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Think of all those nifty little things you use all the time and just couldn’t live without. We tend to take these things for granted, but how long have they really been around? This week, Tidbits investigates the origins of a few of these conveniences that we use on a regular basis -- without giving any thought to where they actually came from.• Earl Tupper founded his company in 1938,promoting his new line of polyethylenecontainers with airtight seals, appropriatelynamedTupperware.Theitemswereinitiallysoldindepartmentstores,butintheearly1950s,themarketing strategy was changed to the familiar in-home“TupperwareParty.”Tupperdidn’tjustmakebowlsandcups;healsohadacontracttomake gasmask parts duringWorldWar II.Hesoldhisplasticscompanyin1958for$16million.

•Ifyouthinkwe’vealwayshadmailingenvelopes,think again. You would think that inventing this simple item would be a no-brainer, butmanufactured envelopes didn’t actually comealonguntil1845.Priortothat,folkseitherfoldedover an outside sheet to cover the contents, or folded their letter both ways and sealed it upwithwax.Thepre-gummedenvelopesweallusetodayweren’tintroduceduntiltheearly1900s.

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in the 7th century B.C. by feudal warlords. At thattime,Chinawasbrokenupintomanysmallstates, with each state having its own walls of defense, so what is now one Great Wall was originally a number of shorter walls.

• During the Qin Dynasty in the 2nd centuryB.C.,thenorthernpartofChinawasvulnerableto attack by the Mongolian and Manchu empires.TheemperorofChinaorderedthatallthe northern wall sections be joined together to createoneunifieddefensivewall.

•Workonthemonumentaltaskwascompletedafter many years of labor and at great human cost as tens of thousands of workers lost their livesintheperilousoperation.Oncethatprojectwas completed, theWall stretchedmore than3,100milesacrossChina’snorthernsection.

• The Han Dynasty followed the Qin, and thetask of extending the Wall was started again. Work continued until it had reached a length of morethan5,000miles.

• The Great Wall concept was revived againduring theMingDynasty in the14thcentury,when it was decided to extend the walls even further along the northern borders to keepmarauding nomadic tribes out.

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•Astheyearsworeon,theWallsufferederosion,was rebuilt and added on to many times. The MingDynasty,1368–1644,was the timeofthe most recent construction, bringing the Wall towhatweknowtoday.A2009investigationdetermined that the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty totals 5,500 miles. It includes 723beacontowers,7,062lookouttowersand3,357wall platforms. It’s difficult to estimate the

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5. TELEVISION: What was the theme song of the TV sitcom “Married with Children”?

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4. During the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons, the Seattle SuperSonics had three players each average 20 points per game. Name two of the three.

5. On how many U.S. Olympic teams did NHL great Mike Modano play?

6. Chaunte Lowe set an American record in 2012 in the women’s high jump at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. How high did she jump?

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3. Shaun Alexander had 41 rushing TDs (1996-99).

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the Prince of Wails?3. What did Michael Jackson, Lesley

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4. The Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions was the second name of which band?

5. Name the band that released “More Than a Feeling” and “Peace of Mind.”

6. Which singer/songwriter penned and released “Free Fallin’” and “I Won’t Back Down”?

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John Fogerty’s first band. He later formed The Golliwogs (1964), and then Creedence Clearwater Revival (1967).

2. Johnnie Ray. He was probably the first singer to incite teen fans to hysteria and crying that would later become common with groups such as the Beatles.

3. All had albums produced by Quincy Jones. Over the years, Jones has racked up a 27 Grammy wins as producer.

4. The Grateful Dead. Founded by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron McKer-nan, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann, the band had a brief initial run as The Warlocks.

5. Boston, in 1976 and 1977, respec-tively. “Feeling” was used in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

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Four high school seniors sufferingfrom “spring fever” skipped theirmorning classes and went to thebeach instead. After lunch, theyreturned to school and told their

teacher that they were late becausethey’d experienced a flat tire whilecarpooling together to the school.

Much to their relief, she smiled.“You missed a test today,” she

continued, “but you can make it upright now. Take seats apart fromone another and then get out apencil and a piece of paper.”

She waited for them to sit down,and then began. “Question One:Which tire on the car was flat?”

