The more literate among you may have heard of French hyphenate Jean Cocteau. His impressive list of credits includes poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, filmmaker, and most unexpectedly, boxing manager. In the 1920s, Cocteau managed the career of bantamweight boxer Panama Al Brown, who became the first Hispanic world boxing champion in 1929.

Triple-star update: Our Oscar trivia expert, Lance Richmond of Seattle, decided to go one better on our "star trios in different films with different roles" challenge: He found eight such instances with Oscar winners only. The trios include Hattie McDaniel, Olivia DeHavilland and Gig Young; Walter Brennan, Anne Baxter and Walter Huston; and Jane Darwell, Loretta Young and Don Ameche.

What did author Ernest Hemingway call "a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something?"
A) Writing letters
B) Playing tennis
C) Watching TV
D) Sleeping

Previous answer: Donald Franciszek Tusk is the current prime minister of Poland.

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