Title: The Search Engines, Concord Monitor Quiz

 

Sub-title- A Project about “Searching” for the Correct Information.

 

Name: Alexandra B.

 

Date: March 11th-21st  

 

 Color Group: D1B2/Blue

 

This is a quiz that was found in the Sunday January 3 2010 Concord Monitor newspaper…. Answers are there, too.  You need to read the question, and… if you KNOW the correct answer, that’s good… but you must still VERIFY that correct answer.  And write out your source for that correct answer.  And, MOST importantly, I want to you also write out your thinking process- especially for the questions you do NOT know the answer to.  Can you eliminate any of the answers?  How?   And how did you search for the correct answer?  Did you search the QUESTION, or did you search the possible answers? 

 

Write it out!  Be complete.  A good paragraph per answer is what we are after here…

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.      What are the three places that make up the points of the Bermuda Triangle?

 

    1. Bahamas, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico
    2. Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Tortola
    3. Miami, Bermuda, Puerto Rico

 

I am going to use the Google search engine. I am going to use this search engine because I normally use this search engine to find other things. I think the answer is a. I don’t know the exact answer so I will search it. I searched the answer by using the search terms Bermuda, triangle and points. Several websites were listed. I scrolled through a bunch of snippets. I clicked on it and it gave me the correct answer. It was c! This is the website I got the answer from: http://blog.dictionary.com/bermuda-triangle/. 

 

Correct answer: Miami, Bermuda, Puerto Rico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Recife is the popular, pretty capital of Pernambuco state in what country?

 

    1. Italy
    2. Spain
    3. Brazil

 

I am going to use the Bing search engine. I am going to use this search engine because I have to use a different search engine. I think the answer is c. I’m not sure. So I’m going to search it on Bing. I used the search term Pernambuco and found a bunch of snippets. I clicked on one and it told me the answer was c! This is the website I got the right answer from: http://www.britannica.com/place/Pernambuco

 

Correct Answer: Brazil    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Historic Nara, Japan, celebrates a huge anniversary in 2010.  How old is the country’s first capital city?

 

    1. 570 years  (in 2010)
    2. 1,300 years   (in 2010)
    3. 4,000 years   (in 2010)

 

I am going to use the Dogpile search engine. I am going to use this search engine because I like the cute dogs on the webpage. I have no idea what the answer to this question is so I am going to guess b and search the answer. I’m guessing this because the United States isn’t very old and Japan is older than the United States.  I used the search terms Nara, Japan, and age. As I typed in Dogpile I noticed that answers weren’t popping up as I typed and I got the same results when I searched different words at first. I did not find a website but luckily my teacher was searching on a different search engine named duckduckgo. He got the right answer by doing math, 2010 minus 710 equals b! Here is a website that another one of my classmates found: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/travel/03headsup.html?_r=0

 

Correct Answer: 1,300 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. The Northern Pacific Gyre lies in the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the west coast of the United States. What does it contain?

 

    1. A huge pod of an estimated 2,000 endangered gray whales
    2. A giant debris field of garbage trapped in a spinning circle
    3. An underground sea mountain 7 miles tall

 

 

I am going to use the search engine Duckduckgo. I am using this search engine because when my teacher searched on it he got an answer quickly so I want to get an answer quickly too. I have no idea what the answer to this question is so I’m going to guess b. I remembered that the trash island is near Japan, and my neighbor Karl, gave away the answer to the question. Oh well! I’m still going to search it. I used the search terms Northern, pacific, gyre and found a bunch of results resulting in that same answer that Karl gave. Here’s the website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch

 

Correct answer: A giant debris field of garbage trapped in a spinning circle. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. This year (in 2010)  a mosaic of an angel was discovered under the floor of the Hagia Sophia.  Where and what is the Hagia Sophia?

 

    1. Istanbul, Turkey.  It’s a museum that previously was a Byzantine Christian Church and a mosque.
    2. Luxembourg.  It’s a cathedral built to honor St. Sophia, the country’s patron saint.
    3. Mexico City.  It’s a traditional market where the image of the angel is said to have healing powers.

