More Brilliant Answers, our latest book
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This book has been written by people like you. Smart people who've had the initiative to text 63336 and ask us their imponderables.
In our five years of existence we've seen 22 million questions come and go. We're justly proud of our answers; some have even saved lives! We've had bands base songs on answers, celebs twitter that they're using us to solve family arguments, and now we're even on TV, with Auntie Beeb basing its We Need Answers comedy show on our questions and answers.
We hope that sharing some jewels with you, in this, our fourth book, encourages you to stick 63336 in your phone. That way, next time you're trying to get home after staying out too late, or arguing about how many goats there foreword are in Morocco, you can text us, joining 2.2 million other clued-up citizens who've already asked questions.
More Brilliant Answers. Is that more answers that are brilliant, or answers that are more brilliant than any others? Both, of course.
Here's a small selection of questions and answers taken from this year's book:
Q. What are ortolans?
A. Ortolans are tiny songbirds which were a French delicacy until a law banned eating them in 1999. They were drowned in brandy, roasted for 8 minutes and eaten whole.
Q. How did oasis get their name?
A. Liam Gallagher suggested Oasis after seeing a picture of Swindon's Oasis Leisure Centre on an Inspiral Carpets tour poster. Before this, they were The Rain.
Q. First player to be disqualified at wimbledon?
A. In 1995, Tim Henman was the first player to be disqualified at Wimbledon. He hit a ball in anger, accidentally clonking ballgirl Caroline Hall's head.
Q. Does everyone have a phone?
A. 57.8% of the world's population have never received a telephone call. Furthermore, 75.3% of the world's population has never accessed the internet.
More Brilliant Answers also includes new chapters on the most asked, the funniest, the most bizarre, and even the silliest questions ever asked. For example:
Q. Is the cartoon finding nemo based on a true story?
A. Finding Nemo is not based on a true story. It's the story of a father's hunt for an errant clownfish and has grossed over £525 million worldwide.
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