• Actor Samuel L. Jackson, star of the recent films “Coach Carter” and “Star Wars Episode III,” worked as a stand-in for Bill Cosby on the sitcom “The Cosby Show.”

Although the Kurt Weill tune “Mack the Knife” is most associated with singer Bobby Darin, what legendary singer reached the Billboard Top 40 with the tune in 1956, three years before Darin?

A) Elvis Presley

B) Louis Armstrong

C) Frank Sinatra

D) Bing Crosby

Thursday’s answer: Darley Arabian was a stallion brought to England from Syria in 1704. Over 95 percent of today’s thoroughbred horses are descended from him.