1. What’s the properscientific name for themoment that the springseason begins?

2. What flower istraditionally thefirst to bloom asspring

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S A L A N U NThis word means: springflowers that last one season

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“Spring is Nature’s way ofsaying ‘Let’s party!!’”

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•Wealltakeourpoliovaccinationsforgranted,but they weren’t administered for the firsttime until 1954, in the city of Pittsburgh,whereDr.JonasSalkhadbeenconductinghisexperiments.A1952polioepidemicthatkilled3,300 and paralyzed thousands inspired Dr.Salktodevelopavaccineforitscure.

• ChesterCarlson spent a good part of his lifeperfectingthecopymachine,receivingapatentin 1937.However, theworld didn’t share hisvisionofone-touchcopying,and20companies,includingIBM,rejectedhispresentationbeforeitwasfinallymarketedforthefirsttimein1959underthename“Xerox914.”By1968,Fortunemagazine ranked Carlson among the richestpeopleinAmerica.

• The 1950s brought all kinds of innovationsto themodern home.Velcro, power steering,pocket transistor radios andLegos all hit thesceneduringthisdecade.Theworld’sfirstcreditcard, theDinersClubcard,wasintroducedin1950.IssuedinNewYorkCity,itofferedcreditat27 restaurants.TheAmericanExpresscardcame along eight years later.

•Whenyoureyesbegintoage,you’llbethankfulfor one of Benjamin Franklin’s numerousinnovations. Our founding father inventedbifocaleyeglassesattheageof79.

• KemmonsWilson came upwith the idea foramotelchainafterbeingdisappointedby thepoor quality and inconsistency of roadsideinnsonafamilyroadtriptoWashington,D.C.Travelers have now had the convenience of pulling into his accomodating facilities sinceheopenedhisfirsthotelin1952inMemphis,Tennessee.The nameHoliday Innwas givento the original hotel as a joke, in reference to the1942musicalfilm“HolidayInn,”starringBing Crosby and FredAstaire. As we’re allwell aware today, the name stuck.

•Masking tape was developed by the 3MCompany,whichwasasandpaper-makingfirm,in1925.Oneofthecompany’syoungengineers,Richard Drew, was testing sandpaper at anautomobileplantandnoticedthatpainterswerehaving difficulty painting the newly populartwo-tone cars. Drew went back to 3M andimmediatelybeganworkonaproducttosolvethepainters’dilemma.Waterprooftransparent“Scotch”tapecamealongfiveyearslater,alsothecreationofRichardDrew.A3Mco-workerofDrew’s invented the tape dispenserwith abuilt-incutterbladein1932.

• Thanks to a Chicago inventor, WhitcombJudson, you can zip up your pants! Whileexperimenting in 1891 with a gadget thatwould make it easier to button and unbutton shoes,dubbedthe“ClaspLockerandUnlockerforShoes,”Judsoncameupwiththezipper.

• The fax machine has been around longerthan you think. This device that transmits a facsimileofadocumentthroughthetelephonesystem has been around since 1944. Andhow about another item you’d think has been aroundforever,theballpointpen?Itcameoutthe same year as the fax machine. Nine years later, Bic introduced their now-famous brand ofballpointpen.In1973,Bicpresenteditsnextbest-sellinggadget,thedisposablelighter.

•Twounrelated items, thevotingmachine andwaxedpaper,werebothinventedbythesameperson,ThomasEdison.Duringthe1880s,thisbrilliant individual filed for a new patent ontheaverageofeveryfivedays,equalingmorethan1,300itemsoverthecourseofhiscreativelife.Themotionpicturecameraandprojector,incandescent light bulbs and the phonographarewell-knownEdisoninventions,withlesser-known innovations being the stock ticker, dictatingmachineandelectricpen.

