Alexei Peshkov's pen name was Maxim Gorky.
Today's Question:
Give the U.S. English translation for the British English term "braces" (men's clothing).
I don't know this but would guess suspenders.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, February 6, 2012; http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/literature/maxim-gorky-aleksey-peshkov/; http://phaedruswithin.files.wordpress.com)
Compiled by Otto Ladensack with Patricia Ladensack
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