Eponym of the week: Russian inventor Leon Theremin. Having previously invented the first motion detector, in 1928 he created the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments, and the first musical instrument of any kind playable without touching it. Its eerie sounds can be heard on many sci-fi soundtracks, and perhaps most famously in popular music on the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations."

Yankee doodles: Bobby Abreu is the current right fielder for the New York Yankees. Fifty years ago, the Yankee right fielder was Hank Bauer. The two gentlemen have something else in common: the letters in their last name. "Bauer" can be rearranged to spell "Abreu." (Thanks to Fred Piscop of Bellmore, N.Y.)

You may never have heard of Mount Lee, but you've undoubtedly seen photographs of it and perhaps even beheld it in person without even knowing it. Mount Lee is the site of:
A) Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park
B) The "HOLLYWOOD" sign that overlooks Los Angeles
C) The Pentagon, outside of Washington, D.C.
D) Stonehenge in England

Previous answer: Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus nicknamed his daughter Destiny Hope Cyrus "Smiley Miley" as a child because of her sunny disposition.

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