Librarians pitted against Google

The Guardian has posted this little exercise, comparing the time it takes to answer certain questions using Google, the phone or a library (but not the helpful advice of a librarian who may have helped improve the library’s times no end).

It reminded me of those reference question tests I did at library school. The memories of failed reference questions meant that I was thinking “why didn’t he go straight for the Whitaker’s Almanack?” on question 4.