Student Rant: Google Da Vinci Code Quest # 18 :Geography Challenge

Hello everyone ... welcome back to day #18 of the Google Da Vinci Code webquests. I received some very valuable input with respect to the manner in which the puzzles are discussed. Thanks a lot for that... and I will be doing my best to incorporate as many of those suggestions as possible.

Today's challenge is being called the" Geography Challenge"

The instructions are as follows
"Paul Bettany is Silas, a man who in blind faith will do whatever it takes to track down a secret that must be destroyed, no matter where it leads him.

Assemble the jigsaw puzzle pieces to reveal and identify a geographical location."

So, lets get started....

Step # 1: Start of with identifying any pieces with text on them which indicate the copyright of Google images. I had three of them. Find the one with a flat end on its right hand side and with text on it and place in on the bottom right. Attach the remainder of the pieces with text on it on bottom right section

Step # 2: Since we completed most of the bottom section, finish up the one last component by looking for the right piece and attaching it.

Note: you will observe that as soon as a right piece is in place, those sections are locked and you can't move them anymore.

Step # 3: Keep it up this way. First bottom row. Finish up bottom row. Attach the section on the left hand side... finish up the row. Then attach the section on the right hand side... keep going left until you finish the whole puzzle... bottom --> top ; left -->right ; right <-- left.

The next question we are asked is
"Leonardo's reverse-handwriting manuscript on perpetual motion wheels can be found in this city. What is its name?
(For another clue, Hyde in the north;)"

The first thing, I did was assume the black flowing spot might be a river or some water body and the hint Hyde is being referred to that.

However the answer of New York does not work. Next, assumed that it might be a park or some nature resource.

This time, I was more successful. A Google search for "Hyde park" would help you find the answer. Warning: There are multiple locations for Hyde park but the location could be found in the first page.


Next, we are given another trivia question.
"Well done ! There are four Blades hidden around the city. Please find them and click on them"

This is pretty easy. A blade is a symbol that looks like a triangle.



We are asked one more trivia question after that.
"You have found all four blades, and lo! they draw an X over a place just slightly north of the Victoria and Albert Museum, home of Leonardo's Codex Forster. What is its name?"

You need to log on to Google Maps , and once you check on here, the location of the college is easily found. It is very near to the location of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Good Luck solving !!

Update: As ScottJG points out, Using google maps, instead of using satellite use.. Map and where the 4 blades point will have a name.. " .... ".

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