Wednesday, June 6, 2012

TRIVIA BITS 06 JUN

 

 

  • The central character in Jules Verne’s Around the Word in 80 Days was Phileas Fogg.
  • St George is the patron saint of England.
  • The play A View from the Bridge was written by Arthur Miller.
  • According to Arthurian Legend the noblest and purest knight of the Round Table was Sir Galahad.
  • Born William Howard Ashton was British singer Billy J Kramer.
  • Eponymous words are derived from names of people.
  • Playing the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz was Bert Lahr.
  • In the nursery rhyme The Queen of Hearts, the tarts are stolen by The Knave of Hearts.
  • Bolotnaya Square is in the European city of Moscow.
  • In Ahab the Arab, a 1962 hit for US singer Ray Steven, Clyde is the name of the title character’s camel.

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