TRIVIA BITS 17 JUN

 

• The collective noun for a group of owls is Parliament.
• Belgian artist Georges Remi created the comic book character Tintin.
• Apple CEO Steve Jobs was famously paid an annual salary of $1 per year.
• The city of Osaka is on the Japanese Island of Honshu.
• Former UK Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher is portrayed by Meryl Streep in the movie The Iron Lady.
• The Slap , a novel by Australian author Christos Tsoikas was adapted into a min-series on the Australian network ABC.
• An espresso coffee with a small amount of milk in it is known as Macchiato.
• The Australian Herring is better known in South Australia as Tommy Ruff.
• Decimal currency was adopted by Australia in 1966.
• A cavoodle is a cross between a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel and a Toy Poodle.