The Web site www.abevigoda.com does concern actor Abe Vigoda, of "Barney Miller" and "Godfather" fame. But unlike most celebrity-tribute websites you're probably familiar with, this site consists of just a single page, whose purpose is to inform you whether Mr. Vigoda is alive at the present time. This stems from the erroneous report published by People magazine in 1982 that Vigoda had died.

What was "Life" like 50 years ago? French World War II hero Charles de Gaulle (who later that year was elected the president of the Fifth Republic) was on the cover for June 9, 1958. Financial columnist Sylvia Porter, in a "What to Do About the Recession" article, had some sound advice: buy or build a home, bargain-hunt for the things you need, and set up a systematic savings-investment program.

"The American Leonardo" is the title of a biography of what famous American?
A) Benjamin Franklin
B) Samuel Morse
C) Frederic Remington
D) Frank Lloyd Wright

Previous answer: None of the seven members of Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass were of Hispanic descent.

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