A few random quandaries

1. How the hell did oak tag get its name?

2.  Why is it a travesty to chop down a two hundred year old tree, but you can hack down a ten year old tree without batting an eye? 

3. Why doesn't Jesus ever appears Middle Eastern in any of the historical or religious images that I see of him?  At best he appears well-tanned.  Like a hippy from Boca Raton.  He was Middle Eastern. 

Right?