Philipp I think everyone gets slightly different ones so it is hard to post the image of the solution to that one. I will copy it though and solve it. Give me a few mins...

Do you see a different one? I don't know exactly how Google's gonna serve the "12,358 original puzzles":
googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/0 ...

Using numbers instead symbols:

1-2-3-4
4-3-2-1
3-4-1-2
2-1-4-3

Right?

Just different pieces and different shaped coloured areas. It is the same style.

Your solution is:

static.flickr.com/1/130238085_ ...

Oops. Even when I'm reloading the same URL, I'm getting a different puzzle.

Ok. So if you can solve the first bit... does anyone know what the answer to this is:

static.flickr.com/46/130240730 ...

Anyone who has played a little Sudoku should be able to figure out that puzzle in very little time.... though I have Sam's question up now and don't know the answer....
Fun Game.... dumb fiction book....

PS... the answer is Blade

<< Fun Game.... dumb fiction book....

I agree. Da Vinci Code is a commercial success, not a good book.

I can't figure out what you do when you have the puzzle solved. Do you just go back to your homepage?

Yes you do. It gives you a little gem in the module.

It's sad that we can't get notifications on email about new puzzle being available. I'm just afraid that in a couple of days I might forget about some puzzle :((

So, do you need a Google account incase you won the prize?(or to join to game?)

Phillip, are you playing too ?? I did not start the game as I not on the "country list " –

secondly, will you be covering each day ??

The stupid thing requires Flash version 8, but there's only version 7 for Linux! No love for the penguin, I guess.

Why is this game only for ca., us. and uk people?

How do you play this? I'm really confused. Whats the method to use?

This is kinda like Sokudo, you can't put the same shape on the same row and same column.

Well I've never played sokudo, but i went on wikipedia to look at rules but that didn't really explain a lot. Can you give me a short summary of it or something?

Davide,
   there is a 9X9 board that is divided into nine 3X3 sections. You are given some starter numbers, and you need to fill the numbers 1-9 uniquely into every row, column, and 3X3 Section. You can not repeat a any number in any row, column, and 3X3 Section. (no, I did not just say the same thing twice)

I think however, there are great instructions here :
counttonine.com/displayInstruc ...

> secondly, will you be covering each day ??

Nope... but I'll try to check it out everyday in case there's something intruiging in it...

Anyone got the second puzzle through?

Mine says that there is nothing available at the moment.

what are the names of four symbols..
Triangle is blade ?

What is the cross?

Greek Cross!

groups.google.com/group/Google ...

everyone get in here.

Today's puzzle was not very good...hopefully they get better

I still see the first puzzle.

Oh. I guess I have to solve the first to get to the second :)

The 2nd puzzle is a little strange (at least it seems strange to me).
And I don't like the idea that puzzles are so easy to solve (1 minute) and after that we have to go to another website to get the name of a picture. And the name is not hidden anywhere! It's not interesting :(I hope other puzzles will include more *thinking*

Yes. For the first door the word is BLADE and for the second is GREEK CROSS. Now waiting for the next one.....

Thanks

Wow! Bumper challenge today – 3 questions.

And Google used some clever tricks. Advertising their Google Video feature in the challenge. You had to get some info from a video and answer three questions.

This is getting better.

hey Sam, as your are playing this game, are you making notes on your experince and when you blog about it let us know or just post your overall experince with the game here..

thanks in advance

Fleur-de-lis
the vitruvian man
5

26 letters ^ 5 = 11,881,376

Yes moparcountry:

log(11881376)/log(26).

I am not taking notes Peter, but I will do from no on. I think you could play along too if you pretend to be in the Uk / Us / Au. Are they redirecting automatically?

Anyway I will be coming on here everyday to discuss the puzzle for the day, and I will blog when we get to the end – and let you know its URL.

Yes, please post the URLs...

google.com/ig/davinci/puzzle.h ...

But that may well not work because the r parameter may be unique to me

Yep, doesn't work... I'm being referred to an errror page:
google.com/ig/davinci/error.ht ...

With that r value it works for me.

thats so kewl Sam....much appreciated!!

I guess a US proxy would be worth trying.

/pd I will post every few days of puzzle.... (adding this to my Google Calendar)

hey it's supposed to be a competition. with prizes. and you're giving away the answers. ok not exactly complicated i know, but hey some of us want to win you know!

new challenge

Yeah! I am working on it. I don't understand the instructions. It is about restoring a painting for all those following at the sidelines....

Solved! A nice puzzle this time. Hanging up pictures. Then a symbol question.

whats the symbol?

how do i submit answer for puzzel

SANTO GRIAL

i have done my first puzzel but how do i submit my answer?

letter v??is the symbol?

SANTO GRIAL not working

3º Question , answer = CHALICE

thanks..
CHALICE is the right answer

Check out this Google Group for answers.
groups.google.com/group/Google ...
or visit my blog @ googlified.com :D

Nice haochi!!

if i want to find out the name of the symbol myself it tells you to go to 'so dark the con of man'website but how do i find the symbol once in that?????

cheers

Look under characters...

Wow! Has anyone else seen this advertising for the Da Vinci puzzle on their Google Homepage?

flickr.com/photos/davyson/1324 ...

{ I am signed up for the challenges, so this is not a screenshot of my homepage – but a relative of mine }

My puzzle is not here yet today.

Sam Davyson-
you do know that most of Google profits are made by ads..
so why not advertising the game?!
they should get some money ya know

David – I know that. But Google are not ad mad in the same way some other companies are. They very firmly believe that adverts should be served up perfectly targetted to an individual. The owner of the above screenshot had only just set up their homepage – I dont think it was targetted at them. This is also the first advertisement to be seen on Google.com/ig I think.

"But it is an advert for a Google thing! That's not an advert!" you cry. Well, it also is an advert for the film.

Very good puzzle today. Chess game style. You move your opponents pieces too so that makes it easier :) But you get one move, they get one, and then you get one and.... in the space of those three moves you have to get them in check mate. But it is easier than that: There are only a few (four) possible moves allowed at each step.

But you can also solve it if you are crap at chess! Each of the four allowed moves corresponds to an answer to a multiple choice (Da Vinci) question that appears on the left. So you can answer three questions correctly (and you will automatically checkmate the king) or you can use your chess skills.

Neat puzzle!

Also in the description it says you may want to use Google Web Search to help you with the questions. Another Google service that they are advertising through this competition. Nice.

Answers at the end of this link. DON'T CLICK if you don't want to know.

sam.davyson.com/w/The%20answer ...

I see that among the prizes, at least here in the UK, are some return tickets on Eurostar to Paris, though the terms and conditions make it clear you've got to make your own way to Waterloo. Out of interest, is there an equivalent prize offered in the USA or Canada, or do the lucky winners there have to cross the Atlantic if they wish to use their good fortune?

The geographical puzzle was so-so. But it's interesting how they convince you to use their search engine. The city is New York.

Alexander: Yeah the puzzle was ok, not brilliant but fair.

This time they had a tag line something like "Lost your bearings? Try Google Maps" as well as having a Google Earth/Maps image in the puzzle (jigsaw) itself. They are really using this quiz as an opportunity to show off some of their products.

Google Personalised Home, Google Video, Google Web Search, Google Maps... what next?

>> Full write up of the first 1/4 of the Da Vinci Code challenge (puzzles 1 – 6) (as promised above) at:

sam.davyson.com/weblog/?p=119

no need to search for me... it looked very familiar!
blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-0 ...

I am on the part where you have to name the shape on Robert Langdon's face? It looks like a triangle anyone know what it is?
NOT: TRIANGLE/EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE

Annie, the answer is 'blade'; see altreligion.about.com/library/ ...
for a discussion of what the various symbols in the book (and, consequently, in the puzzles) mean/are called.

What's next?

I've solved the day 7...should i wait for tomorrow?

today's answer is 189,000 the puzzle took a little thinking, as this time it did not have a for sure way to start... I had to make 1 guess....

I think we might have got different questions if the answer to yours was 189,000 mine was 10,000 and the question was:

What is the fourth root of a googol, divided by a crore, divided by a lakh, divided by a milliard?

Google Web Search answers this instantly.

The symbol bit was better than before, I guess they will add a row/column every time.Towards the end it will be tricky.

The questions for day 7 vary. Does anyone know or have any ideas about the answer to this:
What is 250.0000001 divided by the fine-structure constant, approximately?
Thanks.

google.com/search?hs=5VR&h ...

34259

my question was.....

what is the speed of light in exameters per century to the nearest metre?

   – the speed of light is 299,792,458 metres per second

- there are 10 to the power 18 metres in an exameter

- and 31 556 926 seconds in a year

--> using this info, the answer in exameters per year was 0.009460528412464108, which to the nearest metre – is 1!!

Doh!

This was my question...toughy for me, not a math guy by any means.

How much is once in a blue moon over middle C times a quadrillion to the nearest whole number?

another one of the random paint smudge removal puzzles. the question revealed was:

where is the renovation in ISBN 0521461545?

amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ...

so the answer is Tuscany.

I hope tomorrows puzzle is more challenging! :)

My question was

Who dealt with the myth of Venice in ISBN 019815254X?

Surprisingly, although this book is unquestionably <i>Virgil and the Myth of Venice: Books and Readers in the Italian Renaissance </i> by Craig Kallendorf (or at least amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... thinks it is), they wanted the answer 'Virgil' rather than the correct one. The poet Virgil certainly never dealt with either the myth or the reality of Venice, since there was no such place when he writing.

Amazon quote 'The Classical Review' as calling the book 'A wide-ranging, multi-layered and informative discussion of the uses of Virgil in Renaissance Venice,' which makes much more sense.

Help, My question is,

Forget the DA's, the S's are really in charge in ISBN 0226051714. Who are they?

Answer: Secretaries

This DaVinci game is pretty dumb. It's way too easy to over think.

I got this question we are not bans, palaces, in ISBN 08674843... This i sat down and picked up my history book and looked up the three largest buisness in and around Italy and I came up with Entrepreneurs, craftsman, and merchants. I tired each and Entrepreneurs worked... Then I got the bright I dea of looking it up on google!

