Is there an essence of being Canadian?
You flow from a maple tree.
Edward Black, Church Point, NSW, Australia
• Parfum de Canada goose paté de foie gras marinated in Canadian Club whiskey.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• Pierre Berton, a Canadian writer, suggested that a true Canadian is “someone who knows how to make love in a canoe without tipping it”.
Ursula Nixon, Bodalla, NSW, Australia
• Yes, it’s the understanding that we are not the only Americans.
Terence Rowell, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
• It’s knowing that life at the top of the Americas is a real dream.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
• We strive to be mostly harmless: unarmed Americans with healthcare.
Donna Samoyloff, Toronto, Canada
• Eh?
Peter Ansley, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Where did I put that broom?
Which way does the cookie usually crumble?
It crumbles mouth-first.
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya
• Via an accumulation of bytes.
Charlie Bamforth, Davis, California, US
• Same way biscuits do: almost always vertically downwards.
Adrian Cooper, Queens Park, NSW, Australia
• In my experience, always on a floor that has been recently swept or vacuumed.
Margaret Wilkes, Perth, Western Australia
Mating is often a royal affair
If you could be the Queen for one day, what would you do differently?
If I were Queen for a day, I would, if I had the power, stop all British arms sales. I would then authorise the divestment of half of my income and property, the money raised to fund a vastly increased renewable-energy sector, gainful employment for the arms dealers and affordable passive solar housing for refugees and poor British residents.
Do you think I could I have another day?
Gaynor McGrath, Armidale, NSW, Australia
• I would pay a visit to my eldest son’s organic farm and pronounce it wonderful.
Bernadette Duncan, Hausen, Germany
• I would alter the rules of chess. As things stand, only the king can be mated.
Harvey Mitchell, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
• I’d apply for post-Brexit asylum in Germany, on grounds of ethnicity.
Hartmann Doerry, Tübingen, Germany
They have an open invitation
Why don’t flies and wasps stay outdoors?
Because we leave doors and windows open.
Joan Dawson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• They only respond to waspish signs to keep out.
Stuart Williams, Kampala, Uganda
• Because you built your house in part of their primordial space and they are expressing their nature-given rights to bug you about it.
Anthony Walter, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
• For the same reason that we live indoors. Baby, it’s cold outside!
John Pemberton, Golden Bay, New Zealand
Any answers?
Which war gave us the best songs?
R M Fransson, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, US
When is a cake a cake, and when can it be considered a biscuit?
Neil Willis, London, UK
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