Bored? Try the Da Vinci Code Quest!

Fri May 05, 2006 6:15 am

Go to Google and type in Da Vinci Code Quest. It's a daily puzzle thing sponsored by Google. Since 18 days have already passed, y'all have a lot of catching up to do. If you like the Altador plot, you'll love this. It's also very similar, except that the updates are everyday occurences. I think the first 10000 people to complete it get a model Cryptex, made with the granite and gold plating and everything. I doubt it actually works, but it's a cool thing.

Fri May 05, 2006 7:01 am

Heh, I've been keeping up with this since day 2.

Wish they'd hurry up and release the rest of them already.

Fri May 05, 2006 8:13 pm

I'm on the second door, and i got what the clue means and what i cipher should be (yay reading the play in englsih class.) and i totally recognize the code in the site, since i knew it when i was nuori (young), but now i forgot it.

EDIT: whoops, i'm an idiot. eteenpäin! (onwards)(that so counts as a post

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Fri May 05, 2006 9:27 pm

matchbow wrote:I'm on the second door, and i got what the clue means and what i cipher should be (yay reading the play in englsih class.) and i totally recognize the code in the site, since i knew it when i was nuori (young), but now i forgot it.

EDIT: whoops, i'm an idiot. eteenpäin! (onwards)(that so counts as a post )

Ummm... you're on the wrong quest. The progress from this one will be put on your Google homepage. It appears in a special window when you search for it.

Fri May 05, 2006 9:45 pm

oh. i was wondering why i completed it so helposti (easily).

http://www.areyouadavinci.com/
a link for those of us who can't find it

Sat May 06, 2006 8:06 am

I don't get the Symbol Challenge (Day 1). What exactly are you meant to do?

Sun May 07, 2006 2:13 am

Did you remember to read the instructions? I forgot to on the first round, which made it harder than it needed to be. If you have trouble understanding something specifically, I could try to clarify.

Sun May 07, 2006 9:45 am

I am totally loving the quests - the hardest one's gotta be the symbols on the square one... mind boggling stuff.

Sun May 07, 2006 11:21 am

Today's question has got me stumped - I got no idea how to answer it :|

Sun May 07, 2006 3:38 pm

What is today's quest? My homepage is showing that I only have 4 left to do.

Sun May 07, 2006 7:54 pm

dracir512 wrote:I don't get the Symbol Challenge (Day 1). What exactly are you meant to do?

It's a Sudoku puzzle. You have to fill in the squares such that there is no like symbol in any row, column, or colored box. It gets harder as you progress, because there are 5 or 6 different ones.

By the way, the questions are all searchable on Google. They'll even give you the link you need to search for them. A lot of them you'll need to search Google Books or the Map function. I think part of the point of this is to introduce people to the various features Google offers.

Mon May 08, 2006 10:12 pm

So far it's been dead easy... I'm now at the gate where you have to call a phone number.

How much catching up is there still to do? Aren't some people finished already?

Mon May 08, 2006 11:21 pm

I agree that it's been pretty easy so far, but I think you're doing a different quest? http://www.google.com/davincicode is the one we're talking about.

Tue May 09, 2006 1:27 am

I've been playing it since maybe day three? I can't remember. So far, I've completed everything. I just wish they would release everything right at midnight, instead of randomly throughout the day, as I keep missing updates until the day after. :/

Tue May 09, 2006 10:40 am

And no, I wasn't playing that one... °frowns° The other one was dead easy anyways

EDIT:
Okay, stuck on day nine... can anyone pm me about #9, on italy and airports?

nr2: Okay, never mind, I got it...°drowsy from searching°