Title: CMQ (Concord Monitor Quiz)

 

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

 

Samuel B

 

Date March 11 – 15- 17- 2016

 

 Green 1

 

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…

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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 used duckduckgo as the search engine. I am using duckduckgo because I like ducks. I will use the terms Three points Bermuda triangle location. I found way to many snipits and found one I liked. The answer is Miami ,Bermuda ,and Puerto Rico. http://geography.about.com/od/culturalgeography/a/bermudatriangle.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

    1. Italy
    2. Spain
    3. Brazil

 

I used the search engine Bing. The capital of Pernambuco is Brazil. I used it because it sounds like ding. I thought the answer was Brazil and I was right. My key words were Pernambuco, Capital and I got lots and lots of search results. This is the link I used for the answer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia

I scrolled down until I found one I wanted to read. And the answer is C. Pernambuco.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. 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 third search engine it is called duckduckgo as my search engine. I am using this search engine because I have to. I think the answer is C. 4,000 years (in 2010) Because it is one of the oldest Countries in the world. I am going to use Nara Japan capital city 2010 as my key words. When I typed my key words it tried to fill it in for me. I found many many snipits I scrolled down and slected a website that I wanted to read. The answer is B 1,300 years old. The link to the website is http://archaeology.about.com/cs/asia/a/nara.htm

 

 

  1. 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 a fourth search engine and I am going to use Ixquick because it won’t track you. I used this search engine I think the answer is B a garbage island. My key words northern pacific. Ixquick won’t track or help you search at all. It doesn’t tell me how many there are. I found many many snipits I scrolled down and slected a website that I wanted to read. The answer was B and I was right. It is trapped in currents. The link to the website is http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/great-pacific-garbage-patch.htm

 

  1. 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 number five we are going to use this different and we will use 4 different search engines. I am going to use Web crawler duckduckgo google and ixquick. I think the answer is B. The key words are Hagia Sophia located. I got answers for duckduckgo. I found many many snipits I scrolled down and slected a website that I wanted to read.But web crawler and ixquick waited till I hit the enter key. The link for all the websites is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia The answer was B like I thought.

 

 

 

  1. 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 going to use duckduckgo as my search engine but we are going to do an advance search and limit the domain results but no gear. I think the answer is A. Wheeling, West Virginia. My key words will be Kampar, River. I tried a :*.edu but nothing came up. So I tried :*.org But all most all of the sites that came up were the wiki or an encycloprdia. And Malaysia keeps coming up, so I will add Malaysia to my key words. The answer is B. Gopeng, Malaysia. This is the link to the website I found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampar

 

 

  1. 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

 

 

We are going to use duckduckgo as my search engine but we are going to do an advance search and limit the domain results but no gear. I think the answer is B. My key words are Devonshire, England. The answer is B Southwest England. The link to the website I used is https://new.devon.gov.uk/

 

 

 

 

 

  1. 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

 

For this question I shall use duckduckgo as my search engine. We are doing an advance search to limit the domains. I think the answer is A. My key word (s) will be Adirondacks. I was wrong the answer was B. and the link is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_Mountains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. 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

 

We are going to use duckduckgo as my search engine but we are going to do an advance search and limit the domain results but no gear. I think the answer is A. The West Indies. I will use the Key words The Caribbean’s name. I pressed the enter key and got plenty of snipits. I found a webpage I wanted to look at and the answer is A. Just like I thought I got the answer right. This is the link to the webpage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies

 

 

 

 

  1. 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

 

We are going to use duckduckgo as my search engine but we are going to do an advance search and limit the domain results but no gear. I think the answer is B. I will use the key words Galapagos Islands Leave for what city. The answer is A. http://www.frommers.com/destinations/galapagos-islands/672366 that is the link.

 

 

 

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

 

    1. Great Smoky Mountain
    2. Yellowstone
    3. Yosemite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

    1. Lili’uokalani
    2. Kauai
    3. Lanai

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