Top 10 Mystery Hour Questions (And Answers)
Thursdays 12-1pm
Every week, James O'Brien enlists the help of LBC listeners to solve the questions you've always wondered the answer to.
It's all about shared human knowledge. Call up with a question and then another listener around the country will know the answer.
As an end of year treat, we've picked out the most popular questions and answers from the last 12 months.
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1. What is the small pocket on jeans? What is the little pocket of the right-hand side of a pair of jeans? |
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2. How you they make stripey toothpaste? When you squeeze a tube of toothpaste, how does it come out in three perfect stripes? |
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3. What is the 'outer' setting on a stapler? On staplers, in the bit that bends the staples inwards, there is also a bit that bends the staples outwards. Why? Is it used for anything? |
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4. Why do we call a pound a quid? Where does the word "quid" come from, meaning pound? |
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5. Why do all crisps expire on a Saturday? Expiry dates on packets of crisps are ALWAYS on a Saturday. Why is that? |
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6. How can mobiles always make emergency calls? When your mobile phone has no reception and you're unable to make any calls, how come you're still able to make Emergency Calls Only? |
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7. What happens if a conjoined twin commits murder? If one conjoined twin commits a murder, how do they punish him without punishing the other? |
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8. How do Chinese people type on a keyboard? How do Chinese people type on a keyboard? Their alphabet has hundreds of characters. |
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My daughter went to an eye test and asked if she could be colourblind. She was told no, because only men are colourblind. Is that true and if so, why? |
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10. Did there used to be dolphins in an Oxford St window? My mum told me that in the 1960s, she used to walk down Oxford Street and see live dolphins in a shop window. Where was this? |