Thursday, June 7, 2012

TRIVIA BITS 07 JUN

 

  • Bart Simpson was named by Time Magazine as the most influential cartoon of the 20th Century by Time Magazine.
  • The National Institute of Dramatic Art is in the Australian city of Sydney.
  • Le Havre, a port in Northern France, is at the mouth of the River Seine.
  • “You lucky people” was the catchphrase of British comedian Tommy Trinder.
  • The song “Blowin’ in the Wind” was composed by Bob Dylan.
  • The Pacific Ocean is the world’s deepest ocean.
  • The River Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
  • In American show business, Sophie Tucker was billed as “The Last of the Red Hot Mamas”.
  • Coca-Cola was once advertised as an “Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage”.
  • J Edgar Hoover was the first Director of of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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