Trivia

Q. I know “Lefty” long has been the No. 1 nickname among baseball players, but what’s No. 2 and No. 3?

A. No. 2, Red. No. 3, Doc.

When the Soviets sent the first man into space on April 12, 1961, they didn’t know how weightlessness might affect him. So Vostok I was guided entirely from the ground. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had no control whatsoever.

Ants are reluctant to cross a white line.

The royal governor of New York and New Jersey in the 1700s was Lord Cornbury. He liked to dress in feminine fashion. For his official repeat official portrait he wore a lady’s evening gown.

Q. I’ve seen a full-grown apple inside a narrow-necked bottle. How …?

A. Tie such a bottle to the limb of an apple tree and into it insert a live twig with a mature apple bud on it. An apple will grow to full size therein. Afterthought: When the apple is large and ripe, pull down the bottle, fill it with cider, and pour from it at parties.

Turkish towels aren’t Turkish; they’re French.

Q. How many wives of U.S. presidents routinely carried loaded revolvers in their purses?

A. One - Eleanor Roosevelt.

Oldest known fruit is the fig.