Initial coincidence addition: To our list of films having stars with the same initials, we add the recent discovery “Let’s Face It,” a 1942 comedy whose two leads were Betty Hutton and Bob Hope.
n Not quite “flushed” with success: We recently read that the first Mr. Whipple commercial for Charmin bathroom tissue was filmed in the Queens, N.Y., neighborhood of Flushing(!).
How did Apollo 11 astronaut and second man on the moon (the first alphabetically, by the way) Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin get his nickname?
A) He liked to chase bees as a child
B) From his very short “buzz cut” hair
C) From his sister’s mispronunciation of “brother”
D) From his droning voice
Monday’s answer: A “right and left grand,” or “grand right and left,” is a circular move in square dancing.
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