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Title: Quiz Project about searching the web

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

First Name Last initial_______Kyle P___________________

Date________3/11-17/16 __________________

Color Group_____Green____

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 will use the search engine google for searching. I am going to use google because most people use it and it will have more answers and will be easier to check if it is credible. I am going to search “Where is the Bermuda triangle located. “ I found 344 thousand results I then went through the first ten and chose the ninth; a noaa.gov website. Here is the link: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bermudatri.html I found a map with a correct answer which is answer C. I felt that this website was very credible.

This is a picture from the Noaa.gov website.

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

a. Italy

b. Spain

c. Brazil

For this question I am using the server journey. I am using because it does not track you. I searched “Recife is a capital where. I used the second result which was a university of Oregon website which was an Edu. I chose this website because it looked credible. The website was good and told me about Recife. I felt comfortable that it was credible. Here is the link: https://duckduckgo.com/?cref=&ie=utf-8&hl=&q=Recife+is+a+capital+where&sa=Search I found out that he answer was C. This is a picture of Recife from http://www.brazil.org.za/recife.html

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)

For this search I will use web crawler. I am going to use this because it is more obscure and there is a less likely chance for fraud. I do not what the answer is but I think that 1300 is reasonable number so I will search that. When I searched Nara Japan 1300 a lot of articles came up. I saw many of them were in a different language. I choose a .com which happened to be the New York Times Website. The right answer is B. Overall this was an easy browser to use. Here is a link to my search. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/travel/03headsup.html?_r=0

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

For this search I will use Khoj because it looks like a smaller site. I will search norther pacific gyre. 51100 results came up. That is a lot! I found a .org website called gryecleanup.org this seems like a reliable website. The website talked about the gyre and said the gyre was a trash pile twice the size of Texas! The answer is B here is link: http://www.gyrecleanup.org/what-is-the-gyre/ Overall I think that this was a reliable and true search.

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.

We are going to use four different searches and compare answers. I do not know the answer. I am using Google, Bing, Dogpile and Ixquick. I am going to search Hagia Sofia location. Google and Bling showed me about the actual building while Dogpile and Ixquick showed me hotels not the actual building. I am using Bing and using the Hagia Sophia website. It said the answer was A. I think that this site is reliable website. Here is the link: http://www.hagiasophia.com/listingview.php?listingID=1 I think that this website can be trusted and it gives real information.

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

We are going to use google as a search engine for this question. We are doing an advanced search by limiting the domain results. I am going to search “Kampar River Location”. I searched all edu sites but they only gave me a few not very good choices so I am now going to search org sites. I searched all the org sites but it just came up with a bunch Wikipedia pages. Now I will search .gov sites, but I have noticed that the word Indonesia comes up… I have made a conclusion even though I have not found one good website. Looking through many snippets I saw the word Malaysia and Indonesia at least 15 times. I believe that the Kampar River is in Gopeng Malaysia.

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

For this search I will use Bing and I will search location of Devonshire. Bing came up with a map and site the map showed Devonshire in the southwestern corner of England the website also talked about the flag. I think the website is truthful because the map is a google map and its labels say Devon. I also think the website. I also found another website that said Devonshire was in southwest England. Overall the Answer B most goes with my search results. Here is the link: https://www.bing.com/mapspreview?&ty=17&q=Devon%2c%20England%2c%20United%20Kingdom&vdpid=7405683&mb=51.309521~-4.713294~50.155399~-2.88169&ppois=50.7534065246582_-3.80346894264221_Devon%2c%20England%2c%20United%20Kingdom_~&cp=50.753407~-3.803469&v=2&sV=1&qpvt=location+of+devonshire&FORM=MIRE

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

For this I will use the search engine dogpile. I am pretty sure that the correct answer is B. But now I will find out. I am going to search where the Adirondacks are. Here is the link: http://visitadirondacks.com/ This website opens and says Adirondacks of New York. I have a stronger feeling that the answer is B. I now scroll down and see a section called Adirondack regions it shows parts of New York and shows Mountains. I am sure now that the answer is B.

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

For this question I will use google because I have not used it on many competencies yet. I am pretty sure that the answer is B the East Indies but I am not sure. Now I will search East Indies in the google browser. I searched this and it came up with the Philippines not the Caribbean. I think I got confused between east and west so now I will search the West Indies. Wikipedia came up as the only site about the place not eh cricket team. SO I went on and it showed a map of the Caribbean. I think that answer A is correct here is the link to my site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies

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

For this competency I will use Ix Quick to search leaving for Galapagos Islands. That only came up with travel sites so now I will search where you leave from to get to the Galapagos. I searched this and chose the Galapagos official website. This website looked good and credible. I went under the travel tab and chose flights it came up saying that all flights leave from Quito airport in Ecuador. The answer is now undoubtedly A. The link is http://www.galapagosislands.com/galapagos-travel-information/galapagos-flights.html

What was the United States’ first national park?

a. Great Smoky Mountain

b. Yellowstone

c. Yosemite

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

a. Lili’uokalani

b. Kauai

c. Lanai