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Da Vinci Code Quest Finalist - Confirmed!

Posted: Monday, May 15th, 2006 @ 8:50 pm in Google, The Da Vinci Code | Comments Off

See below for the email Sony Pictures is sending out to the 10,000 finalists of The Quest. Congratulations to all who played. Note the video “thank you” message from Sir Ian McKellen with its subsequent plug for the movie AND merchandise. Now I just have to figure out if it makes sense to compete [...]

On to the Final Round -

Posted: Monday, May 15th, 2006 @ 5:05 pm in Money, Online Events, The Da Vinci Code | Comments Off

Pictured below is the prize for the final 10,000 contestants in The Da Vinci Code Quest. To be one of the first 10,000, I submitted the answer to the 24th and final question 6 minutes after it was posted on May 10th, 2006 at 1:00PM EST. It’s interesting that the prize page gives [...]

Going, Going, Gone!

Posted: Monday, May 15th, 2006 @ 5:01 pm in Money, The Da Vinci Code | Comments Off

I couldn’t resist selling on eBay - one seller had his Da Vinci Code Cryptex bid up to $57 - so I posted mine and someone picked it up for $68!
(Perhaps it was the subliminal message in the item’s picture that sealed the deal?:)

Fun with puzzles

Posted: Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 @ 10:47 pm in The Da Vinci Code, Web Tech | Comments Off

Although I’m one of the few people left on earth who hasn’t read The Da Vinci Code (buy it), I’ve been playing The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google anyway for the past 23 days. The daily puzzles are not too challenging but, as a former Google shareholder, I think it’s kind of slick [...]