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Jamie Farr and Sidney Poitier in the same film? Yes. They both portrayed high school students taught by Glenn Ford’s character in the 1955 film “The Blackboard Jungle.” Around the time Farr first appeared in M*A*S*H in 1972, he was widely seen on TV commercials for Wonder Bread, portraying a produce vendor saying, “If it isn’t fresh, I’m outta business!”

What famous American called a jury “12 persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer”?

A) Henny Youngman

B) Bette Midler

C) Robert Frost

D) Calvin Coolidge

Monday’s answer: The name of the Jules Verne Trophy, presented for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by yacht, is a reference to the Verne novel “Around the World in 80 Days.” (Thanks to Adam Cohen of Brooklyn, N.Y.)

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