This is a question from "Google Answers", a website that ran from 2002 through 2006. People were paid a small amount (usually; occasionally the amount would be

This is a question from "Google Answers", a website that ran from 2002 through 2006. People were paid a small amount (usually; occasionally the amount would be reasonable) to do research (usually on the internet) and answer arbitrary questions. In general, the quality of the answers was very high.