Effective Web Searching—Quiz 2
Advanced Web Searching Activity

Directions: Work with a partner to find answers on the Web to the questions below. Remember that what’s important is how you find these answers, not the answers themselves. Write down the answer and the source. Think about the the credibility of the source of the answers. If you do not understand any of the words used below, use an online dictionary.

1. What is the monetary unit of Indonesia?

2. What is the population of Sri Lanka?

3. Where is the world headquarters of the Coca Cola (Coke) company located?

4. What’s the full name of the American writer e.e. cummings?

5. Here are some questions about the FedEx company:

• On what market is the stock traded?
  
• What is the stock symbol for FedEx?
  
• What is the stock price today?

6. What are the symptoms of glaucoma?

7. Does New York University offer a degree in architecture?

8. What is the final serial comma and should you use it in your writing?

9. What is the total student enrollment at Boston University? What American states do they come from? How many countries do they come from?

10. What’s the best price you can find for a new hardbound copy of Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls?