======================================================= COMPUTER SCIENCE 112 INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET/WORLD WIDE WEB Assignment #2 Infohunt ======================================================= Using your campus Web-based email account, start a draft message, copy and paste all the text in this file into that draft mail message, and then answer the following questions by typing in your answers after the --> arrows. The number in parenthesis before the arrow indicates the percentage toward the content score (60% of your grade) that you will get for your response. In all of your responses, give specific and complete details. Vague or incomplete answers will not receive full credit. TYPE YOUR NAME HERE --> Answer these questions using the Internet AND provide the appropriate citation and searching method information. (NOTE: Just giving an answer is not enough--you MUST provide a CITATION as well as IDENTIFY THE SEARCH SITES/METHODS you used to find the answer.) (NOTE ALSO: Do not use other sources of information other than the Internet, other than information that is already in your head. For example, don't ask a friend from New York to help you with the first mission. If you already know the answer to one of these questions, find out information on the Internet to also show the answer.) I. NEW YORK MISSION You will travel to the New York City area next week and do some tasks. A. First, you will arrive at the airport with code EWR. You must figure out a way to get to the arch in Washington Square Park, New York, New York WITHOUT using a taxi, rental car, walking (too far), or limo service. How can you do this? (Hint: try public transportation such as train, subway, or bus services.) Describe all the public transit service(s) and route(s) you would have to use to get from the EWR airport to the arch at Washington Square Park in Manhattan. 1. GIVE ANSWER (6%) --> 2. GIVE CITATION: What Web page(s) directly show the information in your answer? Write out the complete URL(s) so that I can visit them and directly see the information you used in your answer. (2%) --> 3. IDENTIFY SEARCH SOURCES AND METHODS for this question: What search techniques and Web site(s) (search engines, reference sites, etc.) helped you find the pages listed above in your CITATION? Write out complete URL(s) of the Web pages that helped you find your answer so that I can see the search sources and methods you used. (2%) --> B. Once you get to the arch, a streetperson hands you a card and runs away. The card says: +--------------------------------+ | Ask for Britney at the place | | with phone number | | 212-921-1020 | | DO NOT call this number!!! | +--------------------------------+ Do not call this phone number, but figure out the name and location of the business it belongs to. 1. GIVE ANSWER (3%) NAME OF BUSINESS: --> (3%) ADDRESS OF BUSINESS: --> 2. GIVE CITATION: What Web page(s) directly show the information in your answer? Write out the complete URL(s) so that I can visit them and directly see the information you used in your answer. (2%) --> 3. IDENTIFY SEARCH SOURCES AND METHODS for this question: What search techniques and Web site(s) (search engines, reference sites, etc.) helped you find the pages listed above in your CITATION? Write out complete URL(s) of the Web pages that helped you find your answer so that I can see the search sources and methods you used. (2%) --> C. Once you get to the place in the previous question, you walk in and talk to a PERSON. YOU: "Is Britney here?" PERSON: "You know that show Seinfeld on television?" YOU: "Yes." PERSON: "She's upstairs of that restaurant they used in the exterior shots. She's at the organization above it--it occupies 5 floors upstairs." YOU: "Where is it?" PERSON: "That's for you to figure out. I think it is called Tom's Restaurant here in Manhattan." What is this organization and where is it? 1. GIVE ANSWER: (3%) NAME OF ORGANIZATON: --> (3%) ADDRESS OF ORGANIZATION: --> 2. GIVE CITATION: What Web page(s) directly show the information in your answer? Write out the complete URL(s) so that I can visit them and directly see the information you used in your answer. (2%) --> 3. IDENTIFY SEARCH SOURCES AND METHODS for this question: What search techniques and Web site(s) (search engines, reference sites, etc.) helped you find the pages listed above in your CITATION? Write out complete URL(s) of the Web pages that helped you find your answer so that I can see the search sources and methods you used. (2%) --> II. TRIVIA ALL ABOUT YOU A. Name a celebrity who shares your birth month and day (not necessarily your year of birth). 1. GIVE ANSWER: (6%) --> 2. GIVE CITATION: What Web page(s) directly show the information in your answer? Write out the complete URL(s) so that I can visit them and directly see the information you used in your answer. (2%) --> 3. IDENTIFY SEARCH SOURCES AND METHODS for this question: What search techniques and Web site(s) (search engines, reference sites, etc.) helped you find the pages listed above in your CITATION? Write out complete URL(s) of the Web pages that helped you find your answer so that I can see the search sources and methods you used. (2%) --> B. What is the US Federal Average Adjust Gross Income (AGI) of taxpayers who filed US Federal income tax in the zip code in which you live now? 1. GIVE ANSWER (6%) ZIP CODE and AGI --> 2. GIVE CITATION: What Web page(s) directly show the information in your answer? Write out the complete URL(s) so that I can visit them and directly see the information you used in your answer. (2%) --> 3. IDENTIFY SEARCH SOURCES AND METHODS for this question: What search techniques and Web site(s) (search engines, reference sites, etc.) helped you find the pages listed above in your CITATION? Write out complete URL(s) of the Web pages that helped you find your answer so that I can see the search sources and methods you used. (2%) --> C. Name one live musical performance you'd like to attend next week in Los Angeles area, California. Give act name/location, date/time, and price. 1. GIVE ANSWER (2%) --> Act name/Location -> (2%) --> Date/Time -> (2%) --> Price to get in -> 2. GIVE CITATION: What Web page(s) directly show the information in your answer? Write out the complete URL(s) so that I can visit them and directly see the information you used in your answer. (2%) --> 3. IDENTIFY SEARCH SOURCES AND METHODS for this question: What search techniques and Web site(s) (search engines, reference sites, etc.) helped you find the pages listed above in your CITATION? Write out complete URL(s) of the Web pages that helped you find your answer so that I can see the search sources and methods you used. (2%) --> END OF Questions NOTE: When you have written out your responses to all the questions, be sure to turn this assignment in before the deadline by using your Web-based mail account to SEND this message with the correct subject line. Don't forget to send this message. Be sure to check for a receipt in your email after you send this message and BEFORE THE DEADLINE--otherwise you may get a 0 on this assignment! If you don't get a receipt, send this message again. Remember--It is not complete until you get your receipt!