Title: Concord Monitor Quiz Searching Project

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

By Darren E_______________________

Date March 11-2016__________________________

Color Group____Blue Day 1 Block 2_____

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?

a. Bahamas, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico

b. Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Tortola

c. Miami, Bermuda, Puerto Rico

I am going to use the dog pile search engine because it has a cool name. I think the answer is Bahamas, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. I used the search terms Bemuda, and triangle, and location. Several websites were listed………..snippets…. I selected History.com and found the answer. The answer is actually c.

http://www.history.com/topics/bermuda

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

a. Italy

b. Spain

c. Brazil

I am going to use a different search engine this time……. I think I will try to use Bing. My guess is Brazil. Im going to use the search term Pernambuco and capital. In the search engine bing, as soon as I started typing per, the answer came up. Scrolling page to page I found the site, “Inside Brazil”. The answer was Brazil and here is the link.

https://insiderbrazil.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/recife-capital-of-pernambuco/

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

a. 570 years (in 2010)

b. 1,300 years (in 2010)

c. 4,000 years (in 2010)

I am going to use duck duck go for my search engine. I am going to use this one because I love the name and I haven’t used it yet. I am going to guess c because Japan has a lot, lot, lot of history. As I typed in duck duck go, I noticed that what I wanted didn’t pop up before I finished typing in “Nara, Japan history”. I guessed wrong, the answer is b. I found the answer at Japan atlas. Here is the link.

http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/his12.html

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

a. A huge pod of an estimated 2,000 endangered gray whales

b. A giant debris field of garbage trapped in a spinning circle

c. An underground sea mountain 7 miles tall

I am going to use Yahoo search engine. I am going to use Yahoo because I haven’t used this search engine yet. My guess is c because it seems the most logical. The answer is b which I have guessed wrong. I found this on gyre clean up project. Here is the link.

http://www.gyrecleanup.org/what-is-the-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?

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

b. Luxembourg. It’s a cathedral built to honor St. Sophia, the country’s patron saint.

c. Mexico City. It’s a traditional market where the image of the angel is said to have healing powers.

I am going to use 4 search engines to compare them. The 4 search engines I am using is google, dogpile, bing, and yahoo. I am using these spefic search engines because I think there the most reliable. Also, we are going to compare the results we got. In every search engine except Yahoo it came up after I said Hagia. Maybe the keep track of what I search or something. So I clicked enter for all of the search engines, and the first one I looked at was Dogpile. At first, I saw ads but then I scrolled down and found a few sites. The one I decided to use is called Hagia Sophia. That’s what I found for all of them. Heres the links.

Dogpile: http://www.hagiasophia.com/listingview.php?listingID=1

Google: http://www.hagiasophia.com/listingview.php?listingID=1

Yahoo: http://www.hagiasophia.com/listingview.php?listingID=1

Bing: http://www.hagiasophia.com/listingview.php?listingID=1

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

a. Wheeling, West Virginia.

b. Gopeng, Malaysia

c. Johannesburg, South Africa

I am going to use google. We are going to use a advanced search this time. We are going to try limiting the domain. Org, net, com edu gov. My guess is that’s it c. I used the advanced search term Kamper river Malaysia. It turns out that its actually b. It took me a little bit to find it on the search engine google. The most effective domain was .com. I used the link Kamper river rafting. Here is the link.

http://mmadventure.com/gopeng-adventure/kampar-river-rafting.htm

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

a. In dairy country east of London

b. Southwest England

c. Near the Scottish border

I am going to use the search engine dogpile. The reason why I am using this search engine is because I love the name and we could pick one we like. My guess is b. Turns out, I was right, the answer is actually b. It took me awhile to find it but what I looked up was England Devonshire location. Where I found it was Awesome stories. Heres the link.

https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Devonshire-Location-in-England/1

8. 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 bing. The reason is I trust this search engine. My guess is a. It turns out, the answer is actually b. I got it from Wikepidia. I had to type the whole thing to get it and it was the first link. Here is the link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_Mountains

9. 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 google. The reason why is because its easy and one of the search engine I haven’t used much. I think the answer is c. The answer is actually a. I used the link wikepidia. Here is the link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies

10. 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

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

a. Great Smoky Mountain

b. Yellowstone

c. Yosemite

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

a. Lili’uokalani

b. Kauai

c. Lanai