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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:

An activity that uses approximately 34 facial muscles and 112 postural muscles inspired a gilded painting, completed in 1908. Who was the artist?

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):

Search [Gegania Veneneia Canuleia Tarpeia] and find they were the first four Vestal virgins. Search [primary duty of Vestal virgins] and learn that it was to guard the fire of Vesta. Search [punishment for Vestal virgin if fire extinguished] to find scourging.

Life-sized Lego forest in Australia

Pictures of 2013 LEGO Superheroes minifigs

http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/watch-cnn-anchor-call-bill-nye-kook-and-then-watch-bill-nye-make-her-look-foolish.html

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:

Gegania, Veneneia, Canuleia, and Tarpeia were considered the first four to do a particular job. What was the penalty if they didn’t do their primary duty correctly?

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):

Search [coronet with 16 silver balls on rim]. Find that is the official coronet for those with the title of viscount. Search [coronet with 6 silver balls on rim] and find that this is the coronet of a baron. Search [British peerage system] to learn that a viscount outranks a baron and so should be awarded higher honors at dinner.

http://io9.com/5925409/famous-science-fiction-movies-depicted-as-16th-century-ottoman-paintings

http://laughingsquid.com/famous-images-recreated-using-star-wars-figures/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29

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:

Two people show up to your dinner party wearing coronets. One has 16 silver balls around its rim, the other only six. According to the British Peerage System, who gets the better seat?

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):

A quick search for [Rome, Oregon] leads to the discovery that it is at latitude 42.8 N. Searching for [Apennine Peninsula] shows you that Rome is the capital city of Italy, which is on that peninsula. A search for [latitude Rome Italy] shows that it is at 41.5 N latitude. The two Romes are little more than 1 degree apart!

XKCD reveals your visual perception quirks

Dork Tower #674 by John Kovalic

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