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INTERNET SEARCH
Please answer each of the questions below. Use the internet to find your answers. There is 1 point for each URL.
Note: Yahoo, Google and Ask are not URLs, they are Search Engines. Also, stay away from all of the Wikis. (-1 pt. for use of a wiki)
1. What three goddesses can resist the spells of Aphrodite?
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2. Henri Becquerel shared a Nobel prize with whom? What was the discovery?
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3. The Woolworth Building was designed by whom? Where is it??
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4. What was the date of first heart transplant? Who received the heart? What was the name of the hospital?
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5. In Greek mythology who was the mother of the Greek muses?
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6. Which was the first poisonous species of bird discovered?
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7. Before pencil erasers where invented, what was used to erase lead pencil marks?
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8. The spaceship called Nostromo is from which film?
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9. In the cartoon “Wacky Races”, who drove the Army Surplus Special?
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10. Besides being pals in the old cartoon strip “Archie”, what did VERONICA and JUGHEAD stand for?
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Hardware for high-speed Internet access through the cable television network
2.
Location on an Internet server that permits users to chat with each other
7.
First page that a Web site displays 10.
Used by search engines to build/maintain lists of words found on Web sites
11.
Combines text, graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality
12.
Software used to listen to an audio file on your computer
15.
Computer that provides services and connections to others on a network
16.
Electronic document on the Web 17.
Type of Web site containing newsworthy material 19.
Where users bid on an item being sold by someone else
20.
Communications activity 23.
Provides wireless Internet access to computers and mobile devices
26.
Digital representation of nontext information 28.
Process of transferring objects from your computer to a server on the Internet
30.
Transmission of messages and files via a computer network
32.
Provides Internet access and members-only features 33.
Provides Internet access to a specific geographic area 34.
Used to express emotion 36.
Original article and all subsequent related replies 37.
Text version of an IP address 40.
Communications protocol used by some outgoing mail servers
41.
Potentially damaging program that infects a computer 42.
Built-in connection to another related Web page 45.
Real-time typed conversation on a computer 46.
Request information from a Web server 47.
Program that extends the capability of a browser 48.
Web site that offers a variety of services from a single, convenient location
1.
Popular video compression standard 3.
The computer’s modem connects to the Internet via a standard telephone line
4.
Number that uniquely identifies each computer connected to the Internet
5.
Collection of related Web pages 6.
Business that provides access to the Internet free or for a fee
8.
Unsolicited e-mail message sent to many recipients at once
9.
The last section of the domain name 13.
Music, speech, or any other sound 14.
Type of Web site offering teaching and learning activities
18.
Code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet
19.
Small version of a larger graphic 21.
Online area for written discussions about a particular subject
22.
The appearance of motion 24.
Set of rules that defines how pages transfer on the Internet
25.
Communications protocol used by some incoming mail servers
27.
Network created by U.S. Department of Defense 29.
Unique combination of characters that identifies a specific user
30.
Process of a computer receiving information from a server on the Internet
31.
Activity of using links to explore the Web 35.
Results of the search returned by a search engine 38.
Provides high-speed Internet connections using regular copper telephone lines
39.
Method the Internet uses to store domain names and their IP addresses
40.
Web page’s unique address 43.
Standard that permits file uploading and downloading on the Internet
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