n The annual two-week Bavarian “Oktoberfest” celebration takes place mostly in September. The festivities used to start in October but were moved up to allow for better weather.

n Ever wonder who was the “Pete” in the expression “for Pete’s sake”? Nobody, it turns out. The expression is a modification of “for pity’s sake.”

Eliot Asinof, author of the baseball book “Eight Men Out” about the 1919 “Black Sox” scandal, was once married to the sister of what famous American?

A) Baseball great Cal Ripken

B) Former vice president Al Gore

C) Popcorn tycoon Orville Redenbacher

D) Actor Marlon Brando

Monday’s answer: Paul McCartney has a kazoo solo on the Ringo Starr 1973 No. 1 tune “You’re Sixteen.”