Small-town celebrity birthplace of the week: Newton, in northwestern New Jersey (current population about 8,000). Actress Janeane Garofalo was born there in 1964. Your humble trivia author lived in Newton for a time in the 1970s, while an instructor in the mathematics department of a nearby community college.

Is the last name of casino mogul Steve Wynn just a coincidence? Not exactly. His father Michael changed the family name to Wynn when Steve was a child. Why? At least in part, as a promotional tie-in for the string of bingo parlors he operated. Bingo was Steve's first taste of the gaming business, the profits from which provided his first stake in a Vegas casino in the 1960s.

In the tepees constructed by Native Americans across the Great Plains, the entryway flaps generally faced:
A) North
B) South
C) East
D) West

Previous answer: The three current national flags that feature a series of 10 or more alternating red and white horizontal stripes are the United States (13 stripes), Liberia (11) and Malaysia (14).

While the design of Malaysia's flag and the American flag are similar, there is believed to be no connection between them.

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