You Read It Here First: When Rickey Henderson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, he will be the sixth member whose first name is the same as the last name of another member -- in this case, Branch Rickey. The others: Joe Morgan/Morgan Bulkeley, Grover Cleveland Alexander/Alexander Cartwright, Steve Carlton/Carlton Fisk, Whitey Ford/Ford Frick, and Waite Hoyt/Hoyt Wilhelm.

25 years ago in "TV Guide": May 1983 cover subjects included Tom Selleck and Bob Hope's 80th birthday NBC special. The May 7 issue had a review of Sunday's nationally syndicated late-night "Larry King Show," two years before King's CNN debut.

This was basically a video version of the Monday-to-Friday national wee-hours radio show King had at that time, complete with listener call-ins.

The technical term in English for a standard deck of 52 playing cards is "Anglo-American." What term is used in most other languages?
A) Bridge deck
B) French deck
C) Poker deck
D) Royal deck

Previous answer: It cost $5 per half-ounce to mail a letter via the Pony Express when service began in the spring of 1860.

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