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Ateneo de Manila High School

Computer Education Program

Name: Abegail Bismonte

May 18, 2011

DIRECTIONS: Using the Internet, look for the answers to the following statements. Do not forget to write the URL of your source.

1.  Which Philippine President was born in Camiling, Tarlac?

Answer:  Carlos P. Romulo

Source: http://ischoolssparaan.wordpress.com/prides-people/

2.  What are the two main species of elephants?

Answer: African and Asian

Source: http://www.africanwildlifevacations.com/elephant-species.html

3.  What city served as the venue of the first Olympic games?

Answer: Athens

Source: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1363369

4.  From what place did the Ebola virus get its name?  

Answer: a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source: http://ebola.emedtv.com/ebola-virus/from-what-place-did-the-ebola-virus-get-its-name.html

5.  What is the address of the Empire State Building?   

Answer: Empire State Building     350 5th Ave     New York, NY 10118

Source: http://www.visitingdc.com/new-york/empire-state-building-address.asp

6.  From what school did Bill Gates and Paul Allen graduated high school?

Answer: Lakeside High School

Source: http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/Events/gates00/gates.html

7.  Who invented the first personal computer, the Altair 8800?

Answer: Edward Roberts

Source: http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/18812196/dr-h-edward-roberts-inventor-of-the-altair.htm;jsessionid=EA9Trv859EprXnb-FbnwZw**.ecappj01

8. Where did J.K. Rowling write Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

Answer: Elephant Cafe

Source: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/dgaede/2/1276098362/elephant-cafe-where-harry-potter-was-written.jpg/tpod.html

9. How many bags of wool did Baa Baa Black Sheep have? Who was the second bag for?

Answer: three, for the dame

Source: http://www.rhymes.org.uk/baa_baa_black_sheep.htm

10.  Who was Steve Jobs’ partner in Apple who created the Apple II?

Answer: Steve Wozniak

Source: http://www.storiesofapple.net/who-created-the-apple-iigs.html

11. How many countries originally formed the European Union (EU)? In what year was the EU established?

Answer: 6

Source: http://www.cyberessays.com/Term-Paper-on-The-Origin-Of-The-European-Union/39347/

12. What is the goal of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?

Answer: To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through joint endeavours in the spirit of equality and partnership in order to strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast Asian Nations; To promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries of the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter; To promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest in the economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administrative fields; To provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities in the educational, professional, technical and administrative spheres; To collaborate more effectively for the greater utilisation of their agriculture and industries, the expansion of their trade, including the study of the problems of international commodity trade, the improvement of their transportation and communications facilities and the raising of the living standards of their peoples; To promote Southeast Asian studies; and To maintain close and beneficial cooperation with existing international and regional organisations with similar aims and purposes, and explore all avenues for even closer cooperation among themselves.

Source: http://www.aseansec.org/about_ASEAN.html

13. Who was the captain of the ship, RMS Titanic?

Answer: Captain Smith. J. Bruce Ismay

Source: http://www.titanic-nautical.com/RMS-Titanic-Captain-Blamed.html

14. In what year did Ferdinand Marcos become the president of the Philippines?

Answer: 1965

Source: http://www.charleskeng.com/president.htm#Ferdinand%20E.%20Marcos

15. How many islands does the Republic of Maldives have?

Answer: about 1200

Source: http://maldivesholidayoffers.com/maldives.php