Sunday, August 11, 2013

Trivia Bits 11 August

 

  • The Ghan is a rail service which runs from Adelaide, South Australia to Alice Springs and Darwin in the Northern Territory.
  • William Caxton (ca. 1415~1422 – ca 1492) was an English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer. He is thought to be the first English person to work as a printer and the first to introduce a printing press into England. He was also the first English retailer of printed books.
  • Omnipotence is the quality of being all powerful.
  • Lois Lane is the object of desire for Clark Kent, the mild mannered reporter whose alter-ego is Superman.
  • Reflecting the forces of nature and worshipped with sensuality was Baal the name given to any of numerous deities amongst the ancient Semitic peoples.
  • Offal is the name given to internal organs of animals when used as food.
  • Our Don Bradman was the song of a 1930’s popular song recorded by Art Leonard but sung by Jack O’Hagan on Australian radio the day Don Bradman scored his triple century at Leeds and immediately sold 40,000 copies.
  • Lae in New Guinea lies in the eastern coast of the island in the Morobe province.
  • Oestrogen is the steroid which is responsible for secondary female characteristics.
  • Opus Dei is the religious organisation Dan Brown’s novel Da Vinci Code (2003) portrays as sinister,

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