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Title: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 27, 2009, 11:11:22 AM: Woot! Let's do a FITES Internet Scavenger Hunt!

Here's how it works: Use the interwebs to find the answer to the posted question. Once you find it, post it along with the link to the page(s) where you found the info. Then, you post a question for others. Post the questions in Yellow so there's no question as to...er...the question.

I`ll start:

This land-locked nation with a square mileage just under 110000 is surrounded by six countries and was once a colony of a European country.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 27, 2009, 11:28:40 AM: Is it Armenia?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 27, 2009, 11:31:10 AM: Negatory.

Armenia has a square mileage of 11,506 and the country in question's is just under 110,000

And I think only 5 countries touch it.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 27, 2009, 11:49:32 AM: Quote from: Czar on May 27, 2009, 11:31:10 AM
Negatory.

Armenia has a square mileage of 11,506 and the country in question's is just under 110,000

And I think only 5 countries touch it.

Ahh, I read the square mileage wrong.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 27, 2009, 11:52:12 AM: Burkina Faso?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 27, 2009, 11:54:22 AM: (http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/8053/boratnicefv3.jpg)

Your turn!
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 27, 2009, 11:59:51 AM: This item was sold in the early 1800's as a medicine and is still widely used today in almost EVERY home, but not as a medicine.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Shoctor on May 27, 2009, 12:25:36 PM: Good Sir, would that be hemp?
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/fact1_10.htm (http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/fact1_10.htm)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 27, 2009, 12:30:28 PM: Nope. Should we give hints? But wouldn't it be great IF it were used in almost every household?

EDIT: ok a little hint...it IS edible and tastes good with ALOT of...things.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: h4gg4rd on May 27, 2009, 01:40:19 PM: Hmmm.. My guess is Olive Oil.
http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/2000/200_miles.html (http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/2000/200_miles.html)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 27, 2009, 01:50:55 PM: Nope.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: h4gg4rd on May 27, 2009, 01:55:35 PM: Cinnamon?
http://home.att.net/~mman/Medicines.htm (http://home.att.net/~mman/Medicines.htm)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 27, 2009, 01:57:44 PM: Jesus, maybe I should have picked something that couldn't mistaken for everything else. 'Nother hint:

This 'product' has two names that are said exactly the same, yet spelled different.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Shoctor on May 27, 2009, 02:17:32 PM: Ketchup!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 27, 2009, 02:52:17 PM: Quote from: The Shoctor on May 27, 2009, 02:17:32 PM
Ketchup!!!!

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup[/url] ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup[/url])

We have a winnnnnaaahhhh!
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Shoctor on May 27, 2009, 03:28:29 PM: I would like to defer to someone who has a question ready.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on May 27, 2009, 06:24:15 PM: I have one if no one minds.

This old game boasted "a first person shooter with six degrees of freedom" (Answers must be in the form of a question).
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 27, 2009, 08:19:09 PM: What is Descent?

From the wikipedia entry for six degrees of freedom. I'm on my iPod touch and can't copy paste.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on May 28, 2009, 06:18:18 AM: Quote from: Czar on May 27, 2009, 08:19:09 PM
What is Descent?

From the wikipedia entry for six degrees of freedom. I'm on my iPod touch and can't copy paste.

That is correct sir.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on May 28, 2009, 07:49:41 AM: What is the distance between Jupiter and Uranus?
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 28, 2009, 09:17:16 AM: Wasn't your turn, but I`ll answer :)

~1299.3 million miles and is dependent on current orbit status.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_distance_between_the_planets_Saturn_and_Uranus_in_miles (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_distance_between_the_planets_Saturn_and_Uranus_in_miles)

Now here's mine. Its a little involved.

When the famous leader of The Autobots died, he was reconstructed as __(name)__ and was able to merge with his successor, ___(name)____. The two of them were able to merge and form ____(name)____. With your answer, post a YouTube video of the merge sequence of these two characters.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 28, 2009, 09:30:18 AM: Optimus died and was reconstructed as Convoy(?) he merged with Rodimus Prime to create Double Convoy.

