n Small-town celebrity birthplace of the week: Green Cove Springs, in northeast Florida (current population about 6,000). Charles Merrill, who with Edmund Lynch founded Merrill Lynch in 1914, was born there in 1885. Merrill’s grandson Peter Magowan is the managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants.

According to the World Almanac, the letter of the alphabet that starts the most names of United Nations members is S, with 25. What vowel starts the name of only one U.N. member?

A) E

B) I

C) O

D) U

Wednesday’s answer: Tupelo, Miss., was named for the tupelo trees that are abundant in the area.