Title: Concord Monitor Quiz Research Project

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

Name: Teagan E

Date: March 11, 15, 2016

Color Group: Green D1B3

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 google for my search engine because it is the first one that pops up on my screen. I am going to use the search terms Bermuda, triangle, and location. I found 1,610,000 results and I scrolled through the snippets until I found a website that I wanted to read. I chose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle and the correct answer was C. The three places that make up the Bermuda Triangle are Miami, Florida, Bermuda, and San Juan Puerto Rico. ow

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

1. Italy
2. Spain
3. Brazil

I used the search engine Duck Duck Go for this question. I am going to use the keywords Recife and capital. I found that Recife is in Brazil. I don’t know how many search results I got because the search engine didn’t tell me. I used the website https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recife. I found that the answer was c, Brazil. The capital Recife of the state Pernambuco is located in 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 used the search engine Bing for this question. The keywords I used are how old is Nara, Japan. I got 1,110,000 results. I clicked on the first snippet which was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara,_Nara. I found that it was 1,300 years old, which is answer 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?

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

For this question I am going to use the search engine ix quick. I have no idea what the answer is going to be but I’m predicting that it’s going to be b. The key words I am going to use are what is Northern Pacific Gyre. I went to the first snippet which was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Gyre. After reading the article I have found that the answer is b, that it is a giant debris field of garbage trapped in a spinning circle.

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 number five, I am going to use 4 search engines and compare the answers. The search engines I am using are Google, Bing, Ixquick, and WebCrawler.  I think the answer is going to be b. My search terms are going to be hagia Sophia location. On Bing and Google, they both showed me the answer without having to click on any snippets. The link I used for Google and Ixquick was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia. The link I found for Bing and WebCrawler was http://www.hagiasophia.com/listingview.php?listingID=1. Both links showed that the answer was a. Hagia Sophia is in Instanbul, 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

For this question I am going to use the search engine Google. The keywords I am going to use are Kampar river whitewater rafting. I got 5,760 results. The website I’m going to is http://www.riverbug.asia/perak/whitewater-rafting-kampar-river. After some searching I found that the answer is b, Gopeng, Malaysia.

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 using the search engine Google. The keywords I am using are Devonshire England location. I got 1,870,000 results. The website I used was https://www.google.com/maps/place/Devon,+UK/@50.7186729,-4.9046437,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x486bf8abdac00247:0x12c6ba0cca9c58fd. The answer is 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

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