Eponyms of the week: Chicagoans William Rand and Andrew McNally, who started out in the printing business in the 1850s. They originally specialized in the railroad industry, printing tickets, timetables and guides. Their first map appeared in an 1872 railroad guide. They published their first atlas in 1876, and their first automobile road map (of New York City and vicinity) in 1904.
What word literally means “forest man” in its original language?
A) Sequoia
B) Orangutan
C) Grizzly
D) Camouflage
Wednesday’s answer: Music-industry legend Quincy Jones admitted in his autobiography that he never learned how to drive an automobile.
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