This was a little tricky, trying to find these answers without Google or Wikipedia!
The answers to these questions were found through a variety of different websites. I believe them to be the most accurate out of what I was able to find. I also verified my answers with online encyclopedias.
Question One: Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus?
The “Love bug” computer virus is a virus which steals passwords. It was created by a Filipino man named Onel de Guzman, aged 24. Guzman studied at a computer school and claimed it was an accident that the virus was sent out, however he was still charged for credit card fraud.
SOURCE: http://premium.asia.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/29/philippines.lovebug.02/index.html
Question Two: Who invented the paper clip?
There is more than one person who was believed to invent the paper clip. For example Norwegian Johan Vaaler who actually registered his creation. At the same time, a man from the U.S named Cornelius J. Brosnan was issued with a U.S patent for his version named the Konaclip.
SOURCE: http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031120.html
Question Three: How did the Ebola virus get its name?
This was a tricky question to find the answer too. The virus is named after a virus which affects humans, The Ebola Virus. This is a sever virus which was named after an African river where the virus is commonly found.
SOURCE:
http://www.answers.com/topic/ebola?cat=health
Question Four: What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
In 1960, the largest ever recorded earthquake was in Chile. The earthquake created over half a billion dollars in damage. It also created a tsunami, adding to the death toll and the amount of damage.
SOURCE:
http://www.extremescience.com/GreatestEarthquake.htm
Question Five: In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
A Terabyte is actually 1 024 gigabytes, making it approximately 1073741824 kilobytes.
SOURCE:
http://malektips.com/computer_memory_definitions_0003.html
Question Six: Who is the creator of email?
The creator of email is Ray Tomlinson. It was created in late 1971 when he was working as a computer engineer.
SOURCE:
http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/email.htm
Question Seven: What is a Storm Worm?
A storm worm is a computer virus which is made up of a family of trojans. It is a very bad virus which does things such as:
- Stealing e-mail addresses
- Turns computers into spam bots.
There are about 10 million computers infected by this virus, according to experts.
SOURCE: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/the_storm_worm_maelstrom_or_te.html?nav=rss_blog
Question Eight: If you wanted to contact the prime minister of australia directly, what is the most efficient way?
The most efficient way would be to contact him at his official contancts, the address and phone numbers are found at this site:
http://www.alp.org.au/people/qld/rudd_kevin.php
Also, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has a My Space profile found here:
http://www.myspace.com/kevinrudd
Question Nine: Which Brisbane-based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of?
Stephen Stockwell plays the Keyboard for the Black Assassins.
SOURCE:
http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/staff/stockwell.htm
http://live-wirez.gu.edu.au/staff/stephen/
http://blackassassins.net/
Question Ten: What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words?
Web 2.0 is a term used to compare how the internet has evolved. How there have been new inventions and more advanced inventions such as Google and Limewire. It is the new form of the internet, the second stage of the web.
SOURCE:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html
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