The St. Petersburg’s chocolate company Krupskaya is named in honor of who?

While Vladimir Lenin was stoking the fires of Communism in Russia, his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, was right by his side, including during an exile to Siberia. In the early years of the Soviet Union, she promoted women’s causes, advocated for more libraries and served in political roles related to education. These days, her most visible legacy might be Krupskaya, the St. Petersburg chocolate company founded in the 1930s and named in her honor. Trivia question: To protest a tax increase, Lady Godiva shed her clothes and rode on horseback through the streets of what city?

A) Coventry, England

B) Dresden, Germany

C) Florence, Italy

D) Rouen, France

Labeling someone who’s resistant to the spread of technology and automation a “Luddite” isn’t really an insult. The original Luddites were skilled textile workers in the early 19th century who noticed that the increased use of machines in factories led to them being replaced by low-wage, unskilled workers. Hoping to preserve their jobs and draw attention to their plight, Lud- dites destroyed or sabotaged factory machinery. It wasn’t that they hated machines; they simply didn’t appreciate unemployment.

The Iatmul people of Papua New Guinea traditionally carve their canoes in the shape of a crocodile. Their homes, community buildings, ceremonial objects and even their garments are decorated with crocodile motifs as well, because the Iatmul creation myth says that a crocodile was responsible for the formation of the world. The crocodile shaped the land from primordial ooze and carries it on its back. When the crocodile is at rest, everything’s fine. When it moves, earthquakes occur.

The year 1818 was a busy one in the Shelley household. Percy Bysshe Shelley published his poem “Ozymandias” and Mary Shelley published her bestknown work, “Frankenstein.” Though we all know who wrote them today, at the time, both works were published without the authors’ names. Percy used the pseudonym Glirastes, which means “dormouse lover” (an inside joke between them). Mary published “Frankenstein” anonymously. After its success, her subsequent works, such as “The Last Man” and “Lodore” were credited simply to “the author of Frankenstein.”

Based in Singapore, We the People stores only sell items from companies funded through the Kickstarter crowd-funding program. The retail group was started by three entrepreneurs, all of whomhad successfully funded other business startup projects via Kickstarter. They realize that, especially for new companies with newproducts, nothing takes the place of a brick-and-mortar store that lets customers see and feel merchandise before they buy. The company now plans to expand to South Korea, Sweden and the U.S.

The 1935 film “Grand Hotel” has the rare distinction of winning the Academy Award for best picture while not receiving an award nomination in any other category. That’s despite an all-star cast that included Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and both John and Lionel Barrymore. Only two films to date have won the best picture Oscar and no other Academy Awards. “The Broadway Melody” was one. The other, “Mutiny on the Bounty,” is the only film to have three stars — Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone — with best actor nominations. Trivia answer: To protest a tax increase, Lady Godiva shed her clothes and rode on horseback through the streets of Coventry, England.