Small-town celebrity birthplaces of the week: Cadiz, Ohio (current population about 3,000). Actor Clark Gable was born there in 1901. (Thanks to Jeff Beatty.)

By its most commonly accepted definition, “poultry” refers to any domesticated bird that is bred for its meat and/or its eggs, not just turkeys and chickens. Ducks and geese, even ostriches, for example, can also be considered poultry. The term “fowl,” often thought of as synonymous with “poultry,” is more scientific, referring to specific bird species.

The speed (at the equator) at which the Earth rotates on its axis is closest to:

A) 100 miles per hour

B) 1,000 miles per hour

C) 10,000 miles per hour

D) 100,000 miles per hour

Wednesday’s answer: British espionage novelist John le Carre is credited with the quote, “A committee is an animal with four back legs.”