The Internet Hunt
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The Internet Hunt was a monthly, online game/search training tool conceived of, and conducted by Rick Gates
in the pre-World Wide Web
Internet. Most Internet Hunts were composed of ten questions that Gates had verified could be answered using only the resources of the Internet (at that time, tools like FTP, Archie
, Jughead
, Veronica
and Gopher were used). The first individual or team to answer all ten questions correctly and provide the method used to answer them was declared the winner(s).
The Internet Hunt ran from 1992 to 1995. It was referenced in many publications and online sites at the time. Among these are Clifford Stoll
's 1995 book Silicon Snake Oil (pp 189–190), and Wired Magazine (Issue 2.07, July, 1994, p33).
Rick Gates
Rick Gates is an Internet pioneer mostly known because he organised the The Internet Hunt and raised the ideas of Interpedia. He studied at the Graduate Library School at the University of Arizona. In 1992 he started the monthly competition The Internet Hunt where questions had to be answered...
in the pre-World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
Internet. Most Internet Hunts were composed of ten questions that Gates had verified could be answered using only the resources of the Internet (at that time, tools like FTP, Archie
Archie search engine
Archie is a tool for indexing FTP archives, allowing people to find specific files. It is considered to be the first Internet search engine. The original implementation was written in 1990 by Alan Emtage, Bill Heelan, and J...
, Jughead
Jughead (computer)
Jughead is a search engine system for the Gopher protocol. It is distinct from Veronica in that it searches a single server at a time.Jughead is officially an acronym for Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display, though it was originally chosen to match that of the FTP search...
, Veronica
Veronica (computer)
Veronica is a search engine system for the Gopher protocol, developed in 1992 by Steven Foster and Fred Barrie at the University of Nevada, Reno.Veronica is a constantly updated database of the names of almost every menu item on thousands of Gopher servers...
and Gopher were used). The first individual or team to answer all ten questions correctly and provide the method used to answer them was declared the winner(s).
The Internet Hunt ran from 1992 to 1995. It was referenced in many publications and online sites at the time. Among these are Clifford Stoll
Clifford Stoll
*High-Tech Heretic: Reflections of a Computer Contrarian, Clifford Stoll, 2000, ISBN 0-385-48976-5.-External links:* at Berkeley's Open Computing Facility**, December 3, 1989* copy at Electronic Frontier Foundation, May 1988...
's 1995 book Silicon Snake Oil (pp 189–190), and Wired Magazine (Issue 2.07, July, 1994, p33).