QUESTIONS

Q : Was Jim Crow (after whom U.S. racial segregation laws were named) a real person? Mrs S. Barnes, Kenilworth, Warks. Q : Was the word ‘quiz’ coined to satisfy a bet? Paul Edmundsen, Holbeach, Lincs. Q : Who discovered the cure for leprosy? How common is the disease today? Ian J. Watson, Barnstaple, Devon.