Trivia

Q. In the ancient tradition of a classic dinner for 12 or fewer in China, who sat at the head of the table - the host or the guest of honor?

A. There was no head of the table; it was round. The honor guest sat farthest from the door, and the host closest to the door.

It has been claimed that men who drastically overspend tend to buy things mostly for themselves. Far more overspending women, it’s said, buy things for men, children and grandchildren.

Q. Which of the big league baseball teams first took its road trips by air?

A. The New York Yankees. They signed up with United Air Lines on May 9, 1946.

Many a cook, when preparing a dish with gravy or sauce, garnishes that entree with little pieces of toast. There’s a name for them: “sippets.”

Everybody knew who’d answer the White House telephone when President Grover Cleveland lived there. He would.

Reptiles have a favorite color, lab tests suggest, and it’s almost invariably green. Hear that, Kermit?

In Arizona, you don’t need a license to keep pet rattlesnakes but you do need one to hunt them.

There is no safety zone in the immediate proximity of a giraffe. It can kick in all four directions.