diff --git a/scripts/get_answered_questions.py b/scripts/get_answered_questions.py
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+"""
+Usage:
+
+$ python scripts/get_answered_questions.py
+
+Writes the number of answered questions to STDOUT
+
+"""
+
+
+import pathlib
+from sys import stdout
+
+p = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.joinpath('README.md')
+
+with open(p, 'rb') as f:
+    file_list = [line.rstrip() for line in f.readlines()]
+
+
+def get_question_list(file_list) -> list:
+
+    questions_list = []
+    temp = []
+    after_summary_tag = False
+
+    for line in file_list:
+        if line.startswith(b'<details>'):
+            temp.append(line)
+            after_summary_tag = True
+
+        elif after_summary_tag and line != b'' and b'</details>' not in line:
+            temp.append(line)
+
+        elif after_summary_tag and b'</details>' in line:
+            temp.append(line)
+            after_summary_tag = False
+
+            questions_list.append(temp)
+            temp = []
+
+    return questions_list
+
+
+def get_answered_questions(question_list) -> int:
+    c = 0
+    for q in question_list:
+        index = 0
+        for i in q:
+            if b'</summary>' in i:
+                index = q.index(i)
+        if q[index+1: len(q) - 1]:
+            c += 1
+    return c
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    question_list = get_question_list(file_list)
+    n_answers = get_answered_questions(question_list)
+    stdout.write(str(n_answers))