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HERE, at the AnswerBank, we see a wide range of history & myths questions, from the puzzling and fascinating to the frankly unbelievable. Here's a selection of the best and worst:

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Where did the Duke of Devonshire originate from Asked DCW. Well not from Devonshire, for a start. No such county. We're still waiting for an answer on that one. If you think you know, post here.

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For its simplicity, we liked: Samuel Colt - Did he invent the revolver Answer: yes. Keep 'em coming, JackieC.

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Redhillmum asked about a kids' game from the 1970s. 'There was a maze game ie, two plastic trays (one red, one blue) with a cable running from each to a tower with two lights on it,' she writes.

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No-one else can recall that one, so far. If you can help click here.

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Leaverr wanted to know where that celebrated spud-importer committed his famous piece of Elizabethan chivalry: 'Where did Walter Raleigh lay down his cloak so that Elizabeth I would not get muddy feet '

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Sneakers jumped in with: 'Deptford Creek - a busy shipping area of London.' Did you know that Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a pub right near this same spot

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Yes we did, Sneakers. We saw Shakespeare In Love, too.

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The silliest, but most precise is a query from kwfkwf (that's a pretty name, how do you pronounce it ) about the Gunpowder Plot. 'How many barrels of gunpowder did Guy Fawkes pile under the Houses of Parliament in his attempt to blow it up '

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25 reckoned nomad. None, said Lord Panda Mon, explaining: 'The powder had been stored for so long that the constituent parts had separated and would not have exploded any way.' The original damp squib, then.

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Our favourite so far is willpower's intriguing poser about the famed spinning toy on a string, or Yo-Yo, to give them their trade name: Why were Yo-Yos banned in Damascus in 1933 We are still waiting for an answer. If you can help click here.