Transformers: Headmasters - Two Primes / Optimus' Sacrifice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfeeGFQ2vx0#lq-lq2-hq)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 28, 2009, 09:37:36 AM: Close..but in that clip, they don't physically merge. And as a hint, it doesn't include Rodimus.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 28, 2009, 09:48:09 AM: I am not sure what name optimus was reconstructed as but was the merge between Hi-Q and Optimus to create Actionmaster Prime(or Powermaster Prime according to other sites)?

No vid but here is ewhre I found this.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/station/6563/optimus.html (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/station/6563/optimus.html)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 28, 2009, 09:50:48 AM: Interesting find but that is from a comic. This question involves a TV show and is why you can find the merge sequence on YouTube.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on May 28, 2009, 12:03:34 PM: Quote from: Czar on May 28, 2009, 09:17:16 AM
Wasn't your turn, but I`ll answer :)

~1299.3 million miles and is dependent on current orbit status.

[url]http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_distance_between_the_planets_Saturn_and_Uranus_in_miles[/url] ([url]http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_distance_between_the_planets_Saturn_and_Uranus_in_miles[/url])

You were incorrect, but I will defer for being out of turn. I just wanted to get involved in this and there was no current question when I posted. Now I'll see if I can find an answer to your current question.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on May 28, 2009, 12:39:12 PM: Quote from: sully on May 28, 2009, 07:49:41 AM
What is the distance between Jupiter and Uranus?

Anywhere from 1299.3 Million Miles to 2266.1 million miles depending on orbits.

http://tes.asu.edu/EDUCATION/activities/93_94guide/cg93_94_solar_syst_scale.html (http://tes.asu.edu/EDUCATION/activities/93_94guide/cg93_94_solar_syst_scale.html)
Had to subtract distances from the sun to get min and add distances for the maximum.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on May 28, 2009, 12:55:27 PM: There is a way to get the distance right now at this very moment, not averages, or minimums, or maximums......regardless, I deferred, the topic is now Czar's Transformers question....which is turning out to be a bitch of a scavenger hunt to find the answer ;)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 28, 2009, 01:00:30 PM: I`ll give a few hints.

1) Even though there are 3 blanks in the question, once you find one answer they should all be there or very easy to find now that you know what to Google for.

2) There's a couple steps to finding the answer as I didn't want it to be easy as just Google`ing the names involved..or even the TF series in question. Would be too easy that way.

3) I did give decepticon a hint when he PMed asking for clarification on something so I`ll share it with you all. After the Generation 1 TF series ended in the US, it continued in Japan for over 100 episodes. This comes from some of those episodes.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on May 28, 2009, 01:39:43 PM: I'm going to have to give up on this one....wasting too much time reading the (overly) detailed articles on Wikipedia is just confusing me. I've probably come across the answer and just didn't realize it.

My recollection of the Transformers is that they were really cool because they were robots.....that TRANSFORMED! I can't say I ever paid attention to the story. I just liked playing with the toys and destroying things with them (hey, I was a little kid).
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 28, 2009, 03:18:51 PM: When Decepticon gives up, I`ll fold and give the answer.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 28, 2009, 07:46:48 PM: Ok, last shot, after this, we should move on.

Not sure what Optimus died and came back as but was the merging between optimus and Ultra Magnus to create Omega Prime (God Fire Convoy).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Prime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Prime)

and

Quote
Prime soon had other things to worry about, as Magnus arrived on Earth with the intention of taking what he believed was rightfully his - by force, if necessary. Severely injuring Prime, who refused to fight back, Magnus tracked him to a desert island, where he pretended to offer him the hand of friendship, only to attempt to absorb the Matrix for himself, forcing the brothers into the combined form of Omega Prime (God Fire Convoy).

