n Check your dictionary: The word “scan” has two contradictory meanings. It can mean “examine carefully” as well as to “read hastily.”

n Time magazine once wired actor Cary Grant’s agent, asking “How old Cary Grant?” Grant himself replied, deliberately misinterpreting the shortened question, with “Old Cary Grant fine. How you?”

The 48 contiguous United States border on two other nations, Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Besides the U.S., how many nations border on Mexico?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

Wednesday’s answer: The motto on the first U.S. coins, pennies minted in 1787, was “Mind your business.” This was one the favorite mottoes of Benjamin Franklin, who designed the pennies.