“Three-dot” writing update: Reading the recent TriviaBit about the ellipses frequently used by columnist Herb Caen, Sol Cohen of Vallejo, Calif., wrote to tell us about French author Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Céline’s frequent use of ellipses in his 1930s novels predated Caen’s first column for the San Francisco Examiner in 1938.

Eminent photographer Ansel Adams pursued an entirely different “first” career in the 1920s and ’30s, which competed with photography for his enthusiasm before the camera finally won out. What was Adams’ first profession?

A) Psychologist

B) Comedy writer

C) Concert pianist

D) Jeweler

Monday’s answer: The first video broadcast on VH1 in 1985 was Marvin Gaye’s rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”