QUESTIONS

Q : Was there a fashion during the Victorian era for dressing boys as girls until they were five years old? Nancie Rutherford, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Q : The Guinness Book Of Records once proclaimed Towser, a cat at the Glenturret distillery, as the world’s greatest mouser. How did they determine this? C. Carrington, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks.

Q : What is the fastest growing plant? Olivia Hazel, Spennymoor, Co. Durham.