Jesse: = 44 605

Google Web Search (Calculator) solves these problems.

The new puzzles was a silly one. I got the same question as someone above and the answer was Virgil.

Thanks for the help Sam, much appreciated.

Q: The city of note in ISBN 0691051372 holds the answer to this question.
A: Avicenna

Do I have to restart the puzzle every day or will it save my answers from previous days?

the answer for 0801843030 is "Remembrance and the Black Death"

S.S. – if you've put a link to the puzzle on google homepage, it stores your answers. I don't know what happens otherwise.

On Day 9, after hanging all paintings in wall, the question was...... Where was Jean Cocteau born? The answer is : Maisons-Lafitte

My question was, how many square kilomiters is france... the answer is 547,030

Wow. This is unbelieably easy, how could you possibly need help?

More answers can be find here..

senisub.com/davinci/

it maybe a boring website..but its got a lot of answers!

Observation test today, which involved searching google video using the words 'persistence dedication ideal service' for a trailer of the film (at least that's what I was given).

Answers: ocatagon, holy water, silence

your answers are right, however it is not ocatagon, it is "octagon"

YAY.... Good Job

Just to reiterate, today's answers are – octagon,holy water,silence

thnx for the answers guys........the video wasn't playin properly, so i only got "octagon".......im good at the sudokus, so ill post the answers

Day 11 =
Palindrome,Denon Wing,Pangram

hope it is same for everyone!

<font color=cyan>the new puzzle for today isnt there yet...... :(</font>

today's geography puzzle is fiarly easy, the city is Rome, but i can't find the place to click where the Greek Cross is....help.... :(

Use Google maps to search for Palazzo di Venezia, Rome (important: there's clearly another Palazzo di Venezia in a different city that it defaults to if you don't specify Rome). Use the satellite view and it's easy to find it by comparing the Google map image and the competition one.

if u go to wikipedia and put in palazzo di venezia it has a link to google maps and gives detailed site point of the location......this one was way too easy!!

The Cross is top centerish

Answer for Day 12.
googlified.com/2006da-vinci-co ...

The Greek Cross

img137.imageshack.us/img137/98 ...

the sudoku is killin me

I'm going insane

By the way how ore u guys?

im 15 and i have solved all the puzzles with no help at all

wow..... day 14 is here and no one has answered day 13 yet!

well, I don't know how many puzzles there are... but here is the one I got :

trex005.googlepages.com/code.g ...

i never eally understood how to do the restoration puzzles with the debris........can some1 explain it.....please.....
;)

I just did all 14 puzzles in 30 minutes.

Piece of cake. (Choclate cake)

Moreover the main point of the restoration puzzles is to cluster the debree to the center of the image. Never allow it to spread out.

Now back to my organic chemistry book.
'dives in'

ultraviolet....

well, another one of those restoration puzzles today. I finally figured out what the hech that is supposed to be. you have to get the blotches down to one. It just always worked for me by chance before so I never had to actually think :)

The question for me was to translate zmzglnb from atbash... I have this toy I made quite some time ago that accomplishes the task.

newcovsoft.com/travis_toy.php? ...

if you just put your word in there, your answer is on the "REVERSED 0 shift" line (the 27th line)

Hope this helps, it made it easy for me once I cleared that debris.

So the Alphabet goes as follows:

A = Z
B = Y
C = X
D = W
E = V
F = U
G = T
H = S
I = R
J = Q
K = P
L = O
M = N
N = M
O = L
P = K
Q = J
R = I
S = H
T = G
U = F
V = E
W = D
X = C
Y = B
Z = A

Can anyone explain to me the principle on which the restoration puzzles work? I understand the general idea that you're suppose to 'select pairs that are separated by one space', but what actually constitutes a pair (of the same colour?) and what, exactly, does it mean by 'separated by one space'?

There are several individual blots that appear to be of the same colour and separated by just one space, but they don't always seem to want to play.

Or does it mean select *two* pairs, which have exactly one space between each of them (i.e. in the middle of the four blots)? And why does clicking some blots just select the one blot, clicking some others select a pair, and clicking others still select three of them? So far I've got through it by just clicking about at random, but that's not working so well now.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Who dealt with the myth of Venice in ISBN 019815254X?

Ray, it was Virgil who – supposedly – dealt with the myth of Venice. Don't ask me how he did this, since he lived well before that city was founded, but the compilers of the competition clearly misunderstood the book's title, 'Virgil and the Myth of Venice'. The review quoted by Amazon calls it ''A wide-ranging, multi-layered and informative discussion of the uses of Virgil in Renaissance Venice,'' which makes much more sense, but Virgil is the answer you need (I got that question, too!).

today's puzzle was ridiculously easy, my questions was what blood was in French...... sang.....from sang real, or san greal...lol

Mine says translate keystone to Italian and its not accepting "chiave di volta" its making me mad

Yup, mine is asking for the Italian word for keystone, too, and all I can find through online translation sources is "chiave di volta", which it won't accept...

Any Italians out there know another word for keystone?

Ah, discovered how the restoration puzzles work. When you select a blot and this selects one or more other blots, you click on the blot you want to merge with your original blot. Simple when you realise that, but it's taken me until now to do it. Duh!
  
Thanks, Travis, for the Atbash translator.

Yep, I have the same issue with Italian and Keystone.
Tried "Chiave di Volta" (varying caps) "Una Chiave di Volta", "La Chiave di Volta", and various spelling mistakes to see if it is a bug – none work. Anyone got through this one?

Is anyone else having issues with getting the new games to load each day?

Chris,
I think you have to play a new one, I try that for a few times and it won't work.

Briannka,
What kind of issue?

When I click on the puzzle and the black screen comes up showing that the puzzle is loading, sometimes the puzzle never finishes loading. Sometimes it will go for an hour without doing anything. I hit refresh, and it doesn't do anything.

Is anyone else having this problem???

anyone having the chiave di colta problem, just get a new puzzle and do that.....i had blood into French.....which is sang.. :)

by the way........how many peopke are probably doing this quest.......i don't think much more than 10,000 will follow through with it.....so i assume everyone here will win a cryptex.. :)

Yes, just tried a fresh puzzle and got "mirror" into italian ("specchio") – works – thanks!

briannka,
What version is your flash player?
It happened to me last time while I was playing the game in school, then I refresh it...Works.

Did anybody had problems with red herring (aringa rossa)?
I haven't been able to get it right.

Jay,
   I think you are right when you say most people probably won't stick with it... But I'd say there will be far more people who start it near the end and then just run through all the puzzles. With as much publicity as it is getting, that will probably be hundreds of thousands of people. After all, this thread is climbing to one of the longest ever in this forum... though, the people of this forum may be some of the fastest at finding these answers which will give us better chances.

yea, thats true Travis, which means we will still have better chances to win.. :)

today's chess challenge answers are: I.M. Pei
   Philip II Augustus
   Pope Leo IX

Got the same answers (and thus presumably questions too)

Well, I guess I can atleast have a cryptex, because 7 days later, I will be at school for the last period-starts at 1:40, and the game starts at 1...

7 days left, Go Go Go.

if ur a finalist, u r still eligible for phase 2 of the contest, which consists of 5 puzzles that are timed and have to be completed without you logging off, resetting, etc. if you do, however, u'll be disqualified.

what is the fourth root of a googol, divided by a crore, divided by a lakh, divided by a milliard?

Twinkie, you can actually enter your full question into Google. The Google Calculator will print the following solution:

(((fourth root of (1 googol)) divided by one crore) divided by one lakh) divided by one milliard = 10 000

plz hurry!!!!

google.com/search?q=once+in+a+ ...

(once in a blue moon over middle C) times one quadrillion = 44 605.3565

so the answer is 44,605

Hope I was in time!

"once in a blue moon over middle C" is a number?.....wow

the answers for today's observation puzzle is as follows:
1. o (yes the letter o)
2. quest
3. 7

for question 1 i put f and it said it was right.

hmm... yea its probably becuase the o and f were both lowercase in "So Dark The Con of Man", so i guess it accepts both

it totally didnt accept 'o' from me

f is correct. Although in the video, "o" is truley the only small letter written on the mona lisa.

O is not correct it was F, however O seemed correct.

woops guys....it is f...i remembered putting the wrong lettter...hehe

I tried o first too because it was really small.... but it asks for clearly lower case, and o and O handwritten can not be 100% certain.... but the f is written differently in caps than lower case

f worked 4 me

Hello guys! did any one solve those questions (in day 10-observation challenge): "During the action in the video, we see many things shatterd and destroyed, but what is it that will ultimately be broken?" pleas send me the answer to : michel13012.net.il i must know the answer!!!

Tal, silence is the answer, that which will be ultimately broken, as in the silence of the secret, meaning the secret will be unveiled.. :)

Hey, Tal, I first tried to answer all the questions with the sound off on the video. When I couldn't get that, I turned the sound ON and the narration gives it away.

Still waiting for today's challenge to come through...

Answer is London, but finding blade #4 is tricky....

todays puzzle i got a question about how many times do we see sir leigh wearing spectacles but i cant see him wearing any and they wont except that answer help!!!

Ha the blades are easy enough to find. But what is that place it highlights? Well I happen to be sitting in it right now which was quite bizzare! it's an english university often reffered to as the MIT of europe called "Imperial College"!

the city is london, two blades are in the south, one is to the left in the center, and the last is top centerish where it is part of another triangle, sort of, and the Codex Forster is located at the Imperial College, those are the answers, are you seriously in it PeteC? :)

Yep right now, trying to procrastinate writing a report and hence doign the quest instead. Still quite amusing though when the lines got drawn across. It was like it knew where I was!

The exact answer is Imperial College London

Claire, he wears them 7 times.

PeteC--that's so weird! =) Did you have to use Google Maps? I had trouble until I clicked on "hybrid."

How would one have know that that location was the Imperial College?

I really don't know, I was very suprised. It's actually on the other side of the road from the V&A, it's really North of the Science Museum. I wasn't sure if it was IC but I just figured I'd enter it and it worked. Quite cool though!

