Word of the week: “curb alert.” The phrase can be found on the classified website craigslist.org to alert readers that something of value has just been placed at the curb can be taken free of charge.

n The 1932 Nordhoff and Hall novel “Mutiny on the Bounty” was based on actual events. There really was a Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian and a mutiny on the Bounty. That mutiny took place in the same year:

A) The Civil War began

B) Custer fought at Little Bighorn

C) George Washington was first elected U.S. president

D) The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth

Previous answer: John Grisham never played minor league baseball. He has an undergraduate degree in accounting, did missionary work in Brazil and was a Mississippi state legislator.