n Unlike most of us, baseball great and Hall of Famer Rod Carew can’t ever return to his birthplace. Why? He was born on a moving train, in the Panama Canal Zone in 1945. Carew’s first and middle names, Rodney Cline, honor Dr. Rodney Cline, the physician who just happened to be on the train and delivered him. (Thanks to Doug Lyons of Scarsdale, N.Y.)
Complete this quote from “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno: “You’re not famous until . . .”
A) You’re sitting on my couch
B) You make it past 15 minutes
C) My mother has heard of you
D) You’re on a cereal box
Monday’s answer: The world’s first record catalog, issued by Columbia Records in 1890, consisted entirely of recordings of John Philip Sousa’s U.S. Marine Band.
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