A. It's all decided by the Parliamentary Boundary Commission, a government department. Regular reviews are made to ensure the constituencies contain about the same number of voters. There are four
00:00 Mon 28th May 2001 A. It's a sad tale.Thanks to James for the question. The 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh, the heroic American aviator, was found dead in woods, on 12 May 1932. On 1 March, he had been
00:00 Mon 28th May 2001Shakespeae portrait as featured in Canada's Globe and Mail, 11th May 2001A. Yes. Or rather, no - it's an old one (if it is a picture of the Bard at all). Does that make it crystal clear Q. No.
00:00 Mon 21st May 2001 A. Yes, although believers in this theory have suffered a terrible blow recently with the death of the American Charles Johnson, president of the International Flat Earth Society Q. But they
00:00 Mon 21st May 2001 Joseph Smith, Founder of the Church of Jesus and the Latter-day SaintsA. Their vest. Thanks to DOUBRIS for the question. Q. Vest A. Yup. All Mormons - members of the Church of Jesus and the
00:00 Mon 21st May 2001A. Bob Kerrey - a former senator, governor of Nebraska, and war hero - has admitted leading a disastrous mission in Vietnam in which 21 civilians were killed. Kerrey, often mentioned as a potential
00:00 Mon 14th May 2001A. To house the Great Exhibition, which opened 150 years ago on 1 May. The show was the chance for Great Britain, the Empire and its commerce to show off its greatness to the rest of the world.
00:00 Mon 14th May 2001A. Aha. You've obviously been taken in by the recommendation of soon-to-be-nicked great train robber Ronnie Biggs. Q. Oh yes. He's prepared to have his collar felt just to have a pint of bitter in
00:00 Mon 14th May 2001 A. The claims are made because neither man seems a thrusting intellectual. Both have been mocked for their inability to speak a coherent sentence. Both have been called lazy. Q. Is that it A.
00:00 Mon 07th May 2001 A. The Untouchable. Why do you ask Q. There's a reference to him in a song by Dr Dre. A. Indeed. But he's probably more famous from books, TV and a film starring Kevin Costner. Q. Tell me
00:00 Mon 07th May 2001 A. Ah! You mean the man featured in the film I Was Monty's Double. Q. Yes. That was all hogwash, wasn't it A. No. All true. The double in question was Lieut M E Clifton James. He was at his
00:00 Mon 07th May 2001 A. The question comes from modge. Comeleon answered: 'The Beeb does a couple of audio tapes. Requests the Pleasure is autobiographic and is ISBN 0563 226 064. She wrote letters and this
00:00 Mon 30th Apr 2001A. Around London there are quite a few signs, often above pubs, which read: 'Ancient Lights'. What does this mean asks peter.griff. Modge gave a comprehensive answer, but let me elucidate. Ancient
00:00 Mon 30th Apr 2001A. Interesting question from peter.griff. He writes: 'One often hears about a secret subterranean London, whose existence is known only to a handful of people. Are there really government
00:00 Mon 30th Apr 2001A. Aha. You've read the latest twist in a long saga. Arthur, King of the Britons, is often claimed by the Welsh and Scottish as their own. Some say he was Roman. Many say he never existed. But the
00:00 Fri 20th Apr 2001A. Here's the list of the key players: Tony Blair MP - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service John Prescott MP - Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State
00:00 Wed 18th Apr 2001A. Sloth asked the question and Tophat gave the answer: There is, of course, much more... Q. Go on, then. A. Stonehenge is, arguably, Britain's greatest national icon, greater than beefeaters,
00:00 Mon 23rd Apr 2001A. The question has come from Deiter, who's considering a visit. It's an ancient Roman city, south-east of Naples that was buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD. Q. And when was it founded
00:00 Mon 16th Apr 2001A. Lord Hartwell, born Michael Berry, was proprietor of The Daily Telegraph from 1954 to 1985. He died on 2 April 2001, aged 89. The short answer, to James's question, is that he failed to modernise
00:00 Mon 16th Apr 2001A. She was an American unconventional poet and journalist. Thanks to pdmsr for the question. Q. When did she live A. Born Wisconsin, 5 November, 1850, died Connecticut, 30 October, 1919. The
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