
A compilation of The Guardian's cult column Notes and Queries, which is a forum for the informed reader to attempt to answer questions which have puzzled other readers. The questions range from the profound to the idiotic and include such imponderables as: Who composed Happy...

The third volume of the original annual bestseller based on The Guardian's Monday column Watch Out for Poor Imitations. Was there really an increase in the number of babies born nine months after the 1965 New York power failure? Why is white chocolate called chocolate and why...