Sunday, January 13, 2013

Trivia Bits 13 January

 

  • Albino, Grimshaw and Plachutta are tactical move terms used in Chess.
  • The most visited paid monument in the world is the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
  • The small town of Birdsville is in the Australian state of Queensland.
  • A wedge, driver and wood are used when playing the game of Golf.
  • Tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world after water.
  • Falcon was the name of the horse that won the South Australian Inaugural Adelaide Cup in 1864.
  • Albert Einstein was 76 when he died on 18 April 1955.
  • A Californian beach and a popular alcoholic drink share the name of Malibu.
  • Kidnapped from her home by Symbionese Liberation Army was 19 year old Patty Hearst, daughter of millionaire American Publisher.
  • The Greek mythological hero who killed the gorgon Medusa was Perseus.

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