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INTERNET
For the following questions, you will search the Internet by going directly to a URL (a web address). Click on the current URL in the Location / Address bar and press the delete or back arrow keys. You’ll see the box empty. Type your URL in this space and press Enter. You don’t need to type http://.
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Take a look at the FBI’s home page. This is found at www.fbi.gov Name one of the Top Ten Most Wanted. ?
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2.
Try the Urban Legends Archive at www.snopes.com Briefly describe one legend you found.
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Here are some more general questions that will test your new skill in navigating the Internet.
1.
Using the Google search engine, name one of the movies
currently showing at
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2.
Go to the Internet Movie database at imdb.com Find the movie Young Frankenstein. Who
played Igor?
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3.
Open the URL for Cecil Adams’ newspaper column “The
Straight Dope.” This is found at www.straightdope.com What is today’s question?
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4. Find some information about cave diving?
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5. Use google.com to answer this question. What year and month did the amusement park Carowinds open?
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6.
Go to the web address http://www.co.gaston.nc.us/ and find
the number of people who resided in
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