•What would our lives be like withoutcomputers?Although many would claim thehonorofinventingtheworld’sfirstcomputer,a 1973 American court decision officiallyawarded this achievement to Dr. John V.Atanasoff, a physics professor at Iowa State

University.AlthoughDr.Atanasoffhaddevisedhisdigitalcomputerwithamemorydrumbackin1939,hewasnotcreditedasthe“fatherofAmericancomputing”untilafteryearsofpatentlitigation.PresidentGeorgeBushconferredtheNationalMedalofScienceandTechnologyto

In 1928, Otto Rohwedder brought us the great-est thing since sliced bread -- a machine that not only sliced the bread, but wrapped it as well! You can see his original bread-slicing machine at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

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RCA debuted thefirst color television, retailing for$1,000, in April of 1954. However,it wasn’t a big hit at the time since most network programming was still in black and white. Color TV didn’t become popular until the mid-1960s, when about 75 percent of network prime- time programs could be broadcast in color.

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• In 2009, an additional 290 km (180 mi) ofpreviouslyundetectedportionsofthewall,builtduring the Ming Dynasty, were discovered.The newly discovered sections range from the Hushan mountains in the northern Liaoningprovince, to Jiayuguan in western Gansuprovince.Thesectionshadbeenhiddenunderthe surface over time by numerous sandstorms, which often ravage the arid region.

• ItisestimatedthatmorethanamillionworkersperishedduringthevariousstagesofoftheGreatWall construction, earning it the nickname of “the longest cemetery on Earth.” Laborersincluded peasants, unemployed intellectuals,disgraced noblemen, guards and convicts. The workwasdifficultandtreacherous,anddailycasualtieswerecommonplace.

• TheWall’sprimarypurposehasalwaysbeentodefendtheChineseEmpire.Thelastbattlefoughtalongtheedificewasin1938duringtheSino-JapaneseWar between the Republic ofChinaandtheEmpireofJapan.Bulletmarksfrom the battle can be seen along the Wall’s length.

• Portionsof theWallbeganadmitting touristsin1955,withthefinalsectionopeningtothepublic in 1957. Both sightseers and erosionpose a serious threat to the Wall, and it isconsidered one of the world’s most endangered

monuments. With millions of visitors annually and tourists helping themselves to souvenirbricks, the Wall actually becomes a little shorter each day.

• It has been said that the enormous length ofthe Great Wall makes it visible from the moon. However, that belief has been debunked byNASA astronauts, includingApollo 11’sNeilArmstrong, who claims they were unable to see the Great Wall or any other man made object, even from relatively low level earth orbit. But whether visible from space or not, the GreatWall remains as one of the greatest, centuries-longprojectseverundertakenbymankind.■

● It was beloved American humorist Will Rogers who made the following sage ob-servation: “You can’t say civilization don’t advance, for in every war they kill you a new way.”

● Elkhart, Ind., has the dubious distinction of being the RV capital of the world.

● According to a survey by the maga-zine Vegetarian Times, if you’re a vegetar-ian, you have 3 percent of the U.S. popu-lation for company. Only half of 1 percent of Americans are vegans, consuming no animal products at all, while 10 percent say they follow a “vegetarian-inclined” diet.

● The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 let-ters.

● In 1743 one Dr. John Cohausen wrote a book called “Hermippus Redivivus,” in which he described how anyone could live to the ripe old age of 115 -- a particularly im-pressive feat in the 18th century. His recipe for a long life involved burning gum olibani, styrae, myrrh and a variety of herbs, then inhaling the fumes, while at the same time “imbibing the exhalations of the nearest little girl.”

● According to the law in the town of Chester, England, if you catch a Welshman within the city walls after the sun has gone down, you may shoot him with a longbow.

● Those who study such things say that the asteroids are so rich in minerals that one cubic kilometer of one of these heav-enly bodies would provide the materials to make enough steel to supply the world’s in-dustry for more than a decade, with more than a century’s worth of nickel, to boot.

● The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “Go.”

● If you’re like half of all Americans, you live within 50 miles of your childhood home. *** Thought for the Day: “If you live to the age of a hundred, you’ve got it made, be-cause very few people die past the age of a hundred.” -- George Burns

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delivered by friends, traveling merchants or Native Americans who served as couriers. A servicebetweenEnglandanditscolonieswasdevelopedin1639,andaBostontavernbecamethefirstpostofficeletterdropforoverseasmail.

• The early colonies instituted their ownmonthlypostal routebetweenNewYorkCityandBostonononeofthefewprimitivetravelroutes between the two cities. Known as theOldBostonPostRoad,thatsamerouteisnowpartofU.S.Route1,andisstillreferredtobyNewEnglandlocalsasthePostRoad.