 

For question 5 I’m going to compare 4 different search engines. I have decided to compare Google, Bing, Duckduckgo, and Dogpile. My reason to do this is because my teacher Mr. Woolner wanted me to do this so I followed his instructions. I used the search terms Hagia, and Sophia on Google, Bing, Duckduckgo, and Dogpile. The same thing happened on every one of them. While I was typing on every search engine a result popped up with some suggestions and guessing what I’m searching for. I wonder if Bing or Google or Dogpile are tracking my searching? I know that Duckduckgo doesn’t track my searches because they have a link that explains why they don’t track my searches. I noticed that in Duckduckgo and Dogpile it doesn’t give me how many results came up like in Google and Bing. I also noticed that when I searched on Dogpile I saw that the very first page was just hotel recommendations! So I clicked back into google and went onto this website: http://www.hagiasophia.com/ It gave me the answer! The answer was a!

 

Correct Answer: Istanbul, Turkey.  It’s a museum that previously was a Byzantine Christian Church and a mosque.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. If you want to go whitewater rafting on the Kampar River, where do you have to go?

 

    1. Wheeling, West Virginia.
    2. Gopeng, Malaysia
    3. Johannesburg, South Africa

 

I am going to use Google for my search engine this time. We are going to do an advanced search. I am using Google because Mr. Woolner is showing us a trick that involves Google. We are going to try limiting the domain. I used the search terms Kampar River, and white water rafting. Also, the advanced search worked! I searched Kampar River white water rafting site:*.com and it only came up with .com’s! I finally found a website after searching through some snippets of websites and I finally found the answer. Here is the website I found the answer from: http://www.radakadventure.com/kampar-river The answer was b!

 

Correct Answer: Gopeng, Malaysia

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

2        Most tourists love Devonshire cream tea – scones, clotted cream and raspberry jam with tea.  But where in England is Devonshire?

 

    1. In dairy country east of London
    2. Southwest England
    3. Near the Scottish border

 

I am going to use the search engine Bing. I am going to use this search engine because I wanted to switch it up with search engines. I am also going to continue doing an advanced search. I think the answer is a because to me it makes the most sense. I am going to use the search terms Devonshire, England, and location. I noticed that when I finished typing my search terms there was no other suggestions under it! Then I hit enter. Nothing came up! I was a little concerned so I asked my teacher and we figured out what happened. Apparently Bing doesn’t like the asterisk when you do the advanced search! What surprised me the most is that my teacher didn’t know that either. We both had just learned something new! So instead we tried it where we searched Devonshire England location site:.com and a bunch of things popped up! I clicked on one and it gave me the right answer! It was b! Here is the website that gave me the right answer: http://www.britannica.com/place/Devon

 

Correct answer: Southwest England        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3        What and where are the Adirondacks?

 

a.       The Amish region in Indiana where craftsmen make chairs

b.      Mountain range in New York state

c.       American Indian reservations in the Florida Everglades

 

I am going to use the search engine Google because I am going to switch it up between Google and Bing. I believe the answer is c. I don’t know so I am going to search it. I am using the search terms Adirondacks. When I searched using the advanced search a lot of snippets popped up and I scrolled through a couple. About 5,020,000 answers popped up so I had a bunch of snippets to scroll through. I looked at the result and when I did I noticed a part of the search bar where it said 0.44 seconds and I figured out what that was I wondered why did they want to track their speed of finding things? I finally got an answer from a snippet. It was b! I was wrong. But, I’m still learning so that’s what counts. Here’s the website where I found the correct answer: http://visitadirondacks.com/

 

Correct answer: Mountain Range in New York State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4        Most people just call the region the Caribbean, but what is its formal name?

 

a.       The West Indies

b.      The East Indies

c.       The South Indies

 

I am going to use the search engine Bing. I am going to use this engine because I like the pictures they post every day. I am going to continue doing the advanced search. I think the answer is a because we used our text book and I think I remember seeing the answer. I want to search just in case though. I am going to use the search terms Caribbean.     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5        Almost all tourists who visit the Galapagos Islands leave for their trip from what city?

 

a.       Quito, Ecuador

b.      Santiago, Chile

c.       La Paz, Bolivia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6        What was the United States’ first national park?

 

a.       Great Smoky Mountain

b.      Yellowstone

c.       Yosemite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7        Of Hawaii’s six major islands, which is the smallest and least developed?

 

a.       Lili’uokalani

b.      Kauai

c.       Lanai