L.M. Boyd Trivia

• From May 7 to Aug. 7 — that’s the time in this Northern Hemisphere of maximum daylight.

• The bee orchid is so called because it looks enough like a female bee to encourage the male bee to try to mate with it, thus to pollinate it. Remarkable! The vegetable is smarter than the animal

• Few realize that two of the world’s 10 largest countries are in North Africa — Algeria and Sudan.

• Q. Which two state capitals have the names of months in their names?

A. Augusta, Ga., and Juneau, Alaska, research reveals.

• Q. Your Love and War man said a husband and wife, when getting tired of each other, start to toss out little trial complaints, testing to see if they have the strength to break up. What sort of complaints?

A. Typically: He, her TV choices. She, his driving. Minor disapprovals, these, not marriage breakers, according to the matrimonial researchers. But if each passes a few such tests, it’s possible, even likely, they’ll move on to the wounding criticisms. About money, sex and the kids.

• A listmaker reports Mary is this country’s most popular name among 70-year-old women. Marie rates second. Some variation of Elizabeth comes in third, Margaret fourth, and Katherine, spelled variously, fifth. In descending order, then, are Gloria, Helen, Theresa, Jean and Barbara. Annie is thought to be near the top, but it lacks documentation.