Trivia Bits 08 December

 

• The Ural Mountains separate the continents of Europe and Asia.
• The centre of the target in archery is coloured gold.
• In fiction it was Black Beauty who lived in the stables at Birtwick Hall.
• The Eye of the Tiger was the theme song of Rocky III.
• In the Olympic sport of boxing the wearing of a beard is permitted.
• Mark Twain, noted US author, described in1895 that the Victorian town of Maryborough in Australia as a “railway station with a town attached”.
• The Torres Islander flag is composed of the colours green, blue, black and white.
• Oslo is the capital of Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V around 1300.
• Orange blossom is the fruit tree flower that is traditionally used to decorate a bride. The blossom is regarded as good luck and as a wedding tradition can be traced back to the mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
• The Children’s book In the Night Kitchen was written in 1970 by Maurice Sendak.