Google Treasure Hunt winners abound

The time has come to announce the conclusion of the 2008 Google Treasure Hunt competition. More than 100,000 people worldwide tackled the puzzles we designed, and we received correct answers from more than 30 countries and five different continents.

Congratulations to our grand prize winner, Sophia Dichomides, whose speed and skill won her a MacBook Air. And we'd also like to extend a hearty congratulations to all of the other master treasure hunters who braved the high seas and shifting time zones to solve all four puzzles the fastest, as well as to the hundreds of winners who received Google Treasure Hunt T-shirts. Thanks to everyone who participated. Be sure to keep your spyglass on the horizon for future contests.

Grand Prize (MacBook Air winner)

• Sophia Dichomides (Australia)

First Mates (iPod Touch winners)

• Alok Ladsariya (India)
• David Bidorff (France)
• Vincent Zanotti (France)

Second Mates (iPod Nano winners)

• Alex North (Australia)
• Alicja Krajnik (Poland)
• Artur Makutunowicz (Poland)
• Benoit Boissinot (France)
• David Poblador (Spain)
• Dmitry Kim (Russia)
• Graham Dennis (Australia)
• Gregorio Guidi (Italy)
• Jared Brothers (USA)
• Jérémy Selier (France)
• Kartikaya Gupta (Canada)
• Lucas Bergman (USA)
• Manuel Freire (Spain)
• Mariano Faraco (Argentina)
• Matthew Imhoff (Australia)
• Nathan Kitchen (USA)
• Nelson Castillo (Colombia)
• Paul Cowan (Australia)
• Perry Lorier (New Zealand)
• Qiang Fu (Australia)
• Tanaeem Moosa (Bangladesh)
• Xuân Baldauf (Germany)
  

Posted by Phillip Grasso, Manager, Engineering/Operations