Problem: (Mental Floss) -- It's hard to walk down the aisle of a liquor store without running across a bottle bearing someone's name.

A costumed reveler at a Captain Morgan party celebrates the rum named after the 17th century privateer.

We put them in our cocktails, but how well do we know them?

Here's some biographical detail on the men behind your favorite tipples:

1. Captain Morgan

The Captain wasn't always just the choice of sorority girls looking to blend spiced rum with Diet Coke; in the 17th century he was a feared privateer.

Not only did the Welsh pirate marry his own cousin, he ran risky missions for the governor of Jamaica, including capturing some Spanish prisoners in Cuba and sacking Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

He then plundered the Cuban coast before holding for ransom the entire city of Portobelo, Panama.

He later looted and burned Panama City, but his pillaging career came to an end when Spain and England signed a peace treaty in 1671.

Instead of getting in trouble for his high-seas antics, Morgan received knighthood and became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica. Mental Floss: 5 drinking stories that put yours to shame

2. Johnnie Walker

Walker, the name behind the world's most popular brand of Scotch whisky, was born in 1805 in Ayrshire, Scotland.

When his father died in 1819, Johnnie inherited a trust of a little over 400 pounds, which the trustees invested in a grocery store.

Walker became a very successful grocer in the town of Kilmarnock and even sold a whisky, Walker's Kilmarnock Whisky.
1. Where was Johnnie Walker born?
2. where's that?
3. what;s his name on?
4. Irish?
5. What type?
6. is it only sold in Scotland?
7. where is it sold?
8. how much did Johnnie inherit?
9. what was it invested in?
10. in what town?
11. where is captain morgan from?
12. which century was he active?
13. he was a feared what?
14. who did he marry?
15. who did he work for?
16. of which island?
17. what sorts of jobs did he do?
18. where did he sack?
19. where's that?
20. which city did he ransom?
21. in?
Answer: 1. Ayrshire
2. Scotland
3. whisky
4. No
5. Scotch
6. No
7. liquor store
8. a little over 400 pounds
9. a grocery store
10. Kilmarnock
11. Jamaica
12. 17th century
13. privateer
14. his own cousin
15. the governor
16. Jamaica
17. he ran risky missions
18. Port-au-Prince
19. in Haiti
20. Portobelo
21. Panama

Problem: In mathematics and mathematical logic, Boolean algebra is the branch of algebra in which the values of the variables are the truth values "true" and "false", usually denoted 1 and 0 respectively. Instead of elementary algebra where the values of the variables are numbers, and the prime operations are addition and multiplication, the main operations of Boolean algebra are the conjunction "and" denoted as , the disjunction "or" denoted as , and the negation "not" denoted as . It is thus a formalism for describing logical relations in the same way that ordinary algebra describes numeric relations.

Boolean algebra was introduced by George Boole in his first book "The Mathematical Analysis of Logic" (1847), and set forth more fully in his "An Investigation of the Laws of Thought" (1854). According to Huntington, the term "Boolean algebra" was first suggested by Sheffer in 1913.

Boolean algebra has been fundamental in the development of digital electronics, and is provided for in all modern programming languages. It is also used in set theory and statistics.

Boole's algebra predated the modern developments in abstract algebra and mathematical logic; it is however seen as connected to the origins of both fields. In an abstract setting, Boolean algebra was perfected in the late 19th century by Jevons, Schroder, Huntington, and others until it reached the modern conception of an (abstract) mathematical structure. For example, the empirical observation that one can manipulate expressions in the algebra of sets by translating them into expressions in Boole's algebra is explained in modern terms by saying that the algebra of sets is "a" Boolean algebra (note the indefinite article). In fact, M. H. Stone proved in 1936 that every Boolean algebra is isomorphic to a field of sets.
1. what did George Boole Introduce?
Answer: 1. George Boole

Problem: CHAPTER VII

PEPPER MAKES A DISCOVERY

"You do not--er--wish me present?" came rather awkwardly from Josiah Crabtree.

"Oh, that won't matter, Mr. Crabtree," answered George Strong. "I did not desire any of the cadets present, that was all."

"I do not care to intrude----" commenced the dictatorial teacher.

"As you please," answered Mr. Strong, with a shrug of his shoulders.

At first Josiah Crabtree was inclined to stand on his dignity and walk off, but his curiosity got the better of him and he followed Captain Putnam and George Strong into another office.

"I went after Coulter and Paxton, as you directed me," said the second assistant teacher, when they were alone, and the door had been closed. "At first I could not find them, but at last I located Paxton and then Coulter. Where do you suppose they were?"

"I have no idea," answered Captain Putnam.

"Paxton was under the window of the office, listening to all that was going on. He was partly hidden behind a bush, so that nobody might see him."

"Indeed! That is not to his credit. And Coulter?"

"Coulter was at another window, talking to Ritter. Ritter was giving him some instructions, and as I came up unnoticed I heard Ritter say, 'Now, don't make a mess of it. Tell the story just as I told it, and be sure to stick to it that Ruddy hit me first, and tell Nick to stick to that, too.' Those were his very words."

"Is it possible! And what did Coulter say?"
1. Who was the second teacher looking for?
2. Did he find them?
3. Right away?
4. Who was found first?
5. Where was he?
6. What was he using for cover?
7. Where was Coulter?
8. What was he doing?
9. Were they planning out a lie?
10. Who was doing the talking?
11. Who does he say threw the first punch?
12. Who else should tell this story?
13. Who came up with the story?
14. What is Crabtree's job?
15. Does he was to go to the meeting/
16. Did he go?
17. Why?
18. Who else is in the meeting?
19. Who did George want to exclude from the meeting?
20. What was Paxton doing when he was found?
Answer:
1. Coulter and Paxton
2. yes
3. no
4. Paxton
5. under the window of the office
6. a bush
7. at another window
8. talking to Ritter
9. yes
10. Ritter
11. Ruddy
12. NIck
13. Ritter
14. teacher
15. no
16. yes
17. his curiosity got the better of him
18. Captain Putnam and George Strong
19. the cadets
20. listening