WOW, THANKS EVERYONE!
I didn't know how I was going to figure that out without calling the Victoria and Albert museum in London and asking!!!
But I pose 1 question...

This IS a contest, and with that being said, does anyone else feel a little guilty getting and giving answers off of here??

6 puzzles to GO!!

So... If you are a US contestant, assume you win. How do you plan to pay income tax for ~$128,000 of imputed income? No part of the prize can be taken in cash and you can't transfer the prize, either (i.e., auction off the trip, although it might be hard to find a buyer close to ARV anyway).

I'm having fun playing this (haven't relied on others yet!) but I certainly don't have the means to pay taxes on it! Google and Sony are welcome to define the contest in whatever way they please – I don't begrudge them that! But it sure would make more sense to me if they provided a cash component for tax purposes, or a cash alternative.

Of course, even thinking about this is probably arrogant presumption on my part. The odds of winning can't be that good. Still, I don't think I want to try, and that's kind of a bummer. You?

You could always try, and then reject the prize...no one's forcing you to accept it. In fact, I bet Sony/Google would prefer that you turn it down...they'd save money.

Not as hard as they make it seem. Once you get the jigsaw together and find the four triangles there is a X like on a treasure map. If you zoom in all the way, the building name appears on Google Maps. Imperial College is the answer of the day. Enjoy!

The puzzles will never be too hard.

The whole idea is: "Ooo would you look at that hard question? No one will no the answer. Oh unless... yeah, wait.... there is this groovy Google Service that tells you the answer in a jiff"

I am not particularly opposed to this – it is cool. And it was particularly good for the Google Calculator type questions where some really long text based questions (scroll up for egs) were answered in a flash.

I wonder though given this quiz is ON the google personalised homepage how many people will have the personalised homepage and will not have already checked out all the new Google services. I mean personalised home is hardly mainstream amongst other people. I read recently in fact that many web users dont realise that they can change their homepage...

Right....Google is just advertising their services via this quest, and they do offer the personalized homepage option on the normal google homepage... :)

I figured it out myself that it was Imperial college, but it was really hard. I had to find a map of the area surrounding the museum, (I think by googling "Victoria and Albert" + map)... and I found one with all of the buildings surrounding it labelled. Then I looked my map and the DaVinci map side by side and drew the lines from the River straight down and voila!

Guys please send in screen shots of day 13. Im so desperate ive spent 5 days trying to do the symbol challenge.

hmm...i would do it again and post a screen shot or a link to it or something, but the problem is i don't know how to get a screen shot, hehe.... :(

I wouldn't have been able to find that last blade for my life. Thx lots

Here are the Blades::

img205.imageshack.us/my.php?im ...

Hey folks, you can find the solution for the 18th puzzle along with screenshots here.

connoisseurblog.blogspot.com/2 ...

I can't firgure out the answers to the chess part... can anyone help?

Yes of course!

Which day are you on? What are the questions?

Day 5
its the chess challenge

the first quesion is
what is the spiked belt that silas wears called?

number two is
what are the second third and fourth leading memebers of the Priory of Sion called?

and number 3
the engraved tablet that is supposed to reveal the hiding place of the Holy Grail is called... ___

Try this:

sam.davyson.com/w/The%20answer ...

Thanks so much i could never have figured that out on my own!

Sam – you seem to be a talented person with figuring out puzzles. Are you entering this promotion?
quest.eurostar.com/en-au/game. ...
Is there a blog that you know of?
Any assistance would be gratefully received.

Maggie – No I am not playing that quest. I didn't even know that it existed. It looks pretty nice but ity is late in the UK and I cant be doing with filling in that registration form.

I may have a look another day.

OK – it is actually for New Zealand and Australia now that i had a look – so not worth your time, I guess. But if you can suggest anyone/anywhere that would help I would be forever grateful. It is HARD.
Good night:)

I have found this website is of great use if you don't want to take the time to look up the puzzle answers yourself!

senisub.com/davinci/

Enjoy!

Answer: Giant Coppers for Boiling Broth

for those of you who had the chief italian virtue of william dean howell, it is patience......(for toady's symbol challence)......it was quite intimidating at first, but it ended up being fairly easy compared to other sudokus i've faced before

Can someone help me with the symbol challenge day 19? I can sort out the puzzle.
Thanks!!!

Can't see how help can really be given for the symbol challeneges. It is apretty tough one at first as Jay says. I really couldn't get started so I got a new puzzle and got set on that which I found much easier.

Laying the first piece is difficult. After that you always have more infomation so it only gets easier :).

The question that follows is pips too! This time a Google Book Search plug.

yea........try to keep getting new puzzles until you get one that has alot of peices already placed in it, i once got one with 3 blades and 3 greek crosses plus some other stuff already on it! :)

Hi all

I am having trouble on the book search for William Dean Howells' first view of the ruins in the Forum, i find references to the boof but not the emotion...

Help!!!

Thanks in advance

I have just found it,

disappointment

;-)

I cannot find how long William Dean Howells spent in Pompeii. Well I did find in the book it says, "We return slowly through the city, where we have spent the whole day, from nine till four o'clock." But the puzzle says the answer isnt right....anyone else have this question?

I needs help on the answer for todays puzzle challenge. Help would be GREATLY appreciated.

If you dont want to know the answer don't look at this link

sam.davyson.com/w/14

Oops! I was anticipating the dots to kick in a little earlier to cover up the answer.

The question I have is: According to Grant Allen's Paris, who was Leonardo's scientific painter counterpart in Upper Italy?

How would I know this. Tell me. Or tell me the answer. That would be better.

Wow thanks Sam that helped a WHOLE lot. I don't know what I whould EVER do without you. *cough sputter*

The puzzle :

trex005.googlepages.com/davinc ...

Sorry Christian my question was different to yours it seems.

I think you are supposed to use Google to answer yours but the answer is probably on wikipedia. I will have a quick look.

I found the answer. It was Mantegna. 333halfevil was lotso help *coughcoughSam!coughcough* Anywho, thx Half Evil

PS... that was the hardest question this game has had yet.... I think I wasted about 1/2 hour on it!

I think it is Mantegna.

books.google.co.uk/books?vid=0 ...

Yeah same

Oh beaten me to it.

Yeah same. I've pretty much just watched my friend play San Andreas all this time. Follow the link that 333halfevil put out. It's REALLY helpful.

senisub.com/davinci/

yes...this site has literally all the answers! :)

day 16 please help!!!! xD

can anyone help? what chief italian virtue did william dean howells learn on his "italian journeys?"

The answer for William Dean Howells's quest is Naples...bye

ok never mind i took a stab, and guessed, it's "patience"....thanks anyway

Thanks Jay, your suggestion helped.
  
I kept on trying until I got an easier puzzle so finally I was able to solve it.

has anyone done the geography puzzel to find out what is "just slightly north of the victoria and albert museum..." in london.
x marks the spot on my map but when i do google earth to find all the surrounding landmarks, THERE ARE NONE!
what is it?

no problem Clau..................and renee, 'Imperial College' is above the X, :)

another puzzle from today;

img62.imageshack.us/img62/7281 ...

Where is the renovation in ISBN 0521461545? its on day 8 please say!!!!!

please say!!!!!

lisa and anisa, i think you mean restoration, :), anyway it is Tuscany.. :)

Two of the questions after the restoration puzzle is :

According to H. H. Powers, what is the true Italian city? Fiesole

According to The Numismatic Chronicle, during whose reign were the rare fleur-de-lis groats of Stirling struck? James II

Another one – name of the author of some picture in Florence´s museum – Bega.

Today it was really easy, much easier than yesterday. I wonder what we can expect next days.

In my opinion, the Symbol and Restoration ones were the hardest of the puzzles, and since we have the hardest of the hardest done, the next few puzzles should be easy, but maybe not the last one.. :)

More answers:

What Florentine business what not very highly regarded? Pill selling

Which painting in the Royal Uffizi Gallery in Florence is a diminutive copy of the celebrated one by Leonardo da Vinci? The Holy Virgin And St. Anna

Hi, I'm having trouble with this question:

Leonardo da Vinci's painting of The Adoration of the Magi hangs in the Royal Uffizi Gallery in Florence. What is its catalogue number in the 1890 catalogue of the museum?

There is a link to search Google Books, but I've done that and still nothing!

Similar to Dawn's:

There is a painting of the Head of Medusa in the Royal Uffizi Gallery in Florence, usually attributed to Leonardo. What is its catalogue number in the 1890 catalogue of the museum?

"What words divided by tons appear in The Numismatic Chronicle?" my 1st stupid question not a clue... help pls...

Mine was 1159.

You need to search in this book:

books.google.com/books?vid=LCC ...

Leonardo da Vinci's painting of The Adoration of the Magi hangs in the Royal Uffizi Gallery in Florence. According to the 1890 catalogue of the museum, in what colors was it sketched?

These are getting more tricky!

Dawn, I'm still looking for your answer, but I can't find it either, if you want, you can do another puzzle and answer another question... :)

Also, yet another question is:

As A Florentine Revery begins, our first impression is one of what?
Perfect Harmony

Shehan: I would try some of the words in this list:

books.google.com/books?q=%22to ...

Here's another one

According to The Numismatic Chronicle, during whose reign were the rare fleur-de-lis groats of Stirling struck?

I am so getting stuck, had three questions now and can't answer any of them!

i think the color is ochre, can anyone tell me the 1890 catalogue number for the adoration of the magi?

Whoo hooo I got it! The answer to the coin one is James II

According to The Numismatic Chronicle, during whose reign were the rare fleur-de-lis groats of Stirling struck? James II

At last I was intelligent enough to giv up and got a new puzzle.... stupid ques...

oh JAY thank you sooooo much!

What words divided by tons appear in The Numismatic Chronicle?

HELP I acn't find the cat number for question 20

SORRY can't

Post your question maybe we/I can help you.

