Trivia

Just about everybody in the world as far back as 6,000 years ago found ways to comb their hair. Except those who lived on what’s now the British Isles. Historians say they didn’t start combing their hair until the Danes taught them around 800 A.D.

Q. Who discovered Pluto? Walt Disney?

A. Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., in 1930.

“Sean-tigh” is Gaelic for “old house.” Pronounce it “shanty.”

Q. Which sells better in the United States - the Ford Taurus or the Honda Accord?

A. The Accord sells to more individuals, the Taurus to more fleets.

Q. When you discipline a child with a time out, how long should the time out be?

A. A minute for every year of the child’s age, according to one theorist. Debatable, isn’t it? Some say the time out should have nothing to do with discipline. For that, you’ve got foul - go to your seat. Tech foul - go to the principal’s office. And flagrant foul - go home.

Q. What’s the difference between a “prima donna” and a “diva”?

A. Prima donna - an opera company’s leading lady. Diva - a highly celebrated prima donna with a devout following throughout her profession.

In 1985, a woman in California’s Fresno blew a bubblegum bubble 22 inches in diameter. In a photo of her doing it, you could see some of her.

Report is about one out of every four working Americans now takes responsibility for the care of an elderly relative.

Q. Who was the first vice president really to serve officially as acting president?

A. George Bush. For about eight hours in 1985 during President Ronald Reagan’s cancer surgery.

Yes, the British attacking Fort McHenry really did shoot off red-glaring Congreve rockets and air-bursting bombs in the War of 1812. About 400 hit targets. But they didn’t do much damage. High tech wasn’t high enough. Back then.

Claim is that more than 99.9 percent of all the animal species that have ever lived on earth were extinct before man showed up.

A clasp of hands over the head is the traditional pose of grief. If you doubt it, watch the quarterback on a crucial play when the receiver drops the ball.

Of multiple-marriage men, 61 percent wed younger women when they do it again. Of multiple-marriage women, 22 percent wed younger men when they do it again. So say the Love and War statisticians.