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fun trying to find the solutions to these reference questions.
Go to the suggested Web site and search for the answer. You may
also use search pages such as Google or Yahoo. You are a Cybernaut
if you can answer 17 - 20, an Internet Navigator with 13-16, a
Hitchhiker with 9-12, or a Newbie with less than 9.
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can't click on the answer button and go immediately to the solution.
1. What words
are similar in meaning to speech
Answer
Hint: Thesaurus
2. What play
contains these famous lines
Answer
"Double, double
toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."
Hint: Project
Bartleby
3. How do you
say "nice to meet you" in Dutch
Answer
Hint: Foreign
Languages for Travelers
4. What is the
toll free number for Compaq Computers?
Answer
Hint: 800
Toll-Free Internet Directory
5. How many
U.S. Dolllars equal one Russian Rouble
Answer
Hint: Currency
Conversion
6. What is the
current trading price for the maker of Big Macs
Answer
Hint: Go: Reuter's Stock
Quotes
7. January 1,
2004 will fall on what day of the week
Answer
Hint: Calendar
Zone
8. What happened
on April 1 in history
Answer
Hint: Today
in History - History Channel
9. What is the
address for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D. C.
Answer
Hint: Washington
D.C. Embassies
10. A vexillologist
is an expert in what?
Answer
Hint: Betsy
Ross Homepage
11. Where would
you find a topographical map of Colorado
Answer
Hint: Color
Landform Atlas of the United States
12. Where would
you find a map of your city
Answer
Hint: MapQuest
13. Who is the
current ruler of the Ukraine
Answer
Hint: Rulers
14. What is
the current United States population
Answer
Hint: U.S. Census
Bureau Home Page
15. Who are
the two senators from Oregon in the current Congress
Answer
Hint: U.S.
Senate
16. Where can
you find a copy of the First Thanksgiving Proclamation
Answer
Hint: National Archives
17. What is
anemia
Answer
Hint: KidsHealth
18. When was
George W. Bush born
Answer
Hint: Biography
19. Who is Kathleen
Battle
Answer
Hint: Infoplease
20. Where can
you go for the latest headlines, photographs and in depth global
news coverage
Answer
Hint: Print
and TV Media |