n Cartoonist Rube Goldberg, remembered today for his drawings of wildly impractical machines, became a newspaper political cartoonist (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize) after his funnies career.

An article in a recent issue of Consumer Reports cited America’s hardest-to-open packages, including CDs and medicine-pill blister packs. The magazine’s “Awards” for these packages are called:

A) The Houdinis

B) The Oysters

C) The Vises

D) The Jimmys

Wednesday’s answer: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper received a master’s degree in economics from the University of Calgary.


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