# A google challenge game someone told me about.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 18, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835 "2005-06-18T19:56:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/21 "2005-06-19T16:35:31Z")

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I though Googlewack involved their image search and the term ‘gopher girls’.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/22 "2005-06-19T20:45:27Z")

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I think Googlewhacking rules state it has to be two words found in the dictionary returning only one hit.

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**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/23 "2005-06-19T21:13:57Z")

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asymptotal acorn

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**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/24 "2005-06-20T21:47:54Z")

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The version of googlewhacking that I’ve heard of gave you points. You multiplied the number of hits that each word seperatelygave.

So **catsix’s** asymptotal acorn would score:  
asymptotal = 99 hits  
acorn = 2,520,000 hits  
99\*2,520,000=249,480,000

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/25 "2005-06-20T22:29:39Z")

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**Thigmotropic fjord** : 546\*995,000= 543,270,000

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**Author:** ![Grey\_Tama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Grey\_Tama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_Tama)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/26 "2005-06-21T07:15:23Z")

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More than two words so not officially eligible, but anyway an actual search which gave exactly one hit:

“Rhythm is a monkey”

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/27 "2005-06-21T11:22:00Z")

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> [@The Hook](#):
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> **The universe ends** in a constant, preceded by a comma in a conjunction. :eek:

I fear chocolate will win the battle for the blogosphere.

You and me both, brother.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/28 "2005-06-21T11:25:26Z")

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“paris hilton slut girl”

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/29 "2005-06-21T15:37:31Z")

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Here in England we have a chap called Dave Gorman. He made a TV show out of his search for other people with the same name as himself.

His next project:

“Googlewhack Adventure - The stage show”

[http://www.davegorman.com/googlewhack.htm](http://www.davegorman.com/googlewhack.htm)

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**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/30 "2005-06-22T16:45:13Z")

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‘shoehorn butterhorse’

🆒

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**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google-challenge-game-someone-told-me-about/308835/31 "2005-06-22T17:11:43Z")

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‘Eskimo stagmire’

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