Monday, April 24, 2006

Conquering the Da Vinci Code Quest (up to day 8)

We have now seen eight of the twenty four puzzles for The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google. None have been overly difficult up to this point. I originally thought that starting with day 7 that the puzzles would be harder. They are a little bit more difficult but not much.

For more information on the challenges / puzzles / questions / answers, see my pages on Google's Da Vinci Code Quest.

I'm curious as to whether people are seeing different questions for days 7 and 8. If you have time, let us know what your questions have been.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

My day 7 question was
How many bushels are in 165,331 cups which turned out to be 1110 bushels.

My day 8 question was "in the isbn 0860780848 what comes in with censorship in italy and france" with the answer being Culture

Anonymous said...

They are changing now (as you'd expect from the Google team).

The questions I had for days 7 and 8 were, respectively, "How many carats are in 216 grains?" and "What are you left with if you take war and society out of ISBN 1852850906?".

HTH

Anonymous said...

my day seven quesion was ''what is the conductance quantum times the magnetic fluz quantum in swptocoulombs, rounded down''

Anonymous said...

Q: 7994 Tablespoons equate to how many imperial gallons
A: 26

and

If you leave away patronage and society, what's left?
A: Art

Anonymous said...

day 7 question for me was..in Pi percentage..How much is speed of sounds at sea level..answer..24

Anonymous said...

day 8 - Whose digre is ISBN 0312151098

Anonymous said...

Day 7: How many Pennyweights in 2 Troy Drams......5

Day 8: Not Florence or Padua with ISBN 0300061250.....Siena

Anonymous said...

Day 7: What is the mass of Jupiter in yottagrams?

Day 8: Who had hidden enemies in ISBN 0801878772?

Anonymous said...

I also had a ISBN question on day 8, but thanx for all the help so far.

Anonymous said...

My Day 7 Question was also a measurement related question but it was to give to the nearest whole number was "37 rods in spans" is...(they put the phrase in bold so you'd know exactly what to look up on Google and the answer was immediately given.
My Day 8 was also an ISBN question but it asked me what went along with culture in France and italy based on the ISBN # which the answer was "censorship"

Anonymous said...

Day 9:
Q: What year was Isaac Newton born?
A: 1642

Day 8:
Q: Who has Hidden Enemies in ISBN 0801878772?
A: Venice (Book is Venice's Hidden Enemies)

Day 7:
Q: How many complete dunam in an acre?
A: 4

Anonymous said...

Day 7 question: What's the normal human temperature in Kelvin
A: 310.15

Day 8 question: ISBN 0226051714 Doctors, Ambassadors and Secretaries
A: Secretaries

Anonymous said...

Day 7 question: What's the normal human temperature in Kelvin
A: 310.15

Day 8 question: ISBN 0226051714 Doctors, Ambassadors and Secretaries
A: Secretaries

Day 9 question: What range is Mont Blanc in?
A. Pennine Alps

Anonymous said...

We are not the banks or palaces in ISBN 0860784843. What are we?

KatieKay said...

DAY 10? ok so there's a video clip somewhere...the words presistance, dedication, ideal, and service are in bold, says silos' video is available on google video.......... maybe i'm just being blonde today but i cant find it any help?

Anonymous said...

I think you are spelling persistence wrong. The clip is def. there if you search with those terms.

simon said...

katie if you click on the google video link and type silas into the search box it shows a snip of the film concerning the questions.
2 and 3 are easy 1 the shape of the object i am having real problems with.

Zariza said...

Well i got the shape wich is octagon but i can´t get the 2nd one. What is the last thing we see him touch???? I've tried almost everything....

Zariza said...

Nevermind I got it... I was just spelling it wrong.

Anonymous said...

I am really stuck - what is ultimately broken?

Anonymous said...

the first question was easy for me and rest two i m not able to answer.. can anyone help me with that.

Anonymous said...

for the second question is it the water or some liquid he touches... can anyone pls help and what is ultimately broken... the holy grail was my guess but it is not working ... and i tried everything..

simon said...

well i must have been spelling octagon
wrong it worked when i cut and pasted it from zariza thank you. q2 is holy water and q3 is silence.

Anonymous said...

i got it
first one is Octagon
second one is Holy Water
and third and the final one is Silense

simon said...

just completed latest puzzle its easy compared to last one.

Anonymous said...

My Day 8 question was What type of landscape is in ISBN 027100942X? Found on google, The answer was Palladian