Title: Concord Monitor Quiz

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

First Name Preston H

Date 3/11/16 and 3/15/16 and 3/17/16

Color Group Blue/ Day One Block Two

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 dogpile search engine because I haven’t used it before and want to know if its good. I think the answer is A. I’m so tired. I used the search terms Bermuda triangle location. There were a lot of shnippet… lol. I chose the snippet Wikipedia. After checking, the answer is actually C. Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Food… the link to the Wikipedia webpage link is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle

2. Recife is the popular, pretty capital of Pernambuco state in what country?
1. Italy
2. Spain
3. Brazil

I am going to use the search engine, google. I am going to use it because I am very familiar with it. I think that the answer is C, Brazil. Because Pernambuco is a tropical wood. I used the search terms Pernambuco state country.

As soon as I hit the enter key, the answer was in a snippet. And the answer was C. Brazil I was right. Here is the link.

http://www.brazil.org.za/pernambuco.html. I got 613,000 results in .45 seconds.

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 Bing. I am going to use this because I need 5 of them I think that the answer is C because the Japanese have been around a long time I am going to use the search terms, Nara, japan 2010. I noticed that, same as before, the answer popped right up to the right. I found out that I was wrong. The answer was actually B. 1,300 years (in 2010). All the websites said the year that it was established. This is the link http://wikitravel.org/en/Nara

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 duckduckgo.com. I need to use 5 search engines. I think that the answer is b. because I know that this exists but I don’t know where it is. As I was searching for the answer the answer popped up before I was even done typing. I was right the answer was B. a giant patch of garbage. And this is the link http://education.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

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.

For question 5 we are going to 4 different web sites. Ask.com, aol.com, duckduckgo.com and google. The search terms are Hagias Sophia. The first thing I saw when I searched for the item ask.com and aol.com had ads. I think that the answer is A. Both aol and ask opened In a new tab. After the ads there was the same links to the same location. I was right, the answer is A. Istanbul, Turkey. It’s a museum that previously was a Byzantine Christian Church and a mosque.

http://www.livescience.com/27574-hagia-sophia.html https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/haso/hd_haso.htm http://www.hagiasophia.com/ http://www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/istanbul-hagia-sophia

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 google because it is reliable. We are going to use an advanced search this time we are going to try to limit the domains like .com .gov .edu and .org I think that it is b. The answer is actually B I was right.

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 am going to use the search engine Bing because it is my second favorite search engine. I think that Devonshire is near the Scottish border. I used the search terms Devonshire southwest England. When I searched for Devonshire I found out that it doesn’t exist. Ether it was renamed or it was destroyed but it probably was just renamed. I was wrong it was actually 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 am going to use the search engine duck duck go because I need to use it to find the answer. The search terms I am going to use are Adirondack mountaian

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