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A trivia game where using Google is allowed
April 11, 2011
Traditional trivia games have a rule that you can't cheat—you can't look things up in books, you can't ask your friends and you certainly can't ask Google. But what if there were a trivia game where you could not only ask Google, but were encouraged to do so? Imagine how difficult the questions would need to be with the power of the world's information at your fingertips.
A Google a Day
is a new daily puzzle that can be solved using your creativity and clever search skills on Google. Questions will be posted every day on
agoogleaday.com
and printed on weekdays above the
New York Times
crossword puzzle. We’ll reveal each puzzle’s answer the next day in the
Times
and on
agoogleaday.com
, along with the search tips and features used to find it.
Just like traditional crossword puzzles, the difficulty of the questions increases over the course of the week, so by Thursday or Friday, even the most seasoned searcher may be stumped.
To prevent spoilers from appearing as you search the web, look for the answers on
agoogleaday.com
instead of regular
google.com
—we’ve made a special version of Google that excludes real-time updates and other things that are likely to include spoilers as people post the answers to the puzzle online.
Here’s a sample question for you to try:
As the world of information continues to
explode
, we hope A Google a Day triggers your imagination and helps you discover all the types of questions you can ask Google—and get an answer.
Start playing A Google a Day now—visit
agoogleaday.com
or look for the puzzle in tomorrow’s
New York Times
, just above the crossword. The clues are currently only in English, but anyone can attempt to solve the puzzles. And let us know what you think on Twitter at @
agoogleaday
or at
agoogleaday@google.com
.
Posted by Dan Russell, User Experience Researcher
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