Leonardo da Vinci's painting of The Adoration of the Magi hangs in the Royal Uffizi Gallery in Florence. What is its catalogue number in the 1890 catalogue of the museum? THANK YOU x

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP I FOUND IT AND FOR ANYONE ELSE STUCK IT 1252 GOOD LUCK X

Decidedly, the Florentine is prepared for what?

ARGH!! I hate the restorations...I'm never good at these games. =(

help please now ...

please could anyone help me ??

Decidedly, the Florentine is prepared for what?

the florentine is prepared for emergencies ... xD

I do not understand how to do the restoration puzzles. Can anyone explain them as if I were a first grader?? Thanks

Can anyone help me with the catalogue number for the head of mesuda in the royal Uffizi gallery please

Angela – it is 1159....can you tell me how to do the restoration?

Chrathie, it's like that triangle-peg puzzle:
Picture here: danobrien.ws/PegBoard.html

This works in reverse. Instead of jumping a peg over another to "eliminate" it, you have to find pairs that are already separated by one space and then they come together. By combining them, you are moving the smudges off the letters until the words are all revealed.

Now that I have explained it, I STILL CAN'T DO IT!!!! =(I keep getting down to 3. I'm never going to win my cryptex! =(

I keep getting down to 3 too!! Ugh.... Thanks for trying to explain!!!

Get to the puzzle about the artist who painted a woman with a lute. I finally solved that one. =)

Chrathie, many many thanks, I don't have away of doing the restoration, I just kept redoing it.

has anybody gotten today day 20's challenge question What words divided by tons appear in The Numismatic Chronicle? please writte back

Saratiela...that answer is HOC OPVS DEI
Any clues on how to get the Restoration completed?

Chrathie, I have been searching for the answer for hours – where did you find it??!

What Florentine business was not very highly regarded?

Nevermind, the answer is "pill selling"

Gosh, it took me so long to finish the restoration. Thanks a lot guys for all the answers

how many people are still playing this, thousands, millions, any one have an estimate?

there is a bette website for the answers if you would like to have a look at it

solomon.dailygrail.com/node/44 ...

jk47h3: Interesting question. Obviously I have no idea but I would imagine that there is at least a million. Users of the Google Personalised Homepage (of which I have no idea how many there are) had an advert for it placed on their homepage. Da Vinci is a book with a lot of appeal I am sure that many people opted for it. But the number of people still playing will probably be much less than the number that started.

Who is betting on a special question for the final day?

I certainly hope there is.

I am really scared that I can't get in the Final Phase...only for 10K people...(I want the cryptex atleast.

Hey Sam thnx anyways for helping me yesterday man..... TC

does anyone know this answer or where to find it?

Leonardo da Vinci's painting of The Adoration of the Magi hangs in the Royal Uffizi Gallery in Florence. What is its catalogue number in the 1890 catalogue of the museum?

can anyone help me with the day 10 answers, I have searched on google but no help!!

im on day one and i dont know the names of the symbols

****Leonardo da Vinci's painting of The Adoration of the Magi hangs in the Royal Uffizi Gallery in Florence. According to the 1890 catalogue of the museum, in what colors was it sketched

Maybe this can help you.
abcgallery.com/L/leonardo/leon ... I am colorblind(joke)

Bonebeany,

Question: Leonardo da Vinci's painting of The Adoration of the Magi hangs in the Royal Uffizi Gallery in Florence. What is its catalogue number in the 1890 catalogue of the museum?

Answer: 1159

Todays puzzle is nice. More hanging pictures as expected.

My question was another answerable by Google Book Search. It was something like this:

According to Volume IV of The Eclectic Review who's art shows "the fiery ardour and enthusiastic vivacity of youth".

The answer is M. Angelo or see:

books.google.co.uk/books?vid=L ...

According to The Eclectic Review, it is not galleries that make artists, but what?

Pictures

According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, we must confine ourselves to the explication of what?

My answer – We must confine ourselves to the explication of – mystery.

Thanks! I did the google book search but didn't see anything about mystery. How did you find that?

According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, the number of christians in cochin china is how many?

Whats the answer?? How do i find the answer myself?

im pretty sure its 100.000

plz some one help me!
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, the only way to win the mind over to religion is by shewing it to be what?

i cant find the answer

i got it

its, the greater good

According to The Eclectic Review, what is justly considered as an entirely poetical invention?

Help!

According to the Ecelectic Review, what is the one exception to the catholic language of painting

Anyone else having problems getting into google books?
treid a few links, but keep getting page cannot be found!!!!!!!!!!
Or does anyone know what the 3rd present was Petrarch sent to to the Bishop of Cavaillon.
Angela

According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, ECCLESIASTICAL POWER OF ALL KINDS is an engine of what?

Someone can give a link of where to look for all this Eclectic Review questions, please???

Thanks!!!!!!

Present name – Torrentona

It is not less strange that Petrarch never showed this to Boccaccio.

Any help?

I seem to have an easy one for today! :D

It is not less strange that Petrarch never showed this to Boccaccio.

easily found on Google books...and I probably jinxed it for tomorrow by saying it's easy :P

can you give us the answer for that one?

According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, the number of christians in cochin china is how many?

Answer: 70,000

Use google book search and search for

Return books with the title The Eclectic Review

with all of the words the number of christians in cochin china

I've done every search I know and can't come up with the answer for today'
s question...

According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, the number of christians in cochin china is how many?

Up until today I've breezed through these things. Any help?

"It is not less strange that Petrarch never showed this to Boccaccio."

books.google.com/books?q=%22Pe ...

We must confine ourselves to the explication of what???

mystery

wow...i just got back from my grandma's (no internet access :(, looks like alot of confusion has been goiong on!

My question was: According to Petracrch, what is the plague of monarchs?

Answer: insipid adulation

I just typed in "Petrach the pague of monarchs" into Google book search and it came up on the first result, sounds like other questions aren't so easy....:(

Here is a list of a whole bunch of questions and their answers....hope it helps! :)

In his letter to the Bishop of Cavaillon, Petrarch says that truth begats what? hatred
According to Petrarch, what is the plague of monarchs? Adulation
Petrarch sent three presents to the Bishop of Cavaillon. What was the first present? Fish
Petrarch sent three presents to the Bishop of Cavaillon. What was the second present? Flat drake
Petrarch sent three presents to the Bishop of Cavaillon. What was the colour of the first present? Gold
Petrarch sent three presents to the Bishop of Cavaillon. Whose pursuit produced the second present? Dog
Petrarch sent three presents to the Bishop of Cavaillon. What was the third present? Epistle
According to Vol. IV of The Eclectic Review, whose childhood was distinguished by the inevitable persecutions which all geniuses are fated to endure? Michael Angelo
According to Vol. IV of The Eclectic Review, what author talks of his sufferings in terms that might suit a Galileo imprisoned by the Inquisition? Mr. Ruskin (this should work) (thanks is worked how did u find it?)
According to Vol. IV of The Eclectic Review, who endeavoured in vain to unite Christian art with the Pagan ideas of antiquity? Michael Angelo (with the space between Micheal and Angelo)
According to Vol. IV of The Eclectic Review, whose art was distinguished by patient skill and slow manipulation? LeonardoMichael Angelo (with the space between Micheal and Angelo)
According to Vol. IV of the electic review, what author has a fervid imangination and a wonderful power? Mr. Ruskin
According to Vol. IV of the electic review, what is the one exception to the Catholic languabe of Painting? French Pictures
According to The Eclectic Review, what is justly considered as an entirely poetical invention? Chivalry
According to the Eclectic Review, it is not galleries that make an artist, but what? pictures
According to The Eclectic Review, what gaudy flower was first cultivated in Italy in the 16th century? Tulip
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, the number of christians in cochin china is how many? 70000
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, we must confine ourselves to the explication of what? the mystery
Whose famous birthplace did Petrarch go to see in passing from Parma to Verona? Virgil
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, what does John Morison call the Bane of Youth? fashionable amusements
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, ecclesiastical power of all kinds is an engine of what? mischief
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, the mind is converted to religion by shewing that it is what? the greater good (p 182)
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review,the secret of the scotch education was written by which writer? Burns (where did you find this? search "the secret of the scotch education" on GoogleBook? Beta)
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, the tones of whose voice are meagre, shrill, and dry? Try Mr. Southey
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, which is the one exception to the catholic language of painting? French pictures
According to Vol. XXIII of The Eclectic Review, who was the most paradoxical man of the age? Southey
What little village did Petrarch go to see in passing from Parma to Verona? Pietola
It is not less strange that Petrarch never showed this to Boccaccio. Scipiade

in case you are wondering about the above answers.......I'm not THAT smart, I got them from this site that was posted in this forum many times.......it has almost all the answers after a little while after the puzzle is available.. :)

senisub.com/davinci/

I haven't had much problem with the puzzles until the last 2 days. I am having trouble getting into the Google Book Search site. I found one answer at another blog site, and one answer here. Does anyone else feel guilty about being "given" the answer? I prefer to look it up myself. I suppose finding the answer is what it is all about, not where I find it....

can someone give me an answer for this question:

Petrarch sent three presents to the Bishop of Cavaillon. What is the first present called?

i cant find the answer anywhere..
someone? please?!
thanks

nm
ive solved it already
the answer is

torrentona

At the moment im playing the da vinci code game on google i was wondering if anyone knows which symbol is on robert langdon's face? ito me it looks like a triangke but ive entered that symbol and its sayin its wrong could anyone be of any help?

I think there are far fewer than a million people playing the DVCQ. Take the number of posters to this and other such discussions, and multiply by ten to get an upper bound. I think the order of magnitude is about ten thousand players.

kaykey: "Blade". The other possible symbols are: Chalice (inverted triangle), Ankh, Greek Cross (+), Fleur-de-lis, Cross.

Ok, everyone...2 days to go...

I only have 2 game pieces left to play, and the contest is over on 5/11..I wonder how that is going to work...

DAY 22 – CHESS CHALLENGE

Leading Member of the Priory of Sion – The Nautonnier
Not rumored to be a Priory of Sion Member – Nicolas Poussin
Egyptian Goddess of Fertility – Isis

I think the number could be much higher. But many people don´t have resolved all questions, so our chance are high. :-) Today´s quiz is so easy, it takes me 3 minutes. I´m really nervous from the last one.

