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Notes and queries

The long-running Guardian series that invites readers to send in questions and answers on everything from trivial flights of fancy to the most profound concepts. Email your questions and answers to nq@theguardian.com

28 July 2024

  • The front window of a music shop, showing instruments including guitars, drums, a saxaphone and a recorder

    Which musical instrument is the easiest to learn?

  • MasterCard, Visa and Maestro bank cards lined up

    Readers reply: Why do Visa and Mastercard advertise to consumers?

21 July 2024

  • The Mastercard logo on a plastic sun lounger on a beach in Batumi, Georgia

    Why do Visa and Mastercard advertise to consumers?

  • A young woman standing outdoors, arm in arm with an elderly woman. They are looking at each other and laughing

    Readers reply: is it true that British people get nicer the farther north you go?

14 July 2024

  • A young man linking arms with an elderly man and carrying his shopping

    Is it true that British people get nicer the farther north you go?

  • Woman getting her hair washed at a salon

    Readers reply: should I be taking longer to wash my hair? My hairdresser seems to think so

7 July 2024

  • Young woman having her hair washed in a salon

    Should I be taking longer to wash my hair? My hairdresser seems to think so

  • Female mouth with tongue piercing

    Readers reply: If you have a big tongue, do you have more taste buds?

30 June 2024

  • A woman’s tongue and lips covered in sugar sprinkles

    If you have a big tongue, do you have more taste buds?

  • Three push pins on a month calendar

    Readers reply: why does a week have seven days?

23 June 2024

  • The days of the week on a signpost against a blue-sky background

    Why does a week have seven days?

  • Confused young woman in a mustard vest against a blue background

    Readers reply: why is it easier to remember that I’ve forgotten something than to remember what I’ve forgotten?

16 June 2024

  • Man with a pensive look on his face

    Why is it easier to remember that I’ve forgotten something than to remember what I’ve forgotten?

  • The Eiffel Tower bearing the Olympic rings for the Paris 2024 Games

    Readers reply: what are the best examples of genuine irony?

9 June 2024

  • Alanis Morissette performing circa 1995

    What are the best examples of genuine irony?

  • Couple whispering together and smiling

    Readers reply: which language is the most beautiful?

2 June 2024

  • Closeup of a woman whispering into another woman's ear

    Which language is the most beautiful?

  • Joe Cornelius as Trog in the 1970 film of the same name

    Readers reply: why do neanderthals have such a bad reputation?

26 May 2024

  • A photographer takes pictures of a reconstruction of a neanderthal man at the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany, in 2004

    Why do neanderthals have such a bad reputation?

  • A man standing at the shore of a mountain lake, looking across it

    Readers reply: why are bodies of water so calming?

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