The Imitation Game war (and the puzzle was not set by Turing, who was no good at them). Google, which sponsored the New York Premiere of the film, launched a competition called "The Code-Cracking Challenge" on 23 November 2014. It is a skill contest where entrants must crack a code provided by Google. The prize/s will be awarded to entrant/s who crack the code and submit their entry the fastest. In November 2014, ahead of the film's US release, "The New York Times" reprinted the 1942 puzzle from "The Daily Telegraph" used in recruiting codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.
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