• Trattoria redundancies: Many trivia fans know that the term “pizza pie” is redundant, since “pizza” is the Italian word for “pie.”
U.S. Girl Scouts have been selling boxes of cookies as a fundraiser since 1917. What is the analogous product sold by members of the Boy Scouts of America?
A) Flashlights
B) Storage containers
C) First-aid manuals
D) Popcorn
Monday’s answer: Two of the three female winners of the tennis Grand Slam had the same initials: Maureen Connolly and Margaret Court. The third was Steffi Graf.
• The time, the place and the girl: One of our favorite film-character names is the role portrayed by Shirley Temple in the 1948 John Wayne film “Fort Apache.” As the daughter of Henry Fonda, Ms. Temple’s character is named Philadelphia Thursday.
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