• Pennsylvania’s founder William Pennestablishedthatarea’sfirstpostofficein1683.In 1737, 31-year-old Benjamin Franklin, alocalprinterandpublisherofthePennsylvaniaGazette, was appointed as postmaster ofPhiladelphia.Thirty-eightyearslater,Franklinbecame the nation’s first PostmasterGeneral,andwaspaid$1,000ayearfortheposition.

•America’sfirstpostagestampswere issued inJulyof1847,withtwovarietiesavailable.Thefive-cent stamp, good for any distance under300miles, featured the likeness of BenjaminFranklin, while the ten-cent denomination,for further distances, honored that of George Washington. Although these early stampswerepre-gummed, theyhad tobe cut fromasheet with scissors. Washington’s likeness has appeared on more U.S. postage stamps thanthatofanyotherperson.

•By1851,theefficiencyofthePostOfficehadimproved somuch thatCongresswas able toreducethecommonpostalrate to threecents,where it remained unchanged for the next thirty years.

•Today, approximately 563 million pieces ofmailareprocessedintheU.S.everyday.That’sabout23millionpieceseachhour,391,000perminute,andover6,500piecespersecond!

• The Post Office operates more than 215,000vehicles, making it the largest civilian fleetin the world. These vehicles drive over 4million miles each day. Each time the priceof gas increases by just one penny, there isan increaseof$1million in costs to thePostOffice.However,noteverymailcarrierdrivesa vehicle –— about 8,800 deliver the mailstrictly on foot and have earned the nickname

“TheFleetofFeet.”• In the early 1960s, with the volume of mailincreasing dramatically, the Post Officebegan working on a coding system to enable faster processing. It was dubbed the ZoningImprovement Plan, or ZIP, for short.A five-digit code was assigned to every address across the nation, with the first number designatingthegeographicalareaandthesecondtwodigitsidentifying a regional center. The last two signifiedthepostofficenumber.TheZIPCodesystem went into effect in July 1963. Todaytherearemorethan42,000codesnationwide.

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the far West, with the nation’s highest ZIPcodeof99950 inKetchikan,Alaska.GeneralElectric inSchenectady,NewYork, has beenassignedtheeasiesttoremember,12345.

•Lastyear,nearly5,700postalemployeeswereattackedbyhouseholdpoochesprotectingtheirturf, costing the Postal Service close to $1.2million inmedicalexpenses.Houston,Texas,holds title as the leader in the number of dog attacks on mail carriers.

•Thenation’ssmallestpostofficecanbefoundinOchopee,Florida,measuringjust61.3squarefeet. New York City is home to the largest facility, with 393,000 square feet. Hinsdale,NewHampshire’s post office has been in itscurrent location longer than any other -- a total of195years!■

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Gillian (Anderson, “Scully”) and David (Duchovny, “Mulder”), it was reverse too, because David was a skeptic and Gillian was a believer.” ***

Q: I was thrilled to see William Bald-win on “30 Rock,” portraying the actor who played Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin’s charac-ter) in the movie about Jack and Avery’s life together. What has William been up to lately? -- Gennifer F., via e-mail

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Money Secrets Destroy Trust Money secrets destroy trust. It’s not what you’re thinking, although being sexually unfaithful to your spouse could certainly create one industrial-strength barrier to financial harmony in a relation-ship. I’m talking about financial infidelity, which is the subject of many letters I receive. “Is there any hope for my situation? I have run up more than $75,000 of unsecured debt. My husband doesn’t know, and I will never be able to tell him. It takes my entire paycheck just to make the payments on this debt. What can I do? I don’t want to file bankruptcy, but I’m beginning to think that’s my only way out. Please help me.” While not all financial infidelity is as serious as $75,000 of secret debt, money secrets between partners can grow into barriers of serious propor-tion. Money secrets destroy trust.

