n Pencils were sharpened with knives before pencil sharpeners were invented. Certain types of pencils, such as the flat carpenter’s pencil, won’t fit in standard sharpeners and are still sharpened with knives.

Since its U.S. debut on PBS in 1997, the most valuable item ever featured on a broadcast of “Antiques Roadshow” was a:

A) Blanket

B) Book manuscript

C) Foreign coin

D) Diamond necklace

Wednesday’s answer: Actor Miguel Ferrer’s mother was singer Rosemary Clooney.