Title: The Fantastic Amazing Concord Monitor Project/ Quiz

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

First Name: Paige R

Date: March 16^th, 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 think that the answer is C, Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. I am going to use google for this question. I am also going to use the search term Bermuda Triangle. http://news.yahoo.com/bermuda-triangle-mystery-solved-scientists-144600528.html I searched on google and found a website called yahoo answers and I know that the answer is C.

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

1. Italy
2. Spain
3. Brazil

I believe that the answer is C, Brazil, I am going to use a different search engine and use Bing. I also am going to use the search term Pernambuco. When I searched Pernambuco a little information box appeared and I did not hit enter at all and it said Pernambuco is a state of Brazil. I was told by Mr.Woolner that Bing does track you. I hit the search button and scrolled through looking at a few websites and I chose to do Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/place/Pernambuco I looked through it a bit and it look truthful and authentic.

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 will use another different search engine called www.duckduckgo.com , I am going to use this one because I have heard that it does not track you. I am going to use the search terms Nara Japan, 2010, and huge anniversary. I think its B because its an old number but its not wicked old. As I typed my search terms there was little things that popped up. I observed the titles of the websites and I saw one that said “Nara, Japan, Celebrates it 1300 year anniversary in 2010…”. https://buddhistartnews.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/nara-japan-celebrates-its-1300th-anniversary-in-2010/ I clicked on the website and it was very poorly made so I went back and choose the website that says its from New York Times. I clicked in the link and it was very different from the other one, it was way more professional and New York Times is a trusted news company and very famous. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/travel/03headsup.html So I trusted it and used that. The Correct answer is B 1300 years.

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 popular search engine Google and my search terms will be Northern Pacific Gyre. I do not know what the answer may be. I used the website Wikipedia to find the answer for this question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch . I found out that it is a gigantic floating field of trash that’s spinning in circles repeatedly.

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.

We are going to do this question in a very very very very different way- we are going to use 4 different search engines and compare them. I am going to use duckduckgo, google, webcrawler and for my last one Ixquick. I have no idea what the answer is because I have never heard of it before. I will use for my search terms Hagia Sophia, 2010. As I type in duckduckgo search terms popped up, Duckduckgo apparently does track searches but not MY searches. In webcrawler it does not bring up any search terms when I type, Google gave me websites right away and I didn’t even finish typing. Ixquick gave me travel website ads and further down in the snippets of the websites. I chose this website because it seems to be made from the museum https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/haso/hd_haso.htm .The correct answer is A Istanbul, Turkey.

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

We are about to start 6. We are going to do something different. We are going to LIMIT the search using site: tricks. I am going to use google and use search term Kampar River. I searched it and I kept finding that the sites would say Indonesia but Mr. Woolner explained to us that Indonesia and Malaysia were very close together. So the answer is B Gopeng, Malaysia. If found the answer in Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampar_River

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

For this question I am going to use duckduckgo for my search engine. I am also going to use Devonshire England for my search terms. I think the answer is A because usually in the country that’s where they make the cream from animals maybe. The answer I found was 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 ixquick for the search engine

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

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