Monday, January 21, 2013

Trivia Bits 21 January

 

  • The 1998 soccer World Cup was won by France who beat Brazil 3–0 in the final on 12 July 1998.
  • Famous British landmark Big Ben’s tower was completed in 1858.
  • With the Murray-Darling being the longest river in Australia, the second longest is The Murrumbidgee River.
  • Zambia is also known as the country of copper.
  • William Cullen demonstrated the first known artificial refrigeration at the University of Glasgow in 1748.
  • Based on the French cake known as a financier, Friand is a popular Australian/New Zealand pastry usually baked in an oval shape.
  • The longest word in the English language in which each letter is used at least twice is unprosperousness.
  • The 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne Australia was officially by Queen Elizabeth II.
  • The quote In some ways, you know, people that don’t exist are much nicer than people that do was made by famous author Lewis Carroll.
  • Australian indigenous group Ngarrindjeri means The people who belong to this land.

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