Word of the week: "muselet." It is the wire apparatus that secures a champagne cork to the bottle, invented by Frenchman Adolphe Jacquesson in 1844. Monsieur Jacquesson also devised the decorative metal capsule that covers the cork under the muselet. A placomusephile is a collector of those capsules.

Unwrapped Update: Thanks to all who wrote with explanations of why many foreign-made music CDs aren't shrink-wrapped. But we don't have the final word on the matter, because two plausible answers were proposed. What do you think? Is it to allow U.S. Customs to inspect the product, or to cut down on foreign bootlegging? Or maybe a bit of both? If you have any additional info on this, please let us know.

Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium (aka Cinergy Field), former home of the National League Reds and the NFL Bengals, was built on the site of the birthplace of what famous American?
A) Babe Ruth
B) Warren G. Harding
C) Roy Rogers
D) Susan B. Anthony

Previous answer: Rabat, Morocco, situated west of the Strait of Gibraltar, is on the Atlantic Ocean.

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