Web Search Fun (Part 1)

 

Instructions:

1.      Select a few keywords and search the topic using your favorite search engine.

2.      When you find the information needed, cut and paste into FrontPage.

3.      Save and upload to your website, call it “search1.htm”.

4.      Link it to “Web Search 1” from your index page.

5.     See Examples from #1 and #2

 

 

1.         Find a Georgia map that shows only county lines and county names.

Copy and paste the map.

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/maps/georgia_map.html

 

2.         Find where seat 12A is on a USAIR flight on a Boeing 767.

Show a seating chart and (Bonus 3 pts: circle 12A in red).

http://www.usairways.com/about/aircraft/767/index.htm

 

 

 3.            Find an Earthcam so that you can see the sunset in Fuji. 

 Copy a screen shot with date and time. Do it at 7pm to 6am, otherwise it will be too dark.

 http://www.city.fujiyoshida.yamanashi.jp/info/div/admin/html/english/index.htm

 

 

4.         Find a diagram explaining composting.  Copy the diagram.

Layout of Typical Composting Plant

http://www.cee.vt.edu/program_areas/environmental/teach/gwprimer/group08/methods.html

 

5.         How tall is the world's largest roadside "teapot". 

Copy the picture.

http://129.71.94.5/htdocs/hancock/ches/teapot.html 

 

 

6.         Find out how many crayons Crayola has made thus far.

Give the total number. Over 100,000,000,000

http://arthur.k12.il.us/arthurgs/crayfact.htm

 

 

7.         Find the directions to go from VSU to the Valdosta Chamber of Commerce.

Get map and directions.

http://www.mapquest.com/rtp/routeoverview.adp?rtpid=3e79c1bb%2d00329%2d01795%2d400c2526

 

 

 

8.         What is a "Pedal Curve"?

Write the definition.

Pedal curve : Given a curve C then the pedal curve of C with respect to a fixed point O

(called the pedal point) is the locus of the point P of intersection of the perpendicular

from O to a tangent to C.         

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Definitions2.html#Pedal_curve

 

 

 

9.         What is a Qiviut?

a musk ox

http://www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa020101a.htm

 

 

 

10.       Find an article about "Taste Preference for Brussel Sprouts".

Name the source, month and year.    Herald Express, May 2000

http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=3508

 

 

11.       Find the author of "A Modest Proposal".

   Jonathan Swift

  http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html

 

 

 

12.       What does "gulo gulo" mean?

  a gulo gulo is a wolverine

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/gulo/g._gulo$media.html

 

 

 

13.       What is the telephone area code for Hawaii?

808

  http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/bsy/area.html

   

 

14.       Who is the "Dirtiest Kid" in America?

Name: Ben James of Chesterfield, Missouri

http://bsuvc.bsu.edu/~TDLUKASIEWIC/press.html 

 

 

 

15.       How much would it cost to buy a share of Coca-Cola?

  Price: $50.45 (@ market closing 3-24-03)

http://www.nyse.com/marketinfo/marketinfo.html?sym=COKE&links=%23&x=21&y=6 

   

16.       How many recycled shoes does it take to build a basketball court?

  Number: 3,000

http://www.lsj.com/news/local/030309shoes__3b.html 

 

 

17.       Find the Periodic Table of the Presidents.

 

Write the symbol for Lincoln:  L

  http://www.pix.net/staff/djm/humor/periodic-presidents.html 

   

18.       Where did “Dante I” go? Mt. Erebus, Antarctic

http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~vgrlab/events/sciomp96.html

 

 

 

19.       Who owned the original Evian spring? Monsieur Cachat

  http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~vgrlab/events/sciomp96.html 

   

 

20.       Who was the first Secretary - General of the United Nations?

  Name: Trygve Halvdan Lie

  http://www.un.org/Overview/SG/sg1bio.html

   

 

