# The Google-Proof Cash Prize Quiz! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563 "2010-03-24T01:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/41 "2010-03-31T22:09:25Z")
I have 1, 3, 4, 8 and 10. You clicked. Sucker! ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/42 "2010-03-31T23:02:11Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Still, between the collective brainpower of the Dope, we only have 1, 2, 4 and 9 to go. **Mean Old Lady** sounds confident that she has 1 and 4, which would suggest only Qs 2 and 9 stand between someone (or a ‘consortium’) and 50 dollars. I’d like to thank you all for playing along. This thread didn’t do very well at first, and looked like it was going to sink like a rock. I found this a little disappointing, given that it took me a while to create the questions and also ‘beta test’ them among personal friends. However, it now seems as if the thread has enough momentum to survive, at least long enough for someone to actually win the prize money (at which point I may start devising the next one). Thank you all for participating in the right spirit - I know it’s quite tough, but at the end of the day it _is_ meant to be for fun. Thanks also to one and all for not posting answers in the thread itself (no matter what may be going on behind the scenes via PMs and emails). ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/43 "2010-04-01T02:09:40Z")
Can we talk ideas for #2? what sort of creative source for “Jesus” could he mean? I’ve tried postcodes of places but not got far. I’ve included “Christ” in that search. Or an opus number for some musical work. Still nothing. I just want my life back so I need the answers! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/44 "2010-04-01T04:51:29Z")
May we lurkers hope that an answer and complete explanation will be posted at some point? ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/45 "2010-04-01T09:10:50Z")
> [@lynne-42](#): > > Can we talk ideas for #2? Yes, **Lynne-42** , you can… but please not openly within the thread itself. Discussion of possibilities and options you have explored is fine, but please take it offline. This is why Og in her wisdom gave us email, PM, Facebook messaging and MSN. By the way, please abandon this absurd notion that you will one day your life back. After this, there will be another Ungoogleable Quiz, and then _another_, and then _another_, and _another_… (speech cross-fades into deranged, cackling laughter that echoes around the thread as we fade to black). **Ostragoth** … I’m sorry you felt like lurking instead of participating. I don’t know about ‘complete explanation’, but I do intend to post the answers once someone has won and claimed the prize money. Assuming I live that long. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/46 "2010-04-01T10:49:08Z")
This belongs (and should get some more responses) in our games forum, so I’m moving it there. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/47 "2010-04-01T11:14:32Z")
I have #3. On my shelf, as a matter of fact 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/48 "2010-04-01T11:23:56Z")
Also a potential answer for #9. It’s a bit sneaky though, and almost certainly not one the creator had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/49 "2010-04-01T12:20:59Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > Yes, **Lynne-42** , you can… but please not openly within the thread itself. Discussion of possibilities and options you have explored is fine, but please take it offline. This is why Og in her wisdom gave us email, PM, Facebook messaging and MSN. By the way, please abandon this absurd notion that you will one day your life back. After this, there will be another Ungoogleable Quiz, and then _another_, and then _another_, and _another_… (speech cross-fades into deranged, cackling laughter that echoes around the thread as we fade to black). Active off-line. Sorry,\*\* ianzin\*\*, but I am getting desperate. What sort of bribe will it take to stop you doing any more of these damned quizzes? Off-line - currently working on #2 and #5 - happy to swap ideas through PM or email - ID in profile. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/50 "2010-04-01T14:57:10Z")
Sending back home at the OP’s request. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/51 "2010-04-01T14:58:14Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > **Mean Old Lady** sounds confident that she has 1 and 4, which would suggest only Qs 2 and 9 stand between someone (or a ‘consortium’) and 50 dollars. Not really. I just wanted people to click my spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/52 "2010-04-01T22:31:48Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > **Ostragoth** … I’m sorry you felt like lurking instead of participating… I looked at the questions again. Still utterly clueless. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/53 "2010-04-01T23:38:34Z")
I’ve got an answer that would fit No. 9… ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/54 "2010-04-02T03:15:09Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > I looked at the questions again. Still utterly clueless. ☹ PM me if you like and I can give you a hint to get you started. I’d love to have another player - any new ideas might help us finally get there and end this misery. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/55 "2010-04-02T04:16:53Z")
> [@lynne-42](#): > > PM me if you like and I can give you a hint to get you started. I’d love to have another player - any new ideas might help us finally get there and end this misery. 😃 On the off chance that I might have something to offer - sure. Give a clue to the clueless. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/56 "2010-04-02T06:14:11Z")
I have 6, 7, 9 and 10. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/57 "2010-04-02T13:21:16Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > On the off chance that I might have something to offer - sure. Give a clue to the clueless. Take care, **Ostragoth**! You may get drawn into the vortex that is **Lynne-42** ’s desperate quest to find the answer to Q2. You may well decide afterwards that lurking was infinitely preferable - and I say that even though I of course welcome your participation. Thanks to Moderator **Marley23** for moving this thread back to the forum I originally selected for it. Perhaps if there is another Quiz, I’ll start it over in the Games room, but since I never normally go there I preferred this one to live in MPSIMS for the duration. I’d like to thank **Colophon** for informally undertaking the role of ‘Answers We Think We’ve Got’ compiler - which is actually as helpful to me as it is to anyone else. It seems the number of ‘known’ answers is slowly growing, and that Q2 and Q9 are proving to be the toughest. We do now have participants claiming to have answers for Q9, although some have suggested their own answers might be a bit ‘iffy’. I think ‘iffy’ is good. Maybe the ‘iffy’ answers are better than mine. I don’t want this thread to out-stay its welcome. Perhaps we will reach a point where either (a) I start giving clues, or (b) I award the prize to whomever submits the most complete list, even if it lacks all ten correct answers. However, _for the time being_, let’s continue as if all ten answers are needed, as per the OP. May I also place on record my disappointment that even though I am easily contactable, no-one has so far tried bribery or corruption to get the right answers. Lures, bribes, false promises, inappropriate sexual offers, pleas, sob stories, blackmail… no-one has yet used any of these tried-and-tested methods of subverting the process. \* sigh \* Truly, the Dope has become a shadow of its former self. ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/58 "2010-04-02T14:04:37Z")
I got it!! I got number 2!!! And I know I am right!! A week of my life I will never get back again, but I got number 2! All by myself I got it! Nothing iffy about it. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/59 "2010-04-02T17:17:48Z")
I think **Lynne-42** might be feeling triumphant, but it’s hard to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563/60 "2010-04-02T18:29:02Z")
lynne-42, I had number two a long time ago. PM me your answer and I’ll tell you if you were right. Actually, PM me all the answers you have and I will verify them for you. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-proof-cash-prize-quiz/533563.md?page=4)