Russian author Vladimir Nabokov (of "Lolita" fame") grew up in a trilingual family. Russian, English and French were all spoken in his household, and he learned to read and write in English before Russian. Twenty-two years before "Lolita" (1955), Nabokov published his Russian translation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," in which he renamed the title character Anya.

You may remember the GoldStar brand of consumer products (such as TVs and microwaves) that were widely sold in the U.S. in the 1980s. Well, it's still around, but it's gone upscale. We know this South Korean company today as LG, maker of everything from cell phones to refrigerators. The "L" in its name stands for "Lucky," a household-products company it merged with; the "G" is for "GoldStar."

With 14 platinum albums, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass was one of the top-selling instrumental groups of the 1960s. Their most popular tunes included "A Taste of Honey" and "Tijuana Taxi." Including Alpert, the group had seven members. How many of those seven were of Hispanic descent?
A) None
B) Two
C) Four
D) Six

Previous answer: The world's longest-serving current head of state is Thailand's King Rama IX, who has reigned since June 1946.

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