1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin? How long did it take to grow?

It was 1689 pounds and took around 87 days

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Lilly Allen?

The best way to contact her is via twitter as she uses this quite often.

3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?

A giraffe’s tongue is about 21 inches (53 centimeters) long.

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/giraffe-info.htm

4. How would you define the word 'glycomics'? In your own words, what does it really mean ? What does the term 'seagull manager' refer to?

Glycomics is a study of biology that deals with both the structure and function of sugars.

A seagull manager is a term which explains a management style which can involve them only interacting with an employee when a problem occurs. They often leave others to fix these problems that arise.

Here is a quote from Ken Blanchards book Leadership and the One Minute Manager: "Seagull managers fly in, make a lot of noise, dump on everyone, then fly out." (p. 38)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagull_approach

5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film? Which of his films Had 'Blondie' in it?

His 1st feature film was called stero. The film that featured blondie was called videodrome.

6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?

January 8, 1986

7. Why do phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?

It occurred 30 years ago where exchange names were popular in telephone numbers. dials had numbers. The number 5 on the dial corresponded with J K and L. With these names of any place could not be made as the first 3 letters. Hollywood was advised to use 55 in their movies to stop normal people being rung by people using numbers that had been in the movie.

http://www.telephonecollecting.org/code.htm

8. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Sydney?

The cheapest form of travel depends on the time one is traveling. Flying by a discount service such as virgin blue can be the cheapest at some times or at others a bus would be more economically viable at $123.

9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?

It was difficult to find the song for this particular week but i did find one from the year. RAY BROWN & THE WHISPERS an australian surf music band released the song "Fool, Fool, Fool" which reached number one is Australia.

10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?

Stephen Stockwell was part of the punk band called "The Black Assasins".