Many readers probably have a Netflix subscription (which no doubt has increased our usage of the word "queue"). So here's a trivia quiz on this popular service:
1) The number of disks in the Netflix inventory is (a) 68 million, (b) 77 million, (c) 89 million, or (d) 103 million.
2) Netflix gets the most DVD returns on (a) Monday, (b) Tuesday, (c) Wednesday, or (d) Friday.
3) The company's annual postage bill is (a) $600 million, (b) $710 million, (c) $825 million, or (d) $935 million.
4) The company's all-time most-rented DVD is (a) Marley and Me, (b) Titanic, (c) The Bucket List, or (d) Crash.
You'll find answers, as well as insight into what happens at a Houston-area processing center, in this online article that appeared in Thursday's edition of the local newspaper.
My favorite piece of Netflix trivia: if you are a US diplomat, you can have movies delivered to you anywhere in the world in the diplomatic pouch. My friends used Netflix all the time while they were posted in Tajikistan.