INTERNET RESEARCH
Examples Of Search Engines:
Yahoo, Dogpile, Google, Excite, Cuil, Lycos, Metacrawler, Live Search, ASK
Questions
1. How many total grams of fat are in a McDonald’s Cheeseburger?
2. In the 1995 film The Net starring Sandra Bullock, what character did she play?
3. What are the side effects of the drug Buspar?
4. What are the geographic coordinates for Afghanistan?
5. What is Cyberphobia?
6. What is Dr. Suess’ real name?
7. The supercomputer called the Roadrunner was made by IBM. How much did it cost? How
many calculations can it perform per second?
8. Where is the Intel Museum located?
9. Suzie is 14 years old and has been offered a job in a gift shop in town. There are Federal
Child Labor Laws that apply to children working. How many hours can Suzie work on school
days?
10. What is a computer byte made up of?
11. The Hope Diamond was most likely discovered in what country? Where is it now
12. What computer was the first to use a GUI? (hint: you may need to find out what GUI
stands for)
13. Locate the web site for registering for the selective service. Copy and paste the first
paragraph of the application.
14. What is RSI? List 3 symptoms
15. What is the computer called the ENIAC stand for? When was it developed?
16. What is the required length of legal residence before an immigrant can request legal
residence within the U.S.?
17. Who invented the computer mouse?
18. What is a terabyte?
19. There are three different types of anthrax. Which is most common?
20. What is a Boolean operator? Name examples of Boolean operators.
21. What is the zip code for 228 Oak Avenue, Sulphur Springs, TX?
22. What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2000?
23. Where is the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library located?
24. Who was the King to Queen Esther?
25. What is the suffix (ending) of a domain name for the military?
26. When and where did the first Wal-Mart open?
27. 1n the movie, Pirates of Silicon Valley, what character did Anthoney Micheal Hall play?
28. You are getting ready to trade in a vehicle and you want to determine the current trade in
value of the vehicle. Your car is a 2002 Honda Accord LX Sedan. It has standard items,
automatic transmission, power steering, cruise, tilt, radio w/ CD player, sun roof, and all air
bags. It is a V6 car and has two doors. The car is in good condition. It has approximately
36,000 miles. Using Kelley Blue Book, what is the trade-in value?
29. Who first used the Internet and what was it called?
30. What is a cookie (computer related)? Why should you delete your cookies?