The 20th Century Fox film studios and the various Fox television networks, today owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, are named for a man whose connection to the company ended more than 75 years ago. Hungarian-born William Fox (born Wilhelm Fuchs) founded his film company in 1915 and lost it to a hostile takeover in 1930. Fox merged with Twentieth Century Pictures in 1935.

What's in a letter? Pharmaceutical-company research has shown that drug names that contain letters with a "hard edge" (like P, K, and T) convey effectiveness. The letter X leaves a "scientific" impression, Z conveys "speed," and L, R or S have a calming or relaxing effect.

Complete this quote from German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "Nothing shows a man's character more than ..."
A) The foods he eats
B) What he laughs at
C) How he handles success
D) The personality of his children

Previous answer: Physicist Albert Einstein threw the switch that illuminated the 1939 New York World's Fair on its opening night.

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