Title: Cool Clever Concord Quiz

 

Sub-title- A Quiz About the Concord Moniter

 

First Name  L.I: Gabe L

 

Date: March 14, 2016

 

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…

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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 search engine Google Chrome because it is very reliable and has never really been wrong.

I think the answer is a. I think this because all of those places are super tropical and dangerous with storms. Key words: Bermuda, Triangle, Location. I noticed that the search engine started to guess what I typed. Here is the link. This website had the correct answer: Miami, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda.

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bermudatri.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

    1. Italy
    2. Spain
    3. Brazil

 

I will use a different search engine called Bing because I never really use it, and it is never really wrong, MOST of the time, not all of the time. I will choose the answer Italy, because the pronunciation of the capital, and Italy is beautiful. Key words: Capital, of, Pernambuco. When I started typing my key words Capital, of, Pernambuco, The browser already had answers. Here is the link. This website had the right answer, too.

http://www.britannica.com/place/Pernambuco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  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 a different search engne this time as well. This search engine doesn’t track anything. I am using this search engine because I don’t really like to be tracked when I am searching, and Mr. Woolner also told me to. Plus, the name just sounds cool. The answer is not likely to be c, because that’s way too old. I noticed that when I typed, nothing happened. The key words are: anniversary, Japan, 2010, Nara. Here is the like I used, and it was right.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4116.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  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 fourth question, I will be using another different search engine once again. For this question, I will be using duck duck go, because the name sounds cool, and I haven’t used this search engine yet. For the answer, I think it is b, because there is lots of pollution and people throwing away random things in the water. The key words are: Northern, Pacific, and Gyre. I noticed that Duck Duck Go records my history. Here’s the link, and it was the answer b.

                          http://education.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

 

 

 

 

  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.

 

This time, it is very, very different. For this question, I will use four search engines. I will use these because I need to know if the answer is actually correct. I will use Dogpile, Google, Ixquick, and Duck Duck go. The key words are: Hagia, and Sophia. When I used Dogpile lots of things came up. When I typed in the search engine Duck Duck Go, lots of things came up. It did the same thing with google, but not ixquick. Here is the link I used, and it was right. The answer is Turkey, and I used the search engine Dogpile.

https://www.expedia.com/things-to-do/hagia-sophia-blue-mosque-grand-bazaar-topkapi-palace-full-day-tour.a167602.activitydetails?regionId=178267&semcid=US.MULTILOB.GOOGLE.SEARCH.TSHOP&kword=+hagia_+sophia!m.ZzZz.4280000014633.0.79298372912.%2Bhagia%20%2Bsophia.+hagia_+sophia&gclid=CIekxaTQxcsCFZQbgQod93EAPw

 

 

  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

 

For this question I will be doing an advanced search. For the advanced search I will be using Google. I personally think the correct answer is a, because there is lots of water there. The key words are Kampar and River. Here is the link to the answer, and this answer is correct. The correct answer is b.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sungai+Kampar,+Indonesia/@0.508764,100.0101901,6z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x31d7b44cbbdfab0b:0x145f3fb0aaf5ef16

 

 

  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

 

For this question, I will be doing the same thing, using an advanced search. For the advanced search I will be using the same search engine, Google. I think the correct answer is b, because I just took a random guess. I really don’t know what the answer is. The key words are: Devonshire, England. Here is the link to the advanced page, and it was correct. The correct answer is b.

http://www.britannica.com/place/Devon

 

 

 

  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

 

For this question, I will be using advanced search once again. For the search engine, I will be using google again for this question. For advanced search I will be using site:.*.Edu. I think the correct answer is a, because I am just kind of guessing, and I’ve never really heard that word before. The key words are: What are the Adirondacks. Here is the link. And it was right. The correct answer is b.

http://www.esf.edu/aic/

 

 

  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

 

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  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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

    1. Great Smoky Mountain
    2. Yellowstone
    3. Yosemite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

    1. Lili’uokalani
    2. Kauai
    3. Lanai