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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And now, without further ado, we give you…
TODAY’S PUZZLE BY KATIE RUSSELL, AGE 14, PALO ALTO, CA:
What is the demonym for the inhabitants of the largest city of the country with the tallest mountain in the Americas?
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):
Search [element ruby gem] to find that chromium is the element added to create red rubies. Search [chromium beryl] to learn that when chromium is added to beryllium aluminium cyclosilicate (beryl), it makes the green gemstone known as an emerald.
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