September 2003 Hunt

Computer and Internet scavenger hunts are a great way to practice up on your web searching skills. The following scavenger hunt questions contain answers that can be found online using search engines, databases and other online resources.

If you are up to the challenge, find the answers to each question and send an email with the answers, and a link to the online resource where you found each answer. Readers who answer all 10 questions correctly and provide links to the web sites where they found their answers will be listed on the About Web Search site when the next Internet scavenger hunt is posted.

Questions

1. What is the technical term for the fear of going to school?

2. The lead in pencils really isn’t made of lead, what is it made of?

3. According to the U.S. Department of Education, how many public secondary schools were there in the United States in the year 2000?

4. The landmark Supreme Court case "Brown vs. the Board of Education" paved the way for what change in the public school system?

5. According to the U.S. Department of Education, what percentage of students who enter high school end up graduating?

6. This classic high school movie from the 80’s featured several members of the brat pack learning life lessons while serving out a day’s detention.

7. What year was the first school bus manufactured?

8. How many colors do Crayola Crayons come in?

9. How long of a line can the typical pencil draw?

10. Overseeing the high school for most of the Buffy the Vampire series, this principal was always threatening to have the title character kicked out of school.