n Trivia mystery solved: Thanks to a recent DVD release and “freeze frame,” we now know the first name of Peter Falk’s character in the TV series “Columbo.” Never spoken in the series, it is briefly seen on his LAPD ID card in one episode. It’s Lt. Frank Columbo.

n Coincidentally, the New York Jets appeared on ABC’s first “Monday Night Football” telecast (in 1970) and the last (in 2005). The Jets lost both games (to two different teams) by the same score: 31 to 21.

Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John had a famous grandfather, who:

A) Won the Nobel Prize for physics

B) Invented the TV dinner

C) Designed the Empire State Building

D) Served as England’s poet laureate

Wednesday’s answer: Aventine, Capitoline and Palatine are three of the seven hills upon which the city of Rome was built.