QUESTIONS

Q: Why did the German military and civilian award, Pour le Merite, have a French name? Is it made of gold?

Glyn Owen, Cardiff.

Q: What is the origin of the phrase ‘clutching at straws’?

K. Steerman, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Q: Was The Beatles’ road manager Mal Evans killed in a shooting incident in the Seventies?

Steven Davis, Sheffield.