Rugged rocket reporter: NBC correspondent Jay Barbree is the only journalist to have covered every U.S. space mission, from Alan Shepard’s in 1961 through the latest space-shuttle launches, over 150 to date. Next July, he will celebrate his 50th anniversary covering NASA launches for NBC.

In 1954, British medical student Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. The radio announcer for that race, which was broadcast live by the BBC, would become world famous as:

A) The author of the Guinness Book of World Records

B) The prime minister of Great Britain

C) An Oscar-winning actor

D) The inventor of cellular phone

Wednesday’s answer: “Boss of the Plains” was the Old West nickname for the Stetson wide-brimmed hat.