Answers (periodical)

Its content was similar to and inspired by Tit-Bits (which carried a section called 'Answers to Correspondents'),[2][3] a popular British weekly founded in 1881 which appealed to a wide audience of newly literate Britons.

', 'How to Cure Freckles', 'Why Jews Don't Ride Bicycles', 'How Madmen Write', 'What the Queen Eats', and 'Can Insects Feel Pain?'.

[2] Answers included serialized fiction, which Northcliffe was said to sometimes rewrite himself to ensure that each part ended on a cliffhanger with the line "To be continued".

[2] Answers failed to turn a profit during its initial months of publication, but Northcliffe was able to effectively increase the paper's circulation by the use of a variety of promotional gimmicks.

Northcliffe required each entry to bear the signatures of five witnesses as a way to further increase the number of people exposed to Answers' brand.