Trivia Detective Alert: For no apparent reason, we recently thought of these two rhyming phrases with identical meanings: "glad dad" and "happy pappy." Can you think of any other pair of synonymous rhyming words? If you can, please let us know.

Our recent Bit about the many descendants of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren prompted John Alden descendant Muriel Reynolds of Lynnwood, Wash., to inquire about the famous progeny of that Pilgrim. They include actor Alec Baldwin, choreographer Martha Graham, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Czech statesman Jan Masaryk. An Alden-descendant website, www.alden.org, has much additional info.

The 55 delegates to the Philadelphia Convention (aka Constitutional Convention) of 1787 drafted the U.S. Constitution. What famous American presided over the convention?
A) George Washington
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) John Hancock
D) Thomas Jefferson

Previous answer: Tokyo is 4,845 air miles from Sydney, closer than Honolulu, New Delhi or Santiago.

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