Trivia Bits 22 January

 

• The last part of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates is called lleum.
• The speed of the computer mouse is measured in units called a mickey.
• Vertigo is a critically lauded film by Alfred Hitchcock was made in 1958.
• The Carnival is Over is a Russian folk song with lyrics written in 1965 for Australian pop group The Seekers.
• Suffolk, Dorset, Dorper and Merino are breeds of sheep.
• The sandwich known as the Elvis is made of peanut butter, banana and bacon and is fried.
• The first royal visit to Australia by Queen Elizabeth II occurred in 1954.
• A three ball cascade is the most common style of juggling.
• The company Bic, famous for producing disposable pens, was founded in Clichy, France in 1945.
• The 1983 movie Scarface was directed Brian De Palma and starred Al Pacino as Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee to Miami.