• According to the stories of Garrison Keillor, in the town of Lake Wobegon, Minn., all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

• Danish-born Nobel Prize physicist Niels Bohr, not quotable catcher Yogi Berra, is the source of this quote: “Predictions are hard to make, especially about the future.”

The European and Asian versions of cable network CNBC are jointly owned by NBC and:

A) Microsoft

B) Reuters

C) Disney

Saturday’s answer: “Tokyo” literally means “Eastern capital” in Japanese. Tokyo became the capital of Japan in 1868, succeeding the western Japanese city Kyoto.

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