The Internet Hunt Explained

The Internet Hunt was a monthly online game and search training tool, conceived and conducted by Rick Gates, as Director of Library Automation UC Santa Barbara, which began 31 August 1992, before the World Wide Web.^[1]

Most Internet Hunts were composed of ten questions that Gates had verified could be answered with Internet sources exclusively, and tools of that time, such as Usenet, Telnet, FTP, and, Archie, Jughead, Veronica, and Gopher. The first individual or team to answer all ten questions correctly and provide the method used to answer them was declared the winner(s).^[1]

The Internet Hunt ran from Aug 1992^{[1] [2]} to 1995. It was mentioned in a book, on a website, and on LISTSERVs.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

External links

• Gates . Rick . Rick Gates (Internet pioneer) . The First Internet Info Hunt . Pigulki . 25 November 1992 . 1 . 12 . 15 October 2020 . 1060-9288 . And the winner is Hope N. Tillman of Babson College, who submitted an entry scoring 46 points on Friday Sept 4, at 03:22 GMT.. (Questions and answers)
• Book: Savetz . Kevin . Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online . 1994 . 0672305208 . 15 October 2020 . 10 Where Are All the Fun and Games? 2 Other Diversions: 15. What is the Internet Hunt? . 924947250. https://web.archive.org/web/20060104030347/http://www.savetz.com/yic/YIC10FI_17.html . 2006-01-04 .
• Gates . Rick . Rick Gates (Internet pioneer) . Internet cruising with the Internet Hunt . The Electronic Library . 1 January 1993 . 11 . 1 . 19–24 . 10.1108/eb045204 . 15 October 2020 . en . 0264-0473 . Heard of some interesting new resource on the Internet? Wondering how to get access? Feeling like the Internet is a confusing collection of tools and data? Archie, telnet, gopher, WAIS, Usenet, FTP, world‐wide‐web, Freenet, finger ….
• Book: Garfinkel . Simson . Simson Garfinkel . Russell . Deborah . Database Nation: the death of privacy in the 21st century . 2000 . O'Reilly . 1565926536 . 15 October 2020 . en . The Biggest Database In the World . Back before the explosive growth of the World Wide Web, Rick Gates, a student and lecturer at the University of Arizona, was interested in exploring the limits of the Internet database. In September 1992, he created the Internet Hunt, a monthly scavenger hunt for information on the Net. . 247759893.
• Net Surf . Wired . 15 October 2020 . 1 April 1993 . The Internet Hunt: a monthly contest hosted by Rick Gates, Director of Library Automation at UC Santa Barbara...To find this cool hangout, paddle out to usenet group alt.internet.services. Whether you're a novice surfer or a pro, you'll want to check this one out..
• Gerber . Brian . The Internet Hunt as a Learning Tool . Computers in Libraries . October 1994 . 14 . 9 .
• News: Blackstone . Pam . Internet Hunts . Random Access . . https://web.archive.org/web/20000823145352/http://www.weblens.org/hunt.html . 2000-08-23 . Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gates . Rick . Rick Gates (Internet pioneer) . A CHALLENGE FOR ALL INTERNET USERS . Newsgroup: bit.listserv.libref-l . 15 October 2020 . 1992-08-31.
2. News: Greim. Lisa. Sat-type test measures net skill. https://web.archive.org/web/20181119003312/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67661476.html. dead. 19 November 2018. 14 September 2012. Rocky Mountain News. 11 May 1997. HighBeam Research.
3. Silicon Snake Oil, Clifford Stoll, Doubleday, 1995, pp189–190
4. News: Amy . Bruckman . King of the Hunt . 15 October 2020 . Wired . 1 July 1994 . Issue 2.07, July, 1994 p33.
5. Gates . Rick . Rick Gates (Internet pioneer) . The November 93 Hunt Results "K-12 ONLY HUNT" . Edtech . 15 October 2020 . 1993-12-01.
6. Web site: Gates . Rick . September Hunt Questions: THE INTERNET HUNT, for September, 1993 - A BEGINNER'S HUNT . Discussion of Library Reference Issues (LIBREF-L) . 15 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030613234754/http://lawlibrary.ucdavis.edu/lawlib/Sep93/0012.html . 2003-06-13 . 1993-09-01.
7. http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?e=d-00000-00---off-0tcc--00-0----0-10-0---0---0direct-10---4-------0-1l--11-en-50---20-about---00-0-1-00-0-0-11-1-0utfZz-8-00-0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-00&cl=CL2.3&d=HASH077dff1fa298c50237bc07.4&gt=1 1993 October Internet Hunt
8. Web site: LM_NET 01/06/94: January Internet Hunt. https://web.archive.org/web/20201015024531/http://lmnet-archive.iis.syr.edu/LM_NET-pre1997/1994/Jan_94/msg00108.html. 2020-10-15.