He suspended the contest, intending to set up a Web site and resume in a few months. Alas, the Hunt instead seems to have entered a state of perpetual hibernation. The Web site has not materialized, and it's uncertain whether Gates plans any more contests in the future. But even if the original Internet Hunt never again returns, its legacy endures and inspires numerous imitators. In classrooms all over, teachers are using hunts to introduce students to net-based research.
Organizations sometimes sponsor a hunt as a promotional activity.
So if you should encounter one of these online scavenger hunts, consider joining in. Here is the very first Internet Hunt contest from September 1992. The numbers in parentheses are the point values assigned to each question. There you'll find a complete archive of every Hunt question and answer, along with a number of other Hunt-related documents. Someone told me that there's a collection of software specifically for libraries stored somewhere in Canada called libsoft.