• In their respective careers, Richard Wagner composed 13 operas, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed 15, and Giuseppe Verdi composed 27. Beethoven composed only one opera: “Fidelio.”

Jazz singing legend Anita O’Day was born Anita Colton in 1919. She took the stage surname O’Day because:

A) She liked to perform until the wee hours

B) It was her mother’s maiden name

C) It was pig Latin for “dough”

D) It was the name of her vocal coach

Previous answer: “E Pluribus Unum” (since 1776) and “In God We Trust” (by act of Congress in 1956) are both official mottoes of the United States.