Possibly, but they are tailored to each country, so looking through the master list of doodles is a good way to find out interesting trivia about various countries out there in the wider world. For example, I didn’t have any idea who Samuil Marshak was until just now. His Google Doodle is cool.
It’s not a schooner, it’s a sailboat.
If you think that’s stupid, check this out. “Google doodle greeting cards” http://www.zazzle.com/googledoodles
Not anymore. The daily background image on Bing was successful, so Google stole the idea.
Not often you see Google taking ideas from Microsoft and not the other day around.