Know it All

Donald Duck's identical nephews can only be told apart by the color of their clothing. Huey wears red, Dewey wears blue and Louie wears green.

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When Walt Disney (1901-1966) made a cartoon short of Three Little Pigs (1933), based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, he gave each pig a name. Fifer Pig built the straw house, Fiddler Pig built the stick house and Practical Pig built the brick house.

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The family dog in the television series My Three Sons (1960-1972) was named Tramp.

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The Marx Brothers Groucho, Harpo and Chico were signed on by MGM in the early 1930s, when they made the movies A Night at the Opera (1935) and A Day at the Races (1937). The brothers' real names were Julius Henry Marx (Groucho) (1890-1977), Adolph Marx (Harpo) (1888-1964) and Leonard Marx (Chico) (1887-1961).

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Ross Bagdasarian (1920-1972) created the Chipmunks and did their voices. Bagdasarian made the high pitched voices of Alvin, Simon and Theodore by recording his own voice at a slow speed then playing it back much faster.

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All for one and one for all was the motto of the Three Musketeers Can you name the Three Musketeers? Do you know the author of the 1844 novel? See answer at end.

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The 3 Musketeers candy bar was introduced in 1932. The candy originally came with three small, separate bars with different flavors: chocolate, vanilla and strawberry.

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The 1960s singing trio Peter, Paul and Mary had a hit with the song Puff the Magic Dragon in 1963. Despite what the public thought, the group denied that the song had any intentional reference to drugs.

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Professional ice hockey leagues usually have three officials, one referee and two linesman, on the ice during a game.

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Many ice hockey leagues have banned the song Three Blind Mice from being played in stadiums. The song used to be played after a bad call by one of the three officials.

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Mitsubishi means three diamonds in Japanese, as depicted by the company logo; three connected red diamonds.

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Mayor of London Sir William Curtis (1752-1829) made a speech to the Board of Education that he thought the fundamentals of learning were the three r's reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic. He originated the term.

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In 1993, Washington became the first state to enact a three strikes law. California followed in 1994. By 2004, 26 states had laws that give a severe sentence to a criminal convicted of committing three felonies.

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The theme song for the sitcom Three's Company (1977-1984) begins with the lyrics Come and knock on our door, we've been waiting for you! Where the kisses are hers and hers and his. Three's Company, too.

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Anne Bancroft (1931-2005) is one of the few triple crown winners in the entertainment world. She has won a Tony award, an Emmy award and a Grammy award.

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The three Charities, the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, were the goddesses of charm, beauty and nature.

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There is a group of three trees in California's Calaveras Big Trees State Park that are called the The Three Graces after the Charities.

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Chevy Chase (born 1943), Steve Martin (born 1945) and Martin Short (born 1950) play three out-of-work actors in the 1986 movie ¡Three Amigos! The bumbling characters get in a situation where they need to save townspeople in Mexico from villains named El Guapo and El Jefe.

Answer: The Three Musketeers are Athos, Porthos and Aramis. French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) wrote about their adventures with their friend D'Artagnan. Dumas also wrote The Count of Monte Cristo (1845) and The Black Tulip (1850).

Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs in the weekend and Wednesday editions of the Daily Journal. Questions? Comments? E-mail knowitall@smdailyjournal.com or fax 344-5290