Today's puzzle:

the nautonnier
nicolas poussin
isis

Stupid just too easy...!!!!!
Surprised....!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello, i just wanna check something, the only thing that really matters is to complete the wednesday's puzzle in the less time possible, right? (having all the others completed before)... And the 10,000 people that complete the wednesday's puzzle first, will get the criptex and move to the final... Right?? I hope everyone helps on wednesday hehehe

It was incrediblly easy, 3 minutes really, i hope wednesday's is easy too hehehe... It should be OBSERVATION.. i've tried searching on google videos for "da vinci code" videos, i got the 3 past videos, but no more "MEET SOMEONE" kind of videos... probably it will be another kind of video or special challenge? hehe

Agreed – today was very easy. In the first chess challenge I played the chess. This time I just wikipediaed as necessary for the answers.

Does anyone know how the challenge works in the UK? There is none of this 10,000 first stuff in the UK I don't think. Just a prize draw.

Sorry...but this fantastic game is a "time-game"?

yup......Phase Two will be a timed phase, which will consist of five puzzles.....and in this phase......the first 10,000 to finish will proceed to the next phase and also win a cryptex.. :)

Thanks so much...i didnt' know...where can I found this info?

Actually Jay, that's only halfway correct.......only the first 10,000 to complete Wednesday's puzzle and submit a completion form will move on to phase 2.

So there will be only 10,000 people in phase 2 period.....then they will send you a cryptic scroll like the one on the webpage and a link to a website where you have 5 puzzles to complete using the scroll the person who completes the 5 fastest is the Grand Prize winner.

yes Nick, you are right......and Marco, if you look under where all teh puzzle gems are in the Quest area on your homepage,it will say Rules and Prizes, click Rules to view all the info.

Sam D is right, on the Uk rules there is no mention of a timed game or 10,000 people going through to another phase, just a prize draw.

This has nothing to do with the webquest, but has anyone found the secret tunnel on the website? When you find all the symbols in the gallery what are you supposed to do next?

I can definitely say I haven't found the secret tunnel on the website. What's that all about?

Very confused about what Lucy B said.

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that Lucy B is talking about something on the big Sony flash thing, promoting the movie:
sonypictures.com/movies/thedav ...

which has some hidden stuff. Some further information is here:
seekthecodes.com/

which superficially looks like a fan blog, but is actually covert promotion for the Sony promotion and the Google puzzles. I think the Sony hidden-stuff and the Google puzzles are independent.

I think that LucyB is talking about DA VINCI'S GALLERY (on the quest page) sonypictures.com/movies/thedav ...

When you watch the clip, then you can forward it and rewind it, and you will find the 5 symbols that we always see, you have to click them, they are in the paintings on da vinci's gallery...

Then you will get a bottom bar, with the simbols, when you press the symbols in different orders you will get little videos of the movie... i don't think this has something to do with the quest itself, i think is more of promoting the movie..

Ah ok. So it seems it is a seperate Da Vinci promotion. (And speaking of which there are LOADS of Da Vinci promotions. It is getting really bigged up everywhere).

Which brings me to: is anyone going to go and see the film?

Definitely....
Want 2 see how different is the movie from the book....
Still if it gives me half the thrill while I read the book I'll be happy...
I read somewhere that due to church problems the movie is going to be less harsh on the christianity issue...
Which in my point of view will destroy the real fun of it...

Hey can anyone tell me what is the exact time when google gives the new puzzle...???

they are launched at 1:00PM Eastern time....
todays answers are :

Puzzle ... easy....
City is – Paris
Points are –

trex005.googlepages.com/points ...

cheers mate...... already knew the answers
toooooooo easy...... very disssaaaaapppppointing..... :(

hehehe way to easy.. i think that if we want real challenges we need to be finallists :p

lets see what happens....

Quite honestly, the easiest puzzle yet. What will tomorrows 'Observation' be? "Watch this clip from a movie starring Judy Garland. Her name is Dorothy and she travels to a distant fantasy land. What three characters travel with her? (Hint: One scares crows, one is a man made of tin and the third is a lion that is a coward). :/

hahahhaha......don't get so frustated.... we have got one last hope....

yea...puzzle was stupidly easy..........again..the city is Paris, teh nine symbols took nothing to find, and teh sequence is squares... good luck on tomorrow's puzzle! :)

enjoying it though gonna miss it all when it finishes

Explain how the sequence is squares, please....

Dude . . .

0,1,2,3
Square them
0,1,4,9

Ohhhh...SQUARED...I was looking for squares as in geometry.

$*&(^*($&^$ "Squares"?!?!

I just spent like half an hour trying to figure out what the hell it wanted there. I had stuff ranging from entries in the (research.att.com/~njas/sequenc ...) Online reference of Integer Sequences to "Smarandache square-digital sequence" to "squared-digits", but didn't try just "squares"

When you overthink it, it's the easy ones that are the hardest.

Thanks!

I used Smarandache first too but then remebered these answers are always the simplest, and typed squares for shits and giggles

I have to admit none of the puzzles so far have been that challenging.......in fact sometimes the Curator arranging the paintings most of the time is what I have the roughest time with.

The rest of it all is simple, but something tells me the final 5 (if I make it tomorrow) will be trmendously hard.

I think that their intention is to

1) get you interested in the movie (duh)
2) get you familiar with Google and it services (again duh)

and not really to give you brain strain. I think the only really intellectually challenging thing has been the Sudoku(esque) puzzles, but those were in fact rather easy too.... My challenge will be remembering to log on in time to do the puzzle!

I agree with Travis.....Google advertised the movie and its services like Google Maps, Book Search, Search, Video, etc.....the puzzles were fairly easy, and I don't even expect the final five puzzles to be extremely hard. :)

WOW.....this thread is four posts away (well, now its three) from being the top thread in the Forum......this thread now has 343 posts, whereas, GMail Horror Stories, the top thread has 346 posts.....of course, this will surpass it in no time.. :)

I think there are many people confused with the 5 puzzle final challenge, i just want to remember everyone that tomorrow is supossed to be a "regular observation challenge", maybe harder, maybe not, but a regular one, and the 10,000 people that submit their info first, after completing this last challenge, will go to the final 5 puzzles... (they will send this 10,000 perople a cryptex with instructions for this final consecutive 5 puzzles that will be timed)

So, in conclusion, we all need to log in exactly at 1:00pm tomorrow and share our answers in this forum, to help the ones of us that might be frustrated or too nervous, lol.
Remember, it's all about finishing fast tomorrow to go to the finals... i wonder if they are going to do something special on this last observation puzzle? :P

What time zone is the 1 pm?

i.e. What time is that in the UK (GMT + 1) ?

This tool might help you:
timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/ ...

For example you can convert 1pm US/Pacific into GMT and it says 8pm...

does any one know the name of the symbols?

i know the cruciform is an equal sided cross, that one took me forever, i didnt expect it to be so simple, the triangle is a blade, the cross with a hoop is egyptian but i dont remember what its called

ankh

Anyone had problems openbing day 17's quest?
It just won't download for me....really frustrating!
June

where is this greek cross in puzzle 12?

Vikki
Go Here
davincianswers.blogspot.com/20 ...

Just half an hour to go................... ;)
Best of luck............

Hi,I live in Rome and I'ld like to know at what time (in Italy!)will be the 24th game...help me.Thanks

I think it should be online NOW.

But it isn't. So it must be at the next hour. i.e. 19.00 in Italy.

The game starts in about 23 minutes everywhere, right?

Does anyone know if my google id is just my email address or is it something else?

Historically it's been 12 noon CST in the US, which is in 20 minutes. Get ready!

10 minutes to go........

Contest rules say you're only eligible for prizes if you live in the US, I'm pretty sure. So good luck to you all attempting to get into the Final Round from other places, you're narrowing the field for those of us who live in the US and can actually finish the puzzles :>

VP, do you have a gmail account? I think that's my google id....

I agree with you, Travis. But that's why their stock is $4 billion a share--they are smart. I really like the translator tool and I've never had a reason to use that "hybrid" option on the Google maps. I'm sure that I'll be using more of their tools after this game. That's what marketing is all about....

almost there . . . . .

umm, I don't have a gmail account, but on my google homepage it has my email address at the top. I don't know of anything besides that that could possibly be my id

good luck all, when we get the anwsers, give them here

A mean practical joke would be to yell GO right now . . .

It should be up now. My clock says 10:01 (PST)

GOGOGOGOGO

HELP MINES NOT LOADING ALL THE WAY

Mine isn't loading at all. I keep getting the following message:

   We're sorry...

   ... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.

   We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software.

   We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.

1.) 2
2.) so dark the con of man
3.) madonna of the rocks

your welcome

first one is two..HELP!

great, perfect timing, google server crashes

so does everyone get to register, or just the 1st 10, 000 cuz if everyone does, then how will we know if we are finalists?

MAN WHAT A GIP!!!! You only get to register for solving the riddles!

Ok so questions answered then they ask you to register to enter prize draw, now what? is that it for the Uk entrants?

I think it's only the US people who have the different competition. We just go into the draw. Bit of an anticlimax I agree...

you have to fill out a screen then it will tell you what the prizes are. the first 10 thousand people get a cryptex repcla.

Lol.........Cassie has it...........

1 is 2
2 is so dark the con of man
3 is Madonna on the rocks

hmmm... I registered, I guess they don't tell you if you were one of the first 10,000.... :(, though you probably are if you registered by now. :)

UK people also have the register. My details are refused though!

what message did it give when refusing your details?

How do we know if we are finalists?

It just says to 'click here to learn more about the prize you seek'. Is that the same as the US response?

Did anyone get a confirmation email for registering?

sorry, I would have answered sooner, but my firefox chrashed :(I REALLY hope that does not happen in the final one....

trex005.googlepages.com/final_ ...

