TRIVIA BITS 02 JUN

 

• The life of American entertainer Fanny Brice was the basis for the stage show and movie “Funny Girl”.
• The Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
• The Netherlands is separated from the east coast of England by the North Sea.
• The only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated was Spencer Perceval in 1812.
• The Oscar for best picture in 1994 went to “Forrest Gump”.
• The outer skeleton of an insect is the exoskeleton.
• The personality disorder characterised by excessive thoughts, personal power, vanity and image is Narcissism.
• The play “Look Back in Anger” was written by John Osborne.
• The poisonous sting of the scorpion is in its tail.
• The port of Genoa is in Italy.