Foreign character update: Thanks to G. Chick of Mercer Island, Wash., whose Swedish relatives pass along that comic-strip feline Garfield is known as Gustav in Sweden, where Donald Duck is known as Kalle Anka (Little Karl the Duck). More of these in future issues.

Many English surnames have original meanings pertaining to occupation or status, such as Miller, Cooper (barrel maker), and yes, Newman (newcomer). Good old Ben Franklin’s surname fits the category as well. In medieval England, a “franklin” was a:

A) Postmaster

B) Major landowner

C) Sausage maker

D) Horse thief

Monday’s answer: German physicist Albert Einstein once said, “I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.”