n In more than a dozen of the mystery novels in the Mrs. Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown, such as “Whisker of Evil,” her pet cat Sneaky Pie Brown gets coauthor billing.
n Two chemical elements are liquids at room temperature in normal conditions. You probably learned about mercury in grade-school science class. As a public service, we now reveal the other: bromine.
The first person to win all four major American show-business awards (Oscar, Grammy, Tony, Emmy) in standard competitive categories was:
A) Richard Rodgers
B) Rita Moreno
C) Barbra Streisand
D) Alec Guinness
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