Monday, June 4, 2012

TRIVIA BITS 04 JUN

 

  • World War 1 was called “The war to end of all wars”.
  • The colour orange is made by mixing red and yellow.
  • Paul Keating was Australia’s 24th Prime Minister from 1991 to 1996.
  • Vancouver is in the Canadian Province of British Columbia.
  • A tromp l’oiel is a painting that is designed to deceive the eye such that objects appear in three dimensions.
  • Painter Rene Magritte was of Belgian nationality.
  • British musician Jacqueline du Pre played the cello.
  • Rain Lover won the Melbourne Cup in 1968.
  • Cucumbers were first grown in India.
  • Sydney won the Olympic bid for the 2000 Olympics over Beijing, Manchester, Berlin and Istanbul.

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