Stan’s trivia contest No. 53

What color was named for a town of Italy because the color’s dye was discovered at about the time a battle was fought in the town?

New prize: Send your answer, with your full name and address, either by e-mail to [email protected], or on a postcard to Stan Newman’s Trivia Challenge No. 53, P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762. Only one submission per person, please. Answers must be received within seven days of publication. One winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries, who will receive a copy of Stan’s new book “15,003 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia,” courtesy of Random House.

Answer to trivia contest No. 46

The last incumbent or former mayor of New York City who was elected to a higher office was Ardolph Kline, who was elected a congressman from New York in 1920. Winner: Gerald Washington of Kent, Wash.