Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Trivia Bits 27 November

 

  • It is in the Australian town of Adaminaby in New South Wales that you will find the Big Trout.
  • The golfing term for the movement disorder which interferes with putting is yips.
  • Australia's royal anthem is "God Save the Queen", which is played in the presence of a member of the Royal family when they are in Australia. In all other appropriate contexts, the national anthem of Australia, "Advance Australia Fair", is played.
  • The Venus flytrap plants absorbs nutrients though its leaves.
  • To be called an Aractophile you would need to be a collector of Teddy Bears.
  • Herman Melville was the author of the classic book Moby Dick
  • The length of the Berlin Wall that separated East and West Berlin was 43 Kilometres.
  • An entomologist studies insects.
  • If you were greeted in Japan with Kombonwa, it would be in the evening.
  • Zensai is an Azuki bean bean soup with mocha originally from Japan.

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