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It feels like a life hack being a science journalist, which is what I trained in.

Is it really true that you Googled it to see if it was a job?

Yeah.

Science journalist.

That's 100% what happened.

I thought I was like inventing a term.

I did happen to look at the Google history of friends.

I was looking at photos on her kids' phone and I did see in their Google history that they've been Googling

cake taster as a potential job.

That must be a job. I think I have like vaguely some uncle who was a cheese taster for like cheese contests.

Yeah, you see, that sounds like a gig to me.

Right?

Yeah.

Hello, I'm Minnie Driver and welcome to Mini Questions.

I've always loved Proust questionnaire.

It was originally an 18th century parour game meant to reveal an individual's

true nature. But with so many questions, there wasn't really an opportunity to expand on anything.

So I took the format of Proust's questionnaire and adapted what I think are seven of the most

important questions you could ever ask someone. They are, When and where were you happiest? What is the

quality you like least about yourself? What relationship, real or fictionalised, defines love for you?

What question would you most like answered? What person, place or experience has shaped you the most? What would be your last meal?

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