Friday, December 7, 2012

Trivia Bits 07 December

 

  • Indonesia obtained independence from the Netherlands in 1949.
  • Joe DiMaggio was Marilyn Monroe’s second husband - Monroe eloped with Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall on January 14, 1954. She filed for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty nine months after the wedding.
  • The crescent-shaped whitish area are at the base of a fingernail is known as the lunula.
  • Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue helped King George VI in London in 1939 to overcome his stuttering. His work was the subject of the award winning movie The King’s Speech.
  • British manufacturer of luxury cars, Rolls-Royce, declared bankruptcy.
  • Those keen to demonise her claimed Anne Boleyn had the fictitious physical characteristics of three breasts and an extra finger.
  • Famed Adelaide Festival Centre complex was designed by architect John Morphett.
  • Colonel Hugh Pickering is a character in the musical My Fair Lady - The role of Colonel Hugh Pickering was originated by the British actor Robert Coote during its original Broadway production (1956-1962). He was first suggested to play Col. Pickering by Rex Harrison, who played Professor Henry Higgins.
  • Interpol headquarters are in the French city of Lyon.
  • Norway’s most famous painting is The Scream by Evard Munch.

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