The question (ABC Radio National, this morning): who invented the telescope? Julius (aged 4), first guess: "John Hawke". (This is a name he has been coming out with lately; it may or may not be an amalgam of John Howard and Bob Hawke. Imagine that (as Vince Noir might say).) Julius, second guess: "Colin from daddy's work". Colin is the second-in-charge security guard at work. He doesn't quite come across as someone capable of changing the course of history, but he is a very nice chap, and you never know ...