Who is The Stig?

Popular questions as AQA 63336 reaches 11 million questions

London, UK - 29 February 2008 - The UK's favourite text question and answer service, AQA 63336, today reveals the public's favourite questions for 2008 as it answers its 11 millionth question.

"We've now had 1.5 million people text 63336 with questions, so we're in a great position to see what's on their minds." commented Paul Cockerton, Communications Director of AQA 63336. "Whilst eternal conundrums such as 'the meaning of life', or 'why the sky is blue' continue to remain popular in 2008, the top questions on people's lips are now 'Who is The Stig - the mystery driver from Top Gear?' and 'What are the lottery numbers?'"

The top 10 questions* in 2008 have been:

1. Who is The Stig?
2. What are the lottery numbers for this week?
3. What came first, the chicken or the egg?
4. What's the meaning of life?
5. How does AQA work?
6. When is Easter?
7. What's the funniest joke in the world?
8. Can I come and work for AQA?
9. What's the third word in the English language?
10. What comes at the beginning of the end, twice in a week, once in a year but never in a day?

AQA 63336 (Any Question Answered) was the UK's first text question and answer service on a premium text number. Since launch in April 2004, AQA has grown to answering over 17,500 questions per day, and has answered over 25,000 questions on peak days. AQA 63336 has recently increased it's staffing to over 1,450 home based researchers in anticipation of a major marketing campaign designed to boost question levels to 30,000 per day by the end of the year. AQA 63336 will answer any question, within minutes, for £1.

*Answers to some of the top 10 questions can be found at www.aqa.63336.com where new customers can ask their first question for free.

Notes to Editors:

Key AQA 63336 facts:

• By February 2008, AQA 63336 has answered 11 million questions from 1.5 million customers, averaging 17,500 questions a day.

• IssueBits Ltd was formed in August 2002 to provide compelling and entertaining content for mobile phones. IssueBits launched AQA 63336 (Any Question Answered), the world's first mobile question and answer service on a premium short code, in April 2004.

• AQA 63336 has over 1,450 researchers answering questions - the majority are based in the UK with some in New Zealand and Australia to answer overnight questions.

• AQA 63336 has published two anthologies of questions and answers, the latest, called "Any Question Answered" was published just before Christmas in the UK. RRP £5.99.

• AQA has also been available in Ireland since June 2006 on shortcode 57275 for €2

For more information contact:

Donald Parish donald.parish@shinecom.com
Shine Communications Tel: +442071007100

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