I think it is Madonna of the rocks

I've been done for about 7-8 minutes now, and I sure hop I pick up one of those nifty cryptexes. :)

What was up with the page not being available?
Was it just because so many people must have been on at the same time?

Er, no. No confirmation email. Panicking now I put in the wrong address by accident...

LucyB I got this:

"We’re sorry but we are unable to process your request at this time."

It is on this page:

sonypictures.com/movies/davinc ...

You're too late! 10,000 have completed already.

It worked perfectly for me! I'm looking forward to getting my cryptex!

J

Hey, Chad--mine did the same thing for about 3 minutes too. Very scary. Then it came back. Hope you got all of your answers in. I got the first two no problem, but the last--did a google search and got "The Virgin of the Rocks," "Virgin of the Rocks," "The Madonnas on the Rocks," etc.... had to try them all. =)

i just tried to re submit to make sure i got it and it said the quest has ended, we all got in in time!

I highly doubt that 10,000 people would finish it within 12 minutes!

J

So does something come in the post now?

I solved it a good 8 minutes ago, and the sony server is not loading! I'm at the page where it says to put in your google account. Anyone else having trouble with this?

So the people it says successfully registered are in the 10,000?

I'd be willing to bet a lot more than 10,000 got it in 12 minutes.

Yeah I am nervous that I havent been confirmed about being one of the registered people, but it sounds like everyone is still waiting for that confirmation.

How many people got some sort of confirmation e-mail?

What's with needing to call us on May 24 between 2 and 4 EST? I guess that means it really is a drawing.

It's said that my registration was confirmed .. by no email

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

congrats to everyone who got in, i finished alittle over 10 mins ago and still havent gotten a confermation e-mail yet, but its probally hard for a currently overloaded server to send out 10 thousand e-mails, but im still getting nervous

no email here either

i also tried to reconfirm by registering again, and it told me the quest had ended. I'm lucky I made it, congrats everybody!

I'm also nervous that I put in the wrong info...does anyone know if it screws up your submission if you re-enter the registration?

No confirmation e-mail yet...

where does it say all the people who made it??

I am in the UK so as far as the rules go there is no 10,000 or anything.

Has anyone in the UK managed to get it to work?

how long do you think it will take for the emails to come through??

AHHH when the stupid server on google crashed I had to do the whole thing over again. It lost me precious seconds =(

I'm at school right now (computer class)....(THANK GOD I finished my assignments before the puzzle was available!)........and I can't check my e-mail becuase it's blocked.......does anyone have the e-mail address it told you to put in your addresses for confirmation? It had someting to do with Sony and the Da Vinci Code (duh!) :)

I finished at 1:04... but then my stupid big fingers had some issues in entering all the information they needed on the registration form... then I put – in my phone number and it came back at me for that...

I stink and I don't like me.

it says on the registration page that they will be in communication soon whatever the hell that means

where did you hear about the phone call?

I got it in two minutes guys... so yes, a lot more than 10,000 people got it in 12 minutes. and you should see this message if you're registered properly:

You have sucessfully registered.
Please be sure to add davincicodequestsonypictures.com
to your email address book to ensure that we will be able to contact you.

Click here to learn more about the prize you seek.

The Da Vinci Code is in theaters worldwide May 19th.
Visit the Official Da Vinci Code website

no i haven't gotten any confirmation e-mail yet, but i managed to get everything to work, and the phone thing would be if you one the final phase since the 24 is long after that phase goes on... man i hope i got one of the cryptexs

This is in fine print at the bottom of the "You have registered" page:

Phase 1 of Contest ends at 1:00 pm EDT on 5/11/06. Final Phase of Contest ends at 1:00 p.m. EDT on 5/21/06.

i cheated a bit i watched the video before the puzzle was ready

haha how did you know which video to watch? I was done at 12:02 (I'm in Chicago) I think it was the easiest video so far, honestly

More fine print:

The Contest is divided into two (2) phases: Phase 1 and a Final Phase. (A third Phase consisting of an essay competition will be employed only in case of a tie in determining the grand prize winner, as described below). Phase 1 consists of twenty-four (24) Daily Puzzles (collectively "Daily Puzzles") which consist of answering a series of skill based, time-sensitive puzzles (of various types and difficulty) which need not be completed sequentially as outlined below. Only the first 10,000 participants who, having correctly solved all 24 Daily Puzzles during Phase 1, submit a Puzzle Completion Form (and who thereafter submit a Contest Entry Form) in accordance with these Rules before 1:00 p.m. EDT on May 11, 2006 will be deemed "Finalists." Only Finalists are eligible to advance to the Final Phase. The determination of which specific participants, from among all participants submitting Puzzle Completion Forms and Contest Entry Forms before the Phase 1 Deadline, are deemed to be the "first 10,000" to do so (and therefore deemed to be Finalists) will be based on the Puzzle Completion Time and Contest Entry Time (defined below) applicable to each participant. The Final Phase of this Contest consists of a skill-based, time-sensitive series of five (5) puzzles which must be completed sequentially (collectively, "Final Puzzle Challenge") as outlined below.

SO what's the deal if we registered we are in????? I'm pissed I want to know if I am a finalist I answered those questions in like 2 minutes and filled out the form I kept refreshing till the puzzle was availabel so I have to be one of the 10,000 finalist.

See, the UK rules say this –

"Users must use skill to complete all 24 puzzles to be entered into the draw to win prizes."

So I think that's it for us...

so do you think registered means we're in?? i don't know?? anyone have any clue?

has anyone got the email .. or are we all waiting??

i looked all the charcters up that havent been used yet and sophie was the only one that popped up! he he im so sneeky lol

Okay, so we DO have to get something in the mail, but that seems rather odd:

Final Phase. Finalists will be mailed via U.S. postal service, for scheduled delivery by May 18, 2006, a limited edition Cryptex replica and a screenshot of 4 codes (the "Finalist Prize"). One of the included codes will open the Cryptex. Inside will be a scroll with instructions on how to access the Final Puzzle Challenge online. Prior to May 18, 2006, Finalists will also be e-mailed instructions at the email address provided by each Finalist on his/her Official Contest Entry on how to access the Final Puzzle Challenge.

I found this forum by googling where to find the announced winners or registered finalists. Wish I had found it earlier, it's great!

The final puzzle is going to be chess, be ready

We don't HAVE to get it in the mail as we'll get an email about it anyway, lol, but my guess is that the emails won't go out for a while, but who knows.

cool beans, this just gets better and better huh?

All – this is from the official rules.....

Notification: Phase 1: Finalists will be notified by email on or about May 15, 2006 and at time of receipt of their Finalist Prize which will be shipped by postal mail to be received by May 18, 2006. If the Finalist Prize or email notification to a particular Finalist is returned as undeliverable, or if he/she is found to be ineligible to participate in the Final Phase, and/or is deemed not to have complied with these Official Rules, such Finalist will be disqualified, and time permitting, the participant with the next earliest time-stamp will be permitted to participate in the Final Phase. Final Phase: Grand Prize winner will be notified by phone between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. EDT on May 26, 2006, at the telephone number provided on his/her Official Contest Entry.

This is also from the rules. Looks like we have to wait for a while to get our confirmations...

Finalists will be notified by email on or about May 15, 2006 and at time of receipt of their Finalist Prize which will be shipped by postal mail to be received by May 18, 2006.

I've tried Madonnas of the rocks, The Virgin on the Rocks non works what gives?

i think it does mean we are in, because trying to register now, it says the Da vinci quest is over at around 1:20pm EST. so whoever got their registration in without a "Sorry" message is in.

Yups. I read the fine print a month ago. You guys just sit back and relax

This is crazy I'm at work doing nothing cause I'm waiting on an email.........I'm acually kind of pissed how hard is it to count to 10,000 Google geniuses?????

ARG i can't wait that long are they CRAZY i don't think i made it anyway i registered but my comp froze up so it wasn't as quick as i would have hoped

Hey other Josh, try "Madonna of the rocks".

Sweet. That means I am in!

Well... getting the sorry message doesn't mean you're "IN" because it all depends also on how long you took to complete your 24 respective puzzles. Not just the last one

We have to wait til may 15th!? I can't take it anymore! lol

man dont they know we're all waiting in anticipation now. if we filled out the form and it says we're registered, does that mean we made it? or did they just do that to everyone?

Registration was closed at approximately 1:20pm EST

how do you know taht's when registration closed???

"Registration was closed at approximately 1:20pm EST"

To think they actually said in the fine print the dead line is 1:00 tomorrow....

try registering again. i tried and it says it is closed

I received the closed message around 1:10pm EST.

It entered me ok just now. And yes it's a drawing it dosen't stop at 10,000 people. You just have to complete all the puzzles and submit your info.
   Then you'll be in the drawing.

HELLO.. I'VE GOT THIS MESSAGE:
------------------------------------

You have sucessfully registered.
Please be sure to add davincicodequestsonypictures.com
to your email address book to ensure that we will be able to contact you.

Click here to learn more about the prize you seek.

The Da Vinci Code is in theaters worldwide May 19th.
Visit the Official Da Vinci Code website

   -->Julian

I think the UK folks are out of luck...found this in the rules:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited by law. Open only to legal residents located and residing in the 50 United States and D.C., 13 years or older as of 4/17/06.

Are you sure being a finalist depends on the other puzzles? I thought it was just the last one

Soooooo, to recap, looks like those of us who finished the Registration page will receive an email by May 15 with Phase 2 instructions. They will (probably) verify mailing address and send us our cryptex. It should arrive by May 18 with directions on how to open it. On May 19 at 1:00 EST, we can log on and start the final contest without logging off, resetting, or whatever. Our total time is tracked and the first person to submit all of the correct answers wins the booty.

Did I miss anything?

if you got:
You have sucessfully registered.
Please be sure to add davincicodequest[put at-character here]sonypictures.com
to your email address book to ensure that we will be able to contact you.

Click here to learn more about the prize you seek.

The Da Vinci Code is in theaters worldwide May 19th.
Visit the Official Da Vinci Code website

   than u are in as a finalist

I don't think it has to do with the total time for these, I know the final phase does, but I think this one is just the first 10,000 to complete all 24, which would basically mean if all others were finished, the first 10,000 to do the last one, lol.

