2010 Concord Monitor Quiz — Hope the Answers Haven’t Changed

 

A Project About “Searching” for the Correct Information.

 

Cate W.

 

March 11, 2016 - March 17, 2016

 

Green Group

 

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

 

 

 

For this question I decided to use the search engine Google. This is because for me this is the most accessible and my default browser and very user friendly. I also know how to use it better and I am familiar with it. The key words I am going to use are Bermuda Triangle and location. I found about 253000 results. I scrolled through the first few snippets and looked at the links and the answers they were giving. I decided to use the webpage I used because the domain was .gov and I knew that was going to be credible. The website I used to get my answer was http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bermudatri.html. The correct answer that I found was c, Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.

 

 

 

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

 

    1. Italy
    2. Spain
    3. Brazil

 

I wanted to use a different browser than the first question so I decided to try a browser that I was not as familiar with. I decided to use a browser that I heard of around the classroom, DuckDuckGo. The keywords I chose include: Pernambuco, country. I chose the keywords because I knew that what I want to find a country, and I already knew what part of the country I was looking for. Instantly I got the answer from all of the suggested links. I chose the link I chose, http://www.brazil.org.za/pernambuco.html, because I think that the domain would be credible and I also saw that the webpage had a very formal look without any ads. The correct answer to the question is c, Brazil. One problem I had with the browser I used was that it did not instantly show me the domain. One thing I noticed about DuckDuckGo is that it did not remember my key word searches.

 

  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)

 

The third search engine I am going to use is Bing. I am using Bing because I know that Bing is one of the rivals to Google. I think that if it rivals a search engine I like, then maybe I will like something that is up to its level. I don’t really know what the correct answer is. My guess is that it is not a because America is younger than that. I also remember that last year we studied china… that was BC. I am going to use Nara, Japan, and Anniversary as my key words. When I typed my key words for a second time, it remembered what my last search was. I got 46300000 results. I got my answer instantly I knew it was right because it was one of the question answers. I wanted to check with I reliable source because I didn’t want to just trust the first one I saw. I used the New York Times website because that seems reliable to me. Here is the link http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/travel/03headsup.html?_r=0. The correct answer I found was b. 1,300 years in 2010.

 

 

 

  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

 

For this question I am going to use the search engine ixquick. I am going to use this engine because I have heard that it does not track my searches. Instantly when I opened ixquick it told me that it was the most private in the world. I don’t think the answer is c because there is a mountain range in the Atlantic ocean. I think the answer is b because I have heard of a trash island. I used the key words northern, pacific, and gyre. The key words showed me a lot of information about the location and facts. I looked through the snippets. One of them told me the garbage answer. I perused this answer and used the web page http://wn.com/north_pacific_gyre. I read that the garbage spins in a clockwise direction. This reminds me of the Sargasso seaweed in the Bermuda triangle. The answer is b 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.

 

We are going to do the 5th question differently from the other ones. Very differently. We are going to use 4 different search engines. Then we are going to compare the results. I am using the search engines ixquick, google, webcrawler, and dogpile. I chose these search engines because I am being told to do 4 engines. I don’t the answer to this question. I am going to use the key words Hagia Sophia because I don’t know how to answer the question and I want to know the general information, where and what. Some of the search engines I used didn’t even wait for me to hit enter. Google showed me a map a image and top used links. From dogpile and webcrawler I got a lot of travel websites. Both of these to were less appealing to the eye and I can see why people like google, ixquick and bing for convenience.

I went through the snippets that were suggested by all of them and I got the same answer. I used webcrawler for my final answer, a Istanbul, Turkey. I used a live science website- http://www.livescience.com/27574-hagia-sophia.html.

 

  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 as a search engine for this one again. I am doing this because I was told to a browser that I had already done and that is what Mr. Woolner is doing. The difference for this one is that we are going to do an advanced search. We are going to limit the domain results. I am not sure what domain we are going to look for though. I want to use the key words Kampar River Location. I restrained the domains by doing site:*____, then I put the domain I wanted in the blank. I chose to use the domain .edu first because I thought that I would get mature websites that can tell me the answer. I was sort of disappointed by what came up because I got college websites that when opened just gave me a lot of information on navigation of the website but did not give me much information of what I wanted. I changed around the domains with still no luck. I did find the fact that the answer was Indonesia. I knew that couldn’t be the right answer because it was not one of my three options. But I also knew that Malaysia was very close to Indonesia. I then added the search term Malaysia. I got a lot more use full results. I decided to use a tour website because it directly related to the question. Here is the link for the webisite https://www.travelblog.org/Photos/7365860. The correct answer is Gopeng, Malaysia. For our options, that is b.

 

 

  1. 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 I am going to use webcrawler because I don’t think I have used it that much for this project/quiz. I want to find out where Devonshire is. Because of this, I want to use the keywords Devonshire Location. The first things that came up were ads. One good thing I noticed about webcrawler while doing it is that they open the webpage in a new tab. I like this because I don’t have to hit the back arrow so much. I didn’t get the kind of results I wanted so I changed it all to DuckDuckGo. I then had to change around all of my key words and my browser because I could not find the answer. I then I got to Google. When I did google I decided to use the visual of Google Maps. I then used the answers that were given me. It was obvious when looking at a map that the answer was b. Southwest of England and here is the link to Google Maps https://www.travelblog.org/Photos/7365860 .

 

  1. 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 have used the search engine Google a lot now so I decided to change my search engine choice. I am going to use the search engine Bing because I want to chose a variety of search engines. I don’t really know what the answer is going to be but I think that the Adirondacks sound more like a geological feature. I am going to guess that the answer is b.  I am looking for the information about location and I want the general information of the Adirondacks. So I am going to use the key words Adirondacks and location. To specify what I am looking for I am going to put a domain restraint on it and use site:*.edu. When I searched this I thought the results that came up were sort of weird. Only one link came up. The link was to bing maps. I decided to use my guess to elaborate my search. I changed my key word to Adriondack New York. The answer I collected was from the website http://denison.edu/academics/geosciences/whats-happening/adirondack-mountains-in-new-york .  The correct answer was b. Mountain range in New York state.

 

  1. 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

 

For this question I am going to use ixquick because I am still trying to use a different range of search engine. I think I already know the answer to the question from reading it in the text book that we did for homework. I think the answer is the West Indies. I am going to use my guess for my key words West Indies. I found a whole list of answers proving my thoughts, but then I realized that I didn’t have an advanced search on. I tried both the domains .gov and .edu with no luck, so I removed the constraints again and verified and my answer with http://www.britannica.com/place/West-Indies-island-group-Atlantic-Ocean . The correct answer was a. The West Indies.

 

 

  1. 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

 

I am going to use the search engine dogpile because I feel like I have not used it much for this project. I think I can guess the answer with logic. I think that the answer is a Quito, Ecuador because I know the Galapagos are part of Ecuador. So I am going to use the key words based off my guess again. My key words are going to be Galapagos, Ecuador. I used the web page trip advisor for my source because I know that this is a question about travel and trip advisor is a well-known travel website. Here is the link for trip advisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g294310-Galapagos_Islands-Vacations.html . The correct answer I found was a. Quito, Ecuador.

 

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

 

    1. Great Smoky Mountain
    2. Yellowstone
    3. Yosemite

 

I am going to skip this one because Mr. Woolner told me to because I know the answer is b. Yellowstone.

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

 

    1. Lili’uokalani
    2. Kauai
    3. Lanai

 

I am going to use the search engine DuckDuckGo. I don’t know the answer to this question so I am going to use the key words Hawaii smallest island.