Friday, January 18, 2013

Trivia Bits 18 January

 

  • The capital of Burma is Naypyidaw.
  • Ensaimada is coiled, sweet bread made with flour, sugar, yeast, eggs and pigs fat or lard and dusted with sugar. It originates from Majorca, Spain.
  • The four corners of the traditional Monopoly are Go, In Jail/Just Visiting, Free Parking, Go To Jail.
  • At the time of his birth on Krypton, Superman was known as Kal-El.
  • The modern bikini was invented in 1946 by French engineer Louis Reard.
  • It was in the book The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins that the term meme was first coined.
  • The Sydney Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973.
  • Queen Elizabeth’s mother was described by Adolf Hitler as “the most dangerous woman in Europe” because of the French people’s affection for her.
  • James Bond was played by George Lazenby in the movie On Her Majesty’s Service released in 1969 and was the sixth movie in the James Bond franchise.
  • The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth was held in Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.

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