Celebrity small-town birthplace of the week: Brazil, Ind. (current population about 8,000). Popcorn king Orville Redenbacher was born there in 1907.

n In 1998, Ringling Brothers sued the state of Utah to prevent it from registering its tourism slogan “Greatest Snow on Earth,” alleging it was confusingly similar to its own “Greatest Show on Earth.” A federal circuit court ruled against the Ringlings.

The Alexander Dumas novel “The Three Musketeers” takes place during the reign of what French king?

A)
Louis XIII

B) Louis XIV

C) Louis XV

D) Louis XVI

Wednesday’s answer: Chris Evert won 90 percent of her singles matches (1,309 wins and 146 losses), the all-time best record of any tennis pro.


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