• Readers have sent in six pairs of spouses nominated for an Academy Award in the same year. Three of them are Fontanne/Lunt (1931-32), Lanchester/Laughton (1957), and Roberts/Harrison (1963). (Thanks to Pamela Middlings of San Ramon, Calif., and Rich Berkery of Martinez, Calif.)

In what decade did IBM first make the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest companies?

A) 1920s

B) 1940s

C) 1960s

D) 1980s

Monday’s answer: Presidential candidate John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936, when it was a U.S. territory. (Thanks to Paul Paquet of Canada, of www.triviahalloffame.com.)