QUESTIONS

Q : Why did the pirate Blackbeard fly a flag depicting a skeleton with a spear piercing a bleeding heart?

Ian Cash, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Q : What was the first description of a practical joke?

Mrs H. J. C. Giles, Hayes, Middlesex.

Q : Were there any female directors of note in the early days of cinema?

Joanne Bailey, Swynnerton, Staffs.