title: Question mark
context: Lynne Truss attributes an early form of the modern question mark in western language to Alcuin of  York.[2] Truss describes the punctus interrogativus of the late 8th century as, "a lightning flash, striking from right to left".[3] (The punctuation system of Aelius Donatus, current through the Early Middle Ages, used only simple dots at various heights.)
question: What is the origin of the question mark?
answers: late 8th century