n Delicatessen derivation: There’s no corn in corned beef. Corned beef is prepared by marination in brine. The reference to “corn” comes from the Latin word for “grain,” referring to the grains of salt in the brine.

n There are two “degrees of separation” between James Garner and Jennifer Garner (they aren’t related). James appeared in “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” with Maggie Smith, who was in “Washington Square” with Jennifer.

What unlikely city once served as capital of Portugal?

A) Barcelona, Spain

B) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

C) Casablanca, Morocco

D) Providence, R.I.

Tuesday’s answer: With 99 Billboard “Hot 100” tunes to his credit, James Brown is second only to Elvis Presley’s 154.