this was a small but very, very interesting little bit that the guardian put up a few weeks ago, had 3 different researchers using google, the phone and a library for identical questions, timed the responses…questions are listed below, full feedback and analysis of results can be read here: Guardian Unlimited

here are the questions they asked:

Question 1: List the titles of all the books written by Piers Morgan, editor of the Daily Mirror

Question 2: Where and when did Margaret Thatcher say: “There’s no such thing as society”?

Question 3: Who is the vice chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on back care?

Question 4: What proportion of the Slovenian railway system is electrified?

Question 5: What did Sophie and Edward Wessex do on Tuesday?

Question 6: What was unusual about the British gold medal victory in the 400m in the 1908 Olympics in London?

Some similar nonsense, if you like that kind of thing:

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