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Title: Concord Monitor Quiz Wiz

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

First Name L.I_______Nick S_________

Date________March 14, 2016__Pi Day________________

Color 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?

a. Bahamas, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico

b. Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Tortola

c. Miami, Bermuda, Puerto Rico

I am going to use WWW Journey. I am using this search engine because I made it. I think the answer is B. I am going to use the key words Bermuda, Triangle and location. I typed the key words into the search boxed and searched. I found many snippets. On world atlas site I found the answer. http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/bermudat.htm The correct answer is C.

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

a. Italy

b. Spain

c. Brazil

I think the answer is Brazil. I am using Google because I haven’t used it yet. I used the search terms, Recife capital. I used Google and found a snippet of Wikipedia so I clicked on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recife The correct answer is F. Wikipedia suggested that Recife was the capital of Pernambuco in Brazil. Wikipedia also showed me a few pictures of the city.

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 will use the search engine ixquick.com because it does not track you. I think the answer is B. I am going to use the search engine Nara Japan. I think that the correct answer is B because it is old but not too old. When I searched nothing popped up on the screen. When I was looking at the snippets I found one that said 1,300 years old so I clicked on it. The link is here: http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/his12.html The correct answer is 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?

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 the ancient search engine lost in history… Web crawler… I am using the key words What does the Norther Pacific Gyre contain? I found a snippet called scribal.com the link is http://scribol.com/environment/waste-and-recycling/the-north-pacific-gyre-100-million-tons-of-garbage-and-growing It turns out that 100 million tons of garbage are there. The correct 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?

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 do this question in a very very very different way. I am going to use 4 different search engines: Google, Bing, Seach.com and WWW Journey. Search terms I am using are: Hagia Sophia. I think the answer is A because It sounds Turkish. Bing brought up Wikipedia which is a open source organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia Google brought up http://www.hagiasophia.com/ which is the official website. Search.com brought up a snippet with no actual data on the subject. It seemed that there were just music sites. Here is the music site: http://www.last.fm/music/Irfan/_/Hagia+Sophia .

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 are going to limit the search using site colon tricks… I think the answer is B. I used google.com. I used the search terms: Kampar River site:*.ly That brought up a bit.ly link so I clicked it. It went straight to Wikipedia. The link for Wikipedia is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampar_River The answer to the question is B.

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 personally think the answer is A because It’s dairy country. I am using bing.com to search for the answer… My search terms will be Devonshire. Turns out the correct answer is B. I used Bing Maps to find the answer. The link is: http://www.bing.com/mapspreview?&ty=17&q=Devon&satid=id.sid%3a5ad1bd45-b1d3-1dd7-13e3-f0ecea97ece7&vdpid=7405683&mb=51.309521~-4.713294~50.155399~-2.88169&ppois=50.7534065246582_-3.80346941947937_Devon_~&cp=50.753407~-3.803469&v=2&sV=1 Devonshire is in the bottom of England and on the water.

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 DuckDuckGo to find the answer. My key words are: Adirondacks USA. I think the answer is B because I have heard of it being there. I searched it up on DuckDuckGo and the first link that came up was http://www.adirondacksusa.com/ In the title it said The Adirondack Park of Upstate New York. The correct answer is B.

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 have no idea for this one. I am going to use Ix Quick to find an answer. My search Terms will be Caribbean Formal name. IxQuick gave me no help and no answers. So I will use Google. I used Wikipedia. Wikipedia told me the answer is A, The 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