Sunday, January 20, 2013

Trivia Bits 20 January

 

  • There are 11 players on a hockey team.
  • Of both Queen Elizabeth’s, Queen Elizabeth II has reigned the longest from 1952 to current day over 60 years whilst Queen Elizabeth I reigned from 1558 – 1603 – a total of 45 years.
  • Auslan is and Australian sign language.
  • The biggest island in Hawaii is Hawaii.
  • The 1980’s television series Knight Rider featured a talking car and originally ran from September 26, 1982, to August 8, 1986. It starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight and KITT as an advanced, artificially intelligent and nearly indestructible car.
  • The Indian film industry known as Bollywood is based in Mumbai (Bombay).
  • Guru Nanak Dev founded Sikhism in the 15th Century.
  • Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Africa, was the birthplace of Freddie Mercury – the frontman of legendary band Queen.
  • The Niger River flows through the African country of Niger. The Niger River extends about 4,180 kms (2,600 mi).
  • A Spork is an eating implement that is half-spoon and half-fork.

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