• Francois’ langurs are primates found in parts of Vietnam, Laos and China. As adults, they’re jet-black with distinctive white facial markings that look like sideburns, but the babies are born with bright orange fur that makes them easy to spot in a crowd. Francois’ langurs live in groups of three or more, with all the females sharing child-rearing duty.

• Remember that time Johnny Depp telephoned, and you hung up on him? Don’t laugh. It could have happened. Before Depp became an actor, he was a struggling musician living in Los Angeles. When the music thing wasn’t panning out, he took a job as a telemarketer selling pens. Other not-yet-famous people who worked as telemarketers — and may have called to sell you stuff — include Jerry Seinfeld, Jennifer Aniston and Iggy Pop.

• The first gold record ever awarded was presented to Glenn Miller and his orchestra on Feb. 10, 1942, for 1.2 million sales of the single “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”

1. Sideburns are named for the distinctive facial hair of a man who held what position?

A) First president of the National Rifle Association

B) Governor-general of Australia

C) Poet laureate of the United States

D) World heavyweight boxing champion

2. In Greek mythology, who became queen of the underworld after she ate some pomegranate seeds?

A) Aphrodite

B) Callisto

C) Persephone

D) Thalia

3. “Down Hearted Blues” was a signature song of what Chattanooga-born performer dubbed the “Empress of the Blues”?

A) Billie Holiday

B) Ella Fitzgerald

C) Ma Rainey

D) Bessie Smith

4. The first Japanese-born player in the NBA was Yuta Tabuse, who appeared with which Pacific Division team in 2004?

A) Golden State Warriors

B) Los Angeles Clippers

C) Phoenix Suns

D) Sacramento Kings

5. Princeton University awarded Abraham Lincoln an honorary doctorate in what field?

A) Divinity

B) Humanities

C) Law

D) Philosophy

6. What was the name of the world’s first nuclear submarine?

A) USS Arizona

B) HMS Bounty

C) USS Nautilus

D) SS Poseidon

Answers

1) Sideburns are named for Ambrose Burnside, a Civil War general, a former governor of Rhode Island and the first president of the NRA.

2) Persephone

3) Bessie Smith

4) Yuta Tabuse is a 5-foot-9 guard who played in four games with the Phoenix Suns in 2004.

5) Princeton University awarded Abraham Lincoln an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1864.

6) The USS Nautilus