• In the Russian language, the words for “world” and “peace” are both “mir,” spelled and pronounced the same. Not to any Russian speakers out there, please let us know if “world peace” is “mir mir.”

• Bob McGrath, who has portrayed music teacher Bob on “Sesame Street” for more than 30 years, was a tenor soloist on the TV series “Sing Along With Mitch” in the 1960s.

JVC is the Japanese consumer electronics company that invented the VHS video recorder format. What does the “V” in JVC stand for?

A) Victor

B) Video

C) Valuable

D) Voice

Thursday’s answer: The highest-paid baseball player on the Forbes list of highest-paid athletes, Alex Rodriguez, ranks only ninth among athletes overall.