The “in” group of redundancy collection: Our recent mention of “red in color” prompted Terry Williams of Mt. Vernon, Wash., to send “in” these others: “short in stature” (80,000 Google hits), “many in number” (85,000), “few in number” (1.3 million), “large in size” (804,000) and “small in size” (nearly 2 million!).

n Walter Matthau’s first two film appearances were in Westerns that were originally released in 1955.

Prior to the Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980, the last time there had been a volcanic eruption in the 48 contiguous United States was in the:

A) 20th century

B) 19th century

C) 18th century

D) 17th century

Monday’s answer: Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, the only civilian to land on the moon, received a doctorate from Harvard in geology.