Title: Concord Monitor Project Of Awesomeness!

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

First Name: A.M

 Color Group: Red

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…

• Use Google AND  Bing and at least 2 other search engines... any search engine you desire.  In your paragraphs, write down which search engine you used. 

• Use Search Terms that make sense.  Do NOT just type/copy the entire question.  Use Search Terms.  Use search terms that make sense.  In your paragraph, write down what search terms you used.

• Use Advanced Search methods, or at least look for .edu sites,  .gov sites   and   .com sites.  At LEAST these 3 types of sites.  You can have others, such as   .org    and    .net.    In your paragraph, write down how you searched for different domains (such as .edu, .gov .com,   etc.   Those are called “domains”.)

• And... write down the correct answer in the paragraph.  Perhaps that is the last sentence in your paragraph.

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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

For this search, I am going to use the browser internet explorer. For my keywords I used Bermuda triangle points. The link is http://geography.about.com/od/culturalgeography/a/bermudatriangle.htm .  What I noticed about internet explorer is that it didn’t track your searching data. As a guess to what the answer would be, I would say C. Bahamas and Bermuda are too misplaced to make a triangle, and I don’t think Tortola is even in the area, which leaves me with C. As it turns out, I was right. The Bermuda triangle, otherwise known as the devils triangle, is in-between Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.

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

1. Italy
2. Spain
3. Brazil

For this question I will be using the browser Yahoo Answers. For words I just used Recife capital. As a guess I think that it is either B or C because it sounds Spanish. When I looked it up on Yahoo it brought me to a series of links all of which mentioning Brazil to confirm, I did a quick trip to wikipidia from Yahoo at the link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recife . This then confirmed that the answer was C.

3. 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 a different search engine this time and it does not keep track of anything. It is called Ixquick. I am using this because I do not like to be tracked. I noticed that when I used Ixquick, nothing happened, but when I pressed enter, results then came up, without number. The answer is likely not c because that is extremely old. For words, I used Nara Japan, anniversary, and 2010. A is also probably wrong, that was something like year 1440, which is actually “recent”. When I looked this up to confirm, I clicked on ( http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4116.html ) because it was to only one that didn’t look like a brochure. The headline was: 1300th Anniversary of Nara Capital

4. 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

For this question I used the search engine called webcrawler. For my search terms I used “North pacific Gyre between japan and USA”. Like Ixquick, it only worked when I pressed go. First thing I eliminated was A. A pod of whales would like to move around and be free, so they probably would not stay in just the north pacific. I couldn’t eliminate anything else, so I looked it up on webcrawler aand came across the answer of B on http://www.earthday.org/2014/07/07/north-pacific-trash-gyre/ .

5. 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.

I will use the search engine duckduckgo. My guess is that b is correct because in those times, lots of mosaics of god and stuff were built. Sadly, my guess was wrong and it was actually in Istanbul, Turkey. Duckduckgo remembers what others and I have searched for, I know this because it came up with suggested stuff. The link is https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hagia+sophia&ia=about .

6. 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 using google as my engine because Mr. Woolner said so I think the answer is B because West Virginia is landlocked and South Africa and Africa and general doesn’t have much water, that leaves Malaysia. To prove this I went to the search engine and typed “Kampar River”. This yielded several things, many of which I didn’t really care about, so, I clicked on maps which brought up a useful google map. Using that, I was able to see that it was in malasia. The link is https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sungai+Kampar,+Indonesia/@-3.3670301,128.6155569,3z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x31d7b44cbbdfab0b:0x145f3fb0aaf5ef16

7. 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 google, on the advanced search. As a educated guess, I think that the answer is A. I think this because of one thing, that being that many things on the list have cream, which is dairy. Sadly, when I googled the answer, it came up with the answer of “Devon is a country in Southwest England.” Which is not what I thought. The link is: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF 8&safe=active&ssui=on#q=devonshire%20england&safe=active&ssui=on

8. What and where are the Adirondacks?

1. The Amish region in Indiana where craftsmen make chairs
2. Mountain range in New York state
3. American Indian reservations in the Florida Everglades

I will yet again be using the advanced search for this. For key words I will type Adirondack’s location among other things. I think it is B because I have heard the word used before as in a mountain range. I looked it up using the advanced search and the first option was this link: http://visitadirondacks.com/ . As you could see, it said “Adirondacks-New York” plus a I heart NY in the upper corner. This of course led me to the answer B.

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

1. The West Indies
2. The East Indies
3. The South Indies

Yet again, I am using a advanced search. For key words I will type Caribbean formal name. I think that the answer is B because my class was just recently doing a project on Columbus and he called the islands he found “The West Indies.” So I looked up the answer and came across this answer on google: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=&as_oq=caribbean+formal+name&as_eq=cuba&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=active&as_filetype=&as_rights=#safe=strict&hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=is+the+west+indies+the+caribbean .The little box below was talking about about the Caribbean being a part of the west indies. This therefore answered my question.

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

1. Quito, Ecuador
2. Santiago, Chile
3. La Paz, Bolivia

For this I am yet again using advanced searching. I think that the answer is B because Chile is lining the vast majority of west Brazil which is about where the Galapagos Islands are. To confirm this I then looked it up using the key words: Galapagos leaving point. I hit enter and it came up with results. As it turns out, the more popular option is to take a plane from Quito Ecuador. Taking a boat to the islands according to the website, will take about three days, while the plane ride is almost instantaneous. The link is here: http://www.galapagosislands.com/blog/how-to-get-to-the-galapagos-islands/ .

11. What was the United States’ first national park?

1. Great Smoky Mountain
2. Yellowstone
3. Yosemite

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

1. Lili’uokalani
2. Kauai
3. Lanai