Google teams up with The Da Vinci Code for puzzle contest |
Loading ...If I had to use one word to describe what those Googleplexers are like I’d use smart.
Their newest outing isn’t a beta web app, it’s a puzzle contest to help promote the upcoming The Da Vinci Code movie.
The Google Blog has the details:
a small group of us at Google, in cooperation with Sony Pictures, have managed to create 12,358 original puzzles for The Da Vinci Code Quest
on Google.On one of our past vacations we listened to The Da Vinci Code on audio CD. I thought it was a good story, but not great. Seems like it has been a real winner for elevating author Dan Brown into stardom, and for attracting its share of negativity PR.
As for the puzzle, after approving a series of legal notifications, you are shown the screen above indicating that in order to play you need to add the special Da Vinicci Google Module (smart). Once I did, though, I don’t see anything yet except a link to sodarktheconofman.com. It says it is launching today, so maybe the puzzle comes later? Or is the first puzzle the fact that it’s not quite launched yet? Or is the first puzzle contained in that link?
Google’s Wei-Hwa Huang offers a clue:
if you really want a mental workout, try solving the Chess Challenges by looking only at the board, without using the multiple choices to help you. The training you get may very well prove helpful should you turn out to be one of the elite few who reach the Final Challenge.
Already bending my mind, thanks Google. Being a huge puzzle fan (and not very good at them if you haven’t already noticed) this should be engaging.
Update 7:01pm PST: First challenge done. According to the contest rules and instructions (I should read those carefully, doh!) a new puzzle will be released each day for 24 days. So one down for me, 23 to go.
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Hi
I am in puzzle 10 the 2nd observation one and having trouble with the last question. I don’t want the answer but is the answer in the clip or is it more criptic? The last thing broken in the clip is a window (i think) but that dosnt work.
Help a very frustrated person
Please
Comment by mo — April 28, 2006 @ 11:36 am PST
just don’t make any nois on day 10 and you’ll get the answer to the third question
Comment by sims — May 2, 2006 @ 4:13 pm PST
Argghh! Can anyone give me the answer to the 2nd question in the observation challenge on Day 17?
Comment by Swept — May 3, 2006 @ 5:45 pm PST
Why? You don’t even need to go online. It’s unbelieveably easy. Here’s a hint: Use Google Earth.
Comment by Dan — May 4, 2006 @ 3:10 pm PST
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