I almost gave this book 4 stars. Almost. But the title translation ticked me off so much, it lost a star for that reason alone.
In english, the book is titled “Do you think you’re clever?”, a very neutral tone if I’ve ever seen one. However, in the Romanian version, the title sounds something along the lines of “Wow, glad to hear you’re the smart one...”. And while this may be just some psychological marketing gimmick on behalf of the local publisher, it is in very poor taste.
It is almost clickbait with a title like that. Because upon starting to read, you soon realize that it’s nowhere near as aggressive as it presented itself.
Sure, the author claimed to want to “make people think outside the box by giving outside the box answers to Cambridge and Oxford questions, ranging through all the domains”. But all he did was answer the questions as anyone with the internet at their fingertips would. He created a bit of a discussion in some cases, where the vague question allowed so. But other than that, the questions, although vague, were restricted by the domain they came from, within which you are required to stay in.
All in all, it would be just mean of me to give it less than 3 stars, because while it failed to deliver what it promised, I did learn some information from this book.