Google’s Puzzle a Day

On a lighter note, earlier this year Google launched a new online trivia game which is designed to help users prove – or improve – their search skills. Called “A Google A Day”, players are asked to use their ‘creativity and search skills on Google’ to answer questions against the clock. However, there are no prizes, only the satisfaction of getting the answer using Google’s search engine.

You can access this Google game here. This features a game-specific version of the Google search engine, called Deja Google, which is described as “a wormhole inspired time machine that enables you to solve today’s puzzle spoiler free, by searching the Internet as it existed before Google a Day launched.” This is therefore a protected search space that doesn’t get ‘contaminated’ by other people’s content to prevent the solution being easily found from blog posts, Tweets or other websites.

A Google a Day asks general knowledge questions each day in a cryptic manner, that can be solved by using search techniques on Google. It’s intended to be used to improve searching skills while having fun. If you play regularly then you will quickly learn useful search techniques – as well as acquiring interesting bits of knowledge that will help with quizzes and puzzles and provide food for thought! So give it a go to see if it triggers your imagination and helps you discover all the types of questions for which Google can provide an answer.

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