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Google and the New York Times Encourage Cheating

Tech and media giants partner up for new trivia game where cheating is encouraged.

By: David Shear
Published: April 11th, 2011 in Business » World
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Google and The New York Times announced today that they are partnering for a new trivia game where the age old rule of not cheating is being thrown out the window.

A Google a Day is a new daily puzzle which can be solved using our well trained Google search skills. Unlike traditional trivia games where players cannot use books, friends, or Google for reference, this game actually encourages it.

Questions will be posted every day on agoogleaday.com and printed on weekdays above the New York Times crossword puzzle. Each answer will be revealed the following day in the Times and on agoogleaday.com, along with the search tips used for finding it.

As the week goes on the difficulty of the questions will increase. So if you’re feeling good about your search skills on Monday, you may be cursing Google by Friday.

Here is a sample question:

To prevent spoilers from appearing as users search the web, Google is also introducing a special version of Google that excludes real-time updates and other things likely to spoil the answer.

Start playing Google a Day now by visiting googleaday.com and check out the New York Times tomorrow for the puzzle.

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