Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more,leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle,and the previous day’s answer (in invisitext) posted here.
SPOILER WARNING:
We leave the comments on so people can work together to find the answer. As such,if you want to figure it out all by yourself,DON’T READ THE COMMENTS!
Also,with the knowledge that because others may publish their answers before you do,if you want to be able to search for information without accidentally seeing the answer somewhere,you can use the Google-a-Day site’s search tool,which will automatically filter out published answers,to give you a spoiler-free experience.
And now,without further ado,we give you…
TODAY’S PUZZLE:
I was arrested by the Inquisition in 1633 and then pardoned by the Catholic Church in 1992. One of my students had my story written in stone scrolls at his castle. What was my student’s name?
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):
Search [terrapin stew inaugural ball] to learn that terrapin stew was served at President Lincoln’s 1865 inaugural ball. Searching [1865 inaugural ball location] yields the U.S. Patent Office.
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