Word of the week: “syzygy,” pronounced “SIZZ-a-gee.” A spelling-bee favorite, it is an astronomy term for the alignment of three celestial objects. Oddly, the word can also refer to any pair of related things, either similar or opposite. Derived from the Greek for “union,” it is a distant cousin of the word “yoke,” and the shortest word we know that has three Y’s.

n If you were close enough (and brave enough) to shave the fur off a tiger, what color would you find its skin to be?

A) White

B) Orange

C) Black

D) Striped

Friday’s answer: In reference to modern technology, detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) says in the film “Die Hard 2,” “As far as I’m concerned, progress peaked with frozen pizza.”