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(other_incarnations) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(other_incarnations))
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on May 28, 2009, 08:37:16 PM: That's what I was thinking, but couldn't find anything that came right out and said that.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Czar on May 28, 2009, 10:03:23 PM: Okay. Let's break this down. First, we need to figure out our Generation 1 Japanese Transformers series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers#Generation_One_.281984.E2.80.931992.29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers#Generation_One_.281984.E2.80.931992.29)

They are: Headmasters, Masterforce, Victory, and Zone.

Now, let's find which series contained our Famous Autobot Leader. Headmasters did have Optimus and decepticon did post a vid where he was killed. Rodimus was in fact the successor but in that series, Optimus was never brought back and thus, did not merge with Rodimus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_The_Headmasters#Story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_The_Headmasters#Story)

In Masterforce, the story really doesn't follow where Headmasters left off. While the series was going on in Japan, the US saw the toy releases. The toy we know as Powermaster Optimus Prime was the star of the Masterforce series along with the Pretender's line of TF toys. But Optimus (who is actually a 19 yr old truck driver... !) doesn't die. In fact, the last episode of the series is rather badass!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Super-God_Masterforce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Super-God_Masterforce)

On to Victory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Victory#Story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Victory#Story)
You`ll see in the Story section it states right away: "Victory is the story of the new Cybertron Supreme Commander, Star Saber". Whaaat? `Cybertron` in the Japanese series is the translation of Autobot. So where is the familiar leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime? Checking out the page for this Star Saber character:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Saber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Saber)
"In the year 2025, a skilled swordsman named Star Saber is chosen by God Ginrai as leader of the Autobots." God Ginrai?! Click on his page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginrai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginrai)
Optimus Prime from Masterforce! And his page states that he was rebuilt as Victory Leo after being killed by "the new Decepticon emperor, Deszaras" (Megatron basically.. just really bad ass looking.) Victory Leo, and the new Autobot (Cybertron) leader Star Saber could merge to form Victory Saber.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginrai#Victory_Leo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginrai#Victory_Leo)

And now for the merge sequence.

Victory Saber (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bUMKZfPYU#lq-hq)

Battle Up!!
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on May 28, 2009, 11:05:51 PM: Ok, so now onto my original question, with a bit of clarification....

What is the distance between Jupiter and Uranus (in Astronomical Units) right now (not min, max, or avg)?
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Shoctor on May 29, 2009, 12:02:41 AM: 16.419au
I am not telling how I got that number.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 29, 2009, 07:21:38 AM: Yeah, Czar, that was a little too much.....I LOVE Xformers but damn that's too much useless knowledge for a cartoon.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on May 29, 2009, 07:35:40 AM: Quote from: The Shoctor on May 29, 2009, 12:02:41 AM
16.419au
I am not telling how I got that number.
You are correct....though by the time I woke up this morning to double-check your answer, it had stretched to a full 16.42 ;)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Shoctor on May 29, 2009, 08:27:15 AM: Quote from: sully on May 29, 2009, 07:35:40 AM
Quote from: The Shoctor on May 29, 2009, 12:02:41 AM
16.419au
I am not telling how I got that number.
You are correct....though by the time I woke up this morning to double-check your answer, it had stretched to a full 16.42 ;)

You are a butt! lol Wanna know how I got it? Huh? Huh?
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: h4gg4rd on May 29, 2009, 09:37:11 AM: next question?
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on May 29, 2009, 09:48:33 AM: Quote from: The Shoctor on May 29, 2009, 08:27:15 AM
Quote from: sully on May 29, 2009, 07:35:40 AM
Quote from: The Shoctor on May 29, 2009, 12:02:41 AM
16.419au
I am not telling how I got that number.
You are correct....though by the time I woke up this morning to double-check your answer, it had stretched to a full 16.42 ;)

You are a butt! lol Wanna know how I got it? Huh? Huh?
Ok....I'll bite: How?
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Shoctor on May 29, 2009, 10:01:29 AM: Go get Celestia
http://portableapps.com/apps/education/celestia_portable (http://portableapps.com/apps/education/celestia_portable)

Fire it up.
Open the Solar System Browser
Click Jupiter and click GO TO
Click Uranus and click center
The distance is in au in the top left.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on June 01, 2009, 10:13:51 AM: That's nice and all, but there's an even easier way, which I will not divulge so I can continue using it as a resource for other items.

