Word of the week: "quadrumanous," pronounced "qua-DROO-ma-nuss." From the Latin for "four" and "hand," it means "four-handed." For example, a monkey's four feet are all adapted for use as hands. The word was used in the final rounds of the 2007 AARP National Senior Spelling Bee. This year's bee will be held June 13-14 in Cheyenne, Wyo. More info can be found at www.seniorspellingbee.com.

Exclave update: After seeing word of the week "exclave," Blake Amon of Danville, Calif., did some research and discovered two U.S. exclaves, geographically cut off from their states. Point Roberts, Wash., which borders British Columbia, is separated from the rest of the state by water.

Similarly, Elm Point, Minn., bordering Ontario, is separated from the rest of the state by the Lake of the Woods.

The oldest surviving brand name in recorded sound is Columbia Records, founded in 1888. Columbia, the first company to manufacture records, issued its first record catalog in 1890. The records in that first catalog consisted entirely of:
A) Operatic arias
B) Military band music
C) Spoken poems
D) Everyday sounds

Previous answer: Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus gave the name "theobroma," Latin for "food of the gods," to the cacao tree, from which we get chocolate.

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