1. Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus?
Onel de Guzman, 24, a computer school student.
2. What is the world record for the largest watermelon?
The world's biggest watermelon weighs 122kg, and was grown by the Lloyd Bright
3. How did the Ebola virus get its name?
The Ebola river in Africa, that runs through Zaire and the Congo.
4. What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
Chile.
5. In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
1073741824.
6. Who is the creator of email?
Ray Tomlinson.
7. What is the "storm worm", and how many computers are infected by it?
An email that offers a link and if you open it someone else can control your computer that has infected between 2 and 5 million.
8. If you wanted to contact the prime minister of Australia directly, what would be the most efficient way?
www.pm.gov.au/community_cabinet .
9. Which Brisbane-based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of?
Black Assassins.
10. What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words? What are some examples?
The Internet as a platform for tasks rather than just a flat page on which to publish. Some examples are BitTorrent, Napster, Wikipedia, Flickr and of course blogging.
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