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Net Stumpers for Halloween!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PACS-L Moderator)
Mon Oct 14 20:13:18 1996
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 18:17:45 -0500 (CDT)
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>From: Walt Howe <walthowe@delphi.com>
>Subject: Net Stumpers for Halloween!
> Stumpers for Halloween!
>
>
>Every few weeks Net Stumpers poses a set of questions whose answers are
>available somewhere on the Internet. Use Web search engines, directories,
>FTP or Gopher sites to find the correct answers and explore parts of the
>Net you don't know. Answers must be posted to the entry form on the web
>site at:
>
> <http://www.delphi.com/swashzone/netstumpers/stumpers.html>
>
>The winner, whose name and answers will be posted by the end of the month,
>will receive $25. Winning entries must give the correct answers as well as
>explain where and how they were found on the Internet. See complete rules
>online for more detail.
>
>See the Archives for past questions and answers. Here are the Halloween
>questions:
>
> 1. What is the world record weight for a pumpkin?
>
> Where and how did you find the answers?
>
>
> 2. Name a character in children's fiction who wore a jack-o-lantern for a
> head.
>
> Where and how did you find the answers?
>
>
> 3. Bram Stoker popularized vampire novels with Count Dracula, but he
> wasn't the first to write about vampires. Name two earlier vampire
> stories and authors.
>
> Where and how did you find the answer?
>
>
> 4. Which one of these four terms does not belong logically with the other
> three?
> o All Saints Day
> o All Souls Day
> o Halloween
> o Samhain
>
> Where and how did you find the answer?
>
>
>Extra credit question:
>A head of state was murdered at a costume party. Who was the actual head of
>state, and what opera was written about it?
>
>Where and how did you find the answers?
>
>Look for the answers, and recognition of the winner by the end of the
>month!
>
>
> O-O- See <http://people.delphi.com/walthowe/>
> J ) and the Swash Zone (shelter from the surf)
> ( ) at <http://www.delphi.com/swashzone/> and my
> ()) Learning Center at <http://world.std.com/~walthowe/
>
