n self-promotion? In Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales,” Dante’s “Divine Comedy” and Melville’s “Omoo,” the author is a character in his own work.

Pioneer aviator Beryl Markham was the first person (male or female) to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, in 1936. After retiring from flying, what was Markham’s “day job”?

A) Horse trainer

B) Defense attorney

C) Landscape architect

D) Radio newscaster

Thursday’s answer: The Days Inn motel chain was named for its founder, real estate developer Cecil Day.

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