Don’t mess with tradition department: In 2006, the Planters snack food division of Kraft conducted an online poll to gauge consumer interest in adding any of these items to the outfit of its iconic Mr. Peanut: bow tie, cufflinks or pocket watch. The public voted for . . . no change. Mr. Peanut made his 1918 debut in an issue of “The Saturday Evening Post.”

At least one of the men who held the office of vice president of the United States over the past 50 years (1958 until today), previously held one of these other jobs, except:

A) Governor of New York

B) Secretary of Defense

C) Mayor of Minneapolis

D) Speaker of the House

Tuesday’s answer: Oscar Wilde wrote his play “Salome” in the French language. It premiered in Paris in 1896.