Word of the week: “borborygmus,” is the technical term for stomach growling or rumbling, from the Greek language, where it has the same meaning.

Before the Eisenhower family occupied the White House, another Ike could be seen on the grounds of the Executive Mansion. Old Ike was one of the flock of sheep brought in by Woodrow Wilson to keep the grass trim on the White House grounds.

Of the 12 American men to walk on the moon, 11 had been military test pilots before becoming astronauts. The only civilian astronaut to land on the moon was by profession a:

A) Physicist

B) Physician

C) Geologist

D) Computer technician

Friday’s answer: In the early days of 19th-century baseball, home plate umpires sat in padded rocking chairs behind the catcher.