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can claim spousal benefits later when your husband or wife signs up for Social Security. And you will get whatever spousal rate you are due based on your age at the time (e.g., 50 percent at age 66; about 40 per-cent at age 64, etc.). But the reduction you took on your own Social Security record will still impact your overall benefits. Here is a simple example of how that works. Becky files for her own retirement benefits at 62. Her full (age 66) rate is $1,000, but she is getting $750 per month in reduced retirement benefits. Her husband, Tom, is also 62, but he does not plan to file for Social Security until age 66. When he turns 66, he starts getting $2,400 in full retirement payments. At that point, Becky can file for wife’s benefits. To figure her rate, the Social Security Administration will take her full age 66 benefit, or $1,000, and subtract that from one-half of Tom’s full benefit, or $1,200. So, $1,200 minus $1,000 leaves $200. That $200 would be added to Becky’s reduced retirement benefit of $750, giving her total benefits of $950 per month. And please note: the “unrestricted applica-tion rule” does NOT apply to widows and widowers. For example, a woman can take reduced widow’s benefits as early as age 60, and then at age 66, switch to full retirement benefits on her own Social Security account. Or, she can wait until age 70 and get full benefits plus a 32 percent “delayed retirement bo-nus.” Also, the “unrestricted application rule” does not apply if you wait until 66 or later to file for Social Security. For example, if you are 66, you could ap-ply for spousal benefits on your husband or wife’s account, and then at age 70, file for your own retire-ment benefits and get your full rate plus that 32 per-cent bonus mentioned above. So now: back to my new fact sheet. There is no question I am asked more often than this one: “When should I start my Social Security?” Another version of that question goes like this: “Should I take my Social Security at 62 ... or wait until age 66 or even age 70?” As I’ve pointed out so many times in this column, that is almost an impossible question to an-swer because there are so many potential variables. And the biggest variable of all is your life expectancy. I could give you a very good answer to that ques-tion if you could give me an answer to this question: “Exactly when are you going to die?” And because no one really knows the answer to that question, no one really knows when it would be the best time to start

one’s Social Security benefits. And some of the many other variables in-clude your anticipated earnings (if you are under age 66, an earnings penalty can reduce your Social Security benefit payments) and, as discussed in the first half of this column, your potential eligibility for benefits on a spouse’s Social Security record. To help readers decide when to take their Social Security benefits, I’ve written this new fact sheet. It discusses all the variables. It explains the earnings penalty rules; it clarifies benefits you might be due as a spouse; and it offers several strategies for “maximizing” your Social Security benefits. As always, I make these fact sheets available free of charge to my readers. If you want a copy, sim-ply send an email to me at [email protected]. Because I’ve written so many fact sheets, please specify that you want the new one titled, “When to take your Social Security benefits.”

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Whooping Cough Makes an Unwelcome Return DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband has had a cough that seems to have lasted for-ever. He saw several doctors. Each gave him a different diagnosis and different treatment. None worked. The last doctor believed he had whooping cough and tested him for it. He did have it. The doctor said the cough would go away. He put him on antibiotics, but he said they wouldn’t shorten the cough. Why did he give them to him? Isn’t whooping cough a thing of the past, and wasn’t it a children’s disease? -- K.P.

ANSWER: Whooping cough -- pertussis is the medical name -- used to be a frequent childhood illness. It is highly communicable, and in some in-fants, it proves to be fatal. The vaccine practically eliminated it. Adults get it, too, even if they were vaccinated in childhood. The vaccine loses its power in five to 10 years. Booster shots are necessary to shield people from the bacterium that causes the ill-ness. The typical course of whooping cough in a youngster consists of a week where the child ap-pears to have cold symptoms. Then the child experi-ences explosions of a hacking cough that can be so violent that the child vomits after coughing. When the cough calms and the child takes a deep breath in, a high-pitched whooping sound is heard. The cough disappears gradually in a month. When treated early with the antibiotics erythromycin or azithromycin, the course of the infection is shortened. Adult whooping cough is different. No whooping sounds are made. Adults cough and cough, and may do so for months. They are usually seen far too late for antibiotics to do any good. How-ever, the antibiotics are prescribed to stop the spread of the whooping cough bacterium. Whooping cough is making a resurgence and spreading across the country. Some infants have died from it. One reason is that many parents have opted to not have their children immunized out of

fear of vaccine complications. Vaccines have been one of medicine’s greatest achievement in preven-tion of diseases. Fear of them is unsound and dan-gerous. *** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: On seven occa-sions, I have had severe pain in my right big toe. It hurts so bad that I feel like going to the emergency room, but I feel stupid about going for toe pain. My uncle has gout and diabetes. Can you have gout without having diabetes? What should I do? -- J.P.

