335. Bucklestrapping?

In 1912, Tokuji Hayakawa founded a metal workshop in Tokyo and innovated the first of his many inventions: a snap buckle named 'Tokubijo'.

Couple of years later he came up another invention, a mechanical pencil – which became a best seller – and ended up lending its name to that of the Company.

Which one?

334. Herbacious?

Which herb, whose name literally approximates to “mountain hollyhock”, now mostly available in paste or powdered form and forming a vital component of a particular cuisine, is best ingested post grating it with a grater made of sharkskin?

333. What's Wrong?

Photo: Oravanh Thammasen

What is so odd about the traffic lights at Tipperary Hill, Syracuse, NY? Explain.

332. Sudoku anyone?

Easy one. What is the following format of Sudoku called?

331. The name of the rose

In 1893, a clipping from a rose tree was transplanted from near a grave in Nishapur in Iran to another grave in Boulge, Suffolk.

So what is the name of this rose?

330. Wot, No Coffee?

At Cambridge University, a coffee dispenser used to be kept in a corridor just beside the Trojan Room and people from all over the building used to come and consume coffee at that point. The Trojan room housed the notorious Computer Science Hackers who used to guzzle coffee like there's no tomorrow and so most of the time the other people had to return back disappointed from the dispensing machine after having walked an exhausting floor or two. To put the other guys out of their discomfort, what innovation/first did the Trojan Room inmates come up with in 1991, thereby giving rise to a widespread internet phenomenon today??

329. In memory of Alexis Helmer......

What was written in the form of a French rondeau by John McCrae after he witnessed the death of his friend Alexis Helmer, only 22 years old, the day before in 1915?