Title: Concord Monitor Quiz Project

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

First Name, L.I.: Mia R

Date: March 14, 2016

Color Group: Yellow

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 DuckDuckGo, because my dad uses it. (I also like the duck.) I think the correct answer is C, because I remember watching a National Geographic documentary about the Bermuda Triangle, and they said that a corner of the triangle is in Florida. I am going to use the key words Bermuda, Triangle, and corners. I typed the keywords into the search bar. Once I got the results, I scrolled them and read the website names and “snippets” provided. I chose a site about Bermuda’s Attractions, found here: http://www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_00004f.htm. The page had a map of the area, and I now know that I was right: the Bermuda Triangle is made up of Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.

This map is of the Bermuda Triangle. This is a screen capture of the search engine DuckDuckGo. (if you look very closely, you will see that it says “the search engine that doesn’t track you).

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 for this question. I’m using it because the name sounds cool. I have no idea what the answer to this question is, because I have never heard of Recife or Pernambuco. I will use the keywords Pernambuco and country, hoping the results come up with a country after the state’s name. I typed the words into the bar, and looked at my results. Right away I saw many things saying “Brazil”. However, I wanted to go a little further, so I clicked on a website that was from the Brazil website, brazil.org. Here’s the link to the website: http://www.brazil.org.za/pernambuco.html. Once I saw the website, it was very clear that Pernambuco is indeed in Brazil. Therefore, 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 the search engine Ixquick, because the name sounded interesting. I have never used Ixquick before, but I gained confidence in it when I opened the page and saw that it doesn’t track you, similarly to DuckDuckGo. To do this, I will use the keywords Nara, Japan, 2010, and anniversary. I think the answer is C, because 4000 seems like more of a HUGE anniversary than 1300 does. However, when I typed the keywords into the bar and clicked enter, I saw several sites saying that Nara is only 1300 years old. I scrolled through the snippets, and saw one that looked promising. The link is here: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4116.html. I know now that I was wrong, because the website told me clearly that Nara celebrated its 1300^th anniversary in 2010. The answer is B, 1300 years old.

4. 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

I am going to use the search engine WebCrawler, because Mr. Woolner’s description about it being 90’s-y intrigued me. I have never heard of it before. I have no idea what the answer is, but I think it’s B, because although I have no idea what a Gyre is, I have heard of the “island of trash” in the Pacific. I will use the keywords Northern, Pacific, and Gyre. I typed in the keywords, and clicked enter. The results were not promising, but I went ahead and clicked on a link that seemed to know what it was talking about, (even though I did not find the answer in the snippet). Here’s the link: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/great-pacific-garbage-patch.htm. Once I clicked on the site, I got my answer from the title: WHY IS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST LANDFILL IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN? I then read some of the article, and it was reinforced; the Northern Pacific Gyre contains a giant debris field of garbage, trapped in a spinning circle; so, the answer is B.

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?

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.

I am going to do this question in a very, very, very, very different way. (Said Mr. Woolner.) I am going to compare four different search engines; Google, DuckDuckGo, IxQuick, and Bing. I don’t know what the answer is, but I think that the answer is B, Luxembourg. I will use the search terms Hagia Sophia and Location. I noticed that on Google and Bing, popups came up in addition to website links. They both said that the Hagia Sophia is in Istanbul, Turkey. Bing had a map, while Google had images. DuckDuckGo, however, and IxQuick, both only showed website links, but they had very helpful snippets. Most of the snippets had the words Istanbul and Turkey in them, so I knew I had found my answer. However, I still think that Google and Bing had the most helpful results. Regardless of any of this, the answer is A, Istanbul, Turkey. Here is a website I found that had that answer too: http://www.hagiasophia.com/listingview.php?listingID=1. You will notice that the first sentence on that website is “Hagia Sophia is located in Istanbul, Turkey.” By using many different search engines, I got the answer.

Below are some pictures of the different results I got. You can see how Google and Bing both provided popups, and DuckDuckGo and IxQuick didn’t.

(Top left- DuckDuckGo; Top middle – IxQuick; Top right – Bing; Bottom left- Google.)

6. 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 the search engine Google for this question. I am going to use it because I have not used it yet for any questions (except for the “different” one, but that doesn’t count). I don’t know what the answer is, but I think it’s B or C, because “Kampar” doesn’t sound like a name of a river in West Virginia to me. I am going to use the keywords Kampar River and Location, because that will probably give me the answer I’m looking for. However, once I typed the keywords into the search bar, I didn’t get the answer I was looking for immediately, as I had hoped to do. Instead, I saw a lot of snippets reading “Indonesia”, which is not one of the options. So, I clicked on a link to a Google Map. Lo and behold, there was Indonesia, with part of the Kampar River, and next it, Malaysia. I concluded, since South Africa is far away from Indonesia and Malaysia, that the answer must be B, Gopeng, Malaysia, because I am assuming that the river stretches from Indonesia to Malaysia. Here is the link to the Google Map that I found: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sungai+Kampar/@1.362295,98.8278932,6.5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x31d7b44cbbdfab0b:0x145f3fb0aaf5ef16.

7. 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 will use the search engine DuckDuckGo to answer this question. I am going to try an advanced search. What that means is that after the keywords, I will put site:*.net, or whatever type of site I want to get. (.net, .com, .org, etc.). I am going to use the keywords Where is Devonshire, England, site:*.org. I am going to only get .org sites. I have no idea what the answer is. When I typed that in and hit enter, however, no results came up. DuckDuckGo suggested trying Where is Devonshire, England, site:.org, which is something that Mr. Woolner said might help. I did that, and found this site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon. I then looked, and found a map that showed Devonshire in the South West of England. However, since I used a Wikipedia site, I wanted to verify my answer. So, I looked up : Where is Devonshire England, with the advanced search :.com, to see if I got some sites that weren’t Wikipedia. (The .org search gave me mostly Wikipedia answers.) I found this TripAdvisor site, https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g186250-Devon_England-Vacations.html#MAPVIEWm, that had a Google map, showing Devonshire in the southwest of England. So now I know that the answer is verifiably B, Southwest England.

8. 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 will use the search engine Bing for this question. I am going to try and advanced search with .net this time. I already know the answer to this question—the Adirondacks are a mountain range in New York State. However, I still have to do the question, so I will use the keywords Adirondack Range Map, site:*.net, or I will use …site:net. (It turns out that I had to take out the asterisk). I then found this site, http://www.adirondack.net/, scrolled down and clicked on a History link. I was then taken to this page, http://www.adirondack.net/history/ , which gave me my answer; the page mentioned visiting Lake George, which I have been to, and know is in New York state. Therefore, the answer is B, Mountain range in New York state.

9. 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 will use the search engine IxQuick. I will use the advanced search …site:*.edu, to find an educational site. I think the answer is A, but I think I’m probably wrong. I will use the keywords Caribbean formal name, along with the advanced search. However, once I typed it in, I couldn’t find the answer. All the results were ads. Even when I took out the asterisk, I couldn’t find the answer. So, I took out the advanced search. Even then, I still couldn’t find it. So I went to Google, and entered the original search with the advanced search too. However, I still couldn’t find the answer, even when I took out the advanced search. So, I just searched West Indies, which was the answer I sort of thought it was. I found this Wikipedia page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies, which had a map on it of the world. I could see that the Caribbean was labeled: WEST INDIES. Since it was Wikipedia, I verified my answer because Mr. Woolner had told us in class what the answer was. Therefore, the answer is A, The West Indies.

10. 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

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

1. Great Smoky Mountain
2. Yellowstone
3. Yosemite

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

1. Lili’uokalani
2. Kauai
3. Lanai