ANSWER: At your next attack, you should go to a doctor immediately. You can have gout with-out having diabetes. They’re not related. The pain of gout is severe. You are not the least bit stupid for seeking relief from it. The attacks you have sound like gout. You’ve had seven attacks; you’re likely to have more. You can obtain effective medicine to stop them. The pamphlet on gout explains what gout is and how it is treated. To obtain a copy, write: Dr. Donohue -- No. 302W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 3283-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for deliv-ery.

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A: In today's fast-paced business world, many companies, especially retail businesses, are over-worked and understaffed with the goal of keeping their overhead costs down. While an automated call center may save them operating expense, it costs them in terms of customer-friendly public relations. If you do connect with a live person, chances are they are one of those overworked employees, and it might show in their manners and tone. However, that does not excuse poor customer service practices. To initiate a complaint, write out your problem and what you feel is a fair solution. This will organize your thoughts and speed up the process. Unhappy customers are often in a foul mood when they first call, so try to remain calm and be as polite as possible. You will stand a better chance of having the Customer Service Rep respond in a like manner. Few CSRs have decision-making power. If, after you have explained your problem and the CSR does not present a satisfactory solution, politely ask to speak to his or her supervisor. You may have to start your explanation again at square one, but be polite and keep your composure. You may also have to keep climbing the management ladder until your matter gets resolved. Fortunately, especially in the case of retail stores, their policy is to resolve a customer complaint as fairly and as quickly as possible. They realize that solving complaints will minimize unhappy experiences and retain their valued customers. Just “keeping your cool” will do a lot more good for you than losing it.

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•DoyourunfasterinyourNikes?Noonedid,prior to 1972. That’s the year the companyintroduceditsfirstrunningshoes,namedafterthe Greek goddess of victory. The companywasoriginallynamedBlueRibbonSports,andremained so until the name change to Nike in 1978.

• Listerine wasn’t named after its inventor,Dr. Joseph Lawrence, but rather after theacclaimedBritishsurgeon,Dr.JosephLister,apioneerinestablishingsanitaryoperatingroomprocedures. When Lawrence originated theformulain1879inhisSt.Louislaboratory,heintended the concoction to be used strictly in themedicalprofessionasasurgicalantiseptic.Itwasn’tofferedtothepublicuntil1914whenit was marketed as the first over-the-countermouthwash.

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7. ADVERTISEMENTS: What product did the first television adver-tisement feature?

8. HISTORY: Aside from Rome, where did the popes of the Catholic Church reside for a brief period in the Middle Ages?

9. PERSONALITIES: What actor got his start as a circus performer?

10. FAMOUS QUOTES: Who once said, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”?

Answers1. Edgar Degas2. Throat3. A bat4. Rhode Island5. “Love and Marriage” by Frank

Sinatra6. Jack Nicholson7. Bulova watches8. Avignon, France9. Pierce Brosnan10. President Harry Truman


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3. In the 2010 season, Mark Ingram became the Alabama Crimson Tide’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns (42). Who had held the mark?

4. During the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons, the Seattle SuperSonics had three players each average 20 points per game. Name two of the three.

5. On how many U.S. Olympic teams did NHL great Mike Modano play?

6. Chaunte Lowe set an American record in 2012 in the women’s high jump at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. How high did she jump?

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4. The Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions was the second name of which band?

5. Name the band that released “More Than a Feeling” and “Peace of Mind.”

6. Which singer/songwriter penned and released “Free Fallin’” and “I Won’t Back Down”?

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John Fogerty’s first band. He later formed The Golliwogs (1964), and then Creedence Clearwater Revival (1967).

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3. All had albums produced by Quincy Jones. Over the years, Jones has racked up a 27 Grammy wins as producer.

4. The Grateful Dead. Founded by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron McKer-nan, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann, the band had a brief initial run as The Warlocks.

5. Boston, in 1976 and 1977, respec-tively. “Feeling” was used in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

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