OMG i want answers this suspense is killing me

J-Money

>I found this forum by googling where to find the announced winners or registered finalists. Wish I had found it earlier, it's great!

What is it? Post it in here! :)
  
>The final puzzle is going to be chess, be ready

How do you know its chess?

  

I've just tried registering again in the UK (Different email address) and it let me. So it's all done now and I'm going to the pub.

Yups!! otherwise it'd be waaaaay to much contention

"Based on Puzzle Completion time and Entry time"

thats crap!!! if we got it we want it fair and square, we worked hard and stressed for at least 24hours to make sure we were here at 1:00 and did it as fast as we could to be in the top 10 thousand! if thats true ooohhhhh!!

Capanda, i think it's the person with the shortest time to submit the final puzzle-- they can't make it the "first" person, cause then the USPS would be the winning factor

J-Money, where is the site that has all the finalists, and how do you know the "final puzzle" is going to be chess? ...even though there will be five final puzzles :)

check out google bloggers. One of the puzzle creators is a regular, that was is hint for everyone

BEXIMUS!!!! where in the uk do you live? i really want to move to england

the hardest challenge will be chess...

To the person who said that the cumulative time on the 24 puzzles is what counts, I am afraid you are wrong. From the Official Rules:

Only the first 10,000 participants who, having correctly solved all 24 Daily Puzzles during Phase 1, submit a Puzzle Completion Form (and who thereafter submit a Contest Entry Form) in accordance with these Rules before 1:00 p.m. EDT on May 11, 2006 will be deemed "Finalists."

HAHAHA no I mean I never knew about "blog.outer-court.com forum (this forum) until I googled for da vinci quest finalists.

I believe J-Money was talking about this. googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/0 ...

i was thinking north london (where they shot shaun of the dead) i think its beautiful

Yeah, although there are five in total, the hardest one will be the chess one. Dust your chess boards folks

definietly will be chess

Ok after scouring the rules numerous times being paranoid as I am, the final phase is 5 puzzles in a row that all finalists have to do, they have a time clock that starts whenever you start the puzzles in the two days that the final phase is open, and ends when you finish, for the final phase, the winner is the one who completed the FINAL puzzles in the shortest amount of time, but doesn't have to finish first if they start later.

Yes, Puzzles, I agree. Which means that you could log on with your "google id" on May 20 (a day later) and finish in 10 minutes compared to the person who logged on May 19 and took 25 minutes, but finished the day before.

And I thought that would be weird that my chance to win relies on my mail! =/

Does anyone know if we can re-play the chess challenges to see what he is talking about?

Tim: Exactly right

During the wait before it started, I kept ketting the scene from Star Wars going through my head . . .

Read leader flying down the death star trench, tie fighters on his tail, wingman panicking, all he keeps saying is "All most there . . . ."

I got in! Congrats to everyone else who did as well! Just chill everyone, you'll get your e-mail in 5 days, they just need to verify everyone.

Cassie, I live in Swansea, in S. Wales. I'm not Welsh, I'm English, but Wales is a very pretty place to live.

But then, so are parts of England... :D

gee, ya think the brainiacs at in san jose would have anticipated a large number of contestants, and worked their servers a bit better to handle the load, 10 minutes of wasted time waiting and looking at error pages..

nice going google, i think i might have to switch to ask.com ,

anybody want 105 open gmail accounts?

MILES:

1st 10,000" to do so (and therefore deemed to be Finalists) will be based on the Puzzle Completion Time and Contest Entry Time (defined below) applicable to each participant. The Final Phase of this

From the fine print

This contest reminds me of the American Express wishlist.

MORE DETAILED:

The determination of which specific participants, from among all participants submitting Puzzle Completion Forms and Contest Entry Forms before the Phase 1 Deadline, are deemed to be the "first 10,000" to do so (and therefore deemed to be Finalists) will be based on the Puzzle Completion Time and Contest Entry Time (defined below) applicable to each participant. The Final Phase of this Contest consists of a skill-based, time-sensitive series of five (5) puzzles which must be completed sequentially (collectively, "Final Puzzle Challenge") as outlined below.

from part 2 of the official US rules

Keep in mind they created over 12,000 puzzles doe the challenge.. there may be 100's of variations of for each of the 5 final puzzles.

-JasonR

well i think that whenever your done with your five challenges, post the anwsers, ill do it too. maybe (but doubtfully since the odds are 10thousand to 1) one of us will win! and i promise if i win and use someone elses anwsers, ill take you on the trip, cause i only have use for 2 tickets.

12,358 puzzles. Fibonacci. Silly isn't it

BUT I CAN'T PLAY CHESS!!! I don't know those stupid rules!!! =(
The only way that I completed those challenges was by answering the questions!!!

ARGH.

is it expencive to live there? hard to get a job? how do you feel about americans who want to be citizens? (not illegal immigrants!)

I dunno, after readin the rules, it seems to me that they are talking about the Puzzle Completion Time as the time it takes you to submit the Puzzle Completion Form AFTER the 24th puzzle. Because the rules then talk about you submitting the Contest Entry form AFTER the Puzzle Completion Form.

yeah me too, i know nothing about chess

It would have been nice of them to send an e-mail. I know i am one of the finalists, but there is no sense of achievement without a record of it.

Capanda: Start learning :) Yahoo chess might be good for starters

Just use a chess computer program and set up the pieces as the puzzle would have them....

I have completed the total game..."You have sucessfully registered"...but I have received nothing...why?

Josh: hmmm yeah, you may be right. Wow then we're all in

Well that sucks I'm pretty sure it's only the first 10,000 US residents to finish the puzzels that get a cryptex. It seems that the Australian closeing dead line is in 19 hours. And here I am up at 3am completeing the puzzel within 1 minute ....sigh..

Hehehe...thanks, J-Money. Guess I know what I'll be doing for the next 9 days....

The pawn...now that's the little guy that you have a bunch of, right?

yups, then you go in from the last row: rook, knight, bishop, queen or king

I think it's only US residents who compete in the Final Phase. I believe residents elsewhere are put into a drawing for winning other prizes (Frommer's books, Sony stuff, etc.)

im lost i got the same thing but then the rules says something about contest entry form, i fifnished the puzzle rather quickly, how long did u guys take? Does this mean im a finalist that it says that i succesfully registered

J-Money:

First 10,000 is based on Puzzle Completion Time, and Contest Entry Time.

Puzzle Completion Time: The timestamp on your account when you entered your Google ID after completing the last of the 24 puzzles, and hit Submit.

Contest Entry Time: The timestamp on your entry when you completed the Contest Entry Form (the one asking for your address and such) and hit Submit.

This is translated from legalese and CAPS LOCK, but it does state that, if you are among the first 10k to submit Puzzle Completion Form and Contest Entry form, you are a finalist. (No mention that I could see in the case of somebody being, for instance, #9997 on the Puzzle Completion, but #10023 on the Contest Entry)

we are all very sad people!

hey by the way did anyone see the access hollywood "hints" they were completely useless! why did they even do that?

So hmmmm. Where are the contest entry forms?

So whos a finalist?

Miles: OH. Ok

hey i just saw this on a different thread, for all of you out-of-towners over the pond

Have you noticed that different countries has different prizes and rules?

US has the most expensive first prize, and there are ten thousand (!) prizes for finalist. Total arv – $428,170.54

UK version includes only 121 prizes.

AU version includes 68 prizes, and those are the cheapest one.

And there are no PL version at all ;(

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Official Rules length:
AU version – 2,130
UK version – 3,060
US version – 33,738 (more than 15 times longer then AU!)

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if any1 can help me please contact me at this im screen name smyrh428 on aim

Cassie, looks like it was just a stupid cross promotion!

J-Money, I think the contest Entry form is the form where you put your name and address and all that jazz.

If you got "You are registered", you filled it out.

Information required on the Contest Entry Form consists of participant's first name, last name, email address, home mailing address including city, state and ZIP code (no P.O. boxes), date of birth, gender, telephone number (including area code) where he/she can be reached between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 26, 2006, and the Google ID used to access the Daily Puzzles (collectively, the "Entry Information").

i have to say,it's really unfair when googles servers couldn't handle the load and nothing came up except error pages, wasting valuable time instead of being able to solve a puzzle.
  

google you suck

SAMY

after you finished the puzzle you would have filled out an entry form then it would take you to another screen that said you had registered.

That's no fun then. I've kept time and it took me an average of 7 minutes per puzzle. Should have saved the synapses for just today. Who knows I would have probably done it in 30 seconds :)

so basically every1 who got "You are registered" then ur a finalist

geeze i hope i put in the right google id as of yesterday i didnt know it 'cause i just automatically signed in. that would so suck.

Looks like it Samy

ummm is your google id your email address or just the name before your email address??? gmail that is

thats what we think samy

i hope its your email address cause thats what i put in

thanks cassie,

and same here i put in my email adress b cuz it said the name you SIGN IN with being ur email adress

umm ok maybe i was wrong? it kept saying over and over the quest had ended, so i kept trying to re submit my registration form, and it finally accepted the registration. then took me to another page about the prize i seek. does this seem a bit odd? anyone else have this happen? and this was over a period of maybe 15 minutes

it's the same... email in google is your login...! hey there are people saying the got a SORRY message.. i JUST registered with another account (another person that was playing too and asked me the favor) (2PM) AND I GOT the congrats message again...

I know this has already been said, but I have to vent...

I'm very upset that Google couldn't handle the traffic. I couldn't get to the puzzle for a long time and then only finished submitting at 1:19 (EST). I hope I made it, but think that I probably missed it due to the time lost being locked out. very sad...

i tried to register again and it says that i have already registered

i got a confirmation email stating that i am a finalist. did anybody else get that notification?

I guess I am in, it says "Sorry, you have already entered." LOL, waiting for that combination thingy!
>I think you can just enter the id(w/o the @gmail.com), if you are not a Gmail user, enter the full email address.

