Date:         Wed, 8 Feb 1995 11:16:52 -0600
From: BITNET list server at UA1VM (1.8a) <LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
Subject:      File: "QUIZ2A LESSON"

MAP-EXTRA: POP QUIZ #2 ANSWERS


     1. There are literally THOUSANDS of files available through FTP
        that have the .TXT file extension. Tell me the exact location
        of just one of these files (hint: see MAP17).

             ANSWER: There were three ways you could have found the
                     answer:

                     1. Doing an Archie search with the keyword "txt"
                     2. Doing a Veronica search with the keyword "txt"
                     3. Accesing a random ftp site and looking around for
                     a "txt" file

             I hope you chose the first option :) BTW, I did not list
             the answer because there are THOUSANDS of correct answers.


     2. Rick Gates has a monthly competition called "The Internet Hunt."
        The Hunt asks ten of the most contrived questions you have ever
        seen, and the Hunt's participants have to find the answers using
        nothing but the Internet (and they also have to show where they
        found the answers).

        Come to think of it, the Internet Hunt is a lot like this pop
        quiz ... hmmmm ....

        I have heard that Rick places the Hunt results on the CICNET Gopher
        server (gopher.cic.net) in Michigan (U.S.)

        I am interested in the Hunt results. In particular, I am interested
        in May, 1994 results.

        Who won the May 1994 Internet Hunt in the individual category? :)
        (Note: you may want to bookmark the main Internet Hunt menu --
        it is a WONDERFUL Internet training resource).


             ANSWER: the winner was some squirrel at the University of
                     Alabama named Patrick Crispen :)

             Shameless self-promotion, but I thought it was a neat way
             to introduce you to the Hunt.


     3. I just tried a Veronica search and I got an "Empty Menu" error
        for a file that I *KNOW* exists. I should call my local Internet
        service provider and complain, right? Explain your answer :)


             ANSWER: NO! Your local Internet service provider is only
                     responsible for the LOCAL part of your service. If
                     you are having a problem accessing a distant file,
                     there is a really good chance that the problem is
                     at the distant site.

                     Your provider has no control over distant sites, so
                     calling them will not help you at all. Your best bet
                     is to try your search later.


     4. I want to subscribe to a LISTSERV list. The list's address is
        NAVIGATE@UBVM

        Tell me what I need to do.

             ANSWER: Send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET
                     which says SUBSCRIBE NAVIGATE <YOUR NAME>

                     If the Bitnet address does not work, you can
                     take the address

                               LISTSERV@NODE

                     or

                               LISTSERV@NODE.BITNET

                     and change it to

                               LISTSERV%NODE@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU


     BONUS: What *IS* Clifford Stoll's next book going to be about?
     (One of the questions above gives you enough information to find
     the answer).

          ANSWER: Astronomy.

          The answer can be found in the May 1994 Internet Hunt results.


   PATRICK DOUGLAS CRISPEN    THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS LETTER DO NOT
    PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU      NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE
  THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA      UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - TUSCALOOSA

      ROADMAP: COPYRIGHT PATRICK CRISPEN 1994. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.