n Arithmetically correct: There are 12 letters in the hyphenated word “twelve-letter,” and 14 letters in “fourteen-letter.” These are the only two numbers with this unusual property.
n In any particular calendar year, no month will ever start on the same day of the week as June. We don’t know why, but you can verify it yourself using an almanac’s perpetual calendar.
The otherwise-forgettable 1964 Connie Francis film “Looking for Love” is notable in trivia history because it features:
A) Future “Star Trek” stars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
B) Film debut of Melanie Griffith
C) TV host Johnny Carson’s only film appearance
D) A script by future director Steven Spielberg
Thursday’s answer: In “The Moon and Sixpence,” W. Somerset Maugham declares, “Impropriety is the soul of wit.”
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