Amy

congrats message?

you butthole you already got one!!!

finalist – how soon did you submit your entry form?

Has anyone else gotten an email?

Finalist

What time did u finish ur puzzle and completion form???

I think Finalist is just trying to get us all worked up--

Finalist-- can you paste the contents of your email confirmation here?

i finished by 1:05 and havent gotten anything yet! what kind of e-mail do you have cause probally gmail gets theirs first

Where do you guys find the time stamp? I completed really fast, but forgot to look for the official timstamp, so am not sure what the official time was.

amy,

might keep trying, i kept trying to resubmit for about 15 minutes, and it finally accepted.

I smell a troll named "finalist". The rules state that we won't be notified until "on or about May 15, 2006"

i posted as soon as i hit submit on my entry form and looked at the time of the post which means i finished sometime between 01:04 and 01:05

im not sure if there is an official time stamp, i do however think that google should post all 10thousand finalists so we know

I finished at 1:02 and I havn't recieved email yet......so I'm saying Finalist is what we like to call BULLSHIT

i finished mie at 1:03 i have a gmail account

yeah go away if you want to toy with our emotions, i bet you couldnt even figure out any puzzles past 4 if any

anyone else have gmail?

SEND US A COPY OF UR MESSAGE 2 PROVE IT

i dont remember what time i finished i kno i did it really fast.. im freakin out

Notification: Phase 1: Finalists will be notified by email on or about May 15, 2006 and at time of receipt of their Finalist Prize which will be shipped by postal mail to be received by May 18, 2006.

That's from the official rules. And I have gmail, and have not recieved anything yet. I think we just all need to be a little more patient. :o)

so i was just thinking weve all helped each other out so much through all this (you guys helped me more than i helped you because i didnt even discover this game until game 17 and had to play serious catch up) but we dont know anything about each other, so who is everyone?

i think that if ur not a finalist they would at least send a formal email back

im Cassie, im 23, i live in ohio, and im a married mother of 2. little girl: colleen 3
little boy: connor 11 months

Okay...i'm way out of it then...I finished at 1:04 CST...I gat a congrats! please fill this out form....nothing about finalist though...just to win the cryptex....phooey!

im samy 14 ny, Midwood High, Skipped skool 2day just for this, been in love w/ puzzles and codes since grade 6 and will be my area of study

it never says your a finalist it just says your registered or sorry. thats what we're all worried about

i will go crazy if i dont get in, mising a day of school on report card day(probably got a 95 average)

what if it ends at 1:20 in each time zone? then we could be really screwed, cause for her to finish at 1:04 cst and still register, thats 1 hour after it closed for all of us

i registered again

is there a way to find a timestamp on your submit page? i forgot to look at when i finished.

yea same here

sigh...frustrating.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Wow......looks like alot of confusion has been going on about timestamps, rules, time zones, whether people were finalists or not, etc...Atleast you finished all the puzzles, just sit back and wait to find out if you were a finalist or not.....all the stress won't help.....if you need more assistance about your stress, I suggest you use Dr. Google or Google Health! :)

Did everybody's registation page look the same? Mine said something like:
Please fill out the form below for the drawing for the cryptex repilac and to see if you are worthy of continuing the quest and competing for riches untold....

if we can determine if we all had the same thing...it could help

im afraid to register again incase it messes something up, i wish i stopped to read the fine print though. damn me for being so excited when i saw it!

and there's also the fact that there were 10,000 spots...we may think that eceryone else is doing this, but we could be wrong....

YES MINE SAYS THE SAME THING

I am in the same boat Cassie, I was in such a hurry that I didn't want to read everything!

really cause we got alot of spots

I am sorry group i provided the wrong information earlier. The assumed the congratulations message was a confirmation that I was a finalist but I was wrong.

This is an extract from the rules:

A Contest Entry Form containing complete Entry Information and correctly submitted by a participant in accordance with these Official Rules shall be deemed the Official Contest Entry ("Entry") of the Contest participant submitting it, (TO ME THAT MEANS EVERY PERSON WHO COMPLETES ALL 24 PUZZLES CAN FILL THE FORM NO MATTER WHEN YOU FINISH IT)

but he/she shall be deemed a "Finalist" only if he/she was among the first 10,000 participants to submit a Puzzle Completion Form (ONLY THE FIRST 10,000).

So none of us will know if we are finalists today. So just relax and go back to work.

All Finalists will be notified and will receive a Finalist Prize as described below

unless of course none of us are finalists and we all have our heads up our bums

the fact that Google crashed with all of the trafic at 1pm suggests that there was an overwhelming amount of people trying to access it right away. And, I think it's safe to assume that Google can generally handle a lot of traffic. I think the 10,000 finished entering a very long time ago!

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From the Official Rules:

"Daily Puzzles may be solved in any order the participant wishes before 1:00 p.m. EDT on May 11, 2006 ("Phase 1 Deadline"). "

May 11 is *tomorrow*.

Oh, now I feel better! I thought I lost my chance to be a finalist!

copied from the "official rules c/o davincicodequest.whatever"

   Only the first 10,000 participants who, having correctly solved all 24 Daily Puzzles during Phase 1, submit a Puzzle Completion Form (and who thereafter submit a Contest Entry Form) in accordance with these Rules before 1:00 p.m. EDT on May 11, 2006 will be deemed "Finalists." Only Finalists are eligible to advance to the Final Phase.

But later i tried to regester again to make sure i did it correctly typing so fast to be in and the second time it said soory the davinchi quest is over. so I think if you got the submit screen you are in?

LMC is right the puzzle will go on untill tomorrow.

Samy the link to the registration page dosen't matter, cause google has been tracking the status since day 1. The registration form is to only get information about you.

did u guys click the link i sent that is wat i got

more from the "official rules"

The determination of which specific participants, from among all participants submitting Puzzle Completion Forms and Contest Entry Forms before the Phase 1 Deadline, are deemed to be the "first 10,000" to do so (and therefore deemed to be Finalists) will be based on the Puzzle Completion Time and Contest Entry Time (defined below) applicable to each participant.

And I got the game over screen at 1:13.

This thread is by far the longest thread in the forum with 573 posts so far, and it beats the second longest, GMail Horror Stories, by 223 posts, thats alot!

Anyway, there seems to be new posts every minute right now, so the number is still escalating! :)

Nick 1:13 is good time. Don't worry about it you will get an official notification before this weekend

even more

ONCE PARTICIPANT FILLS IN HIS/HER GOOGLE ID AND CLICKS "SUBMIT" ON THE PUZZLE COMPLETION FORM, HIS/HER SUBMISSION WILL BE TIME-STAMPED AND WILL BE DEEMED PARTICIPANT'S OFFICIAL PUZZLE COMPLETION TIME ("PUZZLE COMPLETION TIME"). AFTER A PARTICIPANT HAS SUBMITTED HIS/HER PUZZLE COMPLETION FORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE OFFICIAL RULES, THE PARTICIPANT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DIRECTED TO A SEPARATE CONTEST ENTRY FORM ("CONTEST ENTRY FORM") WHICH THE PARTICIPANT MUST COMPLETE CORRECTLY AND IN FULL BY THE PHASE 1 DEADLINE IN ORDER TO BE DEEMED A POTENTIAL FINALIST. CONTEST ENTRY FORM WILL BE TIME-STAMPED AND WILL BE DEEMED PARTICIPANT'S OFFICIAL CONTEST ENTRY TIME ("CONTEST ENTRY TIME"). THE DETERMINATION OF WHICH PARTICIPANTS ARE DEEMED POTENTIAL FINALISTS ELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE TO THE FINAL PHASE OF THE CONTEST DEPENDS ON HOW SOON EACH PARTICIPANT WHO HAS SOLVED ALL 24 DAILY PUZZLES CORRECTLY SUBMITS HIS/HER CORRECTLY FILLED OUT PUZZLE COMPLETION FORM AND THEREAFTER SUBMITS A CONTEST ENTRY FORM. ONLY THE FIRST 10,000 PARTICIPANTS WHO SUBMIT A PUZZLE COMPLETION FORM (AND WHO THEREAFTER SUBMIT A CONTEST ENTRY FORM) ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE FINAL PHASE.

this of course is the most important to all of us right now:

THE DETERMINATION OF WHICH PARTICIPANTS ARE DEEMED POTENTIAL FINALISTS ELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE TO THE FINAL PHASE OF THE CONTEST DEPENDS ON HOW SOON EACH PARTICIPANT WHO HAS SOLVED ALL 24 DAILY PUZZLES CORRECTLY SUBMITS HIS/HER CORRECTLY FILLED OUT PUZZLE COMPLETION FORM AND THEREAFTER SUBMITS A CONTEST ENTRY FORM. ONLY THE FIRST 10,000 PARTICIPANTS WHO SUBMIT A PUZZLE COMPLETION FORM (AND WHO THEREAFTER SUBMIT A CONTEST ENTRY FORM) ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE FINAL PHASE.

great, it was a fun game, the cryptex would be so cool. I wonder if google will release the number of players stats etc later.

So the only thing that is important is the contest completion time......as long as you complete the contest entry form and you are the 1st 10000 to finish the 24 puzzles u r in.

Good stuff. I had been confused if the time was counted on both the Puzzle Completion form and the Contest Entry form, but reading it again makes it seem that it is only the time on the Puzzle Completion form that counts.

well lets all wish each other good luck and keep our fingers crossed for the next FOUR days!!! uuuugggghhhhh! they need to tell us now!

Finalists will be notified by email on or about May 15, 2006 and at time of receipt of their Finalist Prize which will be shipped by postal mail to be received by May 18, 2006. If the Finalist Prize or email notification to a particular Finalist is returned as undeliverable, or if he/she is found to be ineligible to participate in the Final Phase, and/or is deemed not to have complied with these Official Rules, such Finalist will be disqualified, and time permitting, the participant with the next earliest time-stamp will be permitted to participate in the Final Phase.

So i guess we have to wait

Why I've finished the game and I haven't received the mail??? I don't know what to think...

Yep, the waiting game is always the hard part...