• Immediately after the July 30, 1965, ceremony in which President Johnson signed the Medicare program into law, Johnson enrolled former President Harry Truman as the first Medicare beneficiary.

• Missing dots: Next time you’re in the supermarket, take a good look at a Dr Pepper bottle (no period after “Dr”) and a box of S.O.S soap pads (no period after the 2nd “S”).

All of these countries are located, in part, north of the Arctic Circle, except:

A) Iceland

B) United States

C) Finland

D) Russia

Answer on Monday

Friday’s answer: SPEBSQSA is short for the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America.