When Fred Fournier, a health insurance broker in Novato, Calif., goes to the post office, the employees gather round: "They say, 'Boy, that's neat!' " What do the postal workers admire?*

(*a gun-free question)

Send your answer by noon ET Wednesday to newsquiz@slate.com.

Monday's Question (No. 286)--"Supplies Party":

Vinyl rope, magnets, large nails--what's the connection?

"One can only have so many face lifts."--Colleen Werthmann

"The next three Russian prime ministers."--Charlie Glassenberg

"Things used to prop up the Queen Mum for her birthday photo-ops?"--Trey Adams

"Items not on display at the check-out counter of my local CVS drugstore (except for the magnets and vinyl rope)."--Keith Kurtz

"These things are in such short supply in North Korea that they have to be smuggled in in the stomachs of South Korean cows."--Mark Myers