Celebrity small-town birthplace of the week: Ceylon, Minn. (current population about 400). Former V/P Walter Mondale was born there in 1928.

n The cast of the 1935 comedy film “Ruggles of Red Gap” includes actor Charlie Ruggles, but he portrays the hoity-toity Egbert Floud. The title character of Ruggles, a butler, is portrayed by Charles Laughton.

The National Rifle Association was founded in New York state in 1871. The organization’s first president was a former:

A) U.S. president

B) Supreme Court justice

C) Civil War general

D) Firearms manufacturer

Wednesday’s answer: Tony Goldwyn, who portrays the bad guy in the film “Ghost,” is a grandson of movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn.