Whats the first line of The Wizard of Oz?
This is one of the oddest questions I’ve ever gotten — because it’s so obscure, yet I’ve been asked it many times! I finally asked one person why he needed to know, and he confirmed my suspicions: It’s an item on an Internet scavenger hunt, given out by computer teachers. Normally, I’d advise people to check out the online editions of the Oz books (see the links page of the WWOOW at http://thewizardofoz.info/links.html) — but as this is a list of frequently asked questions, I’ve relented: Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. (A note to teachers who may be assigning this scavenger hunt in the future: It might be a good idea to emphasize that the students are to find the items on their own, not e-mail people or post a message and ask for the answers outright. You may want to require a URL where they found the answer besides the answer itself. I speak from experience, not only from receiving al
This is one of the oddest questions I’ve ever gotten — because it’s so obscure, yet I’ve been asked it many times! I finally asked one person why he needed to know, and he confirmed my suspicions: It’s an item on an Internet scavenger hunt, given out by computer teachers. Normally, I’d advise people to check out the online editions of the Oz books (see the links page of the WWOOW at http://thewizardofoz.info/links.html) — but as this is a list of frequently asked questions, I’ve relented: Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. (A note to teachers who may be assigning this scavenger hunt in the future: It might be a good idea to emphasize that the students are to find the items on their own, not e-mail people or post a message and ask for the answers outright. You may want to require a URL where they found the answer besides the answer itself.
