The Russian ballet company known to many baby boomers as the Kirov, was the second of three names by which it has been known. At its founding in the 18th century, it was called the Imperial Ballet. It was renamed Kirov in the 1930s for a Bolshevik leader. After the fall of Communism in the 1990s, it became the Mariinsky Ballet, for the name of its home theater in St. Petersburg.

According to humorist Will Rogers, what is the “shortest-lived profession on earth”?

A) Politician

B) Comedian

C) Watchdog

D) Hero

Wednesday’s answer: Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson was the only UCLA athlete to letter in four sports. They were baseball, football, basketball and track. Ironically, baseball was Robinson’s least-distinguished sport at UCLA.