Original Official Promotional WebQuests
The original Da Vinci Code web quest challenges were first made available via the website of the book's author, Dan Brown, as part of a promotional campaign, and both remain hosted on the publisher's website (RandomHouse.com). In January 2004, it was announced on the live television program Good Morning America that hundreds of thousands of people had participated in the original challenge, and that 40,000 people had successfully completed it. Though the official "prize" was given out at that time, the web versions of the quests were never closed, and have remained active ever since. The original version involved deciphering a series of cryptic clues at the publisher's website. Those wishing to solve the quests were required to examine the U.S. version of the book's dustcover jacket, and to search the web to learn the answers to certain questions or clues. The second Da Vinci Code WebQuest, titled "Uncover The Code", followed a similar style.
2003 Webquests (both run by Dan Brown's publisher Random House, Inc. ) :
- Original Da Vinci Code WebQuest
- Second Da Vinci Code WebQuest
Solutions for both 2003 quests can be found in the external links section The Da Vinci Code WebQuests#Solutions to the original 2003 webquests at the bottom of this page.
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