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EPISODE · May 11, 2022 · 40 MIN

Google-proofing Quizzes

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Are quizzes and puzzles dying in the era of the internet - where any answer is seemingly a click away - or can they be Google-proofed? This week, we ask our in-house crossword expert to tell us what types of questions create answers that are hard to search for, how a puzzle question should be structured, and what features make for a good puzzle. We also discuss what makes something un-Googleable and consider the implications for human knowledge sharing. If listening to this podcast doesn’t make want to go to your next local pub quiz night, nothing will. A few things we mentioned in this podcast: Quizmaster devises Google-proof questions to stop pub quiz smartphone cheats Google-ability and Google ability ‘How Google Works’, according to Google developers (note: this doesn’t tell you how Google works) The ‘Tip of my Tongue’ subreddit Cognitive Engineering podcast: Why do we like puzzles? For more information on Aleph Insights visit our website https://alephinsights.com or to get in touch about our podcast email [email protected] This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

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