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  2. Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    In the puzzle the question is unknown, but the answer is already known to be 42. This is similar to the book where the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" is known but not the question. The puzzle first appeared in The Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was later incorporated into the covers of ...

  3. Betteridge's law of headlines - Wikipedia

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    A 2018 study of 2,585 articles in four academic journals in the field of ecology similarly found that very few titles were posed as questions at all, with 1.82 percent being wh-questions and 2.15 percent being yes/no questions. Of the yes/no questions, 44 percent were answered "yes", 34 percent "maybe", and only 22 percent were answered "no". [14]

  4. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it; As you sow so shall you reap; Ask a silly question and you will get a silly answer; Ask my companion if I be a thief; Ask no questions and hear no lies; Attack is the best form of defense; At the end of my rope

  5. No such thing as a stupid question - Wikipedia

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    There is no such thing as a dumb question". [1] A 1970 Dear Abby column in The Milwaukee Sentinel said: "There is no such thing as a stupid question if it's sincere. Better to ask and risk appearing stupid than to continue on your ignorant way and make a stupid mistake. [2] "There is no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid answers". [3]

  6. Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to ...

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    If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbors, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. Researchers believe it likely that Emerson used a modified version of the theme from his journal in a lecture given at some point after 1855, with the ...

  7. Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? - Wikipedia

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    Each question is presented as either a multiple choice question of three answers, a true-or-false question, or a short-answered question, in which a contestant must answer it correctly in order to progress on to the next question. Throughout the game, the contestant can choose to walk away, or in this case, "drop out of school," and leave with ...

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  9. Rhetorical question - Wikipedia

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    A rhetorical question is a question asked for a purpose other than to obtain information. [1] In many cases it may be intended to start a discourse, as a means of displaying or emphasizing the speaker's or author's opinion on a topic.