So do you have a question for us oh great Shoctor?
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Nstuff on June 01, 2009, 06:14:10 PM: http://www79.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=What+is+the+distance+between+Jupiter+and+Uranus%3F (http://www79.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=What+is+the+distance+between+Jupiter+and+Uranus%3F)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on June 04, 2009, 08:12:58 AM: Quote from: nstuff on June 01, 2009, 06:14:10 PM
[url]http://www79.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=What+is+the+distance+between+Jupiter+and+Uranus%3F[/url] ([url]http://www79.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=What+is+the+distance+between+Jupiter+and+Uranus%3F[/url])

Nobody asked you! Damnit.... *grumble*
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on June 04, 2009, 08:33:57 AM: Solve this phrase:

(42nd word of HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy) + (Banquo in MacBeth "The _____ hath bubbles, as the water has") + is a + (color of 475nm wavelength light) + (mineral derived from the ancient Greek word mármaron)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Petch on June 04, 2009, 09:33:52 AM: Shoctor doesn't have a next question?

EDIT: Sorry I didn't see Sully posted a question.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on June 04, 2009, 11:50:02 AM: "Whose Earth is a Blue Marble"

or

"Years Earth is a Blue Marble"

The first word may be wrong as I found 2 different pages as the first page of the book from amazon. I think the first answer was from the prologue and the second is the first page of chapter 1.
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on June 04, 2009, 05:20:52 PM: Close, but not quite. Also, remember to include links to your sources with your answer. I didn't notice when I put this together, but looking back at it, it appears I used the Introduction as the basis for my word count, starting at "Far out..."
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Nstuff on June 04, 2009, 05:49:27 PM: I agree with decepticon.

Based on the source, if you count each word (starting from "Far out", even when they are connected with a hyphen, the 42nd word is "blue". if you count each word, but hyphenated words count as one, then the word is "Whose" The only word that makes more sense in between both of those is the word "planet" which is either word 41 or word 43.

So, <Blue/Whose> <earth> is a <blue> <marble>

Sources:
http://www.amazon.com/reader/1400052920?%5Fencoding=UTF8&ref%5F=sib%5Fdp%5Fpop%5Fex&page=8#reader-link (http://www.amazon.com/reader/1400052920?%5Fencoding=UTF8&ref%5F=sib%5Fdp%5Fpop%5Fex&page=8#reader-link)
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/characters/charlines.php?CharID=banquo&WorkID=macbeth (http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/characters/charlines.php?CharID=banquo&WorkID=macbeth)
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/Wavelengths_for_Colors.html (http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/Wavelengths_for_Colors.html)
http://www.answers.com/topic/sea-of-marmara (http://www.answers.com/topic/sea-of-marmara)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: sully! on June 04, 2009, 09:11:16 PM: OK, we'll give in here. I can see where the discrepancy is coming from since you're using Amazon as your source. The source I used for the HHGTTG word count is http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book1.html, (http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book1.html,) which does not hyphenate "blue" and "green", making the 42nd word "planet".

Planet Earth is a blue marble. Which is in reference to this famous photograph, referred to as "Blue Marble":

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_Blue_Marble.jpg/578px-The_Blue_Marble.jpg)
Title: Re: Internet Scavenger Hunt
Post by: decepticon on June 05, 2009, 07:34:11 AM: Nstuff gets the next question then!