16 JANUARY 1988, Page 25

Pooh's who

Sir: My family detected two confusions of identity in attempting to solve your Christ- mas Quiz. It was not Dominic McGlinchey but his wife, Mary, who was shot dead last year. On the other hand, Pooh himself rather than Owl lived under the name of Sanders. What does this tell us about the mind that set the quiz? It reminds me of Warden Spooner's enquiry when trying to place an acquaintance. 'Was it you or your brother who was killed in the war?'

Tom Castro

2 Old Harpenden Road, St Alban's, Hertfordshire