Trivia

Q. Please list birds with combs.

A. Only chickens.

When a male guppy courts a female guppy, other female guppies swish over to get his attention. This sort of performance also can be seen when a male quail courts a female quail.

Scientists and our Love and War man long have studied this wide-ranging behavioral pattern.

Out of the U.S. employment reports: Fewer than four out of 100 high school dropouts moonlight. More than nine out 100 Ph.D.s moonlight.

Q. What are the only five states where no wild cactus grows?

A. Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

One thing about pet tarantulas: You don’t have to keep buying new ones. They live about 30 years.

Q. Who really invented the brassiere?

A. One Caresse Crosby, a young American. At least, she took out the first patent on it in 1914. She despised the whalebone corset, so she sewed two scarves together as a substitute. That’s all she needed, she said, and others thought likewise. The Warner Co. later bought her rights for $1,500.