• The figure-skating jump known as the axel is named for Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen, who was the first to perform one publicly, in 1882. He was wearing speed skates rather than figure skates.

The natives of this country call their nation “Island,” and that one-word designation appears on the country’s postage stamps. What island country calls itself “Island”?

A) Bermuda

B) Sri Lanka

C) Cuba

D) Iceland

Wednesday’s answer: The only American ever to be the governor of two different states was Sam Houston, who was elected governor of Tennessee in 1827 and governor of Texas in 1859.