"SEARCH THE INTERNET" CONTEST
By the 5th and 6th Grade "Wings"
Students
(The questions and answers to CONTESTS #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 are below.
(This contest is no longer running.)
CONTEST #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Winner - Kathy McGill of Rock Valley
1. Which former professional football player has a
new autobiography out entitled: (player's last name) - Flesh and Blood; How I
Played the Game?
Dick Butkus
2. Who is buried in Lincoln's tomb? (More than one person is buried there.)
Abe Lincoln, wife Mary, and sons William, Edward, and Thomas (Tad)
3. What is the amount of land that Rock Valley covers?
3.991 sq. kilometers
4. How many mounds are in the largest known Oneota site called Blood Run?
176 mounds of which 80 are still visible
CONTEST #2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Winner - Deb Polich of Rock Valley
(HINT: Use the list of web sites
recommended by the staff of
Starkweather Elementary to help you find the answers.)
1. Approximately how many neurons (nerve cells) are
in the human brain?
100 billion
2. How long does it take for the Hubble Space Telescope to orbit the earth?
95 minutes
3. What happened on December 7, 1941?
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
CONTEST #3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Winner - Team of Students - LaNae Juffer, Missy Rozeboom, Lora Van Veldhuizen and Jon Van
Edgom from Rock Valley
(HINT: Use the list of web sites
recommended by the staff of
Starkweather Elementary to help you find the answers.)
1. How far is it from Rock Valley, Iowa to Moscow,
Russia?
5,104 miles
2. What is the official language of Qatar?
Arabic
3. What causes the hiccups?
The diaphragm contracts in an irregular way
4. What e-mail address would you use to contact Maryann Weidt, the author of Oh, the
Places He Went: A Story about Dr. Seuss?
maryanne@weidt.com
CONTEST #4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Winner - Tim Richter of Omaha, Nebraska
(HINT: Use the list of web sites
recommended by the staff
of Starkweather Elementary to help you find the answers.)
1. What other careers did Placido Domingo
consider before becoming an opera singer?
Soccer player or matador
2. Name an elementary school in Kanto, Japan.
There are many possible answers. Use WEB 66
to find an answer.
3. Who said, "If you give me a proper lever and a platform to place it on, then I can
move the Earth."?
Archimedes
4. Which South American animal was utilized greatly by the people of Machu Picchu?
The Llama
CONTEST #5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Winner - Matthew Gaalswyk of Rock Valley
(HINT: Use the WEB SITES link at the bottom of this page to help you find the answers.)
1. What is the scientific name for a cheetah?
Acinonyx jubatus
2. When was the National Geographic Society begun?
January 27, 1888
3. What is the atomic weight of silicon?
28.0855
4. What was Brett Favre's passing yardage in the '97-'98 season?
3,867 yards
CONTEST #6 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Winner - Char Van Roekel of Rock Valley
(HINT: Use the WEB SITES link at the bottom of this page to help you find the answers.)
1. How many taste buds does a person have at birth?
about 10,000
2. Who published The Diary of Anne Frank?
most recently - Doubleday
3. What happens if one elephant in a herd dies?
the others grieve
4. What is the scientific name for a polar bear?
Thalarctos maritimus
CONTEST #7 Questions and Answers
Winner - Matthew Kruse from Jackson, Minnesota
HINT: Use the WEB SITES link at the bottom of this page to help you find the answers.
1. Where is the Dr. Seuss Lorax Forest located?
in South Carolina
2. About how much water does your body lose in a regular day?
more than 8 cups of water a day
3. What musical composer's birthday was on May 29, 1860 and date of
death was on May 18, 1909?
Isaac Albeniz
4. Where is a meerkat's home?
in the South African Savanna
CONTEST #8 Questions and Answers
Winner - Kelly Sandbulte of Rock Valley
(HINT: Use the list of web sites
recommended by the staff
of Starkweather Elementary to help you find the answers.)
1. What are the three most popular professional
sports played in Japan?
Baseball, soccer & sumo
2. How many smell cells per nostril do dogs have?
One million
3. What year was the Masonic Temple burned in the Great Chicago Fire?
1871
4. Why did Harriet Tubman have strange sleeping spells?
She was hit in the head by a big iron weight.
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