n Former jockey Dick Francis published his first novel in 1962. For 30 straight years, from 1966 through 1997, he published a new novel each year. And that’s not counting 1965, in which he published two new novels.

n There are many centers of high-tech businesses that have “Silicon” nicknames besides California’s Silicon Valley. For example, “Silicon Alley” in lower Manhattan, “Silicon Hills” in Austin, Texas, and there’s even “Silicon Glen” in Scotland.

The next Winter Olympics will be held in 2010, four years from now. The host country will be:

A) Canada

B) Sweden

C) Russia

D) Japan

Thursday’s answer: Max Born, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954, was the grandfather of pop singer Olivia Newton-John.