1. Where is the Turtle Bunker in Sacramento?
• 25 Starlit Circle Sacramento, CA 95831
The tricky part here is trying out the possibility of searching on "Turtlebunker". When you do arrive at that possibility, then you will see that there is a www.turtlebunker.com.That should provide the address of the woman in Sacramento who runs the turtle bunker.
2.Solve this problem: You have a Microsoft Word file that you need to print for a class at National. All of a sudden your printer at home does not interface with your computer, nor does your CD burner. The internal ZIP drive you have seems to work, but you are unsure about whether the computer at National has a ZIP drive. How can you print this file when you get to school (where you know they do have Microsoft Word)?
• E-mail the file as an attachment to yourself on your HTML-based e-mail site. Then when you get to school retrieve the attached file, download it to the computer and print it with National's printer.
3. According to participants on the message board for the Discovery Channel's "Animal Face-off" feature, what is the majority opinion on who would win a fight between an alligator snapping turtle and a wolverine?
• The majority opinion is that the snapping turtle would win.
First you need to find the Discovery Channel's main page (http://dsc.discovery.com/). Then click on the "Animal Face-off" section under games on the left-hand menu (http://media.dsc.discovery.com/convergence/animalfaceoff/game/play.html) one can choose the "bulletin board" (http://media.dsc.discovery.com/convergence/animalfaceoff/board.html). From there click on the "message board" (http://discovery.infopop.net/1/OpenTopic?a=cfrm&s=6941912904&f=37910925). Click on "Would That Really Happen" (http://discovery.infopop.net/1/OpenTopic?a=frm&s=6941912904&f=16010835). Reading on this page will reveal that there are a majority of people (besides the convincing arguments of Chazio) who feel the alligator Snapping Turtle would win.
4.What is the American Sign Language sign for "abortion"?
• The dominant hand (right hand for a right-handed person) grabs an imaginary object from the horizontal, downturned, non-dominant '5' hand and then is thrown down and open.
Go to "Reference Tools" section of National University's Library page. Choose "Dictionaries". From there you can go to either lisitng for the American Sign Language one has video clips, one does not). An entry for abortion should offer the specific definition above.
5.According to the National Trade Data Bank of STAT-USA, what does "Doing Business in Afghanistan" say are best short-term prospects for US suppliers?
• Architectural, Construction and Engineering Services; Building materials; Computer Hardware; Telecommunications Services; Diesel Generators; Education/Training Services; Consumer Electronics; Heavy Equipment; Security and Safety Equipment
Go to the "Reference tools" page of NU's library page. Click on "Statistics". Then find the "heading for "STAT-USA". Choose the "NTDB(National Trade Database)" option. Then click on "Afghani Reports". From there you will see the report that says "Doing Business in Afghanistan" On page 15 of the .pdf file you will see the answer.
6. According to the Dialog-Grants Database, how many grants are available under the general subheading of "Music"?
• 34
Go to the "Reference Tools" section of the NU library page. Click on "Grants". Click on "Dialog-Grants Database", then search on "music"
7. According to PROMT (Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology) in the article "Dogs Dig Vegetarian Deli" from AdWeek New England, "if beef is what for dinner, then . . . "?
• "then angioplasty must be a dessert thing"
Go to the "Reference Tools" section of NU's Library page.Click on "Almanacs". Then click on "Gale Virtual Reference Librarian". Then Click on "PROMT". Then search for the title "Dogs Dig Vegetarian Deli". The answer should be apparent after reading this short article.
8.What three Newspapers does Newsbank provide National University?
• Fresno Bee, SF Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News
Go to "Journal Articles" on NU's library page. Search by "vendor" and you will see that NewsBank provides these three.
9. In which three databases can you find "Films in Review?
• [1/01/1990 - 09/01/1996] MasterFILE [07/01/1995 - 01/01/1997] ProQuest [01/01/1997 current] Wilson Select Full Text Plus
Go to "Journal Articles" on NU's Library page. Click on "Master of Fine Arts—Film Art Studies". Then Click on "Film Studies Guide". Scroll down and you will see "Films in Review".
10. According to the Bortle-Dark Scale on Sky and Telescope's " Saving Dark Sky" feature, what is Class 3 characterized as (in other words, what is its name)?
• The Rural Sky
http://skyandtelescope.com/resources/darksky/article_81_3.asp
11. According to the Biomedx website on Urine Therapy, what two items should be added to the urine before being ingested by placing drops of the mixture under the tongue?
• water and vodka
12.Which two female American Gladiators are the only ones to have fan appreciation sites dedicated to them?
• Elektra/Salina Bartunek, Ice/Lori Fetrick
http://elektralover.americangladiators.org/love.htm
13. How many steps are there in Phil Oels's "Creating Charts in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint" tutorial for National University's ILR 260 class?
• 10
Go to the "Tutorials" section under National University's Library page. there you will see the link to ILR 260 Charting with Excel tutorial.
14. How can one find out the total editing time for a Microsoft Word file?
• One goes to "Properties" under the File Menu. There one can find the total editing time under the "Statistics" tab.
15. In Lawrence W. Gross's "The Comic Vision of Anishinaabe Culture and Religion in American Indian Quarterly, what is the result of having the mythic character, Nanabush, engage in slapstick antics?
• It greatly influences the manner in which we view and live in the world; in other words, myths affect worldview
Click on the "Journal Articles" Section of NU's Library page. Click on the "Humanities" module.Click on the "Project Muse" database. Search on the title and author of the article. The article should come up. the answer is in the third paragraph.
16. How does one set the duration time for a slide in a PowerPoint presentation that is timed (in other words, one that does not proceed through mouse clicks or "Enter" button)?
• One goes to"Slide Transition" under the "Slide Show" menu. Once the dialog box appears, in the lower left hand corner, you will see a box in which to put the amount for the duration of that slide.
17. In Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology by Colin Allen and Marc Bekoff, on page 3 what kinds of arguments do the authors say they wish to address?
• All those arguments that have been put forth to establish the hopelessness, the misguidedness or sheer impossibility of studying the minds of animals.
Go to Amazon.com. Search on the author or title. The page for the book will come up http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0262011638/ref=sib_rdr_ex/102-2736853-1887305?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S004#reader-page. It is one that you can "Look Inside". Check out the excerpt. On page #3 in the last pargraph you will find your answer.
Or one can use NetLibrary and do a search on the author and title.
18. In Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser, on page 4 what two points does Schlosser say that economists agree upon with regard to the underground economy?
• America's underground economy is vast and most of its growth has occurred in the past thirty years.
Go to Amazon.com. Search on the author or title. The page for the book will come up http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0618446702/ref=sib_rdr_ex/102-2736853-1887305?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S005#reader-page. It is one that you can "Look Inside". Check out the excerpt. On page #3 in the last pargraph you will find your answer
19. Where is the Nudestock festival in 2004 and how many hits (within 10,000) have been accumulated at the corresponding website?
• Nudestock Festival is held at Laguna del Sol resort in Wilton, California [Sept.17 through 19—so get your tickets now] http://www.nudestockfestival.com/.
20. In Shakespeare's 104th sonnet how long has it been since the speaker in the poem first eyed the fair friend?
• Three years, it would seem.
Use the on-line books site or project gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.net/etext97/1ws0710.txt