Trivia

A TV viewer notes a commercial wherein a driver in a 4-by-4 flees from a charging rhino and asks: “Why race? Isn’t he safe in that vehicle?” Hardly. Raging big black rhinos have derailed locomotives.

Q. Is the Alaskan husky a recognized breed?

A. No, it’s said to be a mongrelized blend of several. Eskimo husky. Siberian husky. Whatever else. Gold rushers took all sorts of dogs up there and they got along with the natives.

Q. What’s actor Walter Mathau’s family name?

A. Matuschanskayasky.