1) What's the difference between a Goozle and a trivia quiz?
There is ofen an interconnectedness of Goozles you don't always find in trivia quizzes. For example, here's a classic Goozle from our weblog. (Hanna created it):
One of Joanna May's "sisters", the one who drives the Porsche, shares her first name with a children's book heroine. In the most famous book about this heroine, you can learn what to do with children who sneeze. This action gives associations to a literary grouping who originally found the inspiration for their "group name" from a slang word used by a hustler in Times Square. This hustler, who (according to an autobiography written by a famous author with the middle initial S) used to wear heavily applied pancake make-up, has the same first name as an Austin philosopher. This Austin philosopher was once a visiting scholar in a European country. In the late 1970s, the "Secret Service" of this country had a postman who didn't ring twice, but always arrived at a certain hour. Add this?time (two digits) to the number of "sisters" Joanna May had, add the number of books published by the Austin philosopher, and add the two last digits of the birth year of the hustler (a number between 01 and 99). If you thus add time+sisters+books+year, the sum is also the name of a major US Interstate road. Name a major city located along this Interstate road that begin with the first letter in the name Johanna May's sister (the one with the Porsche). The city name is your answer.
Goozles don't have to look like that. But they are identifiable by their interconnectedness, and their occasional vagueness in phrasing. This is because Goozles are meant to require research. Unlike Trivia -- the individual isn't expected to be know the answer to all the questions.
2) What's the answer to the one above?
If you plug some of it into a search engine, you will find the entry where it was originally posted. The answer is there. That is one reason this separate website was created, so we could hide the answers more easily from search engine robots.
3) Can I submit some questions for a future Goozle?
Sure. Send them to us. We'll credit you, and even provide a link to your own webpage/weblog if you'd like.
4) You made a mistake in one of your goozles.
It's possible, let us know, and if necessary, we will make appropriate notage, and credit you if you'd like.
5) Who are you?
Some people know, but they aren't telling. Don't bother "Whois"ing the domain, it is privately registered.
6) You keep saying "We"? Why?
There actually is more than one person who posts to our weblog
7) Do you worry about being sued by Google™?
Every time we use their name on this site, we are careful to include the Registered Trademark. There are several websites that have used their name as part of theirs to define something....such as....Googlewhack, and Googlefight. We figure if they haven't been sued, we won't either. This could change now that they're a publicly owned company, but we hope not.