Japanese origami started after Buddhist monks brought paper to the country in the sixth century. But when was the first known Japanese book on origami published?

In 2004 a group of 60 young people in Heiligenstadt, Germany folded a giant origami caterpillar. They used 25,000 sheets of paper, but how long was the finished model?

To date, the world’s smallest paper crane is one made by Assistant Professor Watanabe at Nigata University, Japan. What size was the square of paper he started with?

What is this fold called?

What symbolic origami item does Harrison Ford’s Deckard discover at the end of Blade Runner?

Ryujin 3.5 model by Satoshi Kamiya, photo by Flickr user Takeda Kotalra (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Here’s a side view of ‘Ryujin 3.5’, a stupefyingly complex dragon model designed by modern master Satoshi Kamiya. Roughly how many scales does it have?

According to Japanese legend, folding what will grant you a wish?

Which of the following saucy designs are not featured in Master Sugoi’s book Pornogami?

The magician and author Robert Harbin did much to popularise origami in the UK between the 1950s and 70s. But who provided illustrations for his book Paper Magic?

Finally, if an origami purist tells you that your folded creation is actually kirigami, what have you done?