# Google, Da Vinci code quest: help please

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 8, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-da-vinci-code-quest-help-please/355944 "2006-05-08T19:50:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chew\_Barker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Chew\_Barker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chew_Barker)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-da-vinci-code-quest-help-please/355944/1 "2006-05-08T19:50:33Z")

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Is any one else doing this quest on Google ?

I have got stuck on the 4th restoration puzzle. I completed the restoration, however the question which follows it is causing me some problems. “What **words divided by tons** appear in _The Numismatic Chronicle_?”

Then google give the tip “Sometimes for that really obscure information you will need to dig for it in Google book search”. What I did was; go to Google book search and search in quotes “words divided by tons”. This returns one result, which is [here](http://books.google.co.uk/books?q=%22words+divided+by+tons%22&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0)

Now im stuck, any ideas ?

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**Author:** ![Chew\_Barker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Chew\_Barker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chew_Barker)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-da-vinci-code-quest-help-please/355944/2 "2006-05-08T20:20:59Z")

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is no one here smart enough to work this out ?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-da-vinci-code-quest-help-please/355944/3 "2006-05-08T22:17:06Z")

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Don’t ask for help and then insult everyone :dubious:

Look [here](http://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=0CTgFoFKs5ndiBIS99&id=0W_5ikdys7gC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=%22words+divided+by+tons%22) for the full text of this page.

The words divided by tons (which I assume is some sort of symbol?) are either BEATI PACIFICI (on the front) or HOC OPUS DEI (on the back). Since it’s the DaVinci Code, I vote on the latter.

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**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-da-vinci-code-quest-help-please/355944/4 "2006-05-10T01:10:36Z")

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How far did you get? I have finished all of them so far. No way I could be the grand prize winner since I have a job that expects me to be there and working when the puzzles are released. I would like to have one of the cryptex puzzles that are for the second round. Ok I would like to win the grand prize too but oh well.

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**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-da-vinci-code-quest-help-please/355944/5 "2006-05-10T07:47:07Z")

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So far I’ve gotten them all done without much trouble. My favorite are the symbol / logic puzzles. My least favorite are the ones where you have to watch a film clip.