Word of the week: "zucchetto," pronounced "zoo-KETT-oh." Derived from the Italian for "little head," it is the small, round skullcap worn by Roman Catholic officials. 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.
Trivia detective alert: We happened to notice recently that the 11-letter name of actor Alec Baldwin contains each of the first five letters of the alphabet. So we wonder if there's a celebrity with a shorter name that has these five letters, and another celebrity whose name has all the letters from A through F.
If you can help, please let us know.
The motto of the New York City borough of Brooklyn means "In Unity There is Strength," in what language?
A) Latin
B) Dutch
C) French
D) Spanish
Previous answer: Golfer Tiger Woods recently told a reporter that he won all 36 tournaments that he entered when he was 11 years old.
TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Stan Newman at StanTrivia@aol.com or on a postcard to P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762.