QUESTIONS

Q : Does anyone know the name of a short film from the Sixties where aliens observe life on Earth and describe ‘motor-vehicle’ people who leave their homes every morning in procession and make loud noises as they slowly travel to work, repeating the process later in the day? David Rowe-Lister, Merstham, Surrey.

Q : Where does the expression ‘throw your hat in the ring’ come from?

M. Springer, Reading, Berks.

Q : Were the students of Pythagoras banned from eating beans?

Mrs F. Leslie, Southampton.