Word of the week: “mouse potato.” Modeled after “couch potato,” it is a person who spends an excessive amount of leisure time at a personal computer.

Actor Albert Brooks, star of such films as “Broadcast News” and “Defending Your Life,” decided he had to change his name when he got started in show business, because someone famous was already using it. What was Albert Brooks’ original name?

A) Mel Brooks

B) Gerald Ford

C) Ed Sullivan

D) Albert Einstein

Saturday’s answer: New York-born engineer Willis Carrier invented modern air conditioning circa 1902.