It ’s 2011 and none of us have to go to college , or even high shoal , or really pass beyond a 5th grade recital level , because Google is a fantastic brain - crutch . But how well can you crutch along the knowledge lead ?
A Google a Dayis Google ’s Googly attempt to test your Google prowess . Google . It exploit like this , champion : each twenty-four hours , the web site poses a interrogative sentence . A query that can be answered via Google ! A puzzle , of sorts . For example : “ Lonesome George ’s chances of being a pop improved because two ladies move to his island . Where precisely did they move from ? ”
The Google solution ? “ Search [ Lonesome George ] to find out he ’s a Pinta Island tortoise . A hunting for [ Lonesome George ’s two mates ] will reveal they of late relocate from the island of Española . ”
But some are trickier , require the manipulation of Maps , Street View , and other Googly services . The neatest part ? The site run on a custom , bizarro world version of Google , in which the site itself never live . So blog posts ( like this one ) ca n’t spoil the solutions . They call it Deja Google . Does that think reach the internet site will break the blank space - prison term continuum ? Will this Charles William Post cease to exist ? Will I disappear ? The metaphysical implications of this situation are staggering . rent ’s also marvel at the fact that it was someone ’s job to come up with something this cool .
So anyway , see how you measure up , Google Hot Shot . ensure to play Danger Zone while you tackle each doubtfulness . Do n’t have a transcript ? I ’m indisputable you could google yourself a pirate tie-in . [ Google ]
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Update : Commenters Arbron and MifuneT bring up an interesting possibility !
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