welcome to the google race!
In the spirit of games for learning and Carie Windham's info literacy for the net generation paper, combined with the excellent purchase of the seminal trivia text "Ask me anything about the Presidents" that I got from the JFK assasination museum - yes I know that is quite a stream of consciousness, isn't it? - Liz and I have "invented" (aka borrowed/adapted/homaged) the google race.
How to play:
The race organisers provide a question and the particants try to find the answer using google (or similar) and post the answer together with the search terms used to get there and a new question (on a topic of their choice) as a blog comment.
The question deviser or at least 2 other participants can confirm the correct answer on the blog.
The participants then chase the new question of the person who was first to provide the correct answer and so the race continues like a relay, with question devisers taking on confirmation role as appropriate (the race organisers can also be participants in subsequent rounds)
And so on until it runs out of steam
...each correct answer provided entitles the winner to be entered into the draw for a special (lone)star prize...
First question (an easy one to get things started):
Which president could simultaneously write a sentence in Greek with his right hand and a sentence in Latin with his left?
Many more trivial and obscure questions available if I get chance to inflict them upon you....
Good luck!
How to play:
The race organisers provide a question and the particants try to find the answer using google (or similar) and post the answer together with the search terms used to get there and a new question (on a topic of their choice) as a blog comment.
The question deviser or at least 2 other participants can confirm the correct answer on the blog.
The participants then chase the new question of the person who was first to provide the correct answer and so the race continues like a relay, with question devisers taking on confirmation role as appropriate (the race organisers can also be participants in subsequent rounds)
And so on until it runs out of steam
...each correct answer provided entitles the winner to be entered into the draw for a special (lone)star prize...
First question (an easy one to get things started):
Which president could simultaneously write a sentence in Greek with his right hand and a sentence in Latin with his left?
Many more trivial and obscure questions available if I get chance to inflict them upon you....
Good luck!
posted by Louise @ 5:52 AM
3 Comments:
At 11:56 AM,
Abbi said…
Hey, I might actually win this since no one else has answered yet. Competetive, me?
According to the page I found on promoting Latin (?) it's a trick question as two presidents could do it - Garfield and Jefferson.
At 12:06 PM,
Abbi said…
Sorry - meant to add search terms used and a new question wasn't I?
search terms used were 'president' 'latin' and 'greek' (think it was the first link from this).
New question: Who (or what) was the enemy of the Moomins?
At 12:44 PM,
Louise said…
We have a winner! - well done Abbi, your name has been added to the prize draw* - let the Moomin challenge begin.....
*please note: should you wish to enter subsequent laps of the race you would be eligible to multiple entries in the prize draw
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