Trivia Bits 17 August

 

• Indian god Vishnu is described as having dark-blue skin and four arms.
• Starring alongside Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 movie How to Marry a Millionaire was Lauren Bacall.
• Meaning little, the word tad may have come from either tadpole or taddick.
• Until 1910, DW Griffiths New York film studios were known as Biograph.
• Popular in the 19^th Century, Impromptu is a short musical composition that through its casual mood suggests improvisation.
• King George VI when he came to the throne did not keep his name Albert in respect his great-grandmother Queen Victoria’s wish that no future King should be called Albert.
• The abbreviation UAR describes the republic created in 1958 by the union of Syria and Egypt. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961, when Syria seceded from the union. Egypt continued to be known officially as the "United Arab Republic" until 1971.
• In Chinese mythology, the mortal inventor of wine deified for his services to humanity was Yi Ti (alternate spelling Yi Di).
• Seville is a Spanish port on the River Guadalquivir and also the name of a type of orange.
• Female priests known as Vestal Virgins attended Vesta the Roman goddess of the hearth.