Celebrity small-town birthplace of the week: Kentwood, La. (current population about 2,000). Pop-music star Britney Spears was born there in 1981.

Not at all cents-able? We can think of only one consumer product that is currently sold at a unit price that always includes fractions of a cent: gasoline. If you can think of any others, please let us know.

The last British citizen outside the royal family to receive a hereditary title was:

A) A war hero

B) A politician’s spouse

C) A composer

D) An explorer

Wednesday’s answer: Retired Gen. Colin Powell drove a red Corvette convertible as the pace-car driver at the 2005 Indianapolis 500. Bicyclist Lance Armstrong was the Indy pace-car driver in 2006.