Word of the week: "fax potato." A first cousin to "couch potato," it is a term for an office worker who sends a fax from one floor of a building to another, to avoid the effort involved in delivering the document in person.

Trivia Detective Alert: The trio of Bette Davis, Claude Rains and Paul Henreid appeared in the films "Now, Voyager" and "Deception." The trio of Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Alan Hale appeared in four films together. Are there any more contemporary trios of stars who have appeared in two or more films together, each in different roles each time? If you can think of any, please let us know.

In 1936 in Dorset, England, a 220-yard track opened for business, devoted to the racing of what animals?
A) Frogs
B) Cats
C) Skunks
D) Parakeets

Previous answer: A ("and" or "but"), HAM ("us"), HE ("not"), MOPE ("sea"), POT ("mouth") and TOT ("that") are all Russian words that look like English words, but with unrelated meanings.

(Thanks to Ken Clark of Kent, Wash.)

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