foolishly believes the phone number they were hearing would bring them into contact with the fantastical beings on screen, wouldn't interrupt everyday businessmen with their sycophantical palaver. Or something like that.

8. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Sydney?

Walking? Wouldn't want to use that exiguous resource, oxygen, now would we? Actually, join some kind of charity thing, you'll probably gain money.....

9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?

"Help/ I'm Down", The Beatles.. Don't ask how I know. Please don't ask.

10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. *sigh* good. Thank you for that. Good stuff, good stuff, he's had quite a life...The famous Stockwell and the Black Assassins...