The puzzles below are designed to hone your Internet and Extranet research skills even as they edify and amuse you. A quartet of correct answers will put you in the good company of those accomplished websters whose names appear at the bottom of this page. You may use any reference works you wish, but most or all of the information you need is available on the web. In such instances, recognition will go to the entire community of researchers rather than to any single individual. The community is asked to identify itself with a group or team name.
Some imagination is needed.
The culprit, whose initials are V.F., is hiding in a public space adjoining the zoo in the native city of Jorge Luis Borges. After consulting reference works in science and literature, Aventura proceeds to a favorite web hangout, the City of Bits. Within minutes she knows the probable name and location of the thief. As she sips her morning coffee, another message appears on her screen. A constellation in the northern sky and a hotel in the capital city of Jamaica both bear the name of her famous son.