Puzzle Paradise
'The Da Vinci Code Quest' on Google challenges fans through an online puzzle adventure.
Columbia Pictures and Google have launched 'The Da Vinci Code Quest' on Google, a challenge for the most devoted fans of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.
The quest features 24 puzzles, one for each day of the online adventure. Individual puzzles will be released daily in the UK in celebration of Leonardo da Vinci’s 553rd birthday.
To create innovative puzzles with just the right amount of difficulty and originality for fans The Da Vinci Code, Columbia Pictures worked with Wei-Hwa Huang, a four-time World Puzzle Champion and Google software engineer.
“As a puzzle enthusiast myself, I wanted to bring a unique ‘Da Vinci-esque theme’ to some new twists on classic puzzles,” says Wei-Hwa Huang. “Players of all ages will have fun tackling these brain teasers as they compete for the grand prize.”
The puzzles borrow thematically from The Da Vinci Code movie and its lead character, Robert Langdon, professor of symbology at Harvard University, challenging players to use their skill and cunning to unlock various codes. Each daily puzzle will be one of six types:
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The Symbol Challenge: Players must use their logic skills and drag the symbols onto the grid such that the symbols in each column and row are all distinct.
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The Restoration Challenge: A question is hidden in plain sight on a classic work of art - parts of the question are unclear, obscured by debris. Players have to restore the painting and reveal the question by clearing the particles of debris.
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The Curator Challenge: Players must use their “curator's eye” to hang the works of art such that the hooks match those on the gallery wall.
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The Chess Challenge: Players must determine the only sequence of three moves that will lead to checkmate in a given chess scenario.
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The Observation Challenge: Players watch movie clips and use their observational skills to seek the truth and answer trivia questions.
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The Geography Challenge: Players assemble jigsaw puzzle pieces to reveal and identify a geographical location.
Once solved, these daily puzzles will introduce a riddle to the player that will engage one of an assortment of Google products including Google Search, Google Maps, Google SMS and Google Video.
“The Da Vinci Code Quest is a challenging and interactive way to dive even deeper into the theme of ‘things hidden in plain sight’,” says Dwight Caines, executive vice president, worldwide digital marketing, Columbia TriStar Marketing Group.
“Not only are we giving people a chance to interact with characters and scenes from The Da Vinci Code, but we are also inviting them to become cryptographers for 24 days, to take our challenge and demonstrate their code-cracking skills.”
From eligible challengers who complete all 24 puzzles correctly by Thursday May 11th 2006, names will be drawn at random and any of the following prizes will be dispatched to lucky winners!
For more information, please visit www.google.co.uk/davincicode
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