Stan’s contest No. 62

The world’s sixth-largest lake in terms of water volume, about equal in surface area to Lake Ontario, was not discovered until 1996. Why was this lake unknown until only 11 years ago?

How to win: Send your answer, with your full name and address, either by e-mail to [email protected], or on a postcard to Stan Newman’s Trivia Challenge No. 62, P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762. Only one submission per person, please. Answers must be received within seven days of publication. One winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries, who will receive a copy of Stan’s new book “15,003 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia,” courtesy of Random House. Answer and winner will be announced in a future issue.

Answer to contest No. 55

The first foreign automaker to manufacture cars in the United States was Rolls-Royce. Silver Ghosts were built in Springfield, Mass., from 1921 to 1931. Winner: Monte Brownlee of Lynnwood, Wash.