Concord monitor quiz   sadly probley the last

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

Madison S

11-18 16

     Red 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…

• 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

I am going to use the search engine, google, because I like the layout and the colors. I think the answer is A, I think that because they are all islands. I typed in points Bermuda triangle and I was wrong the answer is C, Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Ricco, I looked at the snippets and used http://www.unmuseum.org/triangle.htm as my source.

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

1. Italy
2. Spain
3. Brazil

I am going to use Bing as my search engine, I am going to use Bing because, I like its name because It’s Not Google. My guess is Italy because it sounds Italian. My key words are Recife Pernambuco and state, I Started to type the word Recife and it said it’s a city in Brazil. I used https://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/the-northeast/recife as my source for info because it seemed legit. The answer is C, Brazil.

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, it does track anything, ixquick. I Am using this cause mister woolner said so, and cause its going away. I have no idea what the answer is but I am going to guess 1,300 cause I know its not C cause that would make it the oldest country, I noticed when I was typing it in nothing came up unit I hit enter. My search terms are Nara Japan capital. I scrolled through snippets and used http://soulofthegarden.com/Japan.html as my resource this one had the answer. It said it was the capital 710, so with a little math I was right the answer was B.

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

4. A huge pod of an estimated 2,000 endangered gray whales
5. A giant debris field of garbage trapped in a spinning circle
6. An underground sea mountain 7 miles tall

For the 4^th one I will be using another search engine, I will be using web crawler cause I like to think of a tiny bug running through the internet. My guess is an underground sea mountain 7 mile tall. My key words are Northern pacific gyre. When I typed it in a bunch of ads came up I didn’t really like this search engine, I used http://education.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/ocean-gyre/ as my source because I know national geographic is a trusted site. It was on the second page. This page said that the answer is D. I was wrong.

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?

7. Istanbul, Turkey.  It’s a museum that previously was a Byzantine Christian Church and a mosque.
8. Luxembourg.  It’s a cathedral built to honor St. Sophia, the country’s patron saint.
9. Mexico City.  It’s a traditional market where the image of the angel is said to have healing powers.

We are going to do this one very differently, we are going to try to use 4 search engines and see the difference, and for this one I will be using duckduck go, google, Bing, and dogpile. I am guessing Mexico City. For my search terms I am using Hagia Sophia.  Bing and google duckduck go came up with a wikipage and said the answer right on it. Only dogpile didn’t have the answer right on it. I liked Duck Duck go the best because It had the info right in front, I will be using duck duck go for the search engine because I like that the best. I looked through the snippets and found agia-sophia.net.  I was wrong the answer was G Turkey. I think I will use duckduck go more.

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

We will do an advanced search for this one, I will be using google because mister woolner said too. I am guessing B, but I have literally no idea.  For my search terms I will be using Kampar Rover Site, *.Edu so it only will come up with Edu sites, I found

http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/?f%5Bauthor_tesim%5D%5B%5D=Skeat%2C+Walter+William&f%5Bimage_format_tesim%5D%5B%5D=drawings&f%5Bimage_geo_tesim%5D%5B%5D=+Malaysia--West+Malaysia--Perak--Changat+Bertam+%7C+Malaysia--West+Malaysia--Perak--Kampar+River witch says its in Gopeing Malaysia, so I was right.  This Advanced search was cool it got right to the point.

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

For this one, I will be using web crawler because I like the name. I will be using an advanced search. I am going to guess Southwestern England but to be totally trueful, I have no idea. My search terms are Devonshire England location. For my advanced search I will be using site:*edu. Web crawler doesn’t work because of the *, so I am using google, and it worked. I went through a lot of snipits and found http://classprojects.kenyon.edu/engl/exeter/Kenyon%20Web%20Site/Chris/Intro%20Section%20222222222222222222222.html it says Southwest

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

For this one I will be using bing, I will also be using an advanced search. I am going to guess C, but I have no idea. My search terms are Adirondacks? For my advanced search I will being using site:*edu. I typed that in and it didn’t work so I got rid of the * and it came up http://www.esf.edu/aec/Adks/ it turns out it is a mountain range in New York .

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

For this one I will be using google, and I will be using an advanced search, for edu. I am going to guess C. For my search terms I will be using Caribbean and region. I looked though the snipets and I found this http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/carib.htm I looked it up and a lot of pdfs came up. I was wrong it was A. Not C.

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, Bolivi

11 What was the United States’ first national park?

a. Great Smoky Mountain

b. Yellowstone

c. Yosemite

For this one I will be using an advanced search, and will be using bing. I am going to guess Yellowstone Park, because it has been around awhile. My search terms are going to be United States first national park. Went through the snippets and the first one that seemed legit. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/yehtml/yeabout.html. I was correct because it states that the first national park was Yellowstone Park.

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

a. Lili’uokalani

b. Kauai

c. Lanai

For this one I will use an advanced search, and I will be using Ixquick, because it sounds like bixquick, and I like pancakes. I am going to guess Lili’ uokalani, but I have latterly no idea witch one it is. My search terms are out of Hawaiis island witch is the smallest. This browser didn’t work so I am doing a different browser, I will be using bing now cause, the advanced search didn’t work on ixquick. I went through all the snippets and they was only wikipeda pages but I found this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahoolawe. It states that B is correct.