Trivia Bits 05 December

 

• A saddle, a bridge and a headstock are to be found on an electric guitar.
• The foggiest capital city in Australia is Canberra with an annual average of 47 fog days, Brisbane with 20 days, and Darwin with 2 days.
• Douglas Englebart invented a vital piece of computer equipment – the mouse!
• Comedy TV series Two and a Half Men is set in the US city of Malibu.
• Chrometophobia is the fear of money.
• A Fijian President is appointed by the Great Council of Chiefs.
• Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Josef Stalin met in Yalta in 1945 to discuss post-World War II war.
• “Sorry about that, Chief” was the catchphrase of the title character, played by Dom Adams, if the Television series Get Smart.
• The 2018 Winter Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in South Korea.
• The culinary term a la broche means to be on a skewer.