Un-googleable

lugha

When radio / TV stations have phone in competitions they frequently require that some general knowledge questions be answered (legal reasons?). In recent times you might be expected to accurately ascertain the number of legs on a dog or some such. But I wonder it is possible to ask a somewhat more challenging general knowledge question (as opposed to a puzzle/riddle like one) which some of the general public are likely to know but which Google doesn't?

m83

Say wha?

Agricola

Google is all knowing. Fact.

Seachmall

Absolutely not. Google has the knowledge of a million men, your average Irish person has the knowledge of a small child.

Proxy

It's knows what you're doing right now....

pacman.podge

Google doesnt know where the ice cubes are!!! even when i told it there beside the vanilla viennetta!!

FACT!! :rolleyes:

minidazzler

But Google knows everything.

galwayrush

I just Googled the OP's problem, it's a winner.;)

lugha

Proxy wrote: »

It's knows what you're doing right now....

Feckers! If I was trying to make a website more high profile it wouldn't be half as quick of the mark. :mad:

I suppose any question, if there is one, would have to multi-pronged. i.e. Q: What royal wedding and assassination of a head of state share an anniversary?

PirateShampoo

Lets ask google....

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=is+google+god%3F

Lump

What Mr. S said, they make the question easy for lots of people will text in at a €1 per text making them lots of money.

bluto63

Mr.S wrote: »

The stations don't care about the question, thats just the incentive to text in. They choose a simple question so they get the maximum amount of people texting/calling in, so they get a good profit:)

Easy question = $$$
Hard Question = $$$

But then you get stations like FM104 doing the Big Kahuna, getting people to answer a question that's incredibly difficult but it incites people to listen to the station, increasing their audience, therefore being able to charge more for advertising on the station.

jape

The only ones not google-able are "beat the intro" style games, where they play the first few seconds of a song and you have to guess the song. Google isn't that advanced.......yet

**Timbuk2**

jape wrote: »

The only ones not google-able are "beat the intro" style games, where they play the first few seconds of a song and you have to guess the song. Google isn't that advanced.......yet

Shazam is.

biko

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Lets ask google....

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=is+google+god%3F

According to Google trends, the term "Google" is searched for more than the terms "God", "Jesus", "Allah", "Buddha", "Christianity", "Islam", "Buddhism" and "Judaism" combined.

That_Guy

OP why not ask Jeeves instead?

**Timbuk2**

Magnus wrote: »

According to Google trends, the term "Google" is searched for more than the terms "God", "Jesus", "Allah", "Buddha", "Christianity", "Islam", "Buddhism" and "Judaism" combined.

Ah I completely forgot about Google Trends - they can be hilarious

If you look here, you'll notice that less people search for 'fatty' at Christmas!!

Overheal

"Bing! SAY BING! **** YOU YOURE FIRED!!"

[look it up]

komodosp

I suppose an image question, where you're shown the image but have to answer who painted it or what was it called.

Though you could use google to confirm you had the right answer, if you were to guess.

lugha

That_Guy wrote: »

OP why not ask Jeeves instead?

I sort of assume that if Google don't know, I can safely conclude that the interweb don't know.

InKonspikuou2

It's possible to make it difficult to find using google. We used to do a quiz in work most days and send it around to mates in various jobs through email. Rotating who makes it up. When it was my turn i would think of questions and then try find the answer in google. I would try loads of variations until i found a question that wouldn't come up without searching for ages. Since we had a time limit on the quiz it cut down on people cheating. Any time i made the quiz it would always have the lowest amount of correct anwsers.

lugha

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

We used to do a quiz in work most days

Dude! Where do you work???? :cool:

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

I would try loads of variations until i found a question that wouldn't come up without searching for ages.

Go on then! Try us with one, and see how long it takes us. :pac:

**Timbuk2**

Mr.S wrote: »

http://google.com/trends?q=gay+porn&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Look at number 1 regions.

Who knew?

Jaysus. More importantly, why did it expierence a massive increase in January 2006

**Timbuk2**

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Jaysus. More importantly, why did it expierence a massive increase in January 2006

Brokeback Mountain was released in the UK on the 6th January 2006.

neil_hosey

Mr.S wrote: »

http://google.com/trends?q=gay+porn&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Look at number 1 regions.

Who knew?

HAHA.. ah that hilarious!


I would say i am guilty for half the counts for ireland opening up gay porn on 12 browsers on mates PC's :pac:

AnonoBoy

Speaking of Google:

If you sing the Streets song "Let's Push Things Forward" with updated lyrics it sounds stupid:

"You won't find us on Altavista
Cult classic, not best-seller"

"You won't find us on Google
Cult classic, not best-[something that rhymes with Google]"


Man, I'm so hungover.

Capt'n Midnight

Agricola wrote: »

Google is all knowing. Fact.

True , even look it up on google if you don't believe me

**Timbuk2**

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

True , even look it up on google if you don't believe me

Be careful - if you type 'Google' into Google, you will break the internet.

AnonoBoy

Magnus wrote: »

According to Google trends, the term "Google" is searched for more than the terms "God", "Jesus", "Allah", "Buddha", "Christianity", "Islam", "Buddhism" and "Judaism" combined.

Where do people go to search for Google?

Surely if you're www.google.com you don't need to search any more.

Seachmall

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Where do people go to search for Google?

Surely if you're www.google.com you don't need to search any more.

It's one of things you have to do before you die, like looking up 'Dictionary' in a dictionary.

Seachmall

Mr.S wrote: »

http://google.com/trends?q=gay+porn&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Look at number 1 regions.

Who knew?

Anyone who clicked this link and has a google toolbar better clear it. I've been sitting here for an hour with "gay porn" in my search bar. Awkward.

G_R

Magnus wrote: »

According to Google trends, the term "Google" is searched for more than the terms "God", "Jesus", "Allah", "Buddha", "Christianity", "Islam", "Buddhism" and "Judaism" combined.

surely that is all the evidence required to prove that Google, is in fact, God

Seachmall

dannym08 wrote: »

surely that is all the evidence required to prove that Google, is in fact, God

The Church of Google

G_R

Seachmall wrote: »

The Church of Google

My life is now complete.

Thank You

orourkeda

If you can find 2 million squirt porn websites in 0.13 seconds then I very much doubt that it cant find anything Adrian Kennedy might throw at you.

andrew

komodosp wrote: »

I suppose an image question, where you're shown the image but have to answer who painted it or what was it called.

Though you could use google to confirm you had the right answer, if you were to guess.

http://www.tineye.com/

It's not google but it'll do the Job!

Tar.Aldarion

andrew wrote: »

http://www.tineye.com/

It's not google but it'll do the Job!

Think google also has a similar feature now

*giggles*

Who would win in a fight, Google or Chuck Norris?