21.       Where is "The Newton Store" located?

  Address:140 Adelaide St. E

  http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~vgrlab/events/sciomp96.html

   

 

22.       Who is the author of "Guide to Lock Picking"?

Author: Theodore T. Tool

  http://www.lysator.liu.se/mit-guide/mit-guide.html

   

 

23.       How do you get Disney to send a rebate coupon to your E-mail address?

  http:// __________________________________________________________

 

 

 

24.       According to the song, "The Senses", what is the sense of smell for?

  The sense of smell's

way you tell

That you need to change your socks.

http://members.cruzio.com/~keeper/06.html 

 

 

 

 

25.       Send E-flowers@ to an E-mail address.

http://www.ftd.com/2944/content/greetings.epl

   

 

 

 

26.     Who holds United States patent number 4,152,784, and what is it for?

  Who: James D. McGalliard

  What for: Nylon hose treated with microencapsulated hair dissolving solution

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4,152,784.WKU.&OS=PN/4,152,784&RS=PN/4,152,784

   

 

 

27.       How long can a cockroach live without eating?

  Roaches can go without eating for a month but will only live a week without water.

  http://roachcom.net/rofacts/ 

   

 

 

 

28.       What are the effects of Radon exposure? 

  The Surgeon General has warned that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in

  the United States.

  http://www.radonfreepress.com/articles/health_effects1.html 

   

 

 

29.       Find the phrase "The game's afoot" in a piece of literature.

  Quick, Watson, the game's afoot!

  http://www.sherlockpeoria.net/Dissecting_Room/1987Columns/November1987DR.html

   

 

 

 

30.       Who invented the first hand-crank ice cream freezer?

  Name: Nancy Johnson

  http://www.zingersicecream.com/history.htm

   

 

 

 

 

31.       Who decided Christmas should be on December 25?

  Name:  Bishop Liberius of Rome 

  http://www.rumela.com/events/christmas_index.htm 

   

 

32.       When was milk chocolate invented?

  During 1876, milk chocolate was invented in Switzerland.

  http://www.learnlink.emory.edu/~nstratt/index.html 

   

 

33.       What is the "Monty Hall" dilemma? 

The Monty Hall problem is named for its similarity to the Let's Make a Deal television

  game show hosted by Monty Hall. The problem is stated as follows. Assume that a room

  is equipped with three doors. Behind two are goats, and behind the third is a shiny new

  car. You are asked to pick a door, and will win whatever is behind it. Let's say you pick

  door 1. Before the door is opened, however, someone who knows what's behind the doors

  (Monty Hall) opens one of the other two doors, revealing a goat, and asks you if you wish

  to change your selection to the third door (i.e., the door which neither you picked nor he

  opened). The Monty Hall problem is deciding whether you do.

  http://hades.ph.tn.tudelft.nl/Internal/PHServices/Documentation/MathWorld/math/math/m/m378.htm 

   

 

34.       Find the "latest" temperature from the surface of Mars.

  temperature:

Date: 3-27-03

http://emma.la.asu.edu/daily.html 

   

 

 

35.       What are internet cookies?

              Cookies are short pieces of data used by web servers to help identify web

users.

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-034.shtml 

 

 

 

 

36.       What is the world's smallest mammal that weighs less than a penny?

Name: bumblebee bat of Thailand

http://www.batcon.org/discover/trivia.html 

 

 

 

37.               What is the headline of one of today 's top news stories at CNN?

Headline: More U.S. troops headed for Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/ 

 

 

38.               Look for a CD of your choice from CDNOW.

The title: MercyMe – Almost There

How much does it cost? $14.99

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=music-artist&field-

artist=MercyMe/102-5898322-7000953 

 

 

39.               Name the celebrities that will appear on David Letterman tonight.

  Date of today: airing at 12:35 AM   3-28-03   (repeat)

  Names: Matthew McConaughey, Jon Gruden, Music guest: The Roots

  http://www.tvguide.com