98. Why do some words rhyme? With Giles Andreae. Why do we have lips? Why do fish have scales?

On this award-winning show Molly Oldfield, the original QI elf, Guardian kids' quiz compiler and writer (of four books), answers questions sent in by children around the world.

This week, we’re continuing our new season of Everything Under the Sun with a wonderful episode featuring author Giles Andreae. Giles answers a question sent in by Gabriel about why words rhyme, offering us lots of knowledge about why words sound how they do, and what exactly makes different sounds rhyme! 

And Molly answers two more curious questions from our listeners: ‘why do fish have scales?’ and ‘why do humans have lips?’

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