Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle, and the previous day’s answer (in invisitext) posted here.
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SPOILER WARNING:
We leave the comments on so people can work together to find the answer. As such, if you want to figure it out all by yourself, DON’T READ THE COMMENTS!
Also, with the knowledge that because others may publish their answers before you do, if you want to be able to search for information without accidentally seeing the answer somewhere, you can use the Google-a-Day site’s search tool, which will automatically filter out published answers, to give you a spoiler-free experience.
And now, without further ado, we give you…
TODAY’S PUZZLE:
In the Pre-Raphaelite painting titled Ecce Ancilla Domini, the model for Mary was a woman who also penned a Christmas carol verse later set to music by a British composer of celestial music. What was the model’s name?
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):
Search [Constitution signer not present] to find John Dickinson among the 16 delegates who did not sign the Constitution. Searching for [Constitution signed by proxy] shows that he gave George Read permission to sign for him. Search [John Dickinson delegate] to learn that he represented Delaware.
Homepage painting: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
