Internet Scavenger Hunt
As a Cadette Girl Scout, I created this scavenger hunt as a service project for the Interest Project "Exploring the Net."
1. Find the exact Merriam-Webster definition of the word "avuncular."
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2. What non-Windows operating system wears a "red
hat," and how much does the 7.3 Professional version cost?
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3. "toH, tlhIngan Hol DajatlhlaH 'e' DaneH'a'?[tlh]"
is a phrase in Klingon. What is it in English?
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4. What is the opposite of the word "avuncular"?
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5. The ______ ______ High School for Science and Technology is a
school in Fairfax County that you have to test into. Is it a public or private
school?
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6. Who wrote the Christmas carol "Jingle Bells?"
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7. According to Mapquest, what is the first step when going from
8616 Cushman Pl., Alexandria, VA to 2500 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, VA?
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8. When is/was the "Godless Americans" march on
Washington?
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9. In what year did Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada?
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10. Who wrote the novel The Decameron?
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HINTS
1. Search for "Merriam-Webster" using a search engine such as www.google.com.
3. Search for "klingon dictionary."
4. Search for "opposite of avuncular."
5. Search for "high school for science and technology"+"fairfax county."
6. Search for "jingle bells"+author.
8. Search for "godless americans."
9. Search for "francis drake"+"spanish armada."
10. Search for "the decameron."
ANSWERS
1. Found at www.m-w.com
1 : of or relating to an uncle
2 : suggestive of an uncle especially in
kindliness or geniality <avuncular indulgence>
2. Linux is the "red hat" company, the red hat version costs $199.95 at www.redhat.com.
3. The phrase is "So you want to speak Klingon?" Found at http://www.thewebfool.com/kmel/klindict.htm.
4. The opposite of avuncular is "materteral," found at http://www.serve.com/hecht/words/rare.htm.
5. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a public school.
7. Start out going North on CUSHMAN PL towards WAYNEWOOD BLVD by turning left.
© 2002 Katie Tyson
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