1. Mungo Park will be found as an entry in standard reference sources as:

A. A Scottish-born African explorer

B. An Australian soccer arena

C. A Korean-born Nobel Prize winner

D. A Canadian wildlife preserve

2. With three incumbent U.S. senators in the running for the presidency as of this writing, we offer this relevant question: How many incumbent U.S. senators were elected president in the past 100 years, that is, from 1908 until now?

A. None

B. 2

C. 4

D. 7

3. What is the world's smallest mammal? Depending on your definition of "smallest," two species seem to be in contention for the title: the Etruscan shrew and a species of:

A. Mouse

B. Bat

C. Kangaroo

D. Rabbit

4. The 1967 film "The Graduate" stars Dustin Hoffman as recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock and Anne Bancroft as "older woman" Mrs. Robinson. How many years older than Hoffman was Bancroft?

A. 26

B. 16

C. 6

D. Bancroft was younger than Hoffman

5. The world's only diamond mine that is open to the public is located in:

A. South Africa

B. Australia

C. Arkansas

D. Aruba

Answers:

1. A. Scottish-born Mungo Park was an explorer of Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

2. B. The only two incumbent U.S. senators to be elected president in the past 100

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years were Warren Harding in 1920 and John Kennedy in 1960.

3. B. The world's two smallest mammals are the Etruscan shrew and the bumblebee bat, the latter native to Southeast Asia.

4. C. Actress Anne Bancroft was only six years older than Dustin Hoffman, her co-star in "The Graduate."

5. C. The world's only diamond mine that is open to the public is in Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park. Every year, visitors find hundreds of diamonds there, and may keep any gems that they find.

Stanley Newman is the editor of the Newsday Crossword. Reach him at StanTrivia@aol.com or www.StanXwords.com.