Scavenger Hunt
Using any Internet tools you wish, find the following information from the World Wide Web.
Then, explain how you found the information. For each question, write your answer, and then
the path you took to find the information. Below is an example:
Example:
What pages are available on Peter’s Wikispace for OdysseyTechnology2011?
Answer: Home and Assignment for Technology 2011
Path: Went to my wikispaces and clicked on the link to OdysseyTechnology2011 and got the
following URL - http://odysseytechnology2011.wikispaces.com/.
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My Aunt and Uncle use to live at 1178 Lincoln Road in Columbus, Ohio. I forgot the
names of the east and west streets just north and south of their old house. What are
the names of the two streets?
a. Answer: Cambridge Blvd., Wyandotte Rd.
b. Path:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=1178+Lincoln+Road+in+Columbus,+Oh
io&safe=strict&um=1&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1178+Lincoln+Rd,+Columbus,+OH+43212&gl=us&ei=I5taTZu_B4
nWgQft9u2fDQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ8
gEwAA
What is the complete address for IBM Corporation?
a. Answer: 4111 Northside Parkway, Atlanta, GA
b. Path:
http://dms.myflorida.com/business_operations/state_purchasing/vendor_infor
mation/state_contracts_agreements_and_price_lists/state_term_contracts/ma
nagement_consulting_services/contractors/contractors_ibm_corporation
What is Kevin Kolb’s email for Shepherd Public Schools?
a. Answer: kkolb@edzone.net
b. Path:
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=What+is+Kevin+Kolb%E2%80%
99s+email+for+Shepherd+Public+Schools&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=31b
d50ee20ddd9f2
Who was the first U.S. President born a citizen of the United States?
a. Answer: Andrew Jackson
b. Path:
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=Who+was+the+first+U.S.+Presi
dent+born+a+citizen+of+the+United+States&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=3
1bd50ee20ddd9f2
I remember reading “Who is that calls so coldly?” in one of Shakespeare’s comedies.
Which comedy was it? What act and scene was it in? And, who said it?
a. Answer: The taming of the Shrew, Act 4, scene 1, PETRUCHIO'S country house., Grumio
Path: http://www.shakespeareliterature.com/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew/8.html
6. I found the phone number 313.562.1390 on a piece of paper. I forgot what this number
is for. Who/what does this number belong to. You CANNOT dial the number to find out.
You must find the answer on the internet.
a. Answer: Sign of the Beefcarver
b. Path: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=google#sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=strict&q=313
.562.1390+&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.1,or.&fp=b5fc6a07c812d0bf
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The following symbol is a Hieroglyph for one of the letters of the alphabet.
Which one is it?
a. Answer: letter H.
b. Path:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.naamah.com/images/hiero
glyphics.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.naamah.com/hieroglyphics.htm&h=457&w=
378&sz=33&tbnid=b1fx8YAqH9sAVM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=106&prev=/images%3F
q%3Dhieroglyphics&zoom=1&q=hieroglyphics&hl=en&usg=__corUeBgaCDTwY2
6AnRI-X8c95eY=&sa=X&ei=QT1dTbGWHsGblgfXJnsCg&sqi=2&ved=0CD8Q9QEwBw
I want to send an electronic postcard or greeting card to a friend. Find a site that will let
me do this.
a. Answer: smile box
b. Path: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=google#hl=en&safe=strict&&sa=X&ei=KD9dTZ
7cDIfagAe0mMW2DA&ved=0CBUQBSgA&q=smilebox&spell=1&bav=on.1,or.&fp
=b5fc6a07c812d0bf
According to the U.S. Federal Government, how many people lived in Michigan in the
year 2000?
a. Answer: 281.4 million
b. Path: http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/
According to the U.S. Federal Government, how many American Indian and Alaska
Native persons were living in Isabella County, Michigan in the year 2000?
a. Answer: 9,969,727
b. Path: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26000.html
According to the United States Federal Government, Also list what are the ten most
popular boys’ and girls’ baby names for the decade of 1910?he number of babies given
the names during that decade. Fill in the table below:
Most
Popular
Names
of the
Decade
of 1910's
Male
Name
Rank
1
John
2
3
4
5
6
William
James
Robert
Joseph
George
Number
376,325
303,056;
275,087
376,325j
239,199
179,306
176,621
Female
Name
Mary
Anna; Dorothy
Helen
Margaret
Ruth
Mildred
Number
478,546
118,985;
207,440
189,207
173,648
123,966
118,985;
116,783
7 Charles
173,552
Anna
8 Edward
125,729
Elizabeth
9 Frank
116,028
Frances
105,566
10 Thomas
91,632
Virginia
94,306
a. Path: http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/names1910s.html
12. What is the URL of the WikiHow: How to Be a Successful Learner?
a. Answer:http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Successful-Learner
b. Path:http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Successful-Learner
13. Most people are familiar with Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a Dream” speech.
Where did King give this speech? What month, date, and year did he give the speech?
List a URL of a site that prints the entire speech for visitors to read.
a. Answer: August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Mimorial
b. ,http://wiki.answers.com/Q/On_what_date_did_Martin_Luther_King_Jr._give_h
is_%27I_Have_a_Dream%27_speech
c. Path:http://wiki.answers.com/Q/On_what_date_did_Martin_Luther_King_Jr._gi
ve_his_%27I_Have_a_Dream%27_speech
14. According to the U.S. Department of Education, what percentage of students dropped
out of high school in 2008?
a. Answer: 1.2 million students
b. Path:http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/scho-a03.shtml