Trivia: 01/18/2013

Who was the favorite classical composer of Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip?

• Brahms. But Schulz didn’t make him the favorite of toy-piano-playing Schroeder in the comic strip because he thought the name Beethoven sounded and looked funnier.

When it comes to nautical terms, what is the correct, non-abbreviated spelling of fo’c’s’le?

• Forecastle. (It’s